The National Register.
London, England, 1812-08-02 00:00:00

POLITICAL DIS2U/S/TION.

CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

America has at last cast aside her veil, and by words
and acts declared war against (Meat Britain. Not only has
a Manifesto been issued in the share of a Message to the
Senate and House of Representatives, followed by an Act
of ('ongre.;s, proclaiming open hostilities; but an engage-
ment has taken place at sea between three American fri-
gates and two brigs, and the British frigate Belvidera, who
after maintain?: a running fight with the whole syiadron
for time hours, escaped; whilst the land heroes of the
United States, equally eager to signalize their valour, were
beaten off Iry the 41st British regiment, in an attack on
Upper Canada. War has therel)re regularly com:.-enced,
and the first flashes of American heroism arc of such a na-
ture, as to lead us to anticipate its prompt extinction in
the gloom of extensive discomfiture.
our sentiments, respecting the conduct of the Govern-.
meat of the United States, arc known. Years have now
elapsed since we first announced its corrupt subserviency to
France, :and every month has since teemed with proofs to
substantiate our assertions. Fresh evidence is supplied by
the American Manifesto ; and, if it were deemed insufficient,
Halifax Fa:)ers, received yesterday, have brought us addi-
tional documents to corroborate our statemeut. It will be
recollected that we said, in our remarks on the conduct of
the American nxecutire last week :—" they seem to have
elpectcd, and to have hastened to anlicipatc by theft Decla-
ra!ion, the arrival of the (Vicia! dispatches, which would
infoim the nation that the Orders in Council were repealed,
and every pietence for complaint removed."—They have
declared Near against 11., we asserted, " at a period wle,m
Veer/ could not be i‘raord•lt that concessions had been made by
our Go:crament, which, when publicly announced, would
disarm them of every plea, even for dissati-fntion." Now
the following letter, written by our Envoy, .Mr. FASTER, to
the American Sect etary of State, Mr. MONROE, the, fourth of
June last, (and war was &elated the eighieciith) will prove
how weil founded were our surmises, and that the PR ES I -
DENT, and his party, knew that concessions had been made
ern our part, the effect of which they wished to counteract
rusliHg into war, befote they could be officially an-
nen uced.

31R. FOSTER TO MR. MONROE.
" Washington, Sone /1. 1812.
&a—Since I had the honour of seeing von at your office esterday,
I.ll.tre perceived :m :article in the public print, tt,tted to he extracted
ti hit 411 Envlith newspaper, and purporting to be on (Mt ial Deciara.
boo of tits Pop. at Iltiz!mess the PRINCE REGFNT, that She Orders :a
Council will be, AND ARE ABSOLUTFLY RE roKr.o, from the period
the Berlin and Milan Decrees shall, by some authentic act of the
kreach Government, publicly promulgated, he expressly and !mould'.
repealed. A considerable toile has elapsed since, by order of
my (toverinuent. I had the honour of urging to you the expediency of
Pfueurah; Such an authentic act from the French Government, and
ai ;fldhaiiility the above declaration may have been issued in tlne con-
"ea es,Jectation, that the Government of the United States would
hive oeen able to produce it ere this.
At al! e.etit3, Sir, considertno the importaitt nature of the above-
110d article, and the probability, taat I have CIGN to be the
ern ty some communication to the American GutlCl'lll:lClit in re-
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