The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-01-16

ne through for the certificates delivered in
5 Ich cases.
proceed now, Sir, to reply to the second
OF your questions.
Ey despatch Of His Excellency the Duke
of Cadore, Of the Solh Of August last, re-
ctived by the " Hornet" the 3th Of last mo.
and OF which intoI nation was given the same
day TO the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of Hi.
Majesty, they are especially prohibited from
delivering certificates OF origin tor merchan-
die OF any kind, or under any pretext what
ever, ii the vessels are not destined for
France.
his reply to your second question, Sir,
furnishes you with solution oil the third
The Consuis and Vice -Consuls of H. A.
Will have ceased to deliver certificates of o.
rigin To vessels ioi any other place than France
immediately on the receipt OF this circular,
which VIII reach them d few days sooner or
later, according TO the greater or less dis
tance oil the places Of their residence
Concerning cotton and tobacco their i'm
portation into France Is at this moment spe-
cialiy prohibited (; but l have reasons to be-
ileVe, (and l pray you, meanw hile, TO ob-
serve, sir, that they do not rest upon any
iacts) that some notifications will be given
10 this absolute exclusion. These modifica-
lions Will not depend upon the chance oi e.
vents, but viii be the result OF other measures
hrm and pursued with perseverance, which
the two governments will CONTINUE TO adopt,
10 withdraw from the monopoly and from The
Vexations of the common enemya commerce
loyal (loyaIJ and necessary To rance as we'll
as 10 the United Sta es
Accept, sir, the renewed assurance of nv
high consideration.
(oigned) TURREAU.
The Secretary Of STATE to General 7urreax.
Department OF State, Dec. l8, 1910.
SIR--l have had the honour OF receiving
your letter OF the 18th inst. in reply to n,y
enquilies IN relation 10 certitic ates of origin,
as well as TO the admission into France of the
products OF the agriculture of the y. States.
From your letter 1t appears, that the i'm
portation into France OF cotton and tobat co.
the produce of the u. States, is at this time
especially and absolutely prohibited.
From the decree of the 18th July, it more
over appears, that there Can be 10 importa-
lion into France, but upon terms and cond-
lions utterly inadnissible, and that, therefore
there can be no importation at all OF the iol-
lowing articles, the produce of the USt.tes,
namely, Fish-oil, Dye-wood, Salt Fish, Hides
and PeltIy.
As these enumerated articles constitute
the great mass Ut the exports from the y.
States 10 France, the mind is natui ally AVA
kened 10 survey OF the actual condition Of
the commercial relations between the two
countries, and to the confederation that no
practical good, worthy of notice, has result
e.l to the y. States from the revocation Of
the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, combined, az
II unexpectedly has been, with a change in
The commercial system OF France, SO mo-
menlous to the United States.
The actof Congress of May last had for
Its object not merely the recognition of
speculative legitimate principle, but the en-
joyment OF substantial benefit. The over
ture, erein presented, obviously embraced
the idea OF commercial advantage. 1t inclu-
ded the reasonable belief, that an abrogatlon
of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES would leave
the ports Of France as free for the introduc-
lion of the Produce of the u. States, as they
were previous TO the pron,ulsation ct those
DEGREES.
The restrictions of the Berlin and Milan
DEGREES had the effect of restraining the A.
merican merchants from Sending their yes-
sells to France. The in,e-diclions in the sys-
tenn that has been substituted against the adj
mission OF American products, will have the
effect of imposing upon them an equal res
straint. IT, then, for the revoked DEGREES, nu-
nicipal laws, producing the same commercial
effect, have been substituted, ths mode only,
and not the measure, has undergone an alter
alton. And however trse it may be, that the
change is lawful in form, II is, nevertheless as
true, that it is essentially unfriendy, and that
it does no, at all comport with the ideas in-
spired by your letter of the 27th ult. in which
you we're pleased to declare the distinctly
pronounced intention Of his Imperial Maies-
ty, of favouring the commercial relations be-
tween France and the United States, in all the
objects of traAick which shall be evidently
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