The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-03
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,of he c :rth ar the mercy of the British g.
az be truc. why did they not clistiac Nv,
%no btidlv, announce, the general in,eIdis-
tioO OF Nov 1907, as wslared he GEM,
ne principles of bi skade II The order Of
Nay 1890 WAS currect. the order of Nov.
1907 was equally iustiGable. They stand
| precisely on the SANG ground that of force.
Extend the force, * the elastic principle o
| blockade, wiii stretch with il from one ex-
uemity TO the rther, OF the greatest en-
! pire OF the Earth. Hut it was Mt POLITE to
! hold oct the idea ot b0ckatiing an empire-
IL was too vasI for the conceptions Of this
] world At large. Men would have been
| alarmed, thunderstruck az the novelty aud
enorrnty os this pretension. The British
ministry were well aware of this. They
BAD determined, in fact, 10 ea ablish ,his
tremendous blockade. They had te.ermin
ed, to keep down, that neutral trade ia
| which, the var did not permit thc,o, to par
| !iciptate.
But how was this TO be effecteds The
plain truth, told III plain words, would have
excited the indigpa ion of mankind. In
s'eao therefore OF announcing this general
inlcroiction Of Nov 1907 as warranted by
the lava Of blockade, they kept that idea
entirely out Of view. and intertlicted the
trade Of the u. States with France, on the
ground that they had submitted 20 the cp-
pressi n of the herlin and MILAN decree.
he principle Of retahati II never entered
| the mind of the 3. minis ~. as furnishing an
eXcusc Tor, or ju tIhCaticn Of thcFrrders
Something nust ~ SAID TO conceal the res,
principle ot the measure, and with a peg
| pie so divided as the Americans, il was .
| waste Of time, to look far for 8 pretext.-.
| In this thiy have rot been disappointed.
Another remark on the terms of Mir. Fos.
'cr's proposition presents itself. Mr.. F.
Eakes the validity of the blockade, TO de-
END on the adequscv # the force " appoin-
ted 10 guard the tloo ksded coast" Who
s tojudge. of the equacv Of this force -
he Po"er thau de- tared the blockade
IN power thst has made TIE seizure, and
TO gam by the condemnation! Ii IS true,
mat IN ne case Of enem}s' goods, Jre c.urts
or the Captors must prove their alISpati, n.
n TIE goods are restored to the claimant.
but tfe AIDE uacy # a block aiding force, to
nc apphtd to An extensive line Of Coast, is
mere matter Of opipiun- No two men
would n% upon the same number of ships.
There is no criterion by which they could
decide. is it not then obvious that when a
capture has been made, he force WilI always
BE- deemed sulh ert If w vii not adrbt
TINS Inference, as completely warranted by
our knowledge q the strongest tho mean
least T. the auth rity Of judicial determi-
nations IL y case of i" the Fredk. Moike's
Il Rob. RcPO Sir w Scott exprcss;, declares
Z" hat "'tno' he bios kade L !Jied occasion-
" ally. l. I'll continued foe it is not, an
accidrnf0f G6Sencr, of the blockadine
" Tor, c. u'r he Giro, m talce IS irg blown
p" it by the wind Qi &c auSpensiou aud the
reason OF the suspension are known, } that
"w'ii be sufficient in law 10 rempv block
ar - - 81, :. l.
nus" Il ROD. Rep he gives us Clearly 10
understand thar 4 force less than that ac-
tualiv sppo.nted, would have been by HIN,
luaici9ll, decided - be sufficient. OF
the sincerity of his declaration, entertain
not tie smallest ubt
ln addiu TO this, it is proper 20 enquire
int the appiicati, # these words
" sde qnate force Adequate to what -
he answer WHICH ST, Wrlam Scott
would give, ma be IN : led from the
DC cisions Just quo ed. Blu ~avirng that
hiei enCe let US attend 10 the Greet au-
swer OF Mr.. Foster. Ajcquare, say. he,
to guard III whole blockaded coast
From 'htm F,oT an cav TIE
h.o' kateTs are themselves tie enemy. To
guard It hen from The ensmy Of lie block
aders This is absurd. The enemy is
atrt ady III possession of the block aded
coast. aud sc ually guarding it him
SELF WIN batteries WIN, h the b,Lckadcrs
dare not approach A meaning, so prepos-
teroue, viii not be imp ted to MI. Foster.
Agsirst. whom tlen IS this guard eDpoin cd :
The answ er is ob,i IL, against Nentrais -
Ihis is the onr c Instruction, which hs
words will be'r. II re then the truth stands
confessed. Tie Object Of the blockade is
to keep off neutral trade It's frst opera'i "a
is upon neutraIs, ] he euepy through them
Is to be distressed. Tossz neutral yes-
sells, any rHed force Is adequate If this
be true there can never be question bout
the Legality Of = blockade If this be true,
It was poor evasion, to put the order Of
Nov. 1907 on the ground Of retaliation. G.
b. having superiarity at sea. which COM
PEELED her enemy TO lay up his, ships IL docks
x harGors, might have declared all France
TO be IN state of blockade. This is The puint
20 which G. Bril- in has actually advanced
and tho she NAV disclaim the right it is e
fair. necessary deduction, from her owA
principles Of blockade.
A.B.
Eyyafpol ~ the last Il. y.
In the t't Col, 5tb paragraph, 1T line, for 1896
read 1856