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: r T ' . , . ' - - . , - V - v . , s . f, ' .m1 ' ' a - 'j' - ''-- - , - v u V r ; ' ;-v':J:vif 4i,-?tt4Qv:" ---k V--iluv-U. jrjW'WV Xv,,f'; . DOCUMENTS ' f JctfviyiJ the Preridavf Meting , COltTIXDEP. rxflrtWrom o Zrtrc c.JIr. Smith, Seartary I cf State, t9 Mr, ftttrr catca ixpartmtni Tf State. November 2, 1810. . With the. duplicate otmy IcUcr to tou, cf the 19th ult. I nowiend to yoti a copf of the Prbident's Proclamntion, founded on the repeal ox the liernn ana Milan Decrees. Enclosed you. will al so rtccite a copy.of my letter to Gen. Armstfontr, of this day, winch will ai- fof d you a view of the reservations a.id understanding under which this procla mation has, bt en issued. . To the copy of the Proclamation herewith transmitted,, in, relation to Wtst-Florida, and to my letter to Gen. Armstrong, touching the same, I refer you for information, as to the views of . 4 - - . f this government, in laung possession oi that country, and as to the considera tions which had constrained the Presi dent, at "this juncture, to resort to this measure. , - This dtspach will be dchrered to vcu, by one of the effiters of the United) fwlmtr Kv who will h avtj or- ders to return to hi ship,' as soon as he j shall hure received such letters, as you may deem it necessary to transmit-to this department,. Tmn. JLfr. Smith to Mr Pinhej. Department of State, Kov. 15. 1810. Sir From a reie ol the conduct of the British oTernraent, in relation to a Pler.ifjbtenttary successor to Mr. Jack son, ss' presented in your several com munications, including eventhose brot by the Hornet, at which date, and on which Inviting occasion, the subject docs not appear to have been within the at tention of the government, ihe Presidenr thinks it improper, that the U. S. should coniinue to be represented atLondon.bya Minister Plenipotrntiary. In case, there fore, no appointment of a successor to Mr. Jackson, ctthat grade, should have taken place at the receipt of this letter, you will consider your functions as sus pended, and you will accordingly lake your leave of absence charging a fit per son with the' affairs of the legation. Considering the season at which this in si rue lion may have its effect, and the mobility of a satisfactory change in the posture of our relations with Great Britain, the time of your return to the United States is left tq your discretion und convenience. Tie Secretary cf State, to Gen. Armrcig, befartmerJ cf Stare, June'stb, WO. Sib Your letters cf the 17th, IS h and 21st cf Fcbruaiy, and l(Kh, 13th, 21st ind 24th of March, with 'heir se veral enclosures were received on the 2 1st of May. , - As the John Adams .is daily ex pected, and as your further communica te ns by ber wtll better enable me to a dapt, to the actual state of our affairs with the French government, the obser vations proper to be made in relation to their seizure of our property, and to the letter of the Dukcr bt Cadort o! the 1 4th February, it is by the President deem ed expedient not to mke, at thh time, "any such animadversions. I cannot, howeveforbear informing you, that a i high indignation is feh by the President, as well as by the public at this act of violence on our property, and at the out rage, both in the language and in the matter of the letter of the Duke of Ca dorc, so justly pouttrayed in your note to hjra cf the iGth rl March. The particular object of this letter is :o add, to my disparts of the 4th arrt r2d of May, another chance ol hasten ing into your hands a copy of the act "of Congress ol the last session, concern ing the commercial intercourse between the U. States and G. Britain and France. - In the 4th section of this act, you will perceive a new modification of the au thority given to the President If there he sincerity in the language held out at !ifT:rent times by the French govern ment, and especially in the late over ture to p.oceed to amicable and just ar- rangernems, in case ot our refusal to submit to the British orders in council, no pretext can be found for longer de clifing to pnt an end to the decrees cf r.hich thn IJni'ed States have so justly eoropliinrd. By putting io force, a grccab'y td the terms of this statute, the con-intercourse against G. Britain, tle. vrnr species of resistance would be n-ace whJf France had been constant ly re'.rtcnjmg as most (fncacibux.' It may bcLcl;d, Ihat the form in which i the law now presents the overture.. Is as well calculated, as tne overture its,eu, to gain a favorable attention, inasmuch as it may le regarded by the bc:lige rent first acceptingvit, as a pTomise to itself, and a threat only to itsadvefsary. If, however, the arrangement con tempbted by the law should be accep table to the , French government, you will understand it to be the -purpose of the.Prcsident, not to pTOcecd.in gmn it effect, in cse the late aeiiure of thv property of the citizens of the U. States lias been followed by an absolute con fiscation, aud restoration he finally re fused. The only ground, short of a preliminary restoration cf the p rope r tyt on which the contemplated arrange mept can b? made, will be an under standing that the confiscation irrever sible, and that it will become imme diately the subject of dicdssion, with a reasonable prospect of justice to our in jured citizens. 2he Secretary of S.are. to Geh, Armttrorg. Department of State, July 2d, 1SI0. Sir .The enclosed is a copy of a letter f instruction to Mr. Pnknc"y, baiing the same date wi h this letter. You will th-nce perceive, thaf if the ans wer of the British government to the representation and requisition which our minister at London may make, should be of a satisfactory, nature, it will be transmitted to you without delay. Ir. that case, you will make a proper use inf it for obtaining a repeal of hc Berlin decree, and vou will proceed, concur-j rently with Mi. Pinkt.ey, m bringing about successive removals by the two govern nientsof all their predatory edicts. 1 avail myself of this occasion to state to you, that it is deemed of great im portance that our ministers at foreign courts, and especially at Paris and Lon don, should be ktpt, the one by the o thcu informed of the state of our aflairs at each. 7 he Secretary ate, to General ArmsfrcKjr DefartmntfState, fuy 5h, 1810. Sir The arnvalVthe John Adams, I brought your letters of .the 1st,' 4th, 7th and 16th April.: From-th.it of the 16th April,- it ap pears, that the stizuresof the American property , lately made,h.d been followed up by its actual salr and that the pro ceeds Um been deposited in the empe ror's ctfmrioc. VYou have presented, in uch ui culo trs, the enormity ol thi outage, that I have only to signify to you, that the President entirely ap proves the step that has been taken by you, and that he does not doubt that it will be followed by you, or the person, who may succeed you, with such fur ther, interpositions, as may be deemed advisable. He instructs you, particu laily, to make the trench government sensible of the.deep impression mad' here, by so S'gnal an aggression otthe principles of justice and of good faith ; and todemand every reparation of which the case is susceptible. If H bt lot the purpose of the French government to remove every idea of friendly adjust ment with the United States, it uould seem impossible but that a reconsiciera lion of this violent proceeding must lead to a redress of it, as a preliminary to a general accommodation of the diffrences between the two countries. it the date of the last communication from Mr. Pinkney, he , had not obtained from the BntUh government an accrp tance of the condition, on which the French government was willing to con cur, in pulting an end to all the edicts of both, atrainst our neutral commerce. If he shout. I afterwards have succeeded, yru will, of course, on receiving informa tiun '.frhe fact, immediately claim, fron) the French Kovernmtrit, the fulfilment of its promise ; and by transmitting the result !to Mr. Pinkney. you will co-oper rate .with him in completing the remo val of all the illegal obstructions to, our commerce. - . Among the documents, now sent, is another copy f the act of Congress, re peal ng the non-intercourse law,, but au-j thorising.a renewal of it against Great Britain, in case France shall repeal her. edicts, and Gieat Britain refuse to fol low ihe example, and rice versa' You have been already informed, that ih President is ready to exercise the powef' Vested iu him for such a purpose,1 as soon as the occasion shall arlste Should the otlicrtpetimenr,' in the hands' of . Mri Pi'.kaey, have failed, youill;makt the act of. Congress', and the.disposilion o' thelrestdenv the auoject ot; ayiprmj., communicaUonto the. French 'govern ; ment ; and it is not easy to conceive ny ground, even spetious, on which the overture, specified in the act, can be declined.;-' .-: ,,?;?,;..;ry If the non-intercourse la w, in any ot its modifications, was objectionable to the emperor of the-Frencta, that law ho longer exists. If he be ready, as; has been declared, initlie. letter of thejuke of Cadore, of February .1.4.h, to aiA justice to the U. States, in the case of a pledge on their part not to submit to the British edicts, the opportunity for making gcod the de riaratton Is now 'afforded. Instead of submission; the President is ready, by renewing the non'tntercourse against Great Britain,, to oppose to her Orders in council a measure, whicn is of a cha racter that ought to satisfy any reasona ble . expectation. ' '" '-' lif it should be necessary, for you to meet the question, whether thenon-in-t:rcourse( will be renewed against G. Britain, in case she should not cornprer hend, in the repeal of her edicts, hr blockades, which are not consistent with the law of nations, you mjy, should it be found necessary, let it be understood, that a repeal of the illeg! 1 blockade?, of a date prior to the Berlin decree name ly, that ol May, 1806, will be included in the condition, required of Great Bri tain ; that particular blockade having been avowed to be comprehended in, and of course identified with, the orders in council.! With respect to blockades of a subsequent date, or not against France, you will press the reasonable ness of leaving them, together with fu ture blockades, not warranted by publu Uw, to be proceeded against, by the U S ates, in the manner they may chusc to adonU As has been heretofore stated to ycu a satisfactory provision foi restoring tin property, lately surprized and seized, by the order, or at the instance, ot the French government, must be combineo with a repeal of the French edicts,.wiih view to a non-intercourse with Great Britain ; such a provision being an in dispensable evidence of 'he just purpos of France towards the United Slates. And you will, moreover, be.caitful, in arranging such a prsvUiun, for that par tlcubrcabc of spoliations, not to waken the ground on which a redress of other may be justly pursued.. If the act of Cor gress, which has le galised a free tiade with both the belli gerents, without guarding agoinst Bn tish interruptions of it with Franco whilst France cannot materially inter nipt it with Great Britain, be complain ed of, leaving the trade on the worst possible foV.iog for France, and on the best possible one Mr Great Britain, the French government may be reminded i of the other. feature of the act, which puts it in their own power to obtain ei ther an. interruption of our trade wuh Great Britain, or a recal of her interrup lion of it with France. .Among the consideraticns which be long tu this subject, it may be remaiked, that It might have been' reasonably ex pected, by the United States, that a re peal of the French decrees, would hnVt resulted from the Bitih order in coun cil of April, 1809. This order expressly revoked the preceding orders ofNovem ber, 1807, heretofore urged bV France in jusuucanon.oi ner aecrees, anu wa not only different in its extent and in its detail, but was essentially different in its policy. y ' f The. policy' of the orders of 1 807 was; by cuttingoff all commercial supplies, to retort on her enemies' the distress, which the French decree was intended to infiict on Great Britain. 6 The policy of the"erder of April. " 1 809, if not avowedly1, was most certainly to prevent such supplies," by shutting out those only which might tiw from neu tral sources, in order thereby to favor a surreptitious monopoly to British tra ders. In order to counteract this policy, it was the manifest Interest of r ranee, to . have favored the rival and cheaper supplies through neutrals ; - instead of which, she has co-operated With the monopolising tews ofGreat Britain, by a rigorous ..exclusion! iicuirais. irqm her, ports. . iev has,' in fact, rreverseii ,the operationj ongmauy iprdtessed ov hef decree; v lnsteaa-of annoying her enemy-ai ine cxpcncc. oi inenu, snt annoys a . friend for the benefit of hei enemy. " 'k a .5.v--4; . If the. French government should ac cede' to, the overture,. scoptaihed in tin aiiying us to violate aecrees, as inaicnty win cease fWTfU'nnxarrngemenHQU pam our neutral .riyda w if necessary, transmit thjs repeal, pro perly authenticated, to Mr. Pinknev by a special messenger and you will has- icii.iiu cuc uic reccipi uint. licre, uy engaging a yesseL if ric: equivalent con veyance should toSer, to bj ingr it directly from, France, and byj sending several copies .to Mr. Pinkney to- be forwarded from British ports. L ' ', The Secretary of State, t Crenerai Armsirfmg., 1 Department of State, yuly)XtilQ.' Sir, You 'will herewith receive du plicates of my letters to you of the 20ih June, and 2d and 5th of July. v This despatch you. wilj receive! vfroiii' lieutenant Miller, of the iNavv, who is to proceed ftpm New, York in the sloop, ot war the pornet. n his public vesel has bepn - ordered to England and to France, not nly for the, ..purpose of transmitting despatches Hto you and to our minister in London, but for the fur ther purpose of affording you as well as him a safe opportunity of conveying'to this department, before the next meeting of Congress, full information of the ulm mate policy, in relation (to thetTnited States, of the governments of England and Frances And with a view to ensure her return to the U- States in dye sea son, her commanding iofficer has re ceived orders not to remain in any port of Europe after the first dayyof October next. Wjth respect therefore to the time you'will detain Mr. 'Millcri in PI ris, youvijl be- influenced T by the in formation ywliiclyqu may receive from him, as to . the .orders he may have from the commanding officer of the Hornet.' -: . 1 " Extracts of a letter from Mr. Smith fo Gen. ; AriiistTongy dated Department of. State, Nov. 2,il8;0 ' You will herewith receive a printed -1 1 ccpy pfthe proclamation, which, con formably to the, act of Congress has been issued by tbe.President, on.the re vocation of theBerKn and Mil -n decrees. You will however, let theFrench govern ment understand that this has been done n the ground that the repeal of these decrees does involve an extinguishment of all the edicts of France actually invbl vinc bur neu ral riehts, 8c that the reser vations under the expression it being unuersioou , are not conamons prece- de;it affecting the operation of the re. peal ; and on the ground also, that the United States are not pledged against .the blockades of Great Britain, beyond. what is stated in; my letter to you cil he 5h July, i It is to be remaiked, morfKj over that in issuing the proclamation, it has been presumed that the requisition contained in that letter," on the subj .ci or the sequestered property-will have been satisfied. I This presumption is hot orw ly favored: ty the natural connection of he poiicv land iustice of a reversal 'tit i.hat stquestraticn witK the fepel of hi decrees but is strengthened by. concur rent accounts, through difftrttt chan nels, thati such property, as has been sequestered has .been 'actually; restored. The enclosed copy, qf my last let terto Mr Pinkney, ot the. 19th ultimo, will afford you a distinct yiewlof the line of conduct presented to him; in rela. lien to the British orders and blockades. This dispatch will be delivered you byorie of the ofticefs of fthe U; States' frigate' Essex, who will ha orders to return to his ship, as soon as he, shall have feceivedS su$h desj)a.chW as ycu may deem it necesiary to; trans mit to this department." f &v4'..(Vy V . r ' - - i - - -; .. t . Mr. Smith to General Armstrong t pepartmint cf States Nov S 1810- t Sir As the ground bu which the French government has deeme' oedient toplace they 're vo aioif pf 3jt decree;mayvsbg pretext of requiring a restoratiop)f;the French property yseized hereAinder4 the non-intercourse; awy as af copditidn to theii restoiing the American property cotidemned' or sequestered i under thei r rencn aecree 01 marcn, ycu are aut no med, in cjase a. restoration ;nbe thus and ; not other wiseobiauiied;y toy acqqU csce jn suchan arrange nent, and if ne cessary, to giver'tQsueharr,a?eme1ntya conventional f3rmr,requtring thevshcT un oijne onaicijicu w,Hinpwever, t ake. care )lq ayojd Ln y expre sssipn, s hv pli tng.an acluiowledgctfient on the par? of the United States, 1 hat the non inters .y::iiyti:- .ut, Ly ;our c iaw, .wHici w pot 'retrospec ive, has any analogy Ito the -Freuchile- ccLiic uijuvicc uy wjiicp csseniiaxiy Consists . in its' retrt spective operation nan nominal, ss will appeaj?. by trc T ;ncIosed vi'bpy bf a lctterronv$he. ttea- j enclo sury department.' Irmay. betproper to remark that the t bird secilon ofthVac t ? of Miy,"for:lhe reebve under the;.h;pnfiqto raj her , t ha -French iulisiy wbicK? ; cbuldv not haveybeetrvof rsuui4eri;rn y pbrtajrte vision, pointing particularly at them Hete follow .several, letters from Mr!; PlRk neyj and a cbrrespordexic ; jbu'ee'deYiefal ' ArmstVofcg and Mr. Pirikry on tfie subject of blockades by preauBritain and F'raifte, w'fiich letters' we jbUsbediJ the Kaleigb Jkegister tbq 2th I ai tett,,aBd aie berefbie berer f i omitted. j . Mr. PinhtQ Mr. Smtl'rY . . '-'j 1 Londot Feb SZd, tilO StR,- I have the honor to transmit, enclosed, a copy 6fva nwintiobf the ny answer, to this tommUoication; ! 1 ! t .,.uy juoru vreuesiey xo-mr. . fitreney: ; y , y- : : Fpreignpffiit, FebthMiO. 1 The undersigned, his M?jest's prin cipal Secretary of xState for foreign af fairs;, has received his ilajtstysicm m atids to inform IVr PmKnt y , Envoy Extraordinary and .Minister PItoipoten tiaryj.fromvthe United States of Ameri? ca, that the jK-ing haSu judgedit Vxpe- dient , to signify his cpnimarids,' to the Lofds Cbmmissiooers of the Adrrfirlry, to csiaoisii; a sinci . oicCKroey or the coast and. ports of Spatof from Gjjon to the prench territory whiclr3ill be maintained and enforced, ; accordmilltb the usages of war, acknowledged and obsT?.?f -fS1, .Sf r M rv Pinkney is therefore reoues'ted to apprise yHhe ' VroericarifConsuls and i j? -L ' ''. s .viti mams, revoing. in .tngiandv' trat ine wnoie vi tne oDanisn coasts :ahnv M.wvn4 ' to htaJ -- . -?-y T t this time all tjipresi;auinc by the law of natohs arid the yfespec tive treaties, between his Majesty ' and the different neutral powers. will he a. jdopted and executccV with y respect' to . " .- ' . ' . r v - A . i . : voavia tiv...;Fu.i iu vwiaic.xne saia blockade, f after tb is notice. Mr. Pinkney to Mr. Smith, y . Londdif, March ,21, 1810. IR On the 27th of NpvmbK VIr. vnell delivered to;;rmet-?you:t Brow of the le llth, Uth and oi ihe pre-! cediog nionth i'$"'aii. yt hei. SatordayL.;' following, vhadya conference w)thl the; - arquis ellesley fy: m -th course of which; I explained to him fully, the! 1 grounds upon ,.whieh'jnstritjldo- -' request Mr Ja?ksphVim medtateXrecalJ Atii si between that Minister end" the Ameri-T hbuldhave yho- c?use to bejdi'siaHsBity. with tbfti rial coursepf jiii' govern menfjf ; ve agreed in opihithfrtj: f M itiyself to -phinii: Stfeet,Va 1 - daysYarwar a;hdccpm deleTynovtpraiV th blockade of tlie i c.nki t "nrvHk nrvV of Spain, from Gijon to t; ehiter! ritnry M received ir om Jcr4ei!s1ey ; two days ago; I-haVe Ijio'tfy et"i venla- mentioned is,, dusjnijderjed as in a state ofotoekadeyaqd can government, had been susehtled ' ' H f '1 H ;.Vlfprd Vellerey- i&eptip 'j I saicftd hidi wasTEnnW'andirienly'rani- ".' - f f M left, him wnh a- petsuasion fthaf we! y y -V'4tix v icw; couiu vmy, oe luiroQUCTOry ID .tfl rocf-e :f malpweedinD'yan'' ' 'N:.;';'1 Vv M it wasv accordingly nled -bem u, itjiat,-!,- should presentyadnicial ki 'Xm IM VI teT, to4 1 he effect t?f iy yetbal com m u- '.' i- hlj li i nicatipn;tat4r' Vti - Hinc nreparedsuch. a VttV'r.VT WrJ , c v .',?? a . soe Uxplanalbry y ; J Whicb it is nolbrufj?nec i f ihiJetterttdojcjr ! wtc jromi ine suDstanceo ther justicei?e4ievcifth greater part : ptilbe.statemtnts and Jthough l WasrawareMLhat Jthean ' vawejp'ipy"iIeeT,:wM y; ' tiljngiven JertaintywaC not? $tcfiW.:i0Z r iopecKxSfLtfi hfch iVitUuiliP'fQi occutred .TheyPresidentywilkcfor tion jspd jVgev Batureof4i-oc f& . shojfteii ;aictMbjsi;peri"d m'oUvt hfriendly ftdjstiespe x b tiuctiyeripf CsotoeljaisadYani L v. 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