Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-07-27

ttlC tloH VA ADG AlAfS tSNtANs
"On the IA Of Nov. 1911. have caused
to be burnt the brig called The Three
FcieRds, OF Salem, on account oi her being
bound to port In possession Of The enemy
of France "
(Signed) RAOuL, coina'lodcre.
Mr.. Barlow to Mr.. Russell.
Paris, March Oh, 1872 Mr.. Russell, now
at London, has in his turn written 70 Mr..
Barlow for evidence of the repeal oftbe de-
crees, and Mr., Barlow IL this letter makes
a summary sf the evidence, but does Tot
name the above decree.
Retort ofIhe Minister for Foreign ABairs to
the EMPEROR.
March IotI, 1919 Till the British or
ders incouncil are rescinded, and the prIn-
ciples of the treaty Of Utrecht towards Heu
trails are in full Vigour, the Berlin and Mi
Ian DEGREES will remain Against those pow
ers which allow their flags to BE- denalion-
allied"
Certificate Of ~. Ft7etiey, E1slnJer THE Le-
gloH Of Honor, aud Conan andsr Q, The squad
ron zvhich sailed from Nlats i'm 6fh, 1912.
After giving list otthe crews Of several
A me ricsn vessels captured and burnt by him
-" These vessels have been captured III
conformity : the instructions Of his Excel
lency the Minister Of the Marine and The
Colonies Done az sea, on board the AFiad
ne, the 23d of March, 1912"
(SiguedD FERETIkR, corld'r Of ne ID
glsien.
II will be perceived from the above
documents, that the production at this
late period Of the Decree Of April rs,
1911, throws into confusion the whole
system which our government have
been for two years pursuing, with res
pect to our foreign relations. The
foundation Of the non-intercourse law,
which has ruined SO many Of our mer-
chants, and almost beggared our coun.
try--the foundation OF that system of
partiahty which has brought US into this
desolating war, has failed. 1t appears
under the sanction Of solemn decree
of Napoleon himself, that when the
President by proclamation announced
the repeal Of the Berlin and Milan de-
crees, when the non-intercourse law
commenced its destructive operation
because they were SO repealed, and
when Congress confirmed the non-in-
tercourse law, because they were so re-
peeled, they gvere nat repealed And
when at last they are In fact repealed,
it is not for any reason which existed
when their repeal was asserted by our
government, but on account OF an act
of our government predlcated upon
their flrevi0u8 Snhhosed refleaL Thus,
so completely has this nation been du-
ped, that the act which was pretended
to be the e9ect Of tie reheai, not only
preceded the repeal, but is declared by
the author of the DEGREES to be the sole
cause Of the repeal !! wv.
How wonderful is the faculty OF the
supereminent Napoleon in deIuging
the understandings of men ! He has
convinced three fourths Of the civilized
world, that his DEGREES, issued in 1906,
are the legitimate consequences Of the
orders in council, issued in 1907 and
he has, by fair means or by foul, induced
our Presidentto issue proclamation in
November, and Congress to pass law
in March, both which are exclusively
founded on the repeal Of these identical
DEGREES made in the April following, and
kept secret for more than year.
The above remarks are founded upon
the superstition that the repeating de-
cree was actually made on the day Of It's
date. But il, as We verify believe, this
decree was never written until May,
1912, and that it was antedated at the
suggestion OF MIR. Barlow, the case is
worse. We have the solemn pledge of
the British government, that on the pro-
duction Of any official act Of the French
Emperor, revoking the Berlin and Mi
Ian DEGREES, they will revoke their or
ders in council, Indeed, :heir late de-
claration is ar actual repeal Of the or
ders, on the condition that the party TO
be affected thereby, can produce an aO-
thentic act Of the French government,
revohing the decrees.
Had this late decree ST Napoleon been
made known to the American govern
ment, the only party 10 be benefited by
ii, al the time when 1t purports 10 have
been issued, all our differences with
England might have been accommodated
TO our wish, and this war prevented.
But it was not written, or II written, 1t
was not issued until Honaparte had been
assured that war would he declared By
Us against Great Britain. Now when