Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-10-24
DOCUMENTS.
WASHINGTON, OCT. ",
HIGHLY
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10th Houie, Of ConRreis, by the Pretident OF the
United S,a,es. The ientiments it excited in both
Houfes were purely national, and aimols unanimous.
Zs.
Il Bs Ssaas cad HasHy
Rsp,s6afsi,Sx, Of iAs United Sfsts
Hay before Cougrels communication jun re-
ceivsd f,om he Pien,posen,,artes. of the unred
States, shar ged With Oegonashg peace with Great
Britain ; hes ing The condition.. on which alone
that goverpasnt is willing TO put an end TO the
var. -,
The ;uR-uc.ions to shefe P;enipotenuar;es, dit
doGpg ID. grounds. on which they were authorized
TO negotiate AID eoneuds = treaty ct peace, viii
be the f. sjsa Of another communication
- JAMES MADISON.
Wss..gs.s osAi~ 10.
Go, y Issss, Es~ N@I:s Aisms. Bayo,d Coy
sni R.Nsa to M. Msasss ses'aars Y state dafad
CaENr, 18th AUGUST, 1914.
srp-We have the honour to inform you hat
The Birth Commit srs Lord Gambler, Henry
Coulburu, E.q and William Adams, E.q, arrived
10 thi. city on sa;ulday evening, the Oh init The
Gay after their arrival, Mr. Baker their Secretary,
eeied upon U. 90 give notice oil the fact. aud to pro-
pole . meeting, AZ > cer..is hour, on the enfuing day
The place having heeu agreed upon, we accordingly
met It O'Clock, on Monday, the 9Th init.
We ~encIoGe, herewith q copy OF he full powers
exhibited bv he britlh Comm,fLonets At that
conference which was opened on their part by an
.zpre0ion Of the fncese and earnef delre Of their
fovsrnmsnt, that The negotiation might raiult in =
Eiid peace honorable TO bosh parties, They, At
the sane time, declared, that no events which had
occutrsd Gnce the iirn propofai for this nesotia
gico, had altered the pacific ddpoh;iou Of their gov
Aenmeut. or varied its view as to he 'erms upon
which it was willing 70 coaclude The peace
We aos wered, thar we heard thele declarations
With Rrest la,isf,ction, and that our government
had accedea to he proposal Of negotiation, with
the mott Gncere dsGre 10 put an end TO the d,fter
ences which divided the two countries and TO lay
upon juR and liberal grounds the foundaticn Il a
peace, which, iecuriog he right. aud ,n;ereits OF
both natious fhouia uni:e them by iaf,pg bonds
Of am,,y,
The B-itih Commit ,ners then Ra,ed the Pillow.
ing .ut jecf., a. ,hoss upcn which 4 appeared to
them -ha he d,icuG al. " au.J be IKE 20 turn,
axd on which thsy = & ,nit, ueced
~. The forcib c fe cure Of masi rers on board OF
merchact vedeis, ARA 80 Connection with II the
CLAIMS Of his Br,iannie klajsliy 20 the arrogance Ut
oil he native ~iahjects Of Great Britain
We uaderitooa hem TO 10 imA'e hA' tie Birth
Government did no, propole .,h.s po'nt q one
which they were p~artuu@riy dehrour OF d~iiouiliny
but that q il hso oc.np ed 10 pfeml'en, a pare
fr he d.leu.es oes ~eso .e wo couni les, Il necei
fafiy attracted motto. ard wa' conhd,rsd a. a tub
ieci which would camt uhder d,ictthon
2. The InG,an a,ae' OF Ctea, bre AIN 20 DC IN.
eiused in the pac,6ta toal and a dshGiie boundary
10 he feftied for their territory
The Bit III commit 1hers l,isd that 40 arrerge
nent upon tins ON, Wa ERE g. "on tina; they
were not authorized TO c5neluGe a treaty OF peace
which did not embrace The IadiaDs, as allies OF Ill,
Dritannic Msj,a, and hat he etaolithment OF =
definite boundary f he Indian territory was Iecet-
kry to fecu,e a parmsneosp peace. not only with
-. L. ne Ans.aor skA fIrstoi etatn. n
Great Britain.
8. 4 revi6ou Of the boundary line between the
United States and the sjaceut Bft,h colonies.
With re(pect 10 this point, they exprelsiy dit
claimed any Intention, en- the part OF Their govern
neot, TO acquire an increafs of territory and repre-
Lated The ~propoied rsvilon a. ipie.oed mercy
fox the purpo(e Of preventing urcc,tainiy and dit
pue.
After having Rated thefe three points As fuhj .cts
Of dil, utli %. the bri,iGh comm,fioners added. Thar
before they dsfiFed any apfwer from Us, they felt
it iueumbsnt upon them to declare, that The Bri,iih
government did nst deny The right Of The Amefi-
cans to the 6fheries. generally or in the open ieas,
but that the privileges TO meriy granted 10y treaty
to the United sraie.. If 6ih'ng wishio the limits
Of the Britiih jur'fdiction. and of landing and dry
ing 6ih on The ihoIes of the Britiih territories.
would not be renewed w,hou, an equivalent
The extent Of what wa, conhiered by hem q.
vac, peculiarly Brifi1h was not isa,ed From
the manner 10 which they brought thus iuhiect n
to sie~, they !eemed TO with us 10 undsr0and
thar they were not ana,ou. that il ih,ud be dilcui-
fed, and that they on intended TO give Us notice
lhat ,hele privileges had csaEed TO e,iit aud would
not be again g'aated w,'hout an equivalent, nor
unleis We thought proper 20 provide expressly 10
the treaty OF peace for their reaewai.
The Britilh comm 81 nners HAVING Rated, tha'
.hefe were all the in jecs which they intended to
hr'Se forward or to iussea, .e9ueied to be Inform
ed. whether we were inAru-. - to enfer into nego
sia'icu on ,hete feveral points ! and, whether ;he. {
wa, any amongi these which we thought II unne
erdafy to bring into the negotiation I? and they de
hfee " TO fate, on our part, fuch OTHER iubjse's
awe might intend to propofe for dicuihon in lie
ccurte Of negotiation. The meeting was then ed
burned to The next day, in order to ssford us the
opportunity of conful,a,ion among ourteives, be-
tore We gave an anfwer.
In the Course of the even ing Of the same dss,I
We received your letters Of The 25th ald 21u
Of June.
There could he no hesitation, on our part, In
Informing The British Commissioners. tina, we
were no, instructed IN the subj CTS ii lna'sn pa
~c'hcsiion or boundary. and Oh fisheries. Nor duo
n seem probable &itl,ough neither Ut these poirt
had been STATED with sufficient precision in The
hrst verbsi conference, that they could be adams
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