Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-12-22

that t 9 not reciprocal: secondly, that as
the United States could have no security
that the Indian nations would conclude q
peace on the terms proposed, the propositi
on would be in effect immaterial.
The article now proposed by the IN
undersigned, and herewith enclosed, is free
from both objections, and appears to them
50 characterised by a spirit Of moderation
and peace that they certainly anticipate the
concurrence of the American plenipotenti'
aries.
In making last effort in this stage oil
the war, the undersigned are not aPprehen
sive that The motives which have influenced
his royal highness the Prince Regent, to
direct renewal of the proposition, with its
preseat modification, can be misunderstood
OF misinterpretsd.
Whs ever may be the result of the pro
position thus offered, the undersigned deli
YER it as their uitimatum, and now await
with anxiety the Answer of the American
plenipotentiaries, on which their eontinu-
ance in this place will depend"
Uitimdtuat as to Indian Boundaries.
The United States of America engage
TO put an end, immediately after the rati
tcation OF the present treaty. to- hostiHties
with all the tribes or nations of Indians
with whom they may be at war. at the
time of such ratification, and forthwith
| to restore to such tribes or nations, res
pectively, all the possessions, rights and
privileges, which they may have. enjoyed
or been entitled to in 1911, previo,s te
| such hostilitIes: provided always that such
tribes or nations shall agree to desist from
| all hostilites against the United States o.
America, their citizens and subjects, upor
the ratification of the present treaty being
| notified to such tribes or nations, and
shall SO desist accordingly.
| And his Britannia majesty engages on
his part, to put an end, Immediately after
the ratification of the present treaty, to
| hostilities with all the tribes or nations o
Indians with whom he may be at war, al
the time of such ratification, and forthwith
| to restore to such tribes or nations respect
lively, all the possessions, rights and pri
vileges which they may have enjoyed or
been entitled to in 1871, previous to such
hostilities; provided always, that such
tribes or nations shall agree to desist from
all hostihties against his Britannia majesty
and his subjects, upon the ratification Of
the present treaty being notified to such
tribes or nations, and shall SO desist &C
cordingly. -
In letter of the 18th October, in On.
swer to that of the 9Th from the British, our
Commissioners accede to their ultimatun
relative to the Indians on the following
| conditions - As
| The article proposed by the British Pleni
potentiaries, in their last note, not includ
| ing the Indian tribes as parties in The
| peace, and leaving the u. States free ia
effect its object in the mode consonant with
the relations with which they have con
stantly maintained with those tribes, par
| taking also of the nature Of an amnesty,
and being at the same time reciprocal, il
not liable to that objection--ahd accords
with the views uniformly protested by the
Undersigned, of placing these tribes pre-
clsely and in evesy respect, in the same
situation as that in which they stood before
the commencement of hostilities This
article, thus proposing only what the un.
dersgued have SO often assured the British
plenipotentiaries would necessarily follow,
If indeed it had not already, as is highly
probable, preceded peace between Great
Britain and the u. States-The under
signed agree to admit it, in substance. as
a provisional article, subject, in the man
ner originally proposed by the British
government to the appreciation or reiec
ton of the government of the U. States,
which, having given no instructions to the
undersigned on this point, cannot be bound
by any article they may admit on the sub
ject.
II will, of course, be understood, that
II, unhappily, peace should not be the
result of the present negotiation, the ar
ticle thus conditionally agreed to shall be
of no effect, and shall not, in any future
negotiation, be brought forward BY either
party, by way of argument or precedent"
UEp MONT VEnIcT TUrUE