Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-21

teTest Wotllo DC Pio'iueu ior, and ssh
faction given on The other ground, :,
complaint against France. The SEM
ment in both Houses, as it is with ~
nation, generally, produced by SO m,'
acts of injustice, for which rcpars';,
has not been made, is strong ap,sa
France. The arrival of the Wasp, vbi'
you promised to dispatch in two .
three weeks from the date of your -
letter, with the result OF your lshor
and which may now be daily expeca'
was another motive for delaying ul,sr
measures with respect to her. T.,
yising the war agsinst England, ~ d
distinctly implied by the late mes..
which brought that subject under .a 9
deration, the President stated f., y /
gress his strong dissatisfaction w;,h WV
conduct of the French sovcrnmen,
every former ground Of compIaiO,
TO which others of more recon, ~
have been added, with the Single .vs s''
ton Of the repeal of the DEGREES =
promised also to bring our affairs NJ,
that power fully before Congress
soon as he should receive the comm
cations which YOU had promised 10 ~
ward by the Wasp. | communi,,,
thsse facts, which arc of charsctsr
marked to require any common, ,Sn
you may be enabled 10 turn them to Il.
BEST account, In promoting an amic,5.
accommodation with the French eovs,.
ment of every wrong received from i
which is sincerely desired. =
You were informed by my letter .,
9Th May, of such eutrages comnitr,t
by squadron which was reported %
have sailed from Nantz in Jaa. last, y
were at that time known here. ts
pears that several vessels sailing fton
American ports to Lisbon and C.d,
laden with tho productions OF the Us
were seized and burnt at sea. The
crews of these vessels were taken O,
board one of the French vessels, aud At.
forwards transferred to another of ow
vessels engaged in the same trace,
which was also. seized, in which ,hg
made their way bome. These men for.
warded here the evidence Of these fact,
copies of which have already been trans.
mit,ed to you. / forward TO YOU by tnl,
conveyance, the evidence of other agY
gressions, which will claim in like mar.
ner your particular attention. Mos, d
these documents nave been laid beiot
Congress and referred by it to this De-
partmeDt.
You will analyse all these cases Of
recent spo'iation, and place them in ID:
class of expressions, to which they Sc.
veraily belong, on principle. In de.
msrding Of Grsat Britain the repeal Of
her orders in council, on the ground o
the repeal Of the French DEGREES, thi
government has, from regard to ju,
ICE, given to France all the credit I
which she bad airy claim. believing lb,
the notification alone of the French ml
oyster OF Foreign Aft irs to the minister
Pienipotentiary of the y. S at Paris, o.
.aeir repeal, was sufficient to Justly II:
demand of the repeal of the orders ID
council of G. B. on her own principles.
But it was never the intention of thl.
Government to concede to France any
hing OF that subject, to which she va,
not fairly entitled. On the contrary, j.
has been its intention. as is sufficiently
evident by your first instructions, 10 ex'
act from her a most strict and rigorous
compliance with her pledge, in regard
to the repeal. If any act in violation Of
that pledge has been committed, you
will not fail to point it out, in the most
distinct manner. to the French govern.
ment, and to communicate to this De-
partment without delay. any answer
which you may receive from it. have
to add, admitting that the repeal OF the
DEGREES is observed with perfect good
faith, that if the French government bss
given other orders, or permits acts q
another character, which violate Ou'
rights, the wrong will not be less seN'l'
bly, felt, or less resented by this govern
ment.
Your dispatches by the Hornet were
.Ls
received on the 22d May. They are tDs
last which have come 10 hand.
have the honor, &C.
(SignedD JAMES MONROE
Joel Sariozv, Esq &c.
Mr.. MONROE To Mr.. BARLOW