Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-11-03

Mr. Monroes secretary Of state, to the plcnipo-
/ 9tentaries ofthe United States, az Gctacnbnrg
| sDerAftment Of stats. Jan. 50. 1914
! GENTLEMEN,
In addition to the claims to indemnity,
stated in your proceeding instructions, l
| have to request your attention to the fol-
lowing, to'which it is presumed there can
be no objection
On the declaration Of war by the United
States, there happened to be, in the ordin-
airy course of commerce, several American
vessels and cargoes in the ports Of Great
Britain, which we're seized and condemned:
and, in one instance, an American ship
which fled from Algiers, in consequence OF
the declaration of war by the dey, to
Gibraltar. with the American consul and
some public stores on board, shared q like
| fate
After the declaration ef war, congress-
passed an act, allowing to British subjects
| six months, from the date of the declara-
.tion, TO remove their property out Of tho
United States, in consequence Of which
many vessels were removed with their
cargoes add with confidence, that, on
a liberal construction of the spirit of the
law, some vessels were permitted to de-
1 parts Of~b ottCt tnO CAPiueion VI tuG tcTIl
| specified in the law willendeavor to nut
! in your possession list Of these cases. A
general reciprocal provision, however, will
be best adapted to the object in view.
| have the honor to be, &c. &c &c.
| lSigned) JAS. MONROE.
From the secretary Of state to the commits sioners
II The United States, for treating win Great
| Department Of state, Feb. 10, 1914.
| GENTLEMEN,
! Should you conclude a treaty and not
obtain satisfactory arrangement ofneutral
/ rights, it will be'proper for you to provide
that the United States shall have advantage
ofany stipulations more favorable to Deut-
raj nations, that may be established be-
tween Great Britain and other powers A
precedent for such provision is found in
a declaratory article between Great Brit
| ain and Russia, bearing date on the 6th
| October, 1901, explanatory of the Cd sec
| ton, Sd article, of convention concluded
between them on the 5th of June Of the
same year.
have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) JAS. MONROE
Extract ofa letter from the secretary Of state to
the commissioners OF the United States for treat
ing with Great Britain, dated
Department Of state, February IA, 1914.
received last night your letter Of the
18th October, with extracts of letters from
Mr.. Adams and MIR. Harris, of the ED and
ESD of November.
" 1t appears that you had no knowledge
at the date, even of the last letter, of the
answer of the British government, to the
offer which had been made to it, q second
time, of the Russian mediation. Hence il
is to be inferredsthat the proposition made
to this government by the Bramble ives
made not only without your knowledge,
but without the sanction, if not without the
knowledge, of the emperor. Intelligence
from other sources, strengthens this in
ference. If this view of the conduct the
British government is well founded, the
motive for it cannot be mistaken. 1t may
fairly be presumed that it was to prevent
good understanding and concert between
the United States and Russia and Sweden,
| on the subject of neutral rights, in the hope
that by drawing the negotiation to England,
and depriving you of an opportunity Of free
communication with those powers, treaty
| less favorable to the United States might
be obtained, which might afterwards be
used with advantage by g. Britain in her
negotiations with those powers.
| BY an article in the former instructions,
you were authorised in making treatyto
prevent impressment from our vessels, 10
stipulate. provided a certain specified term
could not be agreed on that it might con-
| tinue in force for the present war in Europe
only. At that time it seemed probable that
the war might last many years. Recent
appearances, however, indicate the contra
~ Should peace be made in Europe, as
the practical evil of which we complain in