Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-04
DOCUMENTS
ACCOMPANYING THE
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
TcoS7IyUED.
CopExHAGEN, June s.
To Mfr. de Rosenkrantz, &c.

strongest sense of the injustice which has pre-
vailed in the sentences OF the Dlnish tribunals
on cases of American capture, as well as an
anxiety Immediately to arrest the course OF
those excuses on the part OF the prlvsteers,
too much countenanced by such decisions,
which are LAYING waste the property OF Anne
rican citizens: that ventured On The 3lst ul-
tino and on the Cd instant, to request that the
proceedings Of tie tribunals should be sus-
pended. until having had the honor OF pre-
senting my credentials to his majesty, should
be enabled to enter into regular comhunlca-
ton with Your excellency.
In this first formal address to you upon the
subject Of the reel :matlons With which am
CHARGED, it is incumbent upon me to express
the extreme surprise and concern with which
my government has seen the property OF Its
innocent citizens, whilst employed IN tar and
legal commerce, ravaged by the citizens OF
patton between which and the United States
the most perfect harmony has always hitherto
subsisted-against which they had never here
tofore found any cause of dispute or any
ground OF offence-and to which they telt
themselves attached, not merely by the ordl-
nary ties OF reciprocal good Offices, but by
common interest in the defence and preserva-
ton of those neutral rights, which have SO
much contributed to the political importance
Of Denmark, by which her prosperity has
been so greatly promoted-and which former
", foremost amongst nations, she has SO mag
unanimously and successfully contended for
But at the same time that make this retec-
ton so necessary and so obvious, | must also
say, that the President retains an entire con-
idence in the personal good dispositions OF
his maiesty-in his steady adherence to those
great and liberal principles, and those just po-
litical views which So eminently distinguish
his character-and the President assures him.
self, that it is only necessary that his maIes-
ty should be made acquainted with the nature
and extent of injuries which the rights oil the
United States as neutral nation, and the pro-
perry of their citizens have suffered and are
still exposed to, to induce bin to apply an i'm
mediate and an adequate remedy to the evils
complained of. His ma esty on his part can
not fail to feel that confidence in the correct
views and honorable intentions Of the United
STATES which their uniform conduct in all their
negotiations and transactions with other pow
ers has so Justly entitled them to nor can
he be indifferent when the friendly relations
and mutual good dispositions which have hi
therto so invariably subsisted between the two
countries, and which it is so much the interest
of each to maintain, are in question.
Animated by the most just and friendly dis
positions, the American government, whilst
it resists all aggression on its neutral rights,
and will never cease to oppose all violations
of the public law which may offend them So
iiGjtously avoids any interference with the
rights Of others, nor will it admit under cover
of its name and authority, any practices which
may have thai tendency il has therefore seen
with the most indignant sensib;lity various H.
stances of the prostitution of its flag by I'M
principled adventures, in Europe, S, have
had it in express command to assure his ma
jesty of its determination to discountenance by
all practicable means such proceedings and
of its sincere disposition to cooperate with
his majesty in detecting and Furnishing all ST.
milar frauds and inpostures.
Your exceilencv will perceive, in the frank
ness of those observations and in the loyalty
of this declaration, the true character of the
American government they viii also, l
trust, strengthen my title to that confidence
| on the part of his majesty which i. is at once
my duty and my desire to merit.
To carry into effect this two fold purpose
of government to protect the property Of its
citizens, and to cast off from any reliance on
its protection, these spurious and fraudulent
cases, Gf any such actually EXIST which have
injured the character Of the American trade
and ieopardized the interests of American ci-
! tizenS, will enter into candid explanations
| with your excellcncy upon all the questions
which arise on the cases now pending so as
J to establish the bonaide character of the ves-
sells under adjudication, and thus remove from
before his majesty every obstacle to that
! course of Justice which he is always DESTROYS
to observe, and to manifestation of the ami
! cable and conciliatory feelings towards the u
nited States which it is con6ded prevail in hi.
| mind.
have the honor herewith to transmit to
your excellency two lists, containing together
% cases of American capture, being those now
actually pending before the Supreme Court of
: Admiralty on appeal, or waiting for his ma
jesty's decision. The list No. /, comprizing
] IL of the whole number, are convoy cases"
L II.