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ATHENS, sok.gia: PvsLiins© iv ALEXANDER M'DGNNXLL.
COR R ES PO vn ENCR
Bcwecn Six J, B. Warren tie
SICRSTART *F TATE,
Mr, Monroe to Sir J B, tV/trrcn.
Defertment tf State,
Qit 27, i%i2,
SIR,~r~I have ban hr t oner to
receive your letter &f the 30 ft iftt
acH o fuhmit it to the confiderarioo
a( the Prcfident.
It appears that vot: srr a a ;honzed
to propofc a ciTi ion of hoiLht.fcS
between th# U t-d States and G.
Brv-am, 00 the ground of the repeal
of r h orders { ©mcil, and, in cafe
the prop ftimi in arcecM to, *0
ear shir©*, in concert with *hh
g >ve to carry it in.o com
p- effet on btk fide*.
Y *u ftate, a!'"?, that you have it
in barge, ia that cvr m, ro enter in -
to a with the govern
ment of the U. Sfftcs for the re
pr and the laws which interdict the
fhi’pa of war and the commerce
0* G, Britain from the harbors and
w*rtrr* of th* United States, And
y u intimate, that if the propefir.on
is not sreerh ssf to, the order* >n coun
cil (rcrraUd cr ndifio ally by that
of the 2jd if June laft) *;IS he re
V'ved agnoift tht © amerce ©f the
U. ates.
Ism inftriiffted to inforn* yoUj
t’ a’ r will he very faosfaftorv tu
the P fi'iv&t to rr *r civ B*i’ fh
g “ rnfii'--M i fuch t rage?r n’s
ira- terminate withwnr ?<\ delay
the h ftilio % which r. w ex ft be
tween th U 3. a dG. Bvttain, a a
conditions honor ade to both na~
£io s.
At the the declara
tion of war, the Prfidenr. gave a
fiscal proof f the attachment ofifto
U. States to pea r, Inftru&tons
wete given at an early period to the
late cha~*e dts affaires of the United
at to pr#p >fe r.o tht
Britifh g#vn ment an arnaSftLe ©n
conditions which it was presumed
w-uld have been fatisfa&arjr. It
has been fecn with regret that the
prop ft ion made bv Mr. Monroe,
parcu ulariv in r< gsrd to the impor
ta r t intrreft of irnpo fifnent, * as re
j &cd, and that rone was offered,
thro* that channel, as a bafis on
which hoft.hnrt m glit ceafe, ;
hz yourg vrrrwcnt hai author
iird y< u tv propt fe a relation of
hoft iiies, and u doubtle is aware of
tht important acd (sliriry tff.
whfch a fausfaiflory a juftment of
th !** o ITcrdncc ( tail to have on
the future rrla ton* between the tw©
countries 1 ii didge the hope that
h has, ere this, jp’-rn you -'ll povr
ers for rhr puipofc. entnei
has (effi- enciv evinced tha no
peace tau Or durable urdrfs tht @b
j aIS provided for. f s prefum -
ed therefore, that it is equali; ‘he
inrerexl of beth countries iC a< j..ft it
it this time. ‘ ■’
Without further difci;£i g quef
tins cf right the ?rr fluent is dr 11. us
to provide a remedy for the evils
et'Rnplated of on both £drs. { ne
vU r&j cf the Britifh government is
to f t ?te from the merchant veifeis oi
other countriea Brir.fh fubjtfts. In
the practice, the commanders ©f
B'iafh Os ps of war often rake from
’-hz merchanc w* the - nicc*i
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
” mA * r tx&i'i ?a AU rao, *w* i-ovusi fa.vti rs ikhiaiis. w
States American citiz'-m. If tiis
United States orohffc r the employ
*ent ot Brstifti fubjeiTrs in their fer
v?cc, anb ir.force r.he prohibition by
lirtatile regulariuas and penalties,
die motive for <he practice >s tckfß
*'*•*■>. It i r.vis mocic rftat the
Fcmb n “ wiib g ae? © nmodate
u’s 1 * important controvert? with the
Britifh governejent, and it cannot
be cenouved cn whir ground ths
arrang. ment can be refund,
A hifpes ft nof the prs: ; cr cf
impfriTmcnr, pending the a m ftice,
feerns to be a no f fTY v conli'Ciueare.
I cannot be pt?fumed, while the
pa’T.irs are eng*j?ed in a vejj-'Ciar.v*©
to a<dj- ft atr.kabiv rhi* impr ait
chtfl-iuire, that the United State:
v'©u!d islmit iHt r^hf or a rju elce
in tht* practice h"* *:pfi - par
ty ; er th* 1 ’ Grear Britain Mftd be
unwilling to refbain her cruisers
from a prs<?tke which ?*or:d hava
the itxorjgrft tendency to deh-a* the
nrgociation, In# prifumeab'e that
bath parties would enter into a n?-
gociation with a Cii.cere to
g>ve it tfifed. Far this purpofe it
u necUTirv that a clear and diftiodt
underflandi g b’ firft obtained be
tween them, of the accommodatua
which ra-.h is prepared to tr.ake.-~-
if ihe B'ltfli govenament is wiling;
to fulpt nd the prafbee of lr-iprdN
me nr from American vrikis, on
c ihfr f’M U j ek States
vvf| fx-lnde B i fh feamen from
their lervice, the reguhrio shy
which rni* moromdc fh- uld h*
carried ituo eft Ct would be Fdciy
fhe of jbtof r c Thear*
m fine w uld he of (h tr dutat-'t'a.
If the parifcs agreed, v uh<
be the rcfs.lr, :i the
failed, yach would or reft: *ed ’or;s
former flaie, and to a ! its pr*:n-
Sor.*, by rccumsr to war.
I.ord CafUereagh, in i.% rrre to
Mr. Ktfiel to rave ftippoftd,
that, had the Brit Os g jveinment
accruted the prop?.Ji on* made to
it, G ear Brirain would havr fufpen
iia itcsiiatfiy the excrcii? f %
right, on the mere afifuraacc of this
government that a Ixw wou!4 be af
ter wards pa fed rc> prohibit the cm
plo mcHt of B'd in ferrr.es in me
iervice of L‘ tted cs, Sfd
that Great ra would hx*? r,;©
agency in the rtg i” a ‘ t vr
felt to thi T . propt ft k n. Such *n
idea was not in the contemplar tn of
thi g?v rnmenr, ar is it r® c* f*a
lOisabiv inferred from Mr. Ri fo ti *
note ; leaft, however, by p ftlo hty
fuch an inferrencc m ght be
from the to Mr. R. and
a x us that theit fi*ou!cl be no mif
u eU'ftj ding in the <t!r,
quent nffrudlion# we.*eg. cn to Mr.
R. with a view to obviate every
•t>j of the kisd alluded to- As
thr y date en t>e 17th of Julv,
and were forwarded by the Brii fia
oa. ket Aiphea, it s mre than pro
bable that they may have been re
ceived and a£ted on.
I am happy to explain to you
thus fully the views of my govern
ment on this fubjed.—
The Pr fi entriefires that the war
which xifts between our count!ies
fit .u!d be termuiited on fuch condi
tions 25 may feeure a fohd and dur-
able peace. To aecomplifh the
great objedt it 1* aeceilarv iha r the
intfteftof imprcfl'ment be fari;fadtn
riG arranged. He is wdl* g that
Great Briran Ibeuld be feairfd a
gausft the cviif? of which ihe com
plains. He fecks cr, the other ha nd
that the citizens oi the United Stages
be protected ajjainf* s prac
tice which, xvh: 5 e it the
natin, deprives them of their 1 ig.hcs
as freemen, takes them by force
from their families and thrir rmmrry
Into a foreign fervice, to f v’ht the
battles of a foreign power, perhaps
agamft their kindred a.id coun
try,
l abftain from entering, iR rhia
cairnuMcati*r., i;;to orher grcniEda
afo if rrn c. The orders in coun
cil h4vtr-g been repealed, (with a
rirfrrvar.jirn not impairirg a corrtf
pondifig r'ght on rh* pa t th* t,J.
Scares, and I tllrgai bh?‘ kadr % ir
vived or ii ftuuta in their ft-ad. &
an undcrHandinw b< .n ( > obtained >n
the fglviVry of tinpreftfnenr, in (he
rnfde herein propofed, iftr r ■ ii
dent 13 wJH-ng i'i agit*r to a f Na
tion ef J fv )■ irs, wuh a view to ar
rvrgc bv *4Jy, in s more cbftuvft
i?d ample ia*nn* r , and othefatia
fsL&mi of both parties, every other
iubj.'ilt <*f enmroverff.
t will eniv add r hat if ‘here he no
©bjeft'on to an ac;-t mmodation *f
th- c ff rente rclt*” g :■> irnpr- fT
tncar ui thr nv'de pr ip *frd,
th9n the fulperfi >1 of thr Bricilh
tla>m cv imprrfT'nrnt duri .g r.hc ar
rtuftiic, tiiere ran be nonr to pro-
Cfrdir without the arraiftice, to
an !mnrd*:c di( ufu >n and rra ‘g
mentof an article on that fubjedl:.—-
This great queftion being latisfafto
-1 i*y atjufled, the way will be open
either f*r as aranift cc or Any other
caurfe cg rnoft 09 /emcntlv fle
exped ti >i. ft to a g:n rsl pat ft a
(ion. I have fv nor, fce
jA M F M ifirtOE.
W: were favfcrv . *. n a hand-bill,
g ‘he f •linw.r'g otTr*ut
ic addrrfi, and ‘ % with rrai plea
fnre we re-pubbfti i r Such pa -
trmtifKi w uid aud iuftrt to the,
pa*"f of hitWy, Our
Georg'* brethren wiJlreceivcthcnß
with open arm.:, tfft fying their
admiration for this magnanimrtiii
difplay of genuine patriotic* !]
Ar^us,
F('h*u citizen: cf Esft Tcnnejce,
Ine latt arws-paper a.counrt
ftirw a want of troops ir. Safi Flori
da to check the h->ftiie Indians.-
’Til fhamtfui that G alone
ih uld bear this burthen.—All thole
who have esroiled thrmfeives w th
cse, are direft*d to parade, at Knr.x
vilieon 1 ueiday the firft: day of De
cember next, prepared with 1 lup
ply of prov ft a* 10 take them to
tfte point of dr Am a 1 ion.
The patriotic freemea of Tcnnef
fee, wio have not enrolled them
fdvc!, are on that day, to
come forwa.a well meun'ed, ani
prepared to march t Sai-t John**,
where the troops z-f f h* U S.a ts
are ftationed, and where th Indian*
arc laid to be a.T mbled ia fu h num
bers as to threaten the titftniif:ion
of our troops. A gkuuous upper-
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, ilrt.
(unify is rrw * IFereJ the people tf
EaA TcnntfTec, to evir.re their p.i
trirtiini, ar.d prove tlicir liffhr to
the l<b, rfv they cr py. Dtsls av.l
nor P'c e/fiins patriotic.: arc now
w*rW*.£- ! Amor c:?:s Stave diar.k
the dr: gs of the cop of forbearnefi
-*-VVar now r/J*s in cur la< *l. A.
deranged! nsorarch, avtrslTnnce,
and a corrupt miruftry, have driven
u to ?ff rt r*ur rig :t at the point of
the ba onn. They M*e enbft-d
undert c rb>>*ner?, rhe th< fr
Neil heunds fi >*d only f, r deeds of
ferocity, wr . ftek v F.ory by (he
indiferirninate daughter ©f age a
and lexri.
Our u'3 ; es ar.d peoperfy ;:rc ir; r,
plr.v c of fecuruv—Oui brt threw ic a
after fta e neH cur aid, w.ll it be
withheld ?
Heroes of the. Revolution, art!
fonr. of thofi heron, fufe'v ihm— i .et
us march to their relief— Let us y vc
dc. idecl evidence rhxt whde oi ?. x
ca'k, ve & r e prr]3;er! to I.?-t
i?s go to rhe f> ere of a*! ion, & >-rrc
prrbnr onifelvrs, ready to fturer
with our brethren, the da< g'*r and
g i( r r s of the field*—Let us not w.nt
thf H w formality of bei* gd: a-?>:pd
fri r,’ h -wie bv ccrrpi’lferv orrins—
Freemen to r ik lomcthirp
let u’g'4 wr . wntxperio. n
the ft ft 1 ftante-—if we can (!ius bt
wfeiol tr. lur country, wr v*ll be
mere :h::r> coinpenfatrd.
,Tftc neceftary can be
Knoxville, be in pH G. pen. J’ hn
Coike, wlio has patriotically er.roil
ed himf** f as a common folcfe.—
M/!t a fTI rs imitate ycur £<• ne
ral—let an honorable example to
your t o ps—fuch of you a* may
marf h on tnis emef jrncv, will be
pcrmicred reiumc our rcfpefiivc
ornmands whtntvcr there is a re-
call of the tntlu:a.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
F.ai h foldtrr nr ft br ro> unfed on
2 A hnrse, a m*d wirha iru /ket
or id! ids e! £li r I with a bia t
of r- ft ft’ re* bv p e.> 0 ed, a toma
kfiv k s: and butcher kmfc—Dr>lT and
with black hat, black hunting fhirt
©r round ut and pantaluoi s,
n ©r cr jliuts, and ar hi*
cleftion. j. W.
21uv. id, 1812.
New York, o Sicker 30.
Military line of Ehfrefs.—Cap
tain M’ igai/s coiwpanv of L’ght
Dragoons are te be employed on tlda
fervice—each dragoon • be fta.lon
ed atthediftance of about t- n wulea
from each other, and toex'eod ff ocra’
the head-quarter* a* 1 GTtenbNa to
N't^ara —24 hours is the tawr al
cula.cd to be taken t # p in traulisit
tirg difpatches from one p and r' the
other—(he diftaoreabour Jtoiniici.
Gen. Dearborn’* hfi difpa ches for
Gen. V4l RenaVJiacr, were lent by
thi* line.
Gen. Van R’enfTeilser *vas nn his
wav h mto Albaunv. Lwa fa and
he had apphed to Gen. D arborn t
be fun^reeded in the command at
N B ‘gxdier General hiii:;],
itifptitor general, his now th coin
fftend trie z croons *c this i/bcc.
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