Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-05

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WE TRUST CUR GOVERNMENT VIII, INN
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10 reduce it to form. when tia, l. , .Iss
we shall transmit il to you By snss; e,
messenger. '~s
We hasten to ,communicaic to you H..
interesting intelligence far the inform.,;a,s
and guidance OF our goveroaeeat IN CO..
measures as may havereference TO The ."h
ject
We have the honor to Be with sr..,
consideration and esteem, sir, 0
Your most obedient servants.
JAMES MONROE,
WIN. pINCKNEY,
JAMES MADfsoN, Secretary
State, Washington.
BY the above of6cigl letter f,be mimi.
ters it is incon,rovsr,ibly established >;
that they had lully complied with the;,
instructions upon aNths poiats which had
formed the object Of their ,aegociation in
such a manner as to induce thea TO rrus,
that their government would abbrose fhe /
terms or else they first violated their
faith as public ministers, BY subscribing to
terms contrary TO their instructions. and
then forfeited their honor as gentlemen. BY
giving false statement of VIVA, lhey had
done. 1t the letter communicated by the
presidents TO congress was true, then lbe
following paragraph ia the late message is
false.
g Fhe instructions given to our ninIa.
ters were framed 10 the sinceres, spir, Of
amity and moderation. They according.
ly proceeded in conformify thsrewitb, to
propose arrangements which might em.
brace and settle all the poiu,s in differences
between US, which might bring Us to
mutual understanding on our nep,ral and
national rights, aud provide for COM
~mercial !ptsrcou.se On conditions Of
some equality. After loug and flaiIless
endeayoers to saecl the purposes ofiheit
mission, aed TO obtain arrangements within
the limits Of their instructions, they cen.
Guided 10 sign such as could be obiained
aud 10 send them for consideration candid.
IL declaring 70 the other negociators a: the
same time, that they sere acting Gsainss
their instructions, and That tier e9acsns
ment the,cjore coulanot be pledged fer "a.
nfcatian. Some of the articles proposed
mighs have been admitted On principle
of corn promise, but others were too highly
disadvautageous, and net sufficient pro.
vision was mace against The principal
source Of the irri.a,ions ard colIisions.
which we've constantly endangeriug the
peace ofthe two nasions."
EPres. Hess Oct .27, 1907.
By this we are directly told that the mini
sters, SO far from having concluded a treaty in
all points according to their instructionslwhich
must surely have formed the object of their
and on such terms as they could
reasonably trust the government would ap-,
prove, really found their endeavours to &C
that object ti'mtless and therefore
concluded to sign such arrangements as could
be obtained and send them for consideration
not such as had formed the object of their ne
gociation. And strange to- tell at the same
time that they were very n'lcaadialy declaring
to their own government that the terms were
sue has they trusted would be approved, they
were, according to MIR. Jefferson, candlay
declaring to the other negociators that they
were acting against their instructions, and
that their government, therefore, could mol
be pledged for. ratification.
Here then The President and his ministers
are fairly at issue before the country and TIC
world on a point Of fact; and the decision
which ever. way it may pc made, must coz
Wet one or the other of deliberate falsehood'
on a subject upon which the people OF these
United States are entitled to full, candid, anu
explicit Information. We cannot but remark
further, that If the ministers are as guilty as
hey are represented by the president ne 7
title less so, for continuing to entrust eHeeY
With the most important employment u.l7
he government, after having thus yioj
their instructions and forfeited all prsseji