The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-18
QDe enquirer.
RICHMOND. ocroBER 10, 1911.
BRITISH ADVOCATE OF THE
BRITISH ORDERS.

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| BRITISH ADVOCATE OF THE,
BRITISH ORDERS.
| The Boston Refertory pretentls to whine
over the sutferngs of our seliow-citizens,
and the sinking state of our commerce.
1t is true. (says that paper.) that the Or
ders IN Council now fall cruelty severe up
on individuals IN the United States /; but as
our government would not defend our natl
onal rights. but suffered them To be sacriic
ed. As they were by onc nation, TO weaken
her enemy, here is to be found the source
OF all the losses we sustain by British retail.
ation.''
We call upon the Repeuory for ITS proofs.
Our government did not suffer our rights to
be sacrificed by France. The Repertory
alludes TO the berlin Decree-and wha, is
the fact! AS soon as that decree was issu.
ed in Nov. 1906. our miaister demanded o.
The Freoch Government whether it was in
tended to apply tou The Minister of Ma
rine replied that il WAS NOT This reply
was sent by Gen. Turreau. the French Min.
lister. to the West Indies as an instruction to
the French Cruisers in those seas, to respect
the rights ct the u. $. And France did
really respect our rights on the high seas,
une;t October, 1907, when her decree was
hrst put into ex cution against u.o tue ease
OF the Horizon.
The conduct of G. Britain, therefore. has
no excuse IN that Of. France. She has not
even any right to use the false plea of resq-
ttaRos. For. without even waiting to see
whether France would or would not carry
her decree Into effect against the u. S.. she
few to her pretended retaliatory Orders of
January. and of November, 1907. 1t is even
clear, thai she acted,thds. although she had
herself the most serious doubts of the inten.
|tipns OF France. The Note. which her Com.
missioners subjoined to. the Treaty of De-
cember, 1906, clearly proves this. For.
that-no expressly states. that ssthe under
signed cannot therefore believe that the e.
ne.n9 will euer seriously attempt to enforce
such system"-but "J however, the e.
nemy shouid carry these threats into exc
cutioH, and y neutral nations. contrary to
all expectations, should acquiescc 10 such
usurpations. his majesty n,ighs probably be
compelled. however reluctantly, to retaiiate
in his just defence" And yet, strange to
tell! eleven days from the date of this very
note. notwithstanding his persuasons that
the enemy would not enforce his sy stem. &
that the U. >. would not aceuiesce in il. his
Majesty DID, retaliatc, as he thought pro.
per to term it. by his Orders of January.
Where then is that boosted retaliation. :.
before which the Repertory is willing tn sacri
flee all. our national rights ?---But, adds
this truly American paper, :" who does
ot.know that to this day G.. Britain saws
cause France to repeal her syst, m of DEGREES
begun in 1906. and our orders of 1907 are
at an end %
but france says, that her DEGREES are at
an end. u And now mark the very CON.
sistent Course OF ne British Goverument,-
Winch France laid on her decres G. Bril-
tain, though she did not hresu ne that France
would snforce them, yet acted on that
presumption. She did not val to see. whe-
Their France qyonid seize our vessels. but
she went Oh to .retaIiate her decree. Rut
now. whenit is HER bull that gores OUR
oxen. the case IS altered when France tells
US, that her DEGREES have ceased, &. Bri-
tain does not go on the tresun,hnion that
she is serious in. her designs She does
NOT eagerly seize on this opportunity of do.
ing us Justice, but with greater fury than
ever, sweeps OFT our vessels from the seas.
Is this tar 10 presume every thing for
herself and every thing against Us To pre-.
sdme every thing against facts, and nothing
in favour of them ! For it is 2 fact. that
when q. Britain laid on her orders of Jan
cary, there was not one case OF All Ameri
can vessel seized, on The high seas, under
the decree of France.
And yet she presumes that these DEGREES
are nosp in torce, although our vessels arr
bound from and to her own ports without
Capture tom the cruizerS of France. France
too has officially notified US that ner de-
crees are revoked--ihe very mode which
U e. herself has used for similar pur
pose---and she has officially notified her
marine courts, not to apply them TO the u. S
and yet q b. shuts her eyes agains( these
facts. because she choosesto presume every
thing against us.
ADDRESS TO THE IcNrAw DEPUTIES.
II will never abandon the Islands which
the superiority of the my has placed in
their power In India, IN America, in,he
Medi crraneaD, eUcry thing hat is and ms
been french shall always. DC so. Con
quared by the enemy, by the eicissi,udes
CT war, they shall return into the empire
by the other events of the war, or by the
stlpulations of peace. I should always con-
slider 1t as an eternal blot upon my reign,
If ever sanctioned the abandon nent OF
single Frcnchman."
These are the memorable words of Bona
parties Address to the deputies OF the Io.i.
an Isles. Such are, in part, the terms of
the peace which he would make with En-
gland How long, them will it be, before his
peace will be concluded ~
During thi, war, France has done every
thing by her troops, aud g d. almost every
thing by her fleets France has added the
neignboring states to her empire---t5. Bril-
tain has conquered the islands of France. -
Hut Frame Cple mn lu. a. IT..