Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-05
,.cl,ed for after he presf which they

S.a,,eS ; for after The presf which they
have already given ofa firm resls'apes
| in tba, mode psrsevered IN shii 'ht
practice had ceased, snder eireums'an
&C, the most favorable, it cannot DC PIE
,umed that the practice viii ever DC to-
| leratsd again. Certain II 10, that every
| dsy will render it more ineligible In u
Britain 10 make the attempt.
Ia contemp plating the appointment oil
| commissioners, to be made alter the ra-
t6ratisn Of the present treaty. TO ne
p,ciate snd conclude treaty to regh
late commerce and provide against I'm
| pressment, it is meant only to shsw the
extent TO which you may go, in spirl:
of ae commed ation, if necessary. Should
tn. British government be wiling to
take the subject up Immediately VITA
you, i, would be much preferred, In
which case the proposed article wsuld
cf course, be adsp,edts the parp sc.
Information has been received tro"
a quarter deserving attention, that tae
kts events 10 France have produced
such m effect on the B fish govern
mert, as to make il probable thai de"
| aand will be made at Gouenburg, I"
surrender our right to the h'heries, to
abandon all trade bsyond the Cape O
Good Hope, and cede Louisiana 10
Spain, We cannot believe that such
, a.nand wili be made should It he,
y,u viii of course treat it ss it deserves.
These rights must not BE- brcusat into
\ discussion. II insisted CD, your nege
tiops will Cease.
| i have the honor to be, &c. &c. SC.
| (Sign-l) JAMES MONROE
"Whe.eas by the peace IN Europe,
the essential causes Of the war between
the u. States aa6 Great Britain, aud par
! ,icular!y the practre Of imprisonment,
have ceased, and u ,incere desire exists
to arrange, 10 = mlnacr Satisfactory to
both parties, all questions concerning
seamen; md 1t Is also their desiri
& intention to arrange, in q like .atisiac
tory msnnsr, tie commerce between the
two couutr,es, IL is therefore sereed, thai
| commissioners SHALL forthwith be ap.
pointed IN uacb side, 10 meet at -
With full power 10 negotiate and con
c,ude trsa;v; as soon a. 1t may be prae
TIC .bie, for the arrangement OF those i'm
portant interests IL is nevertheless an
derstood, tha ,un,il such treaty be form
ed, zach party shall retain alliis rights X
that all American eitiLens who have bssn
impressed into the British service stall
be forthwith discharged"
Extract Of q letter fiom 'he Secretary
of STATE 10 the Commissioners Of ihe
| U States for treating with G: 8'i
| ssin, dsssd
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
June 81, 1915.
"The omission TO send ministers to
| Goitenburg without a Presieus and OH
sial notification Of the appointment and
arrival there Of those OF the y. States, y
Formally, which, if due from either par
~, might have oeen expected itom tina!
making the overture, rather than tia,
accepting it, is proof Of u diiatory po
iicY, and would, il other respects Jssii-
~ auimaaYersi0ns, iftbsse was less dis
osi,ion here To overlook circumstances
Of form, when interfering With more
,ub.tantis. objects.
| by my letter Of the 2Sth inst. which
| poes with ibis, you will And hat the sub
isct had already been acted on undr.
similar Impressions with those whic 3
| Mr.. Bayard aud MIR. GallAtin's lett.
could not fail 10 produce. TAs view,
however, presented by ,aem is much
stronger, aad entitled to much greater
attention. Tho President has taken the
subject int. consideration again, & given
20 their sugssstiope all the weight TO
which they are jnstiv entitled.
"On ,n2tu-e confederation il has been
! decided, that under al! the circumslsa-
ces above alluded 10, incident to prose
eulion Of the wat, you may omit any stl.
pul.;ion ON the subject of imprsssment,
| if found iadispen,ably Dscessary to ter.
inmate it. You will, of course, not ts
eur to this expedieat until all your CT
forts 10 adjust the controversy in more
satislsetery manner have failed. As j,
is not the in,en,isn Of the u. States, Ia
suffering the treaty to be silent on the
subject of imprsssment, 10 adni: The
British claiA thereon, or to reliaquish
that Of The United States 1t is highly
inpor,an. tiiat any such inference be en-
,irsly precluded, by q declaration or
pratcst in seme form or other, that the
omission is net to have any such eject
| or tendency. Any modification OF the
practice, to prevent abuses, being an &C.
knowiedg mont of the right in q B itain
is utterly iDadmissible.
"Although GoueDburg was esntem-
plated at the time you commission was