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

communicates not meaning thereby to res
! train you in any respect as to the FORM
! Commerce and seamen, the objects of i'm
pressment may, with great propriety, be
arranged in.the same instrument. by stl-
| pulating that commissioners shall forthwith
be appointed for the purpose, and that all
rights on this subject shall, IN the mean
time. be reserved the faith of the British
government will be pledged to a fair expe
| riment in an amicable mode, and the hon
| or and rights of the United States secured
! The United States having resisted, by war,
the practice of impressment, and continu
| ed the war until the practice had ceased,
! by oeace in Europe, their object has been
essentially obtained for the present 1t may
| reasonably be expected, that the arrange
ment contemplated and provided for, will
! take effect before new war In Europe
| shall furnish ar occasion for reviving the
practice. Should this arrangement, howe
yer, fail, and the practice be again revived,
| the United States will be again at liberty
to repei il by war and that they will Go
SO cannot be doubted for after the proof
which they have already given of firm
| resistance, in that mode, persevered IN un
! til the practice had ceased, under circpm
| stances the most unfavorable, it cannot be
| presumed that the practice will ever be to-
| lerated again Certain it is, that every day
will reDder it more ineligible in G Britain
to make the attempt.
In contemplating the appointment OF
| commissioners. to be made after the ratiti-
cation OF the present treaty, to negotiate
and conclude treaty to regulate com
| do ct m
is meant only to show the extent to which
you may go, in spirit OF accommodation,
! if necessary Should the British govern
ment be willing to take the subject up lni-
mediately with you, it would be much pre-
ferred, in which case the proposed article
would, of course, be adapted to the pur-
pose.
| Information has been received from a
| quarter deserving attention, that the late
events in France have produced such an
effect on the British government, as to
make it probable that a demand will be
made at Gottenburg, to surrender our right
to the fisheries, to abandon all trade be
yond he Cape of Good Hope, and 10 EIDE
Louisiana to Spain We cannot believe
that, sucn demand will be made /; should
it be you will of course treat it as IL de-
serves. These rights must not be brought
into discussion lfinssted on, your nego
tiation Will cease.
/ have the honor to be,
With great respect, gentlemen,
Your most obedent servant
tSigned) JAS: MONROE
Whereas by the peace in Europe, the
essential causes of the war between the y.
States and Great Britain, and particularly
the practice of impressment, have ceased,
and sincere desire exists to arrange, IN
manner satisfactory to both parties, ali
questions concerning seartaen and it's also
their desire aud intention to arrange, IN a
like satisfactory manner, the commerce be-
tween the two countries, II is therefore a
greed, that commissioners shall forthwith
be appointed on each side, TO meet at
with full power to negotiate and conclude
treaty, as soon as it may be practicable,
for the arrangement OF those important D
terests 1t is nevertheless understood, that
until such treaty be formed, each party
shall retain all its rights, ana hat all A
merican citizens who have been Impressed
into the British service shall be Forthwith
discharged"
Extract of letter from the secretary of state 10
| the commissioners Of the United States for
treating peace Of with G. Britain, dated
Department of state, June 81, 1914.
| "The omission to send ministers to Got
tenburg without a previous and official no
LITIGATION of the appointment and arrival
there of those of the United States, for
mality, which, if due from either party,
might have been expected from that max
ing the overture, rather than that accepting
it, is proof ola dilatory policy, and would,
in other respects justify animadversion, if
there was less disposition here to overlook
circumstances of form, when interfering
with more substantial objects
BY my letter of the 25th inst which
goes with this. you will find that the sub
| Jects had already beed acted on under SINH