Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-19

later, as one OF those yiO IeIt experiTer,,
which time can do nothing. and to hcb 8,
mission will be hoped in vain. Yet, even
ter the professed foundation Of this miscF:..
Gus system is taken away. another and anch
is industriously procured for it; SO th,,
man Can tell at what time, or under what =.
.cumstances, it is likely toAave an end W..
realities cannot be found, possibilities SUR,
their place, and that which was Originally
to be retaliation for actual injury, becones
last (if such soleCism can BIZ eHduieG @, !.
agined) retaliation for shfrehcnded iniurie,
which the future may or may not produce h.,
which 1t is certain have no existence n,n,
do not meanto grant, for do not Tin,
that the cdict of Berlin did at any time lend
ven color of equity to the British orders !
council with reference to the United STATE.
but it might reasonably have been expece !
thatffhey, who have SO much relied upon il
a tlstihcatioa, would have suffered it s then
to sink together. How this is forbidden !
your safety or your honor remains to be ,sI
planned; and am not wiling to believe Tia
either the one or the other is Inconsistent viii
the observance Of substantial Justice, and VII
the prosperity and right. Of peaceful States.
Although your Lordship has slightly re.
marked upon certain recent acts Of the Frerc,|
government, and has spoken in general term,
Of "the system of violence and Injustice no,|
pursued by Frauce" as requiring "some prs.
cautions Of defence on the part Of Great f.
tain," ! do not perceive that you dcduce an,
consequence from these observations, If. f..
vor of perseverance in the orders In coun
Gil. / am not myself aware of any cdct, al
France which, now that the Berlin ard Miigr
DEGREES are repealed, affect the rights of neu.
trail commerce on the seas. And you will
yourselves admit tia. if any of The acts, OF tn:
French government,operating on territorial.
vereignty, have injured, or shall hereafter in
jure, the United States, it is for them
and for them only, 10. seek redress. III
like manner it is for Great Britain TO deter.
mine what precautions of defence those me-.
sures of France, which you denomiDate uh.
Just and violent, may render it expedient fe
her to adopt. The United States have only %
insist that sacrifice Of their rights shall no.
be among the number OF those precautions
In replying TO that passage in your le,te;
which advertst to the American act Of non.in.
tcTCOuise, 10 Only iicCcS5dty u iticftiOn lIIs
proclamation OF the President Of the United
States of the Cd of November last, and The
act Of Congress, which my letter Of the 2ls
Of September communicated, and to add, tls,
it is in the power of the British Cove ram el.
to prevent the non-iDtercourse from being En-.
forced against Great Britain.
Upon the concluding paragraph OF your
letter will barely observe, thzt asa 10. in
possession Of any document which YOU are
likely to consider as authentic, showing that
the French DEGREES are :. absolutely reyo.ed
upon the single condition Of the revocation
Of the British orders in council;" but that the
information, which have lately received from
the American Legation at Paris. cnnfrms
what ! have already stated, and think prov
ed, TO your lordship, that those DEGREES are re.
pealed and have ceased 20 have any eject
/ will now trespass OF you 70 frtter than to
suggest, tl.at it would have given ne an.
ccre pleasure TO be enabled TO say IS much Of:
the British orders in council, end ofthe block
AIDES, from which it is Impossible to dis.in-
guish them.
have the honor to be, with great respect
and consideration, my Lord, your Lcrdsl.ips
most obedieHt humble servant.
(Signed1 WA PINKNEY.
The mat no6i- the Marquis WtAestey,
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