Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-04-29

and importantin its nature; an opinion
originally and distinctly expressed BY
| MIR. Munroe, and assented to by Mr..
Secretary Canning. But il, upon this
more recent and more Weighty matter
Of discussion, upon which the proclama-
lion mainly and materially rests, his ma.
iesty's amicable intentions are unequivo.
cally evinced, il i sufficiently clear, that
NO hostile disposition can be supposed to
exist ON his part, nor can any views be
attributed to his government. such as
recurring to be eounteracted BY mt asures
Of preca6tion. could be d. daced from
transactions which preceded that en-.
counter. ....~-.-. :. -,
10 Offering these calculations, ! should
observe, that the vieW in which / have
brought forward the preliminary, I have
specified, is neither as to demand con.
cession or redress. as for wrong COM
rnited; Into such the claim to. discon.
tinuance oil hostile provisions cannot be
construed: But il is simply to require n
cessation ofenactments injurious 10 their
effects and which, il persisted 10, e.
Pecially after these explanations, must
evince spirit Of hostility under which
his majesty could not authorise the pro.
securion uf the present negotiation, Ell
Their consistently with his own honor, OF
with any well founded expectation Of the
renewal or duration Of that good under.
standing between the two eountfies,
which It is equally the interest of both to
foster and to ameliorate. ,x...
! have the honor to be, with the
highest confederation, Sir your most
(sisnsd1 G. II. ROSE.
From Mr.. MADISON to Mr.. Ross. i.
(coPT - =,
Department Of State, March s, 1sos.
SIR, i.
fhave had the honor to receive and
Law before the President. your letter of
the 10th Of January, in which you state
that you are :. expressly precluded by
your Instructions from entering upon any
negotiation for the adjus, meut Of the diff
ferences arising from the encounter of
his. Britanic majesty's ship Leopard. and
The frigate Of. the u. States Chesapeake,
as long as the proclamation Of the Presi.
dent Of the ID Of July, 1907, shall be
| in force"
The demand, sir, might justly suggest
the simple answer, tat before the pro-
clamatiou of the President could become
a subject Of consideration, satisfaction
should be made for the acknowledged
! aggression which preceded it. This 10
ev,deutly agreeable to the order Of time,
| to the order Of reason, and, Il might be
added, to the order Of usage, As main
tanned b. Great Britain whenever in, y
nalosoua cases she has been the COM
plAiuiug party, 80. ,'.,'52',
Blu, 10 you have subjoined % the pre-
liminary demand, certain explanations,
with view doubtless to obviase such IA
answer, il win best accord with the cam.
dor of tic, President, 70 Hiset them with
such, review Of the whole subject. 90
will present the solid grounds on which
he regards snch z demand as inadmissible.
II begin with the oecarreness from
which the proclamation Of July I'd, rs.
e6ltcd. ! hese are In general terms Re-.
TERED to, BY the, instrumrut itself. A
more particular notice Of the most I'm.
partant Of them, will here be IN place.
Passing over then, the habitual. but
minor irregularities Of h;s Bri,anie Ma
jrssy's ships Of war, in making the hos.
pitalities Of our Ports subseryirnr 70 the,
annoyance Of our trade, both outward
and inward. i. Pratiee not only contrary
E,o the principles Of public law, Blu. 81.
| rresslys contrary 70 british ordinances
enforced during maritime wars. to which
she bors a neutral relation, I am, con-
strained, unweleome. as the task is, to
call your asssn.ion.o the following more
promiaenf Instances. 4 -, "a:
Ia NE summer Of the wear 1905. the
| British frigats the Cambrian, with other