Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-02-15
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We observe " tR " from
London, that th< Norm III snicle.
a print of ,hes CITY 3aaser,s shst56is Bri-
sannick majssty's minister hsd come to
the determination not TO raoeal the
Orders in Council. In Contradiction
20 this, ministerial Journal states that
ministers have come to no decision /:
but that their conduct will be good
deal influenced bYsthe result of Mr..
Pinkney's enquifsGhv hether, since the
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csrg6es BUT molessati0fo This.
however, take to be an arti6ce in
the ministerial journal for it is not
possible that Mr.. Pinkney, the Amer
lean minister, can be taking pains TO
satisfy the absurd seE4ples OF tue Brit
ish Government, aye 9Th more
SiouooeO u tu$@tH10| [mllUT Of-SuCh
conduct on hopart<pf C. kinister.
from the idea Wfiicl1 Mi lfl(Il INC.
lish journal aflixts to WI it Srms
sc an actual revocation ofthe<}B Rim
and Milan DEGREES - for, SAYS the Jour-
nal, 4" an actual revocation would en-
able American merchants who had
bought the produce of cur (British)
islands, to carry to France and sell such
produce" Now, we do not perceive
that an actualrevocation Of the DEGREES
includes any such hing for if, mimi
Icipaly, France vA rsbniFer British
productions to a sole OF In umed
(except by fire. inker dami6sons. that
Is an affair between EngIaha & France
but not busine 81 at aliconnec,e,i
with the degrees, as they relate to the
United States, whose chief concern
is to procure in France and on the
continent of Europe generally mar
ket tor their own productions. We
may all recollect that the British. un-
der their arbitrary anti-commercial
rule of fifty SIX (Which was so ably
answered by Mr.. Madisonl refused to
suffer French colonial produce to be
carried 70 France in American bottoms.
although such produce was the bona
tide property of American citizens.
France, then, in excluding British CO.
loniaF produce only follows the exam
pie of England but an example which
the English ought to have foreseen
would have been followed by the
French for, what SO natural, as that
the French government should refuse
TO consume British cpAfee and sugar
! and East India goods, xhen the Brit.
ish would not let diem eonsume their
own? The English Afe ing e.
nough 10 insist that We shall make
France buy British productions bit
the y. States are not quite so siIlv as
TO involve themselves in new diff.
cullies so crafty their greatest enemy.
/ The expressions of the ministerial
journal with respect to the DEGREES.
induce us to believe what the London
Morning Chronicle says. to betrue.--
and they explain the sscya a the
continuation OF the Rritis h + "a ers.
to wit: no abrogati3hs.of 49, am
less France roiFl aaatit mo 80 en,-
pire English product,o1s in .Ameri.
can Cneuiral) 0esseLs.. y The Br;,ish
ministry do not care fig, whether
Bonaparte will or will not admit a
bale Of cotton or a hogsbead of TO-
bacco 90 American account. But if
ne were to admit British msnufac-
lures, the Orders would inst antly van
isk.
Recent in,ellissaee from England
shews that thsr herd struggle
glish ministry. n tie oltHkine dies
the present mini Frs gosoet of Office :
and, in this respecs, Death may be =
greater friend to the Americans than
the present ministry have been.