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From the Nationol Intelligencer • i
The late conduct of the Bri. |
tifh miniflry has capped the cli- j
max cf atrocity towards this
countv. Their firft aft, the
outrage on the Chesapeake, was
an injury of the deepest die. It
was declared to be unanthorifed,
but the only unequivocal evi
dence of its being so, a prompt j
and full atonement, withheld, j
Instead of making a just repar- I
ation, a mission was inftituied ;
whofc termination added insult i
to injury. Close upon the
heels of this million followed
ihe celebrated orders of Novem
ber the nth, which produced,
with other cattles, the embargo
and non-iniercourfe with Eng
land, 1 hele, co-operating with |
the disasters of her arms, pro.
duced the arrangements made
by Mr. Erflkine with our gov
ernment. Every commercial
reftriftion was taken ofF by us,
the door to commercial iriter
courfe with her was widely o~
pened, in consequence of the
plighted removal of her orders,
and the interdict to her armed
ships to enter our waters with,
drawn in consequence of her
solemn promise to make a repa
ration for the outrage on the
Chesapeake designated by her
felf. Our Executive, without
hesitation, accepts the proffered
terms of amity ; the nation ap
plauds it; the legislature sane
ttons it, in a manner that proves
the mod unfufpicious confi
dence, by opening theintercourfe
without limitation, and without
the least reservation of Execu
tive difcreiion to suspend it on
any contingency ; cur proper
ty, to an immenle amount, is
inftamly embarked on the o
cean ; Congfefs adjourn in fe.
curity ; when to the aftonifti
; ment of every honest man these
engagements, asfolemnly adoo.
ted as any engagements made bv
man, are disavowed and annul
led, not in part but altogether
as well those relative to the Chel
apeake as those relative to the
orders in Council, in the lan
guage of Lord Batburft “ as
■wholly unauihorijcd." How can
this be? Is Mr. Erlkine a traL
tor to his government, a fool,
or madman, thus to commit
himlelf, “ not only to have ac
ted in the way,” in the language
of lord Liverpool, 44 unauthor
ifed by his initruftions but in
direct oppolition to them ?’*
.What thole infttuftions were
we cannot tell. But we all re
collect the language of Mr. Ers
kine, Sc if we believe htm a man
of common honesty and oi the
rneaneft uder(landing, we mull
conclude that he was authorifed
to make the overtures he pro.
posed. They were not extorted
from him, he was the fxrjl to
propose, them, and as pionipo
fed, verbatim let literatim , they
were adopted by our govern
ment.
Mr. Oakelv arrives in this coup.
try in a British (loop of war
and forth with Mr. Erskme
commences a correspondence ;
with the Secretary of State with
the following letter, dated April
17th.
44 I have the honor to inform
you, that I have received his j
his majtfty’s commands, to re
present to the government of j
44 HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” ShflkeSpCaTC.
the United States, that his ma
( jetty is animated by the more
i sincere desire for an adjustment
|of the differences, which have
! unhappily so long prevailed be
-1 tween the two countries, the re
capitulation of which might have
a tendency to impede, if not
prevent an amicable under ft and
ing.
44 It having been represented
jto his majesty’s government,
j that he Congress of the U. S,
I in their proceedings at ihe open
; ing of the last (elfion, had evin_
I ced an intention of palling cer
-1 tain laws, which would place
the relations of Great Britain
with the United Stales upon an
equal footing, in ail relpefts,
wuh the other belligerent pow.
ers, 1 have accordingly received
! his majesty’s commands, in the
event of fucb laws taking place,
to offer on the part of bis ma.
jelly, an honorable reparation
for the aggression, commit led
by a Hricifh naval office*-, in
the attack on the United States’
frigate Chelapeake.
44 Considering the aft, passed
by the Congress of the the U.
S. on the iff. of Mart-, (usually
termed the non intercourse aft)
as having produced a (fate of
equality, in the relations of the
two belligerent powers, with res
pect to the United States, I have
to submit, conformably to in
ftruftions, for the confederation
of the American government,
such terms of fatisfaftion and re_
paration, as his majelty is indu
ced to believe, will be accepted,
in the fame spirit of conciliation,
with which they are ptopofed.
“ In addition to the prompt j
disavowal made by his majesty, I
on being apprized of the no
authorifed aft, committed by
his naval officer, whole recall
as a mark of the king’s displea
sure, from an highly important
and honorable command, im
mediately ensued, his majesty
is willing to rellore the men
forcibly taken out of the Ches
apeake and if acceptable to the
American government, to make
a suitable provision for the un
fortunate fufferers on that oc.
cafion.”
Nothing can be more pre.
cife or explicit. Every fiipu
lation offered is in obedience to
the command of his majesty.
The terms are unhesitatingly
acceded to.
The next day the following
letter is received from Mr. Erl
kine :
44 I have the honor of infor.
1 ming you, that his majesty,
having been persuaded that the
honorable reparation which he
had caused to he tendered for
the unauthorifed attack upon
the American frigate Chesapeake j
would be accepted by the gov
ernment of the United States in
the fame spirit of conciliation
with which it was proposed, has j
inftrufted me to express his (a 4 j
tisfaction, should fiich a happy
termination of that affair take
place—not only as having re.
moved a painful cause of differ
ence but as affording a fair
, profpeft of a complete and cor. ]
dial understanding being re.ef
tablifhed between the two coun
tries.
44 The favorable change in
the relations of his majesty with |
the United States, which has
7 j
| been produced by the ad (u* i
fually termed the non-inter,
course aft) passed in the last
session of Congrefi, was also
; anticipated by his majesty, and
haseneouraged a further hope
that" the reconsideration the
• 1 of existing difference might
lead to their fatislaftory adjust
ment.
44 On these grounds Sc ex
| pectations, I am inftrufted to
, communicate to the American
government, his inajrfty’s deter- 1
mination of fending to the Uni
ted States, an envoy extraor*
dinary invested with full pow
ers to conclude a treaty on all
'the points of the relations be
tween the two countries.
44 In the mean time, with a
view to contribute to the attain
ment of so desirable an objeft ;
his majesty would be willing to
withdraw his orders in Council
of January & November 1807,
so far as refpefts the U. States,
in the perf'jafion that the Presi
dent would ilfue a proclama
tion for the renewel of the inter
course with Great Britain, and
that whatever difference of o
pinion should arile in the inter
pretation of the terms of such
an agreement will be removed in
the proposed negociation.
We have here the lame clear
unambiguous language. The
proposition is accepted ; and
Mr. Eifkine couches his last
letter in the following terms, de
clar.ng that he is authorilediby
his majesty to take this final flep.
44 In consequence of the ac
ce, *ance, by the Piefident, as
stated in your letter dated the
18th inst. of the proposals made
| by me on the part of his majesty,
i in my letter of the fame day, for
the renewal of the intercourrfe
between the refpeftive countries,
lam authorifed to declare that his
majesty’s orders in council of
January and November 1807,
will have been withdrawn as re
fpefts the United States on the
ioth day of June next.
Let the impartial world pro
nounce, on this data, whether
ihe arrangements thus offered
by Mr. Erlkine, were, or were
not unauthoriled. The fact is
that Mr. Erskine’s injlrudions
were penned while the embargo
was in force, and under strong 1
evidence that it was intended to
continue and enforce it. Such
a continuance and enforcement
threatened the trade and man.
ufaftures Sc navigation of Eng
land with vital injury. The
disavowal is made, after its re
moval, and when there was
fuperaded a moral certainty that
the whole reliriftions attending
the non intercourse were alio
removed. Then she was fuffer
ing for ihe want of ourraw ma*
j tenals, our provisions and naval
(tores; now her market is aboun*
dantly supplied, Sc the*dif»vow-
I *1 of the arrangments made with
I Mr. Erskine is baited by the in.
flantaneous and enormous pro
stration of the price of Ameri
can produce in her ports thirty
per cent, below the prices at
which it previoffly (food.
But to close every avenue to
I tn doubt with regard to the
authority of Mr. Erskine to
make these arrangements, to the
15th of June next enluing in
ericlofing the Brililh of the 26th
I of April, Mr. Erskme addreffe»
the Secretarv of State as 10l-
I l»os : ' A
t W -&
MONDAY, August 14, 190?.
“ In confequenre of officii
communications sent to me from
his majesty’s government, since
the adoption of that measure, I
am enabled to allure you that it
has no connexion whatever with
the overtures which I have been
authorifed to make to the gov
ernment of the U. States, and
that I am persuaded that the
terms of the agreement, to hap-
I pily concluded by the recent
' negotiation* will be ftritily ful
filed onthe part of his majesty.”
A ministry, that thus sports
with the plighted faith of the
nation it represents, to fubferve
a fugitive intercll, will have a
dreadful account to render
If that nation can be routed to
a fenle of its real interests, to
the glory it boaltj, with what a
tremendous vengence may it
not overwhelm the authors of
this unpara lied atrocity ! If it
be alive to the honor it certain
ly once poflefled and which we
hope it yet letains, it will at least
consign them to the harmless
walk of private life.
We rejoice to perceive that
as yet on this head, but one fee
ling animates our countrymen,
& tbatfederaliflsas well as repub.,
iicans, eastern as well as south
ern men ? denounce the conduft
of the Britifj) government with
equal spirit. This proves, that
notwithfUnding the collisions of
party, the great body on each
fide is at heart found*—Hence,
amidst the evils which this con
duct will produce, it will bring
with it, perhaps she greaictt bltf.
ling that could be conferred,
u n ion. Honorable men of all
classes will unite, and rally
round their own laws, govern
ment and rights.
There are some individuals,
who embrace this occasion, to
condemn the credulity, as they
are pleased to style it, of their
own government. But on de
liberation, we are fatisfied they
will pronounce a different judg
ment. Our government had
no reason to question the autho
rity of Mr. Erskmc to offer the
terms of accomodation agreed u
pon. They were such as we had
expefted would result from our
mealures; they were such in.
deed, as were ditiated by the
true interetls tof G. B. betidf.
They were proposed by an
agent of the highelt rank, were
explicitly declaied to emanate
direcfctly from his government
and were ratified with the ut.
most solemnity. For the breach
of a contract thus spontaneous.
ly & formally made, the annals
of civihfed communities did not
furmfh a precedent. Thepefona!
character, moreover, of Mr Eskine
tor intelligence and probity stood
fair & even high, Bo fair h so high
that Mr. Canning, though a poli
tical enemy, in Parliament repre
semed him as distinguished for hit
fidelity and talents. Under such
circumstances to have refused to ac.
cede to term* submitted, would
have rendered the Executive ob
noxious to the imputation of an in
disposition to restore the amicabU
relations of the two nHt j on!l> >n( |
have given a handloto faction to
nirtuei it* wor ,t rujwt . T j lc a .
dom of the act has been attested
y die almost universal approbation
not to say joy with which it >r da
received by the people. It hat »f.
lorded t/iern tcO tne occasion of
proving to ih« blindest hostility
otoad ili e sincerity of tlwir wishe*
What * fenfimnrt! it comet horn? to th
fseart of txtff friend of hunhoty.
[No. 44.)