The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-29


mental laws OF the empire, and none of the
-imei1can vessels or cargcCs seized BY b.
haparte, which ought, IN virtue of the pro
rlsed revocation OF his decrces to have been
restored, were restored, OF indeed have hecn
restored to the present moment 1t was ma
.iral, then, Tor us to press this upon the
Amercan government, and to desire evidence
rom them, That the DEGREES were repealed.
o this, the only reply the American po-
vernmcnt could, or cid make. was. that i3o-
naparte had declared his DEGREES repealed.
ana tnat they were bound to believe his de-
ciarauon. i he rejoinGer TO this on our part,
was lrrefragable and unanswerable that If
declaration Is not acted upon, we are bound
10 consider 1t as null and void, and to share
our conduct as if it had never been issued :
OF course we declined rcvoking our orders in
council. he American government then
accepted the measure of a non-importatiun or
non-ihtercourse act. Still we acted with
foibearance and though they recalled the
American minister, we sent MIR. Foster. II
might have been thought that this was shew-
ing a spirit OF Cancellation and that the
American government, who had received
uHdouoted proof OF the deiusive conduct Of
buonaparte, would tread back their stems
with respect to us. The blockade Of 1906 no
longer stood in the way. Of an adjustment.
ms the American government have lately
confessed. But VIC still adhered to our or
GERS In council, because we found Buonaparte
adhere to his DEGREES.
Give us but the proof that he has ADAM
doned them,l and our orders in connect are
no longer in force. But this proof YOU cannot
give, and your own secretary for foreign af-
ialrs mas openly declared, (sec MIR. Smith s
Panphiet) that the DEGREES have not been
actually revoked, and that 4" the mode only.
and not the measure, has undergone an al
teration The first thing Mr. Smith did
after the arrival of the French envoy extra
ordinary, Serrurier, (see MIR. Smiths PAM
Piie'' page ~ was to propose TO the presi-
oen. " Pr, the following among other
questions to him:
were the Berlin and Milan DEGREES re-
voked III whole or in part on the LIST of No
'ehioer' Or haUe TIE at any time hosteyior
20 tHat QQy been SO revoked Or have Won
INSTRUCTIONS from your government to give to
.his government any assurance or exDlana-
ton, IN relation to the revocation or moditi-
cation OF these DEGREES 20
ms question Mr. Madison wonld not s,f-
!er 10 De put; the reason is obvious. But it
- enough Tor our purpose to shew that Mr..
Smith, the American secretary fo,. fore;arn
affairs, felt that they were not revoked.
with all this evidence therefore, were we
10 revoke our orders in council WHY what
an ihloeclhty and absurdity should we have
been guilty of ! Z" You do not believe vonr-
sell that the French DEGREES are repealed.
ana yet you call upon us to act as If thev
were repealed. Our course now was Clear
distinct and defined. 'You, the American
governments, Cannot furnish us with evidence
'ial inc french DEGREES are repealed We
Cannot, therefore revoke our orders in coun-
Gil. And we Cali upon you to return to that
state OF lmpartiality towards beiiigerents.
~hlCh Is the duty OF neutral. France ha-
wing shewn that Incarceration was mere
oelusion, we expect you will repeal that
measure OF non importation which places US
III d less favorable situation than France ;s
quooa you. 1t you do not, we must have re-
course. to measure of retaliation. 1.-THE
American government is not disposed to
comply with our demand, and it is there
iofe determined upon, that we shall retail
late.
Inc above explanation may not be deem
ca an unnecessary preliminary to what we
have to annOunce-Thata an order of conn
Gil is understood TO have been signed yester-
DAY, prohibiting American vessels from en-
teflhg BRUSH ports, except such as are la
deh with Hour or wheat, and providing that
they shall carry back cargoes consistine- Of
the produce OF this country or its colo
MES
NORFOLK, Oct. IS.
The King, on the 9TH Sept. was repre-
sented to be upon his legs and partakine of
the good things of this life as usual. The
papers state, that he 6reakjaSted, dined and
sufhed, with good appetite, and took off
his customary quantum of Sangaree, mo
doubt 7vitH stick IL, III J J will, er,o q ..l<a,