Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-11-18
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my friendship for him, which i
sincere md atropg. .ss
Ialns dearsir. yours. &c. &c. 4
JAMES MONROE. Il
Wdshingfon City,
y 1arcA loih, ! sOs. d
DEAR SrR,lg M
Frondyour ietter 81, The ayth
vi I perceive thar paisfnlimpres
HONS have. been made on your
mind dnring your late mission,
ct which 4 had never entertained
q stspiciob. ! mnss, therefore,
eFainine Tho grounds, because
sAasionS betwee,n ire1sonahla
MED, can never bnt do rood. iat
you consider the mission Of Mr..
Pinkney As.sn associate, 10 have
bssn In some way injurious Is
you. ! But,I might SAY In is ius.
tiRcation, thatit has been the e.
Eular and hsbifnal practice Of ne
United States to DO this under
every form inuhieh their govern
ment has existed. I need not re.
capitolate the multiplied iestsr.
ces. because you win readily 10
collect them. I went % an Id.
junct TO DR., Franklin and Mn.
Adams, yourself % m adiunce,
flrss to Mr. Livingston, and then
to- Mr.. Pinkney, and I really be-
lieye there has scarcely been d
great occasion which has NOT pro-
euced an extraordinary mission.
go -. ~ o. ( sse
!. I'd. You conplainof the man
ner in which the treaty was u.
ceiyed !; butvhat was athat rnan-
ner! q cannot suppose yop 10
have givena rnoment's credit 10
the atlR which scrouded in ALI
sorts Of forms infotthe public paS
pers, or to the Thousand speeches
they put into my mouth; moi = :.
word Of which ( had uttered.
! was not inscnsiblc Il thssinle %
the siews 10 mischief with which
these lies were sahrieased. Bus
my confidence was firm thar mel.
their yourself northe British go-
yernment, equally outraged By
them, would believe me capable
Of making the editors ot newspas.
pera the con6dents Of my speeches Q
oropinions. The Fact wasrhis--l
1he treaty was communicated 10
asby MIR. Erskine, on the day
Congress was 10 rise. Two ofthe
Senator'S enquired ofsme in the
evening whether itwas my! pur-
pose 70 detain them ON aecount of
the treaty |! My answer was.
Z thatit was NOT that the treaty
containing no provision against =
the impressnient Of our seamen,
andhsing accompanied BY i kind
Of protestation Of the British mins
listers, which would leave thar
government free % sonsider Il @
atreaty or no treaty, according
70 their own convenience, I should
not give them The trouble of de- {
liherating omit This vas sub.
stantiallys md almost verbally
what said, whenever spoken %
about it-and { never failed, when
the occasion would admit Of Il, 10
tifyyourselfa nd Mr.. Pinkney,
by expressing my conviction that
il Mas III that could be obtained
from the British goyernment-
that you had told their eommis-
sioners, that your government
could not 81 pledged tp ratify,
because i was contrary to. their,
instructlonsa ok cOlirse. that il
should Ne epnsid sved but IS ii pro-
iect |; md. 40 this light 4 stated ie
publicly ia NY message 10 cons
gress % she opening NJ this ses-
sion. Meta single article Of the
treaty VAS ever made known be-.
ypnd The members ofthe,adminis-
ration. nor would an article Of e
be known ii this day, hut for Iits
publication In the newspapera -,
contaminated BY somebody from
beyond the wafer, ~ we have al
waysundsrstood. But rs 70 amy-
sell { n'solsmly protest, as the
raost sacred Uf truths, that EneVers