Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-06-12
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OF this note, III i mere poiht tnelh uuA EVSS,
let the American ships and cargoes now I'M
der seizure, capture or sequestration and tAe
proceeds of such as have been sold, which are
now reserved for the party having right, be
Immediately restored to their owaers, and
they declared free to depart herewith for
their country. This article is not intended 10
embrace any thing but genuine American pro-
perty as protected by the acknowledged law
of nations"
Second, such property acknowledged to I
be American, as has been coniiscated aud no
longer in a state to be restored, will remain
to be paid for in some manner the least oner-
Gus to the French Treasury, TO be determined
on BY a separate convention :
"1hird, y Specification Of his NsejestY'.4
pleasure, if such it be, to form a new com
mercial treaty with the United States, on prin-
ciples of reciprocity both with respect to the
rate Of duties (as far as tho different nature Of
the objects of our mutual commerce viii p err
mit) aud the facility of buying and selling, en-
tering and departing with ssch articles as shall
be agreed on, the produce Of their respective
countries, colonies, territories and dependen-
ciesn
/" One principal reason why a system Of
this kind has been deferred SO long, has doubt
less been the difficulty of Distinguishing A
merican from English property, and of ascer
tanning the origin of produce. We regret az
much as you can the frauds that have been
committed in this respect our honor, as well
as interest, is concerned in suppressing them.
We are ready to enact and in'iiet penslties,
and agree with the French government on the
marks, signals and other measures most pro-
per to attain the end
!" ! beg your excellency not to consider it
improper or indiscreet in me TO close this moo
by suggesting a cogent reason For desiring as
speedy an answer to the principal propositions
as the other weiglty concerns OF your depart
ment will admit. The frlgste which brought
t me to France is detained only for this answer.
Congress is now beginning It's session, and the
President will be anxious TO lay before it az
early as possible the result Of these PROPOSE
tons, and it has happened unluck,ly that my
arrival here at the moment of the Emperor's
departure has already occasioned considerable
loss OF tine,"
MR.. BARLOW TO TnE SECRETARY or STATE.
r Extract Of a letter. from mir. Bayloao 10 the
Secretary Of STATE.
PARIS, 18th December, 1914.
, "Since the date of my last (2l Novemperl
| have had many interviews with the minister
, of foreign relations. have explained several
!, points and urged every argument for as speedy
an answer to my note of the 10th as its very
serious Importance would allow. He always
treats the subject with apparent candor and
solieitude, seems anxious to gain information
declares that neither he nor the emperor, had
before understood American affairs in the
light in which they now appear. and always
assures me that he is nearly ready with his
answer.
But he says the emperor's taking SO long
a time to consider it, and make up his deci-
sion, is not without reason, for it opens a wide
field for mediation on very interesting matters.
He says the emperor has read the note re-
peatedly and with great attention, that he told
him the reasoning in it was every where Just
and the conclusions undeniable but to recon-
cile its principles with his continental system
presented difficulties not easy to remove.
From what the emperor told me himself
at the last diplomatic audience, and from a
variety of hints and other circumstances re-
marked among the people about his person, 1
have been made to believe that he is really
changing his system relative to our trade, and
that the answer to my note will be more satis-
factory than | had at first expected. BIT the
unexpected and unreasonable delay has al
most discouraged me Of late.
81 am extremely anxious to dispatch the
frigate, and, had | imagined the delay would
have been SO great, l would moi have ordered
her to return after landing MIR. Russell in
England. There is however a kind OF conso-
lation thus far the captain writes me that
had she been ready to sail three weeks ago.
the weather has been such ever since, that she
could not have left the port by this time.
81 hope and am pretty certain now that |
shall dispatch the messenger, Mr.. Morris, in
| five or six days at latest.
g" send this by a MIR. Odin of Boston by
way Of England, | have given him a passports
as bearer of dispatches, and he goes by Nor