Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-04-18

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| affair Of The Chefapeake is net fettled
he preGdent's mefage relative
thereto, and the papers which &C
ccmpanied it, are ordered by the
Senate TO be printed and foon as
I receive them, VII forward a copy
addreiied TO the Mayor If our city,
for rhe information of the citizens /;
and alto of oTh-r communications
reIa-ive 70 our affairs with England
which bette 1oin.@IaS is have net all
been read and cannon be detailed in
letter. There aIe alio lomc papers
communicated by the proficient re
F, ipecting our relations with France
all which have not yet heard read,
but which | will alto forw ard, 70 far
as they are allowed to be made pub
lie.
The negotiation was broken OF on
pnn6fiLio respecting the PreGdent's
proclamation. Great Britain feemed
to conhder the extrnfon of the pro.
clama5ion to their whole navy, for
the offence Of a imzll fquadron, as a
itrong meafure, eiPeclally as it was
iiIued before we had demar ded fat
ista6tion, or had reAfon to believe
that the act would b. juitified BY the
, Bricith nation: but whrn The govern
ment promptly, and before any de
mard was made, and even before the
knowledge Of the fact had reached
our miniiter in Londqn, dIfavowed
the conduCt # their officer Ia ma
king The atta-k, and projected hon
orabIe amends, they conGderrd the
Outrage as the 9ct of an individual,
aud not an act If the nation and
that our government on receiving Of
hclal information OF the difAVowal,
and proffcr Of fatiafsCtion, ought to
have revoked the proclamation.
Our government lay, that the out
rage on the OheiaPeake not being the
tole ground ct The proclamation
there ba ing been other wrongs that
would juftifs re sa,afure, .ad II
being adJ mSafure Of municipal
regulation, to pleferve peace within
our waters :; they are not bound to
remove the Procian ation. as pre-.
liminary to negotiation on the
point Of fatisfa6ton
Mr. Kofe conteGs this point. on
the ground that the attack on the
Chefapeake was the prominent fub-
ject Of { mpajnt. and the only one
that required the reparaticn, for
which his ilecial embafy was inlti-
tuted Mr. Roie was, Ivy his in
ttruet on8, confined foiely to the af-
f4it Of the Chei4peake; and thar be-
ing conldrreu bl his government as
tho ground OF The proclamation, it
was mnde potitive article OF his in
itructIGns, thlt the removal Of the
proclamation fhouid BE preliminary
to net1clatiou is the proclama-
ton bei Z muaicipal regulation to
preierve peace II our haTbOrs, Mr.
Roie contends, that t. renser it iuC-
tihabe, IN this point IF view. il
OH IN to extend ~ the vell-ls of war
Of all nations as otherwife it might
be conIdered as departure from an
imPartia, neutrality
thus he b III Ifs has ended
hav2 endeav9red tn give you a rum-
mary Of the ground on which the ne
citation failed the eafomng you
will have at large in the documents
fhali fend YOU My opition is, that
it was Invite in the BriIfA govern
ment to make il poGtive article Of
the inltruttions Of Mr.. Role 70 In
Git on the revocation Of the Procla-
nation as preli mary to a negocia-
ton and indifferent in our govern
ment 20 refuit tc receive tatistaCtIon
on the ground Of iuch a puu6tlIio.
Il is (acrlheIng f64ance % firm,
which | would never do.
i h termination Of the negocia-
ton has lett rs IN very unpleaiant
lituation. Both governments leem
to have agreed thar all treaty on tb-
other points NUT be fufpe lded un,
til the affair Of the CheCapeake is
fettled Two attempts having fai
ed, one in England and one in A.
T, rrerica, | do not know how we arr
to meet gain for the purpose of ne
gociation. " hat then IS to be done
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