Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-05

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laws) all Intercourse between this
cauntrv and the States OF Ameeica
viii be in,erdicted after the Cd of Feb
ruary nvxt, while the commercial
between France and
those states will be open, but wilisstill
be opposed to our obstructions.--'Ehe
question for us to decide uron, is,(
whether the Orders of Council, of
which America complains, ought now
70 be revoked by US. This istne ques-
ton; and, as there is no time TO be
lost in deciding upon it, as the dispute
is now come to crisis, as there APP
pears now to be nothing left bat an
Immediate choice between accommo-
dation and hostility, decision is pres.
sed upon rs by considerations Of inter
est rs well az of honor. The dispute
originated In certain restrictions, inn
posed by us upon neutral commerce,
contained in regulations of blockade;
which regulations the Emperor of
France answered by others of similar
or more violent sort. These drew o.
ther regulations from us. These pro-
duced others from him. We reioin-
ed In the same sort of way. Both
sides fold the neutrals Tor, rather, the
the neutral, America, being the only
nation really in that stated that, as long
as she submitted 20 the regulations OF
the one party, she must expect to be
obliged TO submit to those Of the other
party.
We will now see what those regu-
latious, or restrictions were. The
first measure of this sort was adopted
by England, aud described in the sub.
segment papers, No. 4 have num-
bered them for the purpose Of easy
reference which is letter from Mr..
Fox, 18th April, 1906, TO Mr.. Munroe,
the American Minister In England.
La this letter it is stared, thar the king
ct Prussia having taken possession OF
various parts of the Electorate OF
Hanover, and other dominions belong
ing to his Majesty, in forc;hle and
hostile naanncr, and hsving done oiher
thing injurious to English commerce
in violation of the just rights of his
Majesty, and contrary to the estt3.
lished law and practice of nations in
amity with each other that for this
cause, His W Jes'y had ordered
blockade of the entrances of the Ems,
the Wescr, tho Ellie, and the IsavS /;
and that all neutrsls would ,bs treated
accordingly, if they attec Ned to en-
ter those rivers. Thus these ressric-
tons began, ,hep, in measure for
which the conduct of the king OF prns-
sia towards his Msjesty's German do-
minions wasSne ground. From Nos.
2 AID 8, being letters from Mr.. Fox
and Lord Howick to Mr.. Aiuuroe,
dated 10th Msy, and s5sh September,
1906, 1t wall appear thas these rcstric.
tions were modified but Napoleon
having conquered Prussia, or, at least,
having ovtrron il, and taken posseasi-
on OF it, in the following month OF
November, he issued from BERLIN,
the Decree, No. 4, in Which Decree
he declared that I'll commerce with
them WAS interdicted thac every
thing belonging to English subjec,s
should be conhscated /; that no vessels
Including Americans, oil course con-
ing from England OF her colonies
should be admitted into any port and
,hat all vessels contravening, or at.
tempting to conravene this Decree,
saould be cou6scated. .---.- : Ich was
the famous Berlin Decree. weich,
when the intelligence Of its being is
sued reached England, drew forth the
arst OF those measures Of our govern
ment, y hich have become equally fl.
nous, under the name Of the OR.
DERS IN COUNCIL.
IL was dated on the 9Th Of Janu1.
ry, 1907, and it set forth, that in Goa.
sequences Of the violation of ,hs rights
OF nations committed by Napoleon,
and expressed 10 Orders, as given ia
the city of Berlin Decree, England
would be justified 10 going mach fur.
Their, but that she contented herself
with ordering that no vessel should
be permitted 70 trade from one port
to another, both which should belong
70, or be ~ possession of Napoleon
or his allies, or should be so far IN.
der their ccntroul as tina. British yes
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