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f; ,b;s La ic tic ter* int the jm per
f r fitch wi pi, 1 r. cured rff this j
p's" rn ibr 26'h uTiiri'', in flip United !
opened a c< nirr.untcatioi? v.itli the ba- i
Hi* demand* were iwo.cco dot- j
lam for |, a r o-,d r.mfi rr., and ihc de- j
| y. ■ v on Pitr prrtiT J'l the Tripoliuef j
in i,ur puff. ffiofi and a relloration of all !
flair pioperiy I hclc nr** wife at once I
r.jrcteC in t'/io i ami art. r feme tiifcul-
I j lop /'co, a. i! * uftin a am, that
a mutual dclivtry of ptifontrs should
t; kc place, and <■* lie liad a balance of
more ‘I an 200 in Ida favor, I would give
bin, Cos/ o o dclia s ibr ‘.item j but not a
c- nt tor pcac<, wiicl. fhc.uld be made on
it-irr* ol fbe rtoit fa-orid iiaiu-ii with
■ad om he ha* a tr-aiy, and u regulation
rif|-rifling puloiuis, it a future war
Aloud take piace Ixiwetn our cation;
aid in order to prevent ary fruitkl* al-
tercation, 1 declared 1 would not go on :
tin re to complete lb"” buliucfl unlii tlicfe (
t, mm were foit.'.ally actidetl to. Ihe ‘
weather j roving bad sot the Eafun, o- ;
big'll our vifitlilO k'tp iff, and pre- ,
ven'ed a regular communica , .i , >ii with the .
irioir, which prevented the completion j
of the preliminaries uutil the hiitaitt, j
when they were sent r f to rr e with the .
b ifm.'vi (cal. 1 immediately went on j
fit .re, and in 24 hour* all the officers (
anti ciew t.f tt c late tugaie Philadelphia
were sent on board the Unp*.
1 found that the heroic braVery 01 or.r
few countrymen at Herne, and the idea
th twe had a Urge force and immenfc
4nppln sat that pace, had made a deep
in pitffion on the bafhaw. 1 k'-pt up
That idea, aid endeavored from thence to
r...hc an airangeincnt favoiable to Ins
brotnrr, who, although not lound to be
tut m.i.i wtrom mat y had fuppoled, w?s
ytl ti iithd so InrtiC conftdcratioii I t m
Üb. But 1 foii'.d that 1 h,3 was imprac
ticable, a id that it perilled in, *omd
drive Inin to iZK-afims which might
prove fatal to our countrymen in ins
power,
I therefore engaged, of course, that
on the cotidufion of peace, we should
withdraw all cur fortes and ftippiieii
from Herne, and other parts of his t.omi
inons : and the bafhaw engage*, that if
his brother withdraws hunlelf quietly
from his dominions, liis wite and laimly
should be rcllored to him. This is all
that could be done, and I have no doubt
the United States will, if deserving,
place him in a lunation as eligible as
that in which he was found.
TRANSLATED.
Cofpy of a letter Jtom Hair.et B t/hatv
Lata malli, to his friend end It other,
U ’m. Eaton,• lute .1 and commantl
er in chief t/j eur allied Jot Cct in our
htngdom f ‘1 ripoli.
V. ithout p'aiung in view the misfor
tunes wluefi lo lon.-, perilled ntr, 1 can
not forbear ixpn fling to you, at this
moment of our final h parauon, the dtep
ft-nfe cf gratitude 1 fed for your gene
rous and manly exertions in my behalf.
Be allured, that in whatever fuuation
tfu will of God Uwill place me, 1 fin ill
always bear this imprefhon ot giaiiiudc
on my In-ait.
On returning to your happy country,
to which 1 wilh you a fair }ii>f. c. I
riqo.tft you will cxprcU to youi lovutig..
my coiiUal thanks for his unuiileftatious
of fiicnclhip towards n.c. Hud it been
o'd-iimil, that m.caiurcs might have been
came.l forward to the attainment of my
viflus, the reiteration of my frightful
domii.ii ns to me, it would certainly
have been caule* ot cteuiift gratitude.
But it is true, my own means were final!
j know indeed they did not anftver your
rcafoncble expectation*. And itus lam
ready to admit, is a good reason wliy
y iu would not choole 10 perlcvere in m
emu pule liuzardous in iifelf, and per
haps doubtful in us 1 (Tie. 1 oui’ht,
therefore lo try, that lam fatii.lirj with
a 1 your naiion has done concerning me.
1 Inbuilt to the will of God ; ;md thai k
rfie kn g of America, cud nil his lcr
vaut*, tor their kind difpoiitiont towards
tic. Situated as l a.n, you mult llili |
allow me to alk another cxprrflion of
your Iriendllrp. ‘ou tell me that in
your treaty with Jtiffuf Bafhaw, my per
fidious brother, he has prorv.iled to re
ttoie to me my family, i pvey you will
u!c your influence with your admiral, to
permit one of your vtfiiis to go and ask
for them, and tfiat he vi I give me tlie
means ot rej ailing, witii tome filial) al-
C tie nee to enable me to fuhmit nivfelf
and luite, into Kme countrv wlitrc I may
I 1 t e to ipetid the rtfidue oi my days in
pv..ce.
Again 1 repeat to you, my love and
ettenr, aud I End honor and long life
to youi lovercigi.; which may the merci
ful God cuntiioi to him.
Done at Syruculv, the 29th day of
Jr. uc, 1805.
flan.et's Seal, j
William Eotcn to Commodore Rodgers.
SvaACUst, June 30th, 1005.
1 have been yrfterUav and to day oc
ciq itil with the proceedin. s aud record*
ol the court of crqu.ry, on capt. Bain
fcrti’ge, which is the rrafon I did not
ii cm you onboard yesterday nsorn
ing.
Indofcd is a copy, by translation, ol
a letter Mamet B.tfhAw ha* wiittcn me,
date 29 h. Ti.i* I think i* e.iougft to
do an y any inti I.nations concerning out
rutercourfe with tin* prince, injuneu; to
t!:t honor of the United States. Hr
uiis nn he 1 hall write to the l*n.c efF.Ct
to the pri fidc.it
To mortow morning l w-!! do my ft if
the honor to w .it on you with a state- j
mcut ol the pay Ate the troops, who fer- |
ved wild uic throw-It tl ; defart of i)cr. e.
J i
yt WU^’ir.ZTijfae 1
1 irtl.
It is known to ihc whole world that j
! the reigning bailtaw of Tripoli, Jaffaf,!
obtained the thorite by the imtruer o f j
j our father and elder bioihcr, and by my
j cx I who came next in fucceftion. Dri
, veu by Iris impious and cruel uturparion, j
l took refuge in E r ypt, where 1 was j
I kindly received by the Mameluke beys,
1 who gave rne a diftiugnifh-d rank in the
I military service. Reputing in the Ecu
ri;y of pcam, 1 ha ! ceaLJ to repile for
the loss of my throne, and regrette 1 on
ly the lot of my u 1 anpy fubjeft*, doo
med to the yoke of my cruel and tyrau
; ica! biother.
j It was at this epoch, that the arrival
of general Eaton gave me hopes of bet
, ter fortune ; and though l could not
1 tel! what were his powers, 1 tratted id
j tiic faith of a great people, of whom lie
wau the oltcnfible representative, and
threw myfclf into his arms. We con
cluded a treaty at Alexandria, acopynf
wiiicli is among the papers of C in mo 1
dore Barron, in the cuUo-dy of his lecre” ]
I tary Mr. Robert Deniton. This treaty
i not only ftipulatc* the rccovety of the’
; t hrvje tor rne, but also includes fcveral
ad. . ‘.a ncons articl s for the United
I State®, lor which gen. Eaton will he my
j voucher. Ought i then to ft.ppufc that j
she engagements of an Ameiivaii agent
would be difpu'ed by Is cofllituent go
vernment ? I cannot suppose liiat a ..en
tlemmi has pledged toward* me the hono
of his country on purpwfe to oeccivr me
Gen. Eatonjiidmylt.lt, with our joint
follower*, had already advanced 000
* milrs into the kingdom of Tripoli ; ana
j a gufKi-nl detection had fazed my bro.
j thtr’s army, and all things prepared the
1 protected of America to be haiied love
1 rti.ni of liis ufuiped throne. At this
jjur.fturr a p-ace is concluded, in which
.1 Mir, e, acquired by rapine and murder,
1 gu.ur.. teed to its tifurpei, and 1, the
ngn. lu’ /vertign, the fiicrtd and ally of
An r'c.;, am left unprovided for. No
artivE in my favor, no provilion for me
aid my family, and no remuntration for
the advantages I had foregone in trulling
(o American honor. lam left in t>yra
cufe with thirty dependent*, on the pit
tance of two hundred dollars per month,
and no profpett of future ettablifhment.
What with the txpen! * of n. / retu.ue,
See. &c, I, a forercign pnu- • in r-w
reduced to the t :.lic:i ol I :‘0 cct! per
day.
I muff here ol.lcrve, that i . ift.• -*-n,
whose generuii y i caonos i<■ ii v th
praise, ha* aIE (led me ir -n hi* wi fii.an
ces, elfr hard indeed had \.< v t.
V\ iirn the prevalence of yy .h * ■ ac
cullomed men to tli govi.im . i.i of uc,
the tigi't of a throne enters mo 1,1 ivs
tem of human thoughts, aid thai uiage
must fiave its rights like oiiieis.
In this (Tuition, 1 appeal to the virtue,
gencrofi y, and candor of tht people ami
government of America. 1 tcull that
s brave and free nation will altered it
felf in behalf of a fallen prince who lut
trusted to its riational honor an-1 good
faith. I trull the government will take
my case into consideration, and at lead
lend me back to Egypt, indemnified tor
thole comforts loft by uniting my for
tune to theirs : and I am confident tin-
American people will feel for the m:s
fortunes of one, who lias fought in the
united caufc of tliesr intevelt, and his
own light.
(Signed)
MAMET BASHAW,
Son of /Ui JJii/haou Caramalii , oj
Tripoli. [" L. S J
St*A< USE, Sept, id, 1805.
COPY.
Mr. Futon to the Set clary of the Navy.
Washington city, Dec. stb, 1805.
Six,
Commodore Barron’s inllruftious to
Capt. Hull, of Sept. 14, 1804, and my
Convention with H-imct Bafhaw, ot
Feb 23, 1805, comprile all tne obliga
tio v ciitcied into wilh Ha met. G'opi.s
of both winch aie in the offices, ar are
1 also the corvefpondences, resulting |
tl'.ercfr 111. By perilling the bifhaw’s!
letter* trom Syracui'e, aud by reviewing
the tianfaftious to which they refer, 1 I
cannot find that any additio: : obterva- j
lions of mint'can turow it*. >• ;lit on J
1 our tranfadions. It is in ; ; iaaie for;
me to undertake to fay that the nafhaw \
has not b.en dec ived. Nor can I, by t
any lll'pt 111 which the fa jft ca be j
viewed, ivc ncile the man.tr of lus be j
iug abandoned, with those print iples of j
raiiora! jadice aud lunar v.’l.icfi have 1
hitherto auikcd our cnaradter. Tu j
term co-operation, I always coniidered so
nearly lynonunous with alliance, tteac 11
would nquir: the niced didinftion of
diplomatic (kill to difcrimiuaie the mea
uing, and hence fuppoled that ac engage-
Itlent to co-operate with Ha,net Ba
liiaw, exciuticd the idea ot uling him as
an .njhtt e.t. ‘This coudruftioii was
tiic more ixadiiy admitted 111 thi* case,
hecauie until alter vve had proceeded
far iu the co-operation, I never heard a
ivLli'.eof peace, neither from the preli
dei.t, nor from yourft f, nor from tac
commander in chief, which did not look
forward beyond an effort to ebadife
the enemy, and because 1 always felt a
confidence, that futh an effort, well con
dufted, would dethrone him. 1 really
Can offer no explanation* 011 this iubj ft,
which are not to be found in tr.y i-t!i:iat
communications except a circumdauce
which lan aware mcdctl/ should con
ci * , but winch wa omcuiatetl at aii e—
vents to save the hotter and the iutertit
of the United S ales harniicl*. O ien-i
tering the ground of war with Hamtt |
Bafhaw, Mr, O’B.inr.o'i and my clf uni- j
ted ia a rxiol itinu to pertih with him
’:..f ie walls of Tiipoli, or to tri 1
umph with him within those walls- In
: the termer event we fhotild hive at quit-1
1 ted our duty ; in the latter glorified our
j country. We were supported by simi
lar rt folutior.s on th* part of comman- !
den in the fquadion, and to encourage !
| Harr.et bafhaw to pcrfeverance, and in
! order to move undcrllandingly with him, j
I induced the convention with him, ‘
which hat been made the base of out
treaty with liis rival.
1 have the honor to be, &c. &c.
(Signed) Wm. EATON.
NINTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE or RE PR ESEA 7A7IVLS,
FRIDAY, JAN U ARY 17.
As soon as the Journal of the preced
[ing day was read, Mr. J Randolph
Did he had a motion to make which re
qu'rtd the galleries, prtv.ouily to be
1 ciisred
i The galleries were accordingly cleared
and continued so for about two hours ;
when the doors wtre opened, and a
, written message from the Pitfidenr of
t* c United States was presented by Mr.
ICoh*
j This meffnfe, being partly of a public,
.and part.y ot a confiientia! nature, the
| galleries were cleared fora firort time,
j while the latter part was read. The
doors being again opened, the Clerk
j read the former part of the mtffige,
relative to Bridfh aggreffivn* on neutral
j rights. The rn ffige contains a copy of
j a letter trarifmitl< and by the fecretatyofj
iftate to Mr. Mtrnroe, dated April 1,
i 1805, on the impr<-ffxent cf American
Ifeameii ; and ti e ropy of a letter from
j the leciet iry to Mr. Munroe, dated A
uril 12. 1805, on the do&rine lately set
Jup by Britain, relative to neutral trade.
: D fineß thele papers, ihe r.refiage enelo
; :ea memorial* from the merchants of
1 New-York, of Newbury Port, of Phila-
Jdelpiiia, and of Cnarbfton, and trom the
; United lnfurar.ee Company of Mew
j York, from the Newport Insurance com
-1 parry, and from the Norfolk Marine iu
j furance company.
j Mr. T homas moved the reference of
i the mtffige to a committee of the whole
jon ihe state of the union.
Mr. ?. T ietiOlson observed that a sub-
t intimately conntfted with that of
■ ac ffige had been already referred to
: the eommi; ■ee of ways and means; and
aoved the refer, .ice of tfie message to
;that committee.
’ Mr. ‘Thom as replied that the memo
('■‘ai from the merchants of the cilia* of
New rotk ar>u Philadelphia, on the fame
jfubjeft, ha-1 been referred to a committee
l a the whole on the date of the union.
The q ft ion ot reference to a com
mittee ot the whole honfe wai taken and
paiffd in the negative—Ayes 29-
Mr. Nichovon then moved to ‘refer
the message to tut committee of ways
jml means.
Mr. Caowa inshield said he could not
conceive w. v a reference should be made
to ;hc comm.ttie of way* and means. It
•ad no co.ll. ftion, or a very remote con
-1 cfi 11 with ih - revenue. Surely, said Mr
Crowil l.lh eld, we ate not going o fet
le our difference oil tins point by
“pounds, shillings and pence. i c con
cludeu by moving a reference to a fe 1 .Ct
com mittee.
v 11. Dari observed that the message
cinLiiv rd uui diltiutt points, one rela
live t. ipuiiatnms on our trade, which
migur O o tc. the commiticfc of ways and
iiiaa-.s, and the utuer relative to the im
prefTnent of our ft amen, which would
molt properly be referred to a fc'left coin
■i.ittee.
Mr. Nicholson varied his motion in
the way lugreited by Mr. Dana.
The Houle concurred in hi* motion to
refer so much of the message at relates
to fpoliatims to the committee of ways
and means—Ayes 59 —Noes 13.
So much of the lneffage as relates to
the ltnpreff.ucnt of teamen as referred
;to a feltft committee ot seven members.
1 Mr. Gregg from tfie committee on the
1 public lands, made a report on the me
j morial of the direftors and agents of the
j Ohio company. The report ftate* that
j lince the date of the memorial lcgiflative
provilion had been made for all the ob
j :ds prayed for except one. This is
that a grant may be made in aid of
schools, of a lot of laud twenty miles
iquare in the lieu of the exiiting appro
pnation of laud. Tne report concludes
with a resolution that the prayer of the
1 memorial, io tar as relates to the applica
tion tor a lot of land of twenty miles
lq iare ought not to be granted.
The heute immediately coniidered the
report and c-mcuned in it without divi
lion.
Mr. Joh.i C. St.i.h from the commit-1
tee ot ciamis, made a report on the p.*-
uiiun ot Daniel Potter, hating that the
only o j ft of tie petition which is rea
fouuble, may be a.,jutted by the proper
oHEu - , ud concluding with
a rftoiution mar tne petitioner have leave
to withdraw lus petition, in which the
houle concurred.
Mr. G IE. Camph/H presented a pe
tition from a number of citizens of the
I liut.is country, in the count 1 s oi Ran
dolph and it. Clair, ftatiug certain grie
vances under which they la *. , trom
the maimer in winch the tern.onal go
verumtnl is conducted, pi ay mg that a
Certain (liftiift may be mcorpo attl into
a separate territorial government, and
that they majr be permitted to hold flavts
coi.uition lip or uacot.ditiooally.
Referred to the committee appointed
i on memorials from India:;}.
Mr. G (V.Cumrle'J I'k.wi e orefent
, * 4
cd a memorial trem a commiuee hf ci 1
tizens of iiiciiaiia, of the lame tenor with
the foregotng memorial, and fur ‘ern-i
prrfenting that a law had been patted by j
the territorial legislature allowing flaveiy 1
; which, though they wish allowed, ought, j
iin their opinion, to be fanftioaed by aj
‘different authority,
j Referred to the fame committee.
Mr. Grej, said that he had early in
the session offered a resolution, which he
{thought had been at the time referred
to a committee of the whole honfe.— ;
Finding that this was not the case, he
roT to move that it (hould be so refer
red. This resolution, as follows, was ta
ken into coi.lideration—Ayes 58 —Noes
21—and referred to a committer
of the whole house on the ill Monday in
Febriia'r,
Rtfatved. That so much of an aft en
titled “an aft regulating tfie grants of
land, and providing for the ditgolai 01
the lands of the Uri ted States, south ol
the state of the Tent flee,” as appropriates
any portion of said lands for the ptirpofe
of faiisfying, quieting, or eompenfatilig | r
any claims to -lie said lands, derived hotn i
any act, or prettnoed act of the state oft
Georgia, and neither recogniled by the !
articles ot agreement and cefiion between |
the United States and the state of j
Georgia, nor embracing by the two In it 1
fectious of the above mentioned act, be
repealed
Mr Tenney, from the committee of*
revifal and uufiuilhed buiinefs, having :
obtained leave, lubmitted a bill further-to
continue in force an aft for cftabliliiing j
trading houses with the Indian tubes, i
which was referred to the committee of
|commerci and manufactures.
Adjourned until Monday.
SMALL RICE and RICE !
FLOUR.
HE fubicribtr has for flic
by the finoE barrel, S nail
Rice, which is perfe&iy f,te>
from Gritt, and Gravel, the Rice j
having been threfbed on api ink {
door—ALSO, Rice-flour frtllij
j from the Mill, which be will !dl j
’in quantities of 4 bufiiels and;
j upwards—at 25 cems per bulhel. j
John V. \\ illiaiDson.
Feb. I I 4A 47
(NOW h A \ Ol viC,
FROM on board Jltop Favorite
a-d sh p Cotton Piamer from
Phiiadelpi: in ■. and/or jale.
40 Tons Iquiiie, tire, and axe
bar Iron,
20 Kegs V. F. and F. F. F
glazed gun-powder,
20 Bo is. loaf sugar,
40 Boxes Yellow loap,
100 libls. pi lor, shore, and ship
bread,
4 cheflsHyfon Tea,
25 B jis. Fhiladelphia bouled
porter, (3 doz. each)
10 do. do. 13 er
3 Boxes fiddicry, CONblo-
FING OF,
Serts pined ami frinnm’ti
chaise harness,
Mens and boys laddies,
Buddie bags,
Common? Snaffle & Curl!
Bridles,
Brft plated d>. and do.
with B rdoors birrs.
ANDREW KNOX.
Barrack Givbons IF barf.
Jan 14 ts 3Q
Ai\ DREIVKNOX,
Hus j<jl receive-l and for Sule.
20 bob. prime and mess Po;k and!
Beef
25 do- Kilot, fliip middling Bread!
CO boxes c’s mould candles ( rvuirulta I
made)
30 kegs genuine manufaftured To -
bacco
50 do. ft. G* ss. Engiilh Gunpow
der.
2JCO lb. buck, duck fwau and squir
rel shot.
Bed Engiilh Quills, Wafers ar.d Ink-
Pow'der
Writing and Wrapping paper
Mogul playing cards
j Boxes Spaiulh Scgars
Pewter plates, Bafo.is. and .lifti-.g
Mill, Pitt, Crosscut ar.d Hand Saws
Jorn & Coffee Mills—Cl..v Hammers *
Spades, Shovels and Fryin p;n
Dutch Over.: Pats, F re Dog,
ALSO On Hand,
: Rose, point ft London DulF.e Blankets
Cloths, Calfi news, F.aiiuels, and Negro.
f lams
Blue Stroud* and Bath Coatings
Iriih Lumens, Flax and tow Oznaburgs ■
Cotton Bagging. Fine and coarfc Hat*
I With a general supply of Groceries.
Dec. 26 ts
I Ihiillii Cff N’-irn!l b Ills,
Or eider gs th-m nay ruin fnne inform/!
ti’/n highly to tbeir inter jl by /
RoJl. v>* J r.c. Ij jltar.. j
January 17 it a o
FOR .'sALB,
a Q -.fit I* tra/f of CO 2 I -2 acres ojhmd
in the fVj .Isjirii ot tja Jwtn court y. For
.r ieui.lt t enquire cj the y. .;.Un tj thii
paper.
J*- 7 <f 37
FROM THE BOSTON CHKOMCLE.
NEUTRAL RIGHTS.
Ee <r eJ f ,1 letter from on American gen
tie can in l.ondtn, to hit eirrefonacnt
in this town, cat.J September Ztjtiu
1805
“ This country is depredating upuu
our commerce to an unexampled length,
; and to suppose that auv min will h .and
favnr in the courts of vice admiralty, or
with the greedy plnndere sos our com
merce, is absurd. . To deltroy our com
merce with a view to give opening for
the fmptoynvnt of their owft veil'd* at
the dole of the war, is oik objeft ; and
another it, to give encouiagement to tb-e
B navy, particularly to the booty, will
not afford them an adequate support,
there having been no alteration in it for
‘upwards of an hundred years. 1 tide
coiih.lerations have a garat influence in
inducing the conduit, which is purfnai
{■towards our v.ffds; efpeciaily aa the
‘commerce of France, Spain an.; Tlallan 1
: affordakno booty, and ttcept that car
ried on by lieuiials, is in a manner dei
troved It is a curious fact which
j ought to be known in the United States,
1 that Sir Wm. Scott, v.ho 1. ttic judge
I of vice admiralty, aud determines the
| iuw of nations reipefting neutrals, ae let
; up by tins nation, is a member of the
privy council and from urn, to time rc
! ceives dueftious from the board to mo
; clify liis decifiuus accoiding to circum
: ilaiices ; whereby the law, which ought
, to be lixed and Ltiled upon jJ it prluci*
1 pies, is perpetually varying, and is wave
j ring and uiiiettled ; and it is also tol.e
j ohlcrved, that the dt citw.is of the judge
, produce all the effect of new order* to
I tiic (h ps of war aud privateers, by their
I agents giving, notice of ev -ry new princi-
I pic or change adopted by the judge. It
is by tliis maiiagerneDt that our vessels
have becitlately brongnt in and condem
-1 ucd, vvliiiit it lias Lc.,l openly declared
tnat no new orders have been lft’ued. No
'iuiig can exceed the itwuageinent with
j which this government proceeds towards
! our vessels aud commerce.
; it is high time that we had a nation
-1 >tl character, and that wc felt for ihe ua
tionalintereft, that when either wcie at
jtack.d we should be ready to avenge
J the li'j jry, iet it coins from what quar
ter it might. Without this, it is vain
10 h pc tor the fepurity of our commerce,
•r the adoption ct proper m-eafurts for
that ptirpofe.
Mr. Munroe has presented a long note
to lord MuLjvave upon the lu'.j:ft efthe
late capt<r It is well wriitcn, argu
mtntative and fpiritcd, although tccipr
! red with modci atiou aud refpeCt to this
government.
The principle of free ships making
free goods, is coniidered here to be aban
doned by the United States, and there is
00 doubt but thaL our coucefiion of it to
this government produced ar. important
lii flu tuce inducing the uiodilicatiou or
j rather abandonment of the piinciple by
■ Ruffin, and the other northern powers in
| June, 1801 —ln the October following,
| four months after the treaty between
! Raffia a.id Great Britain had been iigned,
1 tiic piarties made a declaration explana
tory of the iccond feftiou of ihe 3J ar
ticle, by which they declare (m a case
however iu which Russia had no iute—
reft) “ that the freedom t navigation
and commeivc, granted by the laid arti
cle to the fubj.cti of a neutral power,
j does not autboriie them to carry in time
j us war the produce or merchandize of
I1 he colonies of the belligerent power di
rect to the continental poss; ffions, nor
vick vcrs \ from the mother country to
the enemy's cof-mics ; but that the Did
fubjefts are, however, to enjjy the fame
advantage and iacihiies in tin* commerce
as ore enjoyed by the molt favored na
tions and cfpi'cially by the United States
of America “
It is in this way that the interests of
I neutral nations have been played off, each,
j other to the advantage ot bis nation ; and
[the Unitid States are now left alone to
| cunteft their own light* and intereft* a*
neutrals.
In the present cor.j'inftu’e of affairs,
it appears to me advilable, that our
merchants should meet and dilcul’s the
fii! jeet of neueral rights, and taking the
Ruffian treaty with Great Britain for
their guide a* it tlood unexplained in
June TSOI, when it was made, should
• pats refolution* consonant thereto, and
enforce them with a petition to the go
vernment ot tfie Untied States, to adopt
the molt ready means to carry into execu
tion such mi a'urcs as it might deem ne
eeffary to give the molt effectual protec
i lion to our navigation and commerce.—
I A uieufure of this kind, 1 have no doubt
j would he attended with the happiclt es
! Lets. It would fttow that the merchama
! were united among the ml.-Ives, a-id were
dhpoled to p ace their ncu.r..l :igh;s uy
!on an tquitabie grouiu', whiili their
J clat.iti would be madtrate, and grounded
upon toe oid law of nauons, a* laid down
by the beit ot writers. No party view*
•or ciffiiition* Gullit 10 enter iuto th.*
j meafurc ; aft fhouid j _>iu and make a
common caufc in it ; aud in thia case,
, iucli weight would oe given to the repre
i fentsuotu of our miniltera in Eur pc,
i that I iive no doubt, that our neutr.-.
; rights would be relprCted Uy this and o,
! thcr belligerent nancns. 1 have had no
! motive in luggeftiug tue foregoing advic :
but for the better hrnteClion ot our na
vigation and commerce. It aro.e out
of the ui’.jutt coiicrmratioi ct ;Vlr, S‘e
1 property, coiineCfcd with each fact*, and
I the belt view ot tilings, w ch my preleu;
j MCsi3iiO*l 1 2c C-iaotki* *2lw iu Ou*i**u