Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-07-24
AN ADDRESS
OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS,
ON THE SUBJECT WAR WITH CHEAT BRITAIN.
Cconcluded from the Gazette of last week

ought to have made prac politicians very doubtful of
result and very cautious of its trial These the state
of opinion relation to its efficacy among commercial
the United States and the of feeling which resort
it would unavodably produce, in Great Britain On the
hand, it undenable that the body of
mecial men, in the United States had belief in such
dependence of G. Britain upon the States either for
produce or our market, as the system implied.
Without the hearty cooperation of this class of men,
in its attempt obviously unattainabe And
them the chief suffering would fall altogether
sonabe expect that they would become operating in
sruments In support of any system which ruin them
aud without hope to their country. On the other hand
it respects Great Britain system proceeding upon the
vowed principle of her dependence upon among the
last to which proud and powerful nation would yield
Notwithstanding these obvious considerations in April
1906, Mr.. Madison, being then Secretary of State, law
passed Congress- prohibiting the importation of certain spe
cited manufactures of Great Britain and her dependencies
on the basis of Mr. Madsons original proposition Thus
the United States entered the system of commercial hos
tity against Great Britain
The decree of Berlin issued in the ensuing November
S06 The treaty, which had been signed London, in
December 1906 having been rejected by Mr. Jefferson,
without being presented to the Senate for ratification and
the nonimporaton not being repealed but only
pended Great Britain issued her orders council the
18th Nov. 1907
On the 2lst ofthe month ofNov Champagny French
minister OF foreign affairs. wrote to Mr. Armstrong the A
rercan Minister in the words following All ditfi
cues, which have given rise your reclama TONS Sir,
would be removed wiih the government of the u.
States after complaining Of I'M astice and vo-
ations OF England, too~, with the whole continent the
part of guaranteeing it the refron
On the 18th or the ensuing December the Milan DEGREES
issued on tie part OF France and five days afterwards
the embargo passed part of United States.
Thus complicated by nearly coemp oraneous, the
circle OF commercial hostilities
After Intellectual trial four controul the poll
cy OF He begerents by this system the part
the United States for time renquished The act of
the Is o May 1910 the authority however to the
President of the United States to it against Great
Britain in France revoked her DEGREES Such
cation, the part of France declared, by Presi-
dents proclamation the Cd November 1910, and in
against Great Britain.
At all times the undersigned have looked with much
anxiety for the evidence of this revocation They wished
not to question, what In various FORMS has been often
asserted by the and its agents. by their d.
rectons But neither public men, nor as citizens, can
they consent that the peace and prosperity of the country
should be sacrificed in maintenance ofa position which
principle of evidence they deem tenabe They cannot
fay conceal their conviction, that the French DEGREES
neither have been. revoked
Without pretending occupy the whole field of argument
which the question of revocation has opened state
ment seems inseparable from the occasion,
The condition. which the according
the act of st Nav 1870 be revived against Great Br
TAIN was, the part OF France eetuay reoocation Of
her DEGREES What the esdent of the United States
bound to require from the French Government was
e0'de1ee Of such eecua revocation Upon this both
the right of the United States and the duty of the President
seem to be receivable very distinct and undenabe prn
pes The object to be obtained, for the United States
from France ectuat reUocation of the DEGREES
revocation to be eectua must include, the nature of
things this essential requisite the wrongs done the
neutral OF the United States by the operation of
the DEGREES, must be stopped Nothing short of this could
be efectual revocation.
Without reference the other wrongs resulting from those
deees the commerce of the United States it will be
Sent state the prominent wrong done by the Sd art
Gle Of the Milan decree the nature OF this wrong
tally consisted IN the authority gven to French ships of
war and prvaeers to make prize at every neutral
vessel sailing FROM any OF the English possessions
he authority capture the very of the wrong
follows, therefore, that eHecuoI revocation required
that the authority to capture should be annued Grant
and its certainly not the CASEY that the noted let
ter of the Duke of Galore Of the 5h of August $780, held
forth revocation good in point of FORM and unconditional
yet 1t that efectuai reOocaton for which the act
Of May 1870 alone authorised the President OF the u
g This article is in these words:
British islands declared De in state OF block
a both by land Every whatever naon or what
the that sails from tbe ports OF
those of the English colonies and OF the countries occ
pied by English and proceeding England or TO the English
Colonies occupied by English troops good and law
h prize contrary present decree, and DC eGb,ed BY
d1d1uI In