The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-20

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Cf ma ions"
=. The minister who is to carry on ne
gcc'ation (says Martens, Book Z, ch. S secs.
So is furnished with iastruetons These
Instructions, as well rs those that it may be
necessary to despatch To him in the course
OF his embassy, being intended for himself
alone. are n2t usually produced 10 the conrs
.rherc he IS sent, unless his own court orders
him to do il, or unless he, FROM urgent mo
tives. thinks himself jnstihabie in producing
certain passages of them. Sometime. he
has tsvo sets ofinstrucsions, the one habGc,
and the other secret"
Instructions Gays NJ de GALLERIES in
his maniere de negncier," page S7, c. 70 }
are writing which contain the commands
OF the prince or OF the state, that gives them
TO its neguciator, to which thev ,nay have
recourse for the purpose of refreshing his
memory and by which he is to regulate his
conduc---Ihere are sometimes two sets of
Instructions, one made ID he She5vH, the q
cher SecrCt-which contains the true aGt, ul-
t,n.ate intention of The prince or state that
gives them"
:" The same author, page So. declares,
the instructions of a public minister cannot
De demanded with0u, violation of the law
OF nations. he oushy neVerto communicate
them without the express commands of his
sovere'gn --Nothing is necessary to give full
faith to his declaration, but the letter q. ere
dence which he has presented or the full
power which he may have communicated"
From these authorities it appears that
tie eXccut;. . had no right TO demand of Mr.
t.vskiie MS instruCtions--Mr. Erskine did
not exhibit them-on the contrary lie de
ciares, THAI he considered it would be in vain
10 lay before The government OK the United
States the despatch OF tie Esd of January
which he was az liberty to have done in
sx,enso if he had thought proper. vd COR
| page 90
| will now proceed to examine how Far
the arrangement entered into was obiiga,o
ry on tho British government
In order to form Correct opinion On this
subject 1t will be necessary TO pass in review
the circumstances which took place prior
To the late arrangement. The measures d.
dopted at the commencement oi the I'd scs-
sion OF the 1lth Congress, placed Great
Britain and France on on equal footing
Every preteXt ior a continuance of the de-
crees and orders was removed, aud the PRO
vision contained in the 18th section of the
| nrn-Intercourse act, was introduced for the
express purpose OF enabling the President
to meet the advances oi either Great Britain
or France Tor restoration Of intercourse
after due lapse of time the arrival Of a ia
tlOnai ship is announced, bringing not an CT
binary messenger but a secretary Of Iegati
on charged with important desratches-
Mr.. Erskine. the British minister, imme-
diately addresses to the secretary of state
note rendering reparaton FOR the affair of
the Chesapeake. aud expressing the sincere
dispositiCn of his me lcsty for an adjustment
OF ali the differences between the two coun-
tries.
viii read an extract from the first note.
| 1t havigg been represented to his males
! tvs government, that the Congress Of the
United States, in their proceedings at the
I opening Oft last session, had cvinccd an
Intention OF passing certain laws, which
would place the relations of Great Britain
with the United States upon a. equal foot
| ing, in all respects, with the other belize
rent powers; have accordingly received
his majcsty's commands, in the event of such
laws taking place, to offer, on the part of
his majesty, an honorable PREPARATION for the
aggression committed by British naval Of
| flcer i'll the attack on the United States
frigate Chesapeake"
! 1he Icparation for the outrage or the
! Chesapeake is accepted and the British mi
niz.er Immediately addresses to the secrcta
! ry Of state second note frcm which The fol .
lowing is an extract
The favorable change in the relations of
his majesty with the u STATES, which has
been produced by the act (usua ~ termed the
non-iniercourse acD past in the lest session
OF Congress. @as also anticipated by MS ma
jest,, ard has encouraged further hope,
that re. consideration of the existing dir
ferences might lead to their satisfactory al =.
justmeut.
"On these grounds and expectations
am instructed to communicate To tLe AI-,c
rican government, his najcsty's determine.
ton OF sending to the u. States. an envoy
extraordinary invested with iuil powers to
conclude treaty on all the points OF the re.
iatonS between the Two Countries.
| . In the mean time, with view to con
tribute 10 the attainment of go desirable an
object, his majesty would be willing 10 with
draw his orders in council of January and
November, 1897, so far as respects the u.
States, in the persuasion that the President
wonld issue Proclamation for the renewal
of She intercourse with Great Britain, and
that whatever difference of opinion should
arise III TIE Interpretation of the terms of
such an agreement, will be removed i'll the
proposed negotiation"
! his also is met with that unsuspecting
confidence which the circumstances under
which it was rendered was calculated to
lproduce--The proposal of the British r,inis-
ter is accepted, and he immediately address
ses to tie secretary of state the following
| note
! In consequence of the acceptance, BIZ the
! President, IS stated in your letter dated the
| 18th inst OF the proposals made Ey me on
the part of his majesty. in my letter of the
same day, for the renewal Of The intercourse
between the respective countries, / am au-
thpYIZed 70 dee re thas hiS rnaikstv'S orJe,.S