Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-24
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DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENTS "a,
ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENTS MES
sAGEor THE 9TH INSTANT.
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sAGE OF ~ he tti1 l1SS = -AIs
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COPIES AND ,ExTRAcTs or LETTERS FROM
Mr.. MADISON TO Mr.. PINKNEY.
Extracts offa letter1i,ona Mr.. Aaaison, Sc
cretaruof State, to Mr. Pinckley, dated
December 23d, 1907.
6 Mr.. Erskine having been 50 good as to
let me know, that the mail Of this evening
will carry his dispatches for aBritlsh packet,
which will sail from New York Immediate
" ontheir arrival there, and other convey
ances now falling, laval myself OF the OPP
portunitv to enclose you copy OF a mes,
sage from the President to congress, and
their act in pursuance OF it, laying an I'M
mediate embargo On allour vessels and ez-
ports. The policy and the causes OF the
measure are explained in the message itself.
But it may be proper to anthorlse you to,
assure the British government, as has been
Just expressed to irs minister here, that the
act is measure Of precaution only, called
for by the occasion; that il is to be consl-
dered as neither hostile in lis character, nor
as iustifying or inviting, or leading to hos
tiiity with any nation whatever, and paftl-
cularly as opposing no obstacle whatever to
.amicabie negotiations and satisfactory adj
] iustments with Great Britain, on the sub
iects of difference between the tWoeco
tries"
The suddenncss Of the present oppor-
tunity does not allow me timeto add more
than a newspaper containing part OF the
proceedings Of Congress in rektion to the
embargo"
P. S. Asvou may be able to find con-
Syeyances to Paris, whittier none viii for
some time offer hcnce,I rsques the favor
i of you to communicate to gen. Armstrong
the contents of this letter, and thrc' him,
an otherwise, to MIR. Erving at Madrid.
IaSfeet Q letter far, :sts1sr =, sle sane,
aatea February 10, 1903.
Il" A vessel having been engaged to carry
from the port Of New York public dispatch
es and mercantile letters to Europe, / avail
myself Of the opportunity Of forwarding
You a series OF gazcttes which contain the
proceedings Of Congress, and such current
information as will give you view Of our
internal affairs. They will be put with this
letter into the hands of Mr.. Nourse, a pas
senger in the dispatch vessel, who will de
liver them at London; and IS the vessel,
which, will have previously touched at L'O-
rient, will, after waiting ten or twelve days
at Falmouth, return to that port, and thence
to the u. States, YOU will have an sopportu-
nifty OF sending thither any communications !
you may wish to make to Paris, as well as !
of transmitting toyour government such as
may follow up your correspondence, which |
at the present period will be the more &C
the more it be frequent and full. /
6 MY last, which was committed to the
British packet, inclosed a copy of the act |
Of embargo, and explained the policy of the
measure. Among the considerations which
enforced it was the probability of such de
srees as were issued BY the British govern
ment on the 18th November; the language
IF the Piitisl, gazettes, with other indica-
ions, having left little doubt that such were
neditated. The appearance of these de
trees has had much effect in reconciling all
descriptions among us to the embargo, and
n fixing, in the friends of the measure,
heir attachment to its provident guardian 3
hip of orr maritime interests" /.
Mr.. Erskine communicated few days
go the several late DEGREES OF his govern =
nent, with expressions of the regret felt BY
lis Britannia majesty at the necessity i'm &
,osed on him for such an interference with
Neutral commerce, and assurances that his
majesty would readily follow the example,
d case the Berlin decree should be rescind-
d, or would proceed, payi fasst with
france, in relaxing the rigor Of their nea-