The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-12

vocation Of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES in |
relation TO the United States, and suggested |
that there would be question of law, if such !
revocation, when shewn, would be consider |
ed by the British government as sufficient to
require the repeal of the orders in council.
AT any rate that he was bound tu consider
these orders to be iii force until their repeal
Mould be notified tn him by this government.
The Female WAS condemned.
! have the honor, Sc.
(Signed) IONA. RUSSELL.
Hon. James Monroe, &c.
Extract Of letter from Mr.. Russell to the
Secretary IF STATE, dated
LONDON, Jan. IS, 1912.
Since had the honor to address you
on the 14th instant, by the Hornet, / have
received no communication either from
Washington or Paris.
"The Hornet did not leave CcweS until
the 18th, owing. presume, to the indispo-
sition of the captain, whom understand 70
have been very ill. dismissed Mr.. L as Toe
here on the 14th."
Ernucf Of a letter from Mr.. RusseN to Mr..
Monroe, dated
LONDON, Feb. 3, 1912.
Since had the honor to address you, on
the 25th ult. have received your commu-
ncations of the Goth Dec. through the good
Offices of MIR. Foster.
While lament the necessity, as ! most
sincerely do, of the course Indicated by the
proceedings of Congress yet it is crafty
ing to learn that it will be pursued with vi
yor and unanimity. i am persuaded that
this government has presumed much on our
weakness and divisions, and that it contin-
ues to believe that we have not energy and
nnion enough to make efficient war.
Il have this moment learnt that the Hor-
net has returned from Cherbourg, to Cowes,
and understand by letter from the consul
there, that there is a Mr. Porter on board
with dispatches from Mr.. Barlow for this
legation but he has not yet made his APP
pearance here. am obliged 10 close this
letter without waiting for him, as UNDER
stand the next post may not arrive at Liv-
erpool in season for the Orbit"
Sony ofa letter from Mr.. RusscH, 20 the
Secretary Of State, dated
LONDON, Feb, 9, 1912.
SIR-I have the honor to transmit to you
enclosed copy of a letter, dated 29th ult.
from Mr.. Barlow, and a copy of the note in
which yesterday communicated that letter
TO the Marquis Wellesley.
Although the proof of the revocation of
the French DEGREES contained in the letter
OF MIR. Barlow, is, when taken by itself, of
no very conclusive character, yet it ought,
when connected with that previously exhib-
tied to this government, to be admitted al
satisfactorily establishing that revocation /;
i IL
duty to present it here.
have the honor to be, &c, &c.
(Signed) IONA. RUSSELL.
Enclosed in Mr. Russelps ofFebruary 9th,
1921
Mr.. Russell 10 fhe Marquis WeNeslcy:
LONDON, Feb. 8, 1912.
My LoRD-I have the honor herewith to
hand to your Lordship copy of a letter adj
dressed to ME, on the goth of last month,
bv Mr.. Barlow, the American minister at
Paris.
/ have felt some hesitation in communica-
ting this letter to your Lordship, lest my mo-
tive might be mistaken, and an obligation
appear to be admitted on the part of the u.
States, to furnish more evidence of the revo-
cation of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES than
has already been furnished, or than has been
necessary TO their own conviction. / trust,
however, that my conduct OH this occasion
will be ascribed alone to an earnest desire
to prevent the evils which continued di-
versity OF opinion this subject might
unhappily produce.
The case Of the Acastus necessarily i'm
plies that American vessels, captured by
the cruisers of France, are adjudged by the
French navigation laws only, and that the
Berlin and Milan [decreesl make no part
of these laws, the Acastus being acquitted
Notwithstanding the fact of her having been
boarded by an English vessel of war:
To the declaration of Mr.. Barlow, that
since his residence al Paris there had been
no instance of vessel, under either the
Berlin or Milan DEGREES, being detained or
molested by the French government, beg
leave to add that previous to his residence
and subsequent to the first of November,
1S10, these DEGREES were not executed IN VII
olation of the neutral or national rights of
the-U. S.
Whatever doubts might have originally
been entertained of the efficient nature of
the revocation of those DEGREES, on account
OF the form in which that measure was an
nounced, those doubts ought surely now to
yield to the uniform experience of fifteen
months, during which period not a single
fact has occurred to justify them.
do not urge in confirmation Of this revo-
cation the admission of American vessels
with cargoes arrived in the ports of France
after having touched in England, as stated
by Mr.. Barlow, and as accords with what
occurred during my residence at Paris, be-
cause such admission is evidence only of the
cessation of the municipal operation of the
DEGREES in relation to the United States, of
which it cannot be presumed that the Bril-
fish government requires an account.
l cannot forbear to persuade myself that
the proof now added to the mass which was
already before your Lordship will satisfacto-
rily establish, i'll the judgment of his Britain
mic Majesty's government, the revocation of
the DEGREES i'll question, and lead to such a