Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-18
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possibility of some such speech having
been delivered as the one ascribed to the
French emperor: but he insists, that
" We have nothing to DO with his speech
es to his officers or confidants, any more
than he has with the private conversation
Of the President Of the United States with
his secretaries or other officers Of the 60
vernment. 1t is not to such chitchut as
this Continues the Inteiligencer) but to-
his acts, that We must look for his disbo-
sition towards the United States" We
believe our President and his secretaries
would not be very thankful to any person
for reporting their private conversations to
his Imperial majesty, although the public
are favored with their sentiments much
oftener than most people imagine.
This writer complains of " the confu-
sion Of ideas which Exists on the subject
Of the revocation Of the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES" We do not perceive that he
has cleared it up. He does not state the
distinction between IS acts" and "chit-
chat" 1t might be of some Importance
to know this, since We should then be able
to decide, perhaps, whether his official
declaration that our government was
s. without henor and energy" his subse-
quent friendly profession of lore for the
Americans, aud his late assurance to the
JAMESTOWN deputies, were all " acts" or
mere " chitchat." The qubbling to prove
that Bonaparte may have revoked his
edicts, conlormably to promise, notwith-
standing his continued seizure Of Ameri-
can property, is quite astonishing We
should much regret to find that such alb
surd doctrines were sanctioned by any
member of the administration.
The language Of the Intelligenccr of
Saturday and the Richmond Enquirer of
Friday, relative to this subject, is so SINH
lar, that person might almost be led to
suppose that both pieces had emanated
from the same source. We subjoin few
extracts
From the Intelligencer.
{" For any thing we yet know the emper-
or Of France has complied with his en-
gagement to repeal the DEGREES of Berlin
and Milan, 50 far as they respect the Uni
ted States"
Proceeding on the same ground, the
Enquirer says:
"If the seal be broken as it respects our
own vessels; If they are exempted from
those edicts, which would interdict them
from the ports of G.. Britain it is clearly
the only privilege which we are entitled
to claim from France, and which our own
government is bound to require for its own
citizens.
From the IntelHgencer.
"But, it is said. the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES are not annuled. Neither are they
we rely. so far as we know, e.rcept us
relates to the u. States which was all re-
CURED by our law at the hands of France,
in order to entitIe her to the exclusive
privilege she now enjoys in our ports.
Moreover, she has done all that was ne
cessary for her to do, to enable us to &C.
mand Of Great Britain. on her own prlncl-
Piles and admissions, the revocation OF her
ediets of like character
From the Enquirer.
The very terms of the law, under which
the executive has acted; the act OF May,
1910; recognize too this clear distinction
The words OF the act are, Z" in case either
Great Britain or France shall so revoke
or modify her edicts as that they shall
cease to violate the neutral commerce of
the United States" What is it to us, Whe-
Their Napoleon shall publicly announce
that :. the Berlin and Milan DEGREES are