The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-23
Tie Dixie Of BGssano to Mr.. Russell.
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80 SIR--In Converting with you about the note
Which you aid tho honor TO address to on the
ist az May, could NOT conceal from you iny
prize the doubt which you had expressed in that
note, respecting the revocation O. TIE DEGREES of
Berlin and Milan. That revocation proven by
many ficsi acts, by sR my correspondence with
your predec and with yOr by the decisions in
favor of American vessels You have done me I'll.
honor to ask cney of the letters which the Grand
Judge and Minister ef Finances wrote on she 25th
Decenabsr, isio, to secure the frat effects of that
measure. and you have said, sir that the decree of
.ht eSth April, 1911, which proves dsfnti7eiy the
revocation OF the Berlin and Milan DEGREES in re.
gard to the Aiserosns, was not known you.
"I have the honor To send you, you have Gesi-
red, copy of these three ysu will consider
them, without doubt, sir, he p,sinest answer which
c>sld give To this part of yonr no;e. As the
two other questions 10 which that note relates, win
take care to lay them before the Emperor. YOU
kntv already, SIR, the sentiments which his " ses-
~ has expressed in favor of American cOomerue
and the good dispositions which, have indussd him
10 appoint pienipoten;iary 10 t,eSt with you on
hst Inn ortant interest.
Accept, 1ir, &c. &c.
LSisnedJ
The DUKE ofBASShNO"
CITY Of letter Gom tie Minister o." Fl
siaace the CoUnt IT Susuy. counsellor If
stGse, director general oflhe eussom8, da
sed Oecens6cy IS, 1910.
On .he Ssh OF last August, the Minister of foreign
Ssiators wrote 10 MIR. ArseEtrong, minister pie
tentisry ci the United States Of norriea that the
Herhn SAN Milan DEGREES were revoked. and thai
after the frat oi November they wsuld cease 10
have effect, it being we'll understood that in conse-
qpenee OF this declaration, the English wonld re-
saEe thsir orders IL c0uncii, and renounos the new
principles Of blockade which they wished to estsb-
Nsh, that the United Stetcs, in confor nifty TO the
act communicated, should their rights to be
respected by the Esgish
On the communication Of this note, the President
OF the United States Issued. on The second Of No.
vember, Proclamation, which announces the rsvo-
cation of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, after the
First OF November; and which declares, that in
sequence thereof, all the restrictions imposed by
tae act OF the first Of May, u S0s, sloald Use
vish respectto France and her dependencies.
The same day, the Treasury Department sd
dressed 20 tic csisctors Of the circular.
yiisb cirscta them TO admit into the ports and wa.
suoins It on them TO appy, after the sscopd OF Ee-
blaary next, ths sw of toe SFst Of Nav, 1902 pro-
III itiug ell con- ereiaI relation, English vessels Of
Sye.y description, we'll to productions OF the
coil, Industry or commerce Of England and her de-
pcrdsneies.
Ills majesty having seen, in these two pisces the
examination OF the measures which the Americana
propose taking On the second OF February next, to
cause their rights to be respected, has ordered me
20 inform you, that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES
must not be applied to any American vessels that
5sye entered our ports since the first of Nov. OF
may enter in future, and that those which have been
eeques.ered, being in contravention OF these de.
erses must be the object of special report.
On rAe Cd of Feb. shall acqllast you with the
Intentions of the emperor with regard to the defni-
tive measures G. be taken for as.ng gushing and ia
vorng The, Am eTican navigation.
ssyc the honor to salute you. The Minister Of
6zance.
Gsignedl TIE DYKE OF GAETE.
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