Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1811-11-20
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any particular force TO that feryice. SincS
, the PRONUNCIATION of the orders 10 couaciI
1.-The blockade of May 1906, has been fus.
,Stained and extended by tae more co.nprc.
theniivs fyftem OF defentiyc retaliation on
winch thole regulations are founded. Buzz
IL the orders in council fhould be aprogat.
cd, the blockade Of May 300, could not
Sontinse under our coat ruetion of the law
OF nations, unlefs char blockade fhouid I've
: maintained by due application of al ade-
;auate naval force.
ncrlca appears toeoncur with France in
aiferting thar Great Britain was the orr
ginal aggrefior in the attack ON neutral
rights, and has particularly objected ia
the blockade OF May, 1906, AZ an OBJ
vIons inlfance of that aggrellion on the part
OF Great Britain
Although the doctrines of the Berlin de.
cree refpecting the rights of blockade, are
not directly zdcrted by the American GOV.
ern'nent, MIR. Pinkney's correfpondenoe
would appear TO countenaace the prin-
ciPies OH which thofc doctrines are found
ed. The OBJECTION directly ufed by a.
merica againtt the blockade of MAY, I8o6
relts on a fuPpohtion that no naval ,r-.'e,
which GreaE Britain poiiehed, or could ).
have employed for inch purpaie, could
have rendered iucn blockade cfcttuai, and
that therefore IL was neceharily irregular
and could nor politely be main:aiaed In
conformity 70 the law of nations.
Reviewing the courie of this farement,
it will appear that the block sde Of Mays
1906, cannot be deemed contrary to rhe
law OF nations, either under the objett:ons
i,rn rod l. - 81.
ciared or infatuated by the Americas goa
vernment, becaufe shat blockade wa.
maintained by efficient naval force
| that the decree of berlin was nor there.
| fore juitifIed either under the pretexts al.
lodged by France, or under ,hoie iupport.
ed oy America, thst the orders in coun-
Gil were founded Ga a juh principle of de-
fenh. re retaliation againit the vol lion OF
the law of nations committed by france
| IN the decree OF Berlin, that rhe block
sde of May 1906 is no " includes in ths
more extenfve operation of she orders I'M
council will not BE contiuuel beyond the
effe6tual duration of the hottie DEGREES Of
| France, nor will the blockade OF May
1906 continue after the repeal of the or
dsrs in council unlefs his nsieffv's govern
;! rpeat fhall think 6t to fuifain II by the
| fpccial application of fuficient naval
force.-This fact will NOT be HafFe,ed "a
| remain in doubt, aud il rhe repeal of ths
J orders in council fhould take place, the
intention of hi, maieay's government res.
peetihg rhe bloeka de Of May 1906 viii
be aotiaed at the fans time.
need net recapitulate to you the fen.
timents of his majeRy', government 70 Of.
ten repeated on the fubjea OF the French
minitter's note to gen. Armfrong. dated
the 9th OF lait Asg. The tu'ied ambip.
uity of chat note has fnce bsen AMPLY eS.
planned by the conduit and lAneua PC Of ,he
government Of France. of which ore II
the mot remarkable inffance. is m he
found 10 the fpeech of tbs chief Of the
French government Oh the I7'h OF laa
month, to certain deputies fIein the frea
cities of Hamburg, Bremen ard Lubbock
wherein he declares thar the Hcr,in and
Milan DEGREES lhail be the public code Of
; France as lccg as England maintains her
orders lie council of SEQ ard 8o7. Thus
E pronoanclng as plainly as language will
admit, thar the fy ten of violence and in
jufice of which he is the founder win re
maintained by hin until the dese.five n,e :
AetS' WI 'Stahdt'oi 10 WHICH, tncy gave tf.E
, on the part Of Great Britain flaiI 81 atsu.
) dored.
If other proofs were neceGary to fi,ew
the continued exittcnce If thofe c,,ioxiyus
DEGREES, they may be difcove rel in tl,a I'M.
periai edi6t dated at Fon.ainbeeu ia Ct,
I9, 1910, that ponfirous proc aet;,n Of
violence, 10 which they made rhe BATS ct
, iyHem ct general and unexampled tyran.
ny and oPfretiion oser all countries fuh;c6s
TO, allied With, or within reach Of the
power of Ff9ncr in rhe report Of ths
, french miniaer tor foreign affairs dared
c la6 December, AID in the lefter Of rhs
: French minilicr of juitice RI the PRECEDENT
y OF the council Of prizes To this latter,
, FIR, | would win particularly to iovite
: yosr attention thc date IS the z5rh OF
{ December, the authority IL comes from,
: mott unquetfionbie, and YOU VIII tsefs
5 find, sir. the Doke Of M,Gi in giving
: his inRrattions TO the council Of ,:rizes ID
5 coniequsnce offl,e PRECEDENT of the Un,rcI
E States proclamation Of Noyeno:r z.
NOT cautiouiy avoiding to saert thar the
{ French DEGREES were repealed, and afcri1-
: ing not to fuch repeal, but to the as,,ig.
uous pAGage which he quotes at length
; from NJ. Chamrsgny's .estcr OF Auyufs
5 sch the next attitude taken ny Amettcs.
and you will alto find an evidence in the
fame letter Of the continued capture of A.
-, merican fbips after November, and under
Il.