Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-30

mission, that present circumstances will ad-
NIT of
The first interview was on the third of Sep.
TENDER, as soon as it could be obtained, after
the receipt of your letter of July the 9Th,
which was on the 3oth of August. / inform
ed Mr.. Canning, that as Iwished the discus
sion in which we were about to enter, to ter
inmate amicably and honorably to both our
governments, had asked the interview for
the purpose Of promoting that desirable end !;
that by explaining to each other fully, in
friendly conference, the views of our respec-
tive governments, relative to the late aggras
sion, | was persuaded that it would BE more
easy for us to arrange the business, to the
satisfaction Of both parties. than by any other
mode which we could pursue. He expressed
his sensibihty to that which had chosen, and
his readiness to concur in It; then stated in
detail, In explicit terms, the PREPARATION which
my government thought the United States
entitled to, and expected that they Should re-
ceige, for the injury and indignity offered by
the late aggression; that the men taken from
tie frigats should be restored to it ; that the
officers who had committed Il should be ex-
empiarily punished; that tie practice OF ib4-
pressnlent from merchant vessels should bs
suppressed; and that the PREPARATION consist
ing OF these several acts should lie announced
to our government, through the n}ediun Of
spe ial mission, d solemnity which the ey-
rraordinary nature OF the aggression par.icu-
Is.lIy REQUIRED. observed that as the ag
erosion and the principle on which it was
iounded had been frankly dsavowe,l as soon
as known, by his :gcgernnent, was persuad-
ed that there couia BE no serious objection on
rs part, to any OF the acts which it was do
sired should constitute the proposed repara-
ton that to the fest act, the restoration OF
the men, there could doa5t!sss BE none, rs
the least that could be done, after such an
outrage, would be to replace the Y. States, as
far as it might be practicable, ON the ground
they held before the injury was receivod that
the punishment OF the officers fotiowcc. as 4 ne
Cessary consequence TO the disavow OF the act
thatthe suppression olthe practice cEimpress-
mcnt from merchant vessels hal been made
Indispensable by the late aggression, for req
sons which we're sufficiently well known to
him. ! stated 10 him that the lno9c.in which
1t was desired that the PREPARATION should be
made by d special mission, was that which
had been adopted BY other powers, and by G..
Britain herself, for Injuries less severe than
tie one alluded to, OF which gave him the
examples furnished me in your letter OF yN!y
6th.-Mr Gaming tool, a note Of what had
stated, and made some general remarks on
the whole subject, which were intended to
give his view of it, On each point, but with
out compromising himself ina positive man
ner Oh any one. He said that by the procla
nation OF the president, and tue seizure and
detention OF some men who had landed on
the shore to procure water, the government
seemed to have taken redress into It's own
hands; he complained the difference which
he said had been made between France and
England, by restoring desefters to the YES
sells OF the former and cot to Tie latter: he
insisted that the late aggression was an act
different in all respects from tie former prac-
tee, and ought not to be connected with 1t,
as ii Showed disposition to make particular
incident, IN which they were in the wrong,
instrumental to an. az accommodation N a case
where lis government held different doc
Uine. urged lii reply, That the proclama-
tioQ could hot be considered as an act OF hos
hiitg on retaliation f9r injuries, thougn the
aggression had provoked and would have JUS
tiled any the strongest act OF TcDrisal, bat as
q mere a21eAeures Of police, which had become
Indispensable ior>the preservation Q! order
WitAin The Z, States Informed him that the
Lien who had landcd,fpoln the squadron, in
defiance of HE prociaTlation3 and Of the law
onAw!iich it was founded, had been restored.
to.it: that with respect to the other point in
1 difference, said to be made III tie case Of de-
8 serters from British and French ships, ! was
upacquainted With the fact, but was setisGed
If the statement was correct, thatthe differ
encc Was imputao!e to the local authorities
and not the national government, because
as the United States were not bound by trea-
ty to restore deserters from the service Of
either nation. it was not presuinable that their
government wouid interfere IN the business
I Observed, however, thatif such preference
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