Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-08
From cobbett's Poi;icd Register.
SUMMARY OF Politics.
WIN, PlNNNEY.
"dERIcA AN STATES.
constituted.

Hh ENi1 - -
CONSULTED.
But the question now before us is
altogether OF different nature. Il
arises out of particular compact or "a
greement, which, though cot embo-
died into single instrument, Vith
the aPpendages Of dates, signatures
and seals, is, and Ought I'd b., as
binding a. any treaty made, Ike tina
lately made with the Prince Regent
Of Portugal, in the name OF the
most holy and undivided Trinity"
How then stands the case W.
make certain maritime regulations
which induce Napoleon to issue the
Berlin decree. -----Inis decree brings
forth our orders IN council.---The8e
produce the milan decree.--A,
merica complains OF Us both. Mel
Their Of Us, the belIige ent parties, at
tempt to stand by @har We have done
as>acts just in themselves. we both
expressly declare them TO be acts pi
retaliation and both declare, upon
every occasion that presents self,
that as soon as America snail have
prevailed upon our opponent 10
revoke his yegulatioust we will re-.
yoke ours. Each party said 10 r.
nerica oy submitting TO the DEGREES
CT orders Of ny enemy, you injur.
.ne and ! must, therefore, in oylt-de-
fence make you .snhmit TO similar
DEGREES aud orders, which I shaii
impose each declared, that,
whenever ,he other party shouid re-
woke her DEGREES or orders, he would
Instantly revoke his. Well, then,
there a}sbeaFed notalas W agSing to
accopsPlisth tbe .uis!teS5'6f A.tharica but
q beginning n ra:s work sof srevocati
on. Thar il never could begin, unless
one OF the beiiigerenr par,iss sqal the
lead, was CcrlaiD.---This, at last,
Napoleon (who is obstinate only
when his Interest fsqu:res iD did,
and, apparently, without any feIuc-
5ance, as We have seen in the letter
of the French minister oil foreign at
fairs TO Mr.. Armstrong. In thai
let'er, 50 Official instrument, ii is dc
clared, thsl the DEGREES Of Berlin and
Milan are revoked" and ,hat the (,
are 70 cease 20 haze eject on tie hrst
Gay Of Novetnbsr. Row, when thi-
was communicated 20 our government
- we sec IL was, on the 18th OF Au
gust lass, by the American minister
here, in an Official ins rllnenl, why
were rot our orders in couocil, oui
regulatory orders 10 council why
were they not also revoked Ia thS
same way that IS to aay, by were
hey nos declared 10 be revoked, auc
that they should cease to haze efec
on the first OF Novembcr last? Th,
orders were FROM first 20 !oot, deo!ar
ed TO be acts c! retaliation they ex
press the regret Of the king of Eng
land at being Obliged TO adopt mea
snres so injurious 30 the commerce o
neutrals they cisarly convey the /
dea, that they are to continue il fore
&c longer than the DEGREES o. the enc
my, whence they pave arisen and
Z our minister in AEseTiCe, IN Februa
~, 1908, declared 20 the America
, government, " his q sjes:y s earne.
desire to see the commerce Of ,h
; world restored to that freedom, whic
Is necessary for It's prosperity, IN
. his readiness to abandon the systeI
which had been forced upon hin
vhenever the euemy should re;ra,
lths primo pies which had rendered
Necessary" Ii these words had an
T meaning at all, they meant that o,
orders in council would lie revoke
r whenever the FreDch should rev,I
e their DEGREES tor, in what other wa