Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-12
MR.. GRosvENoR's SPEECH
ON
Mr.. WsBs4ERs RESOLUTIONS;
CONCLUDED,

firm, that thereafter, no gentleman on
this floor should * dare" to assert the
contrary of his position. And he declar-
ed that he would prove the man guilty
Of g faisehosd," who should make sucn
an assertion. Sir, he has thus boldly
thrown the gauatIst of dehance-l enter
the lists and take it up-l do assert that
the declaration of the Prince Regent
contains no such apo7uoi
Thus, sir, :ksre is precise issue BE-
tween that hon. gentleman and myself
1 shall patiently await the execution OF
his threaienings.
That declaration is founded on an Of
6cial report to the French Senate, re-
publishing in the broadcast terms, the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES as permanent
laws of the Empire. I,expressly denies
any partial repeal in favor of America to
have been made by France. 1t states the
condition o. which the orders in council
will be revoked, nor partially, NOT in ia
z,or Of America alone, but in favor OF all
the world.-And states those conditions
to be the q" express and unconditional re-
peal of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES,
by some authentic instrument the
French government"
But 10 no part of it, is there an intima-
ton, either that the British government
will or will not, revoke or medity its or.
ders, Us to .dmerico alone, in case France
shall have repealed or modified her de-
crees, 10 favor of america alone. Such
case is not touched upon, or alluded
to, in the declaration. The gentleman
from South Corolina must therefore a
bandon his position. He cannot sustain
il, ~ any effort of violeace or sophistry'
Bot, sir, in my turn, will put this
question at rest iorever"-I will not say
what the gentleman from South Carroll
ma II" dare dol Will not cnndescend to
initiate his example, of violence and
threatening. But | will indulge the belief
that neither he, or any other gentleman
shall have one honest doubt remaining
The government of England did imme-
diately, upon receip'pg the French re-
heating decree, and in consequence Of
that uery decree, revoke their orders in
council, SO far as they violated the Deu.
tral commerce of America.
Does not this fact spesk, in the Ian
guase of demonstration, to the judgment
of any mao who hears me. IT IN the
spring of 1912, the publication OF The
French decree did produce the revoca-
ton of tue orders. would not the pnhl :
cation Of the same decree have produced
a like revocation in the sp.Ing OF 1871
No man Of sane mnd, aud ordinary Ca
pacity Cab doubt
But the uon gentleman has said
Even in Jure 1912, It was not the publ
cation of the French decree, but the
ctamurs of English merchants and me-
chanlcs. which produced the revocation.
And ,;,i,. he infers, from the TACT, that
the French decree was in possession OF
the English government tor So days
du ring all whic h time the house OF com"
mans were discussing the merits OF the
orders in council, before those orders
were revoked.
To the utter confusion of this fanciful
hypothesis, | will read an extract from
the English order of revocation. The
order bear. da;e the 93d of June 1912.
Aud whereas the charge des affairs
of the United States OF America, resi-
dent at this court, did, OIL tho Goth day
of Nav last. transmit to lord Vlscount
Castiereagh. one Of his Majesty's pin.
cipal secretaries Of state, copy Ola Ger.
tain instrument then for the first time
communicated to this court. purportlng
to be decree passed by the government
of France on the 2sth day OF April, by
which the DEGREES OF Berlin aud Milan
arc declared to be defnitively no longer
in force in regard to American YES
sells"
He then states, that although |" the
tener of said instrument" does not salts.
fy the condition of his former decIa,a-
ton, vet wishing to re.estabiish the IN
tercourse between nsutrsl lad bellige-
rent nations, he therefore is pleased
to revoke his orders, so far as they re-
late 10 American vessels and property
The Prince Regent does here sx-
pre.siy aver. THAI The conJeciures OF the
hon gentleman are visionary.
He does declare, that his revocation
is founded on the French repeating de-
cree. BIZ; this cannot be trre, says the
hon. gentleman, because the Prince Re-
gent received The French rePesling de-
cree OH the 10th of May. and delayed his
sevocation unuithe 2ad OF June---A few
facts will dispose fthls captious oblec'
ton.
MIR Perceval, the prime minister OF
England, was assassil aied on lOtN
of Nav. Tbs ministry was at once sub
.,antiaIly dissolved. Tne gentleman
eanno, have forgotten the ministerial m
t.rreenum " HIGH ensucd. and which cor
..S g.. more than one mCuth-Hf