Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-03-08

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demonstrates the inadm;ss;b,e Mature. Of thos
prctensions, which have at length uiba,jpil
involved the two countries i'm war
| There the e,eclaration en,ers into an his,o
cal account of tb,. f,erl;n and Milan decrees
and other hostile measures of France toward
netitrals the rctaiia,osy orders i'm council O
G.. B the co,ceouent embaryo. non-;n, or
course and non-imrortation ac,s of the Anari
| can t.onrress ard The different diniom.,;c re
presentation. and explanations which have ia.
ken place on those subjects between G.. Britain
| and America. the particulars of all which have
! been long before the public. The declaration
then continuesl-
| The American government. before they re.
ceived intimation of;tLe course adopied by TN,
British government. had in fact proceeded 10
! the extreme measure Of DECLARING war. and
| issuing letters of marquee notwithstandirp
they were preyiousIv in nossession of the Re.
port of the French minister for foreign affairs,
of the 18th March, 1912. promulgating anew
the berlin and Milan DEGREES as iundamcntaI
lave OF The tre,,ct empir- tntler the lac on.l
ex,rnyapant prstcxt. that the monstrous pr;n.
ciples therein contained were to be found in
thu Treaty of Utrecht and were therefore
binding. upon all states Fro,n the penalties
of this code no nation was TO be exempt which
did not accent it. not only as the rule Of its
own conduct but as a law, the observance of
which il was also rsouired TO enforce upon G.
Britain.
In manifesto ACCOMMODATING their declara
ton OF hostilities. in addition to the former
complaints AGAINST the orders in council. n long
list OF grievances was brought forward some
trivial in themselves. others which had been
mutually adjusted. but none of them such as
were ever before alIedped by the American sro
vernment to be grounds for war. AS flo
throw additional obstacles in the way of peace,
the American CONGRESS at the same time PAS
scd /, law nrob;b;,,nr all iptercoursc will {;
Britain ofsuch tenor. as deprived the Execs
tive government. according 70 the Presidents
own cons r,,ct ION OF that act. OF all po,yer ot
rcs,or;no, tn Relations of friend,v intercourse
| between the TWO st,,es. so far at least az con.
cerned their commercial intercourse. until
I Coprrcss should re assemble. Tie President
OF the u. states has. i is true. sine nroposed
| "a @. britain an armistice not. however nm,
| tl,c ,,Im;e.;o, ,b,t the cause az ,0ar L;,Ler,o
/ relied on was renewed /. hut IN con1it;o, that
fG BRIAN =, a nrelim;narv s,en. Should Il,
| sway !, cause of war. nov troutb. foryy I'd :,
sncb for tl,, Gre, time namely that Che shl,,Id
| ,hando, IN. ex.rc;se of her ,,ndnuh,a1, -
| &c o,,rch 20 ..i,. f,om .n,e,;ca,, ,,o..i 70
lve..eJs Rr;,;s:, ssauen. the nat,,r.l bor,, ell
| ;ccts of h;s Majesty. and This concessinn w..
rew;red ,,o, che mere assurarcn tba, ,a,,,s
wo,,J he nn.c,od h,, tn, Ieo;sio,ur. &c a.. III
L IN r,fa Qe
! into their service. hut ;r.lenenden, of ,h. o5
| iect;an to AN exclusive reliance on y f,r.;on
j sto+a g.. +he co,sorva.;op of on v;,.l ~,
no eynlonat;on uae' o.. could he afE,rJ,.,i ~
/ ,Lc ,ge,,t xho WIS cbar,ed win t;s
4 e;tber &C In the main nr;pcipI-s ,,nop ,vb;cb
s,,cl, Jalys were 10 be founded, mr. as m The
i visions which it was proposed the. should con
i tain. This propo,itioa having bee,, oI,;ectnd
70 second nro,osal was made. ara;n off;.ri,,o
an ar,oist;ce' provided the British eovernn,rnf
would secretly stipplate to renounce the excr-
else Of this right in treaty ofpeace. An I'm.
mediate and formal abaRdopmento s its cxer-
else as preliminary to cessation ofhostilities,
/ was not demanded but his Royal EIghness
the Prince Regent was required, in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty, secretly to
! abandon what the former overture had propo-
scd to him publicly TO c,ncede.
This most offensive proposition was also re-
iected, being accompanied as the former had
been by other demands of the most except n.
able nature, and especially OF indemnity for all
| American vessels detained and condemned un
der the orders III councils, or under what were
| termed illegal blockades-a compliance will
| which demands, exclusive Oh all other objects
oRs, would hive amounted to an absolute SUR
/ render OF the rights oa which those orders anC
| biockades were founded Had the American
| government been sincere III representing III,
oiuSIS III S"",SH a. Wy ops uUSCt VI piNer
| ence between Great britain ard the Y States
calculated to lead to hostilities; it might have
been expected, so soon as the revocation o
those orders had been Officially made known Z
them, that they would have spontaneously re
called their = letters OF msrque" and manifest
eds disposition Immediately to restore the re
iations OF peace and amity between the tw
powers; buI tse conuuct OF inc government
~ I'e o.1u sIs,' ~ NO means correspond
WIZ" SUI" ie"'o'"''e g PSG'a'io"s'
II The orders in council of fIte OIL ,,f T,,oe