The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-26 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The following Documvats oiccornanied Mr. Madison's
Message.

COLONEL M'lita; To MR. F.USTiS.

Fort Stoddard, Deceniher 5, _al.:.
linving-on the 21st nit, taken the bbertrof ad:
diew,,v_ you on the solieCt of the disturbances in
tin 'titnitivr, and having no acquaintance with any
memory ut the preq:nt executive, I have presumed
to i=iclose tr, your care ;I diipatch from Got enrol.
to ate Secretary of <State. I have also in-
closed a hasty trans! awn of Governor Fohit's letter
to roe, which, With some other.
.considerations, has
I:,duced me to
,proceed immediately to the City of
Wa.iiington, left which I. leave this place in two or
three d.tys, and will proceed with the least poaaible
to Knoxville. - •
I have, &e.
(Signed) lOtiu

GOVERNOR PoLCH TO COLONEL 'res.ca.
'StR,-.-Since the conversation I had with you re.
apt... Cling the disturbances. which at ,present ainia
piovitice, I have thought of addreoiiing myself
dirctly in the Executive Power of the. United States,
through the medium of their SecKetary of State,
prnposing to treat
.for the delivery of, the province
in more positive terms Own those I employed in the •
;etter• that I wrote to hi, Excellency Qovetnor
Holmes ; because as our difficulties every day in-
s
Decessity of hastening their conclusion .
increase alio, 1 have believeci also that it might be
conduiive to the better exit. of this negotiation,
pat my dispatch Should be 'entrusted to a person
who could give to the Government Any information
th,it rnrgin to.posseas, in older that it may deli.
berate.yrliti the brevity which is necessapy. Con-
sidc.Tring that Ain, Sir, are in a hituation.to fulfil this
o'hjeil, having been an eye witness to-all that has.
passed in this part ofthe,provinceand the adjacent.
o,4,intry, you CAI' give intortnation respetting the,
alarm whiel tt igos among' the inhabitants,- of the
itilluence'whicn the French 'agents to .'Loa e4x-
erthit tri 'nese dlitarbai'ces, and the tisk wtilchlEfit
pr.,yilice runs of being involved .in the tit i'vleis
which hive had their birth in Florid:-1, as vt,.licas:'fii6
fatal consequwces which may tallow if the odd 'is
(lOC stopped 'ln its beginning, and whatever else can
be said onsthe suNect.
In order to avoid !)cddenis and delays which it is
114' to fOrtler, I will dFliVor to ):'Oll duplicates
of the diitimtch which:l address:Al to hii Excellency
the Stinioary of State, in bider that yito may snb•
hart Jia9e incnt, by the moil, and by this means to
give early infOrination to the 'Government pt the
at)atrs on which it has to deliberate.
The sailing:lton, Arc. (Winch lie had in .3 personal
acquaintance,
(si&ned)
ifobille, December's, into,

To Lczi.

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GovEKNot Fines dro,t4R. sum.

i Will tint detain myself in:giving to your
rzcellency information relative. to the letter
I directed to his .I.l4,celler zy Governor Holtnesi.be-
ing perhotitied it will be In the hands of.yonr.l‘Scellen-
ey long before tliii i but I will add in its contents' for
Sr our government, that i ha 4 decided on delivering
tiny province to, the 7.ltiitrrcl Stater, under an equita.
tale capitulation, provided I do not,not releive,stic-
cour from the Havanna, or Vera. grim .during. the
present Month, or that his Excellency :,%largnia So,
rneruelus, On 11041,14 derpetl4l,4llloll4il not open.
ed` dtierily a negociation on'. this .point. The in-
comprehensible aniindoontent inylticir I see myself,
and the .ifflieted iiittation to WiliCii this province
sees itself teduced, hot only luttiorise me, but
force tnetO have reconrAe tb this determination, the
only one to save it from that ruin which
,threatens
it. • Thekhitted-Staters ate also ant horised 4o ireeept
it, as 'the disturhances which .tiow afflict this pro, -'
vincesn near to them must increase, eV'ery tiaythey
c'ssinot :but have: ~an influence on their ;tranquility,
art .objeit which merits the firstcare of every Ott;•
Verritnettt.
The inhabitants, of Baten Rouge may figurelo
thernselves many' motives which nhly in con-
ception justify the deterthittation they have adopted,
but they cannot produce even,a single one which
can Make tolerable the tyrannical, illegal, and un-
just obstinacy With Which they insist, that the other
dist kn. cat the: proyi nee shotild' subjeet themselves
to their will. The - United Statei which 'Writes*
the fixercise of .equity, cannot. catetript'' t hemselv 4S
trttftt raking part with the party utijosily oppiesied.
In thicnellef I recur. twits Executive.throtigh the
frtedium:of yoUr Excellency, stipplicating ,that
be will be pleased to.send alders to the commandant
at Trot Stoddard, that he .should assist 'WWI the
troops which he has under his orders for the purpose
of forcing, the party under theceinmand of Reuben
Kemper, .'retire Within the dktrietrnf Bolen
Uotige, intimating 'to him, that if in 'future 'he
Should repeat his inchrslons in the distrid of
bille and tPensa'colx, the troops of the United States
jojne.l to the Spanish troops„ will be Iforecd to
keep them back.
ditittieltt have the Morcleasan to expel k,
from the, reiititude of the United' Stales, the asilit-
ance I, ask, as the party which liernper.cotnniand's
ha, been recruited, armed, and,:provisioned, within
the limits .of their sovereignty. .At the same titxitY
It any proposition is accepted, Orders may be given
authorizing swim perstia to moefwith -me fur
lating tire evacuation ..of the provilico atilt what ought'
to, precede it.

I cotieluae, &c.

V'VuLcx.

**lie, pet. 2t

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MR. NOR i 'TO MR. ,SMIT,kt.
WilbttuAton, Dec. ts,

deem, t to 440 linty Incombent on toe,
considering the atrttt,and cioe which tasb-
sists between his Majoty's-Govertiment and that of
Spate, 40 express to the Government of the United
ititalt.s, through you, llra deep regret with which I
have seen that part 61 the President's
Issasmeag e 10
Congre,ss, in which the dete o
rmination f Go.
vernment to take posses,ion of West Florida is

avowed.
Wl!bout prestithing to discuss the validity Of the
I)uited,States to Wust Ftarida, a title witicli is nia,

proclamaticin it is left open to dirct..ision, but-v.llkb
has nevertheless been brought foliard-as one of ihe
pleas to ji.tslify the °monition of these Provinces,
may it trot be asked why that Proviricu could not
haeve been asfitirly a sttbjeti of negPciation and ad-,
justment in the hands of ,the Srviniard's, who
pots
sass the actual soverelgoty there, as in the
ltitnds
of the Americans, who.; to obicin. nosiession, Most
begin by committing as :ad of ttostility toWardel
Spain.
But it May be said that ,the Spanien Torres
Mexico, in Cubi, or in Pensacola, are utieqii ii to'
quell the rebeilions of A bind of desj
peradoes who are known by contediptutoits
pellation of land-jobbers, allowing as mu h (whitth
yon will agree with tue, Sir, is Al-owing ra,gfteirtt
deal) would it not have been worthy of Fthe gone-
rosily of a free nat‘kri. like this, bearing, as it doubt-
less does„ a resp4l for the rights of a v,allant people
at this nißmcnt 'engaged in a noble struggle for irs ,
liberty, wotild it'net have been an act on the part
of this 'country ditisted by the soundest ties of godd
eneighbonrhood and IriendShip which exists between
it and Spain, to have simply offered its aSsistance
to crush_the common enemy of both, titan to have
made such taw fereuce the pretext of- wresting a
province from a friendly pnwcr, and that at a time
of her adversity ?
For allow, me., Sir, to inquire how can the decla-
ration in the Presideni's Proclamation, that-in the
hands of the United States, that that territory will
not_Cei.:Be to be a subje4 of fair ?net friendl) adjust-
tient, be made to aceordwith the (lei laration in his
message tO Congress (implying permanent posseii-
"ion) of the adoption of that people into the btisnm
of the American family; The act,,conseque,tly of
sending a force to West FI _Or da to secure by arms,
what Was before a subject of friendly negeciattoh,
cannot, I much fear, under-any palliation be eon-
sidered as any other titan his act of open
against Spain. Whilst, therefore; is isdnipviroibie to
disguise the deep and lively inte'rest wiitat
jesty, takes in every-thing that relates.,,pain,
r' which mould, I am convinced, induce hint to me-
dratti- between Spain and too Urilti States on any
noint nlcontrovero which atayexist between theme,
with, the utmost impartialny and .good will towards
both parties, I think • it, due to the sincerer NV igh of
his Majesty to menrain titriniwared the friendship
which at this mOnteent happily exists bet Weti 'Great
Brttain arid the United Slimes to jar that itafelt ate
the: trey tuy which his Majesty If, bound .10-Spain
that
he cannot see with indifference any inttiek it aii'hct#
interests in ,4i\anerica and as I..trove no donoi that
the Governitietti of the ITitited States williattribu:e
;this repre.sentarion to the most conciliatory morives,
,I :ant induceddeto request In answer,. to it. star expla-
nation on the subject as- will at once convince his
Majesty's Government of the pacific 'thspOintipni of
the United States towards his Majesty's allies,
theiSpartiardsi and will remove.ithe contrary, irn,!.
pression which I fear the Preildent'a.Message
is
likely to make. • ,
I have the honsour to be, Sm.