The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-07-12
MONDAY, JULYl2, 1918.

minister near this government, and Mr.
Monroe, secretary oil state, III June 1912,
MIR. Foster expressly states that nothing
less than full and unconditional repeal Of
the DEGREES of Berlin and Milan would IN
duce his government to repeal her orders
In council (; that Great Britain could not
repeal her orders in council as it respect
ed America, and leave them in force agains.
other states upon condition, that France
would except America singly and specially
from the operation of her DEGREES. The
relaxation or modification Of those DEGREES
is considered insufficient. America is
not only to obtain from France The free
dom OF her own commerce, but she is re-
CURED TO contend for the commerce OF
others. She is not only 70 cause her own
rights to be respected but she must be
the guardian of the rights OF all neutral
nations. Are gentlemen pi epared 10 say
America should have interposed in behalf
OF the rights of all the neutral worlds Up
oh what honorable prctence could America
contend for the redress Of injuries other
than her own; and more especially whilst
Great Britain withheld redress of the
outrages she was daily committing upon
our citizens
The gentleman from New-York, (Mr
Grosvcnor) and the gentleman from North
Carolina, (Mr. Gaston) tell us, that the
British government, on the 23d of June,
8l2, by the repeal of their orders in coun-
Gil, afforded sufficient evidence, that, had
the French decree Of the 98th April, 1911,
been communicated at the time it bears
date, that the effect would then have been
the same, and that the delay of the British
government in meeting the repeal Of the
DEGREES of Berlin and Milan, so soon as the
decree OF the 2sth of April, 1911, was ow-
ing to the assassination of Mr.. Pcrceval the
prime minister, which deranged the Br.
fish cabinet, and that so soon as it was or
ganized the repeal Of the orders in council
look place. Mr.. S. said he was sorry to
ind upon examination, that the gentle
mans understanding of the rescission of
The orders in council, was entirely differ.
ent from what that state paper, from the
| face of it, would warrant. In its preamble,
| The decree of the 2sth Of April, 1911, is
| taken notice of, and so lar from consider.
ing that sufficient for the repeal Of their or
ders in council, it is expressly stated, that
| the tenor Of the decree Of the 2sth of April,
1911, is not considered as satisfying the
order Of 2lst April, 1912, nor such re-
peal OF the DEGREES of Berlin and Milan as
the British government had always requir-
| ed, nor would it justify the demand of the
American government, that their orders
| in council should be abandoned nor does
| the order of the British government Of the
Esd June, 1919, more than suspend the
operation OF their orders in council, resery.
ing at the same time the express right to
enforce them again whenever it should an
pear expedient, notwith standing the de.
cree of the 2sth of April, 1911. This pa
per Of the British cabinet suspending their
orders in council, relied upon by the gen
tlemen themselves, goes incontestibly to
confirm what was meant by Mr.. Foster,
when he required a full and unconditional
repeal of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, and
declared that repeal as it respected Anne
RIGA would not do, but it must be general as
1t regards all neutrals. AS the French de-
cree of the 28lh Of April, 1911, is not the
reason of the suspension of the orders in
council on the 23d of June, 1912, we are
led to enquire what were the causes that
produced It, They are best discovered in
the policy of that nation. Ever in the habit
OF considering her interests, she has lone
since became insensible to those principles
OF justice that should as invariably govern
nations as individuals. Feeling her ascen-
denCy upon the ocean, her avarice would
not suffer her to brook a rival. The un-
parallelled prosperity of American COM
merce soon excited her jealousy and
with the commencement of our present po-
vernmeDt commenced the history of her in
Juries and injustice towards us. The an.
nails OF our DIPLOMACY for period ofabove
twenty years exhibit complaints of the
plumber OF our our property and the i'm
pressmeDt of our citizens upon the high
seas. With Great Britain the generous