Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-03-22
British Manifesto vs.. America.
[corciuied from our last.

don did produce copy, or at least whist
,.rnor,ed To be copy of such an instrument.
7, nrofessed 20 bear date the 23.h of April,
1911 long subsequen. TO the despatch OF the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
9Th of August. 1910, or even the DAY named
,hars;p. viz. the 1st Nov. folio wing, when
he ooerstion of the French DEGREES was to
es.sr. This instrument express declared
,h,, these French DEGREES we're repealed in
con.,ouence of the American Legislature
La.,,, hy their Act o. the 1st of March,
,eIf. pro.ided, that British ships and mer.
,b.odize should be excluded from the ports
and hsrhors OF the Uaited States.
By this instrument, the only document pro-
aoced BY America as a repeal of the French
nrcree., ii apF ears beyond possibility of
doubi or cs,il, tina, the slledged repeai of
,he French DEGREES WA conditional, as G.
pr;,ain had asserted and not absolute or
final. as had been maintained by Anne ica;
that hey were not repealed ut the time they
wee stated to be repealed by the Ame,l
can government that they ware not re-
nesleL in cenlormity with a proposition s,m
ultaneously made To both beiligeren's, but
that in consequence Of previous Act on he
mart of the American Government, they we're
renesled in favor of one belltg erenl 10 the
nreiudlce of the other that the American
Government having adopted measures re
strictiye upon the commerce of both beilig.
erents, in cons equence OF EdIcts issued by
b1th. reseinded these measures as they If
fec,ed that power which was the aggressor,
whilst they nut the IN full operation against
the party sgrieved although the Edlcts OF
boh poyers continued IN force and last.
". tina, they excluded the ships Of war be.
longing to one helligert mt, whilst they i'd
mitied into the PORTS and hsrbors the ships
of war belonging 10 ,be other, III violatiOn OF
one of The plaiaest and moss essential duties
of neural nation.
Although The instrument thus produced
was by no means that general ard unqu lf.
ed revocation # he Berlin and MIN De-
erees, which G 81 ain had continual, de-
nsnded, and had full right to clam and
although the inst fument, under all the Cit
cumsts nces OF its appearance at that mo.
ment, for The first ume, was open 10 the
,rongess suspicious of IL. all aentic,y Jet
u the N.mister u. he Y States produced
i, as purporting to be copy of the instru
ment Of revocation, the Government # g
britain, DESTROYS of reverlng II possible, 10
The ancient and sccus omed principles of
maritime war, determined upon revoklng
condiuonally the Orders in Council Ac.
cordingly, in The month of June last, His
Roysl H,ehness the Prince Kegent WAS
pleased to declare IN Council, in The pame
,nd on the be alf of His NJ jesiy that tue
Olders 10 Council should be revoked ss far
srespec.d the ships aud property of The u.
States from the lst Of August following.
The revocation was 10 continue ia iUrce, pro
,ided the government Ut he U States,
should within time to be iIml,ed, repeal
their Restrictive laws against BRUSH com
MERGE. HIS Majes,y's Minister IN Anne, a
was expressly ordered to declare 10 tie Gov
ernmeD, oi the u. State, that ",his meas
ste had been adopted by the Prince Regent
IN the sarnest wish and bOpe, either that the
Government oil France, by further rel Nations
ofns sysem, might render perseverance on
the part OF G. b i,ain m retallato.y meas
ores unnecessary, Or 4 lhis hope should
prove deIusise, that HIS Majesly's Govern
meot might be enabled, IN The absence of al
Irritating and restrictive regulations on ei.
thsr side, 10 enter W. u the Go, eminent Of
The States INFO amc,bl explanations, for
The purpose OF sscer aining whether. IT the
heeessii, ofre, ailatoI measures, should I'm
fortunately continue to operate, the particular
messuI Is 10 be acted upon 10y G.. Britain
could be rendered more acceptable to the
hmercan Cove. nment than those hitherto
pursued"
In order to provide for the contingency of
Declaration OF War on The part OF ,he u.
D. Previous to the arrival in America Of the
ssd ordef OF kevoo aton inst ructIons were
sent 10 hrs Majesty Minister Pl.nipoten-
ua'y accredited 10 The u. States (the execu.
noa oi which distractions, in cons quence
o' 'he dlscont,uusnce of Mr. Fosters iunc
uans' We're at " subsequent period entlust.
gu Admiral Slf JOHN 5orIase Wa rem di.
...e'ihb nm TO pro ,ose q Cessation of hoslil
"s' should they have commenced and
,uilher 10 oiier simultaneous repeal Of The
o'aer III Council on one SIDE, and of the re
.'Vt'e laws on Brush ships and COM
merce on the Other.
ihe} were also respectively emnowered
"seqaaint the American t,.vernmeot. in
efg 70 any INQUIRIES with RESPECT TO The
blockade Ct May 1906, willis, the Bfiti,b
government must continue tn m.int.;n ito
mglihl, that IN point of fac, MI, ,ar,,c
slaf blockade had been di.,on,,n,,e5 a., +.
o. " ''ne' having been emerged in The
s 800, fe''llalory blockade of he enem,'s
tT unaer The Orders in Council, and
,as'. "'' M'leS'y's Government had no in
II -" VI occurring TO this, or any o.her
~ '. ~ oil The e'emy's ports, founded up
ogN" Nc o'u navy aud sccus,omeG prineiples
,'''ine Law, which were IN force pre-
,s va' 70 we o.dsrs IN Council, without
I,'o "O'ee to Neutral Powers in the usual
,,ts;" hmerlc'n Government, before they
h. n'.O. NINA ion of lhe course adopted by
ED ,''si Government, had in fact pro.
ina W the extreme measure of declar-
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