Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-17

pretext abruptly to break OH the negotiation
with US: 10 Issue your order in Council; and, by
way Of making all sure, TO tell US you would not
pledge yourself to resume the negotiation, even
if we were ready TO come mi our demands
Unfriendly as such a course is, 1t would not
of itself be matter Of complaint. But IT. is mat
Ter of complaint, thai, instead of maniu'iy own
ing a change Of purpose and opinion, you seek,
by fine spun augmentation, 10 throw upon US
the odium of the result, and presume TO ascrioe
this result 10 pretensions on the part oil this 60
vernment, which you well know 1t does not sci
up.
shall now show you the grounds OF tins sup
position. In 1924, Mr.. Rush conducted a nego-
tialion on this and other subjects at London,
with Mr.. Huskisson and MIR. Strattord Can
ming. The only pein, of difference, relative 10
the trade OF the British West Indies, when
these negoiiators could not adjust, was our de-
mand 10 enjoy a fair competitor win your
North American provinces, IN the supply OF
those articles which they, as well as the Onit-
ed States furnished the West Indies. All
branches Of the American Government having
the year before deliberately sanctioned this de-
mand, by Incorporating it into law, MIR. Rush
Justly though, il vain to negotiate an abandon
ment Of that demand, and the negotiation was
suspended.
The following are the records Of the doings
Of The two last meetings Of The negotiators:
"July %, Is24.-It was agreed, in considera-
lion Of The numerous and complicated questions
on which the conferences had turned, that the
Plenipotenliaries should meet again and COM
municatc with each other, prior TO sending IN
to their respective governments their hnal re-
ports Of the present state Of The negotiations,
.o.nnIaI L.. ,La If no e., rrip IF ~ Wash
ington, OIL some OF the subjects which had been
pre- sented for discussion"
The record Of the last conference is as fol-
lows:
"July %, lG24.--The Plenipotentiaries, after
communicating with each other, in pursuance
of The agreement taken at the preceding con-
ference, and persuaded that they had sufficient
" developed The sentiments of their respective
governments, on the various subjects OF their
conferences, separated under the circumstances,
which necessarily prevented, for the present, any
further progress in. the negotiations"
1t ought here to be observed, that the subject
Of our trade with the West Indies was one only
Of six impor,an, add difficult questions, which
formed the subiec, of these negotiations. The
slave trade question, the claim Tor indemnity
for deported slaves, the northeastern boundary
of The United Sta,es, the navigation of the ST.
Lawrence, and the territorial claims at the
mouth OF the Columbia river, were the other
subjects To which the attention Of The negolia-
tors were called.
The despatch of Mr.. Rush, communicating
the result and the suspension OF the negotla-
tons, bears date 18th August, 1924. 1t conse-
quently could not. have been received in Amer
lea, and it was not, till the near approach Of
H. -..1 ~ AL@ r,AA
States exercise the right of elccting those who
tion in the autumn of 1924 was such as to leave
undecided the main result till the spring of the
following year.
In such cases, it is not the usage of this gov
erpment Nor Of any government under aEala-
gous circumstances to act dcinitively, on
great political questions.
twas not till the spring of 1926 that the
new Administrator was organized. Among
the first appointments made was that Of 4 M in
lister TO London For this office the choice
fell on a gentleman, whose numerous high quail
ifcations for it were Justly supposed to be en-
HANGED, by the favorable impression on the
British Government, which he was understood
to have left, in former negotiations.
In selecting the late venerable Mr.. King for
the mission to England, the President of the
United States is known to have been dictated
by the persuasion, that he was, Of all the citi-
zens of the United States, the individual most
likely to bring the negotiation, on all the sub.
iects Of difference, to a mutually acceptable is.
sue.
In the spring of 1925, Mr.. King sailed for
England, charged with fuH powers 10 negotiate
on all The subjects pending between the two go.
>ernments, out with espe cial Instructions to
turn his first attention to the question Of indem-
nifty for depor'ed slaves, this being a question
of immediate pecuniary compensation for loss
es of many years standing, a question Of press
ing interest 70 the southern states of this union.
1t was, of course, the design of the American
Government, that special Instructions, on all
the other subjects Of negotiation, should follow
in succession, and in season to be used.
Mr.. King arrived in England in June 1926,
but unfortunately in a state of severe irdispo-
%sition, owing to which, Sir, and your own ILL
ness and the dispersion Of his Majesly's gov.
throughout the island, he was not pre-
sented TO you for three months.
Meantime, and TO this l ask your special
after Mr. Kings arrival and before
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