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''.'&l:4&W 1 1 . - , rr. .: . r I I -- 111 - . ivpoitTJxr documents; (continued.) COUKE5PONDENCE : fcfcN IK. M ADIN 6L MR. ROSE. 5IR Having had the hmour p ute to you, that I arti pxpressly --..eluded by my instructions from Ir.u mg uPon any negfbciation for lament of the differences 1 : ; ,r ftom the encounter of his 5, - Vs ship L-.opard; and the t ue of the United States,. the C rvipe. ke, as long as. the pro ri jnuti'n of the President ol the United States, of the 2d July, isor, shall be in force, I beg leave tK-S-T ousuch farther expLma t: of the nature of that condition, .np irs to me calculated to rUe the motives undtf which it hi lKx-n enjoined to me thus to b .-uy it forward in their true light. ia whatever spirit that instru ment was issued, it is sufficiently c viojs, that it has been produc ts c of considerable prejudice to i.; aiajcsty'i interests as confided tj his military. and other servants the Uuitcd States, to the honor c. his fu, and to the privileges of his ministers accredited t- the American governmeut. From tr.r cperaiiou of this proclamation ne u:aroitlahlv resulted effects C: rttahatinn and self assumed re fit is r hi h mtht be held toaf u itwiiailv the question of ihe :-:-uut"un due to the United J:--s, especially inasmuch .as :. rciut'un has been persevered i. .f-.r the knowledge of his ma 5P s early, un t; i vocal, aml.un 1 j!:;ited disavowal of the unautbo rni ut cf Ad : I.-al IKrklcy, his cucuimer of the pretension ex- bihiteilby thai officer to search the j citionil snips of a hicndlv power j Lrjicsrrtcr, and the assurances ; 01 'prompt and ffrctual reparaiionJl a I o:nmunica:ed witnout .loss of I . tic to the minister cf the United t;cs in London, so as not t I avc 1 doubt as to . his majesty's jjst .nil amicable inteutiorls. lljt hi majesty, miking every at 1 . l for the irritation which i tri-rd, and the misappre- 'i ;iiirh existed, baa au- ! me to proceed in the ne ;i :i ujmui the sole cViccnti c ol mtaiurts of io iuimical t ' t'- rVvV. V ' 1 :re aware, sir, that any dc- ..."h may have arisen in the . : ;t:n;nt of the present difTer r. s, is n(jt imputable to an io t. ?.:'.. of procrastination .on the r wt A Uh majesty's government : -a i'.t cop rary, iis anxiety to ter t'l.r.atr as exreditiouslv" as nossi- : ' C I'M diicussioti of a mailer so reeling to both nations, has l i n cvir.ced bv the communica- ti a m.vls by Mr. Secretary Ca. tir. to Mr. M inrof. In fre that rin -cr of the United Staus was ecn informed s of the encounter, rivi now by the promptitndV with s Lh it ha iispatchsd a bpecial mission ta this country for that es ptc s puqose. ,v1 I can have no difficulty in snt 2rtrrr to you; uUh respect-to the provisions of my. instructions, calculated as they are to insure an nr;arab!c adij'ment of the im Fortant point in question,, and to remove the i repressions rVhi ch lhc kie cause of difTcre n ceT may have' excited iri the . mfrid's' of. this Ca lJOn tha: I am'authpnzcd to;cx aress my cmviction that they are 5-u:h will enable me to terminate L?c csotiation amicably , and sa fa: trilv. ' lla:ng learnt fmri you, sir. tit is 5nUly as a mrnsufeof pecautbn, the provisions of thb' I-T-cuKiaticn are now enforced, 1 teds: persuade , myself that a:xlur i , 4-1 jcr.tionof his majesty's cop t4":t in thi transaction,. w'ul rc- L':s u'i'"K ;.. k m?i i . iseiu xiio soua grt.unas on- woicn it v Riitcn njay navb htcn enter Ir v , i i . the sovereignty lti?cl -,.,.-1 t t ,t Jreuvd such a demand as madmissi- , v e r .rvc c-prtiisg Jus majesty a Jlh , . United States, - "c , ' v -.v' , --r '. -.-it " - . . dispositions towards the United States, as the grounds upon which that enforcement rests, and the more so, as it hs long beeri a raatterof notoriety thar'theorders issued to the officers of his ma jesty' navy, m his proclamation of the 16th October, 1807, afford ample security that no attempt can again be made to assert a preten sion, which his majesty from the first disavowed. .1 may add, that if his majesty has not commanded me to enter into the discussions of the other causes of complaint, stated to a- rise from the conduct of his naval commanders in these seas, prior to the encounter of the Leopard and the Chesapeake, it was, be cause it has been deemed impro per to mingle them, whatever ma) be their merits, with the presmr matter so much more interesting and important in its nature ; an opinion, originally and distinct. expressed by Mr. Monroe, and assented toby Mr Secretary. Can ning. Hut if upon this more re cent and. more, weighty matter o discussion, upon which the pro clamation mainly and matcrialU rests, his majesty's amicabx in tentions are. unequivocally evinc ed, it is sufaciently clear, that no hostile disposition can be suppos ed to exist on his part, nor can any views be attributed to hi go vernment, such: as, requiring to bv; counteracted by mcaures of precaution, could be deduced from transactions which preceded that encounter. In offering the-r elucidations, I should observe, that the view in which 1 have brought forward the preliminary, which -I have speci fied, is neither to demand con- cession, or redress, as for a wrong committed : into such, the claim to a discontinuance of hostile pro visions cannot De construed : but it is simpiy to require a cessation of enactments injurious in their effects, and which, if persisted in, spciailr after these explanations, must evince, a 6pirit of hostility, under .'which his majesty could not authorise the prosecution of ihe present ..negotiation, either lonsiy.indv with his own honour, or with any well founded expecta tion of the renewal or duration of that good understanding between the two countries, which it is e qually the interest of both to fo3n ter, end to ameliorate." 1 have the honour to be, . With ihe highesi cohskirrat'ron, Sir, jour cbeJienf and raokt G. H. ROSE. , DtrAHTMESi or State, SIR I have had the honor to ie ceive and lay b-Lie the President your letter of the 26th January, in which you express lb at you are ex pressly precluded by your instruc lions from entering upon any negq ciation fr the adjustment of the dif ferences arising from the encounter of his Rtitannic Majesty's ship the Leopard, and the frigate of the Uni ted .States the Chesapeake, as Jon as -the nrocl amotion of the President "orthe,2d'of July, 1807,' shall be in force.'; v :- - :V -:. , ' rrhxs dcrnsndjsrf, might justly sug gest the si mple answer, .that bZ fore the prlamation . o f the t Pre sident ii-juld i'ecome a subiecf of coirsiefcra- l 'tfuh "sadsfacii'on should be "made for Utc acKnowiecJgtti ogresson which preceded h. This is evidently agree able to the ordtr of time, to the or der of reason., and, it may be abided, to tlie order of usage os maintained by G Britain, wheneverin analogous cases, she ha been the complaining party.. .' .-;".:' i lut as you haye. subjoined to the preliminary demand, .certain expla nitions, with a t iew dodbt less to ob viate tft'.ch an answer," it will best ac co:c. with the; candor of the 'Presi dent,Mo hieet Iheru with , such a fe- tfiew of the whole subject as will pre- ' . . f ft'--. ' 1 I liegin with the occurrences frofnl which the proclamation ot July 2rj resulted. These are in general terms referred to by the instrumnt'itself. A more par icuiar notice of a part of them, will here be in place; . - Passing over, then, the j habitual but minor irregularities of his. Bit tannic Majes'y's ships cf wit, in ma king the hospitalities of our mrts sub servient to the annoyance of ur trade, both outward and inward, a practice ttwt only contrary to the prficiples of public law, but expressly enforced during maiitime wars to which she bore a neutral relation, I am con strained, unwelcome as the task is, to call your atten ion to the follow ing more prominent instances. In the summer of the year 180, the British frigate thet Cambrian, with oilv r cruiz-rs in company, tn (ered the harbour of New York. The commander, Capt. Bra'clky, in tioIa ion of the port laws relating both to le.dth.. and revenue, caused a mer .Jiaot vessel just arrived, and confes sedly within the limits and under the Authority of the United Siatbs, to be boarded by persons under, his com. naiid, who, after resisting the offi ers of the port in the. legal exercise f their functions, actually impressed iud carried off a number of seamen md passengers into. the service of the hips of war.- On an appeal, to his voluntary icspect for the laws, he first l ukd to'gixe up the offender to jus- ice, and finally repelled the ofheer lurged with the regular process for .he purpose. This procedure was not only a fla grant insult toHhe sovereignty of ihe nation, but an infraction of its neu trality also, which did not permit a belligerent ship thus to augment its force within. the neutral territory To finish the scenr, this commander went so far as to deel -re, in an offi cial letter to the minister plenipoten tiary of his Britannic Majesty, and by him communicated to this go vernment, that he considered his ship, whilst lying in the haibor of New Yo k, a having dominion around her within the distance of her buoys. All thtse circumstances were duly made known to the Bt'uish govcrn mvnt, in just expectation of honora ble reparation. None has ever b-en ffered, Capt Dudley was advanced from his frigate to the command of a snip of the line. : - At a subsequent period, several British frigates under the command of Capt. Whitby, of the Leander, pur suing the.practice of vexing the in ward and outward trade of our ports, arid hovering for that purpose about he entrance of that 'of New-York,' closed a series of irregularities, with an attempt to arrest a coasting res sel, on board of which an American citiz- n was killed by a cannon ball vhich entered the vessel whilst with in lessrthan a mile.from thehore. The blood of a citrren thus mur dered, in a trade from one lb another port of his own country, and within the santtuaij;f its territorial juris diction, couM not fail to arouse the seh'ibitky of the public, and to make a solemn appeal tPitbe'Uaticq. of ths British iivernmentrThe case was presented moreover, to' that govern -nient by this, in the accent which it renuired ; and 'with due confidence thai the offender would receive than exemplary punishment which he de served. Tliat die re might be no fai lure of legal proof of a fact sufficien t ly notorious of itself, unexceptiQna-.j ble whoesse&'were Sent to Q Britain made since the trialwas over, conciliatory offcringtolhe disappoint ment Of his country at stjch a A case of another character red in the month of September, Thelmpetueux, a French ship of 74 gun-f, when" aground within V few , , hundred yams ot tn snore 01 ixonn- j ( Carolina, ahd therefore visibly with- : Lil in the territorial jurisdiction and hos- puable-ptptection.of the U. Stares, .. Cant; whitbv wa .nott7ithsrinfl-l . i y 7 ; ; sun; im vv wv."" viat ii..v"rf iii iimiwinui; ..v. ........ uu-r ( vnesapeaiiC ; vdliuuui wii pronounce fii wafeaaiui tyf -" jf ! ycrsion tock;place on ny other PfAfss'coplnot beTdoneand' if ndprriDeMra p cerelongins JShtJgtS ! has any a oology, or explanation beeo) Vrt iirp' "thaf: nieui. ?itnQUtrtect.'s1ims afcdkrbonsTwftl ! k Was fired upon, boarded andburntijVniperjtiary Df the UniUd Sintes to irom. thr: British -ships of warun-jj represeht'-tb the? British government der he command of-CapUiUouglass em" .V ! I 1 't-'. "" r anu ncmrtii. j oi.uic u the British mman- Jr deriefr nor in the midsttbf the:,hbspitajities hip- lirrtpressed! United States not denied t(Jbl sUciV cn the plesfFtfiat. the gbTerhmentf the United btates had refused to sur render to the demand of Admiral Berkeley, certain seamen alleged to be Britishdeserters a demand wluch it is well undet stood your govern-' ment disclaims any 'right to malce. It would be very superfluous to oweij on ine xeatures wnicn marK this -aggravated insult.; But I must be permitted to remind you, that in so serious a light was a Vim.lar vio lation of neutral teritoryYby the des , tructibn of certain French j-hips oh the coast of Ppnugal, by a Biitish squadron under the command of Ad . fniralBoscawan,regardedby the court of Geat-Britain, that a min'ster ex traordinary was dispatched for the ex press purpose of expiating theaj gression on - the. sovereignty- of a friendly power. ' ' j Lastly, prtsents itself, theattacleby the Britrsh shin of war Leopard, on the American frigate Chesapeake case too laminar : in an its circurrjrr. stances to need a recital of any par of then). .It is .sufficient to remark, that the conclusive f evidente which this event added to that which ha. preceded, of -the uncontroulcd ex cesses of the British naval torn man ders,' in insulting our Sovereignty; and abusing our hospitality, deter mined the President to extend to aU British armed ships, the precaution heretofore applied to a few by nme. of intetdictiug to them the? use and pt ivileg s of our harbors and water This was di ne by his proclamation II ol July ci, iau7, rettrnng; to inese ries of occurrences, ending with the aggression on the f: igate Chesapeake- as tne consiaerauons requiring it. Ana it me apprenension irom tne licentious spirit of the British nava! commanders, thus developed and un- controultd, which led to this measure of -precaution, could need oilier jus tificution than, was affoided by what had passed, it would be amply found in the subsequent-, conduct of the shipsundertht command of the sum Capt. Douglass. i : , : ' ' This officer, neither admonished by reflections on the crisis pi ocjuced by the attack on the Chesapeake, uoi cpntrouled by respect for the law of nations, or the laws o the land, did not cease witnii our. waters to Wing to, by fiiingat vessels pursuing their regularcou.se of trade ; arid in the sarnespirit which had displayed itself in tne recent omrage commiitea on h the American frigate , he' not only indulged himself in hostile threats,' and indications of a hostile approach to Not folk, .but actually .-. obstructed our' citizens fn the'ordinary commu nication between that, and neighbor ing places, r His proceedings consti tuted in fact, a blockade of ihe port," and as real an invasion of the cbun-lH try,. accbrding to the extentbf hfs' force, as if troops had been debarked and the town besieged -on tbeTand jj island l nese;.,isla side. ", i ,: f,- ; ; . teeu ; y as it. possible tor the chret rna-1 gistrate of a nation, vho felt-fqrn irecafj-l : least against the re pet) enormities wnicu uncbntrbuled : whose of&cefs andlwhkh had aUast ta brbltani. shape of hbstilitjKafid- of in- nati0nal authority, or been made the1 occasion Jpf new ! indignities, needs no explanation. TH President h The President having interposed thfs precautionary interdict; lost no t:me in ;rifetructlng the minister ple4l! .naa- Deen:so long I r aiaucc,vncyicieum5uiopain Dcre. ; had mmittedemrUW a ai ,' rnidd hot'h'ave' breathed a more-tein-1 .AcVfifrif3ueiiiS68r A.vres'; fcvJ'he:Gb4i!' : : In nerate sbuit, nor sbkenin a more htrwr fi result. KeComine tone.; Hbw'far it hasvre- rdispbssessed and drove off the VBri ill occar- ceived from' those ; wW.mtrUsionil ftish. setjlewvi T.'ri&V v f ' -. rl 1806. r :V nrohibHed. the respect due'tb.the I LG'oniifiuMrJf i the signal aggression which had been ; nMl&7& t h ? I committed ontheir sovereignly and TOHN "TOSlRi" li i f ontheitmg, and Co require -m-j L;pflu I! ?5' ifacuori:dttc fbr Uindu-t h ;.t v.., ss-'i'f '--H'?"'- X'-x-, ' . . .': : '' ' , -T at once perceive it u be the iyUeslvli fprbve:biih iRjac , asiav oi iwirgii! wnici.ti uai y una; eus ' H, ; - j.insexpectauorji. :vascon.siaerea f. :t as; hot oty: hm'ti-. nien jof bJVfcjetyi;Ki . ported by,knowh ixamptcfSf,vi being the tcmplaiinngpariy v hp 4&&;-l ' naiy,tpnycbunter comWaints Wha ' .ever, aecise. replace .nnt.ofwnjw-. ih ever?-rdc.abiecfrc reexisting;stuat4on.' t Thus inthe year f3errHjjdia ana oiner ocmau suojectSjw accoWinJjto-ahrrpalXcUitb lheir-"nre.evi.stiny siTnation. i::V: i possession f of t Turks usland fbrJ thef seaso5ntbfinaifhtf''.w forcibly-removed w ith-their-ytsela 'H'!rl ntl effects?' by. arech ctachnterit; & from St. Domingov tovwhlTirj island iwasalledgdd o-nfe aappur ;J ' tehanct,ithe Briashmbasl Paris,-jjn-Jursuaie from his government, idernanded,a4 v -a saVisjuaction .fbr,.the' yiolence :ptnfMf mitVedj hat the proceerfins'sil be. dts ivowfcd, the intfebtibnjbf acqul ff f? ung iui ks ibiauu uisciamiea orders ,u tiven for the immediate abandon 1 ment or a J-ne parptor inet rrencnj very: thingrestbidto'tjhe condi1 tiort in which' it w Jsfat the time bl he aggression, and reparatibrr made 4 ' f the; 'cU mace's which any iifislif .', subjects shou.d be fbutid to iiave ulSf J. taihed Recording to an umatipti1 ' ;o be Sextled between jt heGovefnc J;y of St. U om i n go and. Ja m arc a . ;irV ; compliance with the - whole of 4 - this, tfemand. was the .rdsujt -if Again : ; In the year 1789. certairrif ? English . merch an t s hav; ng ppepert sx ; 0. ; rade at IblUa jSuund, ott, Wfprj.b West coast of Arufcrieu, and atfe'mb&i 1, K r cd a :'jsetdenifeht;ai7ha't placed 'thW. . Spaniards' whohacf long: claimeof - i that part of theworld as their exclu- ,v'' sive pl'pperty, dispatchd ;-"a'.' fngatfii'J from 'McxicOj which captured tsva'i 'pi Enilish vessels engaged in the trarlj v and broke up the Settlement on fher;- rnacfi rrh SilanmJicftVr rtimti w"a ..j. he first1 to complain' in this case p j the intrusions cbmmitted by the:Brii tish mehahts. v The British gbe .veriiinent. ' ib w'lfcVeKkem'anded -thalfe the vessels ta.ln.by;1ie;Spaniif satisfaction g anted, previous ft any?,, J, V oihkn discussions ; - f :- . us ucmana . preyai u'ja-,;.. ine opan nish govemtnt -agrpCiil tb.make , luU restbra'tioh pf the captured ves-'. ' 1el Vndb Myde lcicsivm, iu l"eii tor uicasses sus: tamed. : 1 hey restored likewise ths ;, buildipgsand "tracts flahdrlufr. the British sibjexii1had been dispbs " i sesscarjerpriiisn,;nQ:weversprjrj gave jproof of the little valutheyl set oiv the possessi6ri j by a voluntary ; derebcjdo(midiri refhaiUed ' 'r ' f- "'c -c - eahtch;will hhoted JasU- tfough of a.date ;prior; trj the case ' 1 ; bfNoojka xSo0ndif3 Uiat ofFaIkIand?6 c.; reigms oi- tiatibhsbf Euror;Fn&rn thfe bbki-" sipn bf jPortgmoi)t: tri .prthe-jt3 M II -- f i " T . , k tiUkft utk-i t mil WfW?1 tm?s khwgftftettdikerS 'ifdiargedjbhetirstdv - cf Jan&iry . J - jj ! mm' E. 1 i ftj-1 If max f.i . v. m i . v. .- : m 1
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