The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-12-16


,enton to her rights as neutral power by re-
presentations and reinonstranccs, that she
would be fully justified in having recourse TO
hoslillties with either heiligeent, and that she
only hesita,ed to do SO from the difficulty OF
contending with both but that she must be
driven even to endeavpr to maintain her rights
against the two greatest powers in the woNl-
unless either OF them should relax thcir re-
stricions upon neutr i cc,nmercc-in which
case, the u. ). would al once side with that
power a5alnstthe other which might continue
Its aggressons.
That every opinion Which he entertained re-
sp@ctin;5 the best interests oi MS country led
hin, to wish that good understanding shonld
take place between Great Britain and the Unit
cd States, and that he thought that tho obvious
advantages which would thereby result to hoth
countries were a sufficient He'd, Of the since
,ity Of his sentiments.
These observations, sir, beg leave to re-
mark, were made TO me by Eir. Madison about
month after tbs intelligence had been re-
ceved in this couotrv OF the rejection by his
n,ajcsy's goyernmen of the proposition made
thlou. ii Mr.. Pinkney by the pree;den; Tor the
remove Of thu embargo as respected Great
oli ain, up condition that the orders in coun-
| cil should be Withdrawn as respected the Uni
ted States: and his sentiments were as / con-
ceived, expressed to me in oder that | might
convey them to his maiesty's government, SO
as to lead to a Reconsideration of The PROPOSE
! ton above mentioned with view to the adjust
! rncnt oil the differences upon that subject be-
tween the respective countries. But never
considered that Mr.. Madison meant that the
| government ofthc Estates would pledge them
selves beyond the proposition respecting the
,i,,rv l.
extent of the power OF the pres,dun, by the
constitution Of the United States.
understood, very distinctly that the obser-
vations Of the secretary of state were ntcntled
| TO convey an opinion as TO what ought and
would be the course pursued by the United
| States. in the event of his ma;es.y's orders III
| ou'cil being withdraw.
In th:as ss,l,'j.a4poa and opinions, you con-
CURED, ss,stk3slleele'l from the tenor OF several
conversations whlcA ] h1ld with you at that pc
| ROD.
With respect 10 the second point, as stated
in your letter to be contained in i" dispatch
tlon Mr. Canning," beg leave to oHer the
! following explanations
! In the course Of a private interview had
with sir. Ga!iatin, The secretary of the trea-
! &ury) he iatinatcd that the non-intercourse
law @.:ch was then likely to be passed by the
the congress, might be considered as removing
| two vSry important grounds Of difference with
| Great Britain, viz: the noniInportation act, AS
| applicable 10 her alone, and also the president S
| pfoclama ION, Whereby the Ships of Great Bril-
! tain were excluded from the ports of the Uni
J tx; States, while those of France were permit.
ted 10 en'er-but that by the non-incrcoHrae
law, both powers were placed on the same foot
| ing. fle did not ptcend to say that this mca-
sure had been taken from any motives OF con-
'csson to G. Britain but as. in fact. those
consequences followed, he conceived they
might be G nsidcred as removing the two great
obstacles toa Cancellation.
| lie adyeeied also TO the probability of an
adjustment Of another important point in dis
| pute between the two countries, as he said he
knew that it was intended by the United States
| to abandon the attempt to carry on a trade with
the colonies Of bel:gerents in time of war,
| which was not allowed in time of peace, and
to trust TO being permitted by the French to
| carry on such trade in peace, so as to entitle
| them to continuance OF it in time of war;
| 1T May be very material to ascertain wha,
" trade with the colonies of bciiigerents" was,
in my conception, meant by MIR. Gallatin. as
intended to be abandoned by the United States,
| feel no hesitation in declaring, that | suppo-
| Sod he alluded to the trade from the colonies
OF tie btlligerents direct to their mother
country, or to the ports of other be!ligerents,
because the right of such trade had been
the point in dispute; whereas. the right
to carry on trade from the bclligcrents 10
the United States had never been called in
| question, and had been recognized by his ma
jesty's supreme court Of admiralty; and the
terms even upon which such colonial produc
sions might be re-exported from the United
States had been formally arranged in treaty
signed in London, by the ministers plenipoten-
tiarv Of both countries, which was not indeed
| ratified by the president of the United States !;
! but was not objected to as to that article of it
| which settled the terms upon which such trade
was to be permitted.
| Such was the substance, sir, of the unofficial
! conversations which had held with Mr.. Madi-
son, Mr.. Galatin and yourself, which did
not consider or represent to his majesty's gov
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