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VcrAKD CH ARACTER 'OF. Tllfe ? iATB i WAR WITH CUUiTAlN; AH th?precauti'ns)f the Arrien, d, iovcromcnt iere, . tirVcTcJess, tui',-ndtbe assurantcvpf the vrr.SexL .Theoutrage.pl tin: njtoi was ago, xadiRcrunioate UCTttcd upoq the rrevr of e ven VkJjcan vesseU on every, :; ear, fteeoormiiy ot blockade, eta!)lih ; b a crdtr 10 C0Vncit without a k;if33te"c,bjet, and maihtaihtd by border incoaocitr ujthouj :ihep. p'iaU'a of a competent force,. waC and more developed. Thc iule vibm'cated the, .rule oC the war of revived, m an 'r pireced ,e6f moderation; 'but Jo. a sptfh' fiJre ncorous execution. Lj'e 'fcrtsc ib?rty,the f .nuaewah'd.the tr ineu toe cifzcni oi toe u nx ttJSafs, eog-jcd iu the pursuit efaifigiunn aiili .commerce, wtrcr tizt more subjected to ihe vio'ence 13J cupidity of the Biitith cruterc" jLsd, ia brkt, o grievrtuy so jpiold ntehii the afHunoxis of the oatiorj kcccovint the people with one fii2i?uJ ore ybtcejcallcd loudly dp u tbetr government' tor redress i-n crtcctco ;k the ' congress of lie U Sues, paiticiting'm the feeliogs cd rc:cmmt nta ,of the ttmrfuted tjxo the exVcurtve magistfrte, the frceuhy of an: immediate 'demand cf reparitioo fromvGreat; Britain ;. ibis the same natfioiic ipititV-hi h bd cpp?ed Bt itish luurpution in lJ aid cwunteredFcench hoaii E:t b 1798, vs again p'edged, in etery variety t)f formto the mainte tcuof the national honor an'd'inde pt&!ccct, during the arduous - trial tit iroic in 1 805. . . Atcidit these: sccoet oF injustice the ore kandand of reclamation atfce ether, the American govefp. mtprciened its equTnlraity And its etku. Itbeheldmuchinthe crn had? snce.and of her -ally, Spain,' oproTCKcreprisaiwiiocneia m rr h the ctnJuvt f Great Britain tha? led uawoidaMv f (as h ad often been itcsed) to the last retort ofarm I: beheld in the temper of ihe pition. lU that was Teqiuiiitc to justif)ao ipK aediite selection of Great " Britain u the cbject of a declaration of'war. Aid it cculd not, blit behold in the policy of France, the- stiongest mo 'hc to acquire the United StatA,s tMociate in the Existing conflict Yet these considerations did not then fcft than at any former crisis, sub the fortitude, or mislead the jgment ot the American govern ptct: tut in perfect cohsistcnry'wiih R teutrsl, as well its its paciGc syf 5, it demanded by rcmonstrsnces Fitnce Sc.Spcin ; and it sought preservation of peace, by negoci txo with Grest Britain. It his been shown, : that a . treaty' Poposed, emphatically, by the Bn- taixjister,resident st Ph'rlidcJphia, 11 tfce means of drying up very ce cf complaint snd - irritation, 1 ifcebead of ii'presmem was kaed utterly inadmisJaSle,, by American government, because it ct tuffi'.itctly . proVidc: for that fcjtcU It has, also, 'btea-ahiwu, pttaothcr Ueatf propqsedf by tbe L-?can mi::tr at London, war wkle, because theBridflh crov aect, hi!e it was ivilling to teUh vS eipresslyi impreismcnti frqoi American vesack: on' th fc'toh ai. - - . ' n t jJ the ordt, in eoanciLof tKe"2 Jth of toimorUU of Button.Xlw.Vork. W, ?!ll,!,cerKl ofAiearl805f and the d rofVton oru Senaleof cbe rT ltr?lt ofei iaUJ 4id Uib cf Fcbru. rjL tbe HmAm ion of Ihe home Tct of iU UaiUd Sutes.' . : fcliT L, letter, to the Sccrifttry tit lertr JoH-brtr, ISO; Cta of. p! ?if PlcitWig. ecrcury ot MtaT,V Tr01 U:iKiUiea, jartottht' Untish nQmaio,: nnd'tx- luic or Amcntau, complaint, and of fsd :that novcsscl icouW eiitcr. orjfttu jierielf;uoql I penence demonstrated, that althbuV ft be. spojiattons eommittecf jpon Hhr 1 American commtrce, might admit of rpMuofiv-iiy ine payment. 01. a pewi: oiary cqutvaltat j .yet; consu!tiAff the honor, and thefeelings of th'e-nation, I ;i wm irapossioic to receive satisfac tion for tbe cruelties of impressment, jfy any . bthcrmeaostnn nyan cn j tire'disconVi nuance of the praciice. . VVhen, thrrefprei the envoys ettraor Ldinary were appointed ,iq the yea: 18b6.tp-pe;6c4ate;Vith ft he British roverqmc , every ''authority was giv J o," for the purposes" of conciliation ; Jni jyan act of congress, prohibiung'thc rimportfitton of certain aKicletJof Brf. f'tishmaoufcure iptb the LI. States, : waauMptived, in; proof of Triencjlv Jisposiiion but itwas dpcUred, that I the surp;csioh.bf imprcsirhent,ind j 'he de 6 nition of bib k ades, were aro i s'utelylndipensi'jrc ; and that, witji out a proviiioo 'gaicst impressment, J no treaty shou;d"b r concludeil.' The American cnyoys accordingly, took care to communicate to the"i British cdmmisjjioTtrrs, helimitations of thrir powers. , Influenced at the sanrte. time, by a'iricercdeuire to termiuate lirTerencesljetwceU ths'twb nations ; knowing the solicitude of their gov ernment, to relieve its seafaring cii f rtisfrom Jctual sufferancej listening vim connuenre, to asurancesand ex, planations of the British com mission -ets, in seue favorable to their wish e and judging' fsom a stf tc of infor matioQ ht gnyenoirafTiediate cauie io dt.ibt the ftutftcieney ofthoae as -u-raoces-nnd expbnationsl th envoys, ratheV than terminate the negotiation, with ?ut any arrsngement, wtre wiJ- r.ug to relv upon the ellicacv Jut a suj stitute; for a positive artule in treaty, to be submitted' to the const de ration ol tbeir government, a thit, according to the declaration of the B'iush comtrfmjoncrs, was the only arraogement the were per milted, at that time, to propose Or to r allow .The -substitute wa prceoted in the form of -a note from the D itiah cpm missioners to the A men. an envoys, and contained a pledg-, that instruc tions had ben given and should be I repeated and enfoice'd, fdr the obser vance 01 me greatest cauuon m me impressing of Tiritisfi seamen ; that rhe strictest are should be vkea to preerve the citizens of the U. S:3tts Mrom any moTe-tation or injury; abd that rmmediate'and prompt repress should be aiT rded,,1rpQn any repre-j aenutiob bfmjury sustained by thern.'f Inasmut'h, however as 'the treat ! contained co provision against im- 1 prrssmcnt,anu it was seen py.tne go- vcrpmcnt, when the treaty was under. consideration for ratification, that he pledge contained in the substitute ss not complied with, but, on the Con trary, that the impressments ' Were continued, , with' undiminished vlo; lence, in the Aroetican seas,, so long after the allcCgcd date of the instriic uoris, which were " to arrest thenTj j that, the. practical ine(Btacy k of the substitute cculd not bt duub'ed. b the government hre,the ratification cf tne treaty was Dec essariiy declined; f and jt has since apprarcd, tjiatafter a ctunge orinc uritisn minitry ra keofpUit wasj declared iy the Ve prctsry for ioreigh ffvirit that no en gagements wre entered mwjvoD' thfc pait of hjsjm'jrstv, 69 connected with ihe treaty.; except such as appear upon theJacc of U.t. V: l; . . The American poyernmen howe ver, with .unabwtjng . sotic' tilde .for peace, urept aulmmediaie renewal of the oefrociations.yon .the basis of the t abortive treaty until tne course was peremptpri'y iieciarca, oy tne, cruisn government,, to ,be nHolly -inadmis- 5. But,iudcpecM3cbt of the sileote- 6l eetl)e.act oTcongrkn pasted t!u9"Tl8th of ArirU, 18p6 od- life act ap3din -it DiMl tic lytU of Dccctnhr, JS0&, : See che noe'of Uie Drituh coMimljiion-l era, dated the Bib ot Not. lbyo, g See Mr. CaWuis fe ter "to the, Ameri can enTo a, tlitf U ibo 27th OcL 1837. kSee iLe aVauo Utier ' Ihe vie w wnKh has. been taken of , the depart: a1 safeij' ? vpeoetraed the halr:c9iterot:rce vWl.c;coe,rn prjctcd siibVitute tifeontempora bayfWod v rjyer4aDdfjevea.iKho! 0tS-W nedus deciaraiida. of the- British com"- in the hai hors t th Umiect States .iariiiricijp.cc Tiiasioners,deliyered bytf the command of thei r a p ve i igo,v & to whichl the' A nerican envoys refused ; 'to? make themselves 'ai party, or to 'methe sugniesi azgrcc or sanction, 7S9v re yarded by the American goVerhmenr, ;is ample cause of rejection. ; In re- 'XeVcnce to the French decree,' whi .h na(jhbeen issued at Berlin, on the 31st ofNpveintier; lsdtdeci that if Vrance should carry the threats jf that decree into ekjcutibnv abd, if neutral oatrons,crotrary to ail expec-i tation, should acquiesce in such ii- urr patipoa, hi tnajesty. might,, probably vi be compelled, rhowe ver .reldctaotiy, to retaliate in jhis just defence, an1 to . adopt, in regard rj the comtnerre of neutraLnations with his enemies, tHe ; same 'measures, which those nations should have pcrmittedrto.be ebforceb , against the"ir commerce with his jup- j" jects tha't his ra aj esty eould not sent treaty, without :an exptinition from the United States 'bt-'theirtn-tentioos. or a reservation: on the part of hi majesty,' in the case above men tioned, if it should ever, pecur, and 4 that without a formal abandonment, or tacit relibquihmebt of the unjust pretensions-of France t or without buch conriuctnnd assurances up'n the part of tbeUb'ted States,' as; should jjive security tb his majesty, that they would obtsubmit to the French inno vations, in the establ. shed 'sy stem i of mariumc I ivfi his .'m'ajc-ary, would not consider hi ca&iXi Abound by the-present sigti'iture 01 his commisi'.ners, to ra 'jifv trjc treaty or precluded frum a lrpting such me'sures as might seem neressjry fori co joteractlng the de signs 01 the eoemy. ; j The reservation ol a pov7cr, ia validate a solemn treaty, at 'the plea sure of one of the prties,and the me nacesof inflicting puQishmerits tvoon'ij the United States, for the offences of I anothrr nation, proved, in the event, a preclude to the scenes'of violence, whichGreat Britain was tnenrabqut to displav, and which it would have been .improper, for the American negocia tbrs to anti ci pate". vFc)r, if i com men tary were wanting to explain the real de'sioh of such' conduct, lit would be found in ;the fjct, that within eight I dsys from tne aaic 01 tne treaty, ana before. It "was possible for the 'British government, nay, even before. the A-t merican ci vernmentaJ itself heard 1 ot tnat uecree tne aesrruction 01 a merican- commerce wascommenced by the order in council of tbV Tth! ol January, ,1 807, which" annbunced 4lhat no vessel should be permitteoVtb trade frbm one port to : another, both which, ports should belong toi br; be in the possession of France,or her a' lics 1 pr shoultl be so far unrler their control,' as that British vessel might antitrade freely thereat," ; r ' During tjic whole period of .this ne gaciatioD. whrch did not. finally; close 'uoril tHr British govef ameot'd&fared n th'ro' nth bf OAober r.l i5pr that. I needciatibn wl8'nolohger"Siimiisible,' ,tne course pursues, uv me onusn ;.qiiadron st tti jmd mnwimmedtately on the American coast; was' in the exfteme vexitious, predatory and hostile. ' The terutorial jurisdiction of the United States, exteudiog,upoa teC principles bl the Iivr: ot bations at least a le agile over the adjacent ' 6 ccao, wast6ially disregarded aadVcon teronedv Vessels employed ihj. the coastiotr tradei br.iaUhe business of I the pilot and the'fisHe; man; were ub jectsoi lnccssaut, viwicuvc "tiysj;. ty.rargpei ! erc phinclered ;and somei of tbctr;: scanty rewa;;wciebftert; ei ther impressed orvwbuhded, or k)llerj by the force of British frigttavi Blv tish shins bf j war Ivbveredi jrr Wa r-1 like display upon the! coast : block- rl See 'he. note of tbe British .coannissiorieris dated; th 31st lic. 1806 : eiiUb tlie awe'r oTMeauisJ llonroe uid tti'y ib tb A m See thperusriQ council of January 7$ impress- mept5; tbreatenchel tps;andri j ages with" conflaCTa1t6nv' j aod " wan tonlyljsdharcedmusketry,s-tveUaA caBnon.upon the lahabuanta, pf lao bt)enana udprp s neutfaiit of tfieyAmeri was viqiaed on eyeryoccasipn andj at list, tjjc Anierlcan vernment was iloproed to f uiTer thjelgreVtest inig nity, which '.could! I be orTcrCd to "aspveV reign and independent fnattoir, . in the ever memorab! attack of i "British 50 : gun i'np, urHeV' 'the icoupieiaf the U,ntish squadron, anchored ;imiu the wifti rs of thtTUniled S'ates, upon the fjrijrte 'ChesaKcfike,, peacetifjl prpsecuunp:1 a .distant voyages T he iri,i.an government aiicttu irorn : tim to time, to diiippre and ePj aemnrnese outrages f out tne oiiicecs wr.b perpetrated them were generally annl.audcd ; if tried, trey were-acquit ted , ' if removed i rom-the Am erica p itatmn, it wasonly tdjbe prompted in another btation .?5t if atonement were? offered, as in the fragrant instance ol the frigate Chcsipeiike, the atone men tr was soSmgracious in the man ner, and so tardy in the result, as to n betray te waut of that conciliatory yrt which ought tohayc character- , .But' the American- govern msUt,. toothing the exasperated -spirit, of the peojIe, by a proclamationlvihich ia terdicted Ihe entraoce of aU British j. armed-, vessels into the harbors 'ana j waters of the. United States, neither ) I commenced hostilities against Great : Britain ;nor sought a defensive aUiJ 1 ance with France ; nor relaxed in its 1 thevclaims ol justice., ,;upoa the honor of both nationa. r . ; .. , The rival ambition, of G; Britain 1 aod,France, nov?, ho wever aobroach ! cJ thecasUmm4tion1! which,' involv j ipg the dpstructron ol all neutral riphts I upon an avowed. p r 2 nci plet o f ad doc ; cmiLVnot fail to render an actual ?tate ot war, comparatively more sate and mpre. prosperous, thq the- imaginary state of peace, to Wh rch centrals were reduced I he jusrahdjmpahrlcbb cluct ot a neutral nation ceased to be hs shield and its 'safeguard, ?hen the condact'bf the belligerent powerS to wards, each other, became the'ohly criterion bftpc lawp wariThe wrong corrpnitied by one of the belligerent powers was thus made e; 8igaaf for the perjHUration'-of a greater wrong bythe othcV: and if the American government complaiped to-both pSf" ers, their answer, although. it never denied, the" cauies of complaint J in va riably retortfd an idle, and oi!cnsivc j loquiry inio.uie priority -01 tneir re speetivc .aggressions j pr eachdeman oed a coo rse; of rest stance anrainst its antagonist . which Was calcnitcrd to' prostrate the AmerUap ritht'bf self M gov crnmcoc, aopo coerce tne j n ttea Ststel; against tjieir interest and their" policy t into "becoming an associate in the.war vBut the American 'goverii-ment-neerdid and never can admit that a belligerent power, in taking j steps tb restrain IheiVibitdcc of ii s I enemy, and toVrctbrf upon them the evils of their oWninmstitk'1 is enti. lied to disturb and to destroy the 4 pedndjb4'abhedtheMlaw ot e tionsi it' wasjmposslbic; indeed, tlu; tKc teal features of the miscalled re raUaiorV systr-n shbuli be fboc: niis- k ed f ronr ihewor id :f when G. iiz in ' See the eridence'of these facts reported to conffre&s in Xokiberl&Ofi. f-- l'$ehcyuroi;ot reipettliug1"- c apt IiOt of the!ir.Ver;capt. Wlnioy.7 f th Xeabder Sod captaira ' ' f ': -v 1 ' . Binlaow-the veorrespoodence respecting' the frig Ate Qteaapea&e itt air- CantuS, at uonaon i 'itn airt ICose aLAV A,runin,U j, 1 wuh Mr. &ake, irtVyiiii 0 See the proclamation 'of rtlie 24 of ju to wWise jiirMdicticbf i I 1 tlpii, declareii ttncasUiab!e1reu Jl: execute the Hostile nanciations H TE7r?&?r,w ""w.i.ww ; - a t. 'nonblyvKsvef-afttr slV4he tmpulsfrM -;,f and .direcrtoh" 'tah. oupcusTVthe. f, : t arihbtofrith y ijipoar prpje red occasions his eoverein i the leg'ui afv Ite f prrbd plW'bfhtockaifei,e';AV efoment-jreceivcd; w;tbeurpiao snd' soluitudene m ;ce$iye ribtift-t icatipps of 5thf3i -f ami ait-ractextsj for. acm;rf-'K ::v;..he:.BsiVrm Wirtottt-aihe ;harttT dttirtlv 'Tei'vze-im-;trie a blockade bftheertstj r"ver?iind 'Uifci-. rmrts.' 1'rom ihe river: Elhd to the bbr It1.':'..: of Brest, boih : melui ve.i ' ;: tu Anpnt,! , !-:i?ft ot tjitf notified instances low bwl&ti&$pFi:$ were the principles Uiamhoeenyr edV; aad 5twitt be recblleUell ' the;?nbtrf cation Vbf thelO.Clttnyi1 ifeJ - a. ' l jU- . - .; c i I fSbS-r-'aor. a'C thetimcyiOf .e'xep'tinrl vgMBi I i tbr:HtbeanHm;frorb "';l<- .of thatnotifilaunn V rio iWanlm-ifnSSS war, sv'- the.r:-anvr!euafi : :oavat' ' ' sctually applied bv Gret'Bn- "'" imape ot tne cav, a mere naner blockade mtM&st ' iafracti on r pf ; the law of nstionsTand ap act of pe V CuliVr injustice to tc United-Sjtaies, .it s the only nrutral pbwer" aKainat5i't jhlch it woufd practtfaily operate ' oui. wnatever may nave neen tne sense p.f . the eAmrican Qrpmtnt on the bctaHion ; Vnd wlfatcwer mrht ' be the id? ?pasi ti oh tj avoid m a ki rig this the grouqdf h-pperi ruKtire uhvGretBntAinte a character bf ('tfic higHelt- Ipterest,"'' -ffhen :Jdpeneoipf Tts owmibjiiri- pus coeqitn hfe f$ei- iin decree - of I st , 'bf -i Novfle-rV 1804, recited as a.cHlef. cause fonpja-t cipg the British vislapds tti a-st?r?e;of j biorkaue; 5 that Gret Bntsjn deciarf 3 blockaded, pliesfbre which he hoe -tof o .amnrln trua even places which her uhitecIV focVs", i wpuld.'-'toe-;' iciciipi$b!e h;6Ctblk'adiffi:. A ourinc,- tne coauouuace or , ine ,r renen v! -? taib,iof iheypurppse pf maintainiri B blnclc.ide.froro the' riy Blbe toe : f - poTt frB.esr., iHt "wathenilthei"? .' :" fMM larsimape ot the cav, a merei'ijanerjV-- -' : riucii.Is Vbttretoa$ti4nd'a:w ; m j pire vn uneqirslled'Abuie "IfJ than. to iqtc'rpt'tiheibblnn ;I'lt- of dtiTe'ajfep '!f e'e-irpnce UH'H laa upon theutnbf thosVnatibns ilfefe le AmericatVg ; I '3! aau nevcraa mmca ai we jUStinca- f:iHf tioisi either of 'JGreatv Britain orof't '! lp f rance, 10 tReir.earecr.qt crrminattoa , i . .. 1 '..V - . i--L -'.ii ' ''!' :r- . v,.-. ... anu revt 1 m 10 aupn ; , our it 1 s 01 tomci ;imjr.ic.io'r orjeye that if ihit blockade of Mav490pj wai an unlaw Tut okadC and if the itgntbf retal , iathm arose with the iH.1&o!wTdli;aV:' ta ft'tnldp' byliabellieat pbbri- ta the rule of hltwbrwlldWl V mf ntfbiCll thjscami tVliatbry; warfare.TT fymie; whethef l -! rijrht wronirmadethis3 W III tem.pfblpe'frdc olftrie equal right wUWramc"Bhto!i;rt6 ?dc4 ' 1 :? r manu.Trom tne u piteti states ai op-.; : if 4 1 ' i?oaiti6n' tb .ecweub ffthe bfivilifffes; nf thr rnirxrht-m yrf If fl Jaaftary, fkl7. t Se li. iitt jn decree or ilia 31k yejuiy4,i qe the; orders in councilor the 71h of y-.': Se lord- Uaf rowtw 4ar.ri' i f p aotetovatfiHk;-daied.iespe i.V 1: -.. f ' J -:w'-Hii;lc::.v 4 WiK T: x i) ?'l ''-III i '. ,' -' 1. . 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