The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-20
DECREE.

proper licences that is TO say, they must be new
ones, OF date pos,erior To this decree
ARTICLES Or EXPLOITATION.
:" Vinegar. paper, paste board, silks, embroid-
cred s,uiis, yerdigrease, oils of all sorts, honey,
periuH,ery, corks cut and IN piece, trrpentine,
Spanish lquorice, dry pitch, rosin. juniper berry,
raw worstsd, lamb and kid skins. tanned and taw-
ed, linen of Brittany, Cloths and woollen stufis Of
all kinds, velvets and ccttons, silk, worsted and
cotton hosiery, cutlery, trimming, china, work of
leather and skins
"Those articles cannot be entered in any vrea
ter quantity than one iou,th part of the cargo
The other three parts ofthe cargo are to be com
posed OF primitive articles these ere corn, wine.
brandy and fruit.
IMPORTATION.
Russia tsliow, wax, mats, sail cloth, deals
for various PURPOSES, sulphur IN -four, 20, ash.
slaves, row for fishing, Spanish dolls black lead,
pewter (lnarg4) iogwooa, pitch and tar. barilia,
sumach arsenick, fish, oil, hides and lgnumvits
The above decree las our readers observe, opens
the ports of Holland to all neutrais-that is. opens
the door to the trade with America.--It is 10
doubt relaxation OF Donaparte's corpmercial e.
diets, nasmuch as the French ports were shut
against neutrals, and exports of French proper
" and imports of neutral property were strictly
'oroidden But do not let us suppose that the
above decree has been passed with any other
view than that of conciliating America, and OF
inducing her to take decided part against us.
The articles permitted to be imported are almost
all those which America can furnish one ortwo
excepted The re is no mention made OF colonial
produce, OF hardware, of any article of the ma
nufacture OF growth either of Great Britain or
OF her colonies. The articles permitted to he
exported from France are those which America
wants, and which, for the most part, we have
been in the habit of supplying her with 1t may
be sad that the French ports being open to neu-
trails, colonial and British produce viii of course
md their way into France. 1t may be said too,
that the relaxation of the edicts with respect to
neutrais, Dsy open the door to the relaxation, if
not TO the entire repeal of the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES And this will be done, If Bonaparte
means really TO favour the American trade, and
II he does not, under the pretext of favorins her
trade, mean only to embroil her with us by hold
ing out advantages 10 her which he knows and
she knows too we cannot permit her to enjoy
While the Berlin and Milan DEGREES exist our
orders IN Council must remain in force. Our
readers will recoliect that by these Orders " all
the ports and places of France and her Allies, or
OF any other country at with his Majesty, and
all other ports and places in Europe, from which,
although not al war with his Majesty, the British
flag is excluded, shall, from henceiorth, be sub.
ject to the same restrictions as if the same were
actually blockaded iii the most strict manner {;
and It Is hereby further ordered that all trade in
articles which are of the produce of the said
countries, shall be deemed unlawful and every
vessel trading from or to the said countries, to .
gether with all goods and merchandise OH board
ann ali articles OF the produce or manufacture
OF the SAID countries or colonies, shall be cap.
,ured and condemned az prize to the captors"
some alterations or notifications were mada
III ,hese orders, but, OF course, TO the extent
or permitting France and America to trade mutu.
ally IN tue produce Of their respective territories
10 tie exclusion OF all the produce of this country
& OF her coionies--f Bonapartc consent, tho not
formally at least virtually, TO repeal his Berlin &.
Milan decrees ifthey remain dead letter on
his statute book. and are no, carried INTO execu
ton, then, no doubt, we shall oppose no obst,
cles TO The trade between America and France
But we do not as yet see any reason for suppos.
ing ths TO be his intention-and we confess that
tihs cccree has produced considerable change
IN tne opinion we entertained Yesterday, after
readihg the private letter from Paris II was
generally beileyed after the arrival of the letter
that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES were ON the
eve Oh dissolution, IT not actually dead. 1t may
De so. but The decree respecting neutra,s by no
means Justiies US in entertaining such sn opiniop
bonaparte informed OF the late events that have
occurred IN America, conceived it to be fayora-
opportunity for conciliating her, and therefore
issued his decree, which i'm its operation will. he
thinks, tend to influence her against. if not 70
makeher go to war with us-because it is impos
sioie Tor US to suffer her to avail herself of the
advantages which he insidiously holds out to her
January l5-Dutch papers have arrived to the
io.i,, containing extracts from the Paris papers
Vi tue 1th. lhe latter contain the decree res
PeC'ihs exports and imports, with a short Pre-
anbe or preface, stating the motives tina, have
ieo 10 It. After reading this preamble, we can
De at no loss TO discover that the wretched state
oil the interior OF France has alone vrunpe the De
cree from Bonaparte. The " suberabundant Dro
ducts, spoken OF are the corn and the wine
winch the farmers and the wine growers canrot
SELL" Some DISTRICTS" we were told in his FL.
Pose, " lind it impossible 10 sell their corn The
same lmpossibility was felt by the wine growers.
and his ministers must have assured him. that Il
men cannot sell what they grow, they will, not
grow so much III future-tbat when the suIplu,
products OF country Cannot be exported part
OF the productive labor oithe country must cease,
and the value of its annual produce diminish,
we femarSed, when this expose was published.
that proved the wretc'ied state OF the Interior
anG th4t under ti'is man, who boasts of the love
Which the people of France bear him, and of the
great blessing he has conferred upon France.
the manufactures and commerce had been ruined :
ana agriculture had received the dcepcst wound
ne decree shows the justice Of our remarks,
anu proves that The chief object ofpassin the dc.
cree lthc wish to concliatc America NAV certain
y nave naen another object,) was 20 enable the
@ihiers 70 export their gram, the great spirit s.
WINE countries to export their wines and shirts :
ana others to export their fruits. So strongly is
this declared, tnat ships must take with them
Ems Oh Their cargo in those great national pro
Guctiens OF France, and only 4th in small wares.
ihs OBJECT 1.-THE decree is TO assist the hal ruin
ed farmers, VINE growers, and landbolders of
france not 70 relax the severity Of the Berlin and
Hiian decrees' AL articles OF British manufac.
lure ana colonial produce siill prohibited from
beng imported into France or her depsndencies
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