Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-24

Inc case OF TIE chesapeake, it ren,,;,s
the British government to resnma '''s "
justneEt be their object. Whethar' \
OF PREPARATION will be made here ~ .ela
VIII also lie on their side. twill cer:
be most becoming that government - ,s'
all circumstances, to make the ren,s sue
here and this course might, Of r ;easa9
insisted on BY this government. T be
sident, nevertheless, in the liberal
which always governs him, autho-;se.' r
to accept the reparation, provided i he J.
dered spontaneously Be charged with
condition, unless it be, that on the rsa.;
Of the aetof PREPARATION here, heproclsn
. ton Of July 2 shall be revoked and -.
vided the PREPARATION shall add to the ,f'J
vowal of the attack on the Chesapeake i
express engagement, that the sean1enls
tanned shall be Immediately restored !,
that the guilty officer experience an essr
.plary punishment. The reparation viii !
the more satisfactory, and not exceed =,
expo citation, If the restoration Of The -.
men be made 10 the very ship from Sb;.,
they were wrested, and If provision l.
made for the wounded survivors, and G.
the fanijiee Of those who lost their lives NJ
the attack.
Must.repeat, however, that it is cooIE
sidered entirlly proper, that the PREPARATION
should be. offered here, rather than in Lon
don; and il is only in the event of dec;d.
cd repuSnance IN the British government to 1
make ii through a functionary here, thai
YOU are to accept it there"
!" Tie a.swer to Nfr. Erskile's letter O,
the British orders VIII furnish the grouots
to bst.ken in your eon,n1un;cations With
his government Oh tlat subject. If the ca,
hinct can be brought 70 view the orders IN
their tfne light, a revocation Of the Who'll
Of them Cannot fail to take place, ual.ss
they ,lean to violate every maxim Of jus.
tice, Or are fixed in hostile purposes aeainss
the United States. In not regarding lie
orders, indeed, as acts Of hostility, and IN
trusting for redress to the motives means
to which they have appealed, the United
States have given the most signal proof Of
their love ofpeace, and Of their desire TO
avoid IN interruption Of it with the British
nation.
Sull it is to be understood, that whilst
the Insult offered in tht attack on the hme-
rican tTigate remains unexpiated you are
not to pledge or commit your government
to consider recall Of the orders as ground
on which a renoval of the existing reslrlc-
|. tons on the commerce Of the United States
with G. Britain, may be Justly expected"
The two letters to Gen. Armstrong OF
the e2nd ffay, 1907, aud February a'h,
1903, are proofs Of the sincerity and IN
partially with which the President has
proceeded in relation to the beligerept par
ties; and may, perhaps, assist YOU IN repres-
sing un;lls: suspicious imbibed BY the Rrl-
tisl1 cabinet. ltwould be harpy. tor all par.
ties, the beiiigerent, as well as the United
States, If truth could III this case be made
to prevail; and if the retaliating rivaish'P
Of the former against the latter could be
converted into IN emulation, as poiitlc as
il would be magnania.ons in both, 10 take
the lead III fiji la.Ifn! conciliaiory course
towards nation which las done no wrong
to either. Should the experiment be made
on either side, ii would probably be fouo" ;
ed on the other nditcould never hsppcn
that the side frs. doing jnsticc would suiter
On that account.
In the present state of our relations to
Great Britain it would be premature to
marx ont the course to be pursued with re-
spect to further negotiations on ether to-
pics than those above noticed. You arc au-
thorised, however 20 continue your interpo-
sitions in behalf of our impressed ordrta'nrd
seamen and in the event OF repeal OF the
British orders and Of satisfactory pledges
lorrepairing the aggression on the Chcsa-
peake, to enter into informal arrangements
n 4. Il, LII .,,,I.