The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-04-26

~ TIE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Relative to the. Treaty concluded with tn.
Commissioners of his Britannia majesty
on the 3lst December, 1906 together with
tne REATf, and a subsequent letter from
Mr. Monroe to the Secretary of State :
FEC o"lfie1,yfns tie message Of the Preaden.
Of The u. States, 10 Congress, on The pa
Narch, 1903.
Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, to Messrs
Monroe and Pinkney, ministers extraordi
nary and plenipotentiarv Of the u. States
In London.
~. DEPARTMENT OF. STATE,
May IL, 1906.
GENTLEMEN,
L herewith enclose commits
sion and letters OF credence, authorising YOU
to treat with the British government con
cernins the maritime wrongs which have
been committed, and the regulation of com
merce and navigation between the parties.
Your authority is made several as well as
joint, as a provision for any contingency de-
prIving either OF the cooperation of the o.
Their. . :
The Importance of the trust is eyinced nv
its being made the occasion of an extraordi-
nary mission, as well as the subjects which
1t embraces.-And have great pleasure in
expressing the confidence which the presi
dent feels, in the prudence and talents r.
which the business is committed.
1t is his particular wish, that the Rr;t;sb
government should be made fully to under
stand, that the United States are sincerely
and anxiously disposed to cherish GOOD will
and liberal intercourse between the two ma
tons; that an unwillingneSs alone to take
measures not congenial with that dispos;ti-
on, has made them so long patient under vi
olations of their rights and of the rples of =
friendly reciprocity and when forced AZ
length, by accommodating wrongs to denart
from an absolute torbearance, they have not
only selected mode strictly pacific, but in
demonstration OF their friendly policy, have
connected with the measure an eXtraordina-
ry mission, with powers to remove eve,.y
source of difference, and even to enlaree r, .
foundations of future harmony and mutual in
terest. =
There can be the less ground of umbra ore r.
the British government, in the act prohibit
ing the importation of certain articles of Ri
tSh Hanutacture-1st. Because there ;s no.
thing the face of the act asyond n mere.
commercial regulation, tending TO foster ma
nutactures in the United States, to lessen our,
dependence on a single nation by the distri
button OF our trade, and to substitute for
woollens & linens, manufactures made from
one of our principal agricultural stables.
I'd. Because 1T is far short of a reciprocitv
with B.::s;sh exclusions of American articles
of eXport.-Id. Because as a commercial
measure, discriminating in time. of war he
tween British and other nations. it has e1x
amples in British practice. 1t deserves ar
tention also, that discrimination was made
and under another name still exists in the
amount OF convoy duty imposed on tn,. trade
between Great-Britain with Europe, & w, h
America.-4th. Because the measure cannot
be ascriOed to Partially towards the enc
mes OF Great-brltaln, or to view of favor
ing them in the war, having for ire cole Oh
ject the interest of the United States yobich
it pursues in mode strictly conformabIe r.
the rights and practice of all nations.
In fine, the act may truly be Represented
as SO far from derogating from the am;cabIe
dispositions Of the United States towarde n
Britain, that 1t has resulted seletv from tbe
inethcacy Of their protracted and reiterated
endeavors, otherwise to obtain inst redreec
and from hope that an appeal in This 1,eacc'
able form to the reflections and Interest &c
an enlightened nation, would be more sue
cessfui In removing every obstacle to a ner-
fect & permanent cordially between the two
nations.
The instructions given to Mr.. Monroe. ia
nuary 5, 1904, having taken into view & he
ing still applicable to a great pronoytion of
the matter now committed TO vour ioint ne
gociations, 1t will be most convenient to refer
you to those instructions as your general
guide, and to confne the present to the alto
rations 6 additions, which a change of cir
cumstances, or contemplation Of new oh
jects, may require.
The first article of the project comprised
in the instructions of 1904, relates To the in, :
pressment OF seamen. The Importance of an
cifectual remedy for this practice der;ves
urgency from the RIGHTEOUSNESS with which
it is still pursued, and from the GROWING, in, :
patience OF this country under it, So indis-
pensable is some adequate provision for the
case, that the president makes it necessa1
ny preliminary to any stipulation, reo,,i,ino,
a repeal OF the act shutting the market If
the United States against certain British ma
nuiactures. At the same time he authori-
zes you, IN case the ultimatum as stated in
the article above referred to, should NOT he
acceptable TO the British government. to s,,b-
stitute one in the terms following emo cen
man or seafariEg person shall upon the piph
seas, and without the jurisdiction of either
party, be demanded, or taken out Of anv
ship or vessel, belonging to the citizens or
subjects OF ono of the parties, by the publir
or private armed ships or men of war he
longing to, or in the service of the other nart,,
and strict orders shall be given for the due
observance OF this engagement"
An article IN these terms was. With the
acquiesccnce OF lord Hawkesbrry and Mr.
AddinBton, concerted between Mr.. King z,
art L