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• The AmcrkanUt the British Commit
’ r hnerr> dpttra (*b<.nt, §efU ytb y ib 14*
I’Jie umierfigmstl have had tlie honor to
fdecive tlie notqof lira brUaimic majcftyV
plenipotentiaries, dated the 4th inlt. It,
in the tone or lubftancr of the former note
of the undersigned, tlie Britifli commtlfion
-> era have perceived little proof of any dis
position -'il. tiie pai( of tlie, Aiirerican ba
tor a uilaiflloii of fodt: of the
propofuions >tlv;:nctd in the! * firft not**,
whicn the’underfig'ied had the liouor of
receiving from tliem, tltAy will aferibe it
to :be riatufe of the prr-pofitiom
to their apparent’ mcp.VipatiF’ity with tlie
affu,-antes iu ford letter to
the American fecrciarv of Hate, i*ropolii>gj
” this negoefotfoq, and wiffi the folenv, <
fiiranct-s of tfo Biitjtli pjenipottyuiaries
taiviisfeivts, so ;tht* imdtrfigntd, at tlieir
firft conference! with
Th| underCgi it'd, in rt ft.rer.ee tA auob
t^r*ati3U.of „tlif •Britifli pluu.ipsweoffiirics,
tfot;\he obi. 13
tvhicft the govetnihm
.v Jfead in view, h*vr : adt fovitwidttittJf ;
rii ’ Theltfi<jijkft# tfoi<C-.ltrk.d juira'ile* fafir
ffifcurtiou were folrly brooght forward, in
the ftmfefoncc of tfo 9-fouit. and tfo tetsnt,
mi which the United Stat- s wt. e willing
to conclude the peace, were frankly and
dfitlareif; in tlfo note oTthe p
doligiifd, dared the 24th ultimo.". ItJiVd
b‘ been confidently hoped that the nature ol
-thole tprms, so fraiped in a fin-
r bere spirit of conciliation, wqtjJXhave in
duced Great-Britain to adopt filem as the,
bafix of a treaty, and it is with deep re.
|rt t that tfo ciiderfigned, if tliey Itaye
’ k figbtty understood tfo meaning of the lag
t bote of the britifli pienfocftciftiaries, per
iy ceive flj..t they ft ; H infill on the ev^uflve.
military poflfemdn of the lakes; and on a
£ permanent boundary and independent fr-
Jfo fitwy for tfo Indfops refiling within the
dominions ot tfo tMlited’ States.
Tiit firft decjand is grounded on tfo
loppofitiotr. that tfo American government
niamftfted, by-.its proceedings towwrtU,
S;V*iu, by tfo acqu'ifiiidfi of Lomfiana, by
purch.ffrf of-Indian lands, and by an n-
ifffoiition of permanently annexing
, tlie Cihad’iis toifiie United 3tate ; a fifirit
• of and cdnqiuft, which
iuftifi4 thy demand of extraordinary Pacii
,uccs from them, to provide tor the focurity
pf the British pnffeftlon*, in America.
In the whjcli the undersign
;. •and t'dtlc t;/eir doty to make oil the new
MBijUlds tifi-the Britift, gnvisrfitnent, they
affiroadtctfioßs “to th* na
; ■ tfoy did
not fob a for
Kfoaif ,in for condiitft, In 4,
, tfo Klobe, towards
tions,lff I)ie was not a.'.cduutable*fCPthe
> =’ sfo under/ign&l will
that Ufcic govlyimv'iit;, list ever been
f<#dy to tfo ffioft ami- able
ffanfor, w.k Spiiiaiftfo questions rrl'peit
>rtvs of L-puiliana and Flori
d*k mid ch it 4 indemnities acknowledge and
’ ‘ dot"* A'ntrira\reiii4ens. Haw
the pC : 4?c;.l foot Lauifiiitio, or
the purvMUr vi'Vnds within ihe acktioWl*
P .terrii iribilof the ; ;U, States, b.\th
triad® by la’ n\ voluntar / treaties for.
.cjpfoicms, cah so kfei rbed 1
• iptVit ot. c iiqVft dangerous to tfoir,”
neighbors, tfo ajtogether
%t td unueril V\, ‘
_ |for has ‘the cAVicfl of Canada, and
b’ its perma-.icin to the U. Statej,
11 l,i e fotlared obj*t of tfoir govern*
latffre’^ 1, i* lo ™ t! “’ L’‘\ik;nccme!it ot’ the
fo"*rsL^' r tc prefcnt timtVfo Antieriran go
alw.Vs rea dy to mUke
¥r'fo’ without oßtainkX any ccflion of ;
ten 1 tory, sud on the l<r.\coutlitiOmrihat 1
tfo maritime question.
H ’Such was Vur cH&tion
wtie ni iftth 0} Tiily, )8 iV *heu they
inreoduced Mr. Ruffe!l to j\W t fo pc
v pofi! <ff an vinoiilice ; in tlif .'Vmtli of Oc- ‘
k fame vt a ; , aI. uU. Man- ‘
Admiral, V piWaj J
so file fame effea } in April, 4s; wfon J
Bjfti'octiot)* wt” jieen to three .o\ the un
’ thru appointed ti) trefti V oeate
. mediation of “TtiuTii; lid in
Sjjflmoai'y, 1814, wfon the iulbiidipL Un
rr w Well tfo inidcifignetl are no* ncftriig,
prepared. • ~ \ •
■ propofition of die BVitifli ‘p'entjK_V
• fients*?ries i*, that, iti eider to future tfoV
fi-oniicr of Canada ugainft attack, the U. ‘
; >Statc"flioald leave tfoir V,>n without de-
V fence t -and it leenis to so forgnfon,* that
; if tfoir superior pppHilation and the proxim
icy oFthdr rclbffrnes give them an* ad
vantage in that quarter, it is balanced by
the gfeat difference between the military
< eftabjiftnmnts of the two. nations. No
A'fuddrn invalion of Canada by.tiie Uiiited
States could Vrinacle, without (caving off
. their Atlantic fliores, Slid tm ocean,
v%epofod to tfo great lufot iqrity of tfo
, Britifli force, a mafs'of American proper
ty. far moie valuable than Caiwcfo. In
dierrelaiiite fuscrim force to that of the
jjiffted States, iu every otfor quarter, G,
•Bfitit.*i tsay uuff a pledge much more es- |
fifcack>os’*far the filet y off tingle vulne?-
ablc ;>ointi than iu ftipulutiou .ruinous to
tjifcrintercft;?,’ and degrading to the honor
#>f Amfrica. The foft lecurity for the
will. 110 wearer,
■■■ found iff Sat* aud iojid peace; iu
reffptet far tfo rights offoach oth-
cultivate'., feiendl) u
■it Ween tfoni. If tfoir b.-
i'l rela.ion to Kau
of traders .aid •
1 so
*’ • v . . ‘ *
ae/ms, whUi! a.ty be 0% amoved by _
jroor| leilraints. • *
Tltf only American (yrt* the foikes
known to have been, t the commence
nieut of the negoc'ation, fold bv
(<jml are *Michilimacinac and Niagara.
A*tbe Unittd States wire, at the fame
time, in p .lfoffion of Am'v r.burg, and
Abe adjacent country, if |h}; ptfeeived
that the mere of thofo two j
forts cpuW give any claim to Irri Britan- j
nic m.l jelly to large eeffions Os tenirory !
found,*d upon tfo right of conquest ; and
tlie uftderiighed may be ‘permitted to add,,
that t??en ifrtiw ebam es of war liiould
yield to the Britifli arms a momentary
pofft&bii of other parts of the territories
ii tfo fuch events wop Id
jicrt alter their views with regard to the
of jieace ,n wfiich tley wcuid give
WithStit recurring to ex
attifilcs draan from the iwotmrnnafy go
wrumefft of Fiance or to a more recent
;;nd iHfiftrious triumph, of Ynrtfthde in ad-’
’ have been taught by their
ptV u hiflory that tlie otcujwtioii of their
primi|ul cities would prodte.e no d*fprm
cfei’Cy, jior induce their fubmiflion to die
d;fm"vmbernient vis tfoir euipire, or to the
aU’'d'MtT.att of any , one qf.tbe iicjl ts
off tlwV
‘ *” * r'.'ri *’ i,V :
The gefosal pofltion, that it was con
fiflt nt v- th rhe principle of public law,
( 4gff ff'l*. practice'f>fcivilized, nations,
; to hicluSo alifosm a treaty of peace, and
j to, provide for tfoir focurity, nevv was
icffled in by rhe undei(ignl,—
: But they have and nied tlie right of GiejSt
j Britain, according’ to th<fo principles and
hey own prat tier, to iftteifore in any man*,
ner with ludian tribes refldhig within the
I territpries if* the. United Stau.s, as ac
i kiibwiedged hy Ijt'i felf, to fonlidee lucb
; tribes a her uh Hi, or to heat for than
I with “the United States, I'htiy wilt not
rtpenl the Lifts and arguments alro,tdv
• brought forward by tbeni, in liippo'.t, of
1 ffiii'pofltioM, and wlrrtlr. remain una?ifoei
: ed. The oblervatio’ns'made fiy the Brit
-1 ifli plenipotepti-irics on tfo treaty'ofGreen
fl vilh;. and their wlfertio* that the U. States
4tfow,’for tfo fiift time, dgny the abiblutc
independence (file lii.Han'diibes, clarni
• the exr.lufive right of purchafiug their
;< lands, require, however, fome iiotite. -
j If the United States had now affrrttd,
I that the Indians within their boundaries,
f. who have at knoridedgcu the U. St it
tfoir only protestors were ffoir f.ibje£ts,
‘■ living only at folFrienct’ tii their hifids,for
: from being the fi-ft in making flwt ass r
. tibn, they would only have followed tlm
| ej&mple of the pr ticipLo;, and
• in*y^vb!y, alfert-i.’di r fiiWftiie., ’ jiivd- fie*
qu nd; avow.-fi in evpieri teams by the
Britifli ,gov, rn.font ilfei.. What was the
meaning ofall tlie colonial charters grant
ed by the Britiih monarchy, from that of
hy EiizaWth, to that'of Geor
gia, by : - „r,-v of ;'w
rymritc thr” Iniliafts ftVele tTie
sovereigns and; i ipiietors, of thehmdsbe'-
flowed by fthoC charters f Whit was tile.
nieauhig oftii;;*, ‘artK Ie id the treaty of
U'.rei hc.'by which tht fee nations were
deferUVd, in terms, • as"fubjetft to the- do
minibu of Great Britain ? or that of the
Uealv with tile Gh'rok 11, bv whicli
was dechm-d thatfthe kjng of Groat Bri
tain giriutep ifom 1 he*priviler!ge to live
w hei t Itary pieftfed, if tlto fe ftthje Is were.
’ independu tdoyei-v-ign's, and iftlirfe tenets
4t tile I icy life ©f the Biitifli king, Were, the
rightful lyvitshf t!:c*i inds licgranted
i them perSfftoa u> liv.J. What was-tiifc
1 nieauiugot* that proclamation cf bis present
; Britannif. m-fji in 1763, declaring
aUpmtlufe of fro 11 the Indians nuil ,
sand void, unleJVnnde. Ky treaties held un
der the t'ancViLvi rtt'fos majt fly’s govern*-■
ment, if the Indians had tin:, right to fell
tbejrjftndj to whom they pit d? ’ What
was ibe meaning of boundary lints of A
| merican territories, in ail me treaties of G.
Britain with oilkt Enropraii powers hav- :
fog Anv Ucan pdfftrihons, pyrticnlarlv in
the. treaty of.ryht, by which toe acquired
: from France tlie Cover; an(j pols ilMi) :
;.ot.the Canadas; in her mat v of pe.tve ‘
! with the. United States y 1784 ; nay what |
is the meaning oCtlic tvsrth w ftrrn -houn- j
darv line now propofi and by the Britifli com- |
mifliniiers tiieml'clvts, it it is tlie rigiuUil j
poircffioi) and lav -rcignty of nt |
Indians, of which these houndar'c'S dis- !
pole ? Is it, indeed, lnceffaiy’ to afle, •
whether Great Biiuin ever has permitted, |
or .would permit, any foreign nation, oral
without for coiffeur, any of her fobj(is
to acquire lands from the Indians, in the
territories of the Hudson bay company,
\or in Canada ? 111 fobuiallv, protdlii#) a
kainft this system, it is not againfl a. novel
pietenfion o the American government,
it agav.ft the moft folemii aicfts of their |
ownjbvertigna, agiinft the royal procla- 1
mmihlis, charters and treaties of Great |
BritaiX, few .nore thun tv.*t> centuries, from j
tfo fiiliffculrnient of North America to
the prehut day, tfijit the Biiitfti pleiiipo
trntiarits proteffe - .
j From the rigor of this system, Itojj'ever,
as pnaCftiltO by Great Britain, and all tlie
otfor Eurojican poweios in America,
humane av.i liberal policy of. tlie United ‘
Su ttes has volunuirily’ relax; and. A oele- !
braced writer on the laws of nations, to ‘
wliote autliontv Britiih jurists have takeu !
Particular l'ati-.J.t&yan*in ipp.-alingj ab/r ,
ftatiug in the inanntT, the le
gitimacy of coiomr.l leUleiJKiits in H
:iA.-iica, t * the exclulion td all: ights of ur- ‘
civiliz, j Indian tribe's, has utkeu occaiioii ’
toylpife t!)v firft fettlo sos New -F’ j.
and die founder of Pcmiiyiyr.ii.i, in hav- j
iiig purchafid ofthe liviLitis the lancs/hey’ *
refolveu nffcu’.tivatc, notwitliftafidiug tfor t
being tin iiifhcd with a fooiv their J
fove reign. It is .tbii ex*mp?>*j which the 1
Uuued States j fiuce became, by tfoyr j
liilrpcndence, the sovereigns of hc*tcrrW
tory , have acli.pted and oiganizcei into a
political Ijftein. Under mat fyftern tlie
Indians raiding within tbit Uwit. . States
are fofar iud#pt.Hlent, that they five mi
ner tfttir ovn culloms, and not'under
tiie laws ot the United States; that
their right! upon the lands where they in-
I habit or hunt, are secured to them by
j boundaries dehued in amicable treaties be-
I twetn tne United butts and tliemfelves ;
I „nd that wbtnevcr thole bouujarits aie
| varie-i, it is also by amicable and Volunta
ry treaties, by winch they receive from the
United States ample comoenlaiior. tor e
veiy right tliey have to the lands ceded
by them. They are so far dependent asnot
to have the right to oifpofe oftlieirlanas to
any private pr. luirs, uorto any power other
than the Uuited otales and to oe under
‘tntir4piourtUdU g ajoiie, and not undef that
of any -'Uitr power. Wlitlner cadtd
fuhjtCts, or* by W iiatevernime deiignatcd,
: fui.ii is the reiaubrt oetweat them and
’ United btatts- j hat'relation is nditber
alfertcStiow for the foil time, nor did it j
origin Ae with the treaty of Greenville. ’
‘J liese principles iiave bet# uiiiformfy re- i
cognized by tlie Indiaus themselves, not ‘
oilly by that treaty, but in all the*
Other pievjous as well as subsequent
treaties, between the® and the United 1
v States. V ;
‘The treaty, of neither took
from die liifnatis-.tlte rtgiK wbkh tbey ‘had
of felling fauds within tbfe jurisdiction •
of the United btaus'to foreign govern
nlentSL dr Arbjefij, nor ceded to them the.
right of cxercifiiig exduGve jtiristiiiftion
within the boupdary line assigned.
it was merely declaratory oi the pub
lic law, in relation to • the parties,
tbundeu m. principles previously and uni
.veiially recognized. It left to the Uni-
Jcd States tte rgnts pf exercising sove
reignty aiu or acquiring fuff, anti Dears
no •tnuitogy t.< tne proposition of Great
B main, *iich requires the abaiidiimeut
Os both. j ;
Ihe Biitifli pltnipotetitiaiU* slate iu
tlieir foil face, that Great Britain is ready
‘to enter 11 to the t iigageuic-nt with
rdpe.il to ! tbe Indians living within her
lihc of deilarcatitiu, as that which is-pro*
p ‘led to tie United States, The under
finned wfff iior on the. immense ine*
• quality of- value bei ween the ty.o terri
,] tones wlnth, under lue'i an arrengeuient,
jvouid be uTigiied, by eacn nation rtiljiA
ively to rir Indians, and which’ atone,
would mule- the reriproeity merely no. ii- ,
1): 1 il| COMdltlOll wllicO would be thus
imposed oil Great Bvitatn not to acquire
lands,in £&luda from the Indians,'would
Be prodtnkiye of no advantage V> the Uni
j ic'd ritater, and is, tberefou-/ no equiva
• lent for i/ie faetifine requio'd of theta,—
j Tii*y .do not confider brat-it belongs to
J tlie Unicf'd -otaUs iu retjieft -to inter,
j it re wnh tiie ii.i'vt.ii; if Go-jtjbrrv**-’“ih
rJ. : rlsllLi■ M ootiUrt ’-Villi iltT pt*ll
•cy toWAujf '.tiit Indians tefidH g tVre; and
i they eJinbA’ccaifUt to aw> itUerierence,
i Oh the p*t of Great Bittam, with tfioir
i ewil tt Dv-.nis, and -particularly with the
’ ihifiaus living tlieir ten itones. It
■ niay lit. ti-v’ tuforeu ‘ of Git at Britain’ ux
limit -tier •kukiuems in Uabatla to tii-ir
; prefint extent, and to leave -,thfc .country
to the v\kn h pvqictUul wilderutbs to be
loieyer intiiujitcd by j Scattered tubes cf
hunters: but it would infill. a vital inju
ia on tl; United butes to lave a tine
i wiiwiriftigb her territory, wfoth
J I'” fettiemuiU'hKn.ni forever f> prcrjfidcd
j from ekfoniiing, thereby afrefting the nat
ui'al growth Ot it,) population ihd Itren Al,;
1 plac'iig tlie Indians laoliantialj v. bv vir/
I tuv ot the prop-,lua gugrantet) the
pfoieciion of Great - Britain ; dooming
thtjw to barSaiisii), and leaving
•an excel>tiye fronyer forever cxptded to .
iheh lavage mcutlion*. . ‘ I
With rtlprcft to the mere question of
. peace with tiie Indians, the nn.lerfigutd ;
: > li,ve already affered tin Bi itifli |
pitnip<;te:s*uari (*s, that so it depend.
| Oll l! ‘P United States, it w uld imtr,*- i
■ diateL.’ and ucceff mlv follow a peace :
! witli-Gitrat Britain, if this be her foie |
j object, 11.1 pr, vision in tlie treaty to ‘that 1
| rfleet is necessary-. Provided the Indians
j will,now evident to it. jmace will imme
[ diatedy be made with them, and they will
I by icinltated ui th? fan’,* fiiujtiqsi in which’
, tliev flood --.before - the commcpcetPe*)t of
I boiiilitres. Sft uld a contiiiuar.ee of the
1 war cr>,npel tlie Ln.ted States to alter,
their- |MtC), tow-ards tlie Indians, who may
still laky t‘ \f part ol Great BLitain, they
alone mufi be re_fooi fihfe for ticonic-i
qqeilces.ol ticc-oii in having induietl *
them to wiilidnyw thinrilives from the
prou-tfticn -of the Uniud State?. The I
| employment of fitv:\ges, wfu.fo known nile ;
ot warfare is . the iiidiJcriminate torture I
and butchery • of.,women, children, aiid
piifaneh, is itfelt a depamne from tlie
principles oTliumanitv .olfervttl l*etweai
ad civilized and Qinitian nations, cvenrin
war. • . ■ .
ihv Unit and States fiave constantly pro--
tefled, and ft'i protest abahift it as an am-”
juflifiable aggravation of the calaniites and
honois of war—Of the peculiar atrocities
! of hidian w ar f arc i allies of Great
Britain in whote behalf flit’ ’now ritn.antis
of thy U wired States,Jlave dur
ritig tlic prefir.lt ,tvar, fiievni many’ depiora-
Me .examples. Amoiig thr m, ihe nitiffa
tre in. col J blo<*l, of wounded prilb'Kis,
and tlie itigial of tiie rig fits of L final
the dead, umLrtire eyes of,Hritilh ofticers
wlio CouiJ .only pjead tijeir iniliiity to
CrmUr htlitfe tirvage Jmxiiiarus.lia'M btqn
rc-pcutcd, and art* notorious to the world.
,Th<rUmted States niigltt at’ ;,M times have
employed the fame kind of r force against
G rest Britain, to i greater extent tittui it
was in Uc power ti etnpfoy it ajaiul’t
dwt*',; bat’ fi&ttf, treir reluctance to rr-
Tort to aieans so %’oiiorrent to the natural
-feelings of hm. uify, tliey abstained frorp
die ule of th nujuntU compelled to the al
ttrnatjvs of errififoying tlKiufelves In
dians, wfio would otlierwise have been’
drawn’ into tlie’ rank! of tlieir enemies.
The nitdcrfigned, fnggofting to the Br itifh
tlie propriety of an arti
cle by which Great Britain and the Uni
ted States fhotdd Reciprocally stipulate ne
ver hereafter, if diey iksulU be again at
w;, ‘ to employ favageaiu h, believe that it
would ,ho infihitely more lMmuraWe to tlie
humanity and Thriftian temper of both
parties, more advantageous to the Indians
themselves, and better adapted to secure
their permanent peace, tranquility, and
progrcffive civilization, than the boun- •
dary proposed by the British plenipoten
tiaries. ,
With regard to the\elTion of a part of
the Diftridt cif Maine, as to which the Bri
tifb plenipotentiaries are unable to recon
cile the objections made by the underlign
ed with them previous declaration, they j
ha>- Xie honor to observe, that at tlie con- ;
lercnce of the Bth ult. tlie Britifli plenipo- 1
tentiaries *. ted as one of the iubjcAs
fui table for tliscufiioii, a revision of the 1
boundary line between the Britifli atd A- ;
merican territories, with a view to prevent !
uncertainty and dffpute : and that it was
csi the point thus Bated, tNat the under
ftgnfitl uccfiyod that they - were provided
with iuilructions flop) their governuient;
a declaration which did hot imply . that
tliey*were iultruded to make any ccflion
of t* rritory in any quarter, ol to ag)ee to
levifion of the line, or to any exchange
of ttr.ptny, where n3 uncertainty or dis
pute exilted.
The nnderiigned perceive Do uncertain
ty or s*matter 5 *matter of douot in the treaty of
178;, .with refpetft to that part Of‘the
bounnary oftiic District of Maine which
Would be aflefted by tlie propofiil of Great
Britain on that fubjeCt.* They never
have underftSod l!ut tiy l’-dtiilj pknipo
temiaiies who fignt-d that treaty, had coil
tempi,u-d a boundary different from that
fix.d by fne treaty, anti which requires
nolhifo more, in order to fx definitely as- ;
certaiifed,than to be surveyed in coufnnii-.
ity with itsprovilious. 1 his’fuhject pot
fiaviiig beta a matter of uncertainty or
dispute, c::e underfigaed art.* nwt mftructed.’
•upon it .; iud they can h.vve ho autlfority :
to cede .any part of the flute of Mafia-,
chufetts, even tor Britifli govern
ment might confider a fair eqiuvalf'ut.
la regard to the boundary of diegi-xth
wefh a. frontier, so loon as the proportion j
of Indian boundary is deposed of, the un
derligned have po objection, with the ex
planation given by by the Biutiih plenipo
tentiaries, in their Iml note, to discuss the
. Tly.*. signed, in their former note, 1
vtntth with fiankneCs, and wik now rej>eat,
uhat toe two pi’opositions, jft, of afl;p*ji:g
ill the proposed treaty. v
boundary to ihe Indians fivihg witl;i)i the/
limits ol the U. (states, Ixfybiiu which botfo- •
dary they liiould ftiptolate not to acquire, l
by purchufe or, other wife, any territory;
idl v, of Securing the itiilitary ‘ ,
paflVdion of tile Lakes to Great Britain,
.Tie bptfeinadniilEbl*; a:xl that tliey . can
not fablciiije to, and would cieeUi it useless
to refer to their government any arrange
nient.eifu jirov'dlbiifil, containing eitheir .
cf'tliofe proposi tions. ’ * >Vith tliisunder- \
Handing, the undefCgaed are now re*dy j
tb continue the negociatiou; aiid, qg they |
have already:exprefll-d, to efifoufs all the !
points oi diffevetict',of whigh might hereaf. •;
ter tend in any degree to interrupt die
iiai iimry of tlie two countries.
The wbderlignedjre'qucft tlie British plen
iixnentiaries to accept the ‘A.'urace of their
lijgb confiJeration-.
(oigiied)- J. Q^Ad.yv.s,
J. A. X.\V.*k‘, v
> H. Glav,
Jona. ‘Upsskll,
A. Gali.atin. i
No. V.
‘The Bi to the’ American Comtiiis
_ stone.ru _
GftEtn, Sept, jqth. 1814.
umlerligued have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of the note addreft
~ed to tliem by the American pknipotentia
.ries on the. 9th inst.
Op the greater part of that note, ti e
unckiTigned-fijve 110 intemum to - make
comments, having proposed to thejufelvds
throughout the rngottation to a*fonl ail
unnec* ffary discu ffems, more efptciallv
when tending to create irritation. -
Oil, the qutftiou of tlie noi th-veftem
’ froiuiers, they are happv to find that no -
mate rial is likely to arise.
Wit!i rvfjxft to tV‘ hound ary of the
Diltrict of Maine, the underligued oblVrve
with regret, that although the A nitrican
plenipotentiaries have acknowledged diem
lelves to be inftrncltd to Jiscuil a revision
of the boundary line, with a vies* to pre
vent uncertainty and dispute, yet, by as
suiriiug un exclulive rightatonce to decide
what is or is not of uncertainty
and have rendered tlieir pow
ers nugatory or madniiifioJy partial in their
operation. - * ‘ ’ - ■
After the declaration made by the A
ms tiran p’uiipctcntisriee, that the United
’ ... tts wiil ailmit of 11*0 line of boundary
between tlieir Territory and that of the In
dian nations, becaufc the natural growth
and population of tee United Stake#would
lie thriehv arrflied, it becomescnr.ec* fu,-
17 fortlrer to insist Oil the proof of a spirit
ol’ aggrandizen ot’ afforded by the ptir
chalV of Louisiana from Frapce.ugaitiU tlie
known conditions on which it bad been
coded by Spam to that country. * die lies-’
vde stizme of a great part of the Florid,ts
•under the prettuce ofa YtspedUng
the boandary, . ■
r> ‘ <r>: % . I'. ‘* \
J Tfo rtofongnTii by tfo American pirn,
j ipotentiaries lor this’ dccUrafon, tquaily
♦ apples to tl; alfigiunent ot a boundary
| to thfc United States d)i ary fide, with
‘..whatever view propofqd ; and the unliniU
* ttdnature of the pretension would al.ne
‘have just ified Great Britain in faking more
j effectual lecurities against its application
j to Canada than any which the miderfign
| ed have had the honor to pnpofe.
| Had the Ameiican plenipotentiaries
been iiifb ufted on the’ fubjedt of Canada,
they would not have affected that its ptr
; roaneut annexation Itad not been the de
-1 dared ob jeA of their governmtm. It has,
been distinctly avowed to be fueh atdHFc*?
• ent times, particulaily oy two American
generals on tfoir refpe&ive invasions di
1 Canada. If the declaration firff. made lid
j been. disapproved, it would not have been
I repeated. Ihe duel a rat ions here inferred
to are to be found in the proclamation of
gtiuid Hull in July, rSia, anifcfgtti
i crab Smy th in November, 181 a, copies of
j which, are Hereunto’ annexed.
| _ rrufl be the want ojii ftruc
• tions that the American plenipcttniiaiio*
1 have been fed toaffert that' Greartßi foils
i has induced the Indians to witbdr. t fVom
i the protedion of the Ur Slates. X e g--v
---| einment of the United States canr t have
! forgotten that Great Britain, so I from
inducing the, Indians to withdraw them
felvcs from the protection, of the 1 irfcaJ.
States, gave tfo-earfoft
intention of thole nations to invade >*e U-V
States, and - exerted forfeit; ,ongb \
without fucccfs,. to prevent and ipeale
their lioftility. The Indian nation how
ever, having experienced as they thought,
opprrilion nftead of protection from tfo
j United Stat s, declared war againft'them
prr viotilly eu the declaration of war by that
Country against Great Britain. The treaty
by wifoh tiff Indians placed rfoir.felv
uyder tin of the United
is now biygateu, and the American gotra
ernmuit iffnnot be entitled to cL'mi, as .
right, the fofowa! oi ah article in a treaty*’
winch ha. no longer any exilienee. 1 he
Indian nations are therefore no longer to ■.
be confide reff as under the protection rs
the US-atts, (whatever may be the import
of that teripy and it cannot only be on the
ground that they arc regarded as fubjedts,.
that tlie American plenipotentiaries
be audiotised to deny, the right of Great ~
Brita’n to interfere ’on their in behalf the
negotiation for peace;’ | T ® any.fuch claim
it u repeated, that the treaties condud.-d
wuhjfom, and pai ticuiar]y*th , ?tt 0 f Green*’
i v;11 c, arc hi ffireft opwafition,
j Uis not liecilfary to r. cur'to, the than
ner lu whieb'ihe terrntory of the United j
States was at firtt fettled, in Order to de
w-octhtr the Indian nations, the orig- ‘
f.iif 1 inhabitants of Amtrfea, shall have
iolne ipot to them, whpre they may
hf permitted to live .ip tranquility: nor
r® lhe S their tranquility can Oe. secured.
w*thout preventing an aninterrupted i\s*
upon diem A
pretence ofipnrthufes. n ““i
l{,tne American plenipotentiaries ait I
authorized peremptorily to deny. the right \
of tfo Bntilh govern mimt to interfere with
the pacification -of ‘the Indian nations, and
for ti.k reaK. i refute all negotiation on the
fouyecl the undbrlighed are at a fijfs to
unae.ibiid, upon what principle £ was ‘
that at the conference of the 9 th ultimo, V
the Amineuiplenipotentiaries invited dial I
cuftion M) the fubjeCt, and aufoci, drat fe J
wasmotpofliblc for them to decide witivV
out disciUimi, whether an article could
he tramjf winch should’ be mutual-
Iv fatiffi&ory, and to which the* V
liiould tliuA tliemielves, under their dig- ‘
cretionary pVvers, warranted in acceding** |
The further observe, I
that if the American government has no* I
’ ftremffod their Vlenipetihtiariei with any I
i uiftriiaions | £ ft,* wlwu tha jJ
general pacification of Kurop* could not 4 (
hiive been iurniedficery in conteniplatTon,j/
tl;is iul-icqucnt after an tvqnt fo|f
calculated (eVea view wbiv\a dforj ’
Atnencyihp!cnipotei\ianes have taken of
it, in tiitir note oi tlifj 24th u.’t) to influ
ence the.negotiation,'‘is, to lay the lea ft,
no piioot of a fineere deli re to bring it to a
favorable Qpnclufion. ’fhie British govern
ment has entered into the negotiation witlt
an anxious wish to efledt an aihicaole ar- y .
Alter convuUions unexarn
pled in their nature, extent and
the civilized world has need of repose. >
To obtain this in Europe, Great Bntaiii |
ftpgrnide fontiderafiic iaci ificcs., To conWi
plcte file work lif general pacification, it in I
her earntft wifli to ellablifti a pe^e t
tlie Ujnted States; and in her 1
accoinplifh this cbjeft, to tiifc'i
fame pimciples es moderation ai'U forbeara
mice* but it is utteiiy iuconfilient with ’
bes pradite and her priheipfes, ever to aa
oandon in her-negotiations for pc ir e tlif*
who have co-o].eratcd with her in war.
1 he uiidtifigneu, therefore, repeat, that;
the British gtttcniinciit is willing to sign ’
a t.caty of peace with the United State* j
.011 Urms honorable to both parties. It *
IA not offered any ttruis which the Unia j
ted States can juftiy represent as dtrogato- r
ry to tlieir po -er, nor can it be induced v
to accede to any which are injurious to its.
own. It is on this ground that-file under-/
iigned areauth .'riztd diliuxfily to dcclaie/fj
that they artriiifirLdted not to a
of pence, with ti*- plenij'ottntiayies of the |
United States, oak Is the I:\tiian
are rudue’ed in it, and reftoed to all tb®
lights,joigiiegesana ten.toiies which they/*
enjoyed iti tfid year 1811, previous to tlieL
couiineuctniert of the by virtue ol
the treaty t>f Git\uville,\nd ti e
fubfequiidy eouuoutd betwetn them A;,-
the United otaus. From this point I*
bntilh pieripotentii ies cannot depart. | “
They arf fui tiier inltrntud to (.tier >.
clijcuilton, an aitide. f>> wl ich the,co:ijj
Itiacling parties shall ’d< • .<■<at.
tiicuiitivc*, aceordii g to
