Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-02-08

letter, On the subject Of sequestered proper
ty, will have been' satisfied. This presumP-
ton is not only favored by the natural con
nexion of the policy and justice of reversal
Of that sequestration with the repeal of the
DEGREES, but i, strengthened By concurrent
accounts, through different channels. that
such property, as has been seqaestered, has
been actually restored I!!fH
With feelings alive to the honor of our country.
and with no little interest in that of its chief magis-
trate, the man who shall satisfactorily answe the
following questions, without sullying the truth and
spufity of the government, shall receive our most
heax,y thanks
Far vkat ,easga, did the president in isssing bis
proclamation abandon his determination on the sub
ject of sequestered propeftys~so deliberately formeds
and SO repeatedly and definitely expreHedl
Was. or was not, Gen Armstrong; lrtter Of the
18th September received by the president prioyysD
the End November, and if not, when was it receiy.
ed
What were the " concurrent accounts through DIFF
ferent channels, that such property as had been Sc.
questered, had been actually restored!
There are more things between heav'n and earth,
Horatio, than are dream't of IN your and my philo-
sophy."
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'Ihfslphrase has become exceedingly Fashionable since
the memorable arrangement nth III. Erskine of rhe
1874 April 1909. " The orders in council will have
been sSithdrGwn on the 10Th 1uy next"
a 6aliimore editor, (sy The uy a good fderaiiHj
hs caught the infection. He tells US than, upon the
formation 9fa regency" Which on the 29h Of Nosenn-
Der last pas expected, in the course Of a fe4s days, 4" the
orders IN council will have been ,evokeG"
tbs phrase IN its use and in its abuse, has pesteyed
US more than enough. let a Lftte while, Nh. Smith,
ana yoH, and we, and all Of rs and every thing else will
nave been. You'd TO heaves L could say With conf
dence that this 7soaifoyy Uarning will have been heard
and regarded, by those whom it deeply concerns.
We recommend to the particular attention of our
readers the message of the President to congress,
and the documents herewith transmitted, which we
publish in this days Gazette. We have read them
with grief and indignation with grief, because in
them is contained the of our country's
disgrace and with Indignation. at that excessive
folly in our rulers which has reduced US to this de-
plorable situation.
Our readers will recollect, that when the law of
May LIST was passed, the three principal DEGREES of
France, violating our neutral rights" actually in
force, and contemplated by that law, were, the Ber-
lin decree of 1906, the Milan decree of 1907, and
the Rambouillet decree issued March Esd, 1870
The provisions of the two former are universally
known by the latter, all the American vessels,
with their cargoes, which had entered the ports Of
France or her dependencies, from the S0th Of Nav
1909, and which should enter them after the date of
the decree, were ordered to be con6scated. and sold
for the benefit of the French government.
With a knowledge OF these decrees. OF the law Of
the LIST of May, and of the determination Of our exc.
cutlve, as to the conditions on which il would exer.
else the power vested in it, let us proceed to inquire
what effect was produced by Mr.. Champagny's bro.
mise OF the 5th of August. In consequence of some
accidental delay, general Armstrong; official letter.
communicating that of the 5th Of August from Cham
pagny, was not received by our government until the
LIST of November, the very day on which the revoca.
ton of the DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan, in conform
ty with the promise ofthe French government, should
have taken efect.-What was the hne of conduct
pursued by the executive on the receipt of this very
satisfactory letter did it stop to consider that the
revocation of the Rambouillet decree, the most out.
rageous of all the measures of the French govern
ment g violating our neutral rights was not even
limited at in this letter did it act up to its own so.
lenn and repeated declarations of June 5th, and 70
the construction which it had then given to the act of
May 1st Did it recollect that the act OF congress
contemplated an actual yecoeati0n Of all the edicfs vio-
lating our neutral rights, and not a mere promise to
yevoke some Of them 2r-Dd it wait until it was ascer-
tanned that the French government, notorious for is
disregard offs most solemn engagements, had actu-
ally performed even the promises which it had made
-No-With a shameful precipitancy--wi:h an utter
disregard to truth, and to the letter and the spirit OF
the law under which it professed to act--and altho'
the private accounts received about that time from