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Naples, Aug. 2, 18'lfl. '
The undersignednvoy extraordinary of the
United States gf America, has already nad the
honor to mention to hi excellency the Marquis
(It Cireello, secretary -f state and oiioisterfor
foreigu affairs of his majesty the iting of the
two Sicilies, the principal objects of his mis
, sion; and lie now invites, his excellency's at
trition to a more detailed and formal exposition
of one of those objects. ' ''"'.' t
It cannot but be known to his excellency the
Marquis di.Circello, that, onjhe first of July,
1809, the minister of foreign affairs of the then
government of Naples, addressed to Frederick
Drfgftii, ft-q.then consul of the United States
an official letter containing an invitation to all
American vessels, haviug on board the usual
certificate of origin and other regular1 papers
la eonie direct to Naples with their cargoes ;
.and that the same minister caused t hat invita
tion to be published in every possible mode, in
order thai it might come to the knowledge of
those wiioiu it cMJceriied. It will not bo ques
tioned, t.'utt the promise of security, necessari
ly implied in this measure, had every, title in
tne actual circumstances of Europe, to the
o.ifiilence of distant and peaceful merchants
The mefchants of America, as was to have,
been expected, d d confide. Upon the credit,
ana under the protection of thai promise they
sent to Naples many valuable vessels and car
goes, navigated and documented with atirunu.
lous regularity, and in no respoct obnoxious to
molestation.; out scarcely had they reached the
destination - to tvhich thev had been alliirpil.
whan thoy were seized, without distinction, as
pt ze, or as otherwise forfeited to th Neapuli
tiu government, upon pretexts the most frivo
lous and idle. These arbitrary seizures were
followed, with a rapacious haste, by summary
decrees, confiscating, in the name and for the
use of the same government the whole of the
property whieh had thus been brougbUwithin
its grasp : and these decree, which wanted e
en the decent affectation of justice, were im-
. m;sliately carried into execution, against all
the remontrauccs of those whom they oppress
. eJ, to eurichthe treasury of the state.
,'e rig'41 f l& innocent victims of this on
equalled act of-fraud and rapine, to demand
retribution,cannot be doubled. The onlv nues
taeiU 0tO Itself, and of that of the amham. thp cnntiwl t..V..U iX.lr'... ..." . V . f
1 bt uoieiai Keply or the Neapolitan Minis- On the 'dtolwiirA irUU litoS, -' i
r welHdl theories: the Allowine pa.-Lr th S,?n of. Bon
W M I'M! J III
ftion is, from whom are they entitled to demand
U ? Those who at that moment ruled in xVa
ples, and were in fact; and in the view of the
world, the government ofNuples, have passed
away before retribution could he obtained, al
though not before it was required ; and if the
right to retribution regards only the person ol
tltostt-rulers, as private and ordinary wrong
d.iers, the American merchant, wt oui they de
luded and despoiled in the garb, and with the
mtruments, and for the purposes of sovereign:
ty, must de pair foiever of redress.
Thegeawai principle that a civil society ma
oontrct obligations, through its actual coVern
Bieuts whatever that may be, and that it is not
tbsolved from them by roason simply of a
ouacge of government or of rulers is universal
ly received as ineontrovertaole. It U Admitted
not in rely by writers on public law as a spe
Outative truth i...t k.. i
r "-- j nvaies anu siare, mm, as
ler
Naeef are extracted.
imMarfttudi Uirtello, Minister of Foreign
wnitiwr .Qj me vn tea states'
' I , . Naples, 15th October, 1816.
tt is atnons: the Di-incinles of reasofrnl
justice that k Sovereign, who never Teased
to win a state ot war u tin trie usurper ot his
dominions, anil Who. verv tar trnm having
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afforded fiounda for uresuminsr tvxt his ri&lit&
r w - w e o
were waved, as is asserted in the note of the
14th of August, carried into effect, in con
cerl with his ally, England, a powerful expo
ditioft In the islands of IVocita and Iscliia.
nearest to the caoital of hi usurped kinird rii.
in the tear 1 80y, in-ccisely Uatt: in winch the
IcftacsJtwn of the Amei'iMataaiiips at N;iJes
tookplace. It is'ara i the pi-inciph s of ivh
son and justice, that ho' hhould not he, re
erairtinf his dominions in urocens of the war
which had compelled him to absent himself
'.a a - . . r .
u otn them, beld responsible lor the excesses
of his enemy. -
Let then the relations of the usurper, with
the prjwcrs friendiy or allied to France, have
been what they may, the inferences which the
American meichatits may have drawn from
them, in relation to the prusocntion of tUe.r
trade at Naples, should n;U be made to recoil
upon the treasury of a sovereign, who not
only did not show any, the least, acquies
cence in the usurpation ; hut did all that was
in his power, and all that circumstancesL would
permit, to vindicate his abused rights. There
IS still less .foundation tor -th ar-rumeniM
ilth Au
gust, to prove that the Neapolitan ii tion was
in some sort a party to the 'measures, by
which the Americans suBVi ed, .md thert-fore
liable, in soliditm, fr the coii.sfiuv.ucfS.
It the inhabitant ol tiie knmlom of Na
ples could only have signified thejr wishus.
these would nndiMihtetily hav heen for the
maintfnance of rotations of justice ami
friendship with the Ami ric,iM9, the only na
tior which, by-means its mvitcaliiy, might
provide a vent for the rcin-noditics ao mini
lated throiigli so many yeii-s ;n the kiugdoUi
under the on:i ation oCljie- noted, continental'
yste.. . .f ruinous memory.
. liut every b dy knows that the Neapolitan
narum, jnosti a;e4 by a loreign domination.
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prdclieal rUe ; Hll, accordiuely history as full
r examples to prove that the uodistuVbtrd pos-
ther0; 7rS".poerinany society, ihe-
2 ii 8Bl'POMe,"oro'r "ol w"h reference
to other cliima,,, ,,f that power, may not only
l ,aw Ju object nf allegiance but'by many
mVTtt10 1,18 11 of "vereigu de facto,
may bind the society, and those who come after
, a ru,er. although their title be adversary
" even Letter than his own. The Marquis
Jj urcillo d.,es not need to bo informed, that
J"0 earlier annals of ErigHd in particular, a
ouod in instructions upon this head,
J he uuderngned having thus briefly ex
P ned to the Marquis di Circello the nature
Sl i Which lhe Svernnt of the U.
eoaimauded him to submit to (he
S ' If -,be 'Sernmeot of his Sicilian
jesiy, forbears at present to multiply arsu
eots in support ot rt. He feel axsured. that
equitable di.poaitioa of bis majesty renders
" pertluous tbe fui thef HJustrations oY which
n usceptible.
' T. r william pinkney.
tn !8 n.ex PaPer is a ,etlcr fro Mr Pinkney
" cretary of State, dated September
r.18i6, stating that all his exertions have
; ea to obtain an answer to his official note of
TUe follttwiDg ia aQ extract from
;:; r r s letter. ..;'.-,.v:'.fl'-UiS . ... 'j
whon?" ',Pen(!ned rt .flbyljjhose in
ihJt'ii" c"nfid?cet lbat this govern.
tta conumed in my uote, andhas it-uader
for a short postponement
uch a 1 suppose I eould uot have quarrelled
.. . ... m. .
witu, wanout putting ray sell in the wrong.
They are perfectly respeetful to the Uuited
States, and of real weieht in themselves.
'In unt consenting to receive the answer of
uns sov rnmeni atier my departure from Iaples,
I wis a good deal inHueneed by the apprehen
sion, that they might possibly give me such an
answer when abseut, as they would ; not give
me if present. I desired, moreover, " to ensure
my government a hist control over the subject
ana to tne claimants a dear stage for. their
own private exertions."1
lhe next Tetter from Mr I inknev. at St. Pe
tersburg!!, of date February 27, is 17, com
mences as follows 2
" Notwithstanding the exnlicitness of ni
answer of the 30th of Sentemher of the
year, to the proposal contain cd in the note ol
theJVlarquis di Circillo"oflhe 27ihff the same
month, I had scarcely quitted .Naples, when he
sent after we his reply t my note of the Hl
of August, l he obstacles which, while 1 was
present, th reaftened to retard that reply for ma
ny a week, and even for months, disappeared
with a marvellous rapidity, after 1 had depart
ed ; for the reply passed me on the road to St.
Petersburg, and arrived there long before inc."
Mr; P's letter goes on to state that, when
this reply was tendered to. him at. St- I'eters
burgh by ihe Duke of Ser'ra Capriola, the'Nea
iotitan Minister at that Court, he refused to
receive u. ms functions nav-msr ceaieii a so
cial Minister to Naples. Being entreated to
receive ithe at length consented to receive the
packet, and traosmit it to his goyernmeu't,-i--.
l nere arc lour note. v. liich passed uetw een Mr.
Pinkney and the Duke of Ca. riola. resoecfins;
the difficulty which thus arose.
Wear come.t the following extract of a letter
from Mr. Gallatin, our Minister "at Paris.
dated
PARIS, 19TH NOV. 1816.
"I received on the 16th :nst. a note from the
Neapolitan amliHSsador. enclosing, bv order of
nis court, me copy or an pmeial note, dated
15th October last, aniPaddressed by the Mar
quis di Cireillo, to Mr. Pinkuey, after his; de
parture from Nanles. f n answer to a verbal
inquiry, the ambasador told me, tbat he did
not Know whether tbat note bad- been directed
to Mr. Pinkney, at Su Petersburgh, or at any
other place on the' road. He alio wl: that
his government had authorized him to add to
mat communication to me any farther observa
ions, which he might deem proper, but tha'
he had abstained from it, knowing tbatneUher
he nor myself bad any powers on that1 subject, &,
wishing therefore to avoid ao unprofitable die
cussion. .:;.'' , T-Ti; 1.
"It may be Presumed that the Neanolitan
government delayed that note, in order to pre
vent the possibility of a replr : aDd that their
intention in eommunieating it to me was to
hasten its transtnisaioa to you Copies of the
. J- J J T.- fV, UW UQVM
made, and ir vet makifir. far th
pers of the different vesssls and . eargoe. for
wnien we reqetre eompeutattoa, or for toch
eridenes a might supply their place; and tbat
It is proba&U that Jo the end an attempt will
be' made to encotratfr at least a part of our
demand with nreof foed r badV that . nr
ease is toot altogether sncli aa we aappoled it
ia bp. ia r trrnnkAf fi a y . . . . .
' " 1 am told hfr saaish aftefthe paters f
toe vcRacisanacareaeaitDai.iiKaiv in hA van
soeef ssftti J vey fewjs peVbpc nane,' remain :
ana it. is not easv i n tiattt f.i a r r h t tiritn.
ry it trtm ikaetbkV' 1isitittet, the aii ra-
comi ..: . .... ......V,;
The lt( deeument is " Extracts of a letter
from Mr. Hnkn y,i&e. dated Najk , Oeto-
her 10, stating various interview and conver
sations between himself and the Marquis d
Cireillo, the Neanolian Minister; in the
course of which Mr. P. announced his inten
tion of denariins for St. . Petersburg without
an answer, if not immediately receivedand
the Marquis intimated his regret at Mr. P s
intended departure, but statin that tha an
swer should be forwarded U him, as soon as
the government eoufd possibly aeton it, where
ver he' might direct. This letter concludes as
follows :
Having received my passports, my inten
tion is to eommenoe my journey for St. Peters
burg in a very few days. Mr. King left roe
for Itussia about a fortnight ago, a my . letter
of the 18th September informed vou he'would,
and the gentlemen attached t. my legation " cas u ,u lon ' rl f arS'
hate gone before me to Kome, where 1 hope him X forwar -f tMi
to arrive on l hursday or Friday next. --
"Of the manner in which my negociation
has been conducted, 1 hitve little to say.
Avoiding extremes of every kind, I have sought
to write and speak with politeness, hut at the
same time, explicitly and firmly. My object
has been, to let the king aod bis ministers un
derstand, that the claim must be settled, and
to place it upon such ground as to convince
m; in mat we are in earnest in considering
ttiem as oar debtors. Without being studi
ously conci! a ory, I have forborne all menaces.
They have indeed treated me and ray er
rand with so much respect, tbat it would have
been difficult for me, even if it had been wise
and honorable, to endeavor to force the elaim
trftnn Ihpm. ttv nrrnamiM iint li irohmm.
f - . j T - v&w..v .4 Ml .JOlll mi I I J
" ine reasons suggested bv this eovernnlenti wasinn Mie numi-u s,eciaiai', .aiiTli.r-f vie-
onement of its decision, arejtimof thevnrbitrury acts which were daily
coKimitteu ; sti.ir. t.ie.n, Irom nv.;. a.ic t
indemnify others, it weuhi herxcci Mttrlv tor-
tun ate if siie co aid find iw-ma -ot" -compensa
ting hersell for the losses an'l i!ininse inju
ries which she sustained during the occupa
tion of the kingdom.
These considerations vould be-tn ; e than
stiiScient to prove, th at the clai ais of th'
'American nierchants xonnot rt;ch cither
the actual g ivenmient of his 'ib ijesty or !rs
K-ople.
But,' to nuke the demonstration comnlcU-
. . . . .
Uud to evhibit the question under ail. its as
pects, the undersigned will admit tor u mo
ment the absurd hypothesis, that tht ps n
govemnn nt ol Naples standd in (tie . ol
that ofMu rat, & has succeeded to a!l iiisubh-
SatiiinsT '
vThe demand of Mr. Pinkney svouhl n he,
on this account, the lss uhs'iistaiofJesi'nc?
the ! confiscation ami siihj of the ncricitu ves
sels and cargoes wore Jtc;s which proceeded
directly itorn tliq pijvicr and Innii t-ie wiUCof
torjapartc t iiere exists, in (at t, j.i lie ae
i hiveof the treasury, a report of the in nis
teK A ear. who nr. si Ud over that don rfiiien
in.lSOy, addiessed t' Murat, Uho was then
at Pans.
.Thc minister relates. In this re. or!, that
two Atnencau shjj had arrived a 5$,;tp!es.
me tiotn aalem, the other, last Irom Algiers,
laden with colonial produce, and that the ne
cessary order had been given to put lh sa;n:'
uuutr..auquuii.ruuuu, coniormiy to tiie ilirec
ii.n antccedc nil v issued from higher m h ri
ty, with respect (otl.c o;her" 'vesrie S anivt i
at atits Lclitetheileu;ii ture of iViui iit. fm
- - - g T . .- -
Paris. ; ;
tie proceeds then to point out the great be
nefit which the treasury would derive from
opening the market tu the co onial pi- due
lying on hoard those shipsor in tiie custom
house of Naples; by the duties which would
be collected upon the sale of it. and noon 'th
m , a
export of the, oils which the Americans voIu
tase as return cargoes.
,Th& minister remarks, in fine. t!iat.iht-
confiscatioh itself of tiie American vessels auU
cargoes was but an incousiderable f soun!
compared with the r very great advantaei
which would haye resulted to the treasury
froui an active .American trade: honl.! it haw
been tolerated into the pot ts of the kingdom.
Murat did not deei.-i himself mi tWivl ii.
decide in any way, and submitted the reporf
to his brother in lawNattoleon. whn decreed.
in margin, that the-vessels and careoes it:
questioh should be confiscated.
embargo laid in the nnrfs of thR T!nit,l Mtati
induced him to bdjeve that the produce must
proceed of the sales should not be paid v er
. .v .iiraniry oi tpe, stateJbut that a sepa-
f ate and special account shoSld be tiperied for
hem, which was doneicbonlingly; In order'
tundewtand well this distinction, and td , be;
able to draw fiim ; i. j,.-... - '
fc, i ..v. iu .ii iircuuences appli
cable to the case, itTs useful to note, that du.
ring the military becupation of the kingdom,
there existed a tteasurvl so rallpH. i.-i .'
to receive the fiuhlir- mvni7c"'a.wi . .lJ-nl
- t - r . v,v.,ln,o, auu UCIIUV llie
" antoyg in latter, the .
support of the luxutioiA h' se od f Murat,
was not the least onerous, accordingly the
sums allotted to this 'purp wre paid info
the b:mds of a particular treasurer, who dia
posrd ol them 'as his inastvdirectt'd.,r '
Bestdesr tfiis iii'iiiiAk.'.iH Jt-gHijL -x
.. r. ...... ?-T.vT7f- fTiT. wind
Qconto a part ) a a re eptacle for fhc i sunk
arising from the sale f tha vi-RspJa nnrl ajl
A' Ll' ..... , ava sviaa
goes confiscated in 1809: an l 18 1 2, and? aLso ?
tor the profits ofthe licences, which, in imita
tion of England and France, he sold to ihe vest"
sols entering' and leaving the ports' of the
kingdom. The new f rt d was always corfsi-'?
aiM.jnT-ou:ii4 to ine extraordinary and
riv;ite drttnain of Murat himsplf. An- iv,.a.
tVagable proof of this niav he offem!' Ti n
first arliclc of one of his 'decrees 2oth Apr.l.
.i vir,n.flHu in mc luii'twing terms ;
t,,e commission estah!is,hed hv nuv'A.t
;f November 3qt!:, jsu, ..fur thoV purpose of .
..u.tiauiiiiie atcounts oi our royal house-
l ild is, ;:i nduitioMt charged with exaiKinini-
theaccuurfto.ttjie esse 8 sequestered in our,
port regaede'.i by tisjts the pr perty ot our ex
traordinary and private domain."
Besides, t is enough to read the arrrint
co.-renf, ! the cashier f tlr sperate fund,
r . miow mat me sums paid. into it were d ssi
pared in largesse totfic favorites of Mut-at,
in .i.arriage portions to some i.f his relatives,
and other licentious expenses of S urat, and
of.his wUH especially dui jng tfieir visit to
P (is. It appears moreover, that Murat
.having anticipatwl, on said fund, a sum of
two huni'red thousand Jivies on account of
the, treasury, towards the cost of the expedi-ii-ft)
wifli which, during several months, lie
netiaml Sicily wih an: Invasion fi'om Xaht
nria, theOTiwistcr.nJ'.thananfTS lost no-time
leiiiihm siiig the fund with proceeds of the
I'oMic laxes. '
,,ro!" (?te foregomg statement, two important
Mid obvious consequences are tb be drawn.
The first i,'-that Murat only lent his name
n the eonfiseation of American ships as he
did in nearly all the other m aMires purMied in
Vaples during the oecupaiinn of the kingdom.
This was in mystery, nor eouhr foreign nati-ins
e ignorant of it. Still less coold they be
m acquainted with the extent of the power
vjtth. Bonaparte uitirped, in order to give all .
Dible la(iiil eR"-c( and to his deereeo of
Milan and Berlin iut countries over which h
exerted his fatal inL'-ii'nee.
OhiinatL ie his fantasies,' absolute in his
will, hfl'st-iJiedonly toi'nl'i.'ge h sphere of his
favorite plan. A more remonstrance on this
ea , 1 a I VJrn niii.we'd I imself to Drefer on
woiil l have cost the latter his crown, Holla- d
f 'i r n is h ed a n i oniets table example, of t bis
tiiilh. : -:- : :- .
Murat, then. let M be repeated, was but the
iia(&'i.ve. iinlrftnieiif ot the -will of Bonanartc. in
the confiscation of the American shius. ahd it
ttieV eould cive birlh to resnnnsibilitv.. anih
'responsibility should no longer be imputed to
flie eour; r.v -V!T whicli' l e igned, and still less
to the government which has there resumed its
lawful authority.
The -ol her;, and not less important coase-.
queuee is, that the treasury, whieh was the
f-nd of the state, never ejjed the. proceeds
of the confiscations, and that, instead of being
employed to Alleviate the burdens fthe peo
pie.'o'r applied to tin i hpr' vennn'- or mbelli' .
ment of the cou iryas is supposed in the" nptfe
of the 2th of August, those proceeds only
served to rfeed the canriee and the oriental
pomp of lhe. family of Murat and-his adher-
ents. ' ..'''' .
RELATIONS VITH HOLLAND. .
The following is the report of the seeretarr
of statu relative to our aft'fivrs with Holland.
BKPARTM? NT OF STATE,
17'A March, 1818.
The Secretary of State has ihe honor of mib.
mitting to the consideration bt the President
the correspondeo'ee herewith enclosed between
the Knvoys Extraordinary of the United Slates
ill "l .a a .a -m '
Hi.ine Rurt. piitie etnerwnds, and the rieni
ootentiaries anDointed bv that eoveriimenl fur ...
t he purpose of renewing and extending the Com-
merciai i reaty already existing ueiween tne,
two eouhtries The failure of this!" negotia
tion is to be attributed nrinciDally'foi two b-
slacks which arose in th e progress of the dis--cussions
between the respective Plenipotentia-..
ries : one nroceedin? from an essential nnni.
le in the commereial regulations of this cot n-'
j auu mo uim'r ir JFii it jniiirinr ui ur.C' w
aeter iii the kingdom of the Netherlands. .r -
The lawTif sd "M arclu i 8 ' 57' authorising. - -
a partial reealof the dist riniinating duties
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