American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-11-14

into Consideration. During he ,ear 1e;4 !,
David Parish presented memorial 10 Baron ioni.
the minister oil finance. on behalf Of Nh AfcLisaI,
Oracle, OF New York, who was proprietor Of ,hrsa
OF the cargoes seIzed and sold at Antwerp; claim.
ing restitution OF the proceeds thereof.
The reply of the minister OF finance TO Mr. D..
ish, is SO extraordinary document that shall ouo,a
his own words. Baron Louis says iN0'9
!" admit with you the niquity of these measures
and with you deplore their effects but to renal.
them is not within the compass of my power
"lf the cargoes still existed in the custom bopss
stores, they should be Immediately restored 10 VIM
but they were sold, and their proceeds no longer en-
list.
The whole transaction was terminated, irreyo.
caoiy terminated, tour years prior to the restora
ton"
Such was the language OF French cabinet min
lister, and fine specimen of morality, truly! Ac.
cording to this doctrine, thief taken with stolen
goods upon MIN. is bound to restore them but if
perchancc, he has disposed of them, and expended
the money, he IS no longer responsible
10 no part OF the correspondence with the French
government either before or since the restoration.
have they attempted TO prove that this property was
ever submitted to any legal adjudication, either il
conformity with the solemn stipulalions OF the treav
or the Berlin decree under which it was seized
The treaty declares that the established courts for
prize causes, should alone prone unce judemen, Il
cases OF vessels OF goods, claimed by cizens Of q;
Their party and the Berlin decres declares tina, he
council OF prizes at Paris, should alone execute il,
provisions; yet, in the detention Of this proper,y.
both The treaty and the decree have been alike disr
garded.
The only reason which the French governmen,
ever advanced in support Of their title 10 this pros
eiy was, that it had been transferred by the en-
peror from tie caissc d'amortisse men, 10 the publ.
treasury, tina, j, was dehnitively condemned
In reply TO this uniounded prt,ension, MIR Gala.
tin in his letter TO The French minister Of foreign
affairs, observes
"lndependent Of any consideration draw fton
treaty stpnlalions or from the provision OF The dc
cree ITSELF II is equally repvgnant the principles C
the law OF nations, as generally acknowledged by the
civilized world, and TO those Of the municipal laws
OF any civilized nation, TO consider The order in CUES
ton, as implying the condo mnaiion OF the property
OF the parties, or in The smallest degree affecting
their right. There not in this case, the form d
a Trial; TO hearing oil the parties notice given
] 10 them CT any alleged ground CT condemnation o.
1 even Of any intention to bring them to trial.
I II any other proof were required Of the rights 1!
the parties 10 a lul restitution OF their property,
may be found in the eth article Of the treaty whitl
declares = That free ships shah give freedom ID
goods, and that every thing found on board shalt
Tree and exempt and yet the vessels were Liberated
and permitted to return to the United States during
the year 1907, and the proceeds OF their cargoes ~
! to this day unlnwfully detained.
/ IITZSIMMONS.