Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-03

Fen, nc Ministers Extraordinary, CIV
p,eni,o,cn,iary Of The United States ~
Gsent, explaining the course am as'u,
81 state Of their negss's'inrs WIN '"'
plcpipo,cntlaries oi Gfeat BRIAN n>,
JAMES MADISON.
December j, 1914.
rAceompa n; ing ms message was
ycI,,ne Of dncuacnts, beyond the cSP",
,ei,y Of newspaper TO present 'hom ."
Al, one view. We have therefore select
ed those which arc calculated In inc
,ma,les. space to give me best sensiai
riew of the state otthc Negotiation, re-
serving the publication ofthS rema'Hcsr'
almost equally Interesting, unt!i cur "eN
and succeeding rapc's, 10 whieh VIC
shall be able to publish the wnoiS Sc
ric,. l-ysaf Int.
No. !.
Cohy ia later iron 5?ess's' Haams'
Baya,d, Ger, Rasse!l. and Gafa'
Tin, 10 the Secretary Of State, dated
GHExr, a5th Oct. 1914.
strive have the honor oil rans-
mi,,inp herewith copies Of oil oar cor.
re.re, tIcncc with III. British rienlpo'
t.ntiarics, since the departure ct M'.
Dallas. Although tho ncgo'istion has
rot terminated SO abruptly as NC ex-
| pcc,cd st tba, period that il would, we
| have no reason - retract the epihhn
which wc then expressed, that no hopes
Of peace as likely TO result from II, could
be enter ained-Il is true. tina: the terms
which the British government had so
perem,,o'i!y prescribed a, 'h't time,
have been apparently abandoned' anu
,5at the sne gua non then required rs
pre- limnary To all disc ussiGn upon other
PICS, has been reduced 10 an arucie
seclring merely an Iriian rscihcliinn,
which We have agreed to accept, sub
iect 10 the ratification or reicctioD OF our
goyernmen,-b4 you WI perceive,
that our request for the exchange 81
project ola treaty, has been Guided. and
that in their lost nate, tie Il itIsh Picsi.
y ten iaries have advanced demand
n cn'y UcN snd luud,'issib'c, but to-
tally incomp Aibie with ihsir uniform
rreviups declarations, that Greet Bfi- /,
,ain had NJ vi.a In. TITS nego,ilupn To !
anr acqui i,inn OF territory. Il viii be !
pnrceiy 4 ,ka :his ncw prg'eUSlon was !
n:aush forward imn.cd,aieiY ai,er the |,
acc uu,, had been received That Briiih |
f5tCc had taken possession OF all that !
part Of rho stare Of Massachusetts, sitn.
,c cost e Pennb.cot rive. The Blush !
Pirn .po;cn,iarirs have invari-oiy refer
"a! 10 heir government every mote re.
ccivrd fros, us, and waited the return ol
tleir messenger before they have trans
'.il:cd "a ~ ttcir answer and the ~ r.!t
,cecr of the spandcncc, As we'll a,
;lc maDncr iu whien 1t Ia, been con.
doc eJ an the part OF the BSipsh gSvcfn-
rn.nt, have cpncur'ed to Convince U.s.
n , their object has been delay their
motive, fer this policy we p"c'umc ~
ha. been to keep The alternative Of
pcacc, or 81 . pro,rar.cd war, in their
own bands. nrtii tic general arrange
.nen, nr t.urupsau affairs should be &C.
cumpI> he'd 1t the Congress OF Nierna,
asa an;il they could avail .m,cives az !
the s'ly4s'aceS which they Eavs an.Ici.
o ted from thr success Of their arms
iu,jns the present campaign liz Amcrl-
Cd.
hl'hGugh the so.trrigns Who bad &c.
'crsoip-i - re p csent at the congress
y Vicrra tete been already seie'tl
weeks assembled there, il docs not sP.
pear by the last adv!ccs t'.m that place.
/ .M he congress has been formally o-
Dsncd. On the c0n,rl V, by dccisra
non fror the plenip"tcnllaries # the
powers, who wcic p,rie. - tD" pr2cg
Il Paris al SO n Nv lIs;. the epeEing
t The ConG'ess tpPars 10 h.re been
p tip ned to- TIC fist ol y rrmber. a
er".,ali !. AID 80 have b, eli p esenied
y, the F,snoh Amha.ssG ] ,iley' and,
m which II is dec AIRED that Fvpcc ls,-
ne returned To he, Boundaries in l792,
IAN reoogniz roue OF n, aggrand! e.
lent &c 81 er g'eat powers oi En-
pc sia,e that pc-Td although not in s
tending 20 oppose ,hsn lay var.
Thes" circumstances indicate that the
new basis tor the p,li,issi system Of Eu ,
'tr-, vii nos DC so speedily sett!sd as {
has been expected The p incip!c thus &
ssumed b, France is very extensive ia +
is effects. and opens field for neSnt-
S;Ion much wider than had been aRtlci a
,a,ed We hmk u t'cs mt promise :.
N aspect OF immediate tranquility IN
his continent, aud that il will tiscoacc-i
\ tcuiari, the measures WHICH G'e.
5 itsin had b-en taxing With regard 10
he falure destination Of this county, n.
nnng oth-rs. and TO which she i,as a,-
ach apparently much importanco.
We have ,kc honor to be-, with grca.
'cspSci, 81, v,ur very humble servants,