Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-04

SUPPOSED dCqulCoSShSSyso " s,AS Ps.s{s>T 80
| u. States in the injurious DEGREES OF another
nation.
2. In.the event of treaty embracing all
the points in dispute, and particularly that
of iinpressmrnts, without which trust no
treaty will ever take place, 1t was my opl--
Mon, and I may certainly have expressed
it, that if the other subjects Of difference
were arranged that respecting the colonial
trade would be easily adjusted. / had con-
sidered the principles recognized IN a for-
mer correspondence, between lord Hawkes.
bury and Mr.. King on the subject OF the
colonial trade, and subsequently again a.
dopted in the treaty negotiated by Messrs.
Munroe and Plnkney, as a general basis
agreed on under different Administrators,
by both governments, from which neither
could now recede, and susceptible cnly OF
modification as to details. The instructions
to our ministers in London on aEat subject
had alsc been published and were known to
your government. ] therefore believed that
the United States, in the event OF treaty,
would still be disposed to wave tor the pre-
sent, IN the manner and on the terms con-
Etemplated by those Instructions, their right
to that branch, and to that branch only, OF
: the colonial trade, known by the name OF
direct trade, that is to say tbs trade carried
directly from belligerent colonies to the
belligerents in Europe, when that trade was
not permanently IN peace as IN war permit
ted BY the laws of the country, to which
those colonies belonged. The right to
trade between such colonies and the U. 5.
gsaerally, and to that in colonial articles
between the T.. S. and other countries, ne.
vcr can, or will, in my opinion, be aban-
doned, or its exercise be suspended by this
government. On the contrary, 1t IS solely
in order to.tsecure, BY an express treaty stl-
pulation, that trade against the danger OF
interruption, and thus by mutual spirit OF
accommodation to avoid collisions, that the
abandonment of the direct branch can ever
be assented to.
Permit ne therefore 20 request, saat you
will inform me, whether You understood
me on those two points, as | certainly meant
to be understood; namely, that the relin-
punishment, during the present war, ofwhat
IS called the direct trade, was alone con-
.templa.ed; and that no arrangement on that
subject was suggested as condition OF the
revocation of the orders In council.
I have the honor to be, with the highest
respec, and consideration, sir, yoot obedi-
enI servant,
(Signed)
ALBERT GALEATIN.
HIN. D. M: Ersklne, Minister
Plenibotentiary, SIC. sc.
Mr.. Erskine to tie Secretary Of tie Treasury.
WAsHINoToN, August 18th, 1909.
SIR,
Z have the honor to acknowledge tire re-
ceipt of your letter of the 18th inst in which
you have been pleased 10 say that altho' you
80 dc not believe that in the conversations we
have had respecting the practicablhty ct an
adjustment ofdifferences between the United
State. and Great Britain, we have ever misun-
derstood one another. Yet, as from MIR.
Cannine's instructions, lately published by my
government, it would seem that some OPT
mons are ascri5ed TO several members of this
administration which they did not entertain,
il appears necessary toascertaln whether, On
any point, misrepresentation have taken
place
In answer to your enquiries, have great
satisfactionin assuring you that there appears
10 have been no misunderstanding respecting
the substance or meaning Of the converse,
tons which passed between us, as stated in
Mir. Canning's instructions alluded to.
After the most careful perusal of your state
mcnt of the purport of our conversation,
cannot discover any material difference from
the representation which | have made upon
that subject to the Secretary of State Mr..
Robert Smith)in my letter to him of the l4th
inst. to which will therefore beg2leave to
refer youf as have therein detailedthe sub