Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-20

CoHtiuc them 70 sum sss"'s
selected. not by the Indian nations,
but hy the American government.
Professions such ms these g. Britain
can never ressgnize: however re'uc-
tant his royal highness the. Prince
Rcyep, may be 10 continue the war,
that evil must be preferred. il peace
can only he obtained on these sondi-
lions.
To support these pretensions, and
at the same time TO show. that The
present conduct Of Great Britain is
Inconsistent with her fsrmer practice
and principles. the Americas pleoi.
po,entiarics have referred 10 the
treaty Of peace efi7Ss. to that Of
i76s. and to the segociations sfi76f
during the administrators Of n minis
ter. whom the American plenipo-
teutiaries have stated, and trnly stat.
cd, TO be high in the estimstion oil
his country.
The omi.siaR to provide in the
. treaty srf-ss. for the paeifcafioa
OF the Indian nations, which were 60
! be iseiuded within the proposed bann-
Diary Of the Uaited States. cannot
preclude Great Britain from new He-
gosia,isg in behalf Of sueh tribes or
nations, unless il he assumed. that
! the occasional aoarxereise ola right
/, is AN abaudonment Of it. Nor can
1 the right Of protection. which The
Aserican pienipoteatiarics have TAIL
/ ed in showing to have been ever
! claimed by Great Britain as incident
! 10 sovereignty, have been transfer
| red by Great Britain to the United
: States, 10y a treaty. to which the
Indian Nations were not parties.
Ia tho pe zee oft76S. it was uane.
cesssry for Great Br;tain 10 treat
for the paeifea.ion OF the Indian ma
tions, aud the maintenance Of their
rights and privileges. because there
had been no Indian cations living
wiiaaut the British Boundaries. who
! cooperated with Great Britain. 10
the war against France.
With respect 10 the negotiations
| Of 1851, between Great britain aBd
France. OF which the American
! pleaipo,entiarics more particularly
| RELY. they appear. Ia the Judgment
| Of the hslcrsigasd. to asve much
| misuaderstood the waois course Of
! that negotiations.
! II is very true. that the Frene'.
government brought forward, AT esc
period Of the neSo.ist'an. . proso.
| si;ien, ny which e ri,in territory.
lying betweea the dosinions Of the
two eon.raetin; parties. was TO have
heea allatied TO The indian nations.
Bat it does not appear that this farm
cd part eftheir uliimatum. AID il
is clear, that Mr.. Pitt in his answer,
did not object In the srspu,ition. He
objected. indeed 10 the proposes line
Of denarkaiion between the eoua
tries belonging TO the two contracting
parties. upon tw. grounds: list, that
the proposed northern line woald
(, have given to France, what the
French had themselves aeknswledg.
ed to be a part sf Canada, the whole
OF which. as enjoyed by his Nest
| Christian Msjesf,. it had been sii-
| ynla,ed. was 10 be cedcd eatirely 10
Great Britsin; 2lly. that the south.
era par. Of the proposed line oil de.
mar5a,isn xeuld have included with
| in the boundary Of Louisiana, the
! Cherokees. the Greeks. the ChiGka-
saws, the Choctaws. and anofhcrna.
! tioa, who occupied territories which
never had been included wiihia the
! boundaries OF that settlemeat. So
/ tar was Mr.. Pitt from rejecting. MS
alledgsd by the American plsnipo.
teatiarie,. the proposition OF consi.
derins Indian nations as = barrier,
sthat ut one period Of the begociaiion
he complaired that there was no pro.
! vision for such y barrier: and he
thus energe,ieally urges his oejee-
tions. in his letter to MIR. Stanley,
the British plcn;potentisry at Paris.
dated on the s6ih June. 1861 (" As
10 ,ns fixa,ion or new limits TO Cana
da towards the O.,ie, il is eap,ioas
and insicisas, thrown out in hope. il
agreed TO, TO shorten thereby the ex-
tent Of Canada. AID to lenSthcn the
: boundaries Of Louisiana, and in the
view to establish, what must not &c
, a,!s,iited, namely. that all which is
not Canada is Louisiana, whereby