Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1811-1813, December 04, 1812, Image 1

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VWL. V.) 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. I 4 (Ne. 11S,