Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-13
.a;a,t attack. the U. State. should

II their superior population, am tho
proximity Of their resources give
t.am any advantage in that quarter
II ;ssa!!ancei by tbs great difference
No., seeu the militia establishments Of
tho two nations. No sudden iavssion
ofC.,saa sv she Uaitea States eouil
be ;. ,ls. ui,h,at 'eavins on their
As,.stic shpres, ana On the seeah.
.xno.sa. to the .rsa, superiority OIL
The British force. mass OF Amsrraa
nrapprty. FAR more valuable ina"
canat,a. In hsr relative superior
force to tina, OF thu United States Ia
every .,aer quarter. Great Britain
NAV cal - plcdse muci, more e'nsa
eious for the safety ofn single vu'acf-
a.le paias. than in stipa|atians r,iao'is
!. the interest and degrading to the
| honor ef Amsriea. ras best security
for the possesGoas of both countries
will. however. ba found in an equal
sat! salii peaes /, in @atnai 'essee'
bar faa rights Of each other. ana IN
,.s rn,,iyatisn Of friendly under.
standing ae,uesd them. II there DO
! any seurrs OF jealousy 10 relation I"
! Ca,a:ln itself il Will Ne found toexis
safely IN the nndar interference al
tra,,ess aad asea:s. which ma, I've
| easily removed by proper restraints.
The only American forts on 'ae
,,ke. saowa 10 have been. at the
commencement Of t;,c ncsseia''on,
hels nv British force, are Micliill-
mac;nse and Niagara. As the Z.
| States were, at the same tim'. in
no,sessios Of Amherstburg and the
adjacent country, it is not perceived
that ,ha mere occupations Of tliose,tSo
fort. could give any claim TO his Sri.
tannia majesty to larse eEssions ot
terr;tsry, founded upon the right OF
eo.anest; and the undersigned may
Ia permi,ted 10 add. that even IL the
changes OF wal. should yield to tho
Hriii,h. arms mameniary possession
Of other parts OF tho territories OF
the ". States. such events w"u!'i
net liter their viows with regard IL
the terms e peace IN which they
would give their consent. Without
recurring to examples drawn from
ihc revolutionary governments OF
! France, o. 10 q more recent and H.
la strioas triumph Of fortitaae in ai'
versity. they have been tan-'d ~
their history. that the occupation Vi
their principal cities wcala prsanre
No desponleaey. nor induce their
submission 10 the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
their empire, or to tho abandon
neut Of any one sr .s rights whirh
constitute a part OF their national IN
dependence.
The general position. that II was
consistcnt viii tho principle Of pub.
lie law, and with the practice oil Ell
viIised nations. to include allies 10 "a
treaty of peace, aud 10 provide ior
their security. never was called m
question. by tho undersigned. Int
they have denied the right OF Great
Britain, according TO those principles
aad her own practice. to Interfere IN
anv manner with In,Iian tribes resid-
lag wi,hin tsr territories OF the U.
States. as acknowledged by herself,
10 consider susa tribes as her allies,
srtn treat for them with the United
States. They will not repeat the
fasts and arsumeats already brought
forward by them in support OF TINS
position, AMI which remained nnans
swered. The observations made ny
the Britis,, Observation-Disclosures On the
treaty OF Greenyiilc, and their as.
seriioa that the United States now.
for the first time, deny the absolute
Independence al the Indian triSes a
claim the exclusive right sfpurchas-
ias their lands, require, however,
some notice.
/ If the Unitel States lrad now as
serted, that the Indians within their
houaiarics, who have acknowledged
tae United States as their oaly pre-.
testsrs. were their sn Jjects. lisias
ou,yai suifcrance on their lands, far
from being tho trst in makingsihat
assertisa. they wsuld only have fol-
lowed the example Of tho principles.
naiformly and invariably asserted in
Substance, and frequently avowed in
express terms BY the British govern.
msat itself. What was the meaning
Of all the colonial charters granted