The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-25

'"o piiHtCQ copies vi Tue IfeSiGcnt9 DrOCla
maticn founded upon il, of his previous mes
sage recommending il, of the report IF tn,
committee of foreign relations proposing it.
and OF the National Intelligencer os the 2oth
juhe. The original ofyour letter with csc
documents not having yet come to hand,
these gave me the first official communica
tion Of the war.
| l had on the 7th inst. an interview with
the Chancellor Count RomanzoF. in which /
communicated 20 him The substance of that
part OF your dispatch which related q Rus
STA, and those which concern the state of our
relations with France. in the present state
OF the war between this country end II anre.
was convinced that the view Of the Anne
fican governments intentions with regard to
mat power, so explicitly and so strongly ma.
infested IN voar letter, would not only be gra-
tifying to the chancsl !or, but thar il would
De satisfactory To the Emperor, and would
powerfully courIeract any impressions unfa :
Vorabie to the United States, which the En-
Siish interest here is cndeavo"ipg to excite.
l therefore told the count, that although
had not been instructed to make him any
official communication of the declaration Of
war, the dispositions of the American go
verrment towards other powers. and parti
cularIy towards Russia, on this occasion,
h@u been distinctly suggested TO me, in a
manner which l felt it my DUTY 10 make
known TO him. That the United States,
compelled by the unavoidable necessity to
vindicate their violated rights against Great
Britain by war. were DESTROYS that il might
De confined exclusively To them and their
enemy, and that no other power might be
involved in it. That it was particularly and
earnestly their wish - preserve and main
tam IN theirtullest extent their commercial
and friendly rela'i0nS with Russia. That
the war IN which the Emperor is now engag-
ed against France, although it could not he
known by the President TO have been actu-
ally commenced at the time when your dis
patch was written, was however Conte lpat-
ed as more than probable, and the necessity
which obliged the Emperor to take part
IN 1t, was mentioned to me as a cause of re.
greet to the American government. Put IT
wos hoped 1T could not in the slightest de-
gree affect the friendly dispositions betweeR
Russia and the United States. That was
informed by you that the principal subjects
OF discussion which had long been subsistirr
between US and France, remained unsettled
That there was no immediate prospect that
there would be satisfactory settlement of
them; but that whatever the event in this
respect might be, it was not the intention of
the government of the United States 90 en-
Ter into any more intimate connexions with
France. This disposition added was ex-
pressed IN terms as strong ard ciear as
thought language could afford. L was even
observed that the government of the United
States did not anticipate any event whate
YER that could produce that effect, and was
the more happy to find myself authorised by
my government 70 avow that intention as
tferent representations of their views had
been widely circulated as well in Europe as
in a america.
The count received this communication
with assurances of his own high satisfaction
at its purport, and of his persuasion hat 1t
would prove equallV satisfactory TO the Er-
peror, before whom he should lay il without
delay. He said that with regard to the
friendly and commercial relations with the
United States, il 7vaa tie Enltero,'s fred
determination TO mnintu,n then, so fa,. as
dchended ufion him in their fullest eztent.
He asked me if l had any objection TO his
communicating to the British government
itself that part of my information to him
Which related to France. ] said that, on
the Contrary, as the British government had
IN the course OF our discussions with them
frequently intimated the belief that the a
me-lcan government was partial To France
and even aCtuated by French influence
supposed that the knowledge OF this frank &
explicit statement, with a due consideration
OF the time and occasion upon which it was
made, must have a tendency TO remove The
~ Va Nv l'''NiS'i C"UiDcAJ dtb il WDulO
have produced on their part disposition
mo 6 incllniug tn Cancellation.
Yesterday ,ne Count sent a note request
Ing me to call upon him again, which &C
cordIngly did He showed me- the draueh'
OF dispatch to the Count Lev the Rus
sian ambassador i'll England which he had
prepared to lay before the Emperor for his
appreciation, and which related the sub
stance OF my conversation with him, parti
cularly liz regard To- tine intentions Of the A
meriCan government with reference TO
France instrucns Count Lieven 20 make
1t known to Lord Castlerearh. and To use it
for the purpose OF convincing the British
government 81 the error in suspectng that
or the United States If any subserviency To-
France, in the expectation that 1t wo1d pro.
mote IN the Briush ministry the disposition
TO peace with the United States, which he
count I1ieven) knew lis Imperial Maies-
Ity had much at heart, believing it equally
for the interest of Do n powers. and also for
that Of his Own empire. The chancellor
said that a ths dispatch woald refer to
what ] had verbally stated 70 him in our
preceding Conversation, he WISHED before
submitting to she Emperor, that | should
peruse it 10 satisfy himself that he mad con-
inectedly rcPresen the purD0r. Of my
communication to hin, and he desired me, if
shoaid drd any maccuracy or variation
from what had said 20 him, TO point It out
to him, that be iHIsht make the despatch
per't GUY correspond wi,h what I had said.