Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-25

neaIed Where can We IND the cfiaS' A'.,.t>..
the l;heration of so much as single VesSei y
anv .f the ordinary prize courts iouhaeo uso1
The reneal ? In word, where can #NS i'sip o
aov evidence Of the fact only what IS CONAN :
ed IN the conditional promise OF the DUKE ~
Galore :? If such evidence really EXISTS =
must exist in some quarter TO Wh'cU "a
not been able to have access IN ofdet 20 ''''''''
information. That particular vesseiS naVG
been released by the special lntefpQsiSio'' -
the emperor, is without Doubt true. w eNhaYe
formerly had information of several ana tno
late communications from Mr.. Barlow ADDS Z. 70
sthe list. But so far as these instances anoiu
ary evidence on the subject, they rather SO
, TO establish the non-repeai than the contrary
IF the DEGREES no longer existed, thSr0 "o"'u
be no need of any such sPecial lhterPoSl''0eS'
Vessels would either not have been selzed ioi
adiudication, OF the ordinary tribunals Woula
have been every way adequate to tneir n
iteration The secretary Of the treasury
has. under certain restrictions, the power
Of RENTING fines and penalties Tor breaches OF
the revenue laws. Surprising such power
was vested as completely in the President oil
the United States as il is in the Emperor Ma
poleon. and he should exercise it III particular
instances, would that be an evidence OF the non
existence of the law Directly the contrary
1t is farther very questionable whether the
DEGREES themselves, IN the utmost sexlcht ana
latitude in which they were originally enacted
were in reality applicable TO, single Amer
can vessel which has been released under
them, after the stand taken by Congress IN the
non-irnportation law. The Berlin and Milan
TO n
mitted to, and not upon those who seslsleo Ino
maritime aggressIonS OF Great-Brlta'h- hl'V
our non-importation law was RESISTANCE the
very species of resistance promised IN our la"
of May lst, 1910: On the passage OF "hlcn i
! was stated by the Duke OF Cadore, that. we hau
rctraced our steps, and on which retracln8 Oh
| our steps, the promise Of the Duke OF Ia
dore, in relation to the repeal, was tounoea
whether it did or did not come up to the moal'
| ing of the ambiguous phrase OF causing "nt
| rights to be respected. After the cnactlRg o.
our bon-importation law, which could rot pc
| considered as submission but rather as resist
ance to the orders in council, It IS, at least We"
| ry doubtful, whether any repeal or ey n modl-
| ication of the Berlin aud Milan DEGREES, was
| necessary to authorize any thing and every
| thing which has ppened IN French ports re-
| atioq TO the release Of american vessels,
| gb.cb were both few in number and inconsl-
/ derabIe in value, compared to the Immense
| amount of AG,ri an property which mas be
come prey 10 French rapacity And after
pihr aua oeiel declarations, .alea M, ~ 80,
/ tnat the decre9s we're sui " force, must-O'
| permitted to doubt CD the subject, the condi
| tioDal promise of the Duke Of Galore to tht
| contrary notwithstanding. haYe no intention
| TO consume .uch of the time OF the House
| on this part of the subject. | must, however
alude to a passage in d report Of the mIIstel
| of foreign relations, who was this same Dule
| of Galore. of Dec. 10, 1910, about SIX weets
after the DEGREES were said to cease to operaI'
n which we find these words 6 Sire, rs loiS
o, ENGLAND goiU jtcraiat IN her orders IN co9l-
iii nom. lAajeSty gvNI persist in yowr decreg
Your Maicstv zpM oftose to The 6'0ckoae u
| ne rooatssthe contiaentai blockade, end to ft
1i,lope ON the seas the confScation u EagHh
poo6s on the continent" The same assertp
! i anain reiterated in the report OF Count y
knoxville to the Conservative Senate, on tic
subject of the annexlng OF the HaDse to"fs{o
France. In this report we find the tollorIfg
declaration. $ The Bertia and 14itan ddreS
are thc qnsr,c2 TO the orders IN council. T. The
: british Cabinet dictated Them TO France. Eu-
rohe yrceiUes these DEGREES as its laEp booI a''a
tb;a Iozy-book anil be the faliGdiun1 Of thaiber-
~ of The seas" By the "ay, there sees to
, | be little Anachroni8m here, with respct to
: the Berlin decree in particular 1t oopl not
be the answer to the orders in coupclLBhch
Q had no existence until whole year aftelNTds
DEGREES repealed and ceasing to operfe OF
E the first of November, and the law-boS o
d Europe on the 18th Of December tollo{ng
5 is something which am unable either to tm.
i prehend or explain. The reports OF the IKE
!. | of Massa, Grand Judge and Minister OF ps
e tice, to the President of the Council OF Pres
r and the Duke of Gazette, Minister OF fiftce
!, tn the Director General Of the Customs,ot