Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-22

Ter at leng,h into The subject.
: The BRITISH, paper ata,es that the king
Gas no, prepared 80 disclaim or derogate
from right on which the security OF che
British navy might essentially depend, e.,
specially 10 a conIuncture when he was e.
RACED in wars winch enforced the necessity
Of the most yigilaat attention 10 the pre-.
servasiou aud supply OF his navai sorce-
sha, he had directed his. commissioners 20
give 10 the commissioners OF inc .. 2. the
most positive assurancos that INSTRUCTIONS o
had been given, and should De repeaSeo 9
enforced. 10 observe the greatest caution
ia the impressing of British seamen, TO
preserve the cisizeus of the q. S. from mo.
HESITATION or INJURY, aoI that immediate
pyompt redress should be afforded 90 any
representation Of injury sus,alnedby Them
1t then proposes TO postpone the article
relative TO imprisonment, ca accoun! OF Inc
difficulties which were experienced 10 ar
ranging any article 90 that subject, and to
proceed 70 Conclude treaty on the other
points tina, were embraced by tie negos'a.
siap. AS motive 10 such postpooemens,
and the conditions Of il, It assures shat the
British commissioners were Instructed still
20 entertain the discussion OF any plan
which could be devised to secure the inter
esls of both states, without injufy 10 the
rights ct either.
By this paper il is evident that the rights
Of the II. S were expressly 20 Dc resefv.
ed, add DOT abandoned, as has beeo most
erroneously supposed; that thepegotiaton
on the subject of impressmens was to be
postponed for limited time, and for
special object only, and TO bs revived rs
soon as that objec, was accomplished; aud
10 ;hc iuterin,, that The practice OF impress
meoI was 10 correspond essentially with
the views and interests Of the i. S. alls,
iodeed, evident, from correct view ct
the consents o. that papsr, that Great BTi.
tain refused TO diselaim or aerogate on'y
from w6as she called her right, as it also
is, tina, as Der refusal was madc applicable
TO a crisis OF extraordinary peril. il sulao
rised the reasonable expectation, ii GOT the
ius, cIain, thar even in that the accom-.
mediation desired, woult BE hereafter yield.
ed
In our letter TO you Of NoverbcT Il.
whioh accompanied tbs paper under consi
derasicn, aud in tia, Of Jaouary 3, which
was forwarded with The treaty, these SEQ.
timen,s were fully confirmed. 10 that OF
Noveushcr II, we communicated Que I'M
por,aot fact, which left 90 danbt os the
sense III which /, was intended BY 'Ec By
tisa commissioners, tba, thar paper shoa'd
be construed by tbs. 10 Gazing your aneu
tlon TO the passage which trcsis OF I'm
pressmens, in rctclence 20 the practice
WHICH should be observed in future, we re.
marked that the terms high seas were
not mentioned 10 it, and added, thas we
knew ;has the omjssiuu had been in'cn ION.
al. 1t was impossibla tina, those terms
could have been omitted Intentionally. 1olM
our kao1vled.e, for any purpose other than
20 al nit construction that /. was intended
that improvements shouid be cophned 70
the lapd | do not mean to imply that 1t
was understood between she British COM
mssloners and Us, .ha,Gteat Britain should
abandon the practice OK ;npyessment on
the high seas altogether. mean, hove
Ter, distinctly TO SKATE that il r7as under.
stood that the practice heretofore pursued
By he, should be abandoned, and that %
impressment should be made en- the high
seas uuder the obligation of that paper, ex.
cept in CASES Of ap extsaordioary nature, to
whichno general psotibsion sga'ns' II could
BIZ Construed fairly 10 exteod. The cases
10 which aliude were Described III our let.
,ef Of Novenibes Il. They suppose Br'.
fish ship OF war and me'chaot vessel OF
Tie u. S. lyiog ia the Tagus or some other
port, .ae desessian Of some OF The sailors
frocn ,h- shipof war to the merchant yes.
sci, and the sailing Of she latter with such