Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-05


Decree, and, as our Orders had de
clared, that they should be continued
III force till the Berlin Decree was
revoked; so this Decree from Milan
declares, that its restrictions and pen
alties should remain in force, till the
Orders in Council should be revoked.
Both the hostile nations made an ap.
peal to America for she was the only
neutral in this way j each said to her
1t is your Fault for suffering our enemy
to enforce such restrictions; ii is for
you TO compel our eaemy TO respec.
your flag, aud ,,until you Go that, /
will enforce against you nv measure
liberalization which / do, not in hos.
tility towards you, but rs nv only
meaus Of self defence against the ty-
rannical measures Of my enemy. -
merica, az was very natural in her
situation, complained>of both. She
talked of war, 20 which she, however,
had always a hearty dislike and, af-
ter having tried negociation in vain,
she fell upon this expedient. She
protested against the grounds of lus.
tificaton taken by both parties; she
declared that both had violated her
righs---but she at last, determined to
submit, for the preset, while she en-.
deavored to prevail upon one party
or the oJher to give way first, and TO
revoke their 0 ders or DEGREES. AT
ter lore and frui,less- efforts in this
way, she passed, on the 1st of May,
1910, an act, which she expected
would have the egect desired. In
this actit was provided, thar, if either
Great Britain or France should, be.
fore the 5lst OF March, 1911, SO re-
woke or modify her edic,s, that they
should cease TO Violate the neutral
commerce Of America, the fact should
he declared by the President by pro-
cIamation, and that, then if the other
nation should no., in thee months
from thatti revoke or modify her
edicts IN Ike manner, the non.inter.
course act should be Revived against
that nation. Thns things stood pre-
vicusly to tie 5th of August, 1910,
on which day the French minister for
foreign affairs communicated officially
mister at Paris, that the DEGREES OF
Berlin and Milen were revoked, an,
that, from tho 1T Of Move mber, 1910,
they would cease to be in force, 1t be-
ing understood, that, in consequence
OF this revocation khe English, should
revoke ther ord in council, and
renounce the ne WprAciples of block
2Je which thew MI Ase-r.J 20 g
tahiish. Mr.. ArrAssAng h-ving COM
municared this notification to MIR.
PInkney, the American minister at
LoDdo1, the latter wrote on the 25.h
OF August last 10 lord Wellesley. our
Secretary of State for foreign affairs
Informing him Of what, had been done
IN France and, at the same time ob.
aerved, that he took it FOR gtanted,
chat the revocation of the British Or
ders IN Courcii would follow as a
matter of course, and that he hoped
10 be enabled to announce TO his go,
vcrument, that such revocation had
taken place. Lord WeilesIeg aoswerI
ed that whenever the repeal Of the
French DEGREES should have actually
t""Nh CsSb., cub tilC commerce OF
neutral nations should have been re-.
stored to the condition in which it
stood previous to the PRONUNCIATION of
those DEGREES, the king would have
the highest satisfaction in reIinquishing
a system, which the conduct of the
enemy had compelled him to adopt.
This answer does not appear to have
been relished much in America. Il
has reservation in it, which does
notseem to promise full and equivo-
cal revocation on our part, even when
the revocation oil. the French DEGREES
shall have actually taken place and
We know, that a revocation did not
take place in England. Tn. French
notification having been eommunica-
ted to Mr.. Madison, the President
ofthe American states, he issued his
proclamation, agreeably TO the above
mentioned act of Congress passed on
The first of May, 1910, which procla-
nation, together with the circular let
ter ol the Secretary Of the American
Treasury, have just been received, and
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