The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-13

crease OF territory, III glit with propiietv have
asked cessicn. OF the adjacent American
shores. The co nmercial navigation and IN
teicourSe would be left on the sane footing aus
heretofore. IL WAS expressly stated, On az
swer to Il question we asSed,) that g. Br-
tain was to retain the right of having on arm
ed naval force on those lakes. and of hcldin.
military posts * establishments on theii.
shores
.. The boundary Inc west of lake Superior,
and thence to the mississippi, to be revised !:
and the treaty right Of Great Britain to the
navigation OF the Mississippi, To- he Continued
When asked, whether ;hey cid not mean the
line from the lake OF the WOODS 70 the Mis-
sissippi, the British commissioners rcpe;. ed
that they Ilieant the line from lake Superior
to that river.
5. y direct communication from Halifax 6;
the province of New brunswick tc Ogcbec
to be secured To Great Britain. In answer tc
our question, in WHIT manner this was To be
effected, we were told that i must be tlore iv
a csssion to Great Britain of that portion Of
the district Of Maine (in the state of Massa-
chusettS) which interyenes between New
brunswick and Quebec, and prevents that di-
rect communication
Hever.ine 20 the Proposed provisional arti-
ticlc, respecting The Indian pacifcati N and
Boundary, the British ComnisS;on ers conclud-
ed by stating to Us that # rle conferences
.
such an article, without having obtained fur
Their Instructions from cur government, Great
Rrtain WCud not consider herself bound to a
bide by the terms which she now offered, but
would be at liberty 10 vary and regulate her
demands according to subsequent events, and
in such manner rs the state the war, al the
time OF renewing the negotiations, might war
rant.
We asked whether the statement made,
d'ry lne between the u. Statse and the dcyni-
mons or Greet Britain, eblbracyl All the oh
jccts She meant to bring forward tor discus
sion, and what were, p1rt cnlariv, her views
With respect To Moose Island. a. such other
Islands m the Bay of Passamaquoddy, Us had
heen IN our possession till the present war, but
had been lately captured We we're answer
ed, that those islands, belonging Of right t. c.
Britain, Us uiuch 81, one of the Commission
ers said, rs Ncrthamptonsliire,) they would
certainly hs kept by her, and were not even
supposed 70 &c an object oe discussion.
From the :orcih!e manner in which the de-
mand, that the United States sllclld keep no
naval armed force on tie Lakes, nor amy mi
litary post on their shores, had been brought
forward, We were induced to inquire whe-
Their tins condition was also meant as sine
q7tQ for To this the British commissioners
declined giving positive answer. TheY said
that they had been sufficiently explicit that
they had gwen us one sine glso ron, & when
We had DISPOSED of that, It would be time
enoue' TO give Us an answer as to another.
We then stated that, considering the ra-
ture ard importance of tho cor municati.
made this dav, we wished the British com, s.
sioners to reduce their proposals TO writing.
before gave them an answer; this they
agreed t. and promised to send Us an Official
note without delay
We need hardly say that the demands Of
Great Brtain win receive from us an uran-
imouS and decided negative We do ret
deem it necessary to detain the john Adams
for the purpose of transmitting 10 You the Of
fetal notes which may pass on the SUI ect
and close the negotiation. And we have felt
1t our duty Immediately to appIIze you, by
this hastY, but correct sketch OF our last con
ference, that there is not, at present, any
hope ofpeace.
we have the honor to be, sir, with perfect
respect, your obe0icnt servants,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
]. A. EAYARD,
II. CLAY,
IONA. RUSSELL,
ALBERT GALLAFIfS.
N5fe ofJhe Pr1ti,h C2D7nia aicners.
[Received after the abrve letter @as writ
ten.
The 'tndcrs;S ned, Penipotentiaries of rs
brltannc Niajestv, do themselves the honor
Of arquqinting the PlenpOtentiaries of the
United States, that they have communism
ted TO their Court the result of the Confer
ence which they had the honor Of holding
with them upon the 9th inatqrt, in whic
they stated that they we're urprovided with
any specific in t,uc'jons, as to compre-
heniing the Indian Nations in treaty Of
peace TO be made with Great Britain, and
as to defining aboundary to the Indian terri
Try.
The undersigned are instructed to &C
quaint the Pieuipoteutiaries 81 the United
States, that his Majesty's government ha-
Wing at the outset of the negotiation, nth
view to the speedy restoration Of peace, re
duced as far Is possible me number OF points
TO be discussed, and having prcfessed them
selves wiling to foreso On some important
topics any stipulation to the ADVANTAGE Of
Great Britain, cannot but feel some srr-
prize that the Government Of the United
States should not have furnished Their PIE
npotentiarics with Instructions upon those
points which cruld hardy fail 20 come undt!
discussion.
Under the inability Of the American pie
npotentlarcs, 20 conclude any article upGu
the su6lect Of Indian pacihcation and Indian
BOUNDARY. which Shall bind the government
of the United States. his Maety's govern
ment conceive that they cannA give a better
proof Of their sincere desire for Tic restoro-
ton % peace, SHIN BY protesting their Wi