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

tee !enre of the propositiontthemselvess to their ap.
Cpoet incompatibility with the
it in
otlereagh's letter ao the Ametanassurances Secretary Lord of
State, proposing--this negotiation, and with the sn.
eon assurances of the British plenipotentiaries them-
sews, to the undersigned at their first confereaces
wail them. The undersigned, in reference to an ob.
serration of the British -Plenipotentiaries, must be
allowed to say, that the objects which the government
of the United States had id view, have not been
withheld. •
•
The subjects considered as suitable for discussion
were fairly brought' forward in the confeertices of the
at:i ult. and the tennis on which the •ttnitett Stags
were willino to conclude the peace, were frankly and
.:spressly declared in the note of the undersigned,
dated the 24th ultimo. It had
been condeatif hoiknd
ni
that the nature of those ters,olo ,evidently'•titattied
in a sincere spirit of conciliation, wonist•Osireitiduced
Great Britain to adopt them as tritlatifisbf.alneatat ;
and it is vith deep regret that elle Underpittsogy.
they have rightly understood the rneaninktif thelast
note of the British Plenipiittodariest peel:olive that•
they still insist on the exclu4vemliifarroion of
the Lakes, and on a permanent lattinWhilead,
pendent territory for the IndiatinAlfmdinprithin
dowlinions of the United .
The fitst demand is groundeltjaktill'ettnpissitibn,.
that the American Cavemen& hike hattifintk'th by-
its proceedings towards Spain, by the acituisition.we
Louisiana, by purchases of Indian hind's„ 'and by an
avowed intention of permaneatly'anneitittg the
Cx-
nadas to the United State:, a spirit of aggeandisemext,
send conaitest, which justifies the demands of *. ex-
traordinary motices trout them, to provide for the
security of the British Possessions in America.
ai In the ohiervations which the undersigned felt it
their duty to make on the new demands of the Bri-
tish Government, they confined their animadversions
to the nature of the demands themselves; they did
not seek her illustrations oh the policy of Great Bri.
tain in her conduct, in various quarters of the globe,
towards other nations, for she was not accountable to
the United States. Yet the undersigned will say,
that their Government has ever been ready to arrange
in the most amicable manner with Spain, the ques-
tions respecting the boundaries of Louisiana and Fin.
rides, and that of indemnities acknowledged by Spain
due to American citizens. How the peaceable acqui-
sition of Louisiana, or the purchase of !Inds within
the acknowledged terra( ry of the United States, both
made by fair and volune,ry treaties for satisfactory
eqUiValtnit) can be ascribed to a spirit of conquest
dangerous to their neighbours, the undersigned are
shoeether at a loss to understand. Nor has the con-
- quest of Canada, and its permanent annexation to the
United States, been the declared object of their Go.
ternment. From the commencement of the war to
the present time, the American Government has been
alWayi..willitx, to make peace, without obtaining any
eeasien of Cereitnry,. and on the stile condition that the
twatitimionestions Might • be satisfactorily* at ranged.
Such vta:a their diSpositicnein the month of July, 1812,
*hen thbyinstructed Itte.liatasell to make the propo-
sal of:ap 4rmiStice.• itr tte month of October of the
„.. • .
_sante. year, .when it: Monroe- 'answered Admiral
.Utiattao's proposals to the same effect ; in April,
)I 4. alien insunetiopt act e' gni to•t how of the
.unneiSeeited, alien at/Voided to treat lit:teitiCei utWer
.theptit,Ossil; . and in 'dantraiy, I b I 4,..Wheit
• the-i,, nstruelinnianider which the undersigned ire now
Acting, wore pared. • • •
The groposuion of the,. fltitislePliatipottntiaries. is,
that irfk.ordewia Secure iharor.tierr of. Can ada-aga it's(
ittactle„,the:. United State's shonkil 'leave their cora
witlatutalcfenee4and it .seems' to ire forgotten, that,
. poeoption; ands the: pioltimrty -Of
Ilteie.reseinteisagive.theieany adfrautage in that.quar-
tter, it is,halasiCed likiltegreatliiteience bitweeti the
4niliorl etablisconents of the taro-n*ll6ns. . No slid-
° 'it:l'll44;o,n of; Canada by .the ljnife6 Stites Codld
to seek,
_without leasiing on their. Atlaiiinshoies,
mar cnialse eesan.:exPosed to thegreat saperitiritt• Of.
the British force, a mass of Antes-kaki:property far
more valuableihan Canada. In lier relative Superior
force to that.Of ihelhiited Stitt* idevery ether quar-
ter, G:-eat Britain may Grid a pledge much more effi-
cacious Lr the safety qi a single vulnerable point,
than in stipulatiens norioUs to the interests and de:.
evading to the honour of America. The best security
ler the pnssessions of both countries will, howeVer,
b round in an equal and solid peace ; in a mutual
respect for the rights of each other, and in the cut:i-
lation of a friendly understanding between them.—
'ltileVe be any source of jealousy ire relation to Ca-
nada itself; it will be found to exist solely in the un-
du- '
iitterrereuce of traders and agents, which may be
rcinort•d by proper restraints.
4 The only American forts on the Lakes known
to !tare been at the commencement of the negocia-
s °TI held by British force are Michillimackinac and
at'i4Rara• As the United States were, at the. ssamet
tire-, in possession et Amhersiburg sad the adjacent
country, it is not perteived that themere oecupa•
tion of eiose
two forts could gilt any chkini 'td his
itantiic *,lajesty to large ieia's of terri" Ftlf°4ll-
ded upon the tight of conquest I awed the undersigned
may be pamitted to: add, that eiret it chances of
%vac Should yield to the littishairmi agnomen' toy
olsesus, enter sitcemots.other part! of the' territories' of the Uni-
ted
events would not alter their views ,
with regard
whops to the terms of peace to which they
pies Stv
awn their consent. Without recurring to eiam.
from the RevolutionwtY.GovernMentO of
France, or
Of fortitude to
• a more recent and illustrious triuttiph
their
own
hi in adversity, they-have: been taught by
ci pal etien
would
that the occupation of their princi-
%lure tUir sub" d produce no despondency, nor. In-
tinpisw.
to die
to the disnfembermeflt of their
t Abandonment of any one of the
tights which constituteapere of their nwoftelinde.
ItZi'lcd:n•ocee'thitrhe. general
ipeOtione that it was colitis-
practice of eitjvilin'zeciPdtiniat6ioterbtotiCilnactu'dea6adllwiersthintlice
wtreaty
as called
'and to provide for their secitritre
five
in cluestinn by the undersigned ; but
according to
denied the right of Great Britain,
to into
in 19se
principles and her own practieet
within ttr+owledge.h_eany
ierrnasnerofwdilthe
ulllndiiieaanstatribetess, raepsacid.:
by hetself, to consider such tribes as
to',her wall not repeat
treat for them with the United States.
broaorbi for repeat the facts and arguments already
t' waelby them in support of this Tosition;
end which remain' u
made by'
the . The observations
-les -upon du *caw