Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-05-25


ministers, and therefore justified the Pres.
ident fnr HE confidence be had placed ~
those solemn asswalces. I dig expect, that
decree, Tevolirg me Berlin and Milan
DEGREES. $50 fer ~ tLey related 10 the
United State s." would have been issued i'm
medIatelv after the Emperor should have
seen the act Of Congress confirming the
proclamation. Indeed. sir. l thought L
ourht 10 have been issued Immediately az
ter he had seen the proclamation. Has
any such decree vet issued NO Hss
France practically complied with Ter prom
Use made in the letter Of 5th August, 1910,
signed ~ the Duke de Cadole ID She
has. Mr. President, then are we bound, The
national fsith and honsur are bound, and no
consideration ought to induce the senate 10
agree TO the motion ofthe LonOurable gen.
tlman (Mr LloydI.
But if France has net complied with her
engagement, finer cruizers, as well pubic
as Driyate. continue, under the authority OF
tho emperor, to act ~ the manner authorized
bv the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, then our
honor calls upon US, the national honour faHbe-
yiou5lr calls upon Us, to place both nations pre-
ciseIv in the situation IN zphich they Speye zphea
the proclamation Of the President, dated lst
Nsu. 1910, SpaS issued nor ought the dong
so 10 affect the Interior measures cOntem
plated against Great Britain. In acting
thus, our conduct will be exactly c0rTeSbOr
dent with that adopted by the executive, on
being informed that Great Britain had dsa-
vowed the arrangement entered into with
Mr.. Erskine. This we are bound 10 do, il
eveR We should Immediately thereafter enact a
Tau ilteydietinC al nbortati0ns ON both ma.
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our will believe, that we cannot honorsbly
pursue The war with Great Britain, until we
have freed ourselves from the deception
practised upon US by France, if Cds is assey-
ted J she has not complied guith her part 3, the
csqll pact. What evidence have we that
France has not complied The document
before me from the Secretary of State, res
pecting the trade to The Baltic, proves that
French privateers have completely blocka-
ded the Sound, which is the usual entrance
10 that sea that they capture every Ameri-
can vessel in their power bound either up or
down, and send their papers TO Paris,
where they are condemned by order OF the
Emperor 1t may not be amiss, to give
view Of this course Of conduct for 10 gen.
tlemen unacqualnted with commerce it may
be useful Mr.. Ewing our minister at Den
mark, was sent to Copenhagen, to use the
best means in his power to induce the King
! 10 put stop TO the depredatiOns committed
on our commerce by the Danish privAteers.
He was we'll re ceIvcd, and being Of opinion
that our trade would meet with few inter
ruptions in future, he advised thereof the A
merican Consuls in Sweden and Norway,
where our vessels usually stop for informa-
ton What was the consequence? Why,
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ger, as they supposed, took the usual course
through the Sound, TO all the ports in the
Baltic, and many went safe. The French,
informed OF this friendly conduct Ofthe King
of Denmark, despatched a number Of priva-
| teers to the Sound, completely blockaded it,
and captured without distinction every A
mer;can they could. The number thus cap.
tured, was not, it is true, very grea;, for The
-- n -->., ihe wings of Jh1 VINO, and the
Americans were thereafter, for safety, COM
PEELED to mingle with the British conveys
Indeed, several which had assembled at FL
sineur, were saved by convoy granted by
the King Of Denmark
Mr. President, the first notice Oft
French blockade Of the Baltic was capture
and consequent condo mnation on various pre-
texts. One vessel was condemded liz I'D.
pears by the proceedings Of the court Of Par.
IS because she hgd come to anchor in port
III Sweden, where, by accident, there wasa
British armed vessel But, sir, another rea.
son for presuming that France has not com.
piled with her part OF the compact, is, the
late burning, by French squadron which
issued from Nantz The 10Th dav Of January
las, of every American vessel they met hay.
ing cargo on board. The ground assigned
by the commanders Of those vessels. not
verbally only, but 6y certificates SiPned ~ them
SeIveS, IS, because the vessel, 81 burnt. was
bound 10 or from port of the enemy Of
France, and this they certity rkey 10. 81 6,aey
Of me n1tHistey Of The French Marine. being
precisely the Berlin and Milan DEGREES MI
in full force against the vessels Of the United
States. THIS information comes TO ms in
shape scarcely questionable, but, az the Hor.
net must soon arrive, and as The President
will, by her, receive such information u
will put the subject beyond doubt. either
N one way or the other and As know
that some gentlemen are unwilling VI ,otp
without official infnt nj 4tion. have ,honrb,
It most proper TO propose the postDonmrnt
until Such Tune as must give Us such infor
nation.
Mr. President, before sill down, !, NAV
not be unworthy Of remark, that the French
burning squadronl left France five DAYS afer
The departure therefrom, Of the frigsle en-.
sii.uIon, At which time, [,he 5:h Ian Mr.
Barlow was tlattered with the G1uecIatinn
that he would succeed in every object Of
his mission.
HOUSE OF REPfESEET4TT7Es