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.".'V ! .' ' - J j OesF "..'"-f '7'-- f.-';y 7D: yy- e PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ,BY WA TSftJSr tyMZ CHEN, At 53 per annnrahalfpavabt ance AVisGeVVavieous. i From the Boston. Dally Advertiser. , ' v. Correspondence btfaten Mr. Gallatin and!; Mr. Canning-: Among the dti-i jnents communrcateil .to! Congress by the. President of lh? United;StatesV(atthew opening of the late Tsessidn of Corigrfessjr "Vas a . letter; froni ' Mr.- Can riing: to. Mr. Gallatin of Sept: 11 1820, the answer of Wr. GaItrn,:of jSeptk 22ad aetter. of instructions frpoi Air Clay to MrGHq . laid before the House of Commons March 26, as mentioned in of paper yesterday is the ceply,)Qf;Mr. Canning to Mr.-GaU latin, dated Nov. 13, a letter -from. Mr, Gallatin to Alrj;Q'nhidg dated Dec. 28, after the- receipt of; tbTdespatch ahoyej mentioned;; from. Mr. Clay, anjl com mu jiicating the substaQce of that djespatcb 'a nd lastly a litter r from" Sir, Canning to A r-Gallatiadafetf Jafir lMfet In the letter of Nov. 13. Mr.Canmng: njatntams theround.lhat -Great rrtwn; has a right to preserve the monopolyt qf , U ivqrlo nfkaii n1nnu)a'tll9t it l ft riant.! nation may : interd with herself; j; to the argument United States are - 1 . with. th ccoiooies, . rest of the world, V'5 , r 5 - " in r the omission or tne uovernmeni orwe which xhas been practised and aqcuiesced : ita Sr&tos tn communicate ho that f ip all nations; an4 a. right fa dlflfer- j J, Majesty the act of tJongress of-1823: ent naturef from - that . nehl by which a 1 r, -r; kn.a nr nmUilnh ui w'VUH,c v mwv.. . , r, , , . i - ' v her own co on es was. at the Cl ait viuicit'ti uauc i ln .kA V,n nf h. A mar run (invprnmpnt man IDfV WOUia mucrniUC nac cii u.vu r r"'y" T" . oiwr. wauai, tuai uic j F:;et ' Thar itt nrH nhrv nnrl natnra : mat C0minuance.wa icrmiucu ujr T r. " eciuuu -Kum ;uuc :, KptwPPn SifltPs. is notto make di- Brilisn governmeni, roamiY hi wiuscuna. ;;- ..u-v. f- u:.h' . ika r"'-: . - " v -- .t . - y 1.-1 . . l. ;.. u.f 'I'Hp nnflprsioriPd hPlieves ma .llr: Carinini? savs. that S ; -i.yr Jj Ir- f thp ITnitpH Statpsi of the Reso-! now touched on'every topic in to ureal oritaTo,jorconsinerauons 01 , wnrcn yf no inference could be ; drawn : from she alone is the judge, has opehed her co- :utniv omission on! the one side, any lonial trade to other nations, not as a mat- rq ,hari on the other, of (what the un ler of special favour, or of special claim drdigned disclaims for his GoveVnment) tQnxpj5.e, -but pnpedfi f Cpurtesyror res- s fit to subscribe tcMhem, "arid to the Unl - ted States among the rest f some of the ... . i yi.i j f. pening offered to them, by accepting the condition annexed vto it,; and others, in?. I chidinee United -StateSyliave omitted 1 sa to do, it is not a correct desbriptiao of the consequence, to say that they are ex cluded by Great Britain from - a trade which oh jhe contrary"; she invited them to share, ' The U. States cannot put for ward the pretension, that what is granted to others on terms, should be granted to ihem unconditionally.' ; . ; - 1 - The.letter of Mr. Gallatin recapitulates .very distinctly the principal points in the history of the, case, states the reasons which the government had for supposing fthatthat of Great? Britain would be still hat ttiat pi. oreat, untain would tie ".iionV imn6se the legislation of Ihis'toun billing to settfe the points in dispute by j try upon Jther nations: V jierociation,K notwithstanding the act of Parliament of July, 1825, and dwells at considerable length on the .difficulties in the .way. of adjusting the conditions on wnicn toe iraoe snoma oe caniiuueo, oy -independent acts 101 legislation, arising 'from th difficnlrv of internreiinp annual- : ly tlse act of 1825, and of com blying with -all the conditions of it.- The; letter cop eludes with expressions of b desire on the ." part of the government - of the -United 7 States, : to cultivate a cordial and lasting i friendshio with Great iBritaw, arid to' set; 1.5 . tie. every controverted question 'between i--. them-on Drinciples of justice and reciprb-1 :v; -city. It announces - the intention ofthe f President tbv f lay the correspondence on f -thpt subject .before'Congrr.ss ; which b& -cly! would decide, whether the colonial in i i tercoarse should be altogether closed, or the conditions to which they would dssent : for retaining it.'. Mr. Gallatin, as well as f the British government, will probably ' - (earn with some surprise, that no 'mea .-. sure was adopted by Coiiress on thfrsub-. Jtctj and that the intercourse would cease r - in consequence of a disagreement of the. ! llwo houses, on n incidental question. ; ,v Then follows the annexed letter froth JUr. Canning to Mr. Gallatin, which cld i ies the correspondence : :. ) "Mr. Secretary Canning to Albert Gallatin, Esq;; A v FoRPiGypFiCE, Jan:7VlS27.9 -The undersigned, :&c. has the honour, to 1 . acknowledge the note addressed Lto him wt he SStriulu by 31rGaUaiin7&c yj ih repIV ' DS 4i which, theundersigned will, as fakr 8S iP9sible confrnhimself tojthe xamp vleiof Mr. Gallatin, in putting nside: those p "ints of. the. question in agitation between j !? them,. which have, been already xhaaste vdargurnent, and ; thegrtheV 'scusstati4? wHfV ;ffPHPtena.lonJy pariiciaarV advantage.; j ;y y : ? --The hai W t! of ; Mf, i aaliatin. note. ttK'i-U '" ' - ar tn - ihp- ilnrlprsivnpH In rp.; qoire any O f "bervation,f relate y to, matters of&c I mail vijrasuniugi ,.- r rli .'in complains that the Act pf Galfc arham, ento'iw t r 1 825, ..was : not ouic ia 1 ly ymted States; ; U-VilTi, It is perectRv V truethat. it was no;;ribr i ueen tne . ,iauu i iwr. jwhuvi.'-i u Pich'other Acts of their reipe latures; 'i 7 The Act of Congress of 1823-f an Act; : the profisions of whicV specially aflct Great Bsitain wasr-not. officially cdm- mun fcad f either to the Ki n g-'s Mi n is ter at ashiogton, or to3 his Majesty's Go vernment by the American jVlinisteVresir dent a t; this otirt.: ? So farYcom any socli communication 'bei'nj made, or any vol untary explanation of t he bearin g of th i act,i)eing offered it was not till after re peated , and pressing"; inquinesj that his Majestys Ministerat Washirigtoh sticcee o!ed in pbtainrng'Yrpm .retajrr olfiih 4rf .coos true lib n of the '"most impoVtahrclause jof -that actXTBe clause in which the United :Statescla Tiied that their tirade to the British West tndia colonies should be' put oh the same 1 looung:-wiin 1115 , iraue iu iiic s?c vt nies from elsewhere arid learnt, to his great astdnishmentjVhat.under that Wordj elsewhere,' was intendeld to be signified, not onlv $ the oth'er'dep endencfes of Gre t Britain? fcutt he" Mother; Country .itself.- ." The :undersigned, :at the: same time, (.nn. It raa nnt ha;cnrtrtnPfl that the 6ritshGfoVernment; withhelcTfroxn :the nLi: r ? tWffwif-H 'St9t.W- iffotti anyotidn of retaliaticm ifor . . j. .. v,. : - R Rnt thp art nf 1 R95 "riiH Triit fplate sne- . a n:!-r bi ; r.- , rr.uv id int uiiiieu Tiri lc-- - II.. 'Ui held but y,u,v I. v r uia iiiii iiiiia wm iiirr . a iu k u w m w . , for what were believed by the British Governmenfto be so1,) ori certain condi. : i y?Vy iA wt A n mkh f tions If a cotnmuni cation of the act had been 'made to one nation' it must , hav e been made !ike to ll,Such:communication would ha Vf' been liable to different mis rep resentaiions: some g oyernmen ts might ha ve consider ed t it as a solicitation to which "they: were give ' somp - abswerxplairilng their rea sons for decliningf (if tliey did decline) lo avail themselves of the provisions of the i act : others, mignr pernaps pave ia?t umbrage at it, as an authoritative preten- . Thte simplest course was to allow the provisions of the act to find their way to -general knowledge through the ; usual channels pi commercial inrormunon. The undersigned has no reason to ap-1 ! nreliend that tliis" course has proved less r" .u effectual ' on the present than bn former occasions. . . . :. "- i y The1 condition of the act of 1825 haye been accepted and ; carried into effect by sonie governments :: ihat of the United States has not.lhought it expedient to take advantage of them. Butthe undersigned r- cannot but be still of opinion, that the re solution proposed iri the; House of Rep resentatives at : Washington, at tne be-; ginning of the last session of dongressj for the express1 purpose of urging the Executive Goyernraent of -the United States to.' come into the terms of the act of.l 825, the delates which took place upon that proposition and the final re jection of it by a majority of only two votes, show that it was, not for wantof a snfficient understariding'bf itheintent of 'the act of Parliament, that the conditions of it " were not accepted by the United - To one piece of evidence, which proves the perfect ' uriderstandfing in America not only of the purport and' provisions of the Act of Parliament of 1825, but of the conditions' which it would be requisite for the American Legislature to perform- in order to entitle the Ui States to the .bene; ;fitof.tbat have:scruled' to refer (as not being-of the nature ofa ; Uiplbinalic r.Documenti) if Mr: Gallatin ?; had not encouraged him to bring flbrward -any document jendirg to throw light on the matter in .dispute, by cilieigjin support of his own view of that matter, pfivale letter from Mr. Clay, to aMerajiet of Congress. WWMf' 1 ly in : t he sion of. Congress .0 f 185 j6,; a pet it ion- from. Baltimore was presented to;bbthlibusespf JhelArriencan lieg islat uf e,f in which petti fori it wasldis tinctlV pointed utji that UheBrdish Act of Patliarneot oi July! llSli notpnly mamleste the'readin l mPye-a io1 permit:' American ?ships to lear oot rW, British Coloni& theretofore, I r . J ( r.- . !. i - . ' 1 ' mi . : - t 1 rPlamPn 111 InP llSnila ul Lilt: IliUll , , , wr- riirtmRiir: r.iiiiiiiiiiiin:iiiiiiis ui iiic nv.13 ui 1 w.. ... . 1- jt .1 .--j - 1 " - -- - . - - 0 7 "- -ex? cpted;);tf invite the attention of the American, Le gislattire to the conditions, on which these ad vantages rriig)tt be secured to the Unit? ed Slates, and prayed for. the: removal of the several - restrictions imposed bir the American act oil823 nptof the f J dis criminating duties'? only but -of! th$ pt& hibitionrpf what is called byMrlGallatini the'. circuitous' intercourse; in : British ships the peliUoriers?expressly sub .rattling toCongress the. propriety of ad jpiltifiltwn ports, on the same terms as ine vessels v the mipstYaybUrrffO ': ' It appears from tit repbrts of the "pro ceedings of Congress? that it was f againsi the prayer of this pftition, but williout. impeachment of anj of its allegations,) ! ikol lha Aanle'mnnf ta "A mPTIPsn '-, f.ePiS-; Diana , TK .U, f iTip Rritifih ! . . ' i taken ;' it cannot be' Woubted, therefore, tVyv , thatvthe; Ameiican Igislaturel;had4 whole purrrt and bearing ot the ct of i '25' Aiirbefbre their eyes.- S ?,!o , . - llic.iavi uiai sums m , Jt - v A"- -4 j ; thorities abroad I took ooon suspend the execution of the actof 1825,;Make.p:ail. , v . . . . . v towards the United States; iiundenied v VBut the oy efict-of-this suspension Was thecontinuariciof the:beneiitsof,montpalU iKe then existing State of things to the U. ; invited to takeadvantage of it , iniparti-iFMt-tor nearhr a twelvcmontb longer lotion herein before mentionediyfor con-i addressed: tp h forming to Uhe conditions of-the act ofj whichjip had not had occasion to advert I i825U' L'- h')M-i&-:(i ' in "former stages of their cospdndence. Immediately, upon the receipt of .aV Heiil not allow himself to be drawn a thentic intelligence of these piocedrns gain into. a'discussion at Washington, an Instruction j was senttfporelnS n.,i tmlVfr: VuphanrfffroUndedoh the V The undersignedtrusts-ht it is un- u:.i:f r u DttcK (.nvrnmpnt. i Hnt ' roQ i,r,A nrT spnaraip withmii a. dopiing tlie Resolotiori Ahen sunder their f corislderaiion In that casei and lunon receiving n assurance rom,uie.-AmerK.ifC4uaigf.aiu;w cmai, .'""A vvc" can government that the restrictions and charges on oriusa snipping, auu onusii Colonial produce, Mfpuld be , withdrawn by the United States, Mr. Vaughan -was authorized to deliver a note to the Ame rican Secretary of StateJ declaring-rthat the : discriminating duties imposed tipbn American ships andy their cargoes, in the W. Indies should immediately cease." Mr. Vaughah was actually in possession of this instruction, when the: resolution,' on the assumed adopkion of which the in struction to M r. Vdughan had been fou n ded, was rejected, i It was no part of Mr. Vaughan's duty to make any coramuni cation upon the subject, to ihe American government before the result of the dis cussion was ascertained.; - After that re- sult (wholly unexpected to this country,) any SUCI; COmiiiuuicauuu .vruuiu nave been not only useless, but might, perha ps, have been considered as an improper ap peal against the formal decision bribe American legislature. : ' yiil ? That Mr. Vaushan should not after wards have been authorized tp enter into any discussion of the act of .1825, so late as Oct. last," is not surprising, when it is considered that Mr. Yaughan im mediately after: the close of the session of Congress, was instructed to announce the intention of his Majesty's governrnent to pass the Order in Council of July, ' (con sequent upon .the decision of the Ameri can Legislature,) by which the terms of thP,act of 1825 frere virtually declined.! - Mr. Gallatin accounts for -the rejection pfthe resolution proposed to the A meri can Legislature, by the persuasiori which he . says, the Government: of the United Stales entertained, that the ; negbciation on the subject of the , Commercial , Inter course; between the United States and -the British Wesi India Colonies would be te? newed. 7'f;;'-: T. - The undersigned is at a loss to under stand on what ground it was assumed at Wshingion, that there would be at all times, an unabated disposition on the part of the British, government to make the trade of its West India colonies the sub ject of.diplbniatic arrangement. ; 7: i:f The circumstances of 4 the case were entirely?cbanged,;f?:;ffBv -'.'Vy- y' Repeated 'negbciation had failed ito produce any materia) 'approximation of opinions upon that subject. . i Thelasi:aitemptt;an.a(yustment had been made; with an evident conviction on both sides, ;that there exisied - between them an uncbriquerable difference of prin ciple: and that it was by that difference, rather than by any,,decided iweconcilable ness of interests, uhat i a- satisfactory car rarigement " was rendered hopeless., ! 7 -The nature of thardiffefence .has, beep sufficiently discussed V' it jliesini the de termihaUori of thelUnjted States to dis- ptjtef tand in thatoGrcaU Britgin to j ; istinction be t w een general and cojori iaf.frade. an ob lv 1 w hich she disagreed in opinion, as to the principlfst6f colonial trade." so that it would have rnmpossibl jectj; in- the enunciationsyof which: the iwpcpniractfnparties curred. " -'" - - ' ' ; ' : lrs oniimCTffas- ver anoiner rcastu jur avoiding, furtlier negbclStipn? upon the subjecu ; J . f. ,1' y.v ;: Hiiherto, when the irade witli the British " West f Indiial colPnies I had been maintain the estabhshe Y,M.w?lr,,,8 A-" "T. lassered, that, lne Aiuea rowers TOyshe might think;rightTtoOr in - j1Un toeaveihe settlement of the reiaxationjoherolpnial system,rawr WhAinstrumeW latur,e than byjepmpaci with;atateyith jHppened to al: it had been opened chiefly, ;V thoushnot f exclusive ly to the; United though ptateS. i States, -;: .L-;, b-s-H i -"--. ; -f . l 'to no other country had it peen open- - a aii Tain n i an u w ik Cess Il ILtjr COIUIlies iu a i . K y- same time. ier couh? he has te last note hecessarv for him.' in cbncludine . this Niote. to lelUrn to Mf.'Gallaiih's assuran ces i United states; qt;5Aaierica, assurances dial desire, on the: part of Great Britain . v--f 1' 1 1 .y yj.ytf-!..j to cumvaie toe inenasniri 01 me unueu States, ' 1 - . ; - " ' :The ties of common origin, la ws, -antj language, musjLalways form strong bonds I of nafional'alliance between thepi Their 1- ... .... , -. . . respective interests, well understood, har monize together as much as their feelings t But itihasiievecyet been heldavduty of. intenational a'mily (any moe than of friendship in private life) to .submit to unequal compacts; 7Nor has it ever beep held an offence against such duty that nation (any more than ani individual) should decline to make such uncompen sated sacrifices. 77 7 7 7; : 71 Between two. nations, as between two individuals most friendly to each r other, there mav sometimes happen," unlortu natplv. to exist some known subject of incurable difference of opinion. - In any such case it Js perhaps most acjyisiatye, to keen that subiect as much as: posiblePUt of sight, and to take care that it shall pot inieriere wn uic icuoj w inca gsiKim intercourse, arid of. theii; ihabituakrela tions. - s Thp reAisal to regulate the trade of our colonies by I a commercial treaty which the British Government may think even if erroneously) disadvantageous to its interests, cannot give just cause of of fence to any "power whatever.- y In the present instance the. undersigned . is roost happy to be able to quaiiiy sucn refusal with the'declaration,. that it; is not. in any degree f diet a ted 1 by sentioientf ei ther unfriendly or disrespectful to the United States, or by any indifference to the amicable adjustment of all other ques tions ni present; pending between tliem and Great Britain. ;,' y ' ' ; i Of these questions, one has been aU ready happily arranged f since Mr.TGal latin's arrival in this country.' 7 The undersigned looks : fbrwarjl with confidence, no less than with anxiety, tp such an arrangement ofjhe remainder, as effacing all traces of past. discussions, and satisfy all fair arid reaspnablp pretensions on vDOin siues,. w";.?5,wii y period of years to com?j reciprocal good understanding and good will between the two kindred nations. L ; . y -i ! for a long - . The undersigned has the honour &c , r I .SigriedJ 7GEORGC CANNirSG. AlberrGaUatinrEsq. &C.; V FOR SALE! AT THIS OFFICER And 'iiihifiQStorluipf S:2Iall -rr-' - and 2 Watson f r. ij- ; v - ,-v s ' "v '; : ..7SU'JJtjKJt3JidIJUUJ got lOgeiOtr iwo.or -urec uuuueu . r . ,.y t 1 : . . '..jV M:'ZrVgtXzW vt;..v :v7f v.!' 7-'.7-. In -1' VOL. 43mo.r"c V v f i -d'ti ciitierfiiifcm5tATe'i:iVe hi icavf :v.;-v,-.; v; r,--;I agactne; 7 i Ari E'CpOTICAt" RECOLLECTIONS - . ' XAe tsourpons.ri! na peer repeaieuiy were - form people ! provided exclude4 fr? the throne.' Whether this declara- that the antfh: dynasty whs recalled, not ParWwW'tadte bonitk' RepuWicans, 1 zens bfParis crowdtp ih'P Hote of the, EmperornfRussia-anb !?f?5S XVIII. a-id that the tieier ...... thnf nrinee all.in turn; ; It was Wr T rvr:? Allied rowers was nxea upv r . , , . N .-Y v ; V2:x vorth-whiie in consequence. It may be vul , to know how this amrmea aemi.-rr.Tj .-i r part of the people was brought y,u especially when at the return of Nap 7K.?-i onf 1 Elba none were found to follow . :r t fortunes of this imbecile family -nt V struggle' was made by the people in its ' behalf. If no: more ' upon this subject comes' to light hereafter, ."the following may afford a cur to explain this seeming; ? mystery. 7 ;' "r '''.- y Jt wasJh the year I8l6j that I became . acquainted. witli a French. officer, whose , name, lie r 7, as he is, 1 oeiieve, stilt,, alive, I will not give at full length. He, commanded the gens d'armerie. of a nor-7, therp arrondissnientrand bad been some ;, years 1 a; prisoner, in England?, 7 He was, the roan who shot Lieutenant D. , of. the eterel schooner, byiVhich vessel hp-. wasjcaptured last, war, and for which ser- vice: he was honoured by Napoleon with; the cross of the Legion of Honour. Di- . ping witn me one oay, ana iiKing 01 tne? restoration of the. Bourbons, .1 expressed my isurprise, thathaving served Naj)o) leoii so faithfully, he, could, turn round,t and( becotne, a 'staunthtv adherent of 0ihe old dy nasty. ylJevery, frankly said, ;" I, wj 1 explain bo w it Was; My relations were; several of -them eroigrams..-1 had.t. btren.-: ' a long while a prisoner; in the- nurih ofj England, and saw no chance of return ing: hornet Mpon tlie ill success or Na poleon ip Russia, hopes. were immediate-, . ly bpneeived by the emigrants in . Eng lapd, and by the Royal Family there.:" that, it plight lead to a restoration pfftfai? preseni king. Several personsba'd. heei A despatched to Paris,' to open corres pondence; with their Wends.-t7.Npne that; ) know of had been succesful Ji. several were imprisoned and sentenced to death. 'A haying been discovered to be agents in traitorous correspondence. I was sent for from Scotland to London by" my. ret Iations,; and the questionVput to me, Ifjf would venture to Paris, as being. a prisr oner of, war and. an oflicer of Napoleon'sl I could easily, pretend to have made my escape. ( . I took a little time to consider apd then determined, to venture. I re- -cejveilthree letters, one for Prince T another for the Duke de F r : I forgot fo'r; whom, he; told me he received the third. . I reached Paris in safety 5 . thp letters were concealed in the lining of my bat, and were delivered according to their address. 7 1 was told by Prince-1 .: . , to remain quiet', and when; he ha jl any thing to say Jie would send .for me. I remai ned so a consi dera ble time untjl th'e Allies marched into Paris, and the 7 Em per or of ; Russia fixed his quarters in the palace of Elsyee Bourbon, when one day, I was sent. (or by a! relative, anil ; asked if I; hadbny objectibriTlo' m4ke myself useful.' I teplied, that having em- , barked jh v the Bourbon cause,' I was wil- f ling to stand by it to the' last : ; I had no hope but? that." . I he" Otders I ' received were, fb go toV the Garden of the'VTui leries, and' give away mohey, with which ren ied:-f Mind nothing.' was - the an swer. Yon will 3see "plenty -;bf idlers about there,5 principally of the' lowest classes; fling away your Silyer, and call onf lri0if SUnth-bbnig''tfv Lends Ivrnr rivkw fha nllprtpd I -fr good rtumbei around ypu," It'v wilt soon appear "what you arb 1 to dd.l I did scl, said' De F-: five " franc pieces soon fcol lectefi a'score'or ' t wd of persons, and then the mob began to - increase, ra pidly; r- had no idea op what all this COUld oeior-anu aiian in?vcr ( hesitated before I began the ii Sb undon .evr. Iontfily. my pockets weTe purposely lully supplied, arid 'that when ; they were exhausted H should receive more.? Bat the police,' I vtlefrrti&bbnsPjatiil threw a way mV: : " w 5 firslfive fraiiepii?w. Jffcard.the;in(et7 gates bfUbcpa idle . Specta,! rs, b wii icii . n uiiu ci cu. Vone of the police interlered'diid-i bab! it ft 7.1; . : I '."-.J it to. cpt uriiwtea l v i p;- -y,,--yy:7: j 7-v,; :7"y?iy7y',y-v"r; y,:i''-7:;v7- '''7..iy-'s---:yj,".:-''-.- . r:'.;--, ,: ' :j ' '. 7 ' ' . '
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