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

'N 10y S''~ vac IiilDoTt, put
las the enclosed copy will shew) a.
adopted the words of general Arm
stronG's statement to me of the tenor
and effect of that notice.
On .he 9th of August the no,ihca-
ton OF Geu. Armstrong was publishe j
III the Monisear, the official journal
OF The French government, as the act
Y'ofEshas government and thus became
"a formal declaration and public
pledge TO all who had an interest in
the matter Of it.
IL w5@id be waste of time 70 par.
hcusirlsr the numerous i,estances o(
analogous practices in England, ty
whicn this coarse is countenanced (:
out recent example happens to be
| before me, and may therefore be men.
iiiuned. The partial recall, or nodi6.
cation, of the English blockade of the
ports and riaces Of Spain from Gjion
to the French territory (itsaIF kpo,yn
TO nay governments, only TN, ough a cir
GUAR notification 10 me, recitec AFTER
wards IN the London GazctteS was de-
ciared TO the American and other po.
yernmen:s III exactly die same mode.
L thiuk it dsmonstrabIe that the
terms in which the French reyoca,ion
Was announced are just as free from
well founded objection as The man.
ner.
Your Lordship's view of them Is
entirely unkfoWn TO fine; bat [ an,
rot ignorant that there are those II,
this count s@ he, protesting "a have
examined them with care, aud having
certainiy exsmined them with isalou
fsp, MAINTAIN rhas the revocation. OF,
the ist OF Novewber, was ado 10
depend, by the Obvious n,e,nine o. {
those terms, upon a conditirn rrrce-
deaf which has nos ben u.il;ed.
namely, the revocation j., G.ca n.i.
tam OF her orders Ia counci. 9nclu,iina
such bl9ckading orders as F;asce
complains of as Illegal
II this were even admitted 20 he On
am yet to learn upon /, her rcund Of,
justice the British sovei tinstnt could
Fdfciine TO meet, by si,nsisr at on is.
part an advance, thAs msd; 80 it f,x
lis adversary in the fare Of. he world
towards co-oper4Iion IL the Urea,
work OF restoring the Fser;T of the
ocean; so lar &c lcsst as rssrects t..e
ord rs IN conncil C 1907. and 1909.
and such bloakSnfss Sc rese,nI,le tisca,.
Il IS not ne eeessry hcwevSr. % take
Ills visw Of she. one stion fer "a.
french revocatien turns on no ccudi-
non precedenLS Is absolute. precise, &
unt qgivocal. a,r
what construction of the document
which declares that revocstion n,:pht
DC made by 3determimed suspicion
and distrust, have NO wish ana an,
not bound TO enquire. Such Ia.
terPreters would not be satisfied bv a.
ny form OF words, and would be Ike.
~ to draw the same conclusion FROM
perfect explicitness and studied oSsco.
rlly. 1t Is enough for me that the
TAR and natural and necessary import
OF the paper affords no color for the
Interpretation | am about to exam
me.
The French declaration " that the
DEGREES OF Berlin and Milan are revo.
ked, and thar from the 1st of Novgn.
Der they will cease to have any effect ,,
IS precision itself. But they are fol.
lowed by these words So" bien enten.
du qIen consequence dc oette dccla-
ration les anglois revoqusront lsurs
arrets de Copseil, ct renonceront aux
poaveaux principles de bloeus u,r';ls
ont voulu etablis, on bien que les +
Itsts Unis, conformement a Pacte Que
vous venez de conmnni1aer, feron,
fesPscter leurs Droits par les ane-
io.s.'
Ii these words state any condition
hey state two, the first depending I'D.
on Great Britain, the last upon tbe
United States and, as they are Put
10 the disjunctive, it would be extra.
VACANT to hold that the nou-perfor
pance Of one Of them is equivalent
o the non-petformance Of both. 4
shall take for graEted therefore that
he argumen, against nv construction
Of the Duke of Cadore's letter mustI
De mogLdeo into new form. Ii must
oeal with two CONDITIONS iBstt. Id ~ol-
ne; and, considering thena equally ~