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. The Copartnership’
mill. If all Sf Cos. was diffused
on ihf aiftofNov. bv mutual mnfent.
HENRY W. HILLS,
‘’ HENRY HALL,
GEORGE SCHLEY.
Dec. 15— 8a • %
• / /’ % *
*cr rhe fubfrriber will continue to
So bufitiefm tbe (tore occupied by Hills,
Hall & Cos. Hunter’s wharfe
HENRY W. HILLS.
* Dee. 15—3t--8a
For Sale,
_ A fine ttflOncli Schooner,
burthen eighty tons, well
- ‘ illll ’ | a- end ready to yike in
a cargo, Wituout fuller expenie. Should
{be not be fold by IP o'clock this day, Ihe
will be offered for falc at auftfon, at that
time, at the iuftion llore of D. Williford.
Iu the interim, apply to
GASTON & PERRY,
D*c. 15 —82 Smith's ’wharf.
At private sale,
A healthy Negro M.u, capable
Os any kind of work.
Wm. BELCHER.
;< Dec, 15——3! —8 a- - x
Exchange
On Ntw-York, piiibd ipliij and Bal
timore, at Iflgbl* for I’de bv
\ • ’ WHITNEY & PaWKMAN.
Dec.is 82
’S\LT.
1000 buflieds allum Salt, for sale by
GEOIUiE P. PALMES.
Exchange D xh.
on jfAfin,
A few bqflurls Irilh Potatoes, fit for fa
flfily life, or planting. >;> ■*
joobunche-i Oqlons, very good, *ogeth
er with a good affortment-of LIQUORS.
Dec. 15—4tL-B2
RICK SIFTER*.
A few pair for sale bv
JOHN M'NISH.
. , Dec. 15—-82
-------1 a it _ ‘tei
Jlist Received,
And for tale. by. life SubscribcY, at bit
Medical'Start: ‘sign of the Golden
Mdrw, Maxxy. *rS^t.a up,
Rbi SALT PKTRF^
Sweev Oil, in pint bottled
Powdered Jalap
“Pl iky Mann*
, Fine Sponge > *
Refined <><tmphcvf
Oil -if Pfppcrmin^
Class’s! Magnesia ... re
*• “ , 4 O hak b, - -.v, ;-; /;
A constant fjpply of, 1 Libert's CASL
TOR GIL and WINE BUTTERS, of a
- (uperfor quality j also Spirits ol Tifrpon.
tine, by the gallon .or bottle. The above
articles, together Witfta gen re at ulTrrt.nrnt ,
of Drugs, Afedkinili Cbcrnistfls, &e.
will be fold at realbnabk (y'-icVs Tor parti.
■ . , EDWARD COPPER. , 1
V- B. P.iiy Gchms pivfcriptioos put up
.fcithfijlly,accordin'* $6 art.
i * ■ . ;; *
IV’ Marsha is sal e. v
United dtUes—Distikt (f Gcpiglji
By vi-uit of an iut'ri jaitdfy decree
IVnio the* nr. Wm. Stephen*. judge of the
‘dirtrjft court of tire UuitVrt. States, in nod j
fqr tliefui fold tfi 80l- 1
ton’s C*trd whiiif, otrFhurfluy, the s id
ainfUttt,.Ciynim nctog at. 16 VtKk,;#
Crowing arfo-fc. s, taken out Os the Sjiitlh
lliij) Amelia, by the
via 5 ■ v ; v -„ , so v ,
r • i H t-’ - ‘*
10 trunks 4.-4 fine India and fhpevfine
y red Mad tali Hftmlkeichiefs ‘
* ground Muwilipatan Handc’f*. 1 f
... tranks 4.4 fuperline light diet
d..rk ground Vplah !
t tfunk 7-8 blue -and red checked Pul-
Hcat
2 ‘truck's ditto
9 do. 4.4 and 3-4 hamlfoaieiy and va
rioaiP* llriped and clwcfced fupcxSiie (
X* Stirlitchers ” v '>’ \
vi 14 fruntef 7-8 fight gr<j:i.l fancy Cam.
J , brie* . ‘ . j-fJ A ‘ t ‘!
3 do. do. fuperfiiie > Welliilgton and
Sa’amanm Cambrics
*1 case Irish Linen , -T:
4 tierces 4*4 cotton Shirting
6 do. v* Jeanette
2 _ds. Dimity and cotton Shirt
y > UlgS. Jr ’ ,J. . - 5 ‘ 1
V | do, do. PlaiUlas, Biitanujas fit half
bleached. Irish Linens ■ > i
7 do. do.,brown Platillas, brown and
half bleached Irifli Linen aud Rullia
Sheeting ~v ‘
* do. York Stripes
1 do. mixed Pullicats and Rom ah
* %, do. GlafswM| \ *
\4* do. fini Eurthenware •’ S
• 4 cases planter’s lilk Hats, black and
f wlijte
. .t do. cavah-v Saddles and Bridles, with
hdtftere and portmanteaus, compete ;
i 56 pistes Bagging.
Jl7 do. Oanabmga, luperior quality
3b boxes yellow So*p “ ‘ j
2 feroons and 1 box Indigo
Corklitloiw, cafii. Notes of either of the j
trank* of Savannah, AuguDa or Cliarlrllon
will be taken. JOHN JtPPINT£R, I
’ Due. —Ba* Marshal.
I
THE TkEASUHY.
Tbefollowing letters, relative to lbe\
fijte of tbe Treasury , were discujf:i \
in tbe House of Representatives on \
tbe 18 lb tifovenibery and ordered to be
printed* o ‘ ,
WasuixgtoK, ‘Nov. S 14.
s>m— The Committee of die tfouse of,
Keprefentatives, to which the Bank Bill
wa* re-committed on Friday last, have di
rected me to nqueft you to Communicate
your opinion in relation to the vfFeft
wbifti aeoiifiJerible issue of treasury notvs
(to wlijcli Olould.be attached the
of being receivable ill lubfcriptionj ui the i
bank) might ha\ upon credit of the
government and particularly upon tlie
profpe&s of a loan, tor 1815.
As the bill, * it Was referred to the
committee, provides for the fubfcriptatn
bf forty four rniilions of treasury notes to
Wtn with fix millions hi tpecie tii* capital
of the h ink, miy iufoJmatiotf which you
may think proper to give, eitlier in rela
tion to the practicability of getting them
frithout “depteciatiou, or in
to their ration Oil any part of
Otir hical fyltem afterwards, will be very
acceptably. , - * , \
X am. fir, veVy resp £lf;ilTy, <
. Yofcr obedient (yrvarrt,
WM. LOWNDES.,
. To the Hon* tbe *
Sccb'y jf ibt,Treasury*.
i*
Treasury D'partpicnt ,
yox'tjnbcr-zji 1814*
Si s —I have the honor to acknowhxlge
tfie ifcript of Voiir letter,.rtqmlbng lowa
committee of the House or Represenfta
lives an dpinion upon tire following. en
quiries r— -
i. The effrft which a confi lei ahle : fTtffe of
‘ Jreafnry no(es, with the.quality of be
.ing receivable ip fubfcriptjoiw to a Na
tional Bank, •vill have upon the credit’
of the government; and particular
ly;; upon the profpr&i of a loan for
a* I he pratßicabilitv of getting forty-four
r.> millions oftrealurv notes (forming With
fijt rntllir>ns of fpecis*, the capital for a
National d?ank>!!ito circulation, without
depreciation ?
v .The enquiries of die committee feannot
ibe,fiitisf,ifloii!y anAytfred in the abftracf;
but rnuft be-conlidered in connetßion with
the Hare of bur finances, and the (fate of
the.pubiic credit.
. W hen I arrived; at Washington, the
Tteafury was filtering under ett ry Yifld
of e+pbarralTn it. ‘ she demands no
on it w ens in amount, while the
means .to fati.-fy tlmn were comparatively
fr.sill ; jwccani'us in the ‘ fcolteflion, and
difficult in the application. The demands
Cm til ded'ol” dividends upon old and new
funded debt, of trenlury notes, and of le
g:d:itive appropriation* for the army, the
navy, aud the current service—a) l Urgent.
and tfnpor&nt. The: means confided :
. 'Firftj of the Alignment of an- Authority’ to
bofttiw nfoflf,s whep. nobody disposed
! tp lend, and tptfiflne (re a fury noteS which
1 none but nect Outfits creditors, or ftuitra&-
ors in difh'efs, dr eommifiartes, quarter iniis
ttTSimd navy agents, lifting it were of.
finally, -feeoied willing to accept:—Se
rondj.ot the amount of bank credits feat*
tmd throughout the United ‘ States, and
principally iiv the few than ami • wefiern
bmikr, wiyich had been tendered in a de
gree.’afelds, by the floppage of payments
in specie, and the foj 1 f<-quuit- impt actica
biiiVy of transferring the public funds from
one-placc,yo meet the public ‘
in .another place And Third, of the
current luppivof money from the imposts,
frum immaiaf duties, and froai/the files ad
pubnc kind, which ccafi and td*be a founda
tion ot any rational efinnate, of reserve to
provide even foe the civ’citnds -mi tbe
funded debt, wlien it was found ’ that the
J lealilry Note* (only requiring, a
1 cash pavjv.ent at the a'fiance ofa year) to
| wlttiniloevfrr'tbeY wm dfued at the.tri ss
-1 ury, and almofi as (bon 9 thev were dfiK'd
reached the binds of die collvifors, in
pavmcfft of debts, v tlutirs and taxes j
thus dlfa|>poimng and :ief-ating the onlv
tepiainfi’g expeftatiun of productive rev
enue. ‘■ 1 ’ r •, -'I
Under these cirfumfinnccs(which T had
<the fouoi- to communicate to the Com
mitteif tof Way* and Means) it became
the duty, of this department to endeavor
to remove the immediate pressure from
the treasury ; to endeavor to it (lore the
public credit; and to endeavor to provide
for tue expeiifes ot tin- enfuiug year. The
only un afures that occurred to my mind,
for the accotnpliflimeni of such imp-nranr j
pbjeißs, Have been prefeiited to the
of Congress. The Zt\ fluthoiiiing the rc- ]
ctipt of treasury notes, in payment us iob
fi:options to a public loan, was p„(Trd I
fear, fop late to answer the purpose for
which it was designed. It propiifcs, at
this time, little relief, either as an iufiru
ment to raifit .money, or", to absorb the
claims for treasury notes, wfiich are daily’
becoming due. From this cafe, and
: ftol%.other obvious causes, the dividend
6n tlie funded debt has not been punctu
ally paid; -a large amount of treasury
[ notes has Already been difiunowd, and the
j hope of preventing further injury and rr-
I proarh, in tnuif.,ajng die bulintfs of the
i treasury, is too viliowcry to afford a 1110-
i Rent’s cohfolation.
Ihe aißual condiiion of the Tefifilrr,
thus drlcribed, will serve to indicate the
fiate of {hi public credit. Public credit
di [lends efft fit tally upon public opinion.—
V
I Thf'cfaal test of public-credit is, indeel, !
the value of the ppblic debt. The* Facul- j
ty of oerrowing qioney is not a test of j
public credit ; for a faithless government, j
I like a desperate ifidividual, has only to. iu- |
! crease the premtam, according to the exi* •
; genev, i order tb iectire a loan. Fhus ‘
puUic opinion, nr.iui’elLd in every form, j
and in every diraftion, hardly permits us, :
at the present juhtlure, to (peak of the ex- ,
iftence of public ertdit ; and yet, it is not.
that tlie in the re- ‘
fourres of its. patronage and its (Sedges,
might find the means of tempting the rich *
and the avaricious to (apply its immeaßite j.
wants. But when the wants of to day ,?
are supplied ; what is the new expedient,
that lhatl supply the want of tomorrow-?
If it is ncw.a of incorporation, it j
may then be a grant of land ; but, after I
all, the immeasurable trails of the wefterrt.
wild, would bdexhaufted in fucceilive ef
forts to obtaid-.pecuniary akls, aiid . still
leave the ghvirtlnjeut nectrtitous,,unless
the fiiunchtiom of ‘public credit were, re
ertablifhed an<J maintaiued. In the mea
fiires, therefuffi, which it has been my du
ty fijggelf,jl Ilave endeavored to intro
’ duce a permatent plan for reviving the pub
lic credit ; o| which the facility of bor
. rowing m anticipation of fettled
and productive is only an tnci.
,d< nt. although )t Ran incident as durable
as tV plan kt ff. The outline Teemed to
embrace whatever was requisite to leave
no doubt uprln the power and the dispofi
yon of tbe givern.nent,in relation ‘to it*
pecuinaty engagenvtnts ; to diminifli, and
n.of to augment die amount i>f the public J
debt in the hands of iildiyiduals, and to J
create grneraf cppfideffQe, rather by the j
manner of treating the claims of tlift'pre-j
scut class creditors, than by the I
in nnei of cdrciliuting the favor of anew |
Class. r r
With the* exnl rtiatory remarks, fir, (
I proceed to answer, ‘ fpecific-ally, tbe ■
questions waiefa you have proposed- * |
I am if opinion, that a eonfiderable *
issue of treawry notes, with the quality
,of tx-ing rectsvable in fubferiptions to a na
tional bank/, will have an injurious efleft
upon The credit of the government, and
also ujpon the prolpeeb of a loan for
18 if. ; ‘ ; ‘
, Brcaufe, it will confer, gratuittmQy, an
adjutage upon a class of new creditors,
ovcr.the present creditors of the govern
ment, (landing on a looting of at least e
q/ial merit.
Because, it will excite general difiatis
faiftiou among tire present holders of the
public debt; and general dirtruft imong
the capita li(h, who are accustomed
to advance their money to the gov
ernment.
Bec tise, a quality of fuhfcribing to the
national bank attached to tr,-afciry notes
exchdivtly, will tend to depreciate the
value of all puirfic debt not poiTe(itug that
| quality 5 arid wiiattyer depreciate* tht
; vnhio of ouwlis debt,’ in ‘fri3 way, snort
; litreffirily impair the public credit. .
: B-’hiufi* th - fpi cie capital of the citi
zens of the United States, so far iis .it
be dtemed ,pplicabi(*_ to iimdVmcnts in f
the public rt-i. k. alre.,d\, in a gr L ac*|
meas lie been so verted.,; tlie holders of i
ti p-p.rt'frr.t debt-will he unabte ta become |
. fubferibers to rhe. Bank, (if that •t-i’njeiY-|
rtiofild, eventually p,W ‘Hefiiabte) i-.h
----opt fi. llkig th-dr flock at a fleprecralwl Vdct. |
in'.order to procure’ the whole; of ‘ r
tl-rii-fubrcripti-oi’R m treasury note , ; /
a general rfemellron in thy ,vafiir rif rho •
public debt will inevitably e:is'-.
Because, the wry projiofi’ r.-bihg
acojifidera >L-iffue off- .-s. -v-n
with the quality ol bti;. r ; . -, ‘-c. : to . a
■notional bank, can only he regar , ,ityu as 11
exoeiiment, on which _\o f.en r and .-'-gerous
to rely ; the d'-ur be-ptir- |
clrafed at par, wltfr money ; new set .of
credit.>rs tqtift he- create, ?; •( nay, or it
may iot, be dee,sod an object bf fpecula
* tion try
the Wik ; tlte rtfult of the
cannot be a(certained.,'ti?fc’ % r will be too j
, late to provide.a remedy m the case of
frilure ; while tbe cfrtlit of tlie govern
ment will be'afifi’tled bv'every circuni
rt.Mice, which keeps the etßear.v 0 f fts fis
j cal operations in fufp. ♦e &r dopbt.
j Because, the profpedt of a learn for the
• year!Bls. without the.aid of a bank, is
! Lint and unpromifmg ; ejicepi, perl raps, so
* far as the pledge of a fpecific tax may fiic
; cecd, aiid th n, it must be repolleAed, that
! a confi'-rable fiipplv ofmomy Will be re
j quited, for the profecutioo of the war,
beyond the whole amount of taxes to be
levied. ,
- Because, if the loan for the year 1815
%’ hwde to dejrend Upon the issue of. Trea.
. fury Notes, fhbfcrßv and to the National
j Bank, it will probably fIU for tbe rfcrfons
! wliich,h'ave already been fuggtfled ; and
j if the loan he independent of that- opera*
I tion. a eonfiderable ((file of* treasury ’notes,
for the pm-pose of creating a bjurk capital x j
iffurt it is believed; d-prive the govern*’
ment us eveiy chance of ratliag money in
any otkernunner..
11. I am of.ppinion that it will be ex
tremely difficult, *f not impracticable, to
• get 44 millions of treafuryTjbc>s (forming,
with 6 niillioifc oftpecie, the capital of a
national bank) into cnxukition, with or
wftliont depreciation. , ; y .
Bviausc, if t|,e fubfi riptrori to the bank
becomes anobjeA of fpeculatioti, the trea
sury not s will probabi) he porcliased at*
the treasury and at the loan offices, and
never paw Into circulation at all. *
Because, whatever portion ot tire* trea- .
furv note? jrlight pal* into cii ‘Tation,
would be (jx-eui ’ v wifchd 1 a wit, by* tl spec.
viators in the Juafcßptieu to the bank, af
ter art| hod beeti e*npioyed to
their value. . ” L .
Because, it is noty believcd, that pa>tne
prelent Bate of thfipublic credit 44,000,090
of treasury notes crin be font into eifeuia
tionu The only dirterewce biAteeeh the.
Treafiiry Notes, now issued, aud diihonor
ed, coufifts in the fu'alcribabl* quality, but
reasons have been already afiigned for an
opinion, that this difference does not af*
I’.urd such confidence in tlie experiment, as
foe ms requisite to juftify a reliance upon it,
for accom(t‘rtrinv fome of tbe must mter
efting objucb'of 1 4government.
I muit beg you, iir, to pardon the haste
with which I have written tiiefo gendral
ahfwcrs to your enquiries. But knowing
the Importance of time ; ant feeling a
desire to avoid every appearance of contri
buting to**t he loss of a momept, I have
choien ratlier to rest upon the intelligence
and candor of the committee, than to en
ter upon a more labored inveftigacion of
the fubjeft referred to me.
I have the honor to be, very refpeA
fully, fir, your mod obed’t forvant.
A. J. DALLAS.
*VVm. LoWxdes, Esq.
Chairman, 2?*c.
■■wwote**—-
THE NEGOCIATIOM.
(The following. Mcffage was received
by -the Houle of Representatives on tbe
ift tuft, fronvthe Preiidem of the United
States, read and liftenetl to witli the pro
foupdert attention, and five thousand co
pies ordered to bar printed.] ‘ v,
MESSAGE.
To tbe Senate and - .
House of Representatives.of the Bfi S.
; I tranfinit for the information of Uon
grefs, the communications Lit received
from the MinUfers Extraordinary & Plen
ipotentiary of the United States at Ghent,
explaining the ceurfe and aiftual state of
thetr neguciations with the Plenipotentia
ries of Greju-Brifain. ‘
JAMES MADISON.
December 1, <
[Accqmp inying this message was a vo
lume of documents, beyond the capacity
df a newspaper to prelent them all at-one
view.. We have therefore selected those
which are cakidafed in.the smallest space
to give the belt general vtew of the rtate
of tlie Negociation,’ reserving the publica
tion of the remainder, aliuoft equally* in
terring, until our next and succeeding
papers, in which wt ihail be able to pub
iilh tlie whole foriej.]— Nat. Intel .
No. j. t '.
Copy, of a letter from Messrs. Adams,
bayard. Clay, Russel, andGJHatin,
fd tbe Secretary of State, dated
■ Ghekt, 25th Oft. 1814.
Sir—W<2 have the honwv of trantinit
ting herewith copies of ali our correfpou- |
deni4’with the Britifil plenipotentiaries, i
fit ice the departure of Mr. Dallas.; At- i
tlioug’i the negotiation-lias not terminated |
lb abfuptly 4s we- expected- at that period j
it We have.no reason to retrait tbe j
opliMori which we then espreffed, that no !
hopes of peace as likely to. refuit l*om it,
chultf Be ciaertained. It is ttut, that tire
terms which the Britilh goverHjirent had
fp pre nipt only preferined at that time,
Jive been apparently abandoned, andtirat
the sine qua nob then required *8 a prC
•imiß-arv to ail discuffiqns upfin othdr to
pics, has “Been reduced to an article fecur
nrg nr rely an Indian pacification which
we httye agiet’3 to accept, to tlie
ratification or rejeiViyn ot yjur government
—but yog will.perceive, that our requt-ff
for the exchange of a project of a treaty
lias been ’ eluded, aud that jn their last
note, the Byti.ii Pfeniputemiares have
advanced a demand not only new and i.i
admiffable, but totally .’ with
tiKrr iiiiifortn previous decimations, that
Greit-Britain had no.vfow in this negocia
tion to,airy atquilition of ttrnjdry. I;
will be perceiyed that this new pretimfidn ‘
was brought -forward immediately r
the accounts had been received thita
Brinlh foice had taken possession of’all
that part of the state of Massachusetts situ
ate east of Penobfcot'river. The Britilh
Plenipoti iuwries havg invariably referred
to their government every , note received
..from us, ai|d tlie’ return of their
mefft-nger before they have tranfipitted to
us thetr answer and the whole tenor of
their correspondence, as well as tbe m.an
ner in which it Ins been cendufttd on the
part of t ie Britilh government, Jiive coo
curred to convince- us, that their objedVhas
been delay : tfieir motive for this policy
we presume to have beep to,keep the al
ternative of peace, or of a protracted war,
in their owh hands, until tbe'genets* 1 ar
raugenlenf of European affairs; lliiqld be
iccomplirtied at the jGongrcfo ot Vienna,’
•and until they cqultf avail dremfelves of
the advantages which they Lave anticipat
rd from the success df their arms during
the present campaign in'America. .'A - ’
Although tire sovereigns ijq had deter
mined to be present at. the congress ofVi
enna have been already ftveral yretksnis
fenibled there, it does not oppear by the
last advices from that place, that the con
grefi ha- been fornrei iy opened. p the
contrarj’, by a declaration from (J.e Pfeti
ipotentiaries of the powers, who were par
ties to the peace of Paris of 30th M:y
last, the opening of the-. Congrels appears
to Imve been portioned to tlie ift of Nov.’
•I,memorial is find to have been pretented
bv tire French Ambuffiidor, Talleyrand, In
whiclr it is declared that France having
fetutned to IrV boundarifti in f792, c-n
rccogniae nunc nfth aggrandistments of
the other great powers ot Europe fines
that period, although not intcnditq| :o op.
pose them by war. *”
Tlrefe circumstances imlicate that the
new trails for the political system of Eu
rope, will not be fofpeedily fettled as had
been expe-fted. d'lre principle thus efTiitn
cd by France is very extensive in its ef
fects, and opens a field for negotiation
much wider than had been anticipated.—
We think it does not proinife an afp<-& of
immediate.tranqyiuty -to this • continent,
‘ajid that it will dilconcert particular! v tire
measures which Great-Britain had b* co
taking With regard to tire future detiina
tion of this country, among others, and to
which rtte has attached apparently much
importance. ’ Jf .
We have the honor to be, ,wuh great
rdpeSl, fit> your very humhle feryancs,
Torn Quincy . Adams,
J. A. Bayard,
H. Clay,
JONA. RuSSELt,
Albert Gallatin.
X. ( v jr
No. 11. Is the answer oF the Americati
miniftt rs, dated Aug. 24, 1 ‘4 14, to th
firftdate of the Britilh Comhtiffioners, dat
ed Aug. 19. 1814, viz : that note which
was received by the last. cartel, aud is. al
ready before tlie public.
No. 111. Is a note from the Britilh
Gonimififoners, dated Sept. 4<k, 1814.
No. IV. Is tire answer ol our
fioners, dated Stpt. gth, 1814, to the la*
mentioned note*. ‘ V
No. V. Is a note from, the Britilh corns
missioners, dated* Sept. 19, 1814.
No. VI. Isa note from our minifterS,
dated 26th Sept. 131 4, to the note of the
Brivilli commilfioners last mentioned.
No. VII, Is a .notf from the Britilh
commissioners, dated Oft. 8, 1814. ‘
No. VHI. Is the answer of our'tomfi
missioners to the last mentioned note,date
edOft. ig; 1814* f * .
No. IX. *
BRITISH NOTE*
From tbs British to tbe American Mits
isters.
Oftober 21, 1814.
The undersigned have had the honor o?
receiving the note of tlie American Pleni
potentiaries of the 13th infi. com nr uirica u
iirg their acceptance of*the article which
the undersigned had proposed on the fob*’
jest cF the pacification and rights of the
Indian Nations.
Tire undersigned are happy in -being
thus relieved from the necessity of recur*
ring to feveraf topic*, winch, though they
arofo in tlie coUrfe of their difouffion%
have only an incidental conneft'ron with
the differences reifiaining to be adjuftei
between the two countries. . ‘
With a view to this adjustment the uiw
dcrGgnod, preferring in th, present Itete of
tlie .iidgWtiatioii a general statement to the
formal arrangement of articles,are willing
so fir to compfy with the’ reqneft ot the
r American Plrnipotehti arfes contained in
l thetr laft-uoie, as to, wave tire, advantage to
j wliich they think they were fairly tnikled,
j requiring from them *thc firft project of a
I treaty.
[ . The undersigned having.Jlated at chs
! fi’ rt conference the pomis upon which Hi*
May.'lly’s Govern me n*: chnlidered tire dia*
‘cuffion* between the t wo* countries • like
ly to turn, can not hettyefatisfy the request
of the American, Plenipotentiaries than by
referring them to that conference for a
• statement of the points which, in the opinion
of his government yet rtmiwr tar
be adjiifted., 1
With to the forcible seizure of
mariners from on board ‘merchant veflVls
on the high seas, and the right of the King
of G. B. to the allegiance ot all his native
.and with to the maritime
rights of tlie Britirti empire, the underfign-’
ed conceive that after the pretehfions affert*’
ed ,by the government of the U. (’tales*
tnpre fatisfoftpr y proof If the conciliatory
spirit iff his Majesty’s government canlfenj?
be given than by not requiring, any ftipuuw
tien on these fuhjefts, which though mod
important in themlelves, no longer in cocm
ieqtiVnce of the. mat itimi pacification of
Europe, produce the lamfepraftieal refolts*,
On the ltibjeft of'the hftjeries, the unV
derligned expi c ffed with To much frankues*
fijt the conference already referred to, the
views of thelr governmeut, tliat they cotW
fide* any further obferv itions on tlrat topi* 1
as unheceffary at the present time. -
On the question of the boundary be’
tween the doroinioYrs of his Majesty and
those of the U. S. the Undersigned are
led to vxpeft from the dilcuflion whfofl*
tlris fitbjeft his already undergone, tlret
the Nortft Wertern boundary from the
Lake oftlie Woods.to the .Mississippi (the
intended arrangement of 1803) wiH be
without objcdiion.
In regard t 6 other boundaries, the Am-’
erican Pienipotentat ’- s in their ’ note of
Augurt 24th appeared in fome meafore t*
objeft to the p.opofitioMs then made by
the undersigned as not being on ‘the
u.li possidetis.—S The undersigned are will.’
ing to treat on that balls,, fobjeft to fuck
, modifications ’as mutual convenience may
be found to require ; and they ttuft tba#
tbe American Plemporehtiarietf will ftrrw
by their ready Acceptance of this basts,
that they del) appreciate tire moderation
df his Majesty’s Government in so far con
lultittg the honor’ and fair pretensions of
the United States in the relative Iruatioa
ottiie tv*o‘ccilatries, to uuthorife such at
•propefition. . - . , ■
11 undersigned avail themselves of*
C’i* opportunity to renew to the American
Fiempotetitiarcs the assurance of their
confideratioii. ..;*■-, . “
(Sigtred.) *
Ga