The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-15

ton of the present treaty being notified to
such tribes or nations, and shall so desist ac-
cordingiy.
a. And His Britannia Majesty engages, on
his part, TO put an end, immc,s itely after the
ratification OF the present treaty, to hostilities
with allthe tribes or nations Of Indians with
whom he may be at war at the time of such ra-
nhcation, * forthwith to restore to such tribes
or nations, respectively, all the possessions,
rights and privileges, which they may have
enjoyed or been entitled to, in 1911, previous
to such hostilities provided always, that such
tribes or nations shall agree to desist from all
hostiiities against his Britannia Majesty and
his subjects, upon the ratification of the
present treaty being notified to such tribes
or nations, and shall so desiss according
iy."
The american 10 the British Commission
GAESr. Oct. 12, 1914.
The undersigned have the honor to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the note of the Plenipo-
tentiaries Of Els Britannia Majesty, dated ON
the 9th inst. $50, -"
Satisfied of the impossibility of persuading
the world that the government of the United
States was liable to any well grounded impu-
wards other nations. the undersigned, in af-
tording explanations on sevcra. of the topics
adverted to by the British p,enipotentiares
during this negotiation, were actuated by the
sole motive Of removing erroneous impress
sions
Still influenced by the same motive, they
VIII now add, that, at the time when the Spa
rSh minister was demonstrating at Washing
ton against the transfer of Louisiana, orders
were PiVen nv his p0ye,nmepr fn,- Iar;,
to France that it was, in fact delivered a
short time after that remonstrance and that
It the treaty by which the u States acquired
i had not been ratified, it wond have become,
OF course, French colony. The undersigned
believe that the evidence ofthe assent of Spain
20 that transfer has been promulgated. they
neither admit the alledged disability Of the
Spanish monarch, nor the Inference which
the British plenipoten,iares would seem to de-
5uce from it !; on the contrary, the assent was
voluntarily given in the year 1904, by the
same king who, about The same time, coded
trinidad to Great Britain, and prior TO the
time when he was again engaged in war with
her. The cession by France was Immediate
~ communicated to Great Britain, no circum-
stance affecting it, and then within the know
ledge OF the United States, being intention
ally concealed from her. She expressed her
satisfaction with it : 8, If in any possible state
ct the case, she would have had right to
question the transaction, it does not appear to
the undersigned that she is now authorized to
DO so.
After stating, generally, that the proclana-
lions of Gems Hull and Smyth were neither
authorised nor approved by their government,
the undersigned could not have expected that
the British plenipotentaries would suppose
that their statement did not embrace the only
part OF the proclamations which was subject
of consideration.
The undersigned had, indeed, hoped, chat,
BY stating in thcir note Of the 9Th ult that the
government of the q. States, from the COM
fnencement OF the war, had been disposed 10
make peace without obtaining any, cession of
territory, and by referring, to their knowledge
OF that disposition and to Instructions accord
Ingiy given from July, 1912, to January, 1914,
they would efEcctually remove the impression
that the annexation of Canada to the L. S
was the declared objec: of their government
Not only have the undersigned been disap-
pointed IN this expectation, but the only in
terence which the British plenipotentiaries
have thought proper to draw from this expli-
cit statement, has been that either the Ameri-
can government by not giving instructions sub
sequent to the pacihcation of Europe, or the
Undersigned, by not acting under such instruc-
lions, gave no proof of q sincere desire to bring
the present negotiations TO q favorable conclu-
sion. The undersigned did not aHude in refer
ence to the alledged intention to annex Cana
da to the y. D. to any Instructions given by
eheir government subsequently to Jan last, be-
cairse, asking at this time for no accession OF
territory, it was only Gifts previous disposition
that it appeared necessary to produce any proof
$50 erroneous was the inference drawn bv the
British Ptenipotentiaries, in both respects, that
twas in virtue of the instructions OF June last.
that the undersigned were enabled in their
note OF the oath Aug. to state that the causes
of the war between the L. S. and c. Britain,
having disappeared, BY the maritime pacifi-
cation OF Europe, they had been authorized
TO agree to its termination upon mutt. res
toration OF territory, and without making the
conclusion Of peace, to depend on a success
ful arrangement of those points ON which the
differences had existed.
Considering the present state of the nerocia-
ton, the undersigned viii abstain at this time.
from adduclng any evidence or remarks upon
the infuence which has been exercised over
tie Indian tribes inhabitipg the territories of
the U. s. and the nature Of those excitements
which have been employed b. British traders
and agents.
The arguments and facts already brought
forward by the undersigned respecting the
political condition Of those tribes, render it
unnecessary for them TO make many observa-
tons on those of the British plenipotentlaries
on that subject. The treaties Of 1865 & 1884
were those principally alluded to by the I'M
dersIgned, to Illustrate the practice of Great