Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-02
From The Basten Retsrsory.
IMPORTANT.

" ever CAUSE NIOlGSC thaN NNy2
a@unfriendly, nay an unjust and aosSie part
5 il may certainly be considered as Al. la
PoRTANT circumstance one Ia Waisu '"e
public are deeply Interested. oucn con-
duct In the gents of government gives q
character 10 government, which mus alain'
every man, who has any thing at STAKE :
any possession which he cannos defeno ana
secure by the strength of his own ARM.
The conducro Of general Armstrong, our
plenlpoeenuary at the court OF d. Ciouo'
hasegcited considerable attention IN Europe
aud America. By his conduct, not only
the rights of individuals have been sacfi.
seed, but the reputation OF the nation, II
it can still be considered Vulnerable na'
grievously suffered.
The powers vested in gen. Armstrong,
: as minister of this government nsffaoce'
are generally known. The manner J"
which he has exercised those powers mas
been partially explained; out certain ooce-
ments which we have just received lrem
France, and which will soon be receives
in various parts of the United States, VIII
exhibit our minister In a point OF view, oy
no means eouivocai.
Before we coPy these papers, 1t may not
be amiss 10 give a sketch OF the history Oh
the New Jersey, her capture. condenana'
ton aud acquitaI. The ship New Jersey
belonging to an opulens aud respectable
house in Philadelphia, that OF Messfs.
Nicklin & Griffith, borh citizens OF the y.
States. was captured in the year 17es, on
her passage from Canton to Phlladelphla'
by a French privateer and Carried into 81.
Domingo and condemned. Messrs. NICK
Ito and Griffith, in order to avoid the EN-.
barsassments of an interruption OF their
voyage, deposited in the hands OF the
agent for the French government, the va.
1uation of the ship aud cargo, which by
mutual agreement, was to be disposed OF
according 10 the decision OF the council OF
Prizes 10 France.
The council of prizes determined IN
favor of Messrs. Nicklin and Griffith, and
she case came before the American COM.
missioaers, under the treaty OF 1905 whe
awarded them the whole amour OF their
claim, upwards of 200 600 dollars, to be
paid from the funds arising from the treaty
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of the business, our minister, Mr.. Arm.
strong, interfered, and objected to the pay
ment of more than three elevenths OF the
sum allowed. His reasons for this inter.
ference having Been already Published, need
not here be repeated, as they are contained
in the papers before as. The particulars
of the case having reached America, the
secretary of state, by order OF the presi.
dent, instructed Mr.. Armstrong that the
underwriters would Be considered as stand.
Ing in the place of the original proprietors.
A copy of these instructions were likewise
for " arded to the agents of Messrss Eickiin
and Griffith, which circumstance not being
known to Mr.. Armstrong, he betrayed
himself into q diiemma, which the pan.
phlet we now copy will strikingly explain.
Ed. Rep.
The agents of the owners and insurers
of the ship New Jersey, have been in
formed Of the decision of the President Of
the United States, relative to the claims of
the owners and insurers OF said ship, and
of the letter which he had caused his ex.
c~ellency the secretary of state of the re.
public to address, on this subject, to his
excellency the American minister ~plenipo.
tertiary.
They consequently expected from the
minister, Information as to what had been
done, on the occasion and requested it by
,wo letters, the first of which Obtained
from the Secretary of Legation, by order
of his Excellency, the nwser quoted in
the beginning of the second.
The reasons and the motives explained
In this, relieved their hopes but TO the
second letter, they have, as yet, received
no answer.
They hsvetherefore determined to cause