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'JtL mm - - -..C'C CONTINUATION. HUNTED ANDVlTBLtSKED BY ... - 1 -r THREE DOLLARS P E R,1 ANNUM , PAT A- JWL2 liiAfkbl, IB &UVNAnU it-: A., vh" P.TISE3IENTS WILL BE INSERTED STY-FI VE C ENTS A.SOJJA RE, THE K, i AND THIRY-FIVV CENTS NGTON C ITY, Juxgs, l aii. ';vnrmitee on nsreign iceiazions to ft t.Oii wa referred the Message the PrnUsntofthc United States the 1st I Tr t after the experience which the U J';. j t tcs have nia oi the great injustice k.t v British go Vernrffeiit towardsvthem, lr: ( p; Ified byiso many acts of violence lftR(i oppression,! it.will be more difpcult to ItustitV to the impartial world their patient 3oH:crmce, than the measures to which it has become necessary, to resort, to avepge the wrongs, and vindicate the righis and honor of the nation. Your .committee are happy to observe, on a dispassionate review- cf the conduct of th- United States. ;b:t tht-v see in jit no cause for censure, alledged for iu H i was" pretended by the oritisn government, that m case or war her enemy.' had no right; to mouify it co lonial eilation so as to itigate & calamiiie o war to the j mhibitants of Sts colomesu This pretension peCujwrjotG? Britain, is, utterly" incompatiBte-with thc rights .of sovereignty in eery independent stated; If we recur, to the well 'esjabifebed If long forbearance under injuries ought tvr to be considered a virtue in iny nation. it is one which peculiarly becomes nked Stites. v No people ever hai theU- id strop- cer motives to cherish peace ; none have ever cherished itj with greater sincerity & i' ' " " ' ' ' I'.ut.the perioc has now arrived, when the United States must support their cha racter and station, among the nations of the earth, or submit;to the most shameful de- rradationL Forbearance has ceased to be W'ar.dn the one side, arid peace a virtue. on the other, is a situation as ruinous as it jj uisgrmpciui. lac mau amoiuuuy ine A&d universallv admitted law of nations. we shall jind ncsanction to it, in that ve nerable code. v The sovereignty of every state is co-eteRsievith its dominions ahdv cannqt b J abrogkted, or curtailed in its rights aitcf kriy?iwrt, ;exctpt by cbn questleufral nations ; have a right to trade to every port of either belligerent whicH xnot legally blockaded ; and in til articles, which are not contraband of war. Such is the absiirditv of this- pretension. ment bo the rights and interest of the IX nnca otates, aisrcgaraing rnis, wuwc, in many instances, obligation which have heretofore beei held sacred by civilized nations, iM'Wl00jkt jwhqle coast pf the tttintnrtrb to Brest inclusive -was jeered to,be jn state of Blockade, By tHjaeweil established principles ofthe latr pf nations, principles which have served for age$ asguidesi . and fixed - the boundary between the rights of belligerehts and neutrals were violated : ? ,By the l iw of nationSj aji rlecognized by Great Britain lrself, no block aide is lawful, unless it be syitained by the application of an adequate force, and thatian adequate force was ap plied to this blockade, in itsi full extent, ought not to be pretended. Whether G. - '- t T t y li . oriiam was aoie to maintain, igaiiy, sq 'Is J t i .1 . V .fe- ion to CV enlarirtd Oh It, and eTtArninp. -If i iiffiripnt tn he ImiWn. uld add to thfe hinh sche of that such force Was not aDolied.' and thisii rthe British goycrriment in Vvidcnt from the terms of the blockade just of power, and commercial avarice of Great Britain, arrogating to herself trie corapljtc.dominiqn.of the Ocean, and ex ercising oyer it an unbounded and lawless tyrannv,' iave left to ndutral nations an al- wrjsiuv: 4nly bttween-'tH.:' pa' sutrp.nder of their rights, and a manly vindication of them. Happilv) for the United States, their destiny, under the aid of Heaven, is in tht ir own hands. Thecrisis is formi djie only by treir love of peace. As anon us it becomes a duty to relinquish that situation, panger jdisappears- They ijavc snlFered no wrongs, ihev have receiveel no iwuits, however great, for yhich they car am obtain jrediess " 7 Merc than sevjen yesrs haye elapsed, the cpmmenceinerit of this svstem of tnsale apjreision jby. the British -govern r ent, tz the rihtis aid interests of the U- j r'ied SUtes- r p'Uhe manner of its coiti- that irntlp rrin'T-i l ff-ij! mro- o ri-il 1 - LI Ji J - : !J - ....u j wU w x v-, vQjviu; i caicusivc uxocicauc, .conbiucrmg uicvwar after the jable manner p which it baa . been ir07hich she U engaged, requiring such nercioiore reiutea, ana exposed, tnat tncy extensive naval operations, as a questi wouldoffc-Sri insult to the undemanding ihich it is not necessary at thi3 time ot the Mouse, it th if any thing co the 'injustice..-c uic iranaaciiuit, jjv woiua e inc arasirasi ltseit. bv whichi comoarativelv. sn mcon which' her conduct exhibits in regard to scrable portion of the coasti'Onlv warded this trade, sri in regard to a similar trade r clared to he in 4 state of strict and Vigor. by neutrals with her own colonics. It is r qui blockade Th objection to the mea known to the world, that G. Britain regu- is not diminished b that circ urn stance, lates her own trade, in war and in peace, It the force was hot applied the blockade1 athome and in her colonies, as she t,6nd unlawful from whatever cause the foil for her interest--that In war she relaxes rc might pro cebcL The, belligerewlio the restraints of her colonial system in fa iritutcs the blockade cannot absolve it- vorol the colonies, and that it never was se irom the obligation to apply the forc suggested that she had not a right to do it ; , unVier any pretext whatever. Fr a belli7" or; that a neutral in taking advantage of the i grcnt to relax a blockade, which it could relaxation vidlated a belligerent right of her! nt s mainiain, it Would be a refiaeikcnt in enemy. But with Great Britain "every 1 jp ,tice, not less; insulting to the'undef thing ?s lawful.. It is only in a trade with standing than repugnant to the law of na- per enemies that the United States can do t tions. To claim merit for tfi wrong - With them all trade is uniawful. Ip the year 17 an attack vas made by the British government on the same branch from.whi li the British .flag was exclud 4 and all iihe colonies of her enemies, subjected to theame restrictions as if thV? were actually blockaded in thej most stricC and rigorous manner, arjet all trade in ar ticles the produce and manufacture of tho said countties and colonies and the vesse ls engaged iiit were subjected to capture 8 r condefrfnation a$ lawful prize. , tnia! ' 1 order certain exceptions were hdevhich " we forbear to ; notice, , because they were not adopted from a regard to ne utra I righ tsfj but were dictated by policy . tps promote th6 commerce oi JCngtana, and so tar as they related to heUtrai powers, were said to em inate fromthe;clemency f the British gcW vernment. the mitigation of an evil, whichfthe party either had not the power or found it incoavenient to in flict, would be a new mode of encroaching toeutwl-.rights-'your1; committee think tiist tPremark4 that this acjt of the Bri- gOYernvneht j does na appear a have lViCncsnient spirit with The U. Si th trm iii was net less hestih t, i; than, tue which fit has been prosecuted. ates hate invariably done every ir pbwier to preserve jhfc rela- frieridship with Grat Britain.- Of -1 t:us dispesitico sney gave a- uistinguiGiiea Jof, at tfie iiio)neut wHIley wera Kiade tne Vicdmsiot an opposite policy. The wrongs of the last war had not been forgotten atjthecoijifixencement of the pre sent one -jThey warned us f dangers? a-t tyv&i which it jvfas sought to provide. As e'ar!v-aJ the vers 1804 the Minister of the U. plates a London was instruct 'o iavitj the British government to en ttr into a negociaticW on all the points oh hich a collision might Wise Uetween thee ttvo countries, in, the course of the war, ard tq propose to I it an arrangement of their claims jon fair nd reasonable condi tions. The invitation was accepted A feferociation had, commenced and was e ?ending, a(f notnmgs. had occurred to x- tte a dp;ubt'hat it rouid not germinate tq satisiaction of othv tlie parties. h t. at this-tijmeVari3iUnder thesei circum- Vifsi 'tliatWn atf ailr -i W'ac tr&tlt , htr. cur on; an amporlant branch of the A B' ricari-ilbmmerceiwhich' afFctert reverv fA of; t4e t United Statesfcnd involved jBi.uv oftheir citi: lzeas inrum. v 'he commence on; wjiich this attack was 5r inr-xnectftnlv marie. .. Wna 'hftwi'Hn th t( d States and trie colonies of Rranrfti- 8j . -T i f . r - ; , 7 v It was fair to infer from that arrangement that the commerce was deemed by the British govci-nment lawfup and that it would not be again disturbejj; . Had the British government been resol ved to contest this trade with neutrals, it was due , to the character of the BritisrTha tion that the decision should be- nade knovirn to the government of the United States. ' The existence'xof a negociation which had been invited by our gorern meht,y fo the purpose of preventing differ ences hy an amicable arrangement of their respective pretensions gave a strong claim tOa the notification, while .it anorded the fairesl opportunity ?for.'it . Bat a very dif ent policy ahimatedxth then,; Cabinet of England. t The jiberal confidence' ' and' friendly overtue.s of the United States were taken advantage of to ensnare them. rateady to its; purpose an i v inflexibly hbs J tile to this country, vthe British':"'-jvern- Iment calmly lookedforwardtofhehibmelit, when it might give die most dadTy wdiihd to bur interestSo . A tra1ie?j4 v in itself, which was secura b"o manyStrong and sacred pledges, wajs considered safe.' (Our citizens with the if usual industry and en terprize hadiCmbarked in it a vast propor tion ot ;theii" shippings and of thein capital whichiWere at sea under no rther ' protec tion thin the law of nStions, and the cbnfi- I dence which they i reposed in, the justice; & jucuuboip ui uir pniisii nauoni1 fxt ini period the unexpected blow was given.' Many of our vessels vere seized, carried into port . arid condemned by a tribunal, which while it professes 'tp respect ; the Iaw2of.naotiobey4h4maQdates'-bf..i own gdverriment. Hundreds of other ves sels .werdfiyen from the bcVanand the tade itself iq fa great measure suppVessecfc a iic cucti uiuuutcu ,;u? (jua mdtn un ine V ft 4 m. merce j ust "in ( itself;- sanctioned by ,.v xampIc:ofGrear 'Britain in itirard to ?de wither rjn colonies sancpon $ if a sole mcfc fief ween thetwp gdvrai ,fc? ts Jpfthc lkttwarandi f sanctioned by practice :'c the cBritish !:go vernment in present war. rtriore than two tears Kav- !?g then elapsed,' withouV any interference. of our neutral trade, which had nearly in volved the two countries in, war That difference howevfrv wasramicablv strcom- modated. Thepretentioii was wthdr-to J hledb'iitrfdtvi'n--die' iihisei-ii-.'-Hrhicri it 'has and reparation made to the U- States fOr!.givsce Veen; construcdo On consideration the losses which they had suffered byv iUj of ill the circuinstance'j attending the mea sure ana particularly, the character ot the distinguished statesman who announced it; ; we ara pershaded that it was conceived in a spirit of conciliation and intended to lead to art accommodation , of all- differences between the United States and Great BriT tain. His death iiisappointed that hope and the act has since rSecome subservient to ocher purposes.!: vJt has been made by his successors a pfetext f or that vast sys tem of usnrpationwhicri has, so long op pressed and harrassed our commerce. r The nexract of theBritish , government which claims our attention is the order of council of jaiiuaryl T ;iS0r. bv which neu tral powers tare pronibited trading front one" port: ;tonoth lies, br;anyther1country wirh which G; .3ritai'n:vinight' Hotfreel '' trade.' By this drder;theJ pretentidn of England Hereto folfe clainierd by -f every other power, to prohibit neutrals dilposinof parts of their caries at differenti ports of the sm'elene my is; revived and jwith vast accumulation of iinjuryV -Every enemy ruwever Jreat the 'number or distant from each oi(ier is considered "one, and the Tike trade even 4- x such as 'might have beeh'cxpected froni" a virtuous vindependent and: .highly nnmretr pebple; ; : But one sentiment pervaded the whole : American natipnVvfNo? local ?mter ests wercregafded s no sordid motives felu vv uuuuiiouK.iuirri.u vue uur 'OTiiicn- suner edrnostS tjie invasion toifeou? rights ' wis uqrcui with powers 'at peace with England who fr m j; i i j-Jl i i " li Ml" uiuuvcs w uuuev, uau exeiuaea or re strained her cqmmejrce, , was also" prohihi- tea., in tnis act xne unti&n government evidently disclaimed all reeafd for neutral ngnis. Aware mat tne measures authori sed by ,it could gnd no pretext in any) bel - i - k ,ak It would . be supernuoua in your comf mittee jo state, that bv this order. ttteiBrU ( tish governmet declared direct and posi tive war against the United States Tha dominioii of the, ocean was completely .-ii? a surped by it, '.allconinlerce .forbtddebanj- " every, (flag driven from it pr-.subjected to capture andf condemnatiorihiciidid ho uriserve the policy of tlie;Biritis1i govern . Jinent by paying it a tribute and sailing un aerus jjanction. . f rom mis period pe yv nited States have incurred the heaviest losi ses and ..4gnost iSiortfying huiniliatious, , -TeX'Harcr;' borne thScalamitiesof war , without retorting them on its authors. ; ,; -,Sb iar,yiur committee has presented to theyiew of the House the aggresions Vhicti have been jcommittd undeir the authority; pi tHe' Britih .govftii'on4he commefco ' of the United States, We will, now;, pro-r , ceed to other wrongs which have been stilt more severely felt.,. Among these Pis' the fmpressmerit of qur .seamen, a practice) jwhich she hag beeii a party flince oiwsrevb lutioha Your committee cannot conveyia Adequate terms the deep sense which ' tncy entertain ot the inj.utjciqe ana oppression ir this proceeding Under, the pretext of impressing British .'.eeumen' our fellow ,ci tizens are sciieeid in British partslonthe higli seas; and in every, other quarter t6 Which the British power extends are taken on hoard British sun Qfr.9iidC'Qrnp'eUc(l... t6 serve there as British subjects. Tin thia mode qur. citizens - are; wantonly snatchecl from their country nd tir farqUies, de-' prived of their -bety:aJdi' doomed ; to aoi ignominious and slavish bondage, compel-, v led to fight iHe battle of a .foreign, country and often to pierish intljem; Our flag has given them no protection ; it has been unv.' ceasingly violatedaud ou,vesSrls exposccl to dan gerrby the loss of the men taken frphj them, u .Your coinmittee netjd , not remark: . that while tKe,; practice . i continued, t m impossible for thJmted States io cpnsid- er themselves an independent catipn.. ver new ,pASe ;is a neWrrrpof of their de gradatiosi. ; ltr continuance is the ytnorOF' unjustifiable ;.fe.aUs?,tiie: '.JUnitedStated hav? repeatedly proposed the ... British government afr arrangementhich woiuldt secure to i; the controul of its own peopli An exemption of the citizens OenitecJ ;:J States;fTom this degrading ppfildn ahctf the if Sag from 'violation';' is aftv t&t1 iheJT have soughtc -- ,t';,--" fhisUawiess wasie of ou'r trade "and ee ouUyCunldwfaiimpr.ssment of our sea meriy;harire-b rly. the inshlts and indignities- attendmpr them Uhder the pretext of blockading the har-r bors of Francejand her allies, British sqad rons have beeix stationed on our coast,wto watch ahd annoy our own trade To giv effect to the blockade of European portai, ; the ports and harbors of the United States f have been bidekaded. vln executing' these orders of the British government, r in ; not blocdcdtqiconsider every bellige-1 rent as one? ana uhject, neutrals to the same restrnts withailj as Iff there, was but4 one, were bold , encroachments. But to restf pr ia any iftanner interferewith our "commerce with neutral nations with lawful commerce of the United States Warf and a-, ugerent right, once t ws urged. To pro- ouevmg tne spirit f.wncn was tnown kj Jiibit the sale of our produce, conisfihgof aninaate it, the commanders of these sqd-.- , innocent articles at any portof a belUfferent 'rons have ehcroachedou ourf jhrisdictionw . gainst vhom she; had no justifiable cause of war, fbrthe sble feasoil t,na't the V restrain' rj'f-, - - , - ,w , . j . CUt ity iiiy witii : yuiu tier vUlHr rnerce, wus utterly, incompatible 'wjthi the pacific relations subsisting between' the twtf vWeJprpce'ecI to bring Into viiw thV Bri- xisn vroerm, council oinovemDer lltm ;8b7whicKsUpce heard tfe Voice 'of ah united seized our vesselsncl carried into effet v lmprcssinentt .. wiifitu. uur umus, uuu uuua other actsiof; great injustics,. violence anidf oppression. (- nc uaiteaotates nave seen, writhminled in dignation and , surgrisvhat- tnese acts instead oi procunner 10 xuc pcr- 'ik;- e. ' 1'. j Whether , the? British'. government hasl , eVmst'us iheuostility :i of mVa'surei toexW the Sayagci rnmmittfcr are not disposed to occupy much time in jn- Tfti gating. Certain indications qttgene- 'VV r?tprie
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