Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-12-28
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arr cunt OF additional expenditure which Con.
gress may think proper To snghorlle by TAG cs
iSblshment Of rev routes. itis desirable thAt
its contingent expenses aud the salaries ~ is
ofhsers shud BE paid out OF is own iuads
and the Treasury &c relieved IRON the uslsl sp-
prorristons tor ,,at purpose.
tTty thousand dollars nigh, ka saved annu.
MI, oy the cIscon, iIslAree Il reproductive pptt
ro,.ts.
Under the lac passed a, tire last session ct
Congress requiring the nlaii routes from Co.
iamous IN Mississippi, to Doskes, and iroln
C~tahouche, IN tseors,s TO Line Creek IN Ala.
onma, TO be repaired. contracts have been
| made, snd the work commenced.
The correspondence IL. relation tc The
Colonial 2isde which accompanied The
Presidents Message to Congress, makes
10 tho printed form, one hundred and
twenty pages, and is consequently too
voluminous TO be published at large.
The following are che concluding para
graphs of the letter from the Secretary
OF State to MIR. Gallatin, OF the nth, of
November last,for whichwe ase indebt-
TO the National journal.
From what has now been advanced,
il has been established, LIST. That the
Colonial Trade was tit subject for the
adjustment, by friendly negotiation ba-
tween the two Powers, of the condi-
tons on which il should be carried IN;
2diy. that IL ha: been long, and often
in fact, a subject of negotiation between
them; and 3d. that the American Cow
eminent was bound to include. from ev-
cry thing which passed between the two
governments, that both parties entertain
ed the expectation that IL was TO be sr-
ranged by negotiation, and only by me-
gotiation. Ii was under this full cum
viction that your general instructions
were prepared.
What may be the nature Of the proros
sails which you were authorized to make
upon the renewal of the negotiation SO
confidently anticipated, IL is not now
proper should be communicated to the
British Government. Respect for our
selves. no less than for that Government
forbids that we should obtruds upon
their consideration, proposals against
which they have deemed il proper to shut
their ears II will be, however, no yio-
la,i-e ofthat respect. 70 say that TREY
were of character on all the disputed
points between the two Governments,
authorizing rs to believe that they would
be satisfactory.
The Government Of the United States
is animated bv the sincerest desire to
mainiaia. with that of Great Britain,
not merely the forms Of courtesy and
nmity, but to cultivate cordial and las
ting friendship; to settle every contro-
verted question between them upon
principles Of Justice aud reciprocity,
and, by an enlarged liberality 10 their
mutual intercourse u advance the reas
prosperity Of both. Entertaining this
desire, it has learnt, with the most i've
ly regret, the resolution OF the British
Government to close the door against
those friendly explanations, aud that
frank and mutual exposition OF the wish
es and views Of The parties which are, or
should be, the object of all the negctia-
ton. The harmony Of nations requires
that every avenue to such explanation
should always be kept fully open. but
such free access on all questions, ap-
pears to the Government OF the United
States, to be especially desirable De-
tween two such nations of Great Britain
and the United States, whose interests
and happiness are SO intimately inter-
woven. BY rejecting the ordinary mode
Of treating through the established a
gency OF accredited Ministers, and sub.
stituting to it that of mutual legislation
which, after all, is but another, though
less advantageous mode Of negotiating
we deprive ourselves of many facilities
Congress and the British Parliament ere
numerous bodies, acting 10 different and
distant spheres, and it is not derogating
| from their undoubted wisdom and supr-
! rior intelligence to suppose that their
| organization is not the best suited TO the
| exercise of diplomatic functions, IN all
I cases.
: A single word Of explanation, an in
stantaneous suggestion of the mod'iea-
tion Of proposal elected in conference
may lead to the adjustment OF differ
ence when Ministers are treating face te
face, which mighinot be settled for q
long time in negotiation conducted be-
| tween Two bodies, each composed Of se'
yeral hundred members, separated D.
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