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I DOCUMENTS
Lecompanying the President’s Mes-
I sage of the Bth of Nov. IS .8.
I (Continiicri.)
fesEtraS of a Icuei from Gen, Armfbop*
I tothe iecrr,!aiy oi fU/p, djtcM B nrbuu
I {'Arcbarnbau U, fig’ii Angufl, iB_B
I •'Since my ainvß ar this pUie i k V e
Rn honored by the receipt oi voui oif.
Raichofthe 21 ‘ uh.and w< ulrf irnrmdt.
Bte!y return to P us to renew my difeuf.
■onswith M. de enhet pt-i
Inally, as ‘6 < fuggeil, or by writing,
Ritrl I not the mofl folern conviclion tb ‘t
Rny new experiment made at the pre-tnt
Ricmfnt in cither him and ot t fficiai
■hrafter, would certainly be ufeiefs, and
Rmh*My injur oils.”
Hr. Madi stir's letter to Gsner l A> mJLt-t*
Rl:. Madison, fecrefnyot ltaic, t, u
Kerai ArniDronir, mimfter plen.pottnii-
I arv of be United States at P„iis.
I ;*.)
I l)eps;linent t/Slii‘t Miy 2<x, 1807
I * ! 1 he two la it letters received from
■nu were of December 34, and Jauu-
I) ‘6.
I t; The decree of November st.
■ommunicHted in the firft, had prtvj.
■iifly reached us, and had e.xrm and ap
■rchcjdioru- which wete tepufj’d only
ft the inarticulate import oi us srtt
■les, and the ptefumption that u
ftouid be *xecutid in a fi-nfe not in
■wififtetH with the teiptcl due the
■bty bet&etn France and the Unit- and
Tile explanations given you
By the minister oi m rine, were f en
ft the president with much pi afue,
ft’c* it only rern-Mns to le .rn that they
ftve been confirm and by the expief.s
ftiftority of the emperor. We are
Be more anxious lot this information
ft u wfft fortify the remonlirances
fthich have been presented at London.*
ft°iidt the Britidi order oi January
ftbl Should it, comrarv to expect a
■ -<b turn out that the Wti nch uecre.-
las meanly an is to co-operate, ac
ftrding to the latitude of its terms,
ft’u will of cout.fe have made the pm.
ftrr reprelema'ioti.s gtnundca .> wed
ftuhe puncipies oi public law, as os
BceJtpr: Is fttpulatiops of the curtvn:-
■on oi luOO Nothing, behdes, could
Bmoic piepoftercus/ihan to b!un
■bh an app’ ai to neutral rights an
Butral nations, a grof infractt> a ot
■6 former, and outrage on the ferm
Bents of. the latter, unless it be to m
Bte a species of coated on the hi-h
B**> in yvhich the adversary has e\ ery
Babble advantage. But on the mart
Bvbiible luppoiition, that the dec 1 and
B>'i not be unfavorably expounded,
B v ' | il be fiill neceffaryto press on
B e Dench government a dilpatch oi
Bid* orders to their clusters m ever")-
Barter, as will prevent a conlii ufciion
B the decree favorable :o then li-
Bntious cupidity. Ihe moment
lettet was received, the a: hver
Wthe French uninfi r of.marine 10
B>Ur nrrte was con niuntcated to gen-
B a l rurreau, with a call on him to
®nrrnu it in,median lv to the French
®Vtrnors in the -W est-Indies. This
neadt!y engaged to do. But not
®th(tanding this precaunon, their are
B (, <>fs that the Welt-India piivateeis
B v 'e> under color of ihe edict, coin-
B ll *ed d< predations, which will con-
H claims oi reaicis horn then go
(B r nment.
B“ Wt. E’rvirrg has forwarded a span
• decree a|fo, avowedly purfumg
■ c example and the views of die
■ *
SAVANNA % FiUDAY, r. 2, 1308.
French emperor. The terms of th,
■ e ‘| are ‘ Von rr ° rf * Va g'Je, or rather
more brhad, than thofeof the proto
typ'* j and, if not fpeedijy recalled or
corr sci. and. will doubtl-f extrnd t!u
of fpohatiops already beyun ir.
ina, quarter ; and’ o’ courie, thi ken
‘nt cloud that hsngs os cr the amity of
the two nation.N.”
Extract a a letter from Mr. Madison
to general Armstrong.
O
Department of State,
February Zth. tUeft
. ‘^ GUr letters and cononunica
t ons by Dr. Bullut were duly deli
ymed on the 14th day of Decern
b<r 7he fame conveyance brought
a cpny t;f the ferrtsnce pronounced
by the French prize court in the
case of ihe Horison, giving a judicial
til 6f to the decree of Nov. 210
ißcs, as expounded in h’~ answer of
\ir. t hampagnv to your letter of the
12 h November, 1807.
V. hpft the french government dir
not avow or enforce a meaning of the
decree of November 1806, in relalDr
to the United States extending it,
pervi w beyond the mumcpal limit
a could not in (IruTm Is be tegardet
as an infr<ittion eiih< r of our ueutra
or conventional rights; and confe
quently did not authwriz more and tn
etc mand of i afonable* explanations <
its doubtful import, 01 ft t nulv expo
tulations with tesp- ct to the as
fuddennefsof as innovations.
Ihe case is now eficntially chad
ed. A c •tdlrucston 0} the decree
avowed and executed, which v iolai
ts will the pofitiye Ittpulauo”* >.
the cenvemior of Sept, ao h, ? Bco.
as the mco t. fttble princtp’ • t,f pno
he law ; and ihe ptefideia thaig s
you to fuperadd to wiiatever >epre
fentatidns you may ha.e previously
made, a forma I remonlirance at inch
terms as may b be ft cJeulated e 11he r
td obtain a iccal if the iiiegal nsca
fure, f> far as a relates to the United
Stao s, or to h v the effect oi leaving
in full force til the rights accruing to
them from a Dilute to do so.
That the txecutnn of local law
againlt foreign na'ions on the high
Teas, :s a violation of the right* of the
former and the free de rn of ihe latter,
will probably not he queliioned. A
contrary pi incipl would in , lad im
ply the lame cunciulive dominion
ovpr the entire ocean, as is enjo\ edj
within the limits of the local fove
ieigr>ty, and a degradation of every
other nation from its common rights
and equal rank.
If it be contended that the decree,
as a retaliation on the other belliger
ent, at the ot neutral nations,
i- juit bed by a culpable acquiescence
in .he prior mcafur< sos that belliger
ent, opetatmg through neu'rals, you
will be able to - deny firch acquit s
cence, attti to urge moreover that on
every fuppofitton, the retaliating me t
lur< could not b j,ift!v enfurc* and, in
relation to neutral,w.tbout allowing
them at leaf! a reasonable time for
ehuling betwevii dm mea lut es again (I
the prior wrong, and an acquiescence
tn both. The copy‘of the repreien
tauons to the Bntifh govcrnn.ent,
thrrrUgh its minister here, on the sub
ject oi its orders of January, 1807.
will at once disprove an acquiefc*nce
! on the part of the United Atates, and
explain ihe grounds on which the late
exn nliop of the French decree of No
vembt r, 1805, is an objed of just re
monfiranc .
The c< ndud f the French govern
nient ingoing this extended opera
tion to its decree, and indeed in Blu
ing one with such an apparent or
Uoubiiulimpuit agaiuft the rigbu of
he more extraoruinaic
the inability to euforc
mrni exhilutrd the mea
P'V menace, at the Dirt
afforded pretexts to hci
ft vcre rttalii ti< n, foi
. means arc Gund m he,
•lity.
:-!.,red dangers to w hich
0 cerrhngs of the bclliger.
have subjected the c<>m.
iv: v.gad >n of ihe United
;t length induced con
■it to an embargo oil our
-as a meafiire heft fitted
S being an c ffc, u-l f cu
niercanule propfrity and
ow at home at.d daily ar
‘ I, at the Dtnc ocrir, neither
nor a just cause, of war.
hi* act were, loon after its
- uted to Mr. Pinkney,
hority to allure the Btitifh
t that it was to be viewed
, arui that it was not meant
ightcft impediment toami
ciations with foreign go
He was nquefied to
cif of .in opportunity o*
ating to you and Mr. Ir
cievv of the fubjed ; and ]
you will have b; eti thence
* prtdent it. to the French
■ - tit. Not relying, however,
‘direct opportunity, I fend
pother copy of the apt, with
:tion from the president, that
e it the lul jeci of inch expla
■ s will guard against any ttiis
•on of the pc.-hey which ltd t<
t firtcily a ir.Cofure of precau
quired by the dangers incident,
to i x r fi ml commerce, and, being in
, *!Fcr*v M te in j* terms and operar ion.
tow, rus all rations, can give nojuf:
ofienct to any. ihe duration of the
act 1* not fixed i y its, If ; , nd will con
st qu. inly depend on a continuaticr.
or ci Haiion of its caufcs, itt a degree
ii.fTkient in the judgement of the. !.
gif!iturc, to induee or lotbid its re 1
pcai It may be hoped that the i
conveniences felt from it by the belli
gerent-nations, may lead to a change
of th3 conduct which impeded ‘hr
inconveniences of it on cut (the?.
France herfclf will be fuftertr, and
lotne oi her allies fr more so. b
will be very agteeable to find in tha
consideration, and still more in het
it’r.fe of justice. a fuliicient motive t
an cariy manife ilation of the rt Ip a
dueioour comme-cial right'. Th<
exartiple A-ould be worthy of the prtg
feiliom: which ffie nukes to the worfi;
on this fubjeft.”
*• February ] 3 --Since the sbov
was written, I have been under a ri<
grte of indifpofitibn, which has fus.
pended ‘he propofeb continudti n *.f
it, and which now v/il! cTltge me to be
very biief ; the more f>, as the v II I
lias been fume cfavs detained, which
was engaged for the fpeciah putpofi
of conveying public cilpaiches and
private let:rrs to t urope.
The dr lay has enabled me to in
form you, that Mr. Erskine. u lew
da\s aso, communicated, by infttuc
tions from his government, its la e de
crers of Nov mber 11, and ihof
forming a fcq ei to them. Ihe com
mun'eation was accompanied with as
surances, that much regtei was felt by
his Britannic maj Ity at the neerflity
which the condu \ of his enemy had
created, (err measures so eu.barrafting
to nruttal commerce —and that fits
majflti would readily fofiow an ex
ample of relinqutfhirig Inc h measures,
or even of making relaxations pari
pasu with his enemy.
in remonfiraiing against the injus
tice and illegality oi the F'vmh dc
ciccf, 1 am > be
[Whole l < ]B>
reminded of antecedent 1 juii s to
France* and her alii s, iJutiih
vii lain ns ot neutial Cotnmetea’. she
fit cannot be denied, and may be
utgid v.lifi great lovee, in our remon
lltanct* agan.ii the orders to which
Grea Britain has given a retaliating
charattcr ; since the French dec ices
rt !;.fit, on tic I.me gre und, be pro
nounced a retaluttonon the
conduct of Great Britain. But ought
the legiiin ate commerce of neutrals
to be thus the viitim ana the sport of
belligetents, c nulling with each o
ther the priomy of thur destructive
innovations; and without Iraijn.?,
eithet of them, to neutrals, even the
‘ PP'-riunttv <>i the time f< r disprov
ing thr:t culpable acqmefcencc, which
is m,:dt the psetrxt bv both, for the
wrongs done to them? .nd I must
re pear, that, apart from all qtieftiqns
of this tiature, the French decree, or
at ieaft the ill gal extensions of n to
the Unit and States, it main chargeable
with all the impolicy which has been
pointed out.
1 find, bv accounts from Ham
burgh, Bremen, Holland and leg
horn, that the trade and property of
our ciriz ns have been much vexed by
regulations lubahern to 1 hofie of the
opt'-;ii!al decree fN o embti2; 18 6,
How far trie complaints are founded
on'pioccedings violating our üblic
tights, or on such c$ ate unfuendly
oid inequitable towards our citiz ns,
who have pla< ed their property with
in those jurlldiC!ions, you will be able
to deciue better than we ran do at this
iftancc ; and the preiident refers to
your own judgment, the kind of re
prefentoUon to the French govern
ment which thole aid other act Ru
gous cases may r qui ie.
Extra ft of a Utter f>om Mr. Madison
to general Armstrong.
Department of Jiate, May 2d, 18 $.
44 Sj,ice rnv last, of vrhi hin ur„
ewi? was the beater, 1 have reci iv-
U your f veral letters of a 7 a l)e
----c.e mber. 228 1 nuary, 15 end 17 h
February, wi fi their ufpecuve m
clolurcs.
4 * i hat cF the 17 b of January*
from Mr. C h n pages to you, has, ds
you will see fiv the papers her wuh
si m, pi( riuced all the fi r-faiion- hi rc
vyhlciithr fpmt and llyle of it s\a3
tal.uUtid to excite in minds stitve to
be inu refl's and honor ol the nation.
o ptci nt to the Urn Cd States ihe
l ernative of bending to the news of
Fiance against her enemy, or of in
curring a confiscation of all the pr -
pe tty of their ctuz- to earned 1 to ihe
French prize courts, implied thaith< y
were fulccpuble of impn flions by
which no im ependent and honorable
‘anon can he guided : and to pre
judge and pionounce for thi m the ef
.ed which the conduct 0} another na
uon ought to have on thtir councils
and course of proceeding, had the air
at ieaft ot an offumed authority, not
less nutating 10 the public feelings,
in these lights, the preiident rnak 3
it your duty to piefent to the French
go eminent the contents ot Mr.
( hampagny’s letter, talcing care, as
your difcreiion will doubtless fug*
g ft, that whrlff you make that g<-
vernment fenfitile of the off nliv/v
tone employed, you leave the
c.pen for fitendly and rt-fpettf u | tx .
plan.-tioiis, ft there be a ailp' J fi t j on ro
off r them, and for ad cl fi or , g eie
on any reply which be of a dtf
ferenl chciracter,
“ Congref* closed t’neir f Oion on
the ultimo. Fot a gfneral view of
‘hen proceedings.,2 refer you to the fe
ne of newspr,pt-rj heretofore and new
forwisitteu, *nci c ih ei pnai which