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

Iu0S LOT the pufpOSS Va Se't Ye'0 -'s
fec. THE disposition and that you have
. personal conviction that the particular
tsrml, which you are not q liberty to
disclose, will be deemed by the Y. States
satisfactory. <-,..,,
With respect othe disavowaI, It would
be unjust not to regard |. As a proof OF
csndor and amity towards the u. States,
and As some presage of the voluntary re.
'paration which it implies to be due. But
the disavowal can be the less contounded
with the PREPARATION itself since it was
sufficiently required by the respect which
O.. Britain owed 70 her own honor; IL
being impossible that an enlighsened 60
vernment, had hostiIity been meditated,
would hare commenced it in such .
manner, and 10 the mids. ofexisting pro-
fessiors Of peace and friendship. She
owed It also to consistency with . disa.
Sowal on former occasion, in which
the pretension had been enforced BY q
British squadron, against the slooP Of
war Baltimore, belonging to the United
States and Gnally to The interest which
G. Britain has, more than any other IA.
zion Id diselaiming = principle which
would expoSe her superior number Of
ships Of war to 90 many indignities from
interior navies. 5S&v~' ...- To-
A. little can the general assurances
THAT reParation would be made, claim \
f.,srn which could properly follow the
actual repara.iop only: They cannot
snount 70 more than disposition, or at
mos. promise 70 do what the sggressor
may deem ful6lnent Of hi. obligation.
They do not prove even . disposition TO
do what NAY be satisfactory to the In.
jured party, who cannot have less than
an equal right to decide on the su6eien.
cy Of the redress. = Il
In dispatehing special minister for
the purpose Of adjusting the difference,
the United States ought eheerfuly to
acknowledge all the proof it affords on
the par. Of his Britannia majesty Of his
pacific views towards them, AID Of his
respect for their friendship. But whilst
they eo,i'a not, ander any cireunssean-
ces, allow to the me asure more than q
certain participation ia al honorable re-
pAration, tits 70 be recol!ec.ed that the
aaowed ard primary object of the mis-.
sion was to substitute for the more ex.
tended adjustment proposed by the u
nited STATES, at London. separation of
the subjects as preferred BY his Bsitan.
mic majesty, ADD yos well know, sir.
how fully this object was accomplished.
With respect to the personal convic.
ton which YOU have expressed, that the
terms which yo1 decline to disclose
would be satisfactory to the United
States, il rs Incumbent on me 20 observe
that with the highest respect for YOUR |
Judgment and the mos. perfect conf.
denee in your sincerity, an insuperable
objection manifestly lies, to the accep-
lance OF personal and unexplained O.
pin'on, 10 place Of a disclosure which
would enable this government TO exer.
else its own Judgment In case atEectinp
SO essentially its honor and its rights
Such course of Proce-'!ing would be
wlthcu, example and thr &c can be>no
hazard in saying that one will never be
Afforded by goyernmen. which respre,s
itself as much as yours justlv does and !:
therefore can never be reasonably ex.
Pected from Que which respects itselfss
much As this has right to do.
forbear, sir, 70 enlarge on the in.
trinsie ineengruity ofthe expedient bro.
posed. But I must be allowed 10 re-.
mark, as an additional admoni,ion Of
the singular and mortifyiug perplexi,v
IN which . compliance might involve the
President. thar there are ia the letter Of |
CIR. CanniHg, communicating to M. \
Munroe the special EMISSION to the u. |
n'ted States, pregnant indiea,ions tia,
other questions and conditions NAV |
have been contemplated which would
De found utterly irreconeileable win m.
sentiments Of this nation. = :, -
1t neither any nor al Of these con.
s ,.1 can sustain the preliminary
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