The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-17 00:00:00

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If the - Amerean G ivernininit has devised, or conceives it can vise, regulations. wl.ich may safely be accepted by Gi•eat Britain, as ulistiting foc.the exervise of the ri4htfin question, .it is for them to Wing bit ward such a pl.in for con:He:ration. The Blitish Gitvernment has never attempted to exclude this question, from tupongst those on which the' two States might have to negoeiate., it has, on the contrary, uniformly professed its readiness to receive and•discussauy - proposidoie on this subject comin4 from the American Gol.e.rnment : it hos:never asserted any exclusive right, as to the impressment of Mitish.seameu f rom A mer i clo ve sse l s , which it was not prepared to acknowledge., as appertaining equally to the Uitvernmeot of the United States, with res pect to American s .aell when found on board liritisliperchant strip;: but it cannot PI acceding to such a basis in the first i•.stance,.eii her as •swile, or admit nit to be practicable, which, when attemptedun for Mer occ sions, has always been found to be titttuded with great difficulties, such di tlieulties, as the 11riiish Coiamisi•-ners in 1805, exp:cssly deela• -red, after ail attentive consideration of ttn sugeestions brought forward by the CJimuisioners on the part of Americit,• they were unable to sur alumna. %Mist this Prop , sitien, transmitted through the British .I.lmiral, was penchni t all• Mier comnsuoicatiwi on the subject a tui rirmlf tice was.unetlicially made to the BritiA Government in thi,- country. Thci agent, from whom this proposition was received, acknowledged till. lie (lid not con%idt.r, dint be had any authority himself to sign an a, regiment on the part of Govern:neut. It was obvi o us that a • y sti pnl,ai:,r;s entered min. in consrquence of t!!is overture, wonld have been bindiYg ‘); the British Government, whil t the Government of the United S(dtes weti!,l have been free In refuse or accept then, qccording, to the circuiustarees of the moment. This propo,ition was, therefore, neces sarily dec,inyd. After this exposition of the circumstances which preceded, and which have tollowtd the declaration of war by the United Stites, His Koval Highness the Prince Regent, a:ting• in the 'lime and on the behalf of Ms Majesty, feels himselt called upon to declare thr! leading principles bylotliich V4e conduct of Great Brit aid has been regulated in the iransae tions connected •with these disci *stuns. Ili s Royil liiglun ss I never acknowledge any blockade whatsoever to b n illegal , yvbich has nee4 duly imtified, and is supported by an ade quate force, merely upon the ground of its extent, or because the ports or coasts blockaded are not at the same time invested by bu]. His novel Highness Call never admit, that neutral trade with Great Britain can be constituted a public crime, the commission of which can -expose the ships of any Power whatever to be detwionalized. His nova! Highness min never admit, that Great Britain can be de barred of its right of just and necessary retaliation, through the fear of eventually atf.. , cting the interest of a neutral. His Royal nighties , c m never achair, that in the exercise of the un d and hitherto midi-pined ii ; ;lit of ,earching inutra' merchant ves sels in lime of war. the impressment of British seamen.% hen found there in can be deemed any violation of a neutral ft.:. Neither can he admit, that the taking such zicattieu front on ho r d such vessels, can he consi• acrei by any neutral State as a hostile measure, or a justifiable cause of Without entering mi.wifely iitto 01ie .. .. (ores which hare been brougist forward by the Gnvernment of the United States, it mar be proper to Venial k, that whatever the Duclaration of the United States may have asserted. 6 ern Britain time: did deuniud, that they should force British tuanufactwes into France ; mcl she formally d t eja:erl her wrilingneis entirely to forego, of modify, 'in concert with the United States, the systelo, by Illicit a commercial iutcrcuurse ‘c ith the, enemy hail been :Wowed under the protect on of licenses ; provided tee United States would act towards her, and towards France, with real impar tiairty. Thy Government of America, if the differences between States are not intertuihable, los us little right to notice the effairof the Chesapeake. Tee aggression, in this instance, on the part of a Blitish officer, was ae• knowledged, his conduct was di approved, and a repat chin was regret fitly tendered by Mr Foter on the part of his Majesty, and accepted by the Gove . clement of the United Stales. It is nut less unwarranted in its allu -ion to the mission of Mr. Henry; a mission undertaken with-nt. the autlunity. or even knowledge of his Majesty's Government, and which Mr. Foster was authorised formally and ellicially to disavow. The charge of exciting the ledinns to o f measures against the United Sta:es, is equally void of foundatiiin. Befere the war began, a p 011... ), the most opposite hail been uniformly pursued, and proof of this %vas tendered by Air. Foster to the American Gie.-ernmeet. Such are the causes of the war which have been put forward by the Government of the U , iited States. But the teal orient of the present contest will be fervid in that spirit, which has lung unhappily actuated the Councils of the United Stairs t their marked partiality in pill:41111 and assi•ti ii the ageressiee ivraeny oh - France ; their systematic endea vours to inflame their people against the defensive tneasert a ul Grout Biiiain; their ungenerous. conduct tow:ad% t 4 pnin-, the intimate ally of Great Britaite; and their unworthy deseitien of the cause of otht-r Neutral nations. It is throu.:ll the prevalence of such councils, that America has peen associated in policy with France, and committed in war egainst Great And under w hat conluct on the part of France •has the Govern ment of the United States thus lent itself to the enemy ? The con t..mptu us violation of the comtllCTClai Treaty of the year ISOO be tween Fiance and the United States ; the treacherous seizure of all American vc-sels and cargoes in -every barb our subject to the controul of the French arms ; the tyrannical principles of the Berlin and Milan Decrees, and the confiscations under them ; the subt.e quent condertniations tinder the Rambouiilet Decree, antedated or conoealed to render it the mote efiltetual ; the French commercial re gulations which render the traffic of the United States with France almost illusory ; the burning of their merchant ships at sea, long after the alleged repeal of the French Decrees-,all these acts f vio lence on the part of France produce frcm the Government of the United States, only.stidt complikts as end in acquiesccnte, and sub. mission, or are accompanied by suggestions for enabling France to give the semblance of a legal form to her usurpations, by converting them into municipal regulations. This disposition of the Government of the United States—this complete subserviency to the Ruler of France—this hostile temper towards Great Britain—are evident in almost every page of the offi cial correspondence of the American with the French Government. Against this course of conduct, the real cause of the present war, the Prince. Regent solemnly protests. Whilst contending against France, in defence not only of the liberties of Great Britain, but of the world, his Royal Highness was entitled to look tor a for inherent res suit. From their common origin—from their common interes►--fmotn their professed principles of 'freedom and independence, the Uniter( Stares were the last Power, in which Great Britain could have ex. petted to find a willidg instrument, and abettor of French tyranny. Disappointed in this . his just . expectation, the Prince Regent will still pump the policy, which the British Government has so long and ilivariAlWaintamed, in repelling injustice, arid in supporting the ge. ',f I Providence, relying 1 -77 --a/ , war. - . . . neral . rislat at nations ; and, under tielavour of Providence, relying , There is no right more clearly established, than the right whiCh a So- ' on the justice of his cause, and the true loyalty and firmness of the veriegn ha, to the allegiance. pf his subjects, more speci.:lly in time of 3ritish nation, his Royal Highness confidently looks forward to a sue... war. Their allegiance is no optional dilly, which they can decline, and ' cessful issiieto the contest,m which he has-thsiobeen compelled most resume at pleasure. It is a call which they are bound to obey ;it reluctantly to engage. t t e !r ;n l ...ail Owir birth, and can only terminile with their existence. If a similarity of language and manners may make the exercise of • el, ii..,!it more liable to partial mistakes. and occasional abuse, when .e - liroctised tow:trds vessels of th- Unitkal Mates, the same c .1 • c ircumstances tinike it also a ri;.,al, with the exercise of which, in re g ard to such vessels, • , • ~ . i it 14 mon ditiA•u.t to dispense Westminster, Jan. 9,••1813. - - mrsmarsaIIaiIIffiNINIIIINIMIMINAGIIIIINI TU ES DAV' S LONDON GAZ ETTE. _....... ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, 4AN. 12. - , 1 0 I 1 But if, ,() rhos practice of the United States. to harbour British sea-' A letter has her n received at this Olfice from Captain T.pnby. of ni: ii, he ,ithic..l ile it assumed rig:it, to transter the allegiance o! Brit tsli ' his Majet.ty•s ;,hip the Narcissus, addressed to John Wils4in Croker, sii l ,itett., ani : ous oi ytto o ce, tie 'ptrisdictian of their lc itiltate Sovereign, Esq. and ,!;sled off do. island of Navaga, the `lush of Noyetobci last, IA- acts of witto.dis2ti:m and cet tifieJes of citizenship, which they pre. stating. that oo the prpoeding day, thboats a that ship, tinder the . It al.! to he A s valid out of thoir .-wit ter.nory . as within it, h I;hvions shat directions of Licutratoct (:t iris, lied ..terf a chace of three holm, cup- tr. abandost this ancient right u . Great Nation and to admit the n'tvel tare d t h e American privatcgr Joseph apdMary, of four guns aril 73 pr-le..tions of the . Unittd State., would be Iv expose to danger the very wen . in the approach of Ihe boys un6ler Or tire of the privateer, they c ut; •. s a o bi of to 4il 11.1 a/ ... Le t„ b . . 1 t. 1•6 t., . _ - I