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DOCUMENTS, !
If hich accompanied the Message
c f the Pus idea t oj the L’niud
states.
The Secretary of S fate to iVr.
Jackson.
Department oy Mate, Oct. 6th ISJ9.
Mr
An arrangement, an to the re.
vocation ol the British Orders in
Council, a» well as to the satisfac
tion requited in the case ol the
attack on tiie frigate,
has been made in loitn by the
government of the U Sues with j
David Monugue trskine, Juq. !
an accredited Minister Plempo- j
lentiary of his Biiianoic inajasty. i
And after it had been latthiuly '
carried into execution on the pars
ol this government aud under
circumstances rendering it« eflects
on the leianvt* situation of the U-
States irrevocable, and, in some
respects, iirepatable, his Bnumuic
majObty has deemed it proper to
disavow it, to recai hiu minister,
and to send another to his
place.
in such a state of things, no rx - ;
peclaiion could be tnoic
able no course ol proceeding more i
obviously prescribed by the- ordi* '
nary respect due to the dtsap j
pointed party, than a prompt and 1
explicit explanation, by the new !
liu.u.onury, of the grounds of (he
refusal on die part ol hi* govern
meni to abide by an arrangement
so solemnly accompani
ed Wy a substitution ol other pro.
positions.
Under the influence of this rea
sonable expectation, the President
ha» learned with no leas sutpn 7( .
than regret, that in your several
conferances wuh inc you have
stated ;
Ist. That you have no instruc
tions from your government which
authorizes you to make any ex
planations whatever to this go-'
vernment, as to the reasons, which j
had induced his Bniannic majesty I
to disavow the arrangement lately J
made, by your predecessor, fa that
therefore you could not make any
such explanations.
2d. Fhat in the ease of the !
Chesapeake, your instruction* on
ly authorize you (without assign,
mg any reason whatever why the
reasonable terms of satisfaction
tendered and accepted, have not j
keen cat ried into etlect) to com- i
municute to the government a
uuie tendering satisfaction, with |
an understanding that such note!
should not be signed St delivered
j by you, Until you should have pre- |
vtcasiy seen and approved the pro- i
j posed answer ot this government 5c
; that the signing and dclivtry
of your note aud the answer ot
this gevetumeut should be simul
taneous.
! 3d* i hat you have no instruc
lions, winch authorize you to;
make to this government any pro
positions whatever ui relation to
the revocation of the British Or
ders iu Council ; but only to «e
--ccive such as this government
j may deem it proper to make to
:>uu.
■ 4th. Tha», at til times, it is not
I the disposition or the intention
I of the British government to re
i voke tkeir Outers iu Council,
, as they respect the U. -Sta.es, but
upon a formal stipulation on the
part of the United States, io ac
| cede to the following Uims aud
j conditions viz:
in. 1 hat the act of Congress,
commonly called the non-inter,
course law, be continued ug.uusi
t ranee, so long as she shad con
tinue tier dccites.
2d. That the au'-v of Great Bri
tain be authorized to aid
forcing the provisions of the vaiC
act of Cong teas:
3d. That the United States sbal
explicitly renounce, during the
present war, the right of cairying
“ HOLD THE MIRROR fp TO MATURE.” ShdkcSpCeirC .
i -i m. -te—' « nr* ■■x— - jk r.»a*rj»- _>ca
on anv trade whatever, d»Vect or j
indirect with i.mv colony of any 1
enemy of Or »M*riia:a, from
\vh»ch they wriv excluded during
peace ; and that she renunciation
must extend, not only to ihr trade
between the cOUmy and the mo,
?h*r countrv, hoi to the trade
between the colony ami United
States.
If, in the aforegoing represent j
tatiun it should apperar, th u l
have in miv instance misappre.
bended vour meamug, it wdi as.
ford real plcaso’’ f; to be enabled j
to lay before the president a state- !
mtnt, corrected ag’c*-*biy to any J
suggestions, w th which you m.»y
be pleased to favor me.
To avoid the misconceptions
incident to oral proceedings, 1 j
have the hon. to intimate that it is ;
thought expedient :h *t our f< r'ber i
discussions, on ibet present, oc. a
sion he in the written form. a«u!
with great sinec-ritjy i assure you,
that whatever c«mtu unload ou-> i
yog may be pleased thus io male, j
will be received with actions *oli i
exude to find th»-ijt >ocii a l ' *i»av
lead to :\ speedy removal ot eve* j
ry existing obitacJc to 'bat mu-;
tual and i;i*lini> fi iertdsnip and tor- |
dialitf be, ween the iwo n, * ns, 1
which it i» enviously the im*»e»t i
of both to f'-ster.
With the highest eotn’idery.ioß,
Vours, &c.
(ifigned) If SMI 1 il.
The huu. J. Jackou., #c.
Jl/r, ?>vuth to Mt. Jd'faon.
Department ofbtutq Ai-». i U*o'i. !
Sir
Your letter of 2ld ultimo which
was duly received, woiud have
been sooner ackuowh g**d, havl I
not by Hickness br*-n rimd«-.r*«l l«' ;
several day# utterly unfa lor bu>t
ne»s.
Although the delay and appar
ent reluctance in specifying the
! ground* of the disavowal ot the
l arrangement with respect to the
j orders in council, do nut curie*
•pond with th« course ol p»cc«e
ning« deemedmost becoming the
occasion \ yet as the explanation
has at lengih been thus made, it
only remains, as to that part ot the
| disavowed airangcinent, to . re
gret that such confide* atious >
should have been allowed to out- i
weigh the solid objections to ne j
disavowal; it being understood J
at the same time that his Unun * ;
i me majesty perseveres in itqu-'
! ring as iudispensible (joixlaioiu
jon ihe pa.t otvfie U nil id State ,
> an entire telinquiahment ot toe j
* right to trade with enemies to- j
j iouies, and also pcrmi.Mm to j
> tWe siritish nav / to aid iu ex<--
i cuting a law of Cuugus* ; pre
tensions, which cannot hut ren
der abortive all proposals wuaievvr
upon this subject, vvUeiWir made
by the United Slates or hta bii
lannic majesty*
Whilst you hav» detuned it
| proper to oiler an explanation
t with respect to the dLavowalot one
part ot airangeineni, i must re*:
min.l you that mere is not to he
round in your letter any like
specifications of ihc reamns ** ,r
the disavowal, nor particularly is
it shewn that instructions Acre vi
olated as to the other part, viz
the case of the Chesapeake ; t.,e
case in which in an especial man
1 ! ner an explanation wa* requr‘«d,
! and in which only you professed
to have hii. bur tty to make io this
government any overtures.
For the iirstliiue it is now dis
closed thai the subjects, arranged
with this government by your pre- i
JcCessor, are held not to he with
in the view ol a Minister Plenipo
tentiary, and that, not having had
a “ full power distinct lrom that
am horny, his transactions on those
subjects ought of tight he disa
vowed by his government. ’ This
disclosure, so contrary to every ;
..utecedent •opposition and ju*t j
•nftrtiice, gives a new aspect to ,
this business* If the authority
MONDAY, Decemb-r 2s, i B O9.
• J S JI -• •*' • i ‘ai.-'VT-"»-**> TV^UUrjSBfSiUIM.
! °f vnnr ptrft.Trssor did not cm.
b*ace the siihjerts in tjne« r iuii, so
ss to bind his government, it ne
' ••ssariiy follows that the only cre
dentials yet presented hv him,
give von mi aurhurity to bind it,
and tha: the exhibition of a “ full
|>ower v for that purpose, such as
Von doub lets are furnished wj»h f
i* nrcoine an mdispensible prelim,
inary to lurther negotiation ; or, tu
sp«dk mure strictly was required
in the. tirst instance t»\ the vievv of
the matter now disclosed hy \ou.
j Nrgi.clatmn without this prelimin
ar\ wouldnoior.lv be a departure
I liunt the principlf: of equality
which i* dir e»i»riitial basin of it,
but wouM moreover be « disre
gard of tiv pircutitions and ol the
j self-respect. eujnineU on the atten
; (ion ot tlie Umted States hy tlie
| ciicnmstance* which nave hither
to taken place,
I need *carc«dv add, in the full
power alluded to, as a prelimina
i ry to negotiation, is not intended
■ to be iuemded either the whole
i efteiit or any part of your instruc.
i iion# tor the exercise of iu—
j These of course, as you have just
ly remarked, remain subject to
| \ our own discretion,
1 abstain sir, from making anv
i particular animadversion*, on sc.
: vcial irretavent and improper al
lusions >n your letter noiat all coin
po« ting with the professed disposi-
liou to adjust in an amicable man.
I lie* the diiterencea unhappily sub
fcUi/ug between the iwo countries.
| but it would be improper to con,
; ciudc the few observations to
I which l purposely limit uiysrlt,
without adverting to your repeti
lion of a language implying a
knowlruge on the part of this go
->««norient that the instructions oi
your predecessor did not author
ize the art itngemeat formed by
hint. After the explicit and per
rmp.ory asseverations that this
government had no such know
ledge, and that with such a know
ledge no such airahgemcnt would
have been enttied into, tlie view,
which you have again presented
ot die subject, makes it my duty
to ap[y ,;cc )°n, dial such insinua
tion* arc inadmissible in tne in
tercourse of a foreign mmisiei
I with a government that uader-
I •uuds what i, owes to itself.
I have tbs honor to he See.
(Signed) K SMITH.
! The hon. F. J Jatk.on , fc"c
Mr. Jmitii to Mr, Jacksow.
Department of State,
November 8, 1809.
| SiR.
in my letter nf the 9th ult. I sta
ted to you that the declaration in
! your Niter ol the 11th, that the
dispatch “ irom Mt Canning to
Mu Crakme of the 23d January,
was the only despai.cn by which
the conditions were prescribed
to Mr. l.rhkine, ior the conclu
sion of an arrangement on the
! niatier to which it related, wa>
men tor tiic lir*c time made to
tfiu government.” And it was
added, that if that despatch had
been comaiuuicaicd at the time
; of tlie arrangement, or if it had
been known that me propositions
I coma lied in it were the only ones
on whica he wan authorized to
make an arrang ment, the ar„
r<i iigenie>it would not have been
made.
In inv letter of the Ist. instant,
advening to the repetition in \out
| teller ol the 2!id ult. ot a language
j implying a knowledge in this g<>
Ycrnment that the instructions of
; your predecessor did not author
| ize the arrangtmt-nt lormcd by
; him, an intimation was distinctly
I given to you, that after the explicit
j and peremptory asseveration that
j this government had not any such
j knowledge, and that with inch a
knowledge, sucli an .urangement
i would nut have been niarh-, no -neh
; insinuations would be admito U by
this goverumt-ni.
kTiding ttiai hi your lepl of ihe
4’!i you a fanj»uApr«
wliich nisiiot (iiwJcrs’ooil bu r as
r«*it*-ratiiif7 and aggravating
the namegro** insinuation, it only
remain*, in order u> preclude op.,
portoniiie* which .*r- tints ah met],
to inform von that no further com
munications will In* received from
von, and that the necessity of this
determination will, without delay,
be made known to vour govern,
inent. In the meantime n ready
attention will be given to anv com
munications affecting the inter--
ests of the two nations, through
any other channel that »iav be sub-*
si i tuted,
I have the honor to he, s<..
(Signed) R. Smith.
The honorable
Francis Junes Jaikson , SsV.*
Mr. Oakley, liis majestv’s Se*
cretary of Legation, is desired by
Mr. Jack son to state to the
tary of Stale, as Mr Jackson ha*
been already once most grossly
insulted by the inhabitants of tho
town of Hampton in the uupro..
voted language of abuse held be
them to several oliiccrs bearing
tlic king’s uniform, when those
officers were themselves violently
annulled and put in eminent dan*
ger ; he conceives it to be fndia
pcnsible to the saleiy of himself
of the gemlcmen attached to hi*
mission, aud ol his family, during
the remainder of ins stay in |), u
United States, to be provided with
special passports or aateguarda
from the American government.
I Ins is the more necessary B 'mce
some of the newspapers of the
United States are daily using %
language whmeonly tendency cau
be to excite the people to commit
violence on Mr, Jackson's person.
In consequence he request* that
the undermentioned names may bo
inserted in the document to bo
furnished him.
Frauds James Jackson, Mrs;
Jaikson , their three (Children,
khat let Oakley , his majesty’s Se
cretary of Legation, Mr. Georg§
Otty , Private Secretary.
SERVANTS.
Robert Havering, Francis Mar
tin, William Auree, Charles Bee*
crof<, Richard Lowe, John Price,
John Lilly, James Wright, Amelia
George, Mary Smith, Harriet
Patten, Martha Wood, France*
Blackncllt
[Received at the Department
of State on the 1 Ith JNov. 18t)y.}
On the fubjett of Fulton’s tor-*
pedo, the New*Yoi k journal
makes the following obleiva
lions :]
Mr. Fulton hat given fuflfi*
cieni proof to every intilligent
mind, that less than tod lbs. of
gun-powder, exploded under
the bottom of a fh tp of the line
wouldinltanilvdeliroy her. He
has recently made some very
important experiments on the
means of placing of the torpe
do under a veffcl with little
iilque to his men, whether the
velfel beat anchor or under (ail.
We boldly aflert, under the
full conviction, that it will be
proved, in cale of need, that
this invention will not be only
a complete protection to our
coast and harbours; but from
us nature, inuft in time, totally
dellioy the influence of the
, hritifh marine, with the tyran.
ny and intrigues of that nation.
Where is the real American,
or friend to America, who
does not feel his heau glow,
at the poflibihty of lo glorious
a result which give a perfett li
berty of the leM to alt nations,
and for ever prrventoui peace
ful government being embai
raffed by European depieou
tions ?
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