The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-16

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not be repealed singly aud specially in rela-
ton to the United States, but be repealed
|also, rs to all other neutral nations, and
that in no less extent of repeal OF the de-
|crees had the British government ever
pledged itself To repeal the orders in coun-
Gil.
However susceptible the passage III your
letter may be or a construction reconcilable
with the import of The dispatch from Lord
Caxtlereagh, yet as a similar phraseology OF
your government on other occasions has had
a construction less extensive * as it is i'm
portant, in every respect, that there should
be no misunderstanding, or possibility OF err
ror, you will excuse me for requesting that
you will have the goodness to inform me
whether, in any circumstance, my recollec-
ton of the import Of this passage in Lord
Castlereagh's dispatch is inaccurate.
l have the Honor tn be, sc.
(S,gned) JAMES MONROE.
.fug. j. Foster. &c. sc.
lMR. FosTERsTo MR.. MONROE.
Washington, lime 8, 1912.
Sts-I have received your letter of to-day
requesting an explanation relative to the
supposed meaning of 1 passage in a dispatch
from Lord CastlereaSh TO me that / had the
honor to communicate to you coniidentially,
and l beg leave to state to you that while
conceive it to be very difficult to give an eX
PLANTATION upon single point in note of
considerable length without referring to the
whole context, and also believe it to be alto
gethcr irregular to enter into discussion
respecting communication entirely in
| formal, yet have no hesitation III assuring
YOU that my note of May SO contains the
whole substance of the dispatch alluded to-.
| In the correspondence that will probably
take place between US in consequence of
the new ground upon which the Duke of
Bassano's report has placed the question at
issue between our two countries, shall be
on any topic which you may wish particu-
larly to discuss.
l have the honor to be, with the highest
consideration and respect, sir, your most o.
AUG.J. FOSTER.
To the hon. j. Monroe, CSC. &c. sc.
Mr.. Monroe 10 Mr.. Foster.
j Department of State, June 4, 1912.
SIR have had the honor to receive your
letter of yesterday, in reply to mine OF the
same date.
. AS the dispatch of Lord Castlereagh wa
communicated by you to me, in my ofiicia
character, to be shewn to the President
and was shewn to him accordingly, and a
the dispatch itself expressly authorised
{ such communication to this government,
cannot conceive in what sense such pro
Cceding could be considered confidential, o
how it could be understood, that the eXecu
, tive was to receive one communication TO
itself, and transmit to Congress another liza
, BILE, in the opinion of the executive, to diff
= ferent or doubtful construction. i canno
Y but persuade myself, sir, that on re consi
Iteration of the subject you will perceive
= that there can be no impropriety in com
+ pliance with the request contained in IN!
# letter of yesterday. Should be mistaken
e in this expectation, l 1atter myself tina
T. you will see the PROPHECY of freeing you
2 own communication from ambiguity and Ii
ability to misconstruction. With view t
t this, permit me to enquire whether the pas
e sage in your letter, stating the condition o.
r which your government always avowed it
v Ireadiness to rescind the orders in council
O namely, as soon as France rescinded, abso
o lutely and Internationally, her dcrees, in
) cludes i'll its meaning, that the decree
c must be rescinded in relation to other neu
: trail nations, as well as to the United State:
e previous to repeal of the orders in eouac
o in relation to the United States
1 have the honor to be, sc. &c &c.
G (Signed) JAMES MONROE,
s .dmg. d. Foster, ESG. &c. Se.