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Amerleas CoVernmetst by the leveret of the French. It would
FOR SALE BY TEO CANDLE, be fruitless to comment upon the dispirotiou to insist upon the
lilt Garraway's Coffe Cbtabg an Taeoday, the 30th . i'rellalhtlg inffuence of a fact which no Mager .raiso.; w nicti, when
it did exist, was uniformly combated, aed the Us] , sanction of
e-hoaae, ,
instant, at One precisely.
ABOUT 400 Bags Of SP,ANISH WOOL; also which was the manifest consequeoce of the measures of this
Government.
a quantity of SPANISH FLEECES. • '. It the terican Governmt nt had ..eized French vessels, its
Catalogues, and further pasalculara, of Marsh and Ehawarth,
No. 9, Token. house yard'. • etconeously i• ted In the note of the Duke of Cadore the otter-
_ , ,
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owners or commanders, who, after a previous notification, from
AMERICAN POLITICS. the Ist March to the 20th May, of the Act of Extluaion, would
---.... . have strangely presumed upon impunity in the violation of
Rumonrs of differences in the Cabinet of the Uni- a
ny rodhiicbtit o rtro moeurnviceispsealislaalwl
the
of the United Stars. flail France
i
ports within the sphere of her in-
ti'l Stetes,had frequently reached this side of the ffuteelnce, and ha/ she given a warning of equal duration with that
Atlantic, before Mr. Smith's resignation of the Office given by our law, there would have been no cause of complaint
of Foreign Secretary rendered those differences mani- no the part of the Unit Stares. Theo f F rex
enrcehi s i
nG
g its rpme r
e
lnt
test Mr. Smith has published a Pamphlet, which w.noauldmanrontetrhasen have
contraryha ban
ot h ed
e theopfpoo rt an tsy
to
the
spirit
of justice,
explains the nature of these differences, which it now
over the property of the Citizens of the United States "
appears arose almost exclusively out of the disposi-
, Several topics of difference are afterwards discussed,
tioa of Mr. Madison to temporise with France, while the mostimportant of which arc the President's Pro.
it was the wish of Mr. Smith .to maintain a firm and clamation for embodying 20,000 men, the proceed-
independent tone towards Bonaparte. The pam- ings respecting West Florida, and a singular transec-
phlet, which is printed at Baltimore, under the title tion respecting the claiments under the 7th Article of
of is Robert Smith's Address to the peopleof the the British treaty. It appears that a Mr. Erwing,
United States," commences thus : • ' the Agent in London, had been allowed to retain as
66 To the people of the United States I owe an ex- commission A per cent. or 22,592 dollars from the
position of the circumstances which have produced funds of the claimants, besides his regular salary, and
my resignation of the office of Secretary of State.— that this was done in consequence of a private letter
:Iles duty, irksome as it
-is, it is my purpose now to addressed to him by Mr. Madison.
perform. It is unexpectedly devolved on me by the It had been rumoured that Mr. Jefferson was in the
irresistible necessity of obviating the honest misap- secret of the treatment which Mr. Smith had received,
prehensions of some, and the wanton misrepresenta- but to contradict that supposition, the latter has pub.
tions of others. Constrained then as I reluctantly lished some correspondence, from which we select
am to come forth, I have, in the outset, only to pre- the following:
miss, that this exposition shall be nothing but a brief Monticello, April 30, 1511.
unvarnished statement of facts, with the superaildi- 1 44 Dear Sir—l have learne; with sincere concernthe cream-
-1 y occasionally be stances
inian
wtobmicehwtiaarsef Washington.takettibpelacNaetaiutnalinteuis
ncer. Still l firsthopesyler-
mecessary to a distinct understanding'of the /sierra.
an .
dconfidence were, that your retirement was purely a matter
five. My object is the vindication ormyself, and if .of choice on your part. A letter I have received makes ate I
in this vindication there should be involved any se- suppose that there was a more serious inisuntlerstandlng than I
rious question as to Mr. Madison, it will only be be. had apprehended. No one feels more painfully than I do the
Cause such a result is inevitable. separation of friends, and suffering myself under whatever Inflicts
i sufferance on them, I condole with them mutually, and ask the 1
"In this undertaking'l have an eye to the storm mutual permission to esteem all, as I ever did, not to know their
that I will have to buffet ; a storm that will be excl. : differences, or to ask the cause of them. The harmony which
ted lay the parasites of power, but I, at the same time, madehmewshhiouleldathWe ashli e ulaTv°anffillica„d
s deawrerteo
it m
byoacy
asditr.
enjoy the cnnsolittine of having in my view the Ame-
aenCesan --
TI
to be impaired as to myself. I have so much coesii-
tic= axiom lifeasures and not Men —the distinguish- i w"urgt
denee in the candour and liberality of both parties as to trust that
ed characteristic of the independent people of are. the misunderstanding will not be permitted to lead to any sink-
presentative Republic. Besides, it is a truth obvious , ter effects, and my constant_ prayers will be flo
ur blelri Eas°?4:
ssings on you
to every understanding, and confirmed by universal . ill:4 Robe'rt Smith, EiN
. Baltimore:' •
experience, that 44 in all exertions of duty something q
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
is to he regarded."
Mr. Smith then states the offer made to him of a [CON Fl DINI lAL.I
" To the Senate and Hodes of Representatives.
Mission to .‘ ussie, which he declined, on hearing a a I recommend to Congress, in confidence, a letter
report that that offer was made with the view of of the 2d' of December, from Governor Folch, of
making Mr. Munroe Secretary of State. Upon this ' West Florida, to the Secretary of State, and another,
he observes :e— - of the same date, from the same to John M'Kee.
as The power of a President of the United States 66 I recommend, in like manner, a letter from the
to remove any other Officer, other than a Judge, will , British Charge d'Affaires to the Secretary of State,
not he controverted, nor will ail pretensipn be set 1 with the answer of the latter. Although the letter
- up so absurd as a right to an office. But It is main- cannot have been written in consequence of any in-
tained that this power Cannot, consistently with the struction from the British Government, founded on
genius of our Government, and with the respect due i the late order for taking possession of West Florida,
to the Senate, be exercised,. as under an arbitraty I well known to be claimed by the United States—al-
despotism, at the mere option of the Chief ; but that though no communication has been made by that
in every such exercise of power, a President of the' Government to this, of any stipulation with Spain,
United States must necessarily act en his responsibi- . contemplating an interposition, which might so ma-
lity to his Constituents, for the rectitude of his mo- ' terially affect the United States—and although no
ti'ves. Thisloiags me to the ground to be examined, call can have been made by Spain, in the present in-
' namely, the measures alluded to by Mr. Madison, stance, for the fulfilment of any such subsisting en-
upon whicit has been Mended his coeduct towards me gagement—yet the spirit and scope of the document,
on this occasion. Each then of the several measures, with the accredited source from which it proceeds,
impertanz or unimportant, in which there has been at required that it should not be withheld from the con-
any time a difference of opinion between us, I will sideration of Congress.
now, unreservedly, in distinct articles, present to the gg Taking into view the tenor of these several com-
view of the. American people, with a hope, perhaps munications, the posture of things with which they
delusive, th.it they will therein find an apology, if . are connected, the intimate relation of the country
not a jtistiaeation in my behalf " ' adjoining the United States, eastward of the river
Mr. Smith then proceeds to state his objections to Perdido, to their security, and the peculiar interest
, many of Mr. Madison's measures, and his general they otherwise have is its destiny ;
course of Policy ; but we. must confine c u •.elves to I
gg I recommend to the consideration of Congress,
the following 'extracts : . the seasonableness of a Declaration, that the United
r. SenChke us-I ever have been to the insults and States could not see, without serious inquietude, any
-injuries which the Unit ed States have received, again part of a neighbouring territory, in which they have,
And again. iron) GreatAritain, I have at no time been in different r..spects, so daep and just a concern, pass
blind to the reiterated outrages of France' and what- from the hands of Spain into those of any other fo.
ever rdty have been my view of the edicts and pro. reign Power.
ceedines of either of these powers, compared with ~ 1 recommend to their consideration, also, the
these of the other, T, in my discussions with their re. expediency of authorising the Executive to take tetn-
spective Functionaries, have invariably had my eye porary possession of the said territory, in pursuance
steadil on the rights, the interest, and the honour of arrangements, which may be desired by the Spa-
of the suited States. Never have I felt a disposition nish Authorities, and making provision for the Go-
tt) identify my country with either of the Belligerent vernmeat of the same; during such possession.
Nations. Never did I abstain from asserting the " JAN. 3, 1311. 44 JAMES MADISON."
rights, or vindicating the honour of the United 1
RESOLUTION, OR DECLARATION.
States, from an apprehension that either France or
gg Taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain
Great Britain might thereli be exhibited to the world
and of her American Provinces, and considering the
in an odious peint of view. The following draught
influence which the destiny of the territory adjoining
of a letter to General Armstrong was accordingly
the southern border of the United States may have
prepared by me, immediately after the letter of
upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce ;
the Duke of Cadore, to which it refers, had been re-
Therefore—
cei ved. It was, in the us al form, laid before the
44 Resolved, by the Senate and House of Repre-
President for his approbation. He, however, ob-
sentatives of the United States in Congress assembled,
jeered to the sendiog of it. And, as there is reason
'That the United States, under the peculiar circum-
to believe thet this very letter constituted part of the
rround of the hostility of M. Madison t 6 me, it is
stances of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious
inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass
but proper to give it publicity."
-into the hands of any foreign Power, and that a lug
The letter of the Duke of Cadore, alluded to in
the above extract, has already been published ; it is
regard to their own rafety compels them to provide,
under certain c • oatingencies, for the temporary occu-
that in which the French Minister urged the Ameri-
pation of the said territory ; they at the same time
,can Government to take part with France against
declare, that the said territory shall, in their hands,
England. The reply which Mr. Smith proposed to
remain subject to future nrgociation."
rneke is spirited and dignified. it is of considerable
[To this is annexed, a copy of an Act in pursuance
le te.th, and contains the following passage:
" fewer has converted our law of exclusiou into a pretest for of the above Resolutions, appropriating 100,000 dol-
the seizore of the property of the citizens of the United States. lars for carrying them into effect. There are also
, '11.15 statute was also in force against the ves.els of Great Bri- subjoined, copies of the documents which accompa-
sain, If its op-la-iv bad been considered by it l Franca Cavern- nied the President's Message, from winch we select
ewes as ut sufficient efficacy to justify this prett. i ded reprisal, that
very operation thewould have been morevtl e,-iy felt by Great thefollooing :]
Bow , ought also to have been considered as coustitiniiig a re- ' GOVERNOR voLcii TO MR. SMITH.
sicaoce to I.er oratrs, the non-exist !IV of which resistance has a SIR—I will not detain myself in giving to your
• 'welt stat,d by the Duke of Cadore as the prates- fur the act of Excellency information relative to the letter which I
Inoit.ime exeicis,tl on the America proper y. 'Die United States
to
leavi-g resisted the British Orders, the real ground of complaint directed
his
Excellency
Governor Holmes, being
' would seem to be, not so much that the Antericap Government ersnaded it will be in the hands of your Excellency
has iO4 e-i-Ittl a LIZ 0.. their Ltiviga I ‘n, as that it has 14, wi,„. re.. long before this ; but I will add to its-contents for
' si-te 1 tha [:retie l.)cCree s, which had 4,sUtiltal a pr. Seriptive power your government, that I have decided on delivering
over the rimy 01 tlt. United Sri s, as repre.hensib:e as the at_
thisprovince
seer of the Br ash Governme -t ,o levy contrails eons On our . .
to the United States, under an equita-
sra..e we. obi 'woos Plateau:2 , stwati.,, ware a tax was pro. bite capitulation, provided I do not receive succour
claime d oirthe one heed, and a rule ot action en:scribed on the from the Havannah or Vera Cruz during the present
I other, the United Sate, Owed it to • heir Luuoiir to resest with month, or that his Excellency-Marquis Someruelos,
'monopole in measures• the cupidity of the on!, and the
pre. on whom I depend, should not have opened directly
aotneeenot the other. wheat the Antenpui Government sees
ia the prolnaiues el t e iirii,sb Ori!ers. Sri av•hittpoon of man. a negociation on this point. The incomprehensible
L One loused., in contraventior of the Law ut tea ien., how can It abandotinient in which I see myself, and the afflicted
tfait also tp perceive in the FtLnch ',Laces the actor .1"1 of a PrIV situation to which this province sees itself reduced,
elple equally derogatory and injurious to the ot.utrarch ,racter of nut only authorise me, but force me, to have recourse
the Ultstvd slats. '1 he pretension of sukit cling American corn-
) a rag as advanced by pierce tothe British Order of November, to this determination, the only one to save it from
see, was in reality walirawsi,by the order of the s6th of April, —.
authorised. to accept it,
'het ruin which threatens it.
as T
the distusbances which
he United States are
ISM Yet tennum. ks subsequent to eh; Neal of that pretension, .1.
lso
Is. auedged existence Is made as- boas of reproach apinst tht

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now afflict this province so near to them must increase to your Government whatever explanation may corn.
every
,day, they cannot but have an influence on their port with the frankness and the spirit of conciliation
tranquillity—an object which merits the first care, of which have been invariably manifested on theITU. part of
every Government. the United States. I have,
& 66c.
" The inhabitants of Baton Rouge may figure to " John Philip Metier, Esq. Charge d'Afaires, tee."
themselves many motives which may, in their con- NEW-YORK, JUNE IS.
The followin
ception', justsident's answer to fy the determination they have adopted; g is the most material part of the Pro.
an Address from the town of New.
but they cannot produce even a single one, which
n :
ear make tolerable the tyrannical, illegal, and unjust have
obstinacy with which they insist, that the other dis- " I have received, Fellow Citizens, the petition
tricts of the province should subject themselves to their %Wei you have addressed to me, representing the in-
will. The United States, which profess the ex. conveniencies experienced from. the existing Non-Im-
ottation Law, and soliciting that the National Le.'
crease of equity, cannot exempt themselves from p
taking part with the party unjustly oppressed. In gislature may be speedily convened.
this belief I recur to its Executive, through the me- "It is known to slily
con
the commerce of the
United States has for a considerable period bees
dium of your Excellency ; supplicating him, that he
greatly abridged and annoyed by edicts of the belli-
will be pleased to send orders to the Commandant
erent wers ; each professing retaliation only 02
at Fort Stoddard, that he should assist with the troops
the other,po but both violating the clearest right of the
which he has under his orders, for the purpose of
United States as a neutral nation. In this extraor-
forcing the party tinder the command of Reuben
I dinary state of things, the Legislature, willing to avoid
Kemper to retire within the districts of Baton Rouge ;
intimating to him, that if in future he should repeat a resort to war, more especially during the concurrent
aggression of two great powers, themselves at war.
his incursions in the district of Mobille and Pensaco.
the one with the other, and determined, on the other
la, the troops of the United States, joined to the-
Spanish troops, will be forced to keep them back. hand, against an unqualified acquiescence, have en-
" These districts have the more reason to expect, deavoured, by successive and various regulations, al-
-1 footing the commerce of the parties, to make it their
from the rectitude of the United States, the assistance
which I ask, as the party which Kemper commands tinterest to be just.
has been recruited, armed, and provisioned, within 1 "In the act of Congress, out of which the existing
the limits of their sovereignty. At the same time, if' non-impartation has grown, the state of commerce was
my proposition is accepted, orders may be given, au. no otherwise qualified than by a provision, that amt
case either of the belligerents should revoke its tmlaw-
thorising some person to meet with me for regulating
' ful edicts, and the other should fail to do the same, our
the evacuation of the province, and what ought to
,precede it.—l conclude, &c. 66 v. eoLcii." rats should be shut to the vessels and merchandise
" Mobille, Dee. 2, into." of the latter. This provision, which, like all our pre-
vious offers, repelled the very pretext set up by each.
MR. MORIER TO MR. SMITH. that its edicts against our trade with the other, was.
- " Washington, Dee. ls, taro.
required by an acquiescence in like edicts of the other,
46 SIR—I deem it to be a duty incumbent on me,
was equally presented to the attention of both. In con-
considering the strict and close alliance which subsists
seqnence of the communication, the French government
between his Majesty's Government and that of Spain,
I declared that its decrees were revoked. As the British
to express to the Government of the United States, Government had expressed reluctance in issuing its
through you, the deep regret with which I have seen i orders, and repeatedly signified a wish to find in the
that part of the President's message to Congress, in
1 example of its adversary, an occasion for putting an
which the determination of this Government to take
end to them, the expectation was the more confident,
possession of West Florida is avowed.
" Without presuming to discuss the validity of the that the occasion would be promptly embraced.—
This was not done; and the period allowed for the
title of the United States to West Florida, a title
u'prpose having elapsed, our ports became shut is Bri•
which is manifestly doubtful, since, according to the ash ships and merchandize.
President's Proclamation, it is left open to discussion, " Whether the conduct of the French Government .
but which has nevertheless been brought forward as
' has been, and will be such as to satisfy the authorised
one of the pleas to justify the occupation of these
!expectations of the United States • or whether the,
Provinces, may it not be asked, why that Province
;the
Government may have opened, or will open .
could not have been as fairly a subject of negociation
and adjustment in the hands of the Spaniards, who I the way, for the executive removal of the restrictions
on British commerce with the United States, which it.
possess the actual sovereignty there, as in the hands I
continues in its power to do, by revoking its own tut-
of the Americans, who, to obtain possession, must
I begin by committing an act of hostility towards Spain. lawful restrictions on our commerce, it is to be ascer-
tained by further information ; which will be received.
66 But it may be said that the Spanish forces in and employed by t} .e Executive, with that strict int.
Mexico, in Cuba, or in Pensacola, are unequil to quell partiality which has been invariably maintained to.
the rebellious association of •a band of despei adoes, wards the two 15elligerents."
who are known by the contemptuous appellation of " JUNE 26.—The United States frigates President.
land-jobbers ; allowing as much (which you will agree i
Commodore Rodgers, and United States, Commo•
with me, Sir, is allowing a grear. deal), would it not
have been worthy of the generosity of a tree nation like tore Decatur, are both at anchor at the Watering-
place, preparing fora crnize, expecting daily orders
this, bearing, as it doubtless dues, a respect for the
rights of a gallant people, at this moment engaged in to proceed to sea. The United States brig Argus,
Lieutenant Lawrence, is at anchor at the same place,
a noble struggle for its iberty—would it. not have
also preparing for a cruise.
been an act, on the part of this country, dictated by
the " We are authorised to state, that there is no fours.
soundest ties of good neighbourhood and of t ciend-
dation for the report, that the Commander of the Brie
ship which exists between it and Spain, to have simply
tish tr :ga te Melampus has sent up a challenge to Conic
offered its assistance to crush the common enemy of
modore Rodgers. Ts:e Melampus, we al e informed.
both, rather than to have made such interference the procaedA tar Halifax, immediately -after the capture
pretext of wresting a Province from a friendly Power,
of air twig Tam Ahmaah.
-and that at a time of her adversity ? " The British si• op of war Sapph;re,which arrived
66 For allow me, Sir, to enquire how can the decla-
off the Hock on Friday, with d &patches from Bere
ration in the President's Proclamation, that in the' muds,Waits in the offing, we are informed, for re•
hands of the United States, that territory will not
turn , i.patches." -
cease to be a subject of fair and friendly adj isitneut.
J i..; a a 24... New YORK RLOCK.ADVM.—The blockade
be made to accord with the declaration in his Mes. ;
: of our port, the capture of a tine vessel, and the AVON'-
sage to Congress (implying permanent possession)
bo ed determination to take every vessel bound to France,
of the adoption of that people into the som of the have excited a strong sensation in this city, althou4h
American family. The act, consequeralAif sendiag
it has added but an unit to the aggressions of that n i.
a force to West Florida, to secure by arms, what was
tion front whom Colonel Pickering said " we received
before a subject of friendly negotiation, cannot, I no essential injury." Even Mr. Lang, in an unguard•
much fear, under any palliation, be considered as
ed moment of honesty, stumbles on a complaint
1 other than an act of open hostility against Spain.— against the marauders, for which we expect he will
Whilst, therefore, it is impossible to disguise the deep
. get a reprimand from an evening print. He says in
land lively interest which his Majesty takes in every
this morning's Gazette—
thing that relates to Spain, which would, I am con.,
„The Melampus and Atalanta have been several
winced, induce him to mediate between Spain and'
days cruising off San 'y Hook; and we much regret
the United States, on any point of controversy which 1
the capture of the Tamaahmaah, as it may lead to
may exist between them, with the utmost impartiality, the unfriendly suspicion that they are cruising there
and good-willtowards both parties,l think it due to the :for the purpose of intercepting our vessels bound is
sincere wish of his Majesty to maintain unimpaired the I
and out of putt "
friendship which at this moment happily exists he- CAPTURE OF THE TAMAAHNIAAU.
tween England and the United States, to say,that such I The brig Tamaahmaah, Captain Skiddy, sailed
are the ties by which his Maj i esty is bound to Spain,
from this port, on Friday last (21st), for Bourdeaux,
that he cannot see with indifference any attack upon with about forty passengers, and no cargo. At six
her interests in America ; and as I have no doubt P.M. she passed the Light-house, and at eight she
that the Government of the United States will attri-
trio- was c tptured by the British frigate Melampus, about
bate this representation to the most conciliatory
ten or et yen miles from Sandy Hook Light-house, in
tives, I am induced.to request, in answer to it, such nine fathoms water.
explanation on the subject as will at once convince i The passengers, with their baggage, were permit.
his Majesty's Government of the pacific disposition of '
to eturn to this port, and came up on Sunday MA*
the United States towards his Majesty's allies, the ing in the pilot-boat Thorna.
Spaniards, and will remove the contrary impies-si..n
which, I fear, the President's Message is likely to rhe Captain of the Melampus took Capt. Skiddy,
and all his crew, except the chief-mate, out of the
make. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ii j. P. uoRIER.„ brig, and sent a prize master and crew on beard, and
I ordered the brig to Halifax for adjudication.
MR. MORIER TO MR. SMITH. I tWe received the above account from the passe..
" Mr. Mosier presents his compliments to Mr. gets.] '
Smith, and begs the favour to be lammed a hen he • The following is an extract of Captain Skiddys
may expect an answer to the letter which he had the letter, d tted on board the Melampus, 4 Sandy Hook,
honour to address to Mr. Smith on the 15th inst. June 2%1811. .
" Mr. Morier, at the same time, hopes that Mr. lan sorry to inform you, that I was chased and
Smith, concurring in the:Ovanion that it would be de- boarded last evenings after seven o'clock, by the Bri.
sirable that his Majesty' .livernment should, as soon tish frigate Melampus, Capt. Hawker, who is going
as possible after the receipt of the President's Mes., to send me into Halifax, They have taken all hands
sage, be furnished with the which Mr. out of the brig, myself included, except the mate.—
lirorier has requested in the sibove letter, on the oc- Capt. Hawker says he regrets that his orders oblige
r!upation of West Florida in the name of the United him to send in ~1; viiso is bound to France. It wad
States, will readily excuse the solicitude with which very hazy win n I tell in with the frigate, and several
he again presses this subject upon the attention of this sails in sight 1 d:d not distingui-h %saw she was until
Government."
6‘ Washington, Dec. 22, 1810." it was too late ; I however tackcd ands tood in ; she
,
; Ared several shots, and neared us, as sheheldthebreeze
MR. SMITH TO 1.411. IfoRIER. . more in the offing ; and the last shot went over us.—
" Department of State, Dec. 28, 1850. I thought it imp. talent to risk the lives of the passen-
..
- and ci- - - tarticulary as we were losing the

I
ig SlR—Taking into view the subject and circum- gas in persisting, pl. .
stances of your letter of the 15th inst. I have, in ac-
knowledging it, only to remark to you, although it breeze, and the frigate kept it longer. We weie taken
within five miles ,i the Hook. The Tamaahmaah
is sufficiently evident, from the face of tie documents'
before the public, that no hostile or unfriendly pur• belongs to Mr. Uesobry and Capt.iin Skiddy."
The two toilowing paragraphs are from the N.w
pose is entertained towards Spin, the only Power
rork Gazette of the 221 of June:
'known to the United States in the transaction, yet ~
A letter from Baltimore mentions, that on Wed
oin Functionary at I,olldOil has been enabled to give nesday morning, a salute was heard in the Oirsction

Amerless Covernmeet hi
FOR SALE BY TM! CANDLE, be fruitless to comment 1
lk Garraway's Coffee-hoose, Mind" on Tay the 30th . Itrevaiiing influence of aft
i
Instant, at One precisely, it did exist, was uniform!
BOUT 400 Bags of SPANISH WOOls, ; also which was the manifest
A
a quantity of SPANISH FLEECES. • Government.
'. It the Ao\teirkan Got
Catalogues, and farther P,lcalares of Marsh "A "welrth' etcoreeusly ie tea In the
Ho. 9, Token house yard: •
• , 1111r--------' -- ' is rence could on y have be
, -
AMERICAN POLITICS. owners or commanders, i
1 the let March to the 20t
--r , have strangely presume<
Rnmonrs of differences in the Cabinet of the Uni- a prohibitory o moeuenviceispseall 1
interdictedfioeoeeend
hat
she
tad Staies,ltad frequently reached this side of thegive.
Atlantic, before Mr. Smith's resignation of the Office givep by our law, there •
of Foreign Secretary rendered those differences mani- ea the
not
t then have had
uf rty, un
test Mr. Smith has published a Pamphlet, which would
in a manner as contrary '
explains the nature of these differences, which it now
over the property of the
appears arose almost exclusively out of the disposi.
, Several topics of d
tioa of Mr. Madison to temporise with France, while .
tne most important
( it was the wish of Mr. Smith .to maintain a firm and clamation for embc
. I independent tone towards Bonaparte. The pam- tags respecting We!
i I phlet, which is printed at Baltimore, under the title tion respecting the (
t of 66 Robert Smith's Address to the peopleof the
.
the British treaty.
United States," commences thus:— the Agent in Lond
6' To the people of the United States I owe an ex-
•
commission 2 per
1 position of the circumstances which have produced funds of the claima
my resignation of the office of Secretary of State.— that this was done
• This duty, irksome as it
-is, it is my purpose now to addressed to him b
perform. It is onexpectedly devolved on me by the
It had been rum
in necessity of obviating the honest misap-
secret of the treatna
prehensions cif some, and the wanton misrepresenta- but to contradict tl
? tions of others. Constrained then as I reluctantly lished some corms
am to come forth, I have, in the outset, only to pre- the following:
il miss, that this exposition shall be nothing but a brief
unvarnished statement of facts, with the superaddi- 1 44 Dear Sir—l have 1
ay occasionally be sta
ation
tak
lion of only such observations as :nole
=necessary to a distinct understanding'of the Nana.
iriand confidencee were,
five. My object is the vindication ormyself, and if
of choice on your pi.
in this vindication there should be involved any se- • suppose that there wa
rions question as to Mr. Madison, it will only be be. had apprehended. Ne
separation of friends, t
i s cause such a result is inevitable. i sufferance on them, I •
66 In this undertaking'l have an eye to the storm
) 4,' that I will have to buffet ; a storm that will be exci- mutual permission to
, differences, or to ask
) ted ty the parasites of power, but I, at the same time, made me happ while
enjoy the consoletioa of having in my view the Acne-i was
gthen,
eg antod be I shtmp
oul
xican axiom Measure: and not Men —the distinguish- cern ainoCth
Lithe candour!
. , ed characteristic of the independent people of a re. the misunderstanding
i presentative Republic. Besides, it is a truth obvious , ter "
R effects, and my c
obe'rt Smith, E
• to every understanding, and confirmed by universal . i
' experience, that 44 in all exertions of duty something ani
HOUSE
is to he regarded."
• Mr. Smith then states the offer made to him of a a To the Sen
' I mission to '• ussia, which he declined, on hearing a a I recommen
report that that offer was made with the view of of the 2d' of De
making Mr. Munroe Secretary of State. Upon this '
West Florida, to
'f- he observes :. - of the same date.
66 The power of a President of the United States 66 I recommen
to remove any other Officer, other than a Judge, will , British Charge d
not lie controwrted, nor will any pretensipn be set 1 with the answer
up so Asked as a right to an office. But it is main- cannot have bee
rained that this power Cannot, consistently with the struction from t
genius of our Government, and with the respect due i the late order fc
to the Senate, be exercised,,as under an arbitrary I well known to b
despotism, at the mere option of the Chief ; but that
. • inthough no come
every such exercise of power, a President of the' Government to
l United States must necessarily act en his responsibi.. contemplating a
lily to his Constituents, for the rectitude of his mo.' tert :alit,
y affect tl:
tives. Thisloiegs me to the ground to be examined, call can have be
namely, the measures alluded to by Mr. Madison, stance, for the f
1 upon whicit has been ft:landed his coqduct towards me gagement—yet
on this occasion. Each them of the several measures, with the accred'
impartanz or unimportant, in which there has been at required that it
any time a difference of opinion between us, I will sideration of Cc
now, unreservedly, in distinct articles, present to the " 'faking int
view of the.Amertcan people, with a hope, perhaps munications, tl
i delusive, that they will therein find an apology, if are connected,
not a jtistiacation in my behalf " ' adjoining the
Mr. Smith then proceeds to state his objections to Perdido, to thi
many of Mr. Madison's measures, and his general they otherwise
course of Policy t but we. must confine ( u •..elves to I
66 I recomm
. • the fallowing 'extracts : . the seasonable'
r. SenChie us-I ever have been to the insults and
States could in
-Injuries which the Unit ed States have received, again part of a neigh
and again. from GreatAritain, I have at no time been in different r...s
blind to the reiterated outrages of France' and what- from the hand
ever rdty have been my view of the edicts and pro.
reign Power.
ceedinas of either of these
those of the other, powers, compared with ,i 1 recomn
I, in my discussions with their re. expediency of
spective Functionaries, have invariably had my eye
porary possess'
'
steadily on the rights, the interest, and the honour of arrangemen
I of the cited States. Never have I felt a disposition nish Authoriti.
to identify my country with either of the Belligerent vernmeat of ti
it • Nations. Never did I abstain from asserting the 46 JAN, 3, I;
I •
rights, or vindicating the honour of the United '
RES
1 States, from an apprehension that either France or I
16 Taking it
Great Britain might thereby be exhibited to the world
and of her An
I in an odious point of view. The following draught
influence whit
of a letter to General Armstrong was accordingly
the southern t
i
prepared by me, immediately after the letter of
upon their set
the Duke of Cadore, to which it refers, had been re-
Therefore—
ceived. It was, in the us al form, laid before the
„Resolved
President for his approbation. He, however, ob-
sentatives of tl
jetted to the sendiitg of it. And, as there is reason n ~,,_
I at the Un
, ',. to believe that this very letter constituted part of the
stances of the
, ground of the hostility of Mr. Madison t 6 me, it is
inquietude, $
but proper to give it publicity."
into the hand
The letter of the Duke of Cadore, alluded to in
regard to theis
the above extract, has already been published ;it is under certain
that in which the -French Minister urged the Ameri-
anonp of the
.can Government to take part with France against
declare,inain :si th.at
England. The reply which Mr. Smith proposed to
' rn..ke is spirited and dignified. it is of considerable remain ve
To this is
Lit. tt,, and contain; the following of passage : the above
"' cr?'•ice has converted our law of exclusion into a pretext for
lars for cam
t 1 the sentore of the property of the citizens of the United States.
' TIM statute was also in torte again,t the vessel. of Great Bri- subjoined, c(
c,
lain, If it. as-is-ie. had been consiitered by it kFt ench Govern- flies the Pre,
't. went as ut sufficient efficacy to justify this prete i ded reprisal, that
thefolloving
very ve operation thot would have been more seeetely felt by Great
Bow , ought also to have been considered as constitenitig a re- ' GC
,11t 1 . Ifs slice tn t•er 0nt0.% the note-exist !IV of which resistance has sr SIR—I ,
• been stat...d by the Duke of Cadore as the pre tea- fur the act of
e'. lExcellency it
violence exercised on the America. proper y. The United States .
. directed to
s bav i - g resisted the British Orders, the real ground a complaint
would stem to be, not so much that tbe American coveturnent persuaded it
has 104 C-i-Ittl a LIZ 0.. their itaviga Im, as that it has I,kr yam re..,, long before I
ei,te lc-is Frenc. Vocreis, which had 4,51,1t11441 apr Seriptive power your govern
over the policy 01 tii. United Sts'. 4, As rkprebenbib:e as the at-
this provinc
tempt of the lir nth Gueennme -t •0 levy mounts+ eons On our
' sra-e wig. obi 'atolls Flared in a slutatini veare a tax was pro. ble capitulat
l claim- it oirthe or.e hand, and a rule of action ere:scribed on the from the Hi
oriier, oui United Sates owed it to • heir honour to res•st with month, or i
„mopes, in measure., the cupidity of the one, and the pre.
on whom I
'• gumption of the othi r• Wee the A:llene:at Government sees
a tie ociati
• in the provisions ot e .hriiisb Orkes. rn avaaa n. g rion of ma
• o
1 tine power, in cuntraventior of the Law ut Na ions, how can It abandonnier
1 fad also to perceive in the French Ina cos the atiop•ion of a Pri4- situation to
eve equally derogatory and injurious to the mutrar eh iracter of
nut only gut
the Uitst4 sluts. 'the pretensuin of stiVit cling A natngati com-
merce to a tax as advanced by the Brit:sit Order of November, tO this dote
it.: tam, was M reality withrimii,by the Order of the d6th of April, that ruin wh
':.i.i ' Mt Yet ten ni m. ke subsequent to eh; reeal afloat pretension .0 aualoyiu
i its attedeed existence Is made as- basis of reproach apinst the4.s