Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-18

Haven Bay. What is legal blockade q
lbIeckade With such force as renders the ap*
nroach Of merchant vessels dangerous Marx
| the wonderful facility with which Mr. Pankney
not only blends the question OF the niock NJ
Of Nav 1906, with the repeal OF the Oroefs 40
l.ConTcil but his disposition to go, tine coufa,
As who'll Mnptb III the French doctrine Of
ca Ia. N - unhcard Of before the
Ireign of BdNaparte. 6 1t IS by no ilieals
clear that it may not fairly be contendea On
principle and early usage that mafhlltlo
blockade is in complete with regard 70 s.a'es
AT peace, unless the place which 1t attects' IS
iapesfed 5v land as vel as BY sea-. ana YET
in this same letter he says, g You imagine that
tine reDeal is not to remain iii force, unless the
British government in addition to the resoca-
ltion of its Orders in Council, abandon Its sys-
fem of bloc kade. am not conscious OF nav
ling stated, as your Lordship seems to think
that this is so, and believe IN fact that 1t is o.
Itberwise. Even if it were admitted however,
the Orders in Council ought nevertheless 70
he revoked The American doctrine OF
blockade is expressly laid down IN Mr.. omlth,s
letter to Commodore Preble OF the 4th OF CD
1904 Whenever therefore you snail nave
thus formed blockade of the port OF lrlpoli
e so as to create an evident danger OF enter
ING it'4 YOU will have right to capture tor
adjudication any vessel that shall attempt 70
enter with a knowledge OF the blockade
The very same doctrine against when, at Inc
instigation of France, we are now about 70
plunge into war.
Mr.. Randolph said he was compelled to o.
NIT MANY striking proofs Of the truth OF has
positions, from absolute weakness and lnablll-
~. 70 read the voluminous extracts from the
documents before him. IF the offer should
be made of a repeal of the Orders OF COUNCIL
which our people at home, good easy souis'
sunposed to be the only obstacle, the wound,
as after the accommodation OF the affair OF the
Chesaneake, would still remain lncurable.
He had not touched upon the SUBJECT OF I'M
investment. because notwithstanding the use
which had been made Of it in that house and
in the public prints, it did not constitute, &C
cording to the shelving OF our own govern
ment. an obstacle to accommodating; (the Or'
ders in Council and question OF blockade oelhg
the apozved impediments) and because 1t APP
nears from MIR. Monroe's letter OF the 28th
February 1903 " shat the ground on when
that interest was placed by the paper OF the
British commissioners OF Nov. 9, $780, ana
the explanations which accompanied III z0aS
both honorable and advantageous TO the O1aH-
ed States. That it contained concession IN
their favor on the part OF Great Britain, on the
great principle in contestatlon, never before
made, by formal, obligatory act OF the 60
yernment, which was highly favorable to their
interests"
In fact tbs rejection of Mr.. Monroe's treaty
had alone prevented the settlement upon no.
norable terms, Of This, as well as every other
tonic If difference between the two govern
ments.
He called sthe attention of the house to
Mr. Smiths letter to MIR. Armstrong OF July
(. l8lo. requiring in the name OF the presl-
DENT restitution of our plundered property as
" preliminary to accommodation between
the two Governments. -" As has been here
tofore stated to you, a satisfactory proVlslontor
restoring the property lately surprlzed seized
bv the order or at the instance OF the french
Government mast be combined with Tefleal Of
The French edicts with view to non-lnter-
conrse with Great Britain such provision
being an iadishensable evidence OF the Just
nrrnose of France towards the United StateS!'
Vet M restitution had been made that at
fair is settled by the law OF reprisal, =
What had been the language held on this
floor and by ministers Of state IN official COM
nunications to committees Of congress that
the return ofthe Hornet should be conclusive
as TO our relations with France. That If Mr..
Barlow should not succeed in attaining
the most complete redress for the past and
assurances for the future, we would take the
same stand against her as against e. Britain I:
that any uncertainty as to his success, would
be equivalent to certainty of his failure. -
Such was the language held until the fact oc-
cured, that no satisfaction had been, or was
likely to be obtained. Indeed for some days
after the arrival of the Hornet, these opinions
had been maintained. They had however