The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1811-06-12
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the proceedings in Parliament, several cues
tons put TO the ministers, and some little
discus>i.n ms about the state of our affairs with
ihis country and in my last, See she Re
Gorfer Of lass gvssk,) l offered some observa-
tions upon the subject. In order, however,
clearly TO understand the nature and state Of
the dispute between the TWO countries, the
reader must go back TO my article oil The 5th
oil December, (sce 48th Wander IF ire Re-
for!sr,) England then stood pledged TO re-
peal the orders in council as sooa as France
hrd repealed her Berlin and Milan DEGREES,
which as the reader will bear IN mind, came
after some of those orders IN council, Of
which the Americans complain. Last Sm-
mer France announced TO America, that
these DEGREES uere reheaIed whereupon a.
merica called upon Us To repeal our orders in
council, TO which she received no precise an
swer but, the orders were not repealed AS
soon as the American President learnt that
france had repealed her decree, he issued
proclamation, declaring the Jaes, and also de-
claring (as he was authorised hy particular
act OF Congress) that all the restrictions inn
posed on the shipping and commerce of
France should then cease. The same act
provided, that a non-intercourse should take
place upon either OF the parties, in three
months from the date os such proc ocamation,
unless that party followed the example Of the
olhcr, in repeating the obnoxious orders OF
DEGREES and, of course. this provision would
go into effect against us on the I'd Of Fe6rua-
ry last This is the reason why the Ameri-
can ships have recently gone out unioaded,
and why commerce with America is at a
stand. We do not follow the example of
France we did not repeal our orders In
council we kept them in force they are in
force now and Of course, we can have no
commerce with America.
OF the documents, which have reached us
silcc the date Of the article above referred to,
the first IN order, as well as importance, is
the American Presidents Message to The
conBiess, at the opening of the session on the
5th of Dec. 1910. The President there
states, that the French have repealed their
DEGREES /; that England has not; ; that no con-
elusive answer has been obtaiDed from her |;
shat, of course, the non intercourse act will
ointo execution against her on the Cd Of
February and he then suggests to the con-
gress whether 1t may not be proper 10 pass a
l,w by way of adding to the efficacy of that al
ready passed for that purpose. The next
document that reached MS was q letter of the
grand Judge of France, dated 25,h December
1919. lhi, letter, addressed 10 the Prcsi-
dent OF the Council Of Prizes, states that A.
mcrican vessels, after the lst Of November,
have not been Judged according TO the Berlin
and Milan degrees, but are 20 remain in Sc
qucstrafion, until it he asceraincd, that, on
the 2d of February, 1871 J, the American gov
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