Star.
London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

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N the mum' sees." What, howler, erstafe fib.
of the American Minister en the prof.ability cfat
raneement appears from the public documetuan
cc mmnnicated to Congress in the Session of !gal-
ls stated by Mr. Madison in these words, i at'th.
4 n onnnt the articles were expected to be liglied --ai
f•exciption df the ' narrow seas' was urged-
and;
-.-sist d on by Lord St. Viis&nrf,-encT twits! aid
I :nadmiu n
was aka
ible on our part, the aegociatio - Y
' cloned'
" Mr. King..seents to,be,of opinion, howevey thee
s ‘l6 more -t3sise ban was left him for the
!'font; the objection might have been ovniegthesPiti.
What tideless lefellifi.'`King tor. .the e_xperinaat -ele
•-sylethertany 'Weieever Made, haft not been llistlo'ai
Ito the fittbille: Mr: 'Kit WWI after returned to ate.
1: rica: It is foltitiftast fistm-Mr. King's expression 4it
- he was litialSett lit pains of time, and it is equally dit
that his opinion -wick that an adjustment- coo*
place. That Mr. Madison.wat also of the same
i ninn Is demonstrated by his letters to Mean.l+6;
and Pinkzey, dated the Vd of February; we -7
which helms these axpreississis., 4 i elklat it kw la
i ed that jou have not fatled tip pane dna us,
' arrangement concerted by.'Hr. King 11111101 ad
6 Hawkesbury, in the year 180% for settling
4 tion of impressment. On that occasion end slit
' administration the British princiisle ova: !dirk r -""
fin favour-4f the right of oar flas. Lord Afthheara --
4 one steed to prohilit iworivsments Off Tille 470 40 %
6 and Lord St. Vincent's requiring nothing more than
a inexceptioa,of the narrow seas, an except mt.
s hag on the obsolete claim of Great Britain to same
s peculiar dominion over them.' Here then welioa
a full acknowledgment that Great Britain was will.
ing to renounce the right of impressment on the WA
seas, in favour of our flag ;—that she was "aims to
arrange the subject.
66 It further appeirs that the British ministry called
for an interview with Messrs. Monroe and Kan%
on this topic ; that they stated the nature of the els*
the King's prerogative ; that they had consulted time
crown officers and the beard of admiralty, wheal
concurred in sentiment, that under the circumstssas
of the nation, the relinquishment of the right was*
measure, which the govetnruent could not arlur,
without taking on itself a responsibility, which co
ministry would be willing to meet, however pressing
the exigency might he. They off:red, however, on
the part of Great Britain, to pass I.iws snaking it
penal for Ilritish commanders to impress American
citizens, on board of American vessels, on the high
seas, if America would pass a law, making it pool
for the officers of the United States to grant certifs,
castes of citizenship to British subjects, This will 4
fouod, in the same documents, in a letter from
Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney to Mr. Madison, dated
,11th November, 1806. Under their peremptory ia.
structions, this proposition, on the part cf Great Bri,
Itain, could not be acceded to by our Ministers. Such,
however, was the temper and anxiety of Englaad,
and such the candour and good sense of our Ministers.
that an honourable and advantageous arratagemeat
did take place. The authority of Mr. Monroe, thee,
Minister at the Court of Great Britain, now Settetsrf
of State, and one of thi present administration, who
have recommended war with England, and assigned
impressments as a cause, supports the undersigeed
in asserting, that it was honourable and aduars,
genus ; for,. in a letter from Richmond, dated the.
18tb' February, 108, to Mr. Madison, the followiag!
expressions are used by Mr. Monroe, 4 I have ca the
contrary always believed and still do believe that the
ground on which that interest (impressmegt) was
placed by the paper of the British commissioners at
Bth November, 1806, and the explanatibn which as
companied it, was both honourable and advantageous.
to the United States, that it contained a contemn'
in their favour an the part of Great Britain, oaths
great principle of contestation, never before made by
a formal and obligatory act of their governments
which was hghlyfavourable to their interest ,t
66 With the opinion of Mr. King so decidedly ac
pressed, with the official admission of Mr. Ma.disoll•
1 with the explicit declaration of Mr. Monroe, all tea!,
curring that Great Britain was ready to abandon ittt.
pressment on the high seas, and with an honourable
and advantageous arrangement actually made ,4,
Mr. Monroe, how can it be preteuded that all hap,
of settlement by treaty bad failed ? bow can this alai •
ject furnish a proper cause of war 1 •
. " With respect to the subject of bleekadmr the
principle of the law of nations, as asserted by tbe
United States, is, that a blockade can oily be jesd-
Oed when supported by an adequate force. In then
this principle is admitted by Great Britain. It is al..
leged, however, that in practice, she disregards that
principle.
66 The order of blockade, which has been made a
specific ground of. complaint by France, is that of the
16th of May, 1806. Yet, strange as it may seem, this
order; which is now made one ground of war be-
tween the two countries, was, at are time of its first
issuing, viewed as an act of favour and conciliation.-
- " On this subject it is -necessary to be exPlio•
—The vague and indeterminate manner in which,
the American and French Governments, in tient
official papers, speak of this order of blockade, ;scat'
culated to mislead. An importance is attached snit,
of which, in the opinion of the undersigued,it is not
worthy. Let the facts speak for themselves. . ...,
"in August 1804, the British established a block •'
side atthe *entrance of the French ports, naming thy ...
•fromiFecamp to Ostend-; and from their proximity
to the British coasts, and in the abeence of all con-
plaint, we may be permitted to believe that it was Ist
legal blockade, entoreed according to the usages .
nations. On the 16th of May, 1806, the English ce* •
cretary of State, Mr. Fox, notifltd to out Oahu%
of London,•that his Government had thought lit to .
'direct necessary me;sures to be taken for the Igo"• .
.
.ticle.of the coasts, rivers and ports, from dierive ".
Elbe to the river Brest, both inclusive°. 1-•-•.•'.
" In point of fact, as the terms used inthe"7
will :hew, this paper, :which has become a sibs

• The terms of ihe ordersie 144. o,e. . That thessidcoast.tirtinls •
and ports mutt be colisidefed in blockaded,' bins ' OM 7
blockade shall Dore:tend to previiiiiiniutrat chip p andiVta.
den with goods. notbeing the pry of his leisjenr%
trs.
and not 'sties contraband of war approachin 11,04 °lll
and einttog alto and sailink .ftotethe W dein , r"
and etti! the toot, deers, thtteputti from Tad' lag. '- •
Seine, airetdy in a amp of ,tot Tis
4;4, :W ' ~
whit% afro to be'ettotnisitiid sts se fi,,4,-Tru .4. --
~ 4tal the vessels eine:it/tad Mt a! O.! a ' • .4- •;ei i •
to, or in the pothesSiOtwof the 41 livri ,
itessels departing were tat tiestuik! Ilikilltslllllo4oll . si
pretrihnily linolidttillhattille.' ' ."
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