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' '. ; vyyVrvvVvv 2- iifec . V-:A --.-ck .:v2.2?;a2WL tf'fivfo : Friday; 2AyBjfrgfrjgjj FtsS. , I ItolU battle ol thf 22a January, 1HI3 are uoenu; out arc.;periciy inapp ) , li . rlu".attjf;t wUK mnp . . rnhV tn n nnMlif mfflv m tim nf orar. 11 thnfthe: force rin the Amei-icaiVflGi II &oleinnriont m .E.noiiiitr : - hut It Waft . . r' . r INDIAN -BARDARC 1.1. a n Vrl wlrd. tor tX ilw.Supreme C0 C lte terTI '39. Match 6. 1810. has bet d intira led, that WL' rcceotlv mitlc a iommuni- lc :&c SerW f Sute of.ihe nz-.n O is surrendered tathc B.-i. -..w rovfrnment aensioiy parucipa. "?nhr svmpalhy, which ihc un- ::lf, fate of th t -Territory ex- I tnt cfrithi acJ oifthe frontier of thi pirticularly- We the undersign- Committee' .lr hf crratifird in !cini7 K5Ac!ottae iniortnsuou uu uvc .V,rtMm!t:cdad of - your o'pjnion Bh-ihfr h would be - improper for us wuuc the same to, or puouiucu WetuTC the hor 10 be, &c ' Ft- "BlAKJIMtUUU. i;fuVNSBN, G Y L-NSINU of the Supreme Court, Mkln Territory. 16 if Am. Frnci Bloodjrood, Iuh Town and Grrct Y. Lansing. conimitiee J gcntlctaen of the Cilj of AlHjmy. .ie'vf. March 27, 1813. f.M , lim tji, The symp Jthy which t unhappy fate of ihe Territory of Michigan, has -xcited in the crien rfthcUcitrd Siatef genenilly, and ia'.hoc of the frontier of this stare praiularly. is at once as natural, as aislwnorahlei jo the hcme.hearu l.c information which I have had occasion to communicate to the . Ho tvrJJc the Secreitry of Sute of the X'.ccral government, relative to the Tcnitory of Michigan, since it has hrta surrendered to the arms of G. U'iura, is such as might hare been jaicto possession of the Govern grat and the' public by any other chcaeC ami I conceive there is no isprcpricty in my complying with jcvr polite request. I do not pec ceicanv reason whv the same infor-' caticc rcigbtnot witHourimproprie. ij,bc taiU by you btfore the piihi'u. 1 therefore do m self the lienor to twfcjmit to you' herewith, copies of lie imral communications, which I brp hid occasion tomAc to the Ge 8ctsl Go?ernmr nt, relative to the si- tko.of the Territory undfcr the ttiush flag. - 1 lute the honor to br, Lc - M B. UOODWARU. To lie Editor oi ihe Albany Arghs, Albar39 March 29. 1815. Sir, Of tbe documents comma sjaied to us on the 27th inst-' by the Hco. Judge, Woodward, We transmit joa aa extract ot the following -for fullication iq the Argus, as contain matter of public interest. We are, tlr, IjL' FttANCiS 1ILOODGOOD, IS At All Tin;'i;tvr til i vi If tlObil MJt ct from a letter from Jodpe Woodward ' T;l,l',otlor d,c1 Stroll, F ebruxry -his ranee, that v6n considered' your own ' " The law' of 'nation does not justi honor pledged for tnt-ir efleaual ptbkfyc6vrsion upon anv man to bear arms tection. bince the result tDt teat bat tle, farts are. before their faces which tbcv c-nn t shut their eyes upon. Some of them are perhaps unknown to yourself, . will enumerate some which I brlirvc there will ie nq.difH culty tn cstabljsKing beyond the reach of contradiction. Firsts Some cf the "prisoners, after tbe capitulation of the 22d January, 1813, have becntomaiiAwked by the aV.ges. s SccariJi Some of the prisoners, af tcr the capitulation have been shot by the savages. v Third Some of the prisoners, af tr th .t capitubtion, have been burnt by the satages Fourth. Some of the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, citizens of the United States of America,- after that c jpitulaV 3 haVc been shot by the savages t Ftflh I he houses pf some of the inhabitants of the Territory, Ameri cn citizcna, alter tnat capitulation, have been burnt bv the savages. Sixth Snnie of thtf inhabitants, A- mencan citizens, alter that capitula tion, have been pillaged by tile sa- vifges. These facts evince that in some quarter, and in some dtpartment or otner eitner tne .moral or pnysi a means of preventing a vivKtion of your capitulations do not exiU The alarms of the inhab'tants, therefore It V t t i are ine more nu-inv excuea ov inr expectation of another battle; and iney feel, and perhaps very 'justly that their pert and property are not tespecteu. .; Il is on this account that I have been requested to submit to your con bideration a convention between the citizens and yourself which may re iiiove the fusi difficulty suggested in this letter, and obviate the second.' Sanrtwich, 9th Feb. ,1813. Sir,-A-You will have the g'odacss to appoint a day for the purpose of adducing before Col. Proctor, such proofs its you may have, to ubstanf i. . lc the assertions Stated in your letter to him, relative to the slaughter of the against his country. V attell sas that a man of spirit ought rather die ten thousand deaths. "' , (- Some pf the French inhabitants of the. territory ..of JVIichian, citizens' of the United States of America, have been much urgrdjon thii subject, and are apprehensive oC King further troubled. .,. t i I had the further honor of receiving ton the 8ih inst. v our verbal message by your aid-de-camp . Mr M'Lean, acquainting me that there was no ca pitulation on the 22d January, and that the prisoners surrendered at dir crettooj 1 therefore beg pardon tor that mistake. Tne principles of the law of nations, howtver, impose ah obligation almost equally strong. j I beg leave to repeat a request for the favor of a passport. 1 have the honor to be, Sec. r A. B WOODWARD. Col. Henry Proctor, band w icn. Then follow Affidavits which fully; prove all the fact above alledged,' which axe omitted for want ol rooiinj From the K ojj x r b a. DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. We h tve seea an interesting De bate in the House of Lvrds on the American N-ociation'on the 18tH )i iebiujry. it is too copiou for insertion in this paper, and We must content ourselves or the present with making extracts from such parts of u as relate to therraf bone of conten tion between the two countries , the practice oj impressment. .Itisdiffi .ult from this disc ussi jh to catch the tone of parties in Englaud oa American afl.tir. l.orJ liarrowby ts the only speaker, who d eclat in explicit terms that Kotrland c;uld not. phe up the right cf impressment vTMinis-1 tcrs askeu lor some prsject ;irom tx merica ; wht laws she woUld ena.t asasubstitu t fo impressmewt. Lord Eldon, the Chancellor (lorroerly Sir John Scott) descends from the woolr Back to urge this objection to thd con duct of America. iiehvy& fuve been most happy to hear of any mea . , ji . sures or law havine been proposed that encni'ssick and wounded, on the , w b , u . . 22 J J Inuary last. m,Snt have prom ucd the hope ol li ts well known to you, sir, that capttul.tion of the sixteenth of SUt,iai2, fossuHeredVanvln ikjos in every quarter of the tef r b the Savages in the emp'oy ttraish government. The in tuits have borne them with an mpled patience. They have tU-Rtd a conitant apprehensiob, l hen ihc American .forces" ap--3jch the territory, and when an en-ln-crt ha tken place.She furfof VR- mind at the sight of blood, V 10 rt fie ting on the, dead they ndperhapaon the retaliatory vf?c?lf Pnnert'or of the'dead,' cir cruel mode of warfare f iucts, ,s ajwlyi i'lkciy t drivc u ignijbV tevcoge on the ';-2c- They therefore presd 1 haye the honor4 to be, he, a w. m'lka.n, a. d. a Auj. U. Wcodward, Eq. Detroit. ' SanthfitA, Feb. 10, 1813. Sir, I had the honor to receive ucace oein? continued oeiwceu tnc two countries. It is exti aorciinary but it is true; that the whole debate docs not contain a sellable of the pro poaitious of Mr. KuscU to Lord Cabilerearh to ccaac uic einpo incut on tht third day of this1 month, a ver- and even the naturalization ot 13ntfsh oat message from you, communicat ed to mc by Major Muir, requesting me to endcavor to pro. lire some evi dence of the massacre of the Ameri can prisoners, on the 23d day of Jan. last. " . I met with only a few persons at Detroit, who are inhabitants of the Hiver Kaisin, nor was it'ahogether a pleasant task to those,- to relate in these times, the scenes they have be held: some of them-however, ao pcared before a French magistrate and 1 send you copies of what itfey have stated. ' Z-y it will occur to ou, sir, immedi atel) , that what any of them state on the information; ot others, though not direct evidence in itself, leads to the soune where it may be obtained. The truth will undoubtedly, even tually appear : and tfiat unfortunate days must meet the teady and impar- tiuleift of hiitory. t. H In communicating your -message. sea. nen- a strange prooi eitner ox tne mutiluttd state in wh'uh the Ameri can Negociatiou has b en submitted to- Paiiiamcnt, or of the disingenams J manner in which Utas been treated. Lord Kidon presents us with one glimpse of peace. Till America (says he) altered her conduct with Re spect to the naturalization ot our sub jects, he honestU confessed that he did not sec a fair ground for hoping tnatingiand mignt expc t an cany termination to the war with that pow- . . c V 1 1 . er. uut America nas passea a iaw giving to her regulations on this sub1 iject a new scope?aod character ; she has "altered her contact witnv. re- tspect to naturalization. Lord Lldon then presents some glimpse ot peace Lord Harrowbv wpuid extinguish th it spark in a night of u intermina e.war. . : Much stress is laid, in the Debate, on the Opposition in this ' country. bhall we hve reace from tne, media M-n-Muir added somcthintr .havine tion of Russia ? Perhaps, if Lord relation td American' citizens, who Eldon epe ks the sentiments Mi- might be t willing to take the oath to nistets,' no circumstance would ck- the King. It will be obvious to you,- feat it,"but this very Opposition. : If sir, that in a state of open and declar- the federalists would but act as the Id war. a subject or citizen of one Marquis Wellesley tells' the House of party, cannot transfer his allegiance to Peers they ought to act, that "firing the other party, without incurring the a, the War, they ought to fight , it out penticsof treason ; 'and, while no. manfully", vrc should Have an im ine- thing can excuse ma guilt, so neither diate peace:'on tiie: mos ; honorable rc those innocent, who lay temptation terms. ' . ' , :V before hi m. rv ; I . ' . v , . ; Some censure was . thrown out in '" The Drincinles adoDted bv the U. tie Debate on the "mcds in which tiotj was insufficient Vto'peaf down and crush at the firssymptomof def citjed hostility, the 4jSavifl1biiary4V)t A imerica'' ' Lord, MelyilW says in re plvi that " 'thatlforce Vas Such, as ac cording to all rational and political calculation, (that ts,' for jph built fri gSes, &c) wasradeqaate vto Its obj'eet; nrtther coiild it have, 'been invrenxeri, or au rmentea , vnmout xoiwarawing from ; other services what coutd not be spared, I he Baltic forced for instance could not hare been reduced, without 1 a sacrifice beyond any jJropdsed ob J jecc ; ano u ne coutd nave amicip-u- rp ine events mar, occurred nc wuuiu not have advised y the wuhdrawipg tor any .frans-atlantic purpose, pne ship from the bihic 'V-Lorcl Jiver pool reechoes the statement of his colleague , " The fact was, that eye ry preparation had been made consist eht'witli the regard which we ought to have to other quarters in which j our interests were ctrtainly dot' less pryssin'and pecdUar.-'-' V' But we detain the reader tooioncj fr(?m-the interesting extract we' have prom'Hed - . ' lord bat fifjasT. . ; ; " He woul ! hr re cll upon their Lordshiris tn derirle. vhether a ribhr v. ' .; ;".--., ,q i uiway exerr.ised by this country, and not only by this country, but by others, was to be abandoned on .the occasion alluded to I America effected to en tertain notions qf miriti me rights that were applicable to general'' commerce and the privileges of independent: States ; but she Had never brought forward, or stated specifically, or any way that we had heard, her code of t regulations. The mode, for in&tahce, ow sailors belonging to England were to be prtvented from entering into the American service, had never been described." " The practice. "of: the American Government, as tending to ent ourage desertion, was notorious, t heir li mit of five, or of four y ship, in any j)artxjf' Ameri a scop: for that put nose obvious and incal triable. Udou wfitVt ground, then, could the ; American Governmeni, or Mr. Monroe, object to a regulation whrch had for its oh- jeet a clear and de finite prevention of abuses felt and acknowledged to ex ist I The right of search had long since existed,, arid though it had at some times been disputed, fet it stood upon a basis f such solidity and geh erat acknowledgement iu the Govern ment of this coUntrVr that until rv should hear of some adequate subti tiite he should not be persuaded to give it up. He hoped, however, that whatever differences of opinion in o tner matters might prevail, there ws oqt one sentiment of accord in the objet t fct principle of the A DDK KSS. which he should submit to their Lord- SmpS.". ' " - ' THE MARQUIS OF. LANSDOWNE. Upon the subject' of impressed seamen, that was a practice which ! rested nor upon aouses. i he princi ple was acknowledged and could not be disputed bv America in reference to the Government ot EnLancL A houses indeed were always open to correction and American subjects, when ascertained to be suchf were un questionably exempt from. the arm of , - i v . " : - it' l j v " ; . , cngusn impress wisnea not to diverge from the rnain 'questibpbr to offer ny arguments or suggestions tWhich could Jimpair the . bnanimtty which he trusted would prevail m fa vor'of the -address proposed by 'the ; Noble Secretary v Yet he could not j fee! expressing an earnest wish, that notwithstanding all which had previ- ousjy taken place, wnetner in tne er rors or prejudices of. the different go vern ments a spirit of conciliation might take place and repair, or recon- cue as tar as possioic, aii lurincruu- ieencesvK Vv--" M . V " The mouVelet;feJrth by Amc- rica were uui i u'utuuvui .iiuu coiili now bclievt Jthly tEc right'M jmesroenw t:nat'ifrW'Waxnc!o3 solemn ngftt otsEncbmf; ;,wat.lt Was-;- ' noi; tf a :nsturjtrr adhiit ol'rnbdiBca. -1 r JMc ' nons4 Atnicble; disUstGmight 0 V I have r'edtfcecr.tne whole-ntTpvryf 'i& TOOg atrriwtalwjeolihTs ,1 rVt speeCh;Vps0i& Ehie' extrem"niceip0 ' '3, w7ich;-tfie( .(ciatiiby reriewafv Oil thees.UQapat i v,v, .w.' H.vrM,v,v;.;'wuiu' nor, , 'j, tie mart rlft'fii A mtira. tv. hhA r rI : Ph. trc 17 rpperiid:bMdVy,v ' bd;iUkr;up.;thet ; .Si' Hi enacting, thnt anv msfi,!,npt merelv J ! lli othercottntry and to- 'ktheyoatbsofi ifcfJ aUegiariceK to; vthe?Quehho ttn. VVitrr some; objections he apt : M h t frovca.iifihe 3urpme.t the; fanage Ke:d -'bv 'the' V-VJ S''ffii: Nobl:Bontwhb6ke: JlTtvf; he nonaideredhat Were tfte jfreled; sibns pf'Aefe ycu(d be the conseauence of accedinDr th thn . ,S; pretensions CAtt, s iuc putc . your, concession r ! XM ot a Sbdt mtetyp ,arnpjce;He1 'Y:M mast s: thatf thAmerioiris insls;tv? ed on)'odffliti?,'iiri:t.hRVMt -jfCV f' - V .prrsmeni, .inere was no rotable endupt J m iruc(iwo-coun . 4tT$$;' ri tries ; ,an,.wtrmina)a : ' r ucHfu "irawpgiatr-rejciy;to expend,vvAm-: l ; ' He d.TfTiU .Icretary iqhJie eVffPVgiifee f lv f ! 1 'dema'ndsA' .'on . SlVandbV.?HAfe if I for the rcVdpruQfgbr 'ISIfj I,',' Sit. 1 Hi oucr i!V the lmprerrmit ,bf Seamed ears citizen-'! j She had nota:jiJled ohVnpbndVtQa- "-f ' ca,';.ffraed:.l bandon the, right. lAKriva had only , which was j called :.ois -aria ' Cessatibdf,qfFthfe',l''f iraclice.vtia.th;pWm.m jjustedlHe Culd notbut Jamehttiiat haviijg, ejuered inidf itf he Jibpsd tnat 1V1I i! f-rTt'-hl iTiinistrv wmiin snsn w rn n.j'.r v . s the high honor, an'atfih.fo dapd. with the senriraents of a Nobie ymar- quis, t yuics;r that ,wp onghtl tb k bewaf e of entering ihtd'a quarrel bui, being iri itjjight it Q&nlWly.i a . a rc . .j . . i Ahxius hdwever, as' thev were 1 for peace,, the v, would not abandon those; rights'whtchvJti theii! 'estimation tended to supporj tbelor the dig nity, and the- power ;pf ttts jcobhjry. And Here i' -'mWtaio weid "'o Jeoi. . tcr. h.iKsolemn1' pmtstajtkt the ddc tnuc ruMJCfi py-uj xpcietjtjear- ned JPrieoa m'hi J course of his .speech to their? Lord ships. ' He woul&oifpOse eva sul'- " Wv' i jguKgu,esioneuoy ' Ajmtric btHeving, as fie did and vcr mijstv that bur , cquntry couid dot - - exist unless her naturtjhfr jupjeba 1 l-B 1 1 4.-'-, .- w m i bind ill 4 Mil were tooe p:-e,vented. Jrom.entdrin fvr't intoth'isrvi?eicfA$h wi in; tois cou ntry iiu jneser vi 1. ot ; r v States to witheycl leglance. . 1 he neural , born, cubjecis ' ? riKfhta rrmntrt rrwiln not mu .flT ,K ?7r W. te51 allegianc. whtehttfiey, two tofiitiw' ana wnen miss country migntoe; cail ed into conflict, for its afetv it had a, rigtta demand hesu its batural-born sufciects extent to which .jtheinpresanient ;bf seamen migntv be carrictr either bv Lit 'i fc i r. mis vuiiun ui .uy , xuicjca, aicir( Lordships mustjjvVr y 'well iVrjowt'tfeat ? it hacl been a matter of freadent uis- cussion with lUldmlnistibhs Ili thertq zli'df theiv hltc ci in enue,yors;crtairi tne extent 1 to whidkU.mtktn'1 ftii'alitnf 2 v "1. f: !i "i ( I . I li'U' ,-, M , I :. r v. . . . : fry , : ' ill ihera had found it impossible to cive watotjeirjeands aadeU) jArner f ca, tit: it was jiid that; the American; covcranent had : - 5 if" mml J r -' .... r;1 -.V r!.J-- 1 1 mm ; ; .- t -.A ,5, f r . ,i:c2,:2; Mi V' - '"- --fV 2:v 2 ; :W2fi l. - - . ' itS.V a2V v.-- .;:? -V-v.. s
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