The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
3 NO. Y.
BRITISH NOTE.


The British 10 the Hn,crc0n Commissioners.
GHENr, Sept. 49, 1914.
The undersigned have the honor a. acilnow-
ledge the receipt of the note Addressed to them
by the American plcnpotentiarics on the 9th
inst.
ON the greater part of that note, tde under
signed have no intention to Ulci.e comments,
having proposed 10 themselves throughout the
negotiation 10 avoid all unnecessary discus
stems, more especially when tending TO create
irritation.
On the question Of tie northwestern from
tiers, they are happy to fnd that no material
Difficulty is likely TO arise
With respect to TIE boundavr of the District
OF Maine, the undersigned observe with re-
gret, that although the American plcnipo.cn-
t!aries have acknowledged themselves to be
instructed to discuss a revision of the b0unda-
ry line, with 4 view IN prevent uncertainty 81
dispute, yet, by assunirS an exclusive right
at once to decide what IS or is mot a SUBJECT
OF uncertainty and dispute, they have render
ed their powers nugatory or inadmisSibly par
tial in their operation.
After the declaration made by the Ameri-
can Pleniptcntiaries, that the u. States will
admit OF no line ofbouniaiy between their ter
ritory and that Of the indian nations, because
the natural growth and population Of the u.
States would De thereby arrested, il becomes
unnecessary further to insist OH TIE proof of
spirit Of aggrincizemeht afforded by the. p,Ir-
chase ot Louisiana from France, against the
known conditions on which it had been coded
by Spain to tnat country or the hostile sciz-
dte Of great parto of the Foridas. under the
pretehce OF dispute respecting the bounda-
~.
The reason given By the American Pleni-
poteniaries for this declayalion equally ap-
plies to the assignment of a boundary to the
y. States on any side, with Whatever view
proposed; ana the unlimited nature Of the
preten5ion would alone have justified Great
Britain in seeking more eflectual securities a
saipst its application to Canada than any
which the Undersigned have had the honor to
propose.
Had the American Pien;potentiarias been
instructed ON the subject of Canada. they wcn!sl
not have asserted that its permanent anne xa-
ton had not been The deCIa d object OF their
government. 1t has. been distinctly avoved
To be sIch at different times, particularly bv
two American generals on their re spcctive in
vasioDs Of Canada Il the declaration firs,
made had been disapproved, itwould not have
been repeated. The declarations here refer
red to arc 20 DC found in the proclamation OF
Gen. Huh ia July. 1872 aud of Gen. Sn,y tn
m Nov. 1912, copies Of which are heredito
annexed.
II must be also from the want CT instruction
that the American plcnipotentaries havs
been led to assert that G.. Britain his induced
the Indians to withdraw from the protection
of the u. States. The government Of the u.
States cannot have forgotten that G.. Eiitain,
so far from inducing the Indians to Withdraw,
themselves from the protection of the u. s.
gave the earliest information Of the intention
of those nations to invade the IT, States, and
exertcd herself, though without success, to
prevent and appease their hostility. The In
dian nations, however, having experienced. as
they thouEs :, oppression Instead Of protection,
from the Y. States, declared war against them
previously 70 the declaration OF war by chat
country against Great Britain The treaty
by which the Indians placed themselves un.
der the protection Of tue y. States is now alb
roy ted, and the American COVE rntnent can
not be entitled 20 claim, as right, tc renew
al OF an article in 4 treaty, which has mr., lon
ger any existence. The indian nations are
therefore 10 longer g. re considered as undcr
the prctec'jon Of the United States whatever
r'ay I've TIC iro2oft Ct that terin) and it Can
Oll. bc or "a. gcoUaj i.iat thcy are rig uaed