Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-12-11

that perioa.
VIA reipeet to the fccond point, as
ftated in your letter To be contained in
:. Deipatch from MIR. Canning" | beg
leave TO offer me following explanation
In the COURT Of private interview
had with MIR. Galla,in, (the Seci etary of
the Treafuryl he minated that the non
intercourie law which was then likely to be
paled by the Congreis, might be coniider-
&c 40 removing two very mportantgrounds
Of difference with Great Britain, VIZ the
ponimportatiou act, as applicable to her
alone, and alto the Preiident's proelama-
ton, whereby the ihips OF Great Britain
were excluded from the ports of the U.
States, while thoie OF France were per-
mtted to enter-but that by the noninter-
ceurie law, both powers were placed on
the fame footing. He did not pretend to
fay that this meafure had been taken from
any motives of conceilion to Great Bri-
tain but as, in fact, thofe consequences
followed, he conceived they might be con-
fidered as removing the two great obita-
Giles to Cancellation.
lie adverted aio 10 the probability of an
adiultment of another important point in
dlpute between the two countries, as he
faid he knew that il was intended by the
United States to abandon the attempt TO
carry on trade with the colonies of bel
ligerents in time of war, which was not al
lowed in time ofpeace, and to trnit TO their
being permitted by the French To carry on
fuch trade in peace, 10 as to entitle them
t. a continuance If it in time of war.
As it may be very material 10 aicertain
~ { IL - al.
ents" was, in my conception, meant by
MIR Gd!latin, as intended to Be abandon
eddy the United States, feel no helita.
,ion in declaring, that iluppoiei he aliud-
ed to the trade from the colonies OF bellg-
trents 1ired to their mother country, or to
The ports of other helgcrents, Uocauie the
i9ht to fuch trade had been the point in
dilpute whereas the right to carry on
trade from the colonies OF beligerents to
the United States had never been cal
led 10 queitiop, aud had Teen recognized
by His Maiehy's Supreme Court OF AID.
mraity ; and the terms even upon which
fuch colonial produce might be re-eyport-
ed from the United States had been for
maly arranged in treaty igned in Lon
don by the Minfers Pienipotentiary OF
both countries, which was not indeed rat
fled by the Preiideui of the United States
but vas not objected to as to that article
of il which fettled the terms upon which
iuch trade was to BE- permitted,
Such was the fubfancc, fir, Of the unof-
fetal conversations which ! bad held with
Mr.. Madilon, MIR. Galla;in, and your!elf
which did not conhder or reprefent 20
HisMajefy's government as iR,ended with
any other view than to endeavor 10 bring
about the repeal of the Orders in Council
by ihewing that many of the obstacles
which had 9ood in the way of an AMIGA
bic adjufment of the differences between
the two countries were already removed,
and that fair profpett exilted of fettlng
what remained hnce the United States
had exhibited determination To reiiit the
uniut aggreions upon her neutral rights,
which was all that Great Britain had ever
required; but certainly never received
any aiIurances from the American gov
ernment that they would pledge themielves
to adopt the conditions fpeciied in Mr..
Canning's initruttions as preliminaries
nor did ever hold out fnch an expectation
TO His Majeay's government having al
ways flated to them that in the event of
His Majeity's thinking it juit or expedient
to cdufe his Orders in Council to be with
drawn, that the PRECEDENT would take off
the embargo as reipeets England, leaving
it ia operation againit France and the
powers which adopted, or acted under,
her DEGREES according to the authority
which was vefted ia him at that time by
the Cc,,,reis of the United States, and
that there was every realon to expect that
a satisfactory arrangement might be made
upon the points of the colonial trade which
had been 70 long in dilpute between the
two countries.
AS TO the third condition referred to by
YOU. fpecfed in Mr.. canning's Untrue
iions, have only to remirk, tnit | never
held any conyeriation with the members
of the government of the u. States, rela
Tive 70 II, until my late negotiation OF
had ever mentioned the iubiect 10 His
Mlieity's government it having, for the
firit time, been prefented 10 my conliiera-
tiou in Mr.. Canaing's defpach 10 ne of
the a3d January, in which that idea ii
flggeRed, and is ltated to have been ahent-
ed TO by Mr.. Piukney.
1t would be unavailing at the prefent
moment To enter upon an examination OF
the " prcten,ions fet forth in Mir. Can
ning's letter of inaruetions" (Which you
are pieafed to term) extraordinary"
conii1er il however, to be my duty
10 declare that, during my negotiation
with you which led to the concluIion of
the proviiionaI agreement, found no rea
fon to believe that any difficulties would
occur, in the Accomplishment of the two
former conditions, as far as it was in the
power of the Preiident ofthe United States
to accede to the fri, and confidently with |
the explanation which have before given
Of the iecond point: On the contrary |