Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-07

= yete Of the "a ITGT!dI ) WHICH Puitioii.>. SiA
refusal to submit to be visited, with the SAME
nenaity Of co.liscaton, which the CUSTOM
house Of Bordeaux would wish 70 Apply to us
to day, " for having been visited
We NAV then say, with that statesman VINO
presented TO the Legislative body the Cd article
Of the Code Napoleon :--Far be from US the
! idea of those law, with two faces (havJnS a
double aspect which, having necessarily sse
eve upon the fast, and the other upon The f"-
| tire, would dry up the sources OF confidence
and become an eternal principle OF l"Jnsi,oe'
| of general injustice, OF general dc'tEucio!'
! and of disorder 70 conclude, dc decree IS
so evidently inappIlcabic to dc prcS''' ''s:'
that it is impossible to conceive 10" the oti'~
GERS of the customs could see in it any ioundS-
| zion for measure so fatal to captain Newman
/ All this reasoning WAS, however, thrown a.
| way the vessel aid her Outward bound cargo
were both condemned
This single case is all our limits will per
nit us to gire at full length; the reader WHO
wishes u sec further particulars, referred
70 the interesting pamphlet eht!licd An e%-
position OF the conduct OF trai.cc towards A
Ineric.., illustrated by cases decided Ill INC
Council Of Prizes, by Lewis Goldsmith : as
lately repub!is.ed by Mir. /. Sergeant OF this
; city.
We have now before US the " Lut1tretdtio"
or construction md e1ecAtioh # the Er'neA
detrses." We have seen, they are FIRST exc
cuted, them made Known. then interpreted, y
lastly, defended and justified III our rrcnchiii-
ed newspapers
Such being the Interpretation ard execution
of the DEGREES, il may not be taken t.li!-ss IL
We SIX, :: few words, what are ire DEGREES
OF themselves? The Berlin decree protcsscd
OH the fee of il to &c no lnorc tIlan Il decree
CT blockade; it declared ali E:igia!.d iii d state
of blockade. without s Ilsri.lc force 10 invest
any part Of the coast hut Instead Vi cXccut-
ing it according TO. the law OF blockade, by
t:raTnr bark neutral vessels attempting to en-
,cr ,.tt.r notice, the French @clupcd cot to
cQhture ana c1hfycate every IL utrsi il. the nisi
instance.
Us to the Milan decree il orders that eve
~ slip. to whatever rat'cn 6eioh3iAS, fiiat
shall have submitted e Dc visited 81 al III
piish ship. or which shsl be or i,er yovG3e 70
Engigu.d, Or snail hive Psd ;lly tax whatever
to the LII, ;iish government, IS declared TO be
uhauti1Aed--to il.ve forfeited tic Protection
OF her own government, and 70 have teconie
English property X neither she enter cur
pol1s or those of Ctr a.ics, or whether she
fall into the HANDS OF oGr SHIPS OF Wal Or p:i-
yateels, She is declared 10 DC good ;1.d lawful
Prize Thus France, si.aIrc.cssly declares
every neutral, coed prize, for tho very act 81
obevinc the Known law OF nations nay, that
very NV recognized and adopted by herself,
IL l6sl and ag,in OH Tie I'd p,ariaL BY this
law OF nations every neutral is compelled
to stop S permit the visit and search OF every
bclliscrent Size meets with, under penalty il
case she refuses, OF forfeiting her neutrality, &
subIecting herself to be Captured an. seEt III IS
good prize. But this attrocious decree renders
il crime III tie neutral. that she has submitted
to be visited by the English, (thouSn ouc OF
kcr power to prevent it, while TIC French
themselves visit the same vessel IN order to
ascertain tEe very Tact, thus rendered criminal
aid for which she is 10 Dc Condemned. Be
.!oid our situation. II We refuse the Eng i:sh
thcirr ght OF search: VIC forfeit ournCutral:ty q
become good pie to thcl:1, ACCORDING to the
l;.w Of liat:oEs; Il VIC submit, as Te :rc bound
by this law to dD, we iGrielt Our Neutrality md
become good prize 10 the French, ,,clold!Eg
TO Their eXcCTaDie Milan decree OF which they
are the 50 best Interpreters" So .liic It either
wav, whether VIC Submit, OF ~t. iavi We re-
fuse 10 submit, &c equally iorteIt Oar ileutr,h-
ty aud bcccme coed prize. Has our "inq'ar-
tai governments" eyer demonstrated against
this Infamous decree Has it demanded re-
pdation for TIE rcbberies committed under 1t
lis execrabie decree has nov beeI. 10 full
force for mere than four years, aid Tor more
than three months Iast past, III direct violation
OF the cTapcror's solemn promise A promise
indeed winch inste-d of revocation OF the de-
cree, il-s operated III fact as revival of it.
We had learnt WISDOM from. experience, and
our c1ution had rendered the decree almost,
If rot quite, dead iette:,, when the perl,d!ous
monarch DsIisii,d cur incrcdu;ty, md restored
our confidence IL him by solemnis promising
no more to nloicst Us. We accordingly ven
turcd again 10 trust him, and again hive VIC
been scandaiousiy piilass,ed Scch repca. is
the infamous piraticsJ decree to which oar GO
vernlnent have submitted md oIr democratic
presses openly justified for H.ore than four
wears. And yet the governor 81 New York,
has the insolent ar.ciicity TO tell the house cf