Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 January 1809 — Page 3
t.on ft il nfutrj? r-5... ,f Cnitrdjcajcutrd fo as rot to infi ingclifhi.-il fubnufii to one or the ar-lcommcrcc anil war wit'i ho'h .t.tf,. I'l'".int!,-r.,-., vi,irM...;l-tlr iruu..! rights. an;l iliioutlgif ilors, an I w.ir with thr other J Kiu-lainl and IVanrc. lint t!:-!r:-'tMTC?"",'",'s V"i .':,"y P'cli"ls n-ticc or i.m.iia.jthtlaltp'.iium, is the oniy one oir choice mult ultimately br. nw!c C'.V riv;; , ;, ;; ; t:, :;:: TO h correelnds o:uH ti.uc can be doubt ; bemccn the tivo; and it is in,. . , .... illJi n.rcnirlt. ;in( !t Will hi milf I if icf .Mri-i ! iu,rt.,nr tfi-d icol inn i hr r?vnvirrf
tm I r i- i . I . t f . i I - - - - . - - ' ' - atii,iiv tft 11 I , I Klin iiiu L i J I vis v- i'i v in i.ti
r'Juvint thr f,mr tiirr .rail rd g.i.j, . r,c Berlin decree, as c xpoun-;dctnonllraU (i by feleeting, a- dor cither the one or the other, vrnrrcnt'he i :rU t. .n-rr of thr tnr.i i,n(J executed fubfeq-ient to tnongU the levcral modifications' The aggreflions of England and I'-qurn-m r.ti w.,ui,i Mlw that m w f J,Cr wh September, l 807, and which tTiivrJit be fur.gellcd, that France code cVivcly, effecting allute f I'-.n-r, nn-m, ..ii '.ct! imn -nii-ir-K jthe B-ttifh orders of council ol which may on fir II view ppear!mo(t the w hole of our commerce.
arc
( f I'Vcrcli or cr.err.U"' trrcl.-vuiife,
and
the ocean, to avoid war, at lcait
for a fcafon, and at the fame time to fuatch their immrnce uwd dejeicelefs commerce from Impend ing deft t'u 61 ion. Ar.odicr appeal has in the mean imc been rAadc under die authority veiled fn the lVefident fo? dut purpofejjto the juHice and uueuuereit of France and England. The propofitions made by the United States, and die arguments urged by their miniRers, :i t before congrefs, by thefe, the very pretext of the illegal edicts was removed, and it is evident chat a revocation, by either nation,! on the ground on which it wis niked, either midt have produced,! what both pretended to have in
v iew a refloration of the freedom!
of commerce and of the aeknow-
the lealt exceptionable : a propound pcifdled in, notwithllanriing
inmn io repeal me emnargo, lo repeated remonU rmces, expianafar only as relates to those pow ersjtions and propoliticns, the moft which have not patted or do uotcandid and ime.cepttonrble, arc execute any decrees injurious tojto all intenrs ar.J purpofes, a maritheneuttai rights of the U. States time war waqcii ty hoth nations It is laid that the adoption oraguinlt the United States. It canthat proportion would rellorc ourinot be denied Thut th nhimnt
v ;VUr, 'Lurh-r xzh x iJ lf e ,of 1 )cQ m bc r' 1 ?t0r which commerce with the nati ve powersjand only cflchial mode of re till-
oi vna a;:u vinca, anuwitn Dpatn, ingtiiut warlure. if perfilted in, Is Portugal, Sweden and RulHa.jwar. A permanent fufpenfion of Let this be taken for granted, al- commerce, after repeater! and unthougii the precife line of conduct availing eflort.7 to obtain peace, now purfuedby moll of thole na- would not propcrlv be rcliftance :
ttons m relation to the United it would be withdrawing from the
oiaies is not cerrecuy aicertameel, contelt and Pl)andoning our indif.
io iar as reiaies to. any advantages which would refult frdm that meafure ; if confined toitv oilenii-
2 t ill; oii- S oi cU'N il t I jovtiibrr
j j nuv., iiJt,eiiiei v. iui ijc iiUiHi
! 'nrinemir nf fIt tefmn linvn ii?Ui
1:
t,)ifli,.rr.! tsif iliri ticn of d.r .rrrr.rli .1 e 1 ; i .1 iNovendjer IhlillllJ,
Crrt"f zwi reommiciKita ti- rm!.sro, tii( I C 10I C, as thrV CiU'Ci the UlUvrhir!, w.t Aciccrciu ly laid on thr c 2 i j t ?r c i States, co-teiiiporaneotis agc.T !)-.Mii?cr, 18Tr ; at lit U umr ic x a? jr c fiions of the bcllkermt now.
v. -lu-drffwi. .o ti c iintry, tuat tirj(.rs equally unprovoked and e-
.-iiuirr iHc-:qU;i!jv mdcienliblc on the prelum v tvrrr not .,1 , .
(lifh. I I '!) nl ?h if mint ? tl.l". ... v.v., kvj
p-Mts ot l'rai:C oi ti i :lhrt. othrr tcunttv at v.r wun 5
ii etl-r ports of Ku.- pr, tVon wi.ij h. :d.jr!. iiuwjcdiate hoflilitics agdinil tb.tih not at wav w;.;h Kri-imi, il c Pirit-ibotn nations on tlie prat of the Uifh v.- wis rxilmlrO, ibouid t! tucr 0i i i itcd States. They thought it be rnMiJrrrd a it'the fanr wfrc admilv more eligible in the fir (I inftane lloikadtd ; th.t all tradr on srtii Irs of by withdrawing their vcflels from
the produce or m m:t tdturrg ;t lie l.tid countrirs flioiiJ.i h- dceinrd v. liil ; id th: every velVrl tr ';n' fiem or to thr i iJ ioumi ifs, together ill nnrf atn! Krclundi'f on !t.ird, and silo nil mticlr s of tlie prrdnrr r rsrsruiftrture of the Wh c outcries, !:;nuld be li.ulc to catirc a:i Co i.Vihh a! ion. '1 iiaie ordri c?nnot br arfenrcd on tlij;rnird : lb ir b"tiit;- intended rrl4i'u tii n; on aitojijt uf the Hcv'in drcee, as conjlru'd, Atu! urifomdy exen ntec! tVntn its d.ccto the 1 8di Sepftnbt r, I 807, its en), fh '!i5icn and exreutioti bavinrr till tbrr. in-f"n;-d r,n nrntrrl rights. For cei'-Vn N thr n'fnftroiss (irclrine will not br air-rtr(! even by thr. Brit: lit gnvj-rnme-nt, tluit neutrul nations ore bound to rc-flft not onlv thafs of hf llijrcrrnt ?rrrs v:birh vir'atf their rig' :?, but alio thole nun.".eipd rc;rbtiors, which, however t! - v n. xy injure the rurnir, re Kwftil urd do not effrOl t'.c lt-itimnt- rirjns of tli- v -1. The only retaliation to br ufVd in itcb Cifes, inull be fuch will rprratr on thr enemy "wi'.iiont intiinging tlie riiits cf tlie neutral. If fotelv intended an a retaliation on the Merlin decree, as e:rt:trd prior to the rroruh f September, the Eutifii orders ol t oun- ihiKd have !een cn'ii lined to forbidding tl:e introduction into Gre't Biifdin
puttablc right freely to navigate the ocean. The prefent unfetlled
Itate ot the world, the cxtraordina-
It I t ' . .11 .!.
me ooject it will be iutiicicnt lojry htuation in which the United oblerve that the exports of articles jbtates are ph ced,and the necelli-
oi uie iiomeuic prouuee oi me u- ty. it war be retorted to cf mnkinf
tt at the fame time again ft both na.
nifed States during the Vear Ad
mg the .30rh September, 1807, -mounted to 48, 700,000 dollars
and that the portion exported to
die countries above enumerated,
lalis Ihort of 7,0C0,000, an amount to inconliderabie, when compared
with the buK oi our exports to de-
tious, and thele the two moil powerful ol the world, are the principal caufes of lulitation. Thefc would be none in reforring to that remedy, however calamitous, if;i fele&ion could be made on any principle of inflict, or whhnnf :i
' . - n . 7' - - -
iri vC Huenuon, even 11 a queuionjiacriticc ot national independence, efiecMing the independence of the Tj be Continued.
nation was to be decided by upn lidt ration ofimmetliate profit. v But the true effect of the propofition would !e to open an indi. reel trade with Great Britain.
wjiich, through St. Bartholomew
l :icir,.iH n into Rrit'di port c.f nutil vcue is coming fioni a Fienchcr oti.er rr. rniiy's po; t. Indeed the .u .1 of rrtilia ti.in on ;!crr:unt of fo'u.IJc acciuiefi rnce of neutrals in decrees vt jb;tin' iheir
rit!i,i .Uc.f'doncd hv ' m
the verv nrnor ol
the otvleig ; the ir o!r.iti;,.n being e;;tendin;; to th!r. t-irntries frc::i which the Bri:ilh t w.is es Ijdcd, fj.h at A nth ia, although fin n c)UMt:ies were n";:! -r ;,t war will, (prrt lri:'; nor bid p: l!Vl hhv decree in ary v.!v rileOdrg or ior.nec.lcd with ncu tr.d n-,t,. N-ir ;ue 'he nrdr; -j n ti i ! i ! - on prr"nte r f si ncc: u. ' rnce f)!i thr p.itt cl thr United St. Irs me Frcnvh dcfirr a? rn'bud rnd ;:e u .e it Ui'ifr-Aiont to dir Jot!i S jitr-.n'r, K--r, it hecam; at: e id-'it i;.fi rfCt.oti ot their rigi.r;, fu( h a tr-t v vt rr ttrd to o o 't . Tor tb.;i !i.im''rr x Pi';. in.m untr ly mde thr iir'.rf1-:y i ern.t)tr tir r, ; rt.J the orders wre ns iri :iot 'iIy w.hout hav:r. r alVri-tm-u whether ihm Unitrd States uld c run -ft e in the in'pniou alteration of thr Vfric'n drtjre, but tiv re thn oiif mnth b'forr tint: alirri km.'s ktiown in A:ntriLa. It in .y even hr crtrd th.it the alteration wn n t bi-un in Kr.Lt.d fh-n thr osd-riof couiki! v ne rairrS ; thr inl':u ion - f the I'JtN vMrniirr. 'f,7. vrhuh t;.nr nr an ! inj.uious f.oru'ruc tiu:-. in t ht.-7 ' "''a oiru!fc'ut d 1 i:itf, ii'.id lis ni'hlt' 'i n liavin;'
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Au-.rtiZ u .: - rMrv vt i:l-lt. I t ' m e ' i orv i ot m, .1 "rr t!:rrr. fore, fii' :u; .ti 'b "ii e "T't! 'If ,,f ,e A iaii 'i, cn , ' . ;f rv ij!r .'! l.r 1 . t i 3 r 1 . i ' . i 1 J r ; i - r j I v . u -tfl :! dl . !'v "r :.l ',,..;;... f th'' lnbfi.nV' 'jr-'in- ni d ',v tie Hr;ti.li iwiruiU r in 1 t :r. ' ' , 1 ; ti irt i A t . 11 '' Hi:' J-:t if .r: Rrf.tjr. -vvjU -Ir; c- d on t: cT.cuti': oi ni - :. i ..-.! r, r' 1 th- ' i.t'l- riuc (i I . " t . 1 !,.". t o ;. ii 1u' b I. .It 1 : t t.'if n
lecked principles of the law of na-and Havannah, Lifbon, Cadiz, oi
iiji ; nr ni uaic oi rcmiiti uy uie vjoiicnuurgn, would receive, at Cr belligerent, would have cin. pricts reduced by glutted married into effecl, in the mofteiii- kets and for w ant of comperifaiion. cient manner, the oftenfibic ob- ail ti:e provjfions, naval (lores. je6: of the edicls, and made the raw materials for her manufijU. States a party in the war a- res, and other articles which llae 5ainll him. The effort has been may want. Whether Ihe would 'ncHedhiai. The propoliuans be iatislicd with that favourable
have been actually rejected bylftate of things, or whether, conliI I 1 ! I , . a.
dering that bo'n as a piedge ot unqualified lhbrniflion, ihe would according to the tenor ef her orcicrs, interupt our fcanty com merce with Hufiia, and occaiionally, under Come new pretext, cap tore rather than purchafe the car
goes intended for her own life, is
equally uncertain and unimportant. Korean it be doubted that
one of the belligerent powers,
aid remain unanbrercd by the olicr. In that itatc of things, what courie ought the United States to otiifue : Your committee can perceive no other alternative but abject and degrading lubrniffion war with both nations or a conunuance and enforcement of the
prefent iufpeiion of commerce.
?y THE WESTERN SUN, VIXCENNLS,jAxuji2r U, 1809.
By the mail which arrived on Monday evening la(t a few papers were received, from which the following brief ftatement is taken it contains the mod imfting information received.
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a . i' :.. , :n o:.. - a ,
f j v" r i . y ti,- tn Miiltrr it u." t'.at tkr brcuch decree vsu!
VowrJ Mai ccr,i',a;ra -
riic firll cannot require anv a meafure which would funulv
HtJTiOn. But th.e preffare of exclulively one of the belligerents, rhcTejubargo fo fenfibiy felt, and would be war wifli'fHtl other.
!r:c calamines inieperauic irom aoniiiicrea merely as a queftion oi Hate of war, naturally create a prolit, it would be much more eli-
wilti that fome middle course gi!)le at onc e to raife the emliargrmight be difcovercd, u hich fhould in relatic to Great Britain as avuid die evils of both, and not we would then, at leaft, "htm:ih( W. incotdiftent with national ho- lad vantages of a direct market wth .or and iiulependenee. 'I'hat il-jthe conl'umcr. But the propoRlufion mull be diflipatcd ; and it tion can only be defended on the is necelfary that the )eople of ..'ic'ground that France is the only agUnltcd States Ihould fully under-greiTor, and, that having no juli Hand the (ituation in which they ji eafon to compUiu of EngLtnd, it are placed. lis our duty to fnbmit to her or There is no other ahernative'dcrs. On that in admiiublc iuppo-
but w ar with both nations, ur a liti'n, it wourd n t only be more eontinuance of the prefent fyilcm. icandid, but alio a more dignified, for uarwithone of the brliiger-as well as nujrc advantageous e?ts fMily w uu!d b fubmiilion to.courfe, openly to join Enriaud, die edicts and w ill of the other ; and to nv.kc w ar aainu France, and a repeal in whole or in pai tj The object would be clearly unjfthe etnbr.rgrj mull necelfarilyiderilood, an ally would be obtain;:e war cr fubiniflion. jed, and the manners of fnbiriiliion A grnerd repe;.l, without arni-;might be better palliated, ing, would be fubtuifilon to buthj It appears unnecelfary to purfuc uuicvis. ;any further the the examination oi Hjj'iera! n-peal and annirit; of propoiition wich the difficult Mir rnci. h fnt eli(!s, would be Situation oftlie united States coul wr wx bt.di. and war of thc aloi.e have finiKclleiL and which
, w o. Il uutd, J'uiiei uk th.e ent rnies' w ill prove more ndmiiliblr, oi i .... . ... . . : ! -..li... i i.. .t i- i - :
ift ' o ' 1 1 j 1 1 v v ; uj Kuuui reiau auoii im i ie n uoie, as me luuiec; r.
ujon d.fin. ;more tiioroughily imeitigatcd. A p.n Ij.m , f peal mull, Pom the The alternative is painful: it is
'-ni..:;'j;i u i'.urc, i.ccviLrdy betbciv. ecn a continued lufpcnlion oij
In the Senitc of the u. S. the 2nd December, the refolution for repealing the Embargo laws, after a long and interefting debate, whs rejected 6 voting in favor, and 25againft the refolutien. On the ill December, in committee of the whole of the H. of Representatives ot the u. S. it was refolved to prohibit the im
portation into the U. S. of any
goods cc. the growth produce or manufacture of G. Britain
France or any other power having in force any orders or decrees violating the lawful commerce of the U. States yeay 84 ; noes 21 There is no foreign news.
ERRATA. In our lad in giving mr. Madison's letter, the fixrh parigraph was incorrectly printed, it ought to read 4 the French decree iu queltion has two dillinct afpects. one clearly importing an intended operation within the territorial limits as a local law; the other, apparently importing an intended
operation on the high feas.;
A niUTISH PRIZE. The gu-i bo.its t PT.im iquody, have nplured a RritiOi (hip, detrft- i in infrinthr em!;.irfo laivi It ws laid J h:i :LjII behaved p'ftty grurlly but wrfor. itd toflnkethc Uoyil flg to t'ne American Stripes (DailCAJi.)