Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-06-06

of conduit to be held in the nego
tiation and as little could it Be ex
pe6ted to pats it over, when on tn,
failure of the difcuGion with Mr.
Monroe, 1t directed fpecial milIior
to be TENT to the United States. L
had the les reafon to imagine that
any other grievances could be con.
nected with that for the adiultment Of
which l am empowered to negotiate
as Mr. Monroe, in bis letter to MIR
Carning Of the 10Th az July LAR,
had itated with reipeG to other fuh.
jeets Of remembrance, that it was
improper to mingle them with the
prefent more ferrous caufe Of COM
plant; an opinion to which Mr..
Canning declared his perfect afent
in his letter to thar miniifer Of the
Al Of the fubiequent month 70
that this act was left as Jingle and
diltin6t, to be fingIy and diain6tIy
conGdered. His msjefy's govern
ment, therefore, could not confident
ly with any view Of the fubiea then
before it, or indeed with the iuf OBJ
jet of my milton, direct or empow-
er me TO enter upon matters connect
ed with that of the Chefapeake &
they could with the lefs propriety do
it, as in order to render the adult
ment of differences of fuch nature,
the more eafy and the more confpic-
uous, the minifters charged Especially
with fuch offices have been, with few
If any exceptions, refriaed to the
precife affair to he negotiated
With refped therefore to thole 9th
or caules Of complaint, upon which
you inform me that the PrcGdent's
proclamation rels, cannot Be fur
nifhed with documents enabling me
either to admit or to controvert tho(e
itatements Of grievance, foreign to
the attack upon thar fhip, contained
in your letter, or authorized to dif-
therefore not allow myTeE to Offer
fuch comments as my perfonal
knowledge of fome Of thofs tranr-
actions fuggef TO me, although their
tendency would materially affect Both
the marked manner in which thofe
are portrayed, and the
advantageous lights in which his
government is rePrelentcd
TO have acted refpe6ting them. lam
led to the perluaGon that
my government will Be the more ca
fly able TO relcue itfelf from incnl-
patton, BY the inference ariEng from
pafiages in Mr.. Monroe's letter to
Mr.. Secretary Canning, Of the 10th
Of September lat, that the differen-
ces lnhappily exiting between the
two nations were in a train OF ad-
iufment.
If his maietY has not permitted
me to enter into the diicuihon Of the
fcarch Of neutral merchant fhips for
Bririih feamen, together with the ad-
iultment Of the amount Of repara-
ton for the attack upon the Chefa-
peake it was no wife with a view
Of precluding the further agitation Of
that queltion at fuitable time but
it was that the negotiation might be
relieved from the embarrafmsnt a.
riling from the connection of the
prelent matter with the one 70 for
eign to it, and, as II was but too well
known, 70 difficult TO be adjufed, of
a right difn6tly difclaimed, with ole
which Great Britain has at all times
aiIerted of enforcing hef claim to the
fervices Of her natural born iubjects,
when found on board merchant vef-
fels of other nations claim which
The POUNDS in that principle OF uni
verfal law, which gives to the itate
the right of requiring the aid and al
Efance Of her native citizens. The
recurrence, therefore, to that courfe
Of negotiation, which had been orig
inally fettled between Mr.. Secretary
Canning and Mr.. Monroe, & which
had been alone broken in upon by
the orders fublequentl7 received by
that minifter, can only be con6dered
as refumption of that courfe Of
things which Great Britain frenu-
oully contended there was no ground
to depart from. may obierye, that
this purpofe might have been effect
ed without the intervention of fpe-