The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-09
the authentic act of the repeal mus. no,

only be RnsAely iiomu,Satel,, out
In the SECOND place, The French DEGREES
must be aGSol".ety ant. Internationally, /or-
n'ohy and eApnciti. r,po aied. AS by th.
lst condition., Gle Decrees must be repeal, &
Us to at i.0fi>aS, 50 by tins 2d condition Tue,
must beJcr.A.siy repealed i'll at their haris
anu ieatu'es--A cCndIuon, even more inn
prac,icabie Shai the former.
The whole world knows that the French
DEGREES have tsoo dVertaf aspects; one
relates u the sea-, IN, ether to he French
Ports. HE Dhe declares toneutrals, " You
shall not so 10 Brush ports ~. the Other.
. You Shall. not come into Frenchports with
British produces" The first trausgresses
the established rights of ne uiraLs-for
France mas no right to prevent CUR visiting
the British ports The other flows clearl,
from her m@'"cthui rights: for France has
the same right which q. Is. has exercised,
since the birth OF har Navigation Act, to let
in whatsoever ships or cargoes she pleascs
into her ogvn harbors.
But what says the Prince Regent ;
lie blends these different provisions togo
'ther he places them on the same footing :;
and declares that the French DEGREES must
be repealed i'll aHtheir harts, or the Or
ters IN council will continue i'm operation.
1t is impossible that the u 5. shall e YER as
sent to this condition. Great Britain tell
US, IN other words: "YoU shall not trade
win france, until zve can likewise trade
WIN her. You SHALL not Carry to the CONT
neht your Cotton and Your rice, nor any OF
the staple productions of your country-un
II you can also carry for US our hardware
ana our linens. I'VE put it to the farmers
81 the u. States will they submit to these
iimperious conditions? VIII they thus tame
~ surrender their privileges il.to tile hands
of &. Britain?
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And hozU long will their submission con-
tnne Not for d month. or year ; but
.'erhaps until peace has been patched III
between the beiligerents.,, The exclusion Of
hritish Manufactures from the continent j.
the t4vorite expedient of Bonapartc-ir is
that Continental System of whose efficacy
ne mas made so many triumphant boasts
ny is the very Senatus-Consultum pro
posed tor the organization of IA national
guard, to which this " Declaration" makes
such repeated illusions ?--To enable
The disposab'e forces of France to prevent
tht English flag & merchandise from enter
lng. Way Is France at this mament bra
wing war with Russiaf' Because Russia
VIII not enforce the Continental System, with
Saihclent vigor. This system will, there
Iore, most probably Continue until the con-
ciusion of the war with England and; con-
sequeptly, if We submit TO the conditions
winch she imposes, we must make up our
MINDS to part with cur trade to the continent,
nnH the end OF the war. Will the citizens
OF the United States submit to this indeh-
ute REIMBURSEMENT Of their natural priv.
leges?
Great Britain pleads in vain the growing
power ofFrance as palliative for her en-
cfoachments. 1t will never reconcile us to
the pros ration OF our rights, that " the pro-
duce and manufactures OF the British realms
hnd
the world, to which the arms or the Influence
OF the enemy can extend" We have this
answer that let these regulations spring.
from whatsoever influence they NAV, they
are municipal ones which do not transeress
the neutral rights of the u. s. If the Hanse
towns and the Prussian empire exclude the
products OF England, it must be because they
DO 1t willingly or unwillingly. 1t the first,
they do 1t OF themselves, and there is AN end
OF the question. If they do it in obedience
to the military power Ct France, we must
bow to the rights of the sword.
1t is in vain also that G.. b. pleads her
power on the Ocean. We are asked, If she
shall forego the advantages of her naval
superiority" This is but adding insult to in
Jury. Dares she to say that nlight Is to be
the rule OF right z that the rights of neu-
trality are to be swept off by "the adyanta-
ges OF her naval superiority 20 Such Impe-
fious language as this requires no answer.
1t IS useless to reason with the bravo on tn,
hishway.l Our only argument would be in
the sword.
Putting then these two conditions fopefher
the Regents Declaration plainly amounts to
thls that the o. i'll G. will continL., until
all the neutrals OH the globe mot we only)
are freed from eli the provisions of the
renCh decfees--and British products are
ADMITTED into the ports of tie Continent.
VIII the citizens of this country submit tn
these" illusory" conditions?
We shall say but few words as tn the
reaSontnSs OF this Declaration. 1t seems
that no sort OF respect is paid to the hasf
promises and hreSent state OF the reheaL of
those DEGREES. Aud whya
LIST. Because r" the Decree effecting such
repeal has never been promulgated!' We
nave shown that this was not necessary
* to use the words of Mr.. Monroe*; that the
declaration OF France " had all the formali-
~ which such an act could admit of. heinz
through the official organ of both sides"
End. BE ause the repeal was '.dependent
on conditions, in which the enemy knew G.
b could never acqsiesce." The ONLY con-
ditlon was, that the law of the LIST Nav
1910 was to be put into execution against
her, II she did not revoke her O in G., and
renounce the ne7v principles Of blockade.
But &. b. Very well knew, that we should
ask nothing from her on this last point
which She would not be willing 10 conccde
and II this were to ask less. than France
should expect at our hands, taat this was
our own lookout it was an affair between