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r W- - - n , - . . : : i i'1 ' .IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, h?-"jiilt the ProWeniof the Unltetl . if IllUMliTI Ml I-icr a pxrtoi thera;conueacJ v,,!!, ite others, ,bct coyfideai'ul. tbt J Ir b.cu kept closed. lhc Sc tc tsve u.uctcvl iCO ciiic cf the pa ! it.! v to the Clicwjeake .to be riu.f J, b llUi of Kprrnu :.havU.rected 500C con. ,Ea11 the -jt to publuhrd, ltcA. AithcA icciajunictioni tr lb deepest iir pot ery AmcT:o, we hall give the ajit i-uiTtant of thcra to tLe public. ' - r' ' Cj :-t S:r..tie al Rjtxi cf XrfrcaHtattUi ' , of lir UfiixJ Stuhy . . f (lcpct.i gof ihr.prcsentsrs uui, informed the legtslaturr, that cicasuniwhich h-c! been taktn .t .v . vcrrnirnt of G. Britain, fj. ihc scitlcmen? of o:r neuir! r.nd pa.jona'- nj;hJ. ud cf hc conrfltions cf . TTirrt -ul inlcrcnursr wih lhai ni.iun. Ud resulted in. anicl s cf s trta' , J ith could not br a ceded to o.i t.u p- instructions ha d)n w( ir iy bctn sent our ministers tr. : to ' c wn)c lhc negfrciauons, and to cr.J. -vor o ob'uin certain altera ticti. s wl h At thti was interrupt d by ti.e tr:.s. ct"n .hich tbok nKce be tween ;.ic fiinte Li opard Zz Chesa pciit. The call w bt Eovcrnmcni for reparation of this vronj pio rfjeed, rs Congress hasulreadj bctii isf'-rtiud., tbe niiou of a special 5! i.is'.cr to '.hi country, and the ck oicn is rw arrived, when the pub. litiw.erot ;.rrn:ts nd rcquirei.lhat v y c cl these pi occcditlgs should v. mid' kr.u n l you. , . . I t u.cf i-c noTt communicate the yy , . ivnto our Minister rt 4; c . i. ;idoaiaihd hUcwumaui- - to iat JTemment; on the 5-j j.vt cf the ChesajKrakr, oiththe cuTopondcncc win- hhasulcn place icrc between the becrctnry f Sutc tnJ Mr. Rose, the pcoul Minisjer I chared with the adjustment ot that c.HV ence ; ths tns ucnuns to cur crs:-!ht f mai. Jiiora treaty; t.w.; ' " tr ththe British es-.ir.iissiner attu wiih their ovn pTcranient on that subject ; the t y i-clf jnd written dccUration of th: Br.'ihc :nmissionen acconipj rv"u ; n i iheir.structic.ns JJivei. It in b'r resuming the ncgo iuiioo, u,:.t ihc p oceti'ins and correspon dence v Wq'ieit thereto. I o these I ai lrd a letter lately audrcsseH id c :ritary of S.ate fnimone of cc li'.t Mi-.iis'ers, vrhkh though not 5 r s written i:anuEiciaI character, I it my iu y to comtnunicati , worn r'nat his' views .f the prop (? treaty , ar.d -fits several articles, n a? be lairly presented zhd under- .tlr-ugh i have herclocire and from time to time made such cora nunicition to Congress to keep tlcm loss SiVd of a general and jus' vie xv cf the proceedings and disposi ti -i s of he g'jvciiimtnt cf France. tt.M t's this coutijry, yet tn ourprer strt rri.ical situation, when we find th t no co duct on our part, however in. - an. .1 and fjfeodlyt has been suf i: ?;,t to injure from cither bellige rr . . i. jut" respect for. our rights, 1 .n desinnit that nthing shull be c i.ittcd on my part, which m-v adJ tc ycur inform. tion on this sutrject or ronmbu'e to t hr con t cine is of the tirvs nhich should be formed. The Japrrs which fi:r these reasons, I now 1-y htfone you enbicc all he com municatio'is, flt; ial or verbal, Tom th- French jfevtrnmrnt, respecting th- j: nr ! tistions betvi ecn the two ctuntr.ts, which have been transmit ted through our Minister there, or thoii-h any -other accredited chart c!, since the last StSMon- 9f Con to which. Unic all ihfufnta' tin i.f th . 'same kind had, fit) m titti ' ncn gi en them. Some ol ft- v p prr.ti-iYc alixaJy been, sub rrtrM to Confe'is; huti: is thought k:ter4o orf.r thfra again, in order t'lic chain tjf commanications c 'vYich th y make a part, may be rtMjtcd unbti'kcn. ; When, on the 26th of February,. I coiTvnunicated to lxih Houses the utcr t,( General Amtro- g tt .M.J Chanioacny. 1 deMred it might not be. P;i5uhed, because of .thtpdehq tat lrrMr tr rrttpin'miiii inii.ii lrced :a of .our.fordgii 'corrcs l"icuct Bat perceiving that this cautionproceeding purely from a re- f garu to tn er public good, rias tumtsn cdoccasio h fordisse m i n a t in un founci ed suspicions nd insinuations,' i am induced ta believe tKc s;ood which will nov result from its publication, by confirming the confidence & union of our fellow-citizens, will m6re than countervail the-ordinary . objtctlons to such publications. It is my wish therefore that it may be now pub !iihcd . t-: -v.. v',; TH : JEFFERSON. ' . No. i. . From Jr. Madison to 'Mr. Monr.ce Dspahtmkxt or Static : r6, 1807 , 5 ' Sir The documents herewith en closed, from So 1 o No. 9, inclu sive, explain the hosiilr attack with tne .insulting pfetext far ttv lately committed near the Cajjcof. Virgi nil by: the , British ship Tof 'War, tht Lcopan!,on thc!nitrican frigate the Chesapeake. No- 10 is a copy of th-; Pro lumationhsued by the President interdicting in cons quet.ee ot tha outrage, the use of our waers kno every other acsbmmodation to Bri tish armed ships This enormity is not a subject foi discussion The immunity of a u: tional ship cf war from evey species and puVposc of staivh on the high seas, has never been contested by 'ai.y nalinn. Great Bri tn w uid be bc CJt.d to none in resenting such a io lence ofj ber rightVand such an in sult on her Ibg. - She my bring the case to the test of her bwnfeclings by supposiag th'at ins-ead of the custd mary demand of our njarinefs serving compuUivcly even on board her ships f war, opportunities had bctn seized for rescuing them in like manner whenever the superiority 6f force or the cliancc of surpriz. might bu pos sc&ked by our ship of war. But the present case is marked by circumstances which give it a ecti liar die. 'The seamen taben fronuh Chesapeake had been a certain" tt be patite "iiizcns of the U S'aie-, intf this fact was made known to t.ir bearer of the demand, and doub'les communicated h'y him to his con mandef previr.ua to the commenct ment of the attack. It is a fact als:. affirmed by two oftnemei with every appearance of truth, that they had b;cn impressed from American ves sels into the Brr ish frigate, from which tbey escaped, and hy the third, that having.been impressca from a Bri'tsh merchant pl:ip,he had tccept-,-d the recruiting bounty under that idur.5,and w::h u view to alleviate his situation till he could escape to hU own country : that the attack was Vmade during a period of negotiation, ccin the midst of friendly assurances irom the British governnvtut. The Drinied papers herewith sent will enable you Co judge of the &pirit which has been roustd by the cccii- . f t - ion. it pervaaes tne wnoie commu nity ; is abolishing the distinctions of party , and regarding only the in dignity olTered to the sovereignty fcc Mag of the na ion, and the blood of ci tizens no wantonly and wicktdly shed, derHands in the loirdest tone au ho norable reparation.- . ", . .;Wiilt this demand you are charg ed by the President., The tenor of his pioclamation will ie your guide in reminding die British government 6f the uniform proofs given by the UnL Lrd States of the jrdisposition to main lain faithfully every friendly relation; of the muItipJied'infractions of tht ir rights by B. itish naval commanders on our coasts and in Our haibers ; of the i;cfTicacy of reiterated appeals to the justice arid friendship of that go vernment ; and of the uvxicration on the part of the United States, whith reiterated disappointments J had not extinguished , till at length no alter tictive is left, but a voluntary satis faction on the part of Great-Britain, jr a resort to means depending on the United States a Ion e;; ' . The nature and extent of the satis faction ought1 to be suggested to the B ri itshv- go i vernrn ent, not less bjTa tense of ttsjijvn honor than by justice! o that tif the, United State's.. : A for- m disavowal of the decdand resto .i'jf.f'f jhe: four seatiiento the ship jnim'4 vrhiclr they vrere ttaken, ,ore inings ot, course, ancimnspciisauleJ :A a aecurity for. the futurc.an entire abolition. of jmpressinents fromTes 5tb ondefthe "flag of the U. SuteSi if not "already; arranged, is afsoto make an indispent-ae part of the sa- tisfact-.Sn. The abolition ratlst be on terms' compatible th the instruc tions to yourself arp Mr, .Pinkney ron thisbbbiect , anau tsinic run out the authorised rejection frdrn' the ei vice of the United, Stales of Bri tih seamen who hart nci been two years in it. Should , it be impossi ble to avoid this concession on the part cf the United States, it ought, as of itself more fhan a reasonable price for future security to extend the re paration due Itlr the pastPAV '- liutoeyonotnese intupen?aDWCon- diiions.the United btatesfaave a righti texpect every aclemntty of form and every other ingredient of retribution' and rpect which accon!ing,to.usage and the sentiments of mankind, are proper in the stjongest cases of in-1 suit to the iiirhtand sovereignty of! a nation. And t'ar British 'guvern mciu is to be apprjsed of the impor Tonce of a full compliance with this expectation l'i the thorough-healing A the wound which ;hs been madfc i i the feelings of the mevican na ion. Should it be alledged as a ground tor declining or diminishing the satis faction in this case, that the United Slates have themselves taken it by ! the interdict contained in thw: procla mation, the answer will be obvious 1 he interdict is a measure, not o reparation, but of precaution, and would besides be amply justified by occurrences prior to tile extraordi nary outrage in question. , The exclusion of all armed ships whatever from our waters, is in fact o much required (b the vexations nd dangers to our peace experienc ed from their visits, that the Presi dent makes it a spetSal pft of the charge to you, to avoid' laying -he United States under aDypecies of rest aim from adopting thdt remedy. Being extended to all belligerent na tion, none of.ihem cou of right complain, and with the lcjss reason, as the Klicy of most nations has li mited the admission of foreign ships of war into their:orts,!to such num ber as being inferior to the naval force of the country, ctiuld be readily made V respect its authority Sc law- As it may be useful in enforcing the justice of the present demand, to bring into view- -apjlimble cases,! especially where-Gret-B;itain has been the complaining txuty, I refer! you to the ground taken and the Jan- j guage held by her, in tlioe of Fa'k land's island and NootkA Sound not withstanding the asserion of Spain in both cases, that the real right was in her, and the possessory only in Great-BiiLuru Thrse cases will! b:. found m the AnnualRegisters foi 1771, and 1790, and in. the parlia mentary debates for those years. In thejatter you will find also two cases referred to, in . one of which the French King sent an Ambassador extraordinary othe Kingof Sardinia, in the most public and solemn man ner, with an apology for an infringer ment of his territorial rights in the pursuit of a smugler and mutderer. In the othercasc,an Ambassador ex- traordinaiy was sent by the British j government o the..court of Portugal, I with an apology, for the purs nil and j destruction by Admiral Boscaiven of ! certain Frefith &hins nnthf rrraita nfi this last kingdom., Many other cases j more op less.analnphiK. mv dm.ht. V less be found ; see, particularly the f Ume,en .strengthened by the reparation by France to Gre,l-Bri- ': i,7?c'r f ' avold,nK a course which tain, for the attack on Turk's island : might stimulaie the British cruizers in 1764, as related in the Annual Ite- ! fin hl 9 luarlvr to arrest our ships gister and. in Sinnlkt's continuation; 8camtH now-a,riyin and shortly of HumeVbUlpvVthc proceedings : expected ui great, nurnbersrfrom all in the casef-ati English merchant- r' Vlr' i 13 tfrobaWe. howtver, man, whicb sutTefcd. muchMn herH thaS i!f .lMriH e-nviied . cixtw;and otherwise, -from tht fire of m V H reiyclhe answer of the certain Spanish zbecs cruizmjr in" ifi 55ment on, the subject of the Mediterranean :; and the execu-J:1! 'Pft? "T evenooner, if the tionofthe ,Ltcutenant of a privateeHi0 ?1-1 for firing Vgun into, a: Venetian mer- h ?! ' .WC4.W regoire chaptn.an. which kUkd ihs Cantain; medf;5s beyond, the au- as stated in the Annual Register for i 73 1 pare $4.- The case of an affront ofleredrto; a Russian AnibassadoVin the'reigri .of Queen Ann, though less analogous; shaiws in a general viort suieuiuiiv wmi wQitii.repairfiuon is made, for insults havif JjmiuediV ae" reUtion t thVGVef eigiity of a nation -'..-'?,'-:, '--' ',;v: .'. --j r.f.(.' w. ' -'. --v- 'Aljhoughjthe principle V hiclras btitra gcd i a Xhcf; proceedings ijgainst the Amencari irWate independent of the queionsfconcerning the ' aile-' gianfce of tbe searheft taken from ber, the fact'that they" were citizen of the united istatesanmnot .umsn suo-; j sets ni a y ha vpjcIj :& ; tfluerice jon tbefeelings bf'all, ''aiap? the opinions' ofiorhc unacqtiafited with the laws and usagespf nations trfir' it has been;thoughtr0pfr toH see K --more regular prootsprineir u, tionat character than were desenifof fufiicient in the first instance. These pixofs; wilf be added by ttfns convey ance if obtained in time, if hot, by the l-;ihe'Prcsidcnt hasanevident right 'to expect from' the ;:Btjitish -govtrh; ment,' noV only an amle reparatio. to the United. States jn this case, bu that it will be decideoT without difficuir fy or, delay. Should this expectation fail, and nbove ail should re paraiioli be refused, it vill be incumbent rip you to take proper measures for htr tening home, 'according; to tlief.de -geouf urgency, all American vr.V aelfremainhig in British' ports; using for.the purpose, themode least Hkey. tp.aw'aken the adentionof the Britisli. government. "Where there may be no ground to distrust the prudence or fidelity :of consuls, they ,wjil pro bably be found the fittest vehicles,;' for your ' intimations. It; will be par ticulatly rf quisite'to corrintunicate.to our public ships in the, Mediterra nean, the state of appearances, it it be such as ought to influence their liiovements. . ; All negociatron with the British government n other subjects, will of course be suspended' until satisfac tion on this be so pledged, -and ar ranged as to render hegociation frc norfible. Whatever ma je there sult of the prospect, you will, please to forward toi us the earliest infor mation. . ; - : The scope ofih? proclarastioti will ignify to you, that the President ha 1 yielded tothe piesumption thatjhe; hostile act of the British, commander did not pursue the intentions of' jit' government; .7 It is noM indeed easf j 10 suppose ipar so rasn ana so evittn ral a tep should have originated 7ith the Admiral, but it is si!l more dif ficult t believe, that such orders, were presc ribed by any governmeiit. under circumstances such at cxisred between Great-Briiairt and the Uni ted StatesJ. . . Calculations founded on datesare also strorfgly opposed to the supposi tion that the ordri sin qaastion could have been transmitted ft omEngland., In the same scale, are to beput the apparent and declared persuasion of the British Representative, Mr. Ers kine, thst no orders of a hostile spi rit could have been, issded or autho rised by his government'; and thecci incidence of this assurance with-thr: amicable, profession ibf Mr. Canning, ihcofgan of the new administration; astatcd in he dispatch of April 22, from yourself and. Mr. Pinckney. Proceeding on these considerations, th fPrejident : has : in fe r red that the justice and honor of the British go vernment will readily make the atone r ment required ; and in that expecta? tion, he.has.forborne any immediate call Congress ; notwithstaiKling the strong "wish 'which has been mani fested by many, that measures de pending on their, authority, should without dlay be adopted-, The nib- wv 10 iproearance nave, at the In order xAy-wxjix diency and secur jty tothe pretent dis. patchVa public.armed Vessel, the, He- f venge,; ;is spccialiyempioy ed : alia- was oa board tht?' Oiapieaketoivs1. way to "a consulate in. the Mediterra neaa:ajgdwTiU bsblt l dwuU rtnonty pt the Executive. - v; possibly beaeiOtetesUnkfii1 cou rse of y our comrnuuications svitli theBntish gorrnment-s: ; v i tie ye8Setaterdep5isittnia; v. Ins at a; BritllrvbrwijOl piroctlt :f return, ,tO:tungian bring the- .fetwpr,nlsgc0ons:. wit li 'tlfrr-'' V triii tb Frafice Jd affid y ovarii IMrv Pircknefitahlic;pppri . lfUmaliicating w ithjou riister. ajJ! iale thef ft conduct ori thc-present Oc- H 'eeivefroimv pn ljfj Manatjion that Cah thrighibn tb L M probaWle tu rn Pan issue" of lhtrig With GreatBritan ; SrJ amM with; Tj$aB,rnir I ikave'theponor tobe,':: H-'raciic oe':'gfteapea'k'with 'Mr, Meh--V" r- roe;'Jner.to tnjs aecrcjcary or 5;ate oa tam WZi h i'lFoRIGJ:OIfi:VJt ' Canning pr?se;.his crirrii ' !- . - , 7 V ' mcnis tovvtr, ivionroq, ana wiin oa . totnform-him thu iieijikebce basl ' 'j ustjbien'.Tei?eo w-it'fiafen cqi? ttf pp'meri.Cai'- .b'efwe'en a ship of ;watr of his Majesty, and frigale belong; ing 10 ine uniiea pities ; inesTesuiB-$ particulsirs of t or wnicn ,naf Deen;tuc ioss:or sorao c5t lives on bdktUie'Aaier icat)"ff at'e'r. The particulstfs of this .tr afisactietlivB and the: rounu of the JusUficatior k-','$t miraV'lmderwhbs I vu) .iii iiiii' iivb av pi vot'iit. vur abltd to communicate to MrMonre 1 f Mr. Monroe should" hi vf ct' ? yeot-any accounts of iti Mr . Canninjt trusttbttt he will ose no .tire;int, communicaiiug them jto Butfwhtever, the reai merits j v ch aracter of (he transactkin may tilrt '; euo oe,;Vir. canning towa not: ww- bear expressing .witHout delly.-thesibf; ce.coc'erri'ahd-.so'rFo7; : whicJi"h'e'?;4' f feels at its -: unforiunate)result; and .asr f l from himself and on the behalf of hisi - Majesty's gcvmmentha if 4hS7? British officers . Soulprot ba beenicuvpahle the -n'bt-im'pt'.edf effecfual reparation shall .bc;fforidet to the government cf the UrutuS ; -States. -. s. - - ,'1 ' ' . ;.y. vf f v'? ! J4mts Monroe, ''sp&&1 r: 01 - ' .feiv0- A-w'JatMn 'Oitj lutnia iv tii. voiiiig, nu is mtrctk obliged ftojhim ibf the information l f conimunicateri in his- bot.etj. of Satur- : day. .Mr. Monroe rjas heard rithi ; f xireme regret the account' it con - v iins of a rencontre between a Bri tish ship of war arid an ericaa: V W frigate crT th coast of t(ie U. States -l&Vhas;nq--:k6owj tkcept : hat;Mr. C&hningVnote haa lunnsneu, out win not tail to couv-.. ; hiuhicatehe:r;4ar1ies which hejrnajr; receive; of rn 'event W 'z. to be lamented, r Mr Monroe der V rives in th mean time jauch s'dlkwfi, faction from the friendiv assuranccfc - of MriVCannirigr that this tinfoi tiiii ':, bate occurrence was not .authorised. by his.M& jesty's government; and 7 ; hat : suikic Kparti will bet maqV tor thalhjtiry, if on inquiry the Brfer ; V U'sh 'ofiiter shall; oe.libund tSe aW-'v orresaor. i '- - The ;Rt.;Ho; GCann-Uc; i r. , (Smtinue'd in tit last Pr$ejs i. - & Pucttttorney' at X aw; jn -Snai tan.? burgh. JJfcmtyig; Qtvrh h hi5Toois. Ho4 -U a CaVpenr ta.,;22jbr3 iyeara' v , i nd ian extfaeVton jibut, sbrte what w hrter . 4 t us uciug t -wiinc inui, joe is very tion ? and Bii Hair has the 08imstiF t curls a: tiuriEaore ihan tt t usun Je $6 it" " s cat very stiort. vHxs ace u baKdsctneiV ":- .na ais -cteasmaii tor, so tails persoiwlie has a ' freePass, whlcb it it 'i also dsire4 r: South-Carotina:' Morgartiori aU thVSo'mniet of ISC7,Tsn f ras af terwa?ds 'Bpinpziijsf at Aim 1. rtBtvi I v m m w, ' 1 vim 'li ! 1 4 SI Hi Si ft .- A' . . -
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