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hi r. V'isuom or Oae justice of our conclusions, "iinou the rrat ohii'ct of our conferences. ' There toul4 be no stion ho'wever,"to - rny ivinrvou en this head such conjectu tal informationas I was able.' On the con , , "trinV bjr fully discWngto you my own -materials for forming an opinion, upon it. ' you would be enaLled more distinctly to ,"- 0tf I ccul'd take? nq "part in. any dis ' 'c-isson which vou might nrppose to apply ; I , td at,' and I Could not but be assured that any" anxiety - you might ' tcel. to. obtain y r , ' kfiowlcdga oi the act m question sprung ' ' i- '' ',' from considerations which had every claim . - -l f . ' . " to in v resTA-ct t fit I knew that vour mind was: far' above : the ' reach of prejudices which would ascribe the American emuar-go- to participation In the councils or views , ' fydur. adversary or of any foreign now- r Mysaggcstion were to the lollowmg '""oiTcctr tlut I believed thatpo copy of your i ,v , V , , orders or Jvovemberjmd arrived' tn the V - "' -v ' United. Statti at the'date of the President's V , , -' y. '' nvess'iire-i that a recent! chsniro in- the con i", 1 ' ; . ; "dwef ."of-Fnmct to our Prejudice; did ap - ,.,' pear to he'-knoWnvthu intelllircncd had . , " , hrenTcCeived.andiabiilief entertained, 1 r yonr.int&iUon to &fapt sprnf Jtther snf&J , irev-asa mcr.sureu ot, rnahationagawst 1 ; - JYancebv whiclv6urcomaurce.ana our 1 , , ' ric-hu would he affected i ;that there?' was ' reasoawoichid that you 'had -actually ftaoptecrsutftu measure jthat (as 1 eoueo "tal from .American newspapers) this had appeared troin private letters and the news- p ipers of this eountrvy received in the U. St itcs some, davs before the message of the President.'' and probably known to the go? tVjtmnn.nt('tliflt,in a word,' various infor , snatiou concurred; to 'shetf that out trade ..11:1. i " i - t;i l '..I.- -l.'.l V.' --:' -1 siiorts ofbouilh bcllieerent parties r and . '-. tliat tlie' embargb Vra. ,'measure of .wise "j-.'-'y " '- " anci peaceful precaution adopted under . ' , i ' i " ns y:w' reasonably anticipated penU . '(. s"Yonpbserve J another part of your, let " ' ? '' tei,"-' tharyott Iiave' alwravs rather wished ; -; "I '. . ' t) ix-fer'-the nrgumetDtttive discussion of r.e iuijAt of thj ortu r to council to the Jiiciat-, correspondene -which, you hrve more than onte been tainjlit. to .expect roe to-opeg upOn' iL.",. IS I should object to any fart ot this ttatonunf, ot which'.the KUb' gtance'ts! undoubtedly correct, it.ivould be la die. fcbrds mort thi onori. Your 4 ish has ;al wavV appeared to be 'suDi as . du now WpreicRt ikj and vou had reason i vl ' '. expect that 1 svonid commence a writ iv' ' 1 , tin. discusslouYf the orders of November, t " ; . ' " oon after their publication. Ihadtoldyod fi ' f. ', " tliat I should' do so;, and you had utd that ' J." - '; ' tht.,re could ba no of-faction to it.' ,Eut you , mre aherwerds informed that, upon re ',"" .;' . flection, L had. determined to leave ;the Llr'ibit'rr 'firo;it tm until' I thaiiM Irnnw 11C4 pKasure tt my "overnmcnt. . !:,; 'Tfie" bidets 'had btn feHIcialltsmmti. ' 'riicattlr not to' hie," hut to Mr. ILnIison ' Through tls-ci Ui U'&li- Min1tcT at Washinjr. ;V ' tor --Ittlnd( lIicRiarej 'to bft proper f ',; (unless my-instructions iliouia make- it 0 4 . '.V r .1 V thftrvip)that' tlieViJiVi.vhithtSieROVern' ment of die U. Sfcites took of them, should " find its WaV" to vou thro' the ame channel : "mut, 'accordingly- Hh letters of Mr. Ma lson.' Jin.M i JiaVe reitiTed in roy 'tiote of ' the 23d of-.-Augtlst did open,"rt fi-eat length a discussion', ' hich I - could nave.: no lnducffmem to shun although-I rtia not continue to think mvseU iauuiori- f V ; . - ed to commence is,? 'C;;t.; k r ; .4. 1 1' 0 - - ' . ' V ' on'y re?pains.to -add: thajvyofir share A! "' i ' ' - Iri 'our. iever.il' cOliversatiohr'Vas.J'what ;;'' , '-"" 5'ou represent it ta have- been,- not -consi- ' - r' V .. Jtl'aM.e, and that your, manji r, . although X". A"t "sved4 iros, u it- aiwavi is. perfectIV f ;.v I need not-JaV; thaLl'if in this letter. i . 'j", , 'j-jwrittenunaertne'maaence onsmcere con-r",u,s,,,4 fto facro, rnecom- f" ,ovf;; Hserntha 'proposal-1 -had the t honor "to pwPn,ti Povecl inenaotvvaslungton " '' A Fh clay.beforeyou.has'beeh'unsnccessful, smv ; . . j ''. f l 'i-',1 ,' . thing is toJbe found which you could wish f to ce otherwise thnn-K is" J'sftatt beJthe first :i to regret,- that I have not been able to do . '- justice to my own faeliirg and intentions. :' '"; i -I have the honor to be.-tvith the- highest '.'f" '-f- Sir,' your mobt' obedient i'f fti:'.' V' jV J-.", i i. '..humble tcrvant. '., V I. 1: w .i - rose ,io h!s' place and t&ade . pic juusci raucina. . , ts ' '"'A - . X tfsfl to perforht a eat duty But One ? , ' t- " , impcflously demanded, as! apprehend, ByN ; , - ?ny station, ana oy tne knowledge ot facts " .which I have in nossefision.. Hi the fid ?r ,,tion cf the i 1st article of the, constitution, ;v tins house nav " the, aole power of. im .jcMjubent r ;,v A - j, i bis dutyi jilvrays painful, it most per ' . , 'form if pecasion calU.for it. ; : And every "viember, who irs reason to believe that a ' ' , high crime or misd -nenrir lini been com- .mijlted.i Is boind ti e.t'.-J cr-inioa to ' ,the hpi"-e, .1 J to re such an enquiry - ; ss the r-"-"; ri" the- surrosed C.Tv.nce de lis .' Of all the duties: oT the sjistrate of this nation, tiiat in rt! i'id to Je. filling "of important public vlZcl is the most critical, the most likely to I ft bused, and the one which this house, cMht most scrupulously;; to watch. EeUsc diese appointments arc the avenues o? r rupt ' induence. , Ahd of all species, f r lups, .that is the-fnost dancrou'!, vlch keeps men, when acting in high. 0"-i -ju-tions, . subject 'to such inluence,- ,bot only the atuJ peaeption of the pro! oi the places whichuhev holiL .hut by tiiias- suranct of further lucrative advancetrits, in case if continued fidelity to him tho holds the distribution of oHlcefccuUlder d:; aspect, isir."! da not' hwsit3ta d- Clare my opinion that h'njhmisdfnjeati'n'l has been committed iBguinstriLi "iu.6ni 1 . . t 1 . . .1 : I 1 .. I vow.xnunjj'wnicn H 1 ine oounrcn unry O this house tOir!Tiire,..and;tUcr.td ,r move ther ground-of mcpicin,-r-s(a ousn tne lact.belore the wof ' 1 hit u t!ie chargtt which.! eitpect tcsubstantiate. That the collectorship of thy port of Bos ton and. Charlestownbei ft. place of ereat trust and important,' ana also of imple emolument, has beeinovr for more than two years kept in a sinner vacant, and ever since left, in the; condition, of a sinecure, in' the hands of ne then incum bent,' after the eiecutivc lad all $nform tion of the fact, for. the nirpose of keep ing the.- said.oilice in rerve, for Henry Dearborn, lontr a raembr of the present administration, then and now secrtUry at -The facts, I espett. aid 'am f tepared to prove are .v ... -,: . 1st. t Tlwt in !Cmi1cr. 180t.litamin,lim;oln, Eiq. collator of lit port did irtite 4e t!'f pftiifnt i'il tt .'.. 1 A, i ... , '.' J ..).. ofthrtVeir. ; s, ' '..," , 'T';? ScU :That'he Hid iwsii na fttxwtf frmj tli pi, nidciit in Dcecinbcf following, csprrwinx. fiiph ene of hi rrralutioiutry cnce, ,nil tcqiftii)e bim to ght him little longer time to look , oil far tuitable cbw-tctrr to till the jld oi!r, tnil luted Jib tin to fim l:ut of Starch, then f illowmi v?. March MiT ". beyond Vrluch he HsuKd fan h hould not be u.t..ined. Tht Lmcrtln, n rr plv, consented to continue unuj the lurt of U id Shrch. ( . tll !,.-, , vl 34, Tht h appointment in March m mad, atd thit ge hcral ,ncoln did on the 30th 8 plfmber $07, Witt to the president tUting- ilia infirmities tni total inutility to pciform tlie duuc of hitoiiirw ad pun requested to be relieved from hii office, A fan ihtstby theendflfthftt yw.; Thkt to 1hii Kcwrcr rteHired any junvcr.'" - 4 h Tliil he" hss been eonUitiird thraP mother ivjir -without nr reion nsiimni for iuch edtinu- ance, in situation totally wiulile td perform fry of i. ijiim o mticn ao mat n cat not fceenlnUi town of B.iitnn aiiicc June hut " -' j . 80 fj- th fjel air to be prrted, li thave f to hrliew in a court of law. -.The nrit f etj 1 1 iw doubt, WiUbe made out perfectly- to C.e Sitiiljp. tionof tlie hmii atiH aiiiAn j i i i ... I.K. ; Tii., l;. i.r.- h.. w i,...- k. lJ.fr vacunt for more thkn 2 yeanV for tlir piminw f pra "crctarv at W.ir, bv that jpouum ui, and uu4 fit iuui, a a iK-en, m una muwuT rrseiveo. , . ,(i X need .not ,uso anv arrriro,"nts' to show that thgse f.orts; if they be proved, consti tute, to say the least, a hijih. misdemean or, into which this house oiurht to encuir and to tike auch" course, thereupon j js' to its ! wisdom shall seem expedient, , tid'r tne infill duties, Imposed vpon it bjr the constitution" .'",.' '.:",- . I am instancy impelled to this dutr.'bv a parajjraph ; in a paper the Nationa) In. temgeucer.O.t this, day, wtuch 1 nowlhold (i my nana, t in .this paper major JQene r.d .Eeniamia Lincoln, one of the. thief clones ,01 our revolution 1 a hero lha hal ting victim ot wart hiabody all lincd and scarred, witlj. wounds got in the ause of Ida country j" now on tlie, brink, of the grave: his laurels never yet tamiihedj and though the aired root is descending into the tomb, Vet their leaves upturn ta. -the eye a youthful green. nd ihed all around; is stiirmatijted.as a rr.ntkAtisT.'whom the forbearance of adminlsration.has long retained inoffice, in opposition to the wish, es of respectable class of thecommnni ty. I-have not language to express Tjriy jn digriatitn.. And I am quickened to aduty wmcn . na oeiora . maae some prepara tion to perform. " I therefore "moV the followinir renolutirmn ' .' - 1 '? , q ir," veil Rctolvcd. .'That the.-. oresident cf th United States be requested to lav before this house all correspondence! touthiiin-the offers to rcsifjn, and tlie resignation of his ofiicef 'by lienjamin Lincoln Esm v late collector ei uie port 91 JUosua and Chfa c- .V t .... , , .1 . .... - -V -u . .V ' t Recked,, That a cotnmirtte bo arwolnt. ed to enquire' into thcxausesJ which tre. vemea .toe acceptance oi the- resignation of Benjamin Lincoln,-Jate collector of fee port Of Boston & CharlestQwn, 'h the yt 1 806 & 1, and. inia the asan'uUdi live i . ' t-i. ' occasioned a postponement of a snecrtor, anu mat tney report the result 6t sue! en. quiry to the house..' - ,,'.W VJ,4I :; Bin . Quincy moved that die resoluions lie on the table, with a view to call then up to-morrow. ': A ."discussion; ensued.) till dockj .when the motion, to lay orithe table was withdrawn. -.The -Question k-as then taken on the resolutions, uhich re rejected ; tlie mover nbae. Vol!-? In till f- ju.iuve. ; . EStirrs MESS ACE TO CCXZT.Z TV tU Scnult AnJ ffjiaa nf Efiprittvtailve. . , -1 TRANSMIT totWreaa a Letter Ncen'Jy re ceived from our Minister t ft. Jainea', eovenrr one to liiig fi-ora tho BiiUaU Sc-pretary of Bute. wiUi bia ixy.y. Thesejuo communicattaaatorming-Mecjaei a the correspondence winch accompanied my Me. aaa t both bouses, Afttto 17ih ioat. i. -. . .' -' in t v " . AW-55, ' Rllt-J haw f! honour to tend enclosed, ft copy of Jetter, rcceied but nig-hi horn Mr, Canninff, in snawer to my kttcr to him of the lQih oC but month. The tons of Una Letter render it uiiposuble tOreV ply to it with ft view t, discussion' f; what it- oon.1 ciei as to fiicu, and many of the onsenrauons are open to executions. I inland, however, to conibmo. wwh an acknowidgmm or ine eetiiK ot m "u ahorteiplanationa.' , Tl first felatrw to tho new nd exiraordmarv eonjecture, which it uitimal, Hut my Aiiihority wi Contingent and the second, to remind Mr, Canning that my'k-Uer of the lthh of Oct does noL. aa he ini "--nen. leave nncrbuned tho remark; ,that I" The I'rovtsionJ lutur of my QHiff, to mpke iny proposj in writinjf, aroso out of circumiUnceSi ut on Uie contrary,' tliat tho explanation muncjiiatcl .Tbo JJnion 1 not yet returned from France. I !libon arrived in Condon .more than .three weeks afo; snd deliered yonr letter of the 9th Sept. 'th dijilicatea of papers in the esse of the Little Wm. ard copies Of Letters which l-ttelv passed bvtwcea tlu pi-paruncnt of Suite snd Mr.Erstinsv . .'1 A hsvo th honor to be-, fc.- '. . . '..l: , . -j vrst piKKttT. ft Janet Maduoiu tfa f s 6t-ljt ha tho hononr to send enclosed, Copy or xtfr rcpl to Mr. Canning's Letter to mo ot tne sua ulu i A oopy of the Letter, to which it an eniWer, was trantmittrd t fi w days sine ht the British Park, et, aid a dupWt has bem oent to Liwrnool The Umol la. not yet arrived from Trance, sud wo h&ve nDiaieUijcncebfher.' " ' - " :lri'. IhavethehPortrtSe, f . 1"'" F6ntifnr-OfTTC, Nov. S3.' f ,IK':5;ltegret excetair.iy inarwiro sua! and unintcrmittmg pressure At otuciai business has prevented me from finding an earlier opportunity to reply to )'C?ur letter of tho JOth oi last month. - "t : . , The obsemtipftmhichlharetoocr unon some nans of that letter are not, m deed,'of such a nature, as to make it matter of any crc at importance whether yoa re ceive them week sooner or later, as the v refer less to any .point of public interest to Our governments than to what has passed person .t!ly 1,-ct ween ourselves;' ' - "Lttt I -should have been much mortified if Vwii could have beca led to belUve Ime deficient in attention to you ; the manner, as well as the substance, of the communi cation' which I had the honor to receive from you," entitling it to 'the most frompt and candid consideration. - . i r "-Your undchtandlnjt of tlie? m6tives which indticed me to accompany my oCcial rotfj f.f tl.e 2d of Set. nh mv letter ol uie saiiiC (wurt-ia SO lof lmpcin.vV-aiat you seem to imagine .that the, wih to guard' against misrepresentation - was tlie only motive which induced me td write that letter ? and that, from., that motive alone, I should, in any case-, have troubled you with u. 'Whereas, .1 must-have ex pressed myself very 'incorrectly indeed, if l did hot convey to yoa the assurance) that, if what had passed between us in conver- A riitl statedbypu in ear ef cf -.S. c rence, yxrx vvou!4 tlunk it proper to repeat in writing"" vut, whatever tho u.ior ot your hoi had been, I should have kit it ri;!;t to conforra -1 strictly to t, in tlie dZUl answer, av?oi- dint? anvreicrenca to anv rrt of vnii,-r. bal,jcommunicatiors,"excipt such as, b'f,'"? repealing theav, in writino;' I ghouli sea that it was your intention rec-iJ as of- i v - .;l I ' 1 confess, hoover, I was; wot prepared , i for the mixed course whidi vou act '-"'' ' ; am aaopt, i aai pcrsuaaeo ,1 am sncerel - .v S ' I persuatkd) without any intention ofxrea- ' ting erobarrassmentj ihttof ref.rring'gcuJ v I M er0ly to.' what had .pasted U .ou? con.t 4 T. . ( I" ferences,- as filutranve' of ycir 4Z1' ' i proposition; andas tending Co tuport and !' . ,f ' recommend iV butWit!6ut spt.ci. h j'C.i ' 'f ' particulif poimsto' which auch'ru'.i.ac'a'' , ''-! . t 4 pi? paruktur poi".- bujui oucu reurreaca was intenueatoarpiyi a course uchap ' peared at first eight to leave me no choice. ' , except hetweeo the two aluraativta'of i ' ,tiA vrt--imtnlfttinoH-rii. wKnld ti u.li . . . ' hai stated '.in conversation, for the pur X-J--"', pose of comprehending it in the answer. . V or of. conforming myself to your written - ' ' '? ' . note, at the haz trd of being suspected of ; " f syppresbing uie mwii xuaicri. part ot your a statement.,-- "Vt i . - ,7 i,'. t ' i The expedient to which I had recourse ' V -of accompanying my.O'Ticiai note with 'av. . separate letter, stating to tho best of m'-i ) recollection.' the Substance of .what I hjl ' " ' ' heard from, you in conversation, appeared' ' c ' to mei .after much dclILcrafioa-to be th.a ' ' s 4 sation had ' not been referred td by you in your bHlci-d letter of the 23d of Aui?. I certainly should hot have thotight it neces sarv or proter to'mserve anv written re- cord of your verbal communications, which 1 understood at the time to be confidential and which I certainly was so far from at tempting to discountcnance,w that I have no doubt but what 1 expressed myself (at you say l Qia) in lavour ot the course which vou adonted aa well Suited to tho occasion" '. Put yod state, at the tame B..., ativk vAJiixX'Wv.tiiitv ws ri; a I-nawjrjr'-T.oiurse inuj,l unuemwoa ahd encouraged this verbal and confidential commumcauom l never cia, nor could understand it as beinjr intended to super cede ofsupply, the place of an official over tore " k never did nor could suppose that the overture -of ybur government and the answer of the British government to' it, were intended to be entrusted solely to our recoi.ecuons - Accordingly, when the pe riod arrived at which you' appeared to be prepared to brinir forward "an official ere pasal t did, no doubt, express my expec tation diat I should receive' that proposJ m writinjr. i . .J , v .. ' It is hirhl probiiLle that I did not, 'fa you sat I did n6t) aastiirn to' vou" as th. motive Of the wibh which I tlien expressed, my nersuasion mat written communications are less liable to mistakes thait verbal ones. because that 1 consideration ' is. auflic'icntjv obvious, and because the whole course and practice is in thst respect so established and invaiialdc,' that I reallv could. not have uppoMI thus Jv aaolgnaAsat of Brty pci- uv auouve u ue necessary ,to account for my. requh ing written statement of , your iiiyiKjsHu previous to my returning ah of ficial answer to thcnuV r : , .; , .'I had, taken for rranted all fllor( iW such would,. and such must be, the ultir mate proceeding on our part, however you r..": .twi;.h to prerare'the wav fci- it Kv piti;siii..rVccnversatioTiu , - l ln frtro.pj y-r hcte, I did not pie-rj t$ ar.:.i;;?ts law pviih tf ,h tti Uti most rcfsnectful to you. ' Such having been the motives that die ' tited my letter, I capnpt regret that it wa vt riden, siuce it has produced, tit peri)' od to little distirt from the transaction it ' . stlfmn-wPpwrtTW im.-vntn" tUci., 'i-1 rsionleft a our Cilnds resectiwe!, U w hat passed in Pur wvtA oC.rencc9. -.i - . ...j '.'-.it. i im vurrs:cuiij juijr envueoua mpres ,- ,'t sions on either, side, ' S x- r !""'-'" I There are two point In which out, re-', f' , cbljections do arpear ta dUT,T. in Home' do-' gree. - - . r ; v " ' V ' " " ; Tlie first relate to the autliority "wnicVl. -' you had, and that which I understood y)$ to state yourself to have, at the. time four ? .' first confi.rence for brining forward a 4i-"" rect overture in the name of your govern-1 f 'J mint j the second to the expectation which) ' I SiMed mflf tahave'cntrrtnined.Mmor1? I than' ofece , cf year fcrci- J .i'Io:nd4"7,'T"- 'f, corrcspondenoe ca tlie tjjjctcf tJ;e. or ' " aers in council. -t yiih respect to the Hrst point yoa will . f 'Aj ive me civdit when 1 assure you that my 7 not onlv In the. first, but uTour second. 1 conference, was precisely what I have sta :f ted it tb be in my letter. and you will (t ' I hnnt) forirlve me if, after t-:e most anen- "'' -. . ."l tlVtt ni-rt.-. .1 f IrA.i, la,.'Af .1.. .svu S-r'-v1;:.'..;:;.1- Oct and after a carefj comparison! f.J dilLreht pasiagcs in it, while f anf.com . 'j I pellcd by j-our assurance to acknowledgt 1 ' ' j that I have misapprehended vou." I find c " ' grounds in jour statement to excuse, if ' , 1- i not to account for my misapprehension.- . t i i . iXLVoruirg 10 your recouecuons, j-on, told me explicjdy, in our first conference 1 w that the substance of what you then tug. ' ', gested, that is to sav, that Our orders he uig repealed as to the U. States, tho IT. States would suspend the embargo as to . GreaNEritain. was from vour povemment i 1' .t-. .1 -" .. . . 4 . . - I . . . Pk uiai uie manner ot conducting and iilus- ' . tratinit the subject fuoon which vim hurt nr precise orders) was your own," and you. - even quoted part of your instructions to '-."' me whkb was to that effect. , ,; : -In a subsequent fcararrranhvfiu itatc1 that notliing can be more correct than my ' t ' apprehension that you did not make." nor-C ! '. urcfcs ito intend makinsr wl overture iar ri prepare for fe Such reception as you felt " ; ! it deserved and before? you ascertained.;". I what shape it would be most proper to give ' to that overture, and how it would be met ' s -1 by the British government. - -. ' ( r s ' And, in another partbf ybur 101011 ? adm't that, "when voii Pti..j readiness to makeyour proposal in writinr, ' , ) ' it was (as! have stated) provisionally j;;", y v luiui lucu me uiai i" ine provisional t -nature of your oITer arose out of tircum-"' ' t stancev" the nature of which circumitan f ' ? " ces yoa did not explain, nor have I any 1 H right to require such, ah, explanation." f - - . CA : '..'"i 7 But, comparing these several statements1'' " r tocether; seeinir that, in mir fit !r.-,: - - ,-' you declared no intention of making $ pro! " posal in writing that in Our second inter I y ewf (a month or. five weeks afterwards)' 1 you described, that intention at rmti, 0 slonal" and contingent.' and rrotestWat die same time fas I do m t rravto tipg-at. mnnnerl.that I cannot find any trace ia niv a- memory ot any communist;,. . L of nny ( part of your instructions, toramuV f nicaud to me tu nirh; u whatcvt might bo the natured xte5 T Ot Tour instruetifins fin. .V. !j m me u P'astotheaubst.Tnri rf ture to be made ta the Eritiih rivei .c-j I " , ' the marker, the Cue and the condl;: s"c $ i V that .overture were evi 1 -tifV m . - .... ' . I ! h:xi k-? I .t imTk,v7 r.JeJ 4. A'v V
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