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JE N e e e
g From the N.-H Patriot,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
GENERAL JOHN STARK.
| NO lIIL
IN July, 77, when New Hamp
shire was alarmed by the rapid ap
proach of Burgoyve from the north,
when despondency was cxprefled in
almost every countenance, we. had a
Lancpon in the cabinet to cheer our
drooping spirits, and a Starxk who
could show us how to varquith the
enemies of freedomin the fieid. The
Legislature of New-Hampthire call
ed upon Stark to lead the militia to
meet the invader, . »
Although he was ready to obey the
- r¢aill; yevhe could not submit to the
humiliating consideration of being
commanded by those who had been
gnder his command. Therefore the
Legislature concluded to give him an
independent command and discretion
ary orders, to aé&t in New Hampshire,
or push forward beyond the line of the
State, as he might thiok befi, to'arreft
the progress of the enemy. Number,
Four (Charleftown)} on Connedticut
-river was his place of rendezvous.
The citizers rushed to the confines of
the Statewith the fame alacrity they
did atl the alarm of the battle of Lex
ington, todpeak 1o the encmy at the
muzzies of therr muskets, and forbid
their poliuting with their feet the land
of freelom. - 2
" Scarce had he arrived at his place
of len.tezvous when the Green Moun
‘taineers imviter him to come tlo'them,
join his little force to theirs, and lead
them against the common enemy,
who they wete in daily expedation
wounld attempt to pass that . part
of the country. . He fent’ cne huon:
dred men_ to the heights between:
Number Four and Ticonderoga to
o fcrve the motions of Burgoyne—
fent off immediately to the town of
- M ncheiler, tweniy two miles north
“eaft from Benningtor, such of his men
as had arrived, amounting to four or
_ five hundred,. and followed himfelf
" wery soon, leaving orders for others
to come as faft as they should arrive.
" He found the advantage of his in
dependent command immediately up
+ on his arrivak at Manchester, for the
- packs of his meh were paraded as for
‘a.march... Fle enquired for the cause,
_and: was informed that Gen. Lincoln
had been there and had ordered them
' offfo the Sprouts, at the mouth of
Mohawk river. He. foughe for, and
"@,}ffﬁ%Lintoh},,md demanded of him
his authority. for undertakm% the
‘command o{ his men. . Lincoln, said
" “jtwas by order of Gen. Schuyler.
* Srark desired him to tell Gen. Schuy
ler that he contidered himfelfadequate
tb the command of his own mep, and
gave him copies of his commission aod
orders. Schuyler operieda‘correfpon
* dence with Stark and_endeavored to
, prevailonhim to himto_cdme to_the -
" Bprouts. Thelatter gave him a detail
of his intended operations, viz. £ fall
* wpoo herearof Brgoyne obt .
' cot off his supplies. . Gen. Schuyler
\#. pproved of the plan, and offtred to
RR e . L eT v I TNI et
(SRR 4 W NIRYIRGUL )Ge a it ey
‘e proceeded to Be'sini‘ﬁg.tfén% Vhile
‘he was making arrangementsto exs
cute his plan, on the 14th of August
a woman came to him as an express
from the. town of Cambridge ﬁ;
miles north-weft from Benington, in
the State of New York) informing
him that two htindred Indians had
come in there that morning ; and in
a few hours another came from the
famie place (for it was not fafe for
~men to travel ‘at that time) who in.
formed that fifteen hundred H flians
and Tories had arrived since the la
dians. There was a quantity of flour -
at some mills a few miles towards
Cambridge from where he lay : he
supposed the flour was their objeét,
and he sent off a party immediatcly
for its security, following himfelf
with what force he had as soon as
possible.
Jutt before night he met Col Baum,
at the head of his Heflians, Tories
and Indians on a branch of the river
Hoofue. Stark’s numbers were but
little mere than half those of Baum,
having icflened them considerably by
fending one party for arms, atother
for beef cattle, &c. However, he
made the best show he could with
the few men he had, by spreading
them outin a single file and by dis
playing the greatelt ‘Pumber in the
most fizghtly - firuations. They both
halted and looked at each other till
dark ; when Stark fell back to his en
campment left in the- morning, but
kept patroles going all night, by
whichi he found that Baum was throw
ing up a brealtwork- Ia the mora.
ing Sta'k made his difpolition for at
tacking Baum in front and rear ; by
fending two slinking parties, cne on
the right and the other on the left, to
meet in his rear and begin the attacx,
‘while he should show him Yankee’s
play in front: Not many minutes aiter
the two parties had marchea,itbegan
to rain violentty, and they came back
to the main bouy, ani all reinrned
again to their encampment. In the
course of the toillowing nighr they re
ceive:. some reinforcements : the' molk
remarkanie of these was a minriter
from: Berkthire, who appeared the
tem:poral as well as fpizitnai leader 'of
his people. Although they had a
miiitary commaunder, the miniter had
to be their mouth He came 10 he
commanding officer, and adorefled
him in the following hrain : We,
the perple of Berkihire, bave been
fiequentiy called on to fizht, but have
not been permitte’. We h:ve now
resolved, if you will not let us fizht,
never (o turn out again ”’ ‘T'he Gea
eral asked him if he withed to'go at
that time, when # was dark and
rained. ¢No " ¢ Then,” conundes
Stark, ¢if ‘the Lord thould give us
funthine again, if 1»> not give yon
fighting enough, I will never ask you
to come again.” ' ,
The next morning he made the
fame disposition of his mien that he
had done the day before, and they
maiched off with fair weather and the
spirit of freemen determined to live
free. ¥ o s ,
When the two flanking parties ap
proached near each other in the rear
of the enemy, the Indiass ever on the
alert, perceived the situation they were
in, and made their escape in a single
file between the two parties, accom
painied with their horrid yells and the
jingling of cow-bells: ‘The pazties
closed in upon the rear, and Stark
himfelf in the front : the coniel® for a
short time was desperate, particularly
‘at the Tories’ breastwork. ~Although
Baum hkad nearly twice the pumber
(pridcipally veteran tronps) defended
by rthis breastwork, his mercenaries.
conid not stand furroanded by this
‘band of patriots = they grounded their
‘arms and surrendered at discretion.
The adion being of short duration,
the loss was not great on either fide.
The Heflins he treated with afl the
civilities of prisoners of war ; but the
Tories be considered "as traitors, and
diftinguithed them as such : he or.
dered them {two hundred in nums
ber) to be tied in pairs, and those pairs;
conrefted together - by a rope, the
-&énd of which was f.Rened 1o an old
-horse’s tail, and a pottillion mounted
on bim to lead them ff The ladies
‘or Benhington dismantled their beis
to furnifh.cords for this purpofs and
rendered many other {ervces, invigor
ated by rhe fame spirit that “aQuated
the congierors S e Y
4 [ Remainder mext aveek ]
A pood one.~—A certamn federaliit in
this city . for the purpose of creating a
vorer,execnted a deed for a lot of land
worth:about fzur or five hundred dol
larsto a poor fellow not worth acent,
onder the expé@ation, no doubr, of the
deeds being canceled: affer the slec
tion. Accordingly aftéer the ele@ion
e calls on the man—but lo 14 refufes,
-and has since aéfually {old the land for
four bundred dollars I [ Allbeny: Reg,. -
- "The Virginia Argus reports that Chrif=
tophe, one of the black chiefs of St Domin.
go, threatens war against the T S: because.
government “would not_allowbim to have:
adhip of waz buile at Baltiserc b
SRR T TS TSR R 1 R s et D RO B el o
His Euscellenty Yeremjaly Smith.. l
g —HAD the ~untortanate Geaation, |
to which you aje reduced, resulted from |
the common ‘cahiatty, to which all hamaa
affairs are liablg, it w"g‘u’!cli bave becn at’
once a fukjett q?pi-;y and regret . Talénts:
like yours, without a poffinility of employ
ment ; the lucubrations of thirty years loft
upon us;--a world-of wis, with no one to
cherish its sallies, are melancholy coofider
ations, - There is a . propensity in human
nature to condole with the unfortunate. and
to rfiourn the loss of virtue, the misapplica
tion of talentsy and a pfematuré termipatiod
of briltiant profpes and iplendid achieve
meats . Not only the common principle’
of sympathy infpites iis on these occasions, -
but we fee! the loss which we ourselves
have sustained. . s
- We think of their former magaificence as
we_{ilently survey apile of ruins, and amidst
the gloomy trainof ideas, which flaw from
a vicw of beauty difeending suddenly to
the tomb, whiift the graces {tiil linger arouad .
its form, and a heéic blush still kindles on
its cheek, we refle&, not witliout marmur
ing, of the pleasures it was capabie of im
parting ? : :
Permit me, Sir. (for it is a fubjc& which
now engrofles your whole attention) to
dwell with you for 3 moment. on the infta.
bility of sublunary affiirs. the uncertaioty
of human calculaticns and the sports and
caprice of fortune She is indeed a perfid
ious miltrefs ; munc mibi, nunc aliis benigna !
Had vot our goverement acceeded to an
arrangement with Mr. E:/fkine. and its
conditions been violated with more .than
Punic treacherys had not this injury been
aggravated by the insults of an overhearing
and. fupcrciifoim ambaflador, the terrors of
Gallic influcnce might still haveshung over
us, and you might have retained your office.
And yet Sir, [ know not-th\at the time
was ill cholen, for making your defut on the
political stage : the wants of the peoplc had
been encountered their paflions had been
inflamed tbeir fears had been addrefled. ——
Like a threwd politician, you marked the
variations of sthe popuiar puife, and was’
determined to govern yourfelf by ciicum
ftances. With all the confidence you repos
ed in your popularity and the bold affer
tions of your friends, it was not prudent
that every thing fhounld be hazarded nn.one
desperate throw. There were means of
ascertaining the relative firength of partics
and the weight of perfo- 2l iafluence, and
these were not negleCted.
Where, Sir. were'thofe delicate scruples
which forced you to' decline the office of
Eiector, when the Statc was decidedly re
pubiican, at the time you consented, not
without some reluctant, amorqus delay. to
be considered candidate for that office, after.
‘the temporary revolution in our politics ¥
Had the time arrived when it was Lfs ne
“eeflary. that 2 chief Justice thould stand a
loof from popular contention, and party
coilifion ?
It coniiftency may not always be expect
ed of a politician at leaft,fome plausible ex
cule, some ingemious pretence should be
prepared to smooth over gross and palpable
contradi€tions =There is a decorum, even
in vice and though the public may derive
advantage from dcﬁgn's, Ilimﬁly concealed,
a regard to personal seputation requires a
religious attention to appearances —The
experiment was eflaved ; the eleGoral tick
et. under your auspices was (uccetstul ; but
I canoot conceal my furprize at the conclu
fion which wasdrawn:
I hose causes which had eonfpired ro pro
duce a temporary difgaft and apprelienfion
ameng -cur citizens, were gradaally - lofing’
their influence, as was evinced by the di
minifhcd majority in your favor.. ‘Wonder"
~and terror are tranfitety passions. Popu
larity ro be lashing must be founded in the
good sense of the people ; it may sometimes
accommodate itfelf to their caprice ; it may
-occasionally flatter their vanity ; but in the
hour of returuiong reflction, they view with
horror, the bo'd leducer; who had recourse
to artificial fimulants to inflame their ten
ses, and endeavored to gain, in the moments
of maunefs, Whatin a more difp2ffionate
{eafon, would be rigidly denied bim !
It was not; Sir, thiat you' could not give
_your assent to the goicy of measures pursu
ed by the gencral government, for that was
a” subject of which diffcrent people must
~neceflanily have entertained d fferent opin
ions. It was for a departure from funda
mental principles, and giving countenance
to uaprincipled oppcfition, tha you are
to be condemned. * Europe had aflumed a
new. and as Mr. Canning fays, a forced state.
Dufficulties thickened around us, and our
political profpe& was' lamentable, far as
the cye couid reach. The most cligible
course was but a choice of cvif. The. ac:
cuftomed channels of trade were obfiruced,
our commierce became a prey to the rapaci
ty qf belligzrents. ~and those calamities
which had been produced by the convulsed
state o: the tranlatlantie world, had at last
reached our shores. A.period so favorable
to turbulent oppofition'was not fuffered to
pass by The measures of the Massachu
setts legislature affunicd a threatening aspect.
Couhity conventions and inflammatory pub:
lications, together with the pecuniary em
barafiments of the country, had worked the
minds of the people up to a state of phren
~zy and fapaticifm At this cventful crisis,
the, Bon Fevemich Smith ‘comes for’ivargf
', an c«hallcngcn._&hc:’j(}gl‘?sf Magistracy ! -Had
you not already feen’ dflagrant departure
from the principlesofithe mh(ﬁmﬁo.n.hrhen‘
“Mi. Gore as chaitman of a committee fmm
" the house. advised ™ to unfurl the republi
[ WM (S T il
“can banger aganft the ImPt-’"‘l'ﬁ%nd,”_d::
‘when “a committee of correspondence” was
appointed 1o fyflematize “in conjunction
with other states.” measures of turther t’;ﬂ
_pofition to the nationa) government *ls ot
the power of ™ declaring war” exclusively
wefted in Congrefd ' Are not the Stares ex
pressly preciuded from * entering into any
~agreement or compadt'with N?thﬂﬁ@&t{{; ‘
-/ When the t,otil%‘tption; was agitated 'in
_convention. you are mot ignorant of the
doctrines and opinions of the leading feder
_alifts. The peint to which all their fears
Lwere dt!‘ta&sﬁdp?.wa the States. They were
(SR ] T gg oS R R T R Y Diedl s S el
~under ‘no apprehension of nfurpation from
“the gemeral government * Powerful and -
~centiqus, the States might harrafs the na
tionsl_antliority by oppofiion, weaken it
by intrigue, or trample gign it from mere
LI ‘u;:?g T i
il weré tharefods doapiete o Jafaling:
teradting '&ﬂﬁ%@l I propenities of the
mdﬁ?k‘ém pofic i, Asd after ity §
tibnal councils might be perplexed, and ity -
‘operations vermhanaﬁv'éd by adpirit of iulube
ordination among the state authoritiess
- Io these sentiments, Sir, as a federalift,
you bave cver acquicfced How unfortus
‘nate it is that your very firlt political acs
tions. should be in diredt lhoftility to'a fyfe
tem of opinions you had for years {peculs ‘
tively adopted ! It isin vain that you aflkes.
“ What overt acks have I com.nitted 2 .
“ What public declarations have 1 made
As the guilt-of “Aaron ‘)inrr, Sit, attended
with any déubt, beeaufe he was convidted
of no overt a& ? _ g
We will fer a moment suppose that con- =«
grefs proceeded to cenforce its daws, and
that the wenerable contpany at Newbury-
Port, deterred neither by 2 relu@ance at
parting with their friends, a fear of death, -
nor (what 15 of much greater importaice)
a dread at being feparaied from their trea
sure, determined to oppose the national
troops Bayoncts afe crossed, and blood is.
thed The whole country is immedigtely
thrown into confufion. The Maflachulctts
legifl ture, under whose aufpites this civil
war has originated take fide with the peco
ple, and m-ke preparations for a pratracted
cppofition. .At this critical moment when |
the popular passions are at their bigheft
pitch and anarchy and rhifrule pervade the
country, you consent to be supported for
‘the chiei magistracy. A fund of popalarity
whi li you have for a leng time hoarded up
by courting the favor, and conciliating the ~
cftcem of our citiZzens. is drawn forth on
this occafion~—not for the purpose of quell .
ing the turbulent fpifit of the yecomanry,
and restoring peace to their agitated bofows
but for insuring refiftan®e, and giviag ti*
umph to opposition, © - ;
~ Your law education has informed you
that in treason there are no acceffaries, and
be aflured, Sir, that in such a case your
country would confider you embarked on
the fame tettom with the Maflachufetts
Legislature ; if fuccefsful, you would parti
cipate in the general plunder; if vanqoifh
ed, an equal infamy would await you. From
the fame reasoning does it follow that inas
much as the proceedings of the Legislature
of Maflachufetts have tcen attended with a
derelition of fundamental principles; an
uncoanftitutional opposition to the national
government, and will draw after them a
train of pernicious consequences from the
licentious example they have {zt you, by ab
dicating the bench at this time, aad placing
yourfelf at the head of a party, profeflediy
countenancing these measures, come in for
an equal proportion of incorfiltenty and
guilt.—Let sophistry cavil, or audacity deny
~—the common sense of every honest man
hurries him irresistibly to this conclusion,
It is aot owing to.your moderation but to
the forbearance of government, that this
country is not now experiencing all the cvils
of a domestic war If Comgrefls had proceeded
to carry its decisions into execution. and
had 'marched troops isto the Northern
-States: the minds of the pcople were o in
flamed by the arts and repréfentations of
defligning men that a sanguinary resistance
would unquestionably have been the refule
The views of Mr, Pickering’s letter would
then rave becn accomplithed lam not
disposed to impute corryption to that gentle
man ; but there is 1 ftgrnnefs and inflexibil
ity 1n his temper mmeompatible with the
genius of a free government.. He has been
compared to Cato : there 1s fom: thing not
uolike in the two chara&ers - for it flill
remains a problem, whether the veftiu@ion
of Roman kiberty refuited moré fiom the
ambition of Calar, than from tie dogmatism
and. unbending disposition of her hauglity
Senator — Arc you prepared, Sit,'to deny
to Congress the right of enforcing its laws;
deliberately adopred and judicially fan&ion
ed ? Or is our great charter an unmeaning
form and the admimftration of the general
government like the Doge of Veniee’s mar
riage to the ocean an ostentatious ceremony,’
calculated only to excite ridicule and con
tempt 2 -
1 am aware of the unfortunate dilemma to
which you arz reduced, and commilerate
your situation, Abandoning all'hopes there
fore of reconciling yo. with federalifm or
yourfclf, I can only lament that the brilliant
proje@s, of a few desperate men in Boftoa
should have so dazzied your underfianding,
that policy was loft fight of. and principle
was forgotten. You still have the consolation
‘of behblding the authors of .your ruin fink
ing with you, Mr. Gore has met with a’
merited fate. That fiery partizan, who from
his meridian station portended peflilence and:
war, is descending rapidly to the horizon.—
‘The lady-like foftnefs of bis fpecches, & all
the milk of human kindnefs* could net {ave
him, The arctifice was {een' through, and
was delpifed. And you, Sir, thought it nec -
“effary to begin with an ostentatious display
of impartiality. One friend was immotated
that the interests of anotlier might be attend
ed to—and ynu-weve left' to your fate.
~ Willyou believe me when laffert that you
entered upon this tempestuous ciean of poli
tics with a troubled confeience, that your
forebodings were gloomy, that your drecams
were broken and fearfu!, and that you fiil
might have been fafe. had not a falfe friend
from tafe and mercenary motives urged you
“on ?—Arc vou at a loss ?—T will fix a mark
upon him by whick you may know and ey
eravoid him. The comvulfive smile onbis coun
tenance betrays the gangrene at bis beart 2 Rell
. contented. You-are not the fich friedd he
has facrificed” Tt is the fame evil genius
~which puthes forward an unhappy old man
again vpob the public flage, who has seen
_enough of this wbrld, to know that /i is
- wanity, and whose declining hours fhouid
net have been embittered by vain profpeds
ot impatent ambition. I know that eharac
ter better than you ppﬁl‘b!_y cap, and if im
pelled by circomftances; the public shall
know him as well as L.do. Insidious, vindic
tive and designing, he feels no gratification
in the accomprifhment of any political views,
unless afriend be ruined or a reputation
facrificed -He may thaok my moderation
: 't;lat 1 proceed b Tusther. ® - v
Lt us turn, Sir, toa less dignfting if-not.
- 10 a less melancholy fubje@, and cqnfider for
~ amoment what you ta:e lolt by a rash and
_ precipitate dcterminatiop.. ..
. In Newhampfhire the Bench eras aniafy
~ lum, whichif _partyfpirit ever aﬂ;}ilfwhed.‘f
i At Baapalipgicy ot FUEFHIEENER -() bek
| ambitious ian. an unbounded ficld lay open
before you. So undefined is the nature of
b %M. Gure frortly after bis clediion, guvethe
Mg cols = Pt aam:e.;gkv;
|2end grodwill wards al Wmélma
D ﬁgﬁfﬁ’m@ kil %05
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SAR SRR N L Ot
ldnfoription-on @ canmonil. i
¥ CIRER AT T o™il & SR ‘..“ i >
;z;;siajxggygg?,; that sfere was an-unlimicd
latitude for.t ggxm&jmﬂha&dan
geroms, and mofttremengous mwr, the 1 ire
tion of ibe Fudge™* Coniihedihy @b author
ities, and trammecled by no prevedents, could
our codca&uc lenger hive eiferienced
your foftering care, we fioukd bave had 2
fylkem of particularn laws, which 'would
have accomnodated themfcives f 0 pew cas
¢s and circumßances, and where the rrouble
and uncertainty of resolving them into gen
eral principles would have been d?spénfcri‘
with., Tbe common Lawoflb;':»'&ai‘e does
honer to your invention. and shows with
what farility precedents may he accumulag
ed. If 'for mﬂ.ancc, &e)and the manory of man
(viz. aboat thirty yeare ago) it is afecrtained !
‘that some good citizen ~had vialatey the
- law of England, & his example had
been praétifed vpon to this day, it i 3 a pre
cedent ‘and has become the common layy of
this State. ' ;
. As aman of wit and repartee,your exerw
tipns were not 10ft upon aa attentive Bar —
“A lurking smile taod ready to burfl into hil.
arity. thc momeont a glancs of yout eye an
nouoced the approach of a humorous remaré.
If faithfully reported your decisions would
not oaly have presented us with an invaly
able body of new law, but would have con~
tained an inexhaultible fund of jeuex &'z
prit. and lbons mots, that would have Jess
ws at a 2 loss whether mofl to admice your
judgment or your wit. '
~ Unfortunate man! From so enviable 2
situation you have precipitated yourfelf in
to one, in which you are viewed by all with
tufpicion,—by some with detefbation ! To
what, Sir, wuder this melaneholy pressure of
circumflances can you now resort ? If your
late campaigns have given‘a finith to an ajr
naturally military; and to talents adapted
to the ficld,—~there afe no more laurels to
be reaped at Beanington The profticuted
eff outery of the Bar would ill hecome ¥ O s
the Bench is at present closed upon you,—
the chief Magiftracy—fofever!
¥ CAIUS JULIUS.
#Sir William Fones on Bailments.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
To the House of Rsprefentatives of the United
\ States.
I transmit to the House a report of the
Seeretary of State, complying with theie
resolution of the 3oth es April ,
JAMES MADISON. -
Nlay 1, 1810,
in pursuance: of the Resolution of the
‘Houfe cos Representatives of yesterday the
Secretary of State has the honor of trans
mitting to the Prefidens of the U S. the
accompanying papers ‘marked A. B. C. I,
E.oF.
No information has been received, that
any communication has been made to our
minitler'at London on the part of the Brite
ifh government “in answer to any note pre
fevted by bim in pursuance of inftrafticrds
givén on the 23d November 18c09.”
No aufwers bave been given to the “ pro
~pofitions o 1 overtures, madc on the part of
the U, S to the governments of G, Britaia
and France, relpecting any ofthe orders and
decrecs affe@ing neuiral commerce ™ whick
have not beeu heretofore or which aré'not
herewith communicared. Al which is re
fpectiuily fubmiited. R. SMITH.
Department of State, ?Jaj 1. ‘BIO
A A)
Extralt of a letter from Gengral Arwﬂroﬁg so
M. Champ.gny 2, :
- Y Paris Sept 8, 1809.
o ¢ T had the honor of recciving your ex
- cellency’s letter of the 22d of August last, in
expcfiion of the principies adopted by his
‘majelly with regard to neutral commerce,
Fihati hasten t6' transmit a copy of this
note to my goveroment,” ,
(B)y :
The Secretary of State #o Gemeral Armj?ror:g.
s Depariment of State, Dec. 1, 1509,
: (S, :
- Enciofed you have five copies of the Prefa
idents meflage and of its accompanying doc
‘uments. They will afford you a view of the
~exifting fate of things here and particu
larly oi the ground taken in the correfpon
~ dence with the Britith minifler. Yon wilt
perecive thiat the deliberations of Congress
at their present feflion cannot’ but be em
barrafied by the painful consideration thae
the two priacipal belligerents have been for
some time alike regardless of our nevtrs!
rights, and that they mauiteft no disposition
to rekinquifbyin any degree, thdic uareafon
- able pretensions. : o
. You will aifo herewith receive a copy of
a letter to Mr Pinkney which will thew the
light in which M. Champagny’s letter is
viewed by the Frefident, & at the fame time
the course of proceeding preferibed to our
minister in London You will of course
underfland it to be withed that you-fthould
ascertain the meaning of the French govern
ment as to the condition: on which it
has been propefed to revoke the Berlin de
cice On the: principles which seems to
be assumed by M. Champagny, nothisg
~ more ought to be required than a recall by
Great Britain of her proclamation or ilegal®
blockades which are of a date prior 10 that
of the Berlin deerec, or a formal declaratiom:
that theyare not pow in force. Sheald this
- be done and be followed by an anpulment of 7
ali.the decrees and ordessin ‘chronologicall
- erder, and Great Britain. fhouid afterwazds
put in force oidor proclaim new blogkades
_contrary to the law of nutions, it wouldy
produce gucitions betw=en ber and the U
* mited- States which ti!‘f‘ih‘@!u‘h goveramens
¢is tound to leave to the Upited States, apr
least until iv fhabl find. it necessary to briag
forward "‘C‘Oﬁpiﬁmséyf ,an acquicfcence om:
_our part not cosfiftent’ m&é the neutrality
vopbofefled by Wil i Bha e G
- You will your{ If, &if neceflary you wilt'
set th¢ French government. 'mey%na‘ that
we do not con ﬁd"‘}“’“*‘mw ‘tocop
~telk the legality ?Qﬁ‘*"‘»bkzc’ik_édb _which may -
~ be conformable 1o the definitions heretofore -
- maimained by the United States and partia
~cularly 1o the definition contained: in the
treaty of Juoe and ﬁ&bbﬂ,;hz‘,ﬁq’ymﬁ
. Great Britain aod Ruffia’ However founs
¢d the definition of M. Champagny may be
- lifhed law’ on the fubje@ of blockade %
- different praitice bas too long prese " %
. mong all nations Fravce as well as others,
~and 16 too fro ‘ﬁymh ited by the
ttéubﬂkﬁ% 0
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