The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-23 00:00:00

No. tx.—nurri.,;( Nur.

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FROM THE nurristt TO Tllll AMIRIC t 4 MINISTERS.
'2l. 18'4.
Tl‘o undersigned have hail the honour of rectiving
tho note of the Ante:teal. I'leni;,,totiti tries, of the
1:1111 inst, communic.oing 11,, acceptaitro of their ar.
nhich the undersigned heed propowd oil the
sutlect of the pacification and rig'its of the Indian
uations.
The undersigned are happy in being thus 1. lieved
from the liet.e,sity of recurring to several topics,
wltirh, though they arose in the coarhe of. their tlis.
c.issions, have only an iskcidental connection with
the diltereiters remaining to be adjusted between the
tan coutit:ies.
11'ith a view to this adjusttnent, the undersigned
/In ferriog, in the present state of the negotiation, a
statement In tile fmtnal arrangement of ar-
ticles, are e.i!ling so far to comply with the request
cf. the Amelieito l'lettillotentithics, contained in their
last note, as to nave the advantage to which they
think they were fairly entitled, of requiting from
th m the first prig...l of a Treaty.
The nticle”igned havivg stated, at the first coat,-
rence,the points upon which his lajesty'sGovernment
coo Atlered the discussions between the two countries
114 !:kt.iy to turn, cannot better satisfy the request of
Awetiettti Plenipotentiaries than by referring
to tint confer...lice for a st.atement of the points,
vt hich, ill the of his :%laksty's C;:nernmettt,
yet I'4'lllllll to b.. atij.:Af it.
With t.t.spert .the forcible sk inure of mariners
hoe; on heal it tovichant v•s:els tin the high seas, and
an tight of the King of
,Great Critaitt to the alle-
giance of all his ratite subjects; and with respect to
the maritime rights of the empire, the un-

dersigned conceive, that after the pretensions asserted
by the Government of the United States, a more sa-
tisfactory proof of the conciliatory spirit of his Ma-
jesty's Government cnnuot be given, than by not re-
quiring any stipulation on those subjects, which,
though most important in themselves, no longer, in
unesequence of the maritime pacification of Europe,
produce the same practical results.
On the sul jest of the Fisheries, the undersigned
*spressed with so much frankness, at the conference
atieady referred to, the views of their Government,
that they consider any further observations on that
topic as unnecessary nt the present time.
Ott the question of the boundary between the do-
minions of his Majesty and those of the United States,
the undersigned are led to expect iron the discussion
bieli this subject has all eady undergone, that the
forth Western boundary, from the Lake of the
IVooris to th• Mississippi (the intended arrangement
of Ifi0:3) will be admitted without objection.
In regard to other boundaries, the American Pleni-
potentiaries, in their note of August '2l, appeared
in some measure to object to the propositions then
made by the undersigned, as not being on the basis
of nil possidells. The undersigned are willing to
treat on that basis, subject to such modification as
Mutual convenience may he found to require ; and
they trust that the American Plenipotentiaries will
show, by their ready acceptance of this basis, that
they duly appreciate the moderation of his Majesty's
G•ivernnteet in so far consulting the honour and fair
preterisions of the l.snited States, as in the relative
the t couutiief., to authorise such a pro-
pos; ion.
The undersigned avail themselves of this opportu-
nity In reoeiv to the American Plenipotentiaries the
of their high consideration.
• - (sArre GA All 1.12,
Jit;Nlty Goul.rantw,
IV (LULA M ADAM.

Ght n.. 0(1.21, 1411.
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C. HUGHES. jun.
Vcretaij to I.,•gntioll U. Stales.

r'•.. X —AMA: icAN NOTE.

Form TILE AMU:ICAN TO THE BOITIsII MIMISTERS.
IA4.

'DP undersigticrl hr ye the liowtor to nektt‘m ledge
the receipt of the Note of the British Plettipo-
teotitities of the 21st iric:arit.

Amongst the general ob:ot vatit:ns which the under-
ei nett, their Note of the :nth of August, made
on the prupw.itions then brought forward ou the
Pitt of the British Guveromeot, they rem' ked
that those propositions were founded neither on the
basis of taipossitit his, nor on that of status ante bet.
flit so far were they from suggestitig the tdi
possitLii.s ag the basis on which they were disposed
to treat, that in the same Note they expressly stated
that they had been i,e•trurted to conclude a peace on
the principle of both trties mooring whatever tor-
ritory they might hr.re tahen. The undersigned also
declared, in that Note, that they had no trutholity
to cede any pia of the territory of the Crated
States, and that to no stipulation to that effect would
they subscribe ; turd in the Note of the 9th of-Sep-
tember, after ha‘it:g shown that the basis of nil pos.
sidetis, such as it was known to exist at the com-
mencement of the negotiation, gate no claim to his
Britannic Majesty to cessions of territory founded
upon the right of conquest ; they added, that even
if the chances of war should give to the British arms
a momentary possession of other parts of the ter-
ritory of the United States, such events would not
attar their views with regard to the terms of peace to
Nkhirh t: ey would give their consent.
'mite undersigned can now only repeat those de-
el !rations, and decline treating upon the basis of
7/1408.cidea;, or upon any other principle inrohiog

a cession of ally part of the territory of the United

States. As they have uoiforinly slated, they can
.treat only upon the principles of mutual restoration
of whatever territory may hate been taken by either
party. From this principle they calinot retede; and
Cie undersigned, after the repeated declarations of
the British Plenipotentiaries, that Great Britain had
I/0 tiieev to acquisition of torrltoiy in this negoci-
nti.tit, deem it necessary to add, that the utility of
it:entitinuance depends on their adherence to this

pi:41111e.
The undersigned having declared in their note of
the 21st of August, that, although instructed and pre-
rived to enter into an amicable discussion of all the

points, on which differences or uncertainty had
existed, and which might hereafter tend to inter-
rupt the harmony of the two countries, they would
not make the conclusion of the peace at all depend
upon a successful result of the discussion, and having
•:UCP agreed to the preliminary article proposed by the
British Government, had believed that the negocia-
tloa, already so lung protracted; could not be brought