Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-18
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dispatches for the Mediterranean which will deter
mine the future relations between tue u Sta.esa and
Aigiers IL will he il the recollection of our RE- d-
ers, that the result If the late negotiation betw cen
the. Dey OF Algiers and Com. Shaw wss that every
ding should remain Ms it then s,uo uu'il the o,in-
ION at the Presiden; could be known respecting the
matters IN dispute. Tbis opinion the Dey will now
receive.
AS Iar as we have been able TO learn any thing
oil this dispute, it was This The original treaty
with Agiers having been lost its way to the u.
States, IN the Eperver the ratf cation of the. Pre-
sdent was affixed to an authenticated copy whic,
bad been prepared and transmitted with \ view to
such a contingency. Ga iris document being pre-.
sented to the Dey, he refused to acknow DE. il
declaring that twas deficient in very iInporsnt
posnt, inasmuch as lis copy contained an article
wa'ch WAS where To be 10. nd IN this TIE read
er viii be surprised To hear that this pretended ar
.cie was astiPuation that ali The prizes which had
been ~aptured from the Alger;nes during the war
should he restored by the U. Stat s, aud that a
treaty should, hereafter be concluded or the usual
terms. Such is rum CURED to have been the demsnd
OF the Dey 1t is, however, difficult 20 imagine ho,s
sucha pietension could have entered his mind ses-
inc thst Con- Decatur s'atss that he positively re-
fused to insert Ii the trea such stipulation res
pecting the restoration oil the prizes; and seeing
that, ii the future compact in the usual terms,
meant an agreement 20 pay tribute IN snrue shape
or oher 1t is declared in the present treaty that no
sush tribute shall ever be demanded nv the Dcy
that II b came necessary to refer 70 the American
government We ardcrstand, tina, the Dev adj.
dire seq the President letter written in Arabic on
the subject; and believe, that the answer
forms part of the dispatches which now on their
way to Algiers.
As we pretend to no familiarity with cabinet Sc
crrts, we shall not undertake To state the contents
oi this correspondent But, ii the Dey has really
made the Acknowledgement OF such stipula;ions
the condition for his observance efthe treaty we
- hat
the u. S. 10 make To such a demand. And if the
hey should still be of the mind, the immeJi-
ate renewal ofhosliti IS will give him a speedy on
portunlty OF making such tier terms rs the
chances OF war may authorize him in demand
ing.
What will be the determination Of the Dew ON the
receipt OF these dispatches is the next eston
We believe the only prize which had nnt been res
tored II the Dey at the time of his negociati with
CON- Shaw, has since been given up to him by the
SPANISH government, bv which il was then claimed
On that ground, therefore, he will Rave no sub
startai ground OF complaint, and, unless he siIonld
think It due to his honour that stipulation to give.
up these prizes should stand on record in the trea
~, there can be no difficulty on tast subject The
conduct OF the Dey will. however, be governed nv
other and diff rent considerations He male the
treaty merely to avert a hostility which, he was not
prepared to meet. He will probably be now in "a
different state OF preparation The meracea which
have reached him from almost every part of the
lac
most impiudent o. the NEST secure. The cas-,
with which hostile feet may run up to his very a.
tade', as ne has seen mpfies in the course ofa
few months by Com. D.cstnr and Shaw, a d lord
Exmouth, could not have esraped hii observation
Under such circ umstances he must BE- mailman 10
have neglected any means Of preeanton or defence
In all probability, therefore, lac will not be in such
state OF dagger as to render necessary for him
TO renoince all pretensions IN tribute and thu- a.
bandon what lord Ca'ieressb terms &c the long es
t9biished policy Gf the state he governs"
But. we SHALL be told :-ss You overlook the great
expedition Of lord Esmcuth. "-s That will have
tnncht the Dcy other prir c;ples and other poisy"
Perhaps, ior the moment that may have malie ssm.
change. Ii the Dey shall! have found himself u1s-
bic TO reais, such force, rs doubtless he is he will
hay- yielded. But. it will not have been nect sssry
Tor hTo 20 90 far. IL is not cons.ent with the long
estab'ished policy OF Great Britain 10 4 stroy his
power M tls sy't9m on which he acts. Something
IS necessary 10 satisfy the Glamour which this sys
ten happens. at this moment. 70 bare excited in
Europe ;and beyond that, the English government
will not push him. Bnt, IA we have seen by the
former trsatv oflord 'snonth, those negotiations
do not affect us. We shall have our own affairs
to settle We have, luckily, in ships aud fri
gates, and s'oors OF war and bombs 10 the Medier,
raneaa, So many arguments VIII ch are kaOwa to
have weight in the Dey'smind and ifihe Dew should
ind, on re'fving his arguments, that ours
prepon,lerae, he vii, probably ba convinced, thar
oIf's IS a genuine coRy ojfhle tTea.y, anil ought,
therefore, to he respected
Bat, whatever course the Dsy may think tn p1r-
sue towards the u. s. at present, think il Ger
tain, from the whole tenor of his cOsduct, that no
peace which is not purchased, whether ii be hy an
nuity or ny present, viii be maintained by him ore
minute after he finds It he violated with impu-
nifty. We trust, therefore, long as the long es.
tablisheh policy Of Aleiers is permitted, whatever
may be our apparent security, that for the sake Of
our commerce, and definitely more for the sake of
our citizens shall always have a powerful s1ua-
dron in the Mediterranean for thlir protection.
G.besseager.