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Y OL. 11. No. 72 .]
THE INT EvLLTGENCER,
IS PUBLISHES CN TUESDAYS AND FRIDAY
By NORMAN M‘LEAN,
*N Tll£ BAY,
AT SIX DOLLARS P ER ANVUM, FAYABLS N S
HAL'’ lpj ADVANCE.
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DOCUMENTS
Accompanying the President’s Mes
sage of the Bth of Nov. is, 3.
(Continued.)
Extract of * letter from the fame to
the fame dated February icj, *SoT.
“A vr 0c! having been engaged to ‘
carry from the port of New York 1
public riifpatchcs and mercantile Lu |
u-rsto Europe, I aval} tm Lit of the
opportunity of forwarding you a lories
of gazettes which contain the proceed
ings of congre is, and inch currtnt j>>.
Lunation as will give vuu a vnvv of
our internal *ffAis. They will he
Hit with this letter into the hands of
Ain Noiirle, a pah’ ‘rtger in the dtfpatch
\eflil, who mi! deliver ihim at Lon
don; and as the veffjjf, which v.ih
wvc previ-ouflv touched at’ L’Uitent,
will, alter waning ten or twelve days
at Falmouth, return to that pt -rt, ano
tnuice'to the* TLutcu A’tates, yo „-.t!l
ive an Oppoituutty of sending ih.uher
any co{mnuuic& ions you may vofh to
lit-kc to Paris, wall as of transmit
img to your government fiuh as may
How up you! cortcfpondence, which
at the prefem period will he the more
[acceptable, the more n br tr qucui
aid lull/’
“ MiV Safi, which was con mated to
the fir ufh p; k.t, t iclofed copy of
the act ui embargo, t r,pi*niei tin po
licy oi the laeafurc. Among the
:oniid rart ins - Men enforced nw .<
me probability ot in. hdeoees as were
iilued by ihc lintifh g v n merit on
wi
tis the Bn.ifh gazettes, vvt h other in
dicaiious, having felt’ { til dou u th..t
such wete f ccna cd>. ine .
Cikc ol ihelc decrees has bad .i.-ocn
ttirci in a,l dclcripitous
Huong us to ibe cino/1 go, arm mhx
igj in the friends oi tiie uiealure, their
ittachment to u provident guaiuuu-’
ship of out manurne inttteils.”
“ Mr. Liiknn communicated a few
ia sago the Lveui Lte and cievs of
sis govern mem, wnh expuflions of
he regret felt by h.s iLiumue maj .s
Vai Hi; uccmhiy nnpoied on [ ini 1 a
Uttitut;ft wnh t.iutra! cent
nerce, and all jranecs that his u.aj !:y
fould leautly follow the t.
: ‘i the Bttiin decree Ihould be re
■ladco, or woulo proceed, pa i pHlu
mil Fiance, in relaxing the ligor of
litirmealures. Mr. Eifktne
Id vv he the i bn government ddluigudii ■
between the operation of the
Bftnch decree municipally on land,
■"d its operation on the high leas.
B n ihis point ire v.as unable to an fiver; 1
• bcaliu was toenquity, whether th ;
■lebritiih decrees had tefrjciicc to
m Lie cxteimon ot the Etench cie-
B-e wltii icspccttoihe Ur.it n Elates.
Be iccntcu ai!o, as is perhaps th case
Buh his government, to have taken
Buy little into couheU ration the v: la
Baits oi neutral commerce, t
them, the valt t jury to
Bhiucc, antecedent to the Brian de-
Bu-. it IS probable that lomeching
Balier u io paß between us on this
Meet.”
flbt U dtc ia Mr. Pinkney, dated
I March 8, 180.
B “ Having j ill karnt that the pre-
will, arrive at N w-Yo.k m
■”* Bauih I
rUBCTC INTELLIGENCER.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, Dsctasks 9, 1808.
tnyielfof the opponunity . f forward
mg your commifimn and leit. rs of
CHemx*, fuecc{for to Mr. Monrue
n lnc ifh> at 1 ondon.
■ v iuce snv lal!, whieh went hv Mr.
Nourfe in a d.fpstch vt ffe], bound
hrd to I.’Otient ami then to F 1
tiiomh, 1 have receivetl your com
munications of the 23d November,
and 0} December, ‘i hefe, with a re
prelentation from general Aimflrong
!° Ereneh goverrmtent on the sub-
J Q °i he decree of I’etlin, ns a
pounded and enforced in the c-fe of
; hc ship Ht/rizon, were thought by
the pselidem !o rhrow so much lu.ht
jon rhe coutfe l.'k’iv to he pmfued hy
! Great-IJritam arid f ra'nce, in reLtton
u> she United S; iUs , that he had .he
documents conhduut*'!) hud fcefote
Conan fs.
“M ■. Ft Ovine has made a wrim- .
coniirunicafion on the kihj-ct ..} .r
----iir.uifh orders. 1 Hull anlwrr hi
(‘ion as thv vrr\ urgent buhatts < .
hana will pi 1 am.”
—~ !
Lxtraff of * fettn from th- firr.p to =
th<- id me’dated Vi arc Cv j ,t:8 |
4 ‘ lad bore d,te fn s 1 n.it nd j
W-. mhy Ihr Bin fj; pa krh it ,c
----knowlrdgui \on Ini <>• , yc.f ci !
*3L a,lCl — — and ike mbci, I h-ve
unce it cel c<, uioi rrfes’ < •. u tgf
I ‘ii ( r, and dlf th loi u y gj.
which came 10 hanu 1..0 v .m g,
•‘1 cannot m! |r ;i ...dWrr
to Ml i’ fkinc’s louii uno.ti'n
of tin* Jjrtuih orders; hr u...ung
pr fl <re o. oih*- r matit rs .n f{. •- ,i;
health- Hill l< tble, fn.ving ts ui r tie
i Lyeu it. V u will .imici; h
con'ipk’XMn which will iietefhn , }l -.
,-lvrn to it- by tne ch raA'ier o -,?*
( not only violating tr o rs. ;
: Sfithmg <>ur 1 iterefU, he hi, ■■■<■, 1
iuio*. unucr ihe narr? of m n
ules, *1 blow at our n•too.n ird • ru
de nee, and a iilucke yof out y r
Itai'din-s
Emm the fame to the f.m .
( r '.XUdC'j ;
My iti was of March 22 ‘ nri
went und.-i th. carrot \u f J
now lor -<mi pn ird 1. o. :r • r.<
coircspomienci- vviih luai, <••• .
jeCt o! his mdiurn, ,-nd of o
dent c’ocuu.eiMsy ftU : .u ■* r.
of the Cnelapr-kr. As {OO 5!
VoIUH :.iou . rrh -or 0} (iv- - .4,..
canons made t-i
jthepr i?, it slidll ill Ibe k b C f
I You villi him t.ia ih y inch; t■. j ,
tain cii.c uuicnts it luting n. F. .s>cr
which w re thought pro;,? ior tb
k iov,L'Ogc of cungrrf ■ vt t.’ic prciYe.
criis.
4 * i o ihof •co niitu in-tio <: I E.i
copies of Mi. Eiskine’s I rtc i to i.u
on lie ful/j ct oi the iiribiii >.r r r r.i
NoVembci Lif, and 0} n v avfa'er
And that you may have av: w ,t t’ •
ground wtdeh have been i .Tcn, v.
refpebt to •he Fiem.ii decree -i No
vcitiiK-r 1 8.-6, anc m >he j :-it ial ex
pedition in me case of tiic ;loitzon,
giving to it an illegal op-ran-on inst
ihc United States, ii dole copies oi
rwo Ictirrs to gene: 1.1 AiuiUung on
thole lubj Lb.
•* ihc preiidcnt snade to conoreL-,
a few days ago, othet Couimumca.ionb
selatiri-, to the prt sent cribs, with
(Lcat Biitaio and France; among
! w hufi wc.e Mr. Erskme’s It tier, now
i enclnieu, *nd letter liom Mr.
Champagrty to genei.l ArmHrong,
explaining the courlr in.dilated by
the French government, wnh respect
] to thc-counnerce of the United States.
1 Fhc-fc being expedrd from the confi
dential character ait,died to the oth
ers, h-v tie. n published, and will be
found among me printed endofurcs.
iiwui lcuer oi EvDuiAry 26 in -
Gn the coiniminicadons to coii-
Brr8 rr v but not in the exception.”
%’i He conduct of the two great
comending i*iionx towards this eoun
rv, as it w ill now apprarMo i , an lto
j the woild, fu T dilpiay* their uiu.ual
j efl m to draw the Untied States into
a war with their adv Uary. r J he es
forts on both {l ies, are too little dis
guised to be worthy the difeemmem
of rs her, and are addressed, niore
ox’er, to motives which prove gr. as
i ignorance of ihc character of the Uni
| ted Slates, and, indeed, of human n*.
I ture.”
I k * From tlie poflure in which Mr.
j Role’s final reply to the ccrmpromiic
nrop .fed to him, placed the question
of a yndnrent, in the case of the Che*
: -F’ ke, fi remains with the British
- ovi irnr.t ut to rcf'umc it, if m jufi
'he their object. Whe ihc r a
’•'“Sr of rrparaiion will be made
‘-rr, or to V‘ u, will also lie on that
wuc. It will certainly be mesft becom
ing 1 ;! governmm, under all cir
i < umf *i ccs, to make tlie reparation
I belt ; ami this corn fc might of n^ht,
!be 1 fificd on by this government,
j * h - pmiident, ncvcnhtkfs, in the li
bet.l ffiitt which always governs him,
j atj-ho'Am's you to accept the jrp.ita.
j'i -'’. pL;vid< dit be tendered fponta
|i-m u,'-# be chirped with r.o condi ;
jftorr. nil. fs it be, that on the receipt
of the t 1 of rep ration heic, the pro. I
clron ipm of July % fhaii he revo !
; Ng : bid provided the reparation!
Ilian •*. -d to the dilavmval of ihe at- j
titki'i- the Chei.ipeake, an exprcl’s j
■* gage .cut that the seamen reurned
! Ih H be im 1 cdiaiely rettored, and that !
the gu;!.y officer experience a cxetn
plai> | umfhmeni. The reparation
wdlbethe more fuislafiory, and not
A xcft'fi a jiill expectation, it the res
torationof ihe seamen be tru.de to the
vciy (hip from which they were wrrs
it and, sou if proviiion be lucde for the
wounded f irvivurs, and for the fami
ica ol thofc who lufi their lives bv
;he attack.
1 mufi repec?, however, that ii
1* con fide red Ci.ti Hy proper that the
reparation should Ue offeied here, ra
in London j and it is only in
he event of & dec ukJ repugnance t.t
•he Briisfii govetntnent to mak- 1
uough a luudionary here, that you
ir to ;ccept 11 th re.”
fine answer 40 Mr. F.r; kineh let
, rout be Biitish trdfis will furnifh
ue gtatMUj to be ukeni * your com
niunicaitons with his government on
• );t fulj ti. it trie c-ibinctca ibe
roughi to vie w the orders in t ieii
lire light, a revocation of the wool
ii thrill cannot fad to tke place, un
!cfs thrv mean to vi daie every u.-x
tOi ol jusiic •, or are fixed :n hcftilc
purpi-tcs againit the Unit and 6'idte>,.
Li pot regarding ihc orders, indeed.
3 ails u’f iu-Hihty, and in trolling foi
r.-drtfs to tht nioiives and uveans, to
M*ich they have appeal, d-, the Unit'd i
wtztcs have given tr.v niolt fignalprooi
of then love of ptucc. and oi their de
ftrr t > avoidz.n interruption oi u with
tfic ILittia nation. Still it is to be
under'fiood, that v.ldl'd the inlult of
feted i.i the attack on the American
Ligate remains unrxpiated, you are
not to pledge or commit your govern
merit to contidei a rccal oi the orders
as st ground on winch a rein >? al of th
cxiltmg rdirittioni on the commerce
ot the United States with Great Bri
uin, In*y be juitly expected.”
“ Tiic iwo letii is to general Arm
strong oi the sad May, 18 7. and Fe
hruaiy b h, 1808, aie proof* of the
(inceuty and mipartialiiy with which
tiie prelideuthas piOcecded tu ri iaiion
to the belligerent part.es; and niav,
peibaps, aiiid you in rcprdfnig unjult
1 r : *-Vx-b.. 1 hv 41 ” - I*
1 luipicion* tuiv., v ■'-ihjiu k-
[VVaoLE No. 183
bn;ct. li would be happ) lur all pr
tithe belligerent as well the U 1-
ed otates, it truifi could in Hu* c-*f- ?
,c ma- e to pr. v.wl • wnd li the retail,
-in.-g riTallhip of che former agaioll
tii- latter could o; converted into afS
ttnuLiion, as politic as it would be
m a lair, lawful, and conciliatory
couife towards a nation which has
done no wrong to cub r. should ihe
expeii client be made on eith r ii ir, it
would pr ibably be followed on the
Oi.kt • and u couid uver happen th .t
i.'.e lute hritdoing jullicc wouid iuSYr
on ih.'.t account.
In the picknt (late of our rela
lions to Great Britain it w >uid be
premature to ntaik nut the coiirle to
be pur(ued with lefptd to furth rn -
: gociations on other topics th.n thole
above noticed. You are auth rifed,
however, to continue your tmerpoii.
j lions to behalf oi our impieffed or tie.
tamed Lumen ; and in the event of a
I icpcal of she British ordets and of fai
isiaoiorv pledges for repairing the ag.
gieflion on the Ghriapccke, to enter
imo informal artangenieuts lot abolish.
ing iitiprvff nents aitojjethei, and mu
. tually cilfconiiiiumg to receive the
| f amen of each other into uthei mill.
I mry ot met chant ferv cc, conloi mably
■ iG the iultrudioos tn tni point 1 an*-
iiuticd by Mr. Puivi.nCt.
i *• Vcu will finet by a p-ffige in Vlr.
j Rtift’s reply oi Matiii 57, that me
Brittih government does not maintain
I tiic pitnciple that the ob tgation oiths
I U.Hicoc s.cxter.Ci beyond ihc ddcharge
:Ol delettcrs from their public I :vun
: and by an order ol tne navy dep.i -
mem here, already earned 1 itcex cu
non, of which a c py is enclosed, ill t
u lia* lately been dectned tnat no. to
reign icauieti, wbmlier deierters, or not
litall leiveou no-trd our (hips of ar.
i'he ptincipl.A r ipeciiv I) nianih llrd
by tltele doct;uiciiis ou-hi to facilitate
such an adj liitoem as is contended fur
by the Um.ru otatwS.
Extract of a letter from the same to
the same, dated April £O, 18C3.
“ Mv i.-st was 01 the 4 It uiscanr,
and went by a British packet from
New-Yotk. i J.ow ijtvtmd a copy
of it.
14 Congrc c ss ended their session 01
the night of the 25th instant. T'hc se
ries oi ntwipapers hciewith sent, ai’-
iorda a view ot their proee.dings sub
cquent to :iC communications last
made to you. Some c her prints are
n dosed, which throw light oil the
\v>>ikmgs of public opinion, ;.nd tfio
..ate of public affair s.
You will find that the cntical po
sture of our foerign relations has pro
luced pro isio.ts of different kinds for
.•ur greater security; and particularly
iht-.t no pains h ve been spared to snap
every Ici.k by which the effect of the
•mbargo laws might be demimshed.
! t refer you also to the report made by
he senate, by a committee on the do.
uments relating to the affair of the
Chesapeake, and on the letters of M \
Cumpagny ‘and Mr. Erskme; and in
dicating the spirit which may be ex
pected to influence the future poliby
of this country, if kept under the ex
citement resulting from the system
now pursued against it.
“ You will observe at the same time,
that whilst a determination L suffici
ently evinced against a dishonorable
acquiescence in the despotic edicts en
forced on the high seas, the U. States
tire ready 10 resume their export trad
as soon as the aggressions on it si
cease ; and that in a hope that
might happen during the recess of
gress, the president is authori*
such an event, to suspend, in 4
in part the embarg l
| “ Lhe conditions on witroh t