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The course of Great Britain was high-handed, unjust, and not always straightforward; but it was candor itself alongside of Napoleon's. There remained but one step to complete the formal breach; and that, if the writer's analysis has been correct, resulted as directly as did the final Non-Intercourse Act from action erroneously taken by Mr. Madison's Administration.
Meanwhile, the Embargo Act had become so irritating to our own people that the Jefferson administration was compelled to repeal it, though saving its face, for the time being, by the enforcement of the non-intercourse law, which imposed stringent restrictions upon British and French ships entering American harbors.
Quarrel between Alva and Queen Elizabeth of England Spanish funds seized by the English government Non-intercourse between England and the Netherlands Stringent measures against heresy Continued persecution Individual cases Present of hat and sword to Alva from the Pope Determination of the Governor general to establish a system of arbitrary taxation in the provinces Assembly of estates at Brussels Alva's decrees laid before them The hundredth, tenth, and fifth pence Opposition of Viglius to the project Estates of various provinces give a reluctant consent Determined resistance of Utrecht The city and province cited before the Blood Council Sentence of confiscation and disfranchisement against both Appeal to the King Difficulty of collecting the new tax Commutation for two years Projects for a pardon-general Growing disfavour of the Duke His desire to resign his post Secret hostility between the Governor and Viglius Altered sentiments of the President Opinions expressed by Granvelle The pardon pompously proclaimed by the Duke at Antwerp Character of the amnesty Dissatisfaction of the people with the act Complaints of Alva to the King Fortunes and fate of Baron Montigny in Spain His confinement at Segovia His attempt to escape Its failure His mock trial His wife's appeal to Philip His condemnation His secret assassination determined upon Its details, as carefully prescribed and superintended by the King Terrible inundation throughout the Netherlands Immense destruction of life and property in Friesland Lowestein Castle taken by De Ruyter, by stratagem Recapture of the place by the Spaniards Desperate resistance and death of De Ruyter.
The idea of developing American industries was generally diffused for the first time when the colonists strove to bring England to terms by non-intercourse acts. The Americans then thought that they could carry their points by making war upon the British pocket, and excluding English merchants from their markets.
In the same month, on June 18, the United States declared war on Great Britain. Later they had suffered from the coercion of both belligerents, and from her own futile countermeasures of embargo and non-intercourse.
The ruin of a neighbor, or non-intercourse with him, has been discovered to be as contrary to the demands of a prudent self-interest as of a disinterested benevolence. COMMUNITY IN SCIENCE AND LETTERS. The community of literature and science has been growing more cosmopolitan. The barriers created by differences of language are overcome.
As to these details, which of course affected the character, the powers, and the duties of the organization, there had been for years a wide divergence of opinion. Some advocated the use of international force to prevent a nation from warring against another. Some favored coercion by means of general ostracism and non-intercourse.
Immediately before it was signed, the American minister, Armstrong, had written to Champagny, Duke of Cadore, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, "Your Excellency knows that there are not less than one hundred American ships within his Majesty's possession, or that of his allies;" and he added that, from several sources of information, he felt warranted in believing that not a single French vessel had violated the Non-Intercourse law, and therefore none could have been seized.
Though confident of her own rectitude, she knew that it is not enough for a woman to be virtuous she must be above the reach of slander. For the whole term of her probation, therefore, she proclaimed a strict non-intercourse with the other sex.
The policy had to be abandoned, and in the utmost ill-humour Congress repealed the embargo, on March 1, 1809, substituting non-intercourse with England and France. Thus Jefferson left office under the shadow of a monumental failure.
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