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London, England, 1815-02-01 00:00:00

,for consideration.. it is with equal istonishment
undersigned find that the American Plenipotentiati.,s
hare not only declined signing any provisi mai article,
by which the Indian nations who have taken jei: t
with Great Britain is the present contest iney be it,.
eluded in the peace, and may have a trite:slaty as-
signed to them, bat h .ve aho thought proper to ex-
press surprise at ary proposition on the sahject tem-
ing been advanced.
,s The American Pleniptacetiaries sta.e, that their
Government could riot have e;:pected such a disetf,-
sion, and appear resolved, at once, to reject any pro.
position on this head ; ropreienting it as a demand
contrary to the acknowledged principles of piiblie
law, tantamount m a ceqsion of one third of the teri-
v.rial dominions of the United States, and requite 4
to be admitted, without discussion.
The proposition trEch is thus represented in
that the Indiatrnations, which have been during tl.:
war in alliiiitiewith Great Britain, should at its tc: -
Minutia's be included in the pacification ; and, withat
view to their permanent trampillity and security,
'that the BritjshlGorrnment is willing to take as .a
basis of an 'aside •ml the subject of`a boundary far
'thine natidni,"Vireat;pulations which the American
Coierninetit altar:lc:tad in 1793, subject, however, to
modificati.ons. Afitete the declaration, publicly made
to tho 4 Indian natieks by the Governor-General of
Canna,- that•Gret Britten w•suld not ;kw t them,
could the American Government really persuade it-
bed that -no proposition relating t those nations
would be advanced, and did Lord Castlercagh's note
of the 4th November, 181 a, imply so great a.sacritice
of honour, ur exclude from discussion every subjf.ct,
excepting what immediately related to the maritime
questions referred to in it ? When the undersigned
assured the American Plenipotentiaries of the anxious
wish of the British Government that the negociatiori
might terminate in a peace honourable to both par-
, ties, it could not have been imagined that the Ame-
rican Plenipotentiaries would thence conclude that
his Majesty's Government was prepared to abandon
the Indian nations to their fate, nor could it have
been foreseen that the American Government would
have considered it as derogatory to its honour to ad-
mit a proposition by which the tranquillity of those
nations might be secured. The British Plenipo•en-
tiaries. have yet to learn, that it is contrary to the
aeknowledged principles ti public Law to include
allies in a negociationfer peace, or that it is contrary
to the practice of all civilized nations to propose that
a provision should be made for thter ;inure security.
The treaty of Grenvide eatabliAted the bound:ail-a
between the United States and the In.iian nations.—
The American Plenipotentiaries must be aware, that
the war whichhas since broken out has abrogated
that treaty. Is it contrary welt* established prin-
ciples of public law for the British Government ta
propose, on behalf of its allies, that this treaty shall
on the pacification, be considered subject to such mo-
difications as the case may reader necessary ? Or i;
it unreasonable to.propose, that this stipulation should
be amended, and that on that foundation some ar-
rangement should be made which would provide for
the existence of a neutsai pthver between Great Bri-
tain and the lin.ited States, 'calculated to secure .to
WO 3 longer continuance 4.)f the bress'ags ttt place
So 'fat was that specific propos; awl respeciial
:he Indian boundaries Irian' )ini ie-iated upon its
the note, *or in the continence which preceded it, as
one to be admitted Without discitssiOn, that it would
have been difficult to use terms of greater latitude, or
which appeared more adapted, not only not to pre.
dude hut to iiivire discusiosi. It the basia.preposed
could coovey.awey snit-third of the tert:tory.nt the
United States, the American government itsckhutsc
have conveyed it *way by the Grenviik . treoty of
1795. It is. impbssible to read, diat.trca ty without
remarking how incousident the. preview pretensions of
the American government are, with its preamble and
provisions. The boundary line between the lands of
the United States and thoseOf thi Indian nation's, is
therein expressly defined. The geaeral character of
the treaty, is that of a treaty with independent na-
tions; and the verTstipulation winch the American
Plenipotentiaries refer to, that the Indian nations
should sell their lands only to the United States, tends
to prove that, but for that stipulation, the Indians
•had a general right to dispose of then,. The Anw.i-
can government, has now for the first, time, in effect,
declared that all Indian nations within its line of de..
merkation are its subjects, living there upon suffer-
ance, on lands which it also claims the exclusive
right of acqniring, thereby menacing the final ex-
tinction of those nations. Against such a system,
the undersigned must formally protest. The under-
signed repeat, that the terms on which the proposie
!fun has been made for assigning to the Indian nations
some'boundery, manifest. no nnwillingneos to discuss
any other proposition directed to the same object, or
even a modification of that which is offered. Gre)r
Britain is ready to enter into the same engagements
with respect to the Indians living within her. line or
demarkation, as that which is proposed:to the United
States. It can, therefore, only be from a complete
misapprehension of the proposition, that it can be re-
presented as being not reciprocal. Neither can it,
with any truth, be represented as contra! y to the ac-
knowledged principles of public law, as derogatory
to the honour, or inconsistent with the rights of the
American government. nor as a demand requirel to
be admitted without discussion. After this lull tl-
- of the sentiments tit his Majesty's gob
ment on the joints abuse stated, it will be tor tai,!
American Plenipotentiaries to determine, whet!.,l
they are ready now to continue the negotiation. ;
whether they are disposed to refer to' their govern-
ment for further instructions"; or lastly, whether t!.t.
will take upon themselves the responsibility • t hie.&
ing off the negociation altogether. The ti.ikturtiyor-1
request the American Plenipotentiaties to accept the
assurances of their high consider ation.
• (Signed) 4i GAmitea,
" Haxay Gootasu UN,
WILIJAMADA M."
)V.—THE AMERICAN TO TIicARITIS/1 COMMON EIV.
cheat, tier. 9 1514.
" The undersigned have had the honour to receive
the note of his Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiaries
dated the 4th *instant. It; in the tone of substance
of the formet note of the undersigned, the • British
Commissioners have perceived little proof of aria
Fposition on the part of the American government,
for a discussion of somegalie.propositione advanced
In the first note, which the undersigned. had the ho-
sour of receiving from them, they will ascribe it to