The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-13
LAST NIGHTS MAIL.
WAsa1wGroM, Oct. II.

~ eiiS OiitStt NtdlcS. ne sentiments II exCit-
ed IN both ftouscs were purely national, ard
ipoost unanimous
To Me Senate and House Of
H.f'resentatiuts gfthe u. Statcs,
Lay before Congress communications
Just received from the P.enipotentialies OF the
y. =. charged with g0ciath,g peace with
.. Britain shelving the conditions on which a
lone that government is willlng to put an end
to the war.
1 he instructions tn those Observation-Disclosures,
disclosing the grounds, on which they we've
authorised to negotiate aud conclude atreaty
Ok peace, VIII be the subject of another COM
munication.
jas. MADISON.
WasfiEgfon, Oct. 10, 1914.
[Herefaw &c irst long ette. from y r Communist
oners detailing their first rontrrc1crs with The British
y pause yrs ru' % he'n bv their demands rcsIecag
the inoa's--they "i!l appear ~ next,I'he foi-
io"i;s 49,; toe iast pspcrs and wv, ave view
81 the t1-t 1nTrGs and the present OF the neo-
Citation.
AIrsara. .41a'ns, Bcya,J, Czay, PISSED, and
GaHat'n, - Air Monroe, Secretary Of
S:atr, ddte2
Client, 18th Aug. 1914.
SIR--M'. Baker, Secretary to the British
mission, called upon rs TO-DAY, at I clock, &
invited US to a conference to be held at s.
This was agreed to, and the British Commits
sioners opened it, by saying that they had
received their further Instructions this morn
Ing- and had not lost moment in requesting a
meeting for the purpose OF communicating the
decision Of their government. 1t is proper to.
notice that Lord Castercagh had arrived last
night IN this city whence, il is said, he WILL de-
part tomorrow o. his way to Brussels and
Vienna.
The British Commissioners stated that then,
Government had felt some surprize that we
were not instructed respecting the Indians, us
1t could not have been expected that they
wouIi leave their Allies, in Their comparatively
weak situation, exposed to our resentment.
u. b. might Justly have supposed that the A
InerlCan Government would have furnished
us with Instructions, authorizing us to agree
70 positive article OF the subject bat The least
she Gould demand was that we shou!d ski,
provisional article admitting the principle,
subject 70 the ratification OF our government
SO that, 1t 1t should be ratified, the treaty
should take effect and. if not, that it should
be null aud void: on our assent or refusal TO
admit such an article would dcpead the cen
tnuance or suspension of the negotiation.
AS We had represented that the p~opositi
on made by them, Ola that subject, was not
sufficiently explicit, their Government had di-
rected them to give us every necessary expla-
nation and to state distinctly the basis which
mustb be considered as an Indispensable preli-
minafv.
1t was sine qlla non that She Indians
should be included in the pacfcaton, and as
incident thereto, that the Boundaries of their
territories should be permanently established
Peace with the Indians was a subject So sim
pie, as TO require uo comment. IVlth respect
10 the boundaries which was to divide their
territories from that Of the U. States, the OBJ
Ject OF tue British government was, chat the
ihQlahS should remain as permanent bar
f1er between our western settlements, and
the adjacent British provinces, to prevent
them nom being conterminous to each other:
and that neither the u. States nor g. Britain.
should ever hereafter have the RICH. to pr
chase, or acquire any part oi t5e territory thus
recognized, as belonging to the. Indians With
regard to-the extent Of the Indian ter!itory,
and the boundary line, the British government
would propose the lines Of tne GrechyiIe
treaty, as q proper basis subject however; 20
discussion and notifications.
we stated that the Indian TERRITORY, accoY-
ding to these lines. would comprehend great
NUMBER or American cirizens not less per
haps than hundred thousand and asked.
what was the intention of the British govern
ment, respecting them, and under whose go
vernment they would fall? 1t was answered
that those settlements would be taken. into
consideration, when the Inc became subject
OF discussion ; bit that such OF the inhabitants
\ as wOCid u!ilmateiyhe included within the In
dian territory, must make their swn arrange
ments and provide for themselves.
lie British commissioners here said that
J considering the importance of the question we
had to decide, Chat of agreeing TO a tovision-
al article their government had thought it
| right, that We should also be fully informed Of
/ It's views, with respect to the proposed revis-
! ion OF the boundary line between the d5nin-
| ions OF G. Britain & the u. States.
| 1st. Experience had proved that the io;nt
I possession Of the lakes, and right common
to both nations to keep up naval force on
| them, necessarily produced collisions * rem
| dered peace insecure. rs c. Britain could
| not be supposed to expect 10 mai, con
| quests in that quarter, and as tlat province
! was considerably weaker than the u. Sfates,
| and exposed to invasion, IL was necessary for
IT'S security, that G.. Gritam should require
that the u States should heceartet keep no
. 91Ued naval force on tie Western Lakes
/ from AXE Ontario 30 Lake Superior, both
Z inclusive that they should not erect any for
/ tined or military post or establishment on the
shores Of those Lakes and that they should
not maintain those which were already eyis
sing. This must, they said, bc considered as
q moderate deioend, .ince &. Bci,.n, f she