Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-13


any further order be from theneeferth
revoked"
Now, / would ask any legal character
TO put a construction upon what mas
been read. Will he not answer, as eve
~ man must answer who understands
the meaning OF English words, that the
term reteat imparts ct u fermrn' a TO-
tai abrogation of the act to which It re-
fers /? 1t does not mean modification or
alteration. but an entire aDnuiling OF the
act itself, placing every thing as 1t ~as
previous TO lis passage, saving oniy the
rights which had accrued under 1t. Bui
here ii appears that the Prince Regent
not only requires rehe0f, but he re-
CURES il also 10 be unconditional, not Il
mited and partial, bu, universal IN its
operation. Can gentlemen longer affect
10 believe that modification OF the BeT-
lin and Milan DEGREES would have Salts
fed the demands Of the prince re-
gent? Surely they have not read with
atteution these documents or have read
tnem without disposition to understand
them correctly. But, sir, Why rely up
on construction, when we have the IN
tSr.retation which the enemy himself
has pot upon his ewn act! Ii IT shall be
sbewn that no ministerial adyocate IN
parliament, no minister of England al
home or abroad no, not even loId Gas
tlereagb, has ever advanced such a 20.
s,;ion. then whv should gentlemen upon
this floor assume this new and eXtraor-
binary ground, unless they are resolved
10 out. H-rod Eersd. e onf CGStlcreagh
Lord CasfIrreaeh hlmaeY?
" ae,i MIR. Foster was in his country
he cor.esposded with our government
on this psint he, the munster c! his
sovereign, anG sent here 10 Interpret hia
will i; he, who it must be presumed veil
understood the views OF his own govern
mcnt, demanded Gas ! will snew from
the commune ations which passed be-
tween him and the American secretary
Of s,a,e) as condition Of the revocation
Of the orders in council, total and en-
tire repeal Of the French decree. That
minister, in his letter of the 50.h OF May,
1912, says
s. America, as the case now stands,
has not pretence for claiming from u.
Britain repeal of her orders In couHcIl
she must recollect that the British
government never for q moment counte-
RANGED the idea that the repeal OF those
orders could depend upon any partial or
conditional repeal of the DEGREES OF
France. What she always avowed YVES
her readiness to rescind her orders IN
council. as soon as Francs rescInded
absolutely aud Internationally her de-
crees. She could not enter into any o.
Their engagements without the gcossest
Injustice to her allies as well as to neu-
trail nations in general. much less couls
she do so. if any special exception was
to be granted by France upon conditions
utterly subversive ottbe most important
and indisputable maritime rights of the
British empire
Here the British minister plainly lays
down the principle upon which he Bril-
tish government is determined to act.-
French DEGREES are to be rescinded sb.
soIn,.ly and Internationally, by which
il appeurs that England required of US
not oDiy that we should cause tie de-
crees Of Berlin and Milan to be repeal
ed as &c tie United States, but as to all
the world. Could mere unreasonable
recuisition be conceived ? We had
tight to demand of Frascc modification
of her DEGREES so far as We were affected
BY them, but no ierlhcr-wheneee She
went so far SIS to prevent any injury 20
as by their operation, cur claims upon
thai government ceased, We havlrg no
right to interfere between her and her
enemy, except so far as We were lnte-
rested. But England not contept with
this, insists that we shall cause the
French government to open the ports
of all neutrsls % British commerce and
make the contincu, OF Europe market
for her manufactures This we had no
right to demand OF the French govern
ment, ard England knew We could not
obtain it. Int letter otthe Sd OF June
1912, from, Mr.. Monroe Ia Mr.. Foster,
reference is bad not only TO the 1eclara-
ton contained in the letter just read.
but also to the mstruc tons given by lord
Cas,lereagh &c MIR. Foster, which con-
vsys the same IDEAS in stronger terms.
Ii saws. IN the letter of May the 30th,
which had the honor to receive from
v.u on the lst instant, perceive diff.
terence in a particular passage OF It,
from passage on the same subject, in
the despatch lroN Lsrd Castlereagh to
YOU which you were SO good as to COM
municste to me entire, as appears from
the tenor Of the letter to have been in
tended by your government The pas
sage in your letter TO Which aliude Is
AS follows: America as the case now
sta,.ds." sc. as in the preceding ques-
tom Mr. Monroe then proceeds: