654 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



laws, after due promulgation and 

 notice thereof; but beyoiul this, the 

 United States hope and believe that 

 his majesty will not go. 



M. De Champagtiy will not fail 

 to seize the distinction which these 

 remarks present, between the autho- 

 rity of municipal regulations and 

 that of public law, and will decide 

 whether it does or does not offer a 

 ground on which a good under- 

 standing so long and so usefully 

 maintained between the United 

 States and France, may be preserv- 

 ed, and a degree of intercourse re- 

 vived between them, which shall 

 have the effect of reanimating their 

 form erndustry. 



Does his majesty fear that the 

 balance of trade arising from this 

 renewed industry, wouIlI go to the 

 advantage of England i Means are 

 certainly not wanting to prevent 

 this consequence. Would it not be 

 entirely avoided by making it a con- 

 dition of the commerce in question, 

 that all ships leaving France shall 

 take in (in some article or articles of 

 her manufacture) the full amount of 

 the cargo they bring hither. 



Ships sailing under this regulation 

 would or would not go voluntarily 

 to England. If they went volunta- 

 rily, it would only be because that 

 country afforded the besit markets 

 for the production of France, in 

 which case, the habitual results 

 would be entirely changed, and 

 England ceasing to receive a balance 

 for her manufactures, would begin 

 to pay one to the United States, on 

 the productions of France. Could 

 France wish a state oF Commerce 

 more prosperous than tliis ? 



If, on the other hand, the Ame- 

 rican ships did not go voluntarily to 

 England, but were captured and 

 sent in for adjudication, it may be 



fairly presumed, that the United 

 States would no longer hesitate 

 about becoming a party in tiie war 

 against Ergland. 



Thus, in either case, the interests 

 of his majesty would be directly ad- 

 vanced by the measure : in the one, 

 the wants of France and her colo- 

 nies would be not only regularly 

 supplied, but she would herself be- 

 come an entrepot for the supply of 

 the continent: in the other, the 

 wishes of his majesty, as expressed 

 in February last, would be directly 

 promoted. 



Proclamation issued in Mexico, 

 dated 16th September, 1808. 



Inhabitants of Mexico, of all 

 classes and conditions! Necessity is 

 not subject to common laws. The 

 city has seized the person of his ex- 

 cellency the Viceroy. His removal 

 has been imperiously demanded by 

 reasons of utility and general con- 

 venience. In the course of last 

 night, the Royal Acuerdo, the most 

 illustrious seignor, the Archbishop, 

 and the other authorities were con- 

 voked. They have submitted to 

 the urgency of affairs; and the said 

 Viceroy being divested of his autho- 

 rity, it hasdevolved, conformably to 

 the royal order of the 30th October 

 1808, upon field marshal D. Pedro 

 Gariby, until thedispatchesbrought 

 by the Providence shall have been 

 opened. He is actually in posses- 

 sion of the supreme authority. Be 

 calm and tranquil ; you are now go- 

 verned by an accredited chief, with 

 whose prudenceyou are acquainted. 

 Confide in tlie vigilance of the Roy- 

 al Acuerdo; all will turn out to 

 your advantage. Impatience can 

 only serve to divide men's minds, 



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