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that negotiation, rather than to subscribe
Implicitly TO terms the import ol which
was not clear, and which the British au.
ihorihes themselves, in this hemisphere.
we're not pfepared to eSplsin.
Immediately after The close of The LAST
session OF Congress, one OF our most
d's'lh gnIshed citizens was despatchedas
envoy Extraordinary and Minister PIE
niPvtentlnry 20 Great Britain, furnished
with Instructions which we could noe
doubt would lend to conclusion of this
long con,roverted interest, upon terms
acceptable To Great Britain. Upon his
Arrival, aud beiore he had delivered his
letters OF eredenre, he was met by
an Order OF the British Council, exclus
ding, from and after the first oil Decem-
Der now current, vessels Of the United
States frrm all the Colonial British ports,
excepting those immediately bordering
upon cur Territories. In answer 10 his
expostulations upon measure thus nn-
expected, he is informed that, accord
ing to the ancient maxims Of policy Of
European nations having colonies, their
trade Is an exclusive possession Of tha
mother country, That all participation
in it b. other nations is boon of favor.
not forming subject Of negotiation.
butte be regulated by the Legislative
Acts ci The Power owning the Colony.
Tint the British Government, therefore.
declines negotiating concerning il; and
that, as the united States did not forth
with acrepi purely and simply the terms
offered by the Act OF Parliament, Of
1875, Great Britain would not now adj
nit the vessels of the United States even
upon the terms on which she has opened
then. 10 the navigation Of other nations.
We have been accustomed to consid.
er the trade whirh we have employed
with the British Colonies, rather as an
interchange Of mutual benefits, than a.
a Mere favorreceived; that, under every
circumstance, we have given an ample
equivalent We have seen every other
nation, holding Colonies, negotiate with
othrr nations, and grant them, freely, adj
mission 10 the Colonies by Treaty, and
SO far are TIN ether colonising nations Of
Europe now from refusing to negotiate
for trade with their Colonies, that we
ourselves have secured access to the
Colonies Of more than one of them by
Treaty. The refusal, however, OK
Great Britain TO ne gotiate. leaves to the
United STATES no other alternative than
that ofreguIating, or lnterdictiIg, alto
gether, the trade on her part, accord-
inga as either measure may affect the in
terests of our own country, and, with
that exclusive object would recom-
mend the whole to your calm and can-
did deliberations.
II is hoped that our unavailing exer~
tons to accomplish d cordial good UNI
ierstanding on this interest will not have
an iinPropitious effect upon the other
great topics OF discussion between the
two Governments. Our Northeastern
and Northwestern boundaries are still
unadjusted. The Commissioners unaer
the 9th article of the Treaty Of Gnsnt
havs ne arly come tn a close of Their Ia
bors; nor can we renonnce the expecta.
ton, enfebled as il is, that tLev may
agree upon their report, to the satiNac-
ton Or acquiescence of both parties -
The Commission for liquidating the
claims for indemnity Tor Slaves carried A.
way after the close OF the war has heer SIT.
ting. with doubtful prospects Of success.
Propositions of compromise have how.
ever, passed between the two Govern-
ments, the result OF which, we haiter
ourselves, may yet prove saiisfnctory.--
Our own dispositions and purpose towards
Great Britain are all friendly and con-
ciliatory; nor can We abandon, but with
strong reluctance, the belief that they
will ultimately meet return, not Of
favors, which we neither ask nor desire,
but Of equal reciprocity and good will
With the Americas Governments ~
this hemisphere, we continue to mar =
tain an intercourse altogether frisnv "
and between their nations and ours that
commercial Interchange Of which .usu-
al benefit is the source, and uautuaf
comfort aud harmony the result, is in !
continual state of Improvement. The
war between Spain and them, since the
total expulsion of the Spanish military
force fron, their continental terr;tor;es.
has been little more than nominal: aud
their internal tranquility, though occa-
sionally menaced by the agitat,ons
which civil wars never fail to leave he
hind then,, has not been affected by any
serious calamity.
The Congress Of Ministers from seve-