Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-21
From Hie f'osioa Daiiy .2deersiszy..
ERiEE REMARKS

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On the appendix, dated July 81, 1921, Of Mr..
John Quincy Adams, To the new edition. of -.
Letter OF March 81, l"08. to MIR. Harrison
Gray Otis, on President Jciferson's EnIl,4r-
Eo.
In my Eesic,~ Of the EXTRAORDINARY Cores
nonecnce between President Adams and his re-
la'ivc and friend. Mr.. birmingham. was obi
Scd 10 rccur to Mr.. Jcterson's embargo of De-
ceInher, 1907, aud the jealous agency Of Mr.
John Quincy .3,larns in imposing that per,,icio,,s
measure; because the steps had taken 20 OK
h'hlt IT'S real character to my fellow citizeus
with the view of obtaining its repeal had been
made the ground of his fathers wautou and S;t
ter reproaches against me: Otherwise I shouIj
have been silent on the subject oftl,e embargo,
and OF The sons agency in cfecting it, In that
Review, have given the history of the e,nbar-
go, by an exhibition OF All the facts necessary 10
enable every impartial reader to form a correct
Judgment Gifts merits cr dctncrits.-Without n
knowledge OF those facts, such a Judgment will
not be attainable certainly not from the ac-
count given OF it by MIR. Adams in his Appendix.
regret the necessity of repeating any part of
what is 81 fully detailed in the Review but that
being large pamphlet, will not be seen by oreat
numbers who will read the appendix; which.
being comprised IN two columns of newspaper
viii probably appear IN newspapers. all over the
United States. Such Editors as publish that An.
pcndfS, and desire their readers should see a,
least what is briefly stated on the other side of
the question, will also publish, in Justice to them
and ONE, the following REMARKS:
Mr.. J. q. Adams says that Mr. jefferson. in
his confidential ;ncaAage of the 18th Of Dece,n-
Der, 1907, recommending an immediate embar-
so, enclosed Two documents, one of which was
recent Pfociafna'ioi Of tic King fGreat Bri-
tam, authorizing and commanding the IMPRESS
Hcnt, by his naval officers, OF British scanIsn
/.
eorrcsPcDdcncc between G%eral hr.n.irou,r
then orr Ministeri in France, and the FronrI |
Munster of Foreign Affairs, ClapDanmnv |
VT Adams calls the papers enclosed witt. |
the message, 6 t'co do, uincats - but ,i,cr.
were Tour distinct papers. One was the Bri
tish k'hg's proclamation, requiring his natural
born subjects, sea-faring men, SERVING II, e.,
reign vessels, 10 return, To defend iicir nv =
country, then menaccd and endangered by the
arms OF France, and of the nations subjected 10
her power and at her disrosal; and alst, reujror
bus naval officers to take from neutral ,,lerS l;,rf
vessels, all such British scarr.pu 'rl,e srcopd
document was an extract OF a letter dated Sep
TENDER, Ia. 1907, from the French Minister of
Justice, hcgnnf, Communicating 10 sic adyo
cate general Of the Council OF Prizes the I'm,
.pcror NaToicOo's decision that his E,:,iin ,cc,4e
of November II, 1896. should. wiil,,ut an, ,.x
CcpiI0u, be carried ihtO execution Tai do,
cree authorized - French vessels war To st.izc
OH board neutral vessels, either English proner
ty, or even all fnasf; 'andse proceeding from r
iish rnand'ac orlcs or tcrtitory Nv iietier be-
longing To cherries or ncutrals. The .jtdd,cr
ncnt u Is Z lciicr G.icd SeItctrbcr 81 1907
from General ARMSTRONG, TO dc FRENCH, r,iu;.tcr
thaWPagny, iuquirlng wheeler such was liz,
tHPctora dcciNiOn relative i, Berlin decree.
alm ne fourth doc"incn; was ChamPagn,'s an
.yer OF ootoOcr :, 1907, in lliese words: ..liis
Majesty "a considered every neutral vessel 20
ing rom f.iGli,h ports vii, cafgccs o. English
'i'@FchaIr''se, o. Of EasIr origin" yaiat i. Of
he H'anuiaCturc o, pIoiuCc ct the English d.,-
n'nion>! las lawfully seile,l BY French armed
Nh. jedorson, attn c'ose Of lis message, saws
- asa q reform Of the letters o; Mcssrs Arm
strong AM CraHpagHy, Which il womb I,e IN
.srol ef 10 make ru,ijc." Du wherein was f,;s
tmprop.iGiy, The reader secs that the two lot
tTrs o ti'e ministers o' us'Ice aud oi foreign f
,d'Fs refer to one and the same decision of tl,e
Emperor, respecting fle commerce. Of ncuf,,le
with The B'iish do'nirim,s. Yet rvhiIc Eco
nIers vas allowed iO be published, CbamraG-i
1ya was To ne rctUcUcd TO Mr.. Jefferson. to bo
kept secret together with .3f'nstro,Ic's letter Il,
winch Has ali ansiycr ln my Review, have
suggested one reason, " nich was, that To render
fapoIee"'s system Tor running fhe commerce OF
England c'iectuaI, IT must. as CtarDpap,,y said
We complete =" all commerce of neutraIs
.,Ith the Bri'sh dotninious, must cease; and
we vast commerce of the United States.
with those douIfdors could be prevented
only by ~ embargo. Hence the infer