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tpown him from the first, that our teffitoti-
., Jurisdiction has always extended TO inc
distance OF t.ven.y leagues from the fio'nt 81
rs. cohe and that France has never de-
cI;ned TO acknowledge this maritime domi-
uion of the United States reserped 0y Ae' 10
iceland in 1885. i" He even dares to adj
dpce in proof of this, the case OF the Grange,
an English vessel seized by another OF MS
priyateers, and to declare that she was taken
bryenG the line Of protector, described oy MI.
Jefferson, bat within the line of dommion y
me United STATES" A base and detestable
falsehood told openly and publicly, without
temptation to excuse, or even hope OF lmpu-
nitv to urge it. O, for shame, Mr.. Genet
Come forth, sir, and hold up your hand, while
7 accuse and convict you, In the face OF the
American people, of such turpitude as to
brand you with lasting infamy Attend to the
facts and contrast them with your assertions
On the l4th of May, 1898, Edmund Randolph,
attorney general of the United States, stated to
Mr.. Jefferson the essential facts concerning
the seizure of the ship Grange, with his OPT
Mon upon thcm-ss That the river Delaware,
in the whole of its descent to the Atlantic
ocean, is covered on each side by the territory
of the United States; and that It's mouth rs
formed by the Capes Henlopen and May
And that the Grange was arrested in the De-
laware, within the Cafes, before she had reach
I'd the sea, after her departure from the port
of Philadelphia" * "The corner stone of our
Claim continues he, is that the y. States
are the proprietors of the land on both sides OF
the Delaware, from its head to It's entrance In
to the sea; that the exclusive jurisdiction o.
yer it has been asserted by the y. States, under
the former and present governments, and that
the very first collection law, passed 1889,
established a district comprehendlng Cape
May ITSELF "Hence," he says, " from this
question is obviously and troherly excluded
every consideration qfa dominion over The
ses.'' This opinion was sent BY Mr.. Jefier-
son to Mr.. Genet the next day, with decla-
ration that our government deemed this Cap
ture to have been made un7uestionably sithin
ITS ju,isdiction, and that by the protection IL
owed to ali persons 7cHhha its limits, 1t was
bound to see the property, restored. On the
9th May, Mr.. Genet replied, "that the learn
ed conclusions Of the attorney general Of the
United STATES, and the deliberations OF the A
merican government, had been on this subject
the rule of his conduct, and he had caused the
prize to be given up.''t Here then he has
adopted all the facts stated by Mr.. Randolph,
and sealed his own condemnation. MIR. JET
ferson in his letter to Mr.. Morris OF August
Is, '9S, afterwards declares, "that the Grange
was taken within the Deiazvare, between the
shores of Jersey and of the Delaware state,
and several miles a6ove its mouth. That the
Selling her was fragrant violation of the ju-
risdiction of the United States and with In
dienation exclaims, "Yet Mr.. Genet, instead
of apologising, takes great merit in his letters
for giving her up.'t How then Can Mr. Ge-
net declare in his late letters, having all these
documents in his own hands, and knowing
that they were in the hands OF most OF his
readers, "that the Grange was taken beyond
the line OF protection" fixed by Mr.. Jefferson
at one marine league from the sea-shore? How
long, my countrymen, will you tameiy submit
to such gross and barefaced imposltions, with
out rising up and driving back the imposter
to his haunts of guilt! He is still amongst us
walking our streets and staring us lii the
face, with lie in his right hand, and the poi
son of the asp on his hpa. Tired of OBJ
security and frantic with disappointments, he
struggles against fate, and with apstart ambi-
ton would mount to empire on the ruins of
our country.
A NATIVE AMERICAN.
See this ofi1lion in he message, II. l8. 10.
+ SEE this letter in MESSAGE, sc n. %.