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Wssisgfaz. 16sreb y, 500
--Beiog deeply imPrefIsd with
the $e~e Of his majeRy's anxiety,
tina, fpn seFea (honld Be given to
thoie view5 OF julice and moderation,
by which his conduit has beer regu-
lated through thc whole Of the un-
fortunate tranfacfion whence the
orgfeat differences have sriich and
Of the disappointment Of which ne
would arm the fruaratiou Of his juf
and equitable purpo[ss /; have felt it
incunbsNt upon me, on the receipt
Of the letter which you did me tne
honor 10 address TO me on the 9Th
infant, TO apply anew to thi' matter
she mott ample and ferrous conGder-
alton. 1t is with the mott painful
fenfltions Of regret that | fad my'elf
on the refulr Of it, under the ncceG
~ II declining to enter into the terms
Of negotiation, which by direction OF
IN: proficient IF the United States
YOU tas Elm fer. do not feel my
fell 'mpetent in the prefent infanCe,
10 depart from thofe intruttions,
which | fRteI 10 my letter Of the
25th Of January lait, and which pre-
Guide me from accsding to the Condi-
ton thus propoied IA 'ulI add, that
lam abfolutely prohibited from enter
iag upon matters unconne6ted with
the fpeci6c cbief am authorized 70
Sliculs, much jels can | thus give any
P edge concerning them. he con-
sition fuggelted, moreover, leads to
the dlrict inference, that he procla-
nation of the pre6dent Of the United
states Of the I'd Of July, 1907, is
maintained either as an equivalent for
reparati1n for the time belag, or as a
sompuihon to make It.
l. Is with the more profound regret
that fei myielf under the necefEtY
of declaring, that | am unable to act
upon the terms thus propoled, as il
becomes my duty 70 inform you, in
conformity to my inltructions. that
on the rejection Of the demand fated
in nv former letter, on the part of
his m lefty, my milton is terminated.
Aud as his maj7ity's government in
providing me with thOle iattru6ttons,
did not conceive that after the decla-
ration of his fentimrnts re(pcctins
the affair of the ChefaPcake was made
known to this government, the hAte
Of any traDla6tions pending or unter-
minated between the two nations
gould JItify the Perfeveranc- in he
enforcement of he prefident's procla-
nation, / can cxerclfc no difcretion
on this point.
AS on former occaGon 7 detailed
though ~iuu ely, the n ,tiyes for that
demand on the part f his m4icfty,
which | with 70 much concern learnt
to Be deemed inadm fibIe by the gov
ernment OF :he United -tztes
n I'D here ab!tain from All expJf
ton Of them, which vifibty can have
no further effect upon the neEotia
ton, IT I did not deem it e1ential that
they lhouId t BE- left ad-r any mfr
apprehension which | might be able
TO remove. | GhdIl, therefore, take
fhort review Of the tranla6tion, which
has gwen rife TO thefe dItouGions, in
oder the more correctly - determine
the foundne6 Of the principle on
which that demand is made
Certain defertrrs from his maieQy's
navy, many Of them his natural born
iutjects, having entered into the fer
vice Of the United States, were re-
peatedly and fruitlefsly demanded by
the BHtiGh ofRcers, Of the recruiting
ofkcers Of the United States, but
were retained in their new lervice.-
AS i was matter of notoriety that
leveral Of thefe delerters were on
board the frigate of the United States
the Chesapeake, they were demanded
Of that frigate on the high feas by
ms maieltys ihip Leopard, and all
knowledge of their prelence on board
being denied, fhe was attacked and
four of them, one avo edly native
Eneli.hman, were taken out of her
Without being deferred by the con-
liberation of how far circumstances
bottle in their nature had provoked,