Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-06-14

| the shameless ayowal thar she finds real in
convenience in their Performance. While
one oil them mas conveyed, ,he other has
burnt our ships in every sea.
The pr incipal alledged cause ofthe "a
~as the Orders N Council and althoukl
they have ceased, It IS stil tiece.ssf, 20 Con
slider the ciTcumsta noes under sbnh ths}
were issued, rightly 10 understand IL.
grounds and origin OF hat disastrou meas
ure.
! Our Ministers in London had concluded
treaty upon s,i points Ia dispute between
the two coun RES, JUS, al he etIle ~hea
the Beilin Decree was published, pTohi
biting 10 aeuutals ell intercourse " = (.
Britain. Aware Of the injuries wbic', ~.
must sustain from that Ysgrspt siolatisn !
The laws Of nations, she. ankly info m :
cur Government, that II CONTRARY . all ~
/ pec,ation] the United States suhnit'eu
that outrage, she should be obliged % "ets'
iate upon France by proilIblling 70 nrutJsis
. all trade with Ter. The Berlin Decree sas
Immediately enforced upon all Ame &c ~
property within the rescb OF F ench rspse
! i,y, as well in neural ,errIto les .s On he
! high seas. This was koown TO our Coz
eminent for IT appears hat as esfly AZ
May 1907, they informed our minister ~
] France, that " there were proofs hat .le
WeS. India priys..ers h.d under colour q
that edic,, committed depr ed. tons, wtach
would constitute just claims tor redress
The treaty was rejected by the Pre- s,den
as unworthy of the consideration Ut the
| Senate notwithstanding tie cuiy ~ pre-
Sc We Nh exact impsrt;sll'y, no etcehi aea
sures were tAkso sgsins, Franc, for he
| violation of her treaty as well q he law OF
nations and after waiting nearly year,
Great Britain issued her Oiuers IN Coupch
! e IL h Nv. 1907, retain az the ah.ress
| ions Of France III pursuance 20 the notice be
fore gwen.
These, ss your Exeelleucy observes,
were declared 10 I've "retaliatory measures
adopted in Consequence Ut the sggressiOns
of her enemy, And 10 be rev ked when these
| aggtessions ceased"
Our government contend that France
has teen the first to do justice to he I'M.
ted States, That she repealed he, DEGREES,
and ceased 10 violate our neu.tsi rigLis IA
Nov. 1910 and lherefole, thai Great
Brit ain oughi 10 have revoked her Orders;
That, in cOnse ouence Of her refusal the act
OF Congress Of March, 1871. w.s rightfilly
psssed. prohibiting all intercourse with
Great Brita,n-s measure which the Em?e
as 80 an act Of resistance 10 The bri,ish Or
ders"
The question is thus brought to single
point. Did France repeal her DEGREES,
and cesse 10 violate our neural rights IN
Nov. 1907
If sha did, Great Britain was bound upon
her own principles 10 repeal her q. ders'--
II she did not, il nece sAriiy follows that
France mas added insult 10 her original sg-
erosion.
The pretended repeal Of the DEGREES was
upon condition IN eject, that Great Bu,as
should abandon the anlient riPh, sndu,ayes
OF var, sanctioned by the pubic law touch
ing blocksdes "a condition, which, lss
your Exceliency obser,es,) many persons
| sup osed would never hai pen"
Nevertheless our government conducted
Itself in relation 10 Great BrusIn, rs # tue
repeal had been absolute.
The ground taken by The American cabi-
net was that auce had ceased To violate
the neutral rights Of the Tinted States, and
they in sisted hat O. eat Britain ought IL
beleveit
But the continued burn NC of Amer can
vessels by order of he cJmSi snders u he
Empcfor's ships--ihe indIscrimIna,o plum
der and confscation Of amencsn property
on shoFe con the seas--in fTance-ln Den.
mark--N plies, and o.her subJugsted States
These ou.rages, connected with The repeat
ed declaration of The Emperor, that the de
creeS we've the Fundamental ls~ of bis Em
eire, sill opera.ed upon The incredibly oil
Great Br.tsin.
Al length when it suited the purpose Of
the Emperor, but not ill April, lSll-he
made his repeating decree, and as we are
info med communicated II To our cabinet,
although IT WAS not made public Tor more
than year after It's dste snd this puts the
question now under consideration forever n
rest. The Emperor declaes that he re
pesIed hs DEGREES in consequence ot our
act of resistance TO The British orders -
but our government declares that this ACT
WAS in consequence Of his repeal OF the
DEGREES.
"1o suppose therefore (ss your Excel
lency remarks that the French DEGREES
were repealed on the I'd Nov. 1910, involves
the absurdiiy, that The effect took place long
BE- fore the cause"
During all ,his period the negotiation was
pending with Great Britain. Size making
overtures TO revoke her orders upon
receiving evidence of the repeal of The de-
crees 1.-The actual repesl was carefully
concealed--snd the American cabinet en-
pl9yed Itself in lsboured essays 10 persuade
Crcst Britain that the pretended rspeJ was
real and absolute they terminated The
discussions by declaration Of war.
Il IS row Sufficiently apparent lhst If the
DEGREES had been etieetually res,s,ed the
o, ders in Council would no, have been issn.
ed-for as soon ~ the real repeal was pro
duced Great Britain snnuled he's orders &C.
core ing TO her uniform engagement. Uniol.
tunslely however, the country was plunged
in. o the war, before The revocation could