The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-07-30
THE NEGOCIATION =.

hSehts CTo"o SD last upon us, that W
have scarcely time O.trace out their bear
lngs--Ihe negotiation AT Wa shington ends
as every man of discernment thought, /,
snake and Congress is convened to ia k,
certain "great and weighly matters" int
consideration---they too will not end il
smoke. s.t
The precise state Of things is not before
ns-yet II seems, from the Nat. lntelligeu
Ger, that the bioekade of May 1896 is /" M
longer an insuperable difficulty" but tina
The Orders IN Council will not cease, until
he Frcrch DEGREES are repealed "in a far
greater extent than the u. S. have required
or can require as vioiatiny any IF thei,
neutral rtshts.'' :
The British oGfciai print in Baltimore
the Federal Rcpuolican) gives us some
ninls as TO the course of the negotiation, in
these Words" The blockade (of may 1906
beng re moved. which has been assumed as
accumulation Of the whple system against
commerce. there no longer remains a pre-
text TOR he continuation of the French De-
crerS. Their repeal, with tie same for
nidhf5 Ct their orisinal tromuis0tion must
now be insisted upon NJ Serrurier must be
required to pledge his government to the
revocation of the edrt adopted in retaliati-
on OF the obnoxious bockadc, now no longer
an obstacle to the re-estab,ishment OF neu-
trail rights and commerce. This, it seems,
IS not the ground our imhnrtfat executive
means to take
We have but one answer to this expose
but 1t is the answer Of immusabie truth.-
What right have 7ve to insist upon the re-
peal of the DEGREES with the same /ormoltfv
OF their original fronuigation--if their
o6norioua part< are repealed as to the u.
States>
Our government have been consistent
throughout---'fhe ground, which they nogy
take, isthe same as that which they hav. a.
n9ornAy taken. Trace the follosing seri-
es of facts--and mark the honorable con.is-
tency which they DISCLOSE
In May. 1 SOC, the above blockad, wa is.
sued.--On Nov 21st 1906, the Berlin Deere.
saw the lighs-.The first article declares the
British isles in a state OF blockade All the
rest are mere municipal regulations. AZ to
vessels entering her ozvn ports, which France
mad right TO enact. Weii--M. Deere,
mipister of Marine. informs ne that y. ~a.ld
not go into effec: against us-M. Turre.n
sends this letter as an instruction to the r
cruisers in the w. Indies.----In fact. the
6lockading feature of this decree vas 10,
pr IN force against us, until in the case of
the Horizon on 10th Oct. rh1807 NotWith
standing these things, the Brush issued .heir
Orders of Jan. &c Nov 11,h 1907. thnuph
they had not heard OF the case of the HI
r'zon--what did we do? When we beard
OF that case, (provins that tie only anti neu
trail feature of the decree vas going int.
effect against u.s. and at the same time
accounts mad reached US that the Orde RS IN
Council OF NV. We're coming ont, we then
took our stand-laid the Embargo--aod
from that time To this, h " oever ceased.
IN so'ne shape or other. Protesting against
no aorcrr c,, t,.tl Va
now require of Francef FMS" Go back
to where you were, previous to the case of
the Horizon-rhat ia, respect our rights
on the high seas. take off the blockade OF
u as to ourselves, & sou may or you may
not, az you please and IS you have a righ,
to please, admit our vessels into your ports.
co'olng IRON British ports, or laden with b.
goods"
Mr.. Foster, however, goes further--and
we presume, requires us to require of France
that her DEGREES should be formally and
publicly repealed-,bat is, we must not only
take up the gauntlet fer the Turks and AIge-
rines, ard other great neutral nations, re
curing the French DEGREES to be revoked as
to them also-but we must likewise take il
up tor o. Brisain-insisiing, that all the
parts ofthe Berlin decree shall be revoked
in order, that his majesty's goods, &c.
may be admitted into the continent
Now ~e will not dOit-norhave we rich,
to do it. Ii Great Britain really wishe s 20
retaliatc on France, why does she not do il
without njurIrs us. since France does not
az this time injure her through us ? WHY
does she not say, that her Orders are res.
ended as TO us-and that we shall not car
ny french goods into her ports
Extract of a letter to d Merchant an the CITY of
h''hmoHd. from his CoyrcspondeHt in Roydeau,e,
dat,1 June OH.
Since the late DEGREES of France aud Eng
land which hav4 rot only annihilated neutr'l |
trade, but in their course paraiised that OF tbess
very powers, have seldom addressed YOU 1
punctusiiy communicated to you, however, tie
ordinances and promised regulations relative to
trade, that have at various periods excited or
depressed the hopes of the American Merchant,
without daring to give my opinion as TO their
probable issue this, prudence iorbad and
your own dscernment rendered superfuous
Tor 7bena Commission Merchant ce ,ses TO en-
courage, he discourages.
Notwithstanding the position the American
Government has latey taken, no general mes-
sure has been adopted fsyorsble to the commerce
n tho y. The few vessels with their csrgoes
that have b gen here these four months past
were liberated by special deciee Oh CONDITION
OF exporting the proceeds IN the products OF
thus country, whereof Z 3ds in silks Bot what
with the enormous duties and heavy disburse-
h-,t IL.