dictated them to France. Europe receives them (the French decrees) for her code, and the code shall be the Palladium of the seas."
On the 2d of November 1810 the President of the United States issues a Proclamation solemnly asserting that the French decrees are repealed. On the 13th December 1810, nearly six weeks after the date of the American assertions, the Emperor of France as solemnly declares that these same decrees are not repealed, neither shall be until England acknowledges that neutral flags make free goods; that is to say, until she submits to a doctrine repugnant to all the received laws and usages of civilized nations, a doctrine to which it is not in the power of Buonaparte, aided by his vassals throughout the world, to enforce her obedience. The American Executive and the French Executive are at issue upon this point,-the one asserts that the decrees are, the other declares that they are not repealed. accipe.
No. 2 Hudson Square, New-York, 20th March, 1811.