Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-06-17

hiG o[Tcill declarations OF revocation Q
us E,rlin and Milan DEGREES had render
e. iudfpeufibIe tha; proclamation tia
the neglect 20 inut il, would have give
ipa raufe If uffenre to the Emperor, ant
have hs77rted 4 war that had this beer
y the lciut, no apology could have been OF
feled for The PreGdcut-That even If In,
Emperor had been frongly (AIpe17ea Of IN
I. territorial PeIhdy, the proclamation wa
wife aud polite ; as It was revOcable u
fuch an event, and would thus have PLACED
him coypieaoylg 10 the wrong WheT
thefe things aie conGdered, where was thC
inpolicy o. iujueicr Of iiluing the Procla
Dlston,cr oflenewiEg our commerce witt
France But have the United States, anC
G.. Britain, or either OF theie powers au
tboried this" afIemblage" to be their um
pire If not, by what authority did it III
In judgement on the relative mealures o.
the two nations IL contributes perhap:
one part in four hundred OF the fedcra al c.
ie6tors; and is so fmall portion TO gov
en- the whole The aiiembage had a
right by the Federal Contribution, not to
pats iuch retolutions, but 10 petition for
redref3 Of grievances - & il is the great
eft Of all abfurdites, and defru8ive Of all
order, to admit that three thouiand Of
our Acknowledgement having only equal rights
with the ref, can be authorized in proclaim
ing that our national rulers, in relation to
a foreign power, I" cannot juftify or even
apologize" for their conduct. Did this
" afIemblage" manifef, a" quick difcern-
ment," pending a negotiation on which
may ref our future peace, thus to con-
demn our national government, Whit
Importing our juf claims ; and TO encour-
age foreign power in unjut demands {:
which if perliaed in will inevitably pro-
duce a rupture Can il on any ground,
I" juttify or apologize" for fuch imprudent
conduct And how will it be viewed when
the meafures of Great Britain towards US
for a ferries Of years, have been marked by
every fpecies Of infult, injury and injufice?
The " ahemblage" affirm, "that the
Grit fragrant violation of our neutral rights
was inflicted by the Berlin decree" This
decree was undoubtedly a manifeft viola
[ ion Of our neutral rights but it has been
demonstrated to the fatisfa6ion of the
Federal, and generally of the State govern
ments, that Great-Britain, for more than
half a century, has carried into effect
maritime rule of her own, which has dero-
gated eileniially from our neutral rights,
as eaabllhed By the law of nations. And
it is well known that the armed neutrality
during our revolutionary war, was formed
by European powers. for the express pur-
poie of afierting their maritime rigbtS, and
for oppoiing the violation thereof, on
the part OF Great Britain. And Of
what confequence is It to the u. States,
which Of the Beliigerent was foremoit in
depredations y? 10 municipal crimes, thereis
no determination between convi6ts, wheth-
er frf, or latt, il robbing unofending
travellers. And where is the difference,
on the land or on the ocean, between a
public or private robbery; except, that the
former is Pre-eIninent in criminalty !?
Again, it il fated that " no propoial or
hope is offered 10 us, Of reforation of
the vait property unjualy furprized by
that peradious (meaning the French) ma
ton" Are the ieCrets then of our nation
al Government, or ought they ID regard 10
pending negotiations, to be public If not
how can it be aferted, " that there is no
propoial or hope for fuch a reitoration ?"
The Government of the United States,
on every occafion, auth nnriraIled ability,
has commended for our national and indi-
vldual rights; and is it not furprifing, that
the " aflcmblagc" fhould thus attempt to
condemn our national meafures, without
the leaf knowledge Of them
The " alIemblage" have " relolved,"
lafly, That they coniider " the ftatute of
Congrei5 Of the I'd March lalt as an uniuft,
OppreliiVe and tyranuiCal act" and that
I" the only means ihort Of an appeal to
force" $40 prevent its calamitous effects is
the election Of iuch men 10 the various Of
fees IN the State Government, as will Cd
poic by peaceabe, but firm meafures, the
execution OF laws, which, if ptrhfed in
mng and vOiH be reffed."
The ad Of Congrefs Of the frf Nav,
1910, interdicted " from and after the paf-
iage Of il every Britiih or French armed
veHel," with certain exceptions, from en-
tering our harbors and waters and
provided for IFS cealln9 70 operate againlt
either ct thoie powers, who fkould revoke
or modify to certain purpoles, before the
sd of March, 1871, its obnoxious edi6is,
aud alto for continuing in full force aganfl
the other power, who fhould not within
three months thereafter revoke or modify
her edicts in like manner,certain provifons
of an act TO inteIdi6t the commercial in.
teTcouIie between the United States and
Great Britain and France" The Emper.
or Of France g officially n-ade known "a
our government" "that +" on the firG
OF Nov. 1910, her obnoxious ediets would
ceafe to have efe6t !" and the PRECEDENT
by his proclamation of the "a of The fame
month, "difcontinued ali the reGricions,
impoied by that ad, in relation TO France
Great Britain had three months, hv the