Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-10-24
JON i. RUSSELL,
ALBERT GALLArIN.

Note ofthe British Commissioners.
.rpere;,ea liter he above tts was writ n
The undersigned, Plenipotentia,ies OF His
Br;tannic Majesty, do themselves the honor
ofacquainting the Pleni potentiarles of the
U STATES, that they have communicated to
their court the result OF the conference
which they had the honor of holding with
them upon the h instant. in which they
stated that they were unprosided with an.
speciic instructions, as TO compreh endiDg
the Indian ations IN treaty OF peace TO be
made with G.. B lain, and as to d. timing a
boundary to the lDdlan territory.
Ihe Undersigned are nstructed to &c,
Quaint the plenipotentiaries OF the United
Safes, that his Majesty's government, hav
inc at the outset ofthe negoeia;ion, with
view 10 the speedy resto' alton Vi peace, re
duced as lar as possible the number OF
points to be discussed, and having profes St d
thems Ives willing to lorego on some i'm
po,,an, topics any s,ipuiauon to the adyan-
t,qe OF Great Britain, cannot but feel some
surprise tina, the government of the y
States should no, have furnished their plen
ip,reutiaries with instructions upon those
points which could hardly isii to come
under discussion
Under Ire inability Of the American
plsnipo,entiari> TO conclude any article up
on ne subiec. OF Irdian racifcs,ion and
Indian b1undaty. which shall bind the 80,
ernmen, Of the u States, his NJ les Us
government conceive tina, they Cannot give
a better proof Of their sincere desire for The
RESTORATION Of peace than by protesting 4! cir
Willingness to ccept a provisional article
uaou those heads, In the event oil the Amet-
lean plenipo,entiaries considering them
selves authorised To accede to the general
Drjuci les, upon which such an article
oupht 10 be founded With view 10 ena-
bic The AM rican plenipoten.iariesto dc eide
how far the CONCLUSION of an article is withil
the limit OF their general discretion, the
unde, signed are dil ected 10 state, fully ana
distinctly The basis upon which alone Greal
Britain sees any prospect OF advantage in
the continuance OF the negotiations at the
present tine
The undersigned have already had the
honor Of stating to the American pleni po-
ten,iaries, tia, in considering tie poinls
above referred 10, as sine qua non of an,
treaty OF peace, the view oil the b lush gov
G nment is the permanent tranquility and
seCu'ity of the Indian nations and The pre-.
yention of those jeaiousies ard iriititions TO
which the frequent alteration Of the Indian
limits has heretofore given rise.
Eu' this purpose il Is indispensably neces
sa,y hal the indian nations who Rave been
during The war in alliance with Great Brit
ain should, at the te, mination OF the war, be
included in the paciGcat,on
1t is equally necessary, hat definite
boundary should be assigned TO The Indians
and that the co.dtac inS parties shoui
guarantee the integriy OF thtif territory, by
mutual stipulation, mol 10 acquire by pu,
chase or otht.v ise, any territory within The
specified limils. The b iiish government
are wiling 10 take, IS the basis Of an article
on this subject, those stipuiations of The
treaty Of & 'enyllle suh'ec, 10 modifc atons,
wi ich rela'e 10 boundary line.
As the unde, signed are DESTROYS of stat
ire every point in connection with the
subject, wiich may reasonably Influence tn.
decision o, the American pienii oieniaiits
in the exercise of th.ir discre ZION, they avail
themselves Of this opportunity 20 rtpea,
what they have alread, stated, that Grea
Britain desi,es the revision oil t frontier
between he Moth American domnlons
and those of h. United Stsles, not with any
view to Oh acquis, ion of terrific y, as such
but for The pu pose OF securing her posses
sions, and preventing iuture disputes.
The BRUSH %o,efnmtnt consider the
lakes tom lake Ontallo 10 lake superior,
both inclusive, TO be The natural rnIirYr,
i,onier OF the Itish possession IN Norli.
Ame,4ca. As the weaker power on the
Nafth Am,ricai' co.,tinen, the least caps-
bic Of acting Extensively, and the most