Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-02

United States TO ack noWledgc the EecctPt Va yoo'
nose Of the 18th, enclofng a letter from James
Madifon, eGq. fecretary of fate of the United
| States. The minifer does net think with you,
| tina. the contents of the letter %aforeiaid, mutt
! make further communication Between you and
him neccGary. You appear to have been III ad-
vifed with refpca to thele contents; they have
in them neither wifles nor directions from the
prehdent of the United States, relative 70 the
New Ier(ey-nor any thing more than an opinion
! on the contribution of the treaty, which we're
the cafe not determined would not apply to the
cafe you r~eprefent.
am, gentlemen.
Your mott obadicnsfe.vant,
y. B. WARDEN
Secretary 20 his cxcellency the miniiser
ofthe United States. i.
AftBr;. Dsbosfd De Nemszrs ard !.
La Graxge.
"A duplicate of'Mr. Madifan's letter which E
havs received opcn(and which We think 1t niels!s
20 Copy here, as you have received the Prima'a)
ihews that Mr., Walden was mitaken when. by
yoardireeiop, hs informed Us that "yeur exec!
lency did not think with US, that the contents Of
the letter aforefaid mutt make further comnenica.
tons between us n~eceiTary, and that isia letter
contains nothing mere than opinion on the con,
Rruetion of the treaty, which were the ~cae@not
terminated, would nos apply to the claim we re-
p~refent."
We on the contrary End by Mr.. Madifon's let
ter, that the fame contains the lentimepts OF
the preident of the United States relative to the
very cafe OF the New Itrfey iuch an opinion, 70
truly Comfortable to the rules of the matter in
queaion, mutt, when conhdcred as an official act,
be looked upon as a rule by which American mi,
n,&e,s in foreign countries oustt TO be guided.
Thote l]entiments of the chief magifrate, and
of a man too, Whole abilities and virtues are 20
universally admired are, that "he coniidcrs tie
general principle on which the quettion tnrHs, as
Importing the claims OF the America underwrit-
ers 10 the beneht of the convention, When they
have paid the io(s of the original owners, citizens
of the United States"
This opinion, Cir, we take poiatedly to apply tn,
the cafe of the New Jerfeys tor which the ieers-
tary of f1ate's lsster was ~fpecial!y intended; ard
indeed, the opinion muft obtain whether che whole
or prrts only Of the underwriters have paid the
,ik they have injured for in cafe they have,
they muf, according 20 the rules OF ~jettice ana
W ~ pbNAoSiiS , oPLhi't fSSS'Nh "beN tSNy '"'
paid and in cafe they h We NOT, the injured have
p~'sfcryed their title to their property, to a fall
ie&itution Of which, gen. Hedouv'l1: has plsdged
the French loyalty ; afeetsn;iom which the Dun
Gil OF prizes have directed, and which the Am
fican board have (anGtioned. $
We may now be permitted to inquire whaT
ycur -excelicacy's objections have been to ths
ef-Sting Of the toll rehitrtiun alluded TO. Yen
have given il as your opinion that the unoerw
tiers had not an equal rght with the infurcd ;S al,
Tea at ring your mind upon the inb,cts dtecr writ
ing US the lift of janufy, that you tanimittea -
your declaration Expecting the neu,falhip y h
veRsl & argo, that I" we might avail 'oudeiv:s
of it, in the further prolecntion of our ,laios -
agents of NJ. vi. N,cklin and Griffith and the
ysrious infurancc eompasies waom we rep eienr.:
so," you again resumed your former opinion,
and III 70 unfortunate q manne., that the f1encS
government, whole only with could be 60 fui6 I
facred covenant, aud to effect a Eehisution
which the council Of prizes had decree
and which was by the American board d..
clared TO be iailY embraced by the CONVERSION,
appear to have yielded to your opinion tina treighr
elevenths OF the clam oughe TO be rejected, ia.
king at the &ane time a receipt, the conse euence
Of which fcemsso be that you alones or yenr go.
vernment, become anfweraole for the deficiency.
We Can fee no motive fer fuch an objection or
your part. but your opinion aforesaid that the
underwriters are not .ensitle ed TO the fame reaitu.
ton with the injured, a point respecting which
J GU ae now officially infosmed, by tie Secretary
of State, that the Proficient thinks otherw'(e and
! that bis l~cR,ixents' are in favour of the uadeswn
tess.
1t cansos DC fuppofad that you fill entertain
any doubss about the New. jefey's owners title
as American citizens, fnce by your faid letter q
January aft you informed US that s'the p%olieiss
Of insurance and other documents which we had
fabmitted to your inipection at different times
had entirely removed any doubts yon might hay,