Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-08
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weie they 10 make retrscuon oi th.ir
principles? indeed, no other sense
can possibly be at ributed to this decl..-
ration OF our minister in America M
less IL be pretended, hat the king of
England meant, that France should
make an express and form al confession
OF her having acted upon III JUS aud
! sSIefl eeus sprlpclPl es and, / think tl'at
there Is no nan, with any pretrnsioas
10 fairness, who will attempt 70 sup
port an opinion, thar he words oiour
minister were either taken, or mea1t,
IN such a seuse. If, then, the rea4er
DC OF opinion, as think, he must, that
the letter OF the French minister for
ioreign affairs to Mr. Armstrong, fairy
amounted TO a retraction of the prin-
cipies complained OF by US, he will, OF
course, ask for the reasons why his
majesy's earnest desire to see tne
commerce OF the world restored 10
freedom and his readiness to abandon
The syst m forced upon him, did not
produce the effects which were nat
uraiiy to be expected from Them or,
IN other words what could now bu tie
reason for not following Immediately
the example of the French in revoking
the orders in council. Instead, how
ever, OF al Immediate revocation, up
on receiving from the American nia-
lister here, an Off notification Of
the revocation of the French DEGREES,
our minister for foreign att rs, ord
Wellesley, answers, 6 thar whenever
the repeal, OF the French DEGREES shall
have actually taken place, and the com.
MERGE OF ueurral actions shall have been
restored e. TIE condition IL which ic
stood previously 20 tDe FORMULATION
Of those DEGREES, then the king vii.
rellnquish his present sys tenn. What.
let me ask. was meant by she reyoca-
ton having actually taken place /? HID
It not actually, that IS 40 say, really,
taken place! The French minis ar
sayss "tne DEGREES are revoked -
What was he 10 say more? In what
way was an actual revoc alton to take
place, il lot in this way And how
vas the fact to be communicated 10 ne
except IN tne way In which it was COM
munlcated ; that is 10 say, officially
through the American minister. to
whom or TO whose government, the re-
vocation woulf, OF course DE amour.
ced > by the.-g governments OF 34snce?
Really, I cannot tor my part, form -
ny notion ot what we could requ re
further; or, OF what could further be
demanded - proof tha, the revocation
OF the French decrecs had 3ctuaiiy taken
place. Did Lord Wellesley mean, that
we were 20 stop till the first day Of Nv.
IN order 20 see WHETHER the Fiench
would act upon the revocation, agree
aDiy 10 their promise II this was
what was meant, how did it agree
with the declaration sbout the kings
readiness TO renounce "a system that
had been forced upon him, and which
ne 80 earnestly desired 60 do away ?
For, If we refuse TO begin our revoca-
ton, Il we re fuse 10 declare IT,, Il We
refuse to declare il even c0ud ti0nallv,
now was it /, be expected, Or b ped cor
shst he Frsnch woald act upon leirs at
the day named IN the notification ol to.
French minister to MIR Armstrong
What, in short, did such refusal or
postponement amount 70 but this, -
that ,honi h the French had oRicially
announced TO America Zoe revocation
Of their DEGREES, 20 Be acted upon on
a certain day, yet, such was our opinion
of the parties, that VIC nnst see 1t act
/ cd upon, before we would even De Clare
our revocation, to be acted upou az d..
my time at all! II the realcr thinks
that ta,s was what We could not rea.
lsoua5.y eEpec, any Independent nation
to hsdr |i,h great complaisanCy, that
, opinion vii! ccrsainly be strengthened
up0n his being informed Of tn deCi~-
ration ct our minister Ia An,rica 70
the American government = Fcbrus,
Try 1905, Is laid before Congress IN
Nov. 6 rhas YEAR, he, acco. ing 70
these documents, ,hen &c foDmuuica-
treA, the several late GeCra,s jorIets
ID couneiD ~, MS 8oyernment. wi.h
expressions "a the rePret teit BY his
Britannia ul,jesty aC the accessory m.
, Ipos d on BIN Tor such q. iuCerfer ace
, wi,h neutral conmgree, and with as.