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: CORRESPONDKfcE. ; ; SlRBeirig :depljr impressed ritb the lease of his ma jetty's ctn ' duct;. thai foil cQeit "should 1 be giv en to those vie ws of justice ad mo '. A'ntlon. br which Ins conduct has iwn retruUted ibrbdgh the whole p tnibrtunate' transaction whence the present differences Have rien ; . f thf?TMdisamx)intn)nt with vhich he wbqld lesrothefnntratiort of his just andYquiuble purposes i J hare felt tt Encumbent upon .me, m the receipt of the .letter, which 'j ou did xne 'the . honour to address to me on the; 5th lost.; to apply anew mttpt in: most. amDic ana ritus consideration; ltts with the most painful sVn utionk of regret. that I find myseu on iaereunoi m under the necessity ot Declining io enter, ioto the .terms of begoclau'onj . V.hirh hr direction-of the President of the Untied States; you. therein of- fcr. rdo not reel myseix compeicim in the present .instance, depart rrrTtKn tn-.truct:ons, which I stat ed in mv lcttxr of the 2Eth of Jinu ary-lait, .and which prtciudc me Irora acceding to the condition thus proposed. ' 1 shWd add, tht I ?m absolute ly prohibited from entering upon mauers.unccr.otctel with the 5c object I em authorised to discuss, jnuch less can lthus give any piecgc concerning them" " The condition snireestcd, moreover leads fo the direct .inference:' that the proclama tion of the, President of tbe United States of the 2nd of July, IBO?, is maintained cithT as ari equivalent for reparation-for the time being, or as a compulsion td make it. ; It Is with.thc most profound .re rtt, that I feel myseiruhdcr.ihe necessity of dedaringjxthat 1 orf! unable to asV"upoatb'termi thus proposed ; as it becomes- my duty to inform you, In conformity to m instructions, that, on the rejection cf the demand stated in my former letter, on the part of his majesty; my mission is terminated. Ai.d as his majesty's government in pro tiding me with thase instruction, did not conceive that after the de claration of hia sentiments resxx: in the affair of the Chesapeake was made known tn this government, the a state of any transactions 'pending or 'rxterrnlnattd between the two na tions, cculd justify the perseverance ia the enforcement .of the PreU dent'a proclamation, I cau exercise go discretion cn this point;- As on a farmer octasibn t detail ed, though "minutely," the. motitcs for thtt demand, on the part of his majesty, which. 1 with a much con ccrn It am" to .be deemed inadmissi ble by the government of the Unit'td mates ;-l should here absiawi trom an exposition of themi which tiibly can have no further Meet orvjn the r.egodation, if I did not deem it es eeutlalthat they; bitld not left vndcr.any tnisapptehensionj which 3 migh; be able to remoter 1 'shall therefore' take a short review of the trin taction - which has : given rise to these discussions in ofder 1 the more correctly todetrvmuie the soundness i of the principles1- upon, whichvthat demand I raadeA':- ""Jv" " Certain deserters from his tnajei ty's navv, many of them his tiatural orn subjects baring "entered into oe service-; ot-me unnea utes, ere rcneatedlrnd fruitlessly ' d landed by the; Bdtfsri . officers, of e recruiting oGcen ofthe United Stiles rbyterV retamtd in tHeir - w service.. A Sjt, was a matter of notoriety that t ev eral of thc.se dc rters were on, board the frigate, of tne United States, the Chesapeake, T weredcmAnded of ihaV frigate the high'ieai, by hisNnojesty's . Popard and all; knowledge of . tbtir preicnce cn hoard l.inrr denl di she was a tracked, ;'- and 'fonr of v;n, one atow'edlf a tiattveT En-! c;;'r"an were 'taken cct -Ot her. i I -f Uoncf hQvr" r circumVtantcs uit irx thcir naiurelfad proved mzj. uodouweuiy by.no jtiatiEea, ; this" acroItKc Bri- $;:- r : v.-: . . v ' 7 rrm v - v -vywr.iujtt wnic.uiey. 1 uemanacr rcar;'xaattc:uilSep' lance of hex,- nutivet- el tiy-:rKW nn tish oClctri; ' tYs majestya ' govern-. audi onditions,Mhat oly the ihree re. tsrr tiatUrallr led ttMhe sup- ! rnentt directed that a ixwitVve disa- last Bmish -ships bf ar, which position' that . theywereobjects of vbwalof the right ofaearcri Asserted havemered these. portsun pub- particular fcGsdlity;od thjataitate lriiiU ' oriri Arth.a of the lie businest, tv6 ol themjvhis; ma. of war against heni retiuirlnpre British officer, as being, unauthoriz- d i 'Bhri nrnmUir of reoaratl'on. I should be conveyed to the American ' . rr ; - . minister la'-l-ondon, beiore he had niade ani presentation bf brder of the Unrted States. - , . , I " This' disavowal niade on th6 se-1 rimd liar nt Alirust lasi iraDV II milled littVrt h him tr M toYernmi-nt: before the.Cih .of: tbat morith ii- but I before Mr: Monroe had received his 1 orders to demand reparation, his I maiesty learnt, with what sdrprite i it is needless to dwell unon, mat the If President of the:Uhited States had Interdicted by proclamation, bearing date thff 2d Juir. IBU7. tneentrvoil all their 'ports to the whole of his navy. this surprize .was certainly J increased, when In the letter deli-1 vcred by. tliat tninistcri.to require f tdres for the wronp, although it I went into details unconnected with it ; not only no concern was express- It ed on tnCypart or ne unnea oiaje. ii at havinff felt themselvesCompelled II lo'enact measures of s rnuch inju-1 ry and indignity towards a friendly power, out na nienuon was maoe of the causes" of such incisures be ing resorted to, or even of the fac: of thefr having Seen adopted. In addition tb the embarfas'Sment aris ing from these circua atahcts, and the insurnciency.of the explanations subsequently given to Mr. Canning ; the introduction of a bubject foreign io tnai ox me compiaiuii uecause the mairtimptdiment to the success I cf the discussion which took plucr j in London, when I had the'honoU to open the negociation, with you, sir, as I had learnt that the Presi- ueni s proclamation was still in iorce it became myduty, tbnformably to my.mstructions, to require its recall, sion ; had not ordered consideration reparation as hardly possible have been recalled, immediately Up-1 on the knowledge of: his 'majesty's disavowal of the attack on the Ches- ape ate, as an unauihonsed act; uut nis majesty couia noi sunerme negociation to be carried on, on his bcbalf, under an interdict, which even if lustifiablein the first moment II of irritation, cannct; be-" continued It might ha ve been fairly con- the first insiance, the tended, that in exercise of such an act of power, be- fore reparation was refused or unduvli ly protracted ; was ' incompatible I with the purposes and essence of f pacific negociationV and with a de- mand bf ledress. throughjhat cban- oci oui aucn uavc uceniiis uiajcs-j i tv s conciliatory views, mat this ar- gument has not been insisted on, although it mijht now.be the more II lorcibly urged, as it appears that the I government of the .united btates was fnim the firt sensible that, e- If ven had hostility been meditated by the British. povcrnraentf it. would I ; hot have commenced it in ' such a i it not been in Ibrcc, I was means ot conciliation are precluded, I their right in what, they had assum- deed with the just object of my-ims-El, to have taken it into 1 he right to demand reparation is ed . f ioni, direct it eoibdwer metb enteftv p-r in the adiustment of incompatible with the assumption Ii From the considerations thusCbf-1 upon", matters not connected twr.h , y I and it was considered II of it. When parties are ia a state I fered, I trust that neither thejorder that oftheQJesape.alei,. and thW Ji , that it should not of mutual hostility, they are so far of reason, or that of usage, tare in could1 with theHess TirohHetv -datJ- ' Ml after the declaiatlonof his majesty's rhaticn, upldthe. present moment, natural that it shoOldtofier sentiments upon the transaction, ex- is a measure of self-assumed repa-l hisraajesty's goirerrtrtient. " It cept irra spirit oi nosiiuty.- , . I ration, it ,is directly repugnant to 1 tainly conceived the rresident's uit,tiiiu4i,suitiH' wiiuiiucu ujj ii is in aiuuy oy an ucrsuus uuminir nil vouiu ue nnriuy sausiaeiuiy io me, to -the present ume, of .measures authority tinder' his majesty's 'go- ifl could feel. rrisW highlyun friendly in their tendency, vcrpment, Crom the disavowal of the, pressing .o1iha(iinesyJ' persisted in ; not only, alter, the dis pretension of the search of national an Vegrec Qofnclden avowal in question' the promise' of ships ; and from f the further ssdr- dplnkihs yqu3ih tte'proffer of suitable . reparation; U aHce bf -Hhat disavowal - given In . his' when; thits'appeaied fo; 40JdliakiSg theyenewed- assurances of his rda- majesty; V p'roclaraation' df life ; j 6th; every al lb wace-ibthe Jrtation jtyVamicablft.disposilionv,'butV Jtjf October Jast . ivKeitherTunder tlieimomejit,ul aller- secu'rify hw '.been-give ft "Iii these' tohcurrent 'circumstances tan cxtr(mSvidrin piiblit i;instnimfent:-Uarindate;Uie the plea of necessity belmkihtaihed, Great 'BritvbftaVft l$th bf October UOT that the and if such; a proVeedfnghas wVthe of Q:ireno1y) n cJaimtp the seizure of desetiefs from plek of heceXsityi if assuieS the char aiicle the;national ships -Qf other poorersf racter of aggfessohK' If these'-coi-' rnef Wd'fer cannot agairfbe bixiught forward by 'current .sectiriUes. against? Such, an that ernnd ySio7iiii0 his majesty's nival 6fEcers;it is on- apbrelienslon ave'-ariy, Taltlethe; aeSiqt'dircctinmeai n,c".tft!dwPn'Jdjnfy TiCccssity Tid?Iongervexi3tsr jf they 17 Tery drsprbpottidnterto and indignity to whith his majesty's "are of noaiasi negbciationvcannbl knew wki att nb service is exposed both 'as pouching be aempted;;as;;ihe basisupon- arid boiji in its;ttrms the freedom and security of corres- yfhich iV rests, the mutual confidence so injurious t6rth:vernWiiir nondencepf.; his; agents,! arid accre:-. bf tUe iwofpajUeaoUid be' wholly whYcli'thatiaend dited ministers of fhe;ynited Sttes; v anting yM&tl arc4anrXdin w 7 - - 2ufB iromaA measure; fpm th Womeht aftef the lmfotf.i bbth: naUons the; feelings Sunder which In, time pfiwar, f excludes the huhate wholeof f his-; navy from ; all their hisaiesly davaimmandei i lit rfn'osfmlV ports kwbich ports are :. cdmpletejy these 4tersiiad r iscerUlheVthat: letirnrord-VoWis 1f,P:H,?.5-:.M neebfthaL;pdpularUury2il Usiis tuen , Seated, thcye jasdeubicct.to. . were coram tted- arid Iw.tvhUh ih& AfrrXA& :i vafc' , jesty VshipiStatira, having on. board a rninisteraent. out -for' the adjust- I J!n..r.t:'L ,11.. meni 01 tne prescni oiocrcucea, ana a 5cnpancr( ucuwug .uiavvv m consequence ; of theie inability to ptpciire puois, were pougep. ia enter I thei'C waters without such assistance, I Trwit auvww.iv Lvuoiut i auiC f l dancer. Great Britain, ly. the forms established, could repair the wrongs, committed, even to the- sausractjon 1 of the ! United States, , no49therwise I than by the channel ot negociation ; II yci,-anc avowcu umK-ny,- inAi a wrong was committed, and that she was ready to make reparation for It ; Mi - vaMMui, inctciuic, ue tumcuueu, that the unavoidable delay5 of aciual reparation, suojecieu uer iq ipe nn- it putatibn-of persisting in aH'aggresi soni Mhich was disclaimed from the nrsi j u mis lsirue, noweverfmucn she will regret any impediment in aujuauucui a oinerence, m ii w acciius ui uhs iuiwh arc it so materially interested, can she consistently with a due Care of . her j own honour "and interests, l!ow ir II to be concluded on her pah: under I anadherance to a conduct, which nas a decided character of enmity in i he proceedings held towards her by the other party. I know not in what view the per-l severance in tht President's procla mation, up to this moment, can be considered, but in that of a measure of retaliation ; or of self-assumed reparation ; or a measure intended io compel reparation ; unless it be that which, it I rightly. understand, you define it to be, a measure 6 f precaution. If, when a wrong is cdmmiited, retaliation Is instantly resorted to by I the injured party, the door to paci- lon.a footing, and as such they may j treat : But a party disclaiming eve-urged, Vj unFnendly intention, and giving unequivocal proofs of an .amicable uispusiuon, taunoi oe expecteu io treat with another, whose conduct towards it has the direct effects of actual hostility. If then, the en- II torcemcnt ot the rresident's procla- II the spirit and fact Of amicable" nego- elation ; if it is a measure to com- pel reparation, it is equally so : and Hon by the perseverance in it, CvBritain I is dispensed: with the duty of prof-1 fenng redress. But it- it is a mea- II sure of precaution,' in order to se" II cure reparation, or in order to com- I jc ii, ii jaus uuuer inc oojeciions ji I have mst stated. - It it is a precau-1 1 tion adopted as a guard against acts of violence apprehended on the part ot his majesty's naval - otiiccrs, , it 1 1 surely cannot be consideredas being Ito. have been so,sudden as'loaye aseiTectual a security as tffat arising ll'preciucled a due examination of all from the renewed assurance of-his maiesty's friendly disposition,-whicli 1 in Imply a due observance of the rights 1 1 cautions on their pait naif cQm'mec'. ed, 4iio CQiiduct hai.been'imputedito mnemy wmcncouia vmaicaie nwit i .1 uV. .1 - ceiMii;piMwuH;ij;j'rivsi(H PresideoTs' proclamatipn;ince tnat urae sicn 01 inoomcersas have.becn necessitated by" f the xcir- cuuiuuuta vi -uni w4, lUGfu i Hthese waters, have held tio comma njcatfon with the: sKrre except in an instance too tnjhng tpdwUMjpon, and iostantfr disavpwed43y thefcorn-f madding officer ; ahd the haveacw iiquicsceo quieuy in , vanuua unva- tions, riighjy.prejudicial io thesert Vice they were -upon and in conse niuence .oi an.iuieraici' wiutiuvwu they 6etn" regardless of 0eirdutri$ towards a staie,i ia amuywiin inerr soVereiG:nt, and had ther not careful ly repressed the feelings its tonaaKd language naa a: direct lencency iq provokd in; them, would haverather 'rxciieo, man nave aveneu inc evws u was siaiea io uc inicuucu-w jjic- vent ; were they regardful of these dutiesitwras unnecessary. Hadthey: felt themselves obliged completely to evacuate the waters of the United States, especially whilst an etiemVs squadron was harbored in them. I they could have done it ; but under the admission of hostile compulsion, and under such compulsion, carried into full ' effect, his majestyt: could noi have dissembled the extent of the injury receitedf , j .; In the several cases adduced, Jn which G Britain required ; ceHajn preliminaries, previously to efltenng into negociation, she legulated her conduct by ' the same principles to which 6he now adheres ; and refus ed, whilst rio hostility was exhibited pu het part, to treat with; pbwtr, (J whose proceedings denoted it to-11 contradiction to the demand Lhaye nor am I aware, how the or jder of time opposes the revocation in the first : instance, ot that act wnica anecis 'injuriously one ox me parties, and is still-avowed by; the other. j x' " The subiect is thus p'reseptedto you, sin m the light in -which ltiy'as itself to cer- pl'Oi clarhation to rest chiefly and most materially upon the attack; made up- the-fricate of the United States, the 'Chesapeake, ',by his 'majesty's ship Leopard, although dther topics wefe adduced as accessohes." . Iri this apprehension it may be held tbV J have been sufficiently, warranted. by; me precise . nine ai, wiiibiii.aua iue j circumstances under which, it was J issued, and by its whole context j and - the more, so, asthe impulse uih der . which it was drawn up appears tne1; grounds of allegation cbntaibed iuAnd here I beer leave toas- sure you,;; that j wi'th'"espe tember, Ustj ,jthe gpiettiment of thtj United States did snQtjthihc t apjV of somotnerousAmeafmrel declare llia;lisecir.muRtimdRr or less connctd rtb ftLeteliusV mem: ofotfiert alIedvSfrC" Neither vjit it-thfhk hecissaTyrtcVv L , xetu.anynsVerotheremon v ' fj trance givert-inby his"pjesty ' . f envajrAat Vgashiogtapt-on the I3th I 4 u iy ivvtytm w n ic n : ue-re pres enrea jbeertti issued Ideprecating s mr " ' v i y coma- not De.bUPPOhed-ihat.cv hrie,orc6nduct to tftjfeld inlhe nic feociation.and s little coulcl it,D' expected to .pass-jx of$r; . when oa -the failure oC thdlscussion Jtfil AIr..Mroe,; ItdJrected sttecialSr jnission to be enf 'to the Uhited;0 it naa-.tne. less reason W . imagine that any ptHr gtieancei ?' cwuia ue, connectea vtm.that,ito the adjustment:! of whictf'Iara Atfit poweredjta degpcfateC as Jr 3&n roe infchia letter!, to Jftr. (nhmg'of' the S9tlvof July Jast hid Stated CiJat7 ' respeti to other sUbjeeof.remon- strance,- that itwteimpft'peijtcl tningle with them '.the preient;morc seriodVcause rf comblaint t art otAiJ? nion to whiclt Mr! .Cannfatr decldr;..' ed his perfect assent in hU?Jett,eV' His oiajest ti6no,be so,tmirtendIy innjob J - ' suehces tahlsme : J - W reststhaLhe.Coutdnotyrefrdiav -V Jl'i feting ft J ' rirrdt- that itVerWiM Iiava j v .iT r i'-. I Ar , . T-.-iVT. --.rjT" t"-2T:7 . !7-ti- "till . IS T . ; -and tai,F.eihe.ttH ,tf In ; its bir.R.'-eSfofeti;,:;:: MM!j cavern mentJV-id" TdeterminincN ah could lKJtconsisJentfyjirjth any View v tiJ as in order to render iheidjuitmentf X . W ofdiffeencesoi:rsucK Mttthii V- f" more' ous the ie mihistencharged pedallyV' 4ih dther, causes ot oibplaint ujxja - U which you inform roe-ihatlthe BPii-i sidentVprocJama ion tisvHl Vcia not be fumUhed with docmnents"en- T XV lipgjmer fithcr;to?admiUc to'coq i i trovec.t those statcmentsof )nevaieir? ' contained tn Wit r-l.f tQv" A -..ti: : t ot thdse traasacuons 4t e tfouftravrf jj; v i reureseirited to havn..ti,ri 'trr,rJi ' persuasion; thai mvwifVmmnfirrf' bfiSerltemfM lasu'ifikrdifierenrts "unhabnlT 7"to wwvtfwi auctwo nauona them ? I m, mortToter-;jled to Jlhe " Vff ;toj,haA,notermH f .if tbe seah f iieutfal mercjltshi'paf4r; f 5 I1 it for::Bntisfrramen j J th?djastrtem bfjheVnWtbfrt:r ; k t paratioa U j .Chesapeake, ir, 1 (h iRpreclu f1(if fauonofnaluestiontasqitabldt- 1 , f M hutUVs ttiS tHne'c'iatibni I lj ,! e??? kl ( i ll, adjusted of .,-ntfht-Slwtinc lv, Hi.r. j ll q hrs aU tints sentd.'dC ' rorclngheclajrtj toaherici-oFA aer natural- bhniA.Mr ao -fv " ww11,7"Ianr.yesseW of -vT V , ' ther - nations 3 j -clairi; whichf-sho-I i MM1 IN I if 1 I i Hi M w ii' '1 ' S I m'4 ; . : i iii ii ill ft
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