The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-08-29 00:00:00

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thp T .rty in power, fool host lltir -thellverrukt. tarry
the • pinions of this country along with: them in
tJslr ittrwspls in remove the Embargo, without rd.
otirritts to hostilities agalnit both (teat Britain and
I' rape.
liprtn S. inetdret I•oll4oefitiOn of Chit tobject I
Am persuaded; t hat greitt at the dali'rt it which gc-
Merle's/ lin:flits for* remotal of the Embergo,
that the redi;rslists +total! eat venture to reentn•
rlenil that it should be .41thdtawii, without propos.'
ingtpose ettrestias of , grettee energy as a tubstitute.!
B. .me have indeed vii ten at the propriety of at
Ahoodlre r ine• war VAPlllCP:rantliz.-liiitle*Vlidills.
ecr; of those who have been must Cianlarunirlltrig*, -
Abe I mb;wl, hive Jetottere4 tit
. 1r gQAslaid ts to
*bat cootie iiiight to be pttr c at:Mittel all base
deeliresi against the stibmissiaa td the lattictions'
titian their neulOti * ,• •
, " Whrn the 'Tait ridoibei arthritis. *he have,
piatsul alit iibe prdpfiery of going to wet with
Fradte; Alooe, is considered; even of the Federal
part', turtodt Leticia that such i oseastiee would
Succeed.
44 All the tendert of the Democratic party I.
'Congress and out of it declarethat they only pro!
pose th 4 coatinuaneeof the Embargo for a short
time ; and that if the voice of the people at largd;ll'
r)r more active resistante, that they shohld be will.'
anit ready to lint torlh the Strength of tie goon.
try for that pitirtle. These declarations aroto,..he,
eons lo• the sPecelles, some printed copies.Ottylittis
I hate sent herewith you wits find, howeverilfuti.
In some of thew a greet stress is stilt laitj dpon the.
plrecty tobo expected from the Embargo in cbeieing
the Belligerents; pariieilarly Great Britain, td re.
fax in her restrictions fruity the distress and .iiieorto
4cnience which is likely to be prOcired by the want
of tloe produce 91 this country. •
" This reliance hpoo sticherihseipienees from the
mbirgo is greatly, indeed 'almost entirety dirol.i
nistied io the opinions of Mott people; and I eon..
Eeive that ;i;e only„reallbis why the rag ilarty
wish it to be contiuucd, arises from A hope that,
time might afford Atm ad opPorttinitY, of better
judging of the probable issue of events ItsEorope,
pArticillarly of the seeccss or (adore off' Bottaiarte
II Spain.
" It maybe doubted *heater the.privat •tti And
inconrenienties pioneeed by too Embargo its this
country *lll not compel tha Congress to take tome
liostite andantes, In eviler to hate a pretext for its
removal, of Ito trifling a nature, however, as to
eve it to the Belligerents to overlook thins, if
they prea.ge and to save the rulidg pail" from the
Accessity of going intb measares gees) ex.
pence and 41.titger, but only to theit own pollute-
lily and power, bat perhaps even to the safely of
Ole Union. I propose to have the honour of offer-
ing some remarks bond this subject In the next num •
Ina of ay dispatches.
" With the highest respect,
" I have the honour to be,
" Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
" M. D. ERSKINE."
two other papers sot yet pubtisbed shall appear is air
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From: Ike Natonal Istteltigemeer.
ct Am.ingst the pipers lately laid before the
fish F'arliatntnt respealiOg Arnetican Aff.tirsb is a
dispatch from Mr. Ersltine to Mr. C3uning, dated
4th Dec. 1803, which pvineleilly relates to i coal..
terseslim between Mr. Erskine •and Myself. ThiS
took place at my lime, and without any previout
appeintrneet : but as Mr. Erskine had, durilig the
preceding week, conversetl with. Mr. Madisonon the
same topics, and the result had been communicated
to me the day before by Mr. Madison, I was pre-'
pared for fhesubject t and eVery sentiment I utter
ml was in perfect unison with those of the PreSideilt.
end the Keretary of State. What was meant byr
colonial trade Dias already been explained by Mr.;
Erskioc t hat as his own share in those converse. •
Ilona with several Members of the AdministrAtion
is, in his dispatches, altogether omitted, and the
conditions expected by the United States from
Great Britain are not distinctly explained, it is pro.
per to state &tidy the general grounds which were
considered here as forming i proper basis for en ad.
just.nont of differences, if a conciliatory dispo-
hition ,t as foinid to exist on the part of the British.
Government.
til. Itepdreatuos for the attaok At• Chesa-
realc.—The' Presi,lent's Proclamation merging lo
the proposed Non.lntercourse AO, by *ilia the
public shit,s of both Great Britain and France
• would be excluded from the port* of the United
. the ostensible obstacle to making the reps.
ration, acknowledged to be due, was removed.
" Q. Orders of Conneil.—To be repealed, sim-
ply on the ground of the Nen-Intercourse Actap.
plying, in that event, exclusively to France, so
loug al her Decrees violating the neutral rights of
'he United States continued in force.
" 3. Impressment of Seanven.—To be etftirely
abandoned ; America agreeing to exclude limn her
navigation seamen not citizens of the United States,
on the principle contained in the instructions of the
t Oth May, 1110'7, to Morns. Munroe and Pinkneyi
which, on account of the ruprore of the liegoda-
lions, were not, in that 'respect, tatted spas.
" 4. Colonial prude.—'the right to the triiitet
trade, viz. that carried directly from the colptaies,
to the belligerents in Europe, to be waved hplists,
United state.; provided that the trade bowl'
Coe United Slates and the Colonies, sod that in
colonial articles bytween the United States and
other countries, wam formally reeogsited, Itosiesrdza
-ing in the principles ctintained in the Acne antra's:,
tons.
1' 5. Commercial lielotions.l-,.Tlortiti list Mgr.
Importation Act of the Valli:o**h*, and the.,
convoy and other extra duties o' Great Britain, to be
repealed ; and generally .every sconce of collisimi
arising from that species of cuinniereial warfare to
• ease by a mutual repeal of ell diicaianatiardi ties