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tate, papers w.rT, 1 . rati v v rm rwtwi mrw w w . KlUKOVBdK'TO tfa.TaSTZR Jiefiartmax of State, October 17, 1SIU ; Sin' have the honor, to commune Qt. 0 bu a copy of two letters from the Charge des Affaires oT the United States at Paris; to;their Charge des Af faiieYat London and a copy of a cor reipoWdence of the, latter with the Mar-cuU-pf WcUesley 09 the subject." By this it will Je seen, that .Mr. Smith was reformed by the Marquis of Wellcsley, that he should transmit to you a copy f the communication from Paris, that it might have fult consideration in the discussion dtpending -here. Although an immediate repeal was to hsTe been expected from your govern, xnent, on. the receipt of thrs communr, cation, if the, new proof which it affords of the French repeal was satisfactory, it will be Terr ar-reeable toiearri ihat you are now authorised to concur In an arrangement thai Win terminate bolb the orders, in council and the;non-ira. portatvon tcU.'j ' ; ., a ; V. r o o Htirinp thit'vou "will not be irr to wn for KTerai days, this letter, and onebcaiingdate on the I st of -this month, whichd 'prepared and intended tQ deliver to you on "myrretura hcrcare. forwarded by a special messenger. MR. HUSStLt TO MR. J Sim I obierve bjr your Utter or the 7th uluyoar solicitudeto obtain evidence ' of the rtvocation of the ?BerimacdMt- Un Decrees: .:-7':4ii On the;3lh of Av-ust last the Dolce of C adore announce'd to. General Arm strong, that these decrees were revoked, and ihat ihej would cease o operate on the firstof Nov.; Since the.Grstofjo vetnber these decrees "ye not;, to my knowledge, in any. Usance; beeo exe cuted to the prtjudicef American pro perty arriving since. that time; lQn the rontrarr- the Grace Ann Green, coming clearly vl bin the pcnallerms of those'J decrees, bad tney conpnuca m wrvc, vras liberated in PccemWr fast, and her carg admitted ia April.' 'This vessel had indeed been taken by the Engl'sh and retaken from them ; but as this circumstaoce is not assigned here as the cause of the liberation brthisjjropcrty, it ought not to be presumed Jtr haje 6 perated alone as such .:-' Whatever sDCcial . reasons; man be supposed for the release 6 1 the tce Ann Green, that of the Ncw-QrreanH. Packet must have resulted irom ioc re vocation of the FrencbEdic4s' v ' ' The Ncw.OrleansPacketjbad been bearded by'tvro English vessels of war. aLd had txen some time at an rJlgnsp port, and Uuf dotibly transgressed a gainst the decree of Milan. , On arri vinr at Bordeaux, ehe was in fact seized fc ih Ilircctor of the. Customs and ihese erv transgressions ' expressly as. ia .c'thi! ranae of aeirure. When I was informed of this, precipitate act of .w- . mt tWrlMiix. 1 remonstrated against it en the sole- groond that: the dccrcesTunder whrch it was. toade. had been reaoked.J-This remonstrance was heard. All further proceedings against the New-Origans Packet were arrested, and on the 9th of January , both the ves sel and cargo were ordered to be placed i the disposition of the owners, on giv. inRbond. Tfiis bond has since been cancelled by an ordered, tne goTcm-. mcnt, andtthus the liberation of the pro perty perfected The N, Orleans pack et has been some time,' waitioj jnthe G aronne,w tth hev return cargo on board, fnr an, opportunity xjnly or.escaping the KngT h order in council. ' 1 f I kcow of no other American vessel arrived iroluntarily ' in .the .Ernpire of France or the kingdonx of Italy," since the first of NoVember, to which the def crees of Berlin and Milan could be ap plied; -' v V-; t r MS. RUSSELL TO MR. SMtTH Sir T bad the honor to address to von. nn the 5th insu a brief account of the GcaceAnn Green and of the New Orleans Packet. The pr-;f which these casta furnish, especially the latter, ought, w hen unopposcdi' as 1 it i s by any con- ffflictlng ctrcumitance; to bf' considered j 9 s, conclusive 01 ujc, rcyuv" ? French edictsto wbich,T continued .m force, these cases wouldave been' ha- blei . In Addition Tiowevr to their exis tence, I have nowV the- satisfaction fto communicate, ta you the, liberation of the Two' Brothers, the Good Intent and ihe'Star,'tiiee American vessels cap tured'since the first cf Nov. add brought into this empire or (nto ports under its control. I should have no doubt been able to have announced, the release, oy one general decision, or exery Amen- can vessel capiuixu smwHm y ' ."J the only enquiry were wnetner or jhey had violated the Berlin and Milan decrees; 'Unfortunately, howtver,v the practices pf late years render the ques tion" of property extremely .'difficult lB be satisfactorily decided amidst false pa pers and false oaths ; after the most minute and ted ous investigation, it of ten' remains doubifol whether this pro perty belongs to a neutral or an enemy. The time employed in this investigation has surely no connection Van the Ber lin and Mihn decree, and cannot be fxasidered as evidence of their continu ance ' ' i: , r : r It is possible thaCtheSe decrees may be kepUn force in their municipal cha racter, and'be applied for the ccfisca lion of English merchandizeon the con tinent and to prevent their performing this function does n6t appear to be a concent of the United States, nor can the measure adopied in retaliation f i, on the part of England, be justly extend ed beyond its limits and madeuo reach an tmonending neutral power. Which the act of her enemy does not affect.- ; Y It is sufficient for us that the' Berlin and Milan decrees have ceased to be executed on the high seas, and if the or ders in council sjill continue to operate there, they surely ere not suppoited by any principle of t lie law' of retaliation, but must be cdnsidered.aa a simple and unqualified Violation ot our neutral and nationalrights. t. , The p'rocf now before you of the re vocation of the Berlinand Milan decrees consists in the precise and formal decla rations of this government, in itsdiscon t? nuance to execute them - to our preju dice in a'sinele instance ; in lis having time on which sion. After such. evidence, to pretend tr Amht of their revocation with regard to us would seem to be the result , of something more than mere incredulity. ;LORD JTRLLESLKT TO MR. J. S. SMITH. Sir Since the date of my last letter, I have the honor 16 inform you that, I have" received .ji letter from r. Foiter, his 'Majesty's minisler in America, by which it appears that he had actually commenced a negotiation with the go Hrncnthf. the-United States, respect- t.?Ttriiiih 'Orders' in Council Hs transmitted a copy of our lel,cr l0&c" ther.with its.entlovure, to Mr. rosier, in order tnatftnose oocumcma maj re ceive full consideration In the 'progress ot thc'discussionsnowepenoiDg in .J : ' I- jMRj FOSTER TO MR. MO SHOE. ; ' 'f Wubirtant Oct. 22, 1811. T Rid the honor. to receive your letter ht the irth instant, -together' with its three coclosurest-.-pn the road between Raitr'more 'and this cilv t j I had that of ' t m - - 7iiot: having-had any dispatches 'from his Maiertv'a trovernrrtt UtelyVl have not ai yet received the copy of the re cxntcornmnnicaVion from Pans .in xe- gard tor the ; supposed jrepeai- oi uic French decrees which -the Charge: d-af-faixi of the'U.States'ai X-ondoh;has irw timatcd to you that -he understood 'tne Marouii Wellesiev inUnded to trans- mil to me- and which 1 conclude is the same, as' that tontainedlinllieietter of Mr. Russtll, the American" Charge d af fairs In France. ' 1 am however in daily expectation of the arrival ol bis majes-j ty's packet boat, wfien it will in all pro tubility reach. me, and when if l-ahould receive an v fresh Instructions in conse quence I will not fail immediately to acquaint j ou. In the mean whiler bow efrr. I bep vou will Drmitfine (aniake some remarks in reply to your letter, of Octobtr 1 being xxtremcly ;Dxioui to exempjled ftom, their operation every, vessel forcibly .brought, in, tince that there has been a oca- dispatcnes coniaining inc ruvu- w. the Negotiation havq'.not yet' reached me s Under these circumstances I haVe receivtog at the same rtirae you.r letter dated Oct. U in answer to mmef of the 35thof !aifJo1yVf.r XrW&.&i - fdo awajrthe impression which ypa see tn to have, received relative lo the aemamj hadiroade fqr the repeal re no"r importation act of the presentTear. :T r t It is; I assure you sir, with very, great regretrthat JiindVou consider that de- mandi aVinyolving in any degree prcpo sition'sjending to degrade yqiir nation: Suchan Idea 'certainly 'nayej,'. existed with his Majesty's, jgovernmtnt,,, nor wculd it be compatiblewith the friericyy sentiments entertained bv?triejri forjhe tTnited States, neither could if have suf fered myself lo be the chamel'6frconv vey ing a Remand, wntcn i inougiiiiwuj such a tendency. However you iView the demand madev bathe part of O. Br tain, I can safety say that it was made in consequence of jts appearing to his Majesty's1 govemrqent on Btrbnj evi dence that the chief of tHe French na tion had really deceived America as, to the repeal of his decrees, and in the hope that .'theHUnited .States goqern ment would therefore fee the justice of replicing 1ii country on it's farmer foot ing of amicable relations with. England, nr.tbirig appearing to be more 'natural thanVuch an expectation, which aeem ed a necessary consequence 'of the dis pos'uion expVessed by America to main lain her neutrality, and desirable in eve ry other point of view. I cannot indeed bring myfeelf to think, "sir, that your candor would allow yiiu, on a considera tion, to put any other construction on the matter, and had my arguments had suf ficient weight with you in shewing that the Fiench; decrees were still in force, I cannot doubt but you would have a greed with roe in the conclusion-I drew ; it would seem thereTore only owing to your not viewing the deceitful conduct of the French government In.ihc same light that it appears to his Majesty's go vernment, that a difference of opinion exists between us as to the 'proposal I rnd.;. which under tHe'convictipnscn- tertained.b the mw as surely a very juid and natural one. ' ''' ' From the earnest desire of vindicating. myself and my government trom tne charce of niakine anfdegrading or tin? iustdemands on that of fAmerica, I have lakeut thevlibeny to trouDie you a? .r, and lwill nowv!proceed to shew why I thought you had misundeiitodd the pas sage oi my icuer mtu extent in which the repeal of the French decrees was required by Great Britain.' In the eapianauon wnicn yHu.ucaiiu yu this DdintIfrave you that .which, the Marquis Wellesley gave to Mr. Pinkney; in answer to us letter, pi -Augnai .au 18 10 and J beg to refer you to the mes aaee of the President of .they U. States on the opening of Congress in?Dccem ber 18 10, for a proof that the demand of G. B itain in the extent m which iJBave tA it Vnnwn to vour povernrhtnt .rfti months acd : how was I there forerto suppose in the term inpoyatipnsj as aDDlied to the explanaiiori gmn by me, th at yo,u could mean otherwise hai some really new pretension on me pari ot G. BM'ain,such as that France should t..ri. Rfitihfnronertv to be carried in. to Her borts for the purposes of trade? If the warmth 1 was betraVed into in endea-. vonng io rcimc B rrH i'iu,,u, of this soriave any offence, I sinctref ly Regret., it, and I will beg permission here td say, sir, that if unconsdooslv;'! have by any of my remarks led you) to suppose they conveyed any improper iri sinuatioos. as one patagriph of your let-r ter would appear to-' imply I am most: " 5 f.i'J ..'...il.ruail Im'riiit'.fiAr unfeignedly sorry for it as,I entertain 1 the highest respeci;ior you pciwuaiijr; and for your government, and could only have mefcnt wnat I wrote in the way of argument, br frthe purpose pfcontrast. Jno- fhe nroceedines of -JErance: in : her. int? the Droceedings ofvErance; condoct towards the United St? te$ with that of Great BritairVT r ,Mn revertitig' tome cxtraoroinary anu uriexamDled'situa'aob of things that,has arisen out cf the war in Europe, it-would4 seem nexuics-.w.iicpv K therejs Ahat ihe lawless' and unbounded ambition hi the ruler of France has hcen tT origin of it, and)tcannotbe,a ecret to the: U.1 States' government that his plan has been, and avowedly continues to bef not to scrupfe at the violalion;of a ny lawk provided ,he can.thcreljypver throwi the maritime, power of Englarid. Ii it; not therefore reasonable in Great; Britain to distrust an ambigubua deda ration of his having suddenly Jpven up any part of a system. which he thdbght calculaiJ J to - produce such ar effect You? sai however, 'tfhat the, decrees of iserito ana xmuia rcirKw.cv. 1 atrnot being at 'War apa increiorc noi aeeink ao f iriy intbthe'vifitra ofFrance. 1 1 1 V i 7 sir.nt surely cannot be xpeciea mai Britainwhp-is contending far-every thing tharisjdear tcV er,ihduT note Quire moreVrobf on a pbjnt so, material to neri v It is undonpteaiy a very9i- rable 1 (hing'fbVtthc U$tateso have a, '-' yi-j Utk belligerents, but the pe ssjiitial sec urityc free ana unresincieu .trauc win kuy m6sy jmppftant interests of America w not involved in tbeluesubn as are thb 6f C. Brii!n.:p-anWfeisjefcired a. Blow which' she 4 hope's will provP deadly: Jto the resources oC; Britain, and t.fore he British goVernmetir cannaipiji jiyVup th measuresfde(ereln cdn- sequence adopted by them, Very strong proof . must exist of the cessation bv Franco of hemoyel and unprecedented meastires. - ,. . , " ;'. y T rnnfpte. ir. with tfte 'aincerest dis position to discover on' the partpt Jn& ruler , ot k ranee a return io inc g tablished practice of warfare as exerci sed in ciiilizcd'Eorope; I have beenun able id succeed : and if the French go-. arernment had really'v mearitd withdraw meir oonoxious aecrees, u . ,.M'' bis whyy instead of allowmg the inten tion to be: guessed at or 1nfeeu,hey should not openly and m piam language have declared so ; thedecreesrthem- selves having been clearly enough; an-j nounced ottineirenacuncni,;wjj auywu not their revocation bequllly explicit wiiii rfnurpvpr nVimerous declara- dons have been madj& oh.tne pat of France of the continuedxistence of the decrees and captures made under-them of neutral shtlhaVeccurrdffe;w?o the-Ametlcan vessels seizea since xoy. 1. have been restored, arid the foregoing, i very small part of his plunder, is de-' sireg by Bonaparte to tje consiaereo as a, proof of the sincerity of his revocation bv AmericaT but it must be recollected that besides the odic.ci oi niHuogTinB HrltUh ismirrps hv hir OWIl UOautho rizedrreculaiions, r he baialsotbat riH MJt w- . pdeayoring to obtain .ud'ofhcj TJ4 States for the same purpose, ana tierem you wijfas I had the' honor emarki in a former letter, oe awe to ooseryc iuc, cause of Hhe apparently'cpntradrctory areuaKe neld Dotn oy nirascu auu uis ninisteri.- fi-$ ii - -l-I ahaU be extremely happy, to receive from youV sir; the infbmationihat in of the French; government; had revoked his decrees. Why he should not do so is mexplicable, if he meanstrevert to ihe ordinary rulesof war, but while he exercises such despoticway, wherever his influence expends, toUin the resdurf ces ;6f . England, it caniiot be expectecj that G.' lJiitain bhall not uaVthp J? lfW-nossesses for the purpose of making him feel the pressure ot his own systems There is eveVy reason io belipre;t..at .tp Inne the ettects on me enemicx Gre8tBii:ain will he suchastebly; to oroduce a change wfiich wilP plate commerce oraus htihci uisisku i mi me n time, sir, Lhope, ydu will not thinfcj it extraordinary if I should contend that the seizure oi Amencan snips oy rrdH wri sjnceJNnvemDer i, anu ineiuaiwvauu untjualified declarations joftthei Frnc govt rnment, ate stronge,r. tppfshe cohuhoed existence oCthe French ef rres and the bad faith of Uhe rulerbf Frflncei' than the restoration of fi ve 'ox vessels, too.paipaDiy gif" W,u:f1 ctous purposes or hietiioyy ;df h ftatiferiSon". at thetutudetalcen byiAf mcwtit'is a p.root of thtirrevpcidnojt of his return p the principles pi jubtiee; WilLonly repeatir, in answer td vniirtohievvations oh the late condemn nation of thesnip ta"kep doderiHi j MajestyOrdersUn i Council "wi have:alreadyjiad jthe honor, to ate34tf youthat the'deiayr which tooWpjaCjein their condemnation wasiot in conse quence of : any . doubttXisUng infHis Majesty Government as to whether thFrencb Decrees were feMked,tasr you seemag?! quence ot lis pcing nougin iu.v im. & merican cOvernment, upon ..iz appear ing that the were, would have ceased: theirv injurious" fclea-: siires "agatnit the!Briush;oromer4ew sideraetimeela decision took place, on tnese .anips,v,na there is no doubt but that had the V' S government: not persisted vin their un friendly attitbde towars'GBritain on discovering the' ill faTth of France, a spi lit of conciliation? in His ;Majestya go vrrnroent would have caused their re fease mayibe:lesstrupulous to thew J AWTta(.ficiA buti rln reply to your wervation on w -vr-- -rv- 7 brSofiirat Britain rcUUtaii' - Xhmtkehony&c, - phe revocation t)lihe Irrencfttcrees, beg to, repeatnhatlrs'aqm othede-,. mand made -by JEnIarjfdis that prance;; should? fblloyr; the; e9tablishcdj Iaw' of warfareV Vs. practised in ormeriyarslri; , Europe. c?lfer rulcf by his klecrees.o . UlllU WIU 4HUOU VCll ;. , ; ; i- oehdeiti.naCtoti'aCt6 ifiectlils-b& tfherenttfsw Use ot x means of ynnifecetfcnted VenHthe intefeoarse ;of England with. unstteridtng: neutrais,can is oe expecicui that EnfenalhoBditamely enjoingUieVadvintagea "ia w 4 -Having explained' aireaay ine ssua- -i tibnin which hetion of Cc block t ade rof May rca itey view&ftiia a&tV'ivrnment, iand :theesirei'fGfeAtti lawsf nati Itwill onlyyert-toU ir the highly HohtbleSma which ' ton havekthepccasionrto express ot ne iiusirjoqs j michii from wnose couriseisj that measure ema i fcTnea simJereTsatistactiont would give mer ir f wirhout the sacrifice pfr tbe essential ights and lnterestsbf Greprinj alljt the pointis m discussiop bet wesn oqr two . : ,'jave the honor to be. - ,57 A 1 FbSTERj MONROE TO MR. F R 6fyr disposition bedpr6caej inour ! war wan'ottmtalijitiol!lah in her' turhi la prevjtnt the French frorra I on this occasion for the purpose or taK- iSg tfeibtKy the very kreteasurelrefyeAfrom. I; i v. Veparmtent of State, Oct..t4PiWm : SiI hadihe honpf joevey commonicauop o c i xiiwi t m. u , j j ectaPdf pending between our- govern r mentsthejrespeciiui atiennonr wnicn v eaclhas arfehtp claim, and 1hat; ho ,;v depar iuFc fritTw'ijntendieU.in oiirf letterldfiS6pfuiy,-b1as TeCeiveaf witn?the satisiactibndue to the frank! i and conciliatory, spirit in which tt Waaf , leatlnhyevsrj th much regretVf j that i:yatf3nffe?eiVci front ybur'Hveirnment founded on the newprobtpfMhe ; vevocation bBhe Beri hn ahdiiand tvas corr ' : muicte jbtthefMrquisofOT t Lp the meTjfan v,fiajgc ocs vnnw v vuon(lpp,in.,a.docipent oiwnicn i:niq the'hbopr tbliransmUou a copy ) -haVeMbtPbserye4that tlle evidence a Labrded b;rcuineut of th1:cm j tlete revpeaupn ot inose aecrees so iar; : as tney iinieriereuiiii wwwyi ; of thH'Ohited Spesw aorniRions, wuuivi , iwc uch i t tn'ifmedikite 'ire neal of tneorders ftir'.' i a council. From Jhe reply of the M4r i duiiiVUesWy,1' itkjjpl. 1 beeh.'-iost . in trantroittihg' that docu-, ; menlLtbbUihuSdthat theinstructiona accompanHttwbujch have ifraiufested , : vernmtntibhhlei rcgr f thefIbrei cannot but ,be;- increased, in nnauigpxnai fuc' i:uuuuui)imumu iiuivu -i had the hbhbrWmake to: you has not e.vn . had the effect W suspendinc vdur effcrtsto vindicate Jthe- perseverance "m rrtr nmeritrt;nfbrcin lhos ov ;1 inhtch'youhave yiewedthisdocumeiitiff ahdthe! remarks which;you haye roae.K oil the" subiect "generally ssera , to pre i elude ydr;Viewpfi pn whicn tnpsepraer are n oe revoKea. ihanAthosetKat byJyoUr';fl :I farmer 'comrnu.nicbiis hereto tlheoreitna'tfi tionsvand ; manutacturcs oi 3. a mam, , wnen nemraiisca, roust Dc.aumiucu iu tctthc:p6rtsfforiehemi aeiphhbWcve fagjt heretofore sheld Tby: ypurVgovernmef ; ii his.cbth&unicatidns .with Mr. ?ihk riebnv? 'atibjecfe wa5 wjreder-'' stood to haW bet n embraced: Nothuisr ineedshort of theepdeclaratlb which yorihaye nias ceda neiiei m. ucir vuc utc4 ) .- : mm - ir v. . 1 - ; ?. "'ii A 1 y 1- 'i A, 5' I -- .
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