Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-06-06
MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1908.

they regardful OF theie duties, it was
unneceGary Had they felt them.
feTyes obliged completely to evacu-
ate the waters Of the United States,
Especially whilst an enemy's fquad
ron was harbored in them, they
could have done it; but under the
admifion hottie compulGon, and
under fuci compulhon carried into
full eEecs. his Majefy could not
have dieembIed tho extent Of the in
jury received.
In the fcveral cafes adduced, in
which Great Britain required certain
preliminaries, previouly to entering
into negotiation, fhe regulated her
| conduit by The fame principles to
| which ihe now adheres, and refuGed,
Whit no hoitility was exhibited on
her part, to treat with powers, whole
proceedings denoted it towards her !;
and who maintained their rights in
what they had affirmed.
From the considerations thus offer
ed, uult tina. neither the order Of
reaion or that of ufage are in contra
di6tion TO the demand / have urged,
nor am / aware how the order Of
time oppofes the revocation in the
6rf initance Of that act, which ef-
fe6ts injuriou1y one Of the parties
and is till avowed by the other
The fubjea is thus prefented to
you, fir, in the light which it was
natural that it lhpull offer itfelf to
his majeAy's government. II GER
tainIy conceived the preGdent's proc
lamation to reit chiefly, and mott
materially upon the attack made up
on The frigate Of the United States,
the Chefapeake, by his majeiy's flip
the Leopard, although other topics
were adduced as aceefories. In this
apprehension i may be held to have
been sufficiently warranted, by the
precife tims al which, and the cir.
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and BY its whole cbntext, and the
more 70, as the impulfe Under which
it was drawn up, appears to have
been 70 fudden as have pTecluded a
due examination OF all the grounds
Of allegation contained il it. And
here ! beg leave to allure you, that
with refpea to the fpirit and tone Of
that infrument, it would be highly
satisfactory to me, if | could feel
mylelf utilized in expecting on the
part Of lis majeity any degree Of
coincidence with the opinions you
have announced, or when thus aP-
pealed TO, and making every allow
ance for the irritation Of the mo-
ment, could difemble the extreme
furprife experienced by Great Bri-
tain, thar the government Of friend
~ nation, even before an amicable de
maud Of reparation was made, aud
yet meaning to make that demand,
lhould have ifued an edid directing
meafures OF injury very difProPor-
tionate to what i, knew was an IN
authorized offence, and both in its
terms and its PurPort 70 injurious to
the government TO which that de-
mand was 70 be addrcned, and tend
ing 70 call forth in both nations, the
feelings Ghdsf which 4 friendly ad-
iultment would Be the mott difficult
But if, as learn ftom you, fir, the
proclamation refs fubaantially or
o.het caufes, Il is then peculiarly to
be regretted, that, together with the
| demand for rsdreis made il Septem-
Der Taft, the government Of the u
nited States did not think fit to offer
negotiation, or an explanation Of
20 momensuous meaiure, or to de-
clare that its recall mutt be more or
lels connected with the adjufment
of other alledged wrongs.-Neither
did it think it necefary TO return any
anfwer 10 The remembrance given in
by his majeRy's envoy at Wafhing-
ton, on the 18th July, 1907, in
which he reprefented " thar he con
lidered that interdi6tion TO be IN
friendly in its objed, and 70 injurious
in its consequences TO his majetty'S
lntereffs. that he could not refrain
from expreaing the moa fncere re-
gret, that it ever fhould have been
iiIued, and mott earneltly dePreca-
ting its being enforced"
It could not be fupPofed that