Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-12

tbem by similar measure. On 10 prileip,s
,,h.,evrr can It be said TO give anv sanctoIt n
1.-The conduct OF Great Britain towards neuusl
nations e
The United States csn have 30 objection
to the employment Of their commercial CAP.
tai in the supply of France, and CT tie ear;i.
Inent generally, with mar ufactures, end to Com.
prise in the supply those of Great hli,sr, bye,
yided those powers will consent to It. Bet
thew cannot undertake to force such supple,
on France or on any other power, In ccmri.
ancc with the claim of the British COVER.
Imcnt, on principles incompatible with tie
rights Of every Independents: nation, and they
will not demand in favor OF another power,
what they cannot claim for themselves.
| All that Great Britain could with reaso,
complain of, was the inhibition 10y the French
DEGREES, CT the lawful trade CT ncutrals with
the BRITISH! dolniniors. AS soon az that inhi.
bitio,, ceased, her inhibition ofou trade with
France ought in like manner to have Ceased
Having pledged herself to proceed has hos,u
y ith France, in tho revocation OF their vcSDec.
tive acts violating neutral rights, 1t has aford.
ed lust cause of complaint, and even Ct as;o-
nishrncnt, to the United States, thst the b..
fish government could have sanctioned the
seizure and condemnation OF American sesses
under the orders in council, attcr the rerocI.
ton OF the French DEGREES was announced
and even in the very moment vixen youi MS.
sion, avowed to be conciiiatory, was to have
its effect.
| will only add that had it appeared fDalv,
that France had failed TO perform hcr eneaec
| ment it might at least have been expected,
that reat-Blitain would not have molested
such of the vessels of the United States IS
might be entering the ports of France, on the
faith Of both governments, till that Fixture was
clearly proved.
To many lnsinuations in your letter l make
no reply, because they sufficient. suggest tie
only one that would be proper.
| If it were necessary to dwell on the impr.
TALLY which has been observed by the United
States towards the two bclligercnts, might
| ask, whether If Great-Britain had accepted tie
condition which was offered equally to her
France, by the act of May lst, 1910, and
France had re ected it, there Is cause to touh
that the non.importation act would Rave been
carried into effect against France No suth
doubt can possibly exist, because in former
instance, when this government, trusting C !
fuldlmcnt by yours of an arrangement whith
| put an end to a non-intercourse with Great.
| Britain, the D01-interccursc was continued !.
| gainst France, who had not then repealed her
! DEGREES as It vas rot doubted E gland hid
done. Has il not been repe ,tedly declared TO
| your government, th..t if Great-Britain wonR
| revoke her orders in council, the PresiGcE
| would Immediately Cause the non-importatiG
| TO cease You well hncw that the saIic &c.
| claration has often been made 10 Yourself, all
that nothing more is wanting to the rcmov.!
of the existing distractions 10 the commerce
between the two counties, thana satisfaction
.ssurance, which viii BE- received with plet.
sure from yourself, that the orders in counoI
are at an end.
| By the remark in vcur letter of TIC 81 g.
July, that the blockade @! NJ y, 8oG, had been
included in tie more comprehensive system [!
tie orders in council of the following year
that, If that blockade Should be continued il
force i,ftci the repeal Of tile orders IN council
It would be II consequence of the special aP.
| piicatpr Of sufficient n..vai force, could
not but infer your idea 70 BIZ. that the repeal q
|
volve the repeal Of the bi5ckace Of May
| was the more readily induced 10 MAKE tbs :.
| ference, trou: the constellation that if Il:
blockade was not revoked by the rep.I q
the orders in council there would be 10 ~
ceosity ioE giving rotice that it would be
| continued as by the further co1s.der.tio1'
| that according to the decision 81 your copl
| of admiralty, blockade nst;,uted By Pro.
| clamation does not Cease by the remoysi Il
the force applied to it, i.or without fogInI
notice blythe government toti5at effect
| 1t Is not, however, wished 10 discuss cry
| question reiative TO the mode by winch tx
! blockade may be terminated. is qc,I4l ..F'
mination is the material object lol coDsG,r
| alton.
1t is easy to shew, s il has aire&iy hc'H
| abundanty shewn, tfist the blockade d u =
1905, is inconsistent on anY view TIT nlJ
De taken OF it with the law Of nations. as
also easy to skew that, as now eXp0unae1,
it Is equally inconsistent with the sense q
your government when the order was issa'
ed /; and this change is d sufficient reply 70