Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-04-11
From III, ROSE 10 III. MADISON


HAVING had the honor TO fate
10 you, that I an expressly precIuded
by my initructions from entering up
on any negotiation for the adjuit
ment of tie differences ariGpg from
the encounter Of his Majeltys fhip
Leopard, am the frigate Of the Uni
ted otarcs, the Cbef1ts4te As long
IS the proclamation of thr PRECEDENT
OF the United Sta Is, Of the I'd 10Y.
L8O-, haI be in force, beg leave
TO offs: you tuch farther explanation
Of tie nature Of TIA condition as ap-
pears to me calculated t place the
motives under which it has been
enjolned TO ne thus to bring is for
ward IN their true iight
In whatev fprit that inffrument
was ifiued it is efficiently ob.ious,
shat Il has been productive { corGd-
erab'e prejudice 60 his Maiclty's IN
tereits. as confded to his military
and other tervantS in tho United
States , to the honor of rs A4g and
70 the p'i, ioE5s IF bis ninrders &C
credited to he American govern
msnt. From the operation Of this
proclamation have unayoidlbly re-
fuIted effects Of retaliation and felf-
afiumed redrtis " lich NIGH be held
10 aftct materially the queif on of
the rcFaration due to the United
States, Especially inafnpch as its ex-.
cu.ion 4as been perlrvrrcd IN aftcr
the know edge ofhIs iefy early,
uneq liyocai, and snlciicired diravow-
al Of tbs uallthor z-d aGt b admiral
BerkcI<r, ii. difcldt e ofthe prcten-
1ion exhibited by thai 1fhcrr to search
the naloual ihip5 Of friendly power
for de!tryers, and the ahurauces Of
promPt and efcttual r.paration ;
al communicated without lois of
I'm E, n he miaiGer IF che United
States n L H.oa, 70 az not 0 leave
doubt as 10 his Alajefy'. iut and
a~'cab1 intentions Bur his Ma
y, M ing every allow lnce for the
I'll tior which was excited, and
IT, ia rehcnGcns which exihed,
A- anz.t n,- u proceed IL The
.cg .4uon upon the foie dilcontin-
uan-e If Desf.res Of r iuimical a
tendency
: "a are aware, 6r, that any delay
which nay have arilcr ~ the Adult
ment If he Prefent difference, is nor
i0rutsatl to 40 Intention Of procraf-
tin~tior "a the part Of his maiehy's
government on the CONTRARY its
anxiety to terminate as expeditiouly
as r0ii e the difc1Gion cf a matter
70 ir'cretting to both nations has
been evluced by the communication
made by Mr.. Secretary can nq. to
Mr.. U9nrer, before that miniiter Of
the United States was even informed
OF the encounter and now BY the
pTomrtifude with which it has dif-
patched iPecial milton to this coun-
Try for that exPreis purpofe.
| can have no difficulty in Eating
anew to you with relped to the pro-
vilions of my inftruQlons, calculated
as they are TO infure an honorable
adjurment Of the important point
IN queiri- n, and to remove the i'm
preilions which the late caufe Of dif-
ference may have excited in the minds
, Of this nation. that am authorized
20 express my conviction, that they
are fac as will enable me 90 ter
inmate the Ne, citation amicably and
ht,sfa0oriiy.
Having learnt from you. Gr, that il
Is iorcIy as a meafurt OF prccaution,
that The prcsii ms Of The proclama-
ton are now enforced, mutt per-
tuadc myfef that due confederation
Of his Majefy 5 conduct ID this tranf-
a6tion will remove as ell any mif-
approximations which may have been
entertained respecting his MsieHy's
diipoftions towards the y. =. as the
grounds upon which that enforce.
ment rchs, and the more 70, as it
has long been matter Of notoriety,
that the orders iGued to the officers
Of his MajeRy's navy, in his procla-
nation Of the 10Th OCT So7, afford
ample fecurity that no arten pit can
nrain be r,,ade - rnert . rrnl..cn-