Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-03-15

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The 18th Nov. 1907, that no neutral veTl.
mould proceed to France, or to any of n.
countries TO which, IN obedience TO the die,,,..
OF france, Butlih commerce ess eroludos
without fira touching at port ~ C-eat r..
ain, or her dependencies AT the fam. -.
b., m jsfty minated his readinei, to ,sa "'.
the 0fdeTs in Council whenever France (ban'a
rdciud he DEGREES, aud re urn TO the -
tome5 principles of maratime warfare-.,nS'
inhfequen, period, as proof of his m,;.e.s
Gncere deiI9e 70 accommodate as far
BILE, his defenfiye ln.aiures to The co,vo
of neutral powers, he operation of the oasN'
III Council was 10y AN Order fined !, a..
1909 limited to b ockade of France 80,
the countries fut jed to her impaedia,e Il. VI
ion.
syiiem' OF violence opprei1ion and tyr,,,v
Eau never be iuppre'sed or even checked
'he pow, againit which fuch il Juice /. o..
e'eu DC oesarred from the right of full and a
equa.e 'e @'on-or, If the mealures ~ ~
i.tAha'ng po"e are to be eonldered a. M.
teri OF JUN offence l. neutral nation, nt''a '.''
mesute. of original 90, e,Iio, Ia "nn ne
are TO be tolera' ed wiihad,g. SUI violence
hon or conPiaoency. 'uomi.
The Government of he J.;,,o
no, fail to remonlt ate aganlt T.. ",Ss' did
Council of Great Britain. Ath,o 'oes IN
knew hst thee Orders v ould be rex Sn they
the DEGREES of France which had orr eed
them, were repealed. they relolved at The td
moinent to rehit the conduct of both Belize
eren'' iniiead OF requiring France, in the 10
iniianee to reeind her Decree. Apply mon
urJutiy The lame mesiure Of reientmeot ,ol.
aggTefor, and 10 the parry seg ieved, thew
dopsed mesiures OF commercial r.6ft.,,,
agaEh bo'h-a y item of reliance VIII
however varied in the iuccelige Aef, Of En-
barge, Non-lntereouiie, or Moo Impo,,,,;o.
was evidently unequal in its operation ,n1
principally level ed againft The fuper;or eor0'
merce and maritime power of Great BRIAN
The lame partially towards France wa, oh
fervable in their nego iations, As IN their maj
uIes of aledged reliance.
Application was made 10 bo'h Belise,.,,.
for revocation of their. refr eeiiye ediei,. h.,
the terms in which they were made, were wide.
y different.
or France wa. required revocation on,v
OF the Berlin and Milan DEGREES ALTHOUGH
many other ediets groisly violating he neo-
trail commerce Of the United Stale, had bsen
promulgated by that Power No ieeuri,v
was demanded, that the Berlin and Mia, De-.
crees, even if revoked, fbould no, under lone
other form be re.efiahlifhed--- and a dir,a
engagement was offered, that urou fueh re-
vocation, the American Government woud
take part in he war ag.inh G Britain, if fhe
did not Immediately reoind her orders.
Whereas no oorreiponding engagement wa,
Offered Is Great Bri ain. of whom il was re-
qured not only thai the Orders in Council
ihouid be repealed, bur that no other, of,
hmilar nature fhould tie ifued, and ,hs, Ne
blockade Of May 1906, ihould be abandon.
ed. his blockade, eilabi.fLed and enforced
according to acen0cmed practice, had not
been objected to by the Unred States at the
time il was filmed lis proviGons were on
the contrary repreien,ed by tie American
MniGer reiderI IL London at the time, to
have been 10 franco, As to afford 10 hs
judgement proof of the friendly difpo6,ion
OF the Bri,ilh Government towards the Uuiled
states
Great Britain was thus called upon to a.
baudon one OF her moa important maritime
rights by acknowledging The Order of block.
ade in queltion TO be one the Edids which
VIC ated The commerce of the United States,
although II had never been 10 con6dered in
the pfevious negotiations; and aliho the
Pre6dent of the United Safes had recently
conferred TO abrogate the Non Intereonrfe
Aet on the fole condition of the Orders in
Council being revoked thereby diaipely
admitting theie Orders to be The only Ediefs
which fell wnhia the contemplation of the
law, under which he acted.
a propo6,ie 70 hofile to Crea, Britain
could not hu be p-oporuouably encouraging
TO the preienfions of the enemy. Az by thus
alleasng that the Boo kade of May, sec, was
illegal, the american Government virtually
fulfilled, 70 far as depended on them, the
French DEGREES
Aher this proportion had been made. the
french Miniter ct Foreign Affairs, If not
in concert with Government, at lean 10 con.
formiy with IFS views in q defpatch, dated
the 5h Of Aug $50 and sddr, fed TO the
American Mini0er rsfideut at pars :, fta,ed
that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES were re.
voked and that their operation won ceaie
ffnm the a day of Nov following. provided
his Msisay would revoke his order III council
and renounce the new principle of blockade;
or that the United States would eauie Their
RICH. to be reipf 6ted meaning thereby, that
they W, uld ieiift he retali.tory meafuare' OF
Great Britain
Although he repeal ofthe French DEGREES
thus announced was evidently contingent
either on concsffioDs be made by Great
Britain Connection, to which il was obvious
Great Britain couid never fubmiD or On
meafures to be adopted by he U sta'e' OF
America the American Prehieut at once
confdered the repeal as sbfolute Under that
pre,ence the Non-Inportaton Ac was hnety
enforced againii G ca Britain, whit The ifips
of war, and merchant fhips of the enemy were
received in,o the harouurs of Amerea
The American Government, fhuning the
repeal OF the French DEGREES 20 be aoiolute
and efletiua, moi unjueiy required Great
p:,.. :, 500 forr;tv m her declaration, to