The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-06-12

Come the French have revoked their de-
crees and now revoke your orders, as you
promised us YOU would."-" Ave." says Lord
Wellesley, " so we will, whenever the repeal
Of the French decrees shall have actually ia
ken e6ect." Well, but there is something
more And the commerce oi neutral nd-
iions shall have been restored TO the condition
an 7phich IL stood hrcVioasiy 10 Me fromalga-
non oCthose decrees." This is new. This
was not mentioned before. Now we know
that before IT, issuing of those dccrecs, a.
merican vessels could take an goods IN the
Thames, and carry Mem 10 any fort in the
continent, without the risk Of the vessel or the
goods being seized and VIC know extremely
we'll that that cannot noqo be done, Napoleon
having passed DEGREES, like some OF our re-
venue laws, for conhscating all goods manu-
factured in England, and all colonial produce
coming from her, and having in some cases
carried the thing so far as to cause such goods
and produce to be burnt. His system tor
putting down smuggling seems TO have sur
passed ours, which was thought 10 be the
most complete in the world. But, really, his
troops and boats and douanIers seem 10 sur
pass in vigilance our dragoons and revenue
cutters and exciseinen.--Be this as 1t may,
however, let the preference in point oil vigi-
lance belong to us or him, and am sure do
not wish to deprive our own establishment OF
the superiour merit, if it possesses 1t but,
sbs is oil no consequence. The TACT rs, that
he has declared all colonial produce and man
tactures coming FROM England, Ireland or
Scotland TO be Smnggied goods, and the per
sons having such in their possession, he has
declared to be snugglerS, and has made laws
for furnishing them accordingly; and such
laws they appear To be as to have cut up the
smuggling root and brancb.--This has pro-
duced great change. This change has been
produced since the issuing of the Berlin and
Milan decrees. The neutral ships, (that is,
American ships) can no longer save our goods
by becoming the carriers OF them TO the con-
tinent and, therefore, Lord Wellesley may
say, that things will not be in the same state
with regard to g. neural commerce" as they
were in previous to the passing OF the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES, unless Ndhoieon does a.
qoay aiso this ne7v system of interdicting the
entry Qf English goods.-But, will say the a.
mericans, (and, indeed, they have said III
what have I'VE to do with that matter That
is "a point for you and for him to settle as you
can. Every nation has a right 20 make what
internal regulations it pleases every nation
has right as far As respects It's own terrific
ny, to declare what it pleases to be contra
band or smugged goods every nation has a
right to make what laws it pleases for the
regulating of the conduct OF its own subjects;
every nation has right 10 punish the in
fringement or transgression of those laws in
what manner il pleases it may ruin the par
ties offending against such laws, 1t may trans.
port them, il may imprison them, 1t may
nEsra heir n G In
what l. pleases /, and you, the English, do not
We believe, fail to punish pretty handsomely
those who are found With goods smugglec
from France This is what the Americans
will say (; and they will say further, that they
have no more right to insist upon forcing En-
gsh goods into France, than they have TO in
sist upon forcing French goods into England.
The right they claim is 20 carry from their
own country what goods they please, and from
one foreign country TO another, any goods
which those countries choose TO have car
ried. If we can prevail upon Napoleon to let
them Garry our goods TO the continent, they
are ready and willing 20 do it but that is an
affair between us and him, and with which, Of
course, il would be great presumption in
them 10 ,ncddlc N.
This il the real state Of the case. We
slAouid, II suppose, very gladly repeal the Or
dcvs n council, II Napoleon u Gid reopen
the continental ports to.usi oar that he astn
!, az q. He, iotfs how sorcly our bank and
Alr CON dnetciA mass have felt the effects OF
bis @yslem of exclusion he sees how the
( systsm is working upon US he knows well
how closely our commercial and papcr-mos
ney system is connected with our political
system and is there then a man upon the
whole earth so stupid as to suppose that he
will abandon his measures of exclusion -
This system of MS has arisen out OF our Or
dcrs in council, and so did the Berlin and
Milan dccrees---Those decrccs are now be-
come OF little use To bin He would readily
give them up, their place being SO complete.
ly filled by his Internal Regulations, and now