Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-22

duced the revoking order OF the. 3D., a.
June. Of last year-an order which :,
president has himself declared, is a.
ceptible oil explanations that rente, s
satisfactory. Is
Since then knowledge ofthis Dr., u
in May, 1912, was Immediately fo4Io,
by satisfactory revocation Of the ,s,
ious orders why are we to 5eEeys| :, !;
knowledge of it in May, 1911, W.
not have produced the same conseoO..
Inc gentleman from Tennessee, 00t E,
takes 70 inform US, and Tor this nm" 81
has commented with as much GdeIr
is usual with most schuEas,s m
Prince Regents declaration, On " ~ 81
he calls lord Castlereagh's despatch .
on the correspondence of MIR. Mo,s
with the British minister, Mr.. Fo..
These in his Judgment, clearly 81.
that this would rot have happened
cannot, ifI would, follow the gentIer,
through all these comments. Myls
already admonish me, that l have 81,
ken long, and that there is yet view
this subject which must not be overlu, \
ed. Permit me, however, to say =. 3
whatever impression the circums,.pr,
referred to were then calculated tomb
and with the lights then alone appear,
they fall infinitely short now of supp.r
ing the inference which the gen,Ien,
attempts to draw from them. Thep
Regents declaration affords US not f.
slightest aid in the enquiry. 1t sps.g
only of full and unc additional rep.dt
The DEGREES, being followed by full al
unconditional revocation of the order
|. intimate' nothing as to the ef,c
which would be produced on rhe ordta
by repeal Of the DEGREES as it rega
ed oRe neutral only. And this was ID
explicit language of my friend irony
York, Notwithstanding the staientg
given of it by the gentleman from Tea
nessee. 1t is one Of the proudest t, 5
umphs of truth, that to combat her wit
success, she must not De met upon be-
own ground. Is it strange that the T.
claration ofthe Regent is silent on til
point mo, sir, it was to be presume.
that the new maritime code OF NapCs$
on would be adhered to, or re!inquish
If adhered %, the orders were to corr
nue--if relinquished, they were to ceasi
The dispute between the United S,alas
and Great Britain, was as to the fact 4.
repeal or no repeal of the French DE-.
crces, and not whether the repeal wa
limited to America alone, or extendt:.
TO all neutrais.
A.to the dispatch of lord Castlere,siI
none of Us Can pretend to know its csei
rents, further than may be collected fror
the correspondence between Mr.. Mo-
roe and Mr.. Fuster.-The former 81
these gentlemen asks the latter Qe0a
June Sd 1872 whether the recollec,di
which he has OF the import Of lord Cas-
tlereagh's dispatch, III supposihg it tt
differ from Mr. Fosters own letter d,
me 10Th MAY, in The circumstance OF d.
claring. that the DEGREES must be 4.
pealcd not opls against the u. Stats
out against the world, before any rerl
cation will be had of the orders, be al.
curate or not. Mr.. Foster assures biz
in answer. on the same day that therei
no difference between his letter and b:
dispatch. This letter of the 30th MAJ
unqueslionably contains no such decIr
ration. Let it be twisted as it may:
states nothing more than that par.l
exemption from the penalties Of the de-
crees, upon the condition of eo.otr'''
ton in the.r object could not en,ihe ~
neutral 70 Claim revocation OF the BIZ
,isb orders. 1t is an adherence to Ii
ground originally taken. And whIc'
upon the plea of retaliation could n&
have been abandoned. But agree VIII
the gentleman from Tennessee in ~
sentiment, that Fosters letter Of JH
10th does express the opinion that are
peal of the DEGREES q, to America, wot;
not entitle us to claim revocation
the orders to the same limited eXsh'
Now, sir, if this opinion of Mr.. fo''
Can be viewed as founded on any specD
instructions, it would be entitled 10 gre
weight. But it is remarkable that
such pretenee is advanced by f6'N (
He gives it merely as an opinion WINK.
he infers from the public declaration
his government. jus,ifyiDg their oFose
and avowing the grounds on which .%
would be revoked. From these, "l'n's
the imputation of arrogance, any Oh
is as we'll enabled to draw the prop
inference as Mr.. Foster HIMSELF d,
therefore any cf US could claim to W.,
With as much confidence what, rou'a
done by his government, on the haPp.
ing of an event which had not been y
cially provided for nor an''c;r II
ed. That this is a correct view o.
nature of The opinion given in this lew
appears from the very words Of f0' ~.
Immediately following the sentence i.
tanning the opinion. But, sIr, 10 ".
burmese argue upon a supposed cav &