Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-05-23

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re6ted. that poGtive difavowal of
the right Of fearch afsrted in his
cafe, and the al Of the Britifh officer
as being Unauthorized, and a promife
OF reparation, fhould be conveyed to
the American miniiter III London, be.
fore he had made, any representation
sy order of the Uhited, tqtes. This
dIfsvowal made on thes2d of Augult
Taft, was tranfmitted by him to his
government, before the 9th Of that
month. But before Mr.. Monroe had
received his orders 70 demand repair
alton, his majeity learnt, with what
furprife it is needless to dwell upon,
that the PRECEDENT of the United States
| had interditted by proclamation bear
ing date The I'D of July, lss7, the en-
try of all their ports 20 the whole Of
his navy. This furPrife was certain
ly incresfed, when in the letter deliv-
cred by that minilter to require re
drelS for the wrong, although it went
into dc tails uncoune6tcd with it, not
only no concern was expr: fed on the
par: Of the United States, at having
felt thsmlelves compelled 10 enact
! meafurcs Of e. much injury and in
dignity towards a friendly power,
but no mention was made Of the cauf-
6 OF fuch meafures being refortsd to,
or even Of the fact Of their having
BEEN adopted In addition to the
ernbarrah uents airing from thefc cir
fcHmitances, and the infutHciency Of
the explanations fubleguenty given
20 Mr.. Canning, the introduction Of
luble6t foreign to that Of the COM
plant B came the main imp-diment
e the fuccels Of the diicnGlon which
took place IL London. Whea [ had
the honcr to open the negotiation
with you, Or, as I had learnt that the
preGdents proclamation was fill in
force il became nv duty, conform
a5Iy TO my infruaion,, 70 req lire its
recall as preliminary to further diff
culi1n had il not kecu in force. I
was not ordered to have taken il into
confederation IN the adjuitment of re-
paration, and 1t was conGdered as
hardly poihoIe that it alould not have
been recalled Immediately upon the
knowledge Of his maisfy's difavowal
of the attack upon the ChefApeake, as
an unauthorized act But his maief-
ty could not fuftr the ne otiation to
be carried on, on his behalf, under
an interditt, which even if julti6able
in the frit moment OF irritation, can
not be continued after the declaration
Of his maj tty's ienliments upon the
trantactloE, excePtina fpirit ofhottility
1t might have been fairly contend
ca that it the tirlt inltance, the ex-
ercIle Of fuch an at Of power, be-
fore rePlratlon was relsfcd or undu
y protractcd, was in Compatible with
the puTpof,s and efrnce Of pacific
negotiation, and with demand Of
relrcis through that channel but
fuch have been his Majehy's concili-
atory views that this argument has
not bcen inffed on, although it
might now be more f rciblY urged, as
it appears that the government the
United States was from tie GrG fen
fi5Ie, that, even had The holtili,y betn
meditateA bv the 6ritiA government,
II would not have commenced it in
luch manner. Bur the exception
taken IS 0 the enforc mcnt cUnrinu.
ed % the Prefent yine, Of mesTures
highly u1friendIy in their tendency,
PerGfsd in, not only after the dila-
vowal ~ queltion the promife Of
the profer of luitatle repAration !
and the renewed afurances Of his
Maittty's amicable difpoGtion, but
after fecurity has been given in a
pubic infrument bearing date the
9th OF October, 1907, that the
claim to the feizurc Of deferters from
the national lhips of other powers,
cannot again be brought forward by
his Majefy's naval officers it is un-
necefary TO dwell upon the injury
and indignity to which his majeltys
fer'ice is expole5, both as touching
the freedom and fecurity of correC-
pondcnts of his agents and accredit-
cd miniiters in the United States, or
as relulting from a meafure which in
time of war, excludes the whole of
his navy from all their Dorts which