Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-01-11
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yn al the ohIeoEs oftraili 3, witch sh IL
:vidrntiy Procsed fron rhcir agricusl
3tnreor manufactures.
htrance, hy her own acfs, has haack-
sd UP her ports aga,ns, the ;ntrodncti.
IN 81 the products of the u. STATES.
ysiat fnotiye has this covers nent, in =
discussion with third power, 10 is-
s'st enthe privilege ofgeine 70 Francee
VsaenGe the inducement TO urqe the
annusment of blockadc eff Frame.
when: If annu'led, no. American car
goes could obtain market in any or
her ports? In such a safe of fhinps
"a bsocka.;e of the coast OF France won,i
DC q, the Unised States SIS uaiupor.
tant, ms would be blockade OF acoasf
1.-THE Caspian sea.
The British ed;crs NAV be viewed.
as having a double relation; lst 10 the
wrong. done to the United States; Cd
TO the wrong done to France. Am, it
Is IN the latter relation only. that
france has right to speak. But
what wrong, it may be asked, can
France suffer from British orders.
which cooperate with her own reeu.
latio.s?
However sensible the United Stat 3
may be to the violation of their neu
trail rights under those edic;s, vet IF
France herself has by her osn acts
rendered it theoretical instead of q.
practical yiolstion,i is fer this govern.
ment 10 decide on the degree in when
sacrifices of any sort may be required
by considerations, which peculiar.v g.
exclusively relate to the United STATE.
Certain 1t is, that The Inducements TO
such sscrihces are weakened, as far as
France can weaken them by having
converted the right 10 be maintained.
into an,ked one, whilst the sa i6ces.
TO be made, would be substantial and
sxteas,ve.
A hope, how yer, is indulged, that
yeur Instructions from your tcvern-
,ne,s llsoon enable YOU T., eiv. some
explanation OF the .nea-
sires TO which reference has been
made, and that Their operation in viz
ne ct notifications, which have not
YET uauspiIed, ~in not DC as MS Teen
herein represented.
The President has received with
great satisfaction the information, thas
he Consuis Of France nave been here
toiore 10 the official ana authorised
practice OF furnishing certificates Of
origin to American vessels as welt
10 those destined TO nea.ral ports, az
to those, whose scvereigns are in alli-
ance with France and Eat tais prac-
TIC, sanctioned by the French govern
inent, did not cease in aay part Of the
United States before the iSth of last
month, and then only ia consequence
OF dispatch from the Duke of Ca
sore bearing date the 3Oth of august
preceding. This satisfaction az ses
rom the hope, that similar informant
90 may have been given TO the Da-
nish government, and from sense Of
he happY infu' nee, which such a
COMMUNICATION will have had on the
American property tina, had been seiz.
ed and detained by the privatcers Of
Denmark upon The supposition that
these certificates Of origin were spuri-
Gus ard not authorised by he French
government. Itis, never ,hel. SIS, to be
regretted, that the faDctionaries of
France IN Denmark mad not made
known to the Danish authorities, du,
ring the occurrence Of such outrages
on the American trade, the error of
denouncing, as illegitimate, authentic
documents, which had been lawfully
issued by the accredited Agents of his
Imperial M jesty.
have the honor to be, &c.
lSigned]