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.. .... , f ,7,. h ^' -'.-iimt-nl laratiou ' rn.lw. all [ I h:i iv the artt vr , j. dp r tii.iy hive been issued in .- at fxpectatiati .: mat A* I-. ,,»... liaSM government of in sole 10 produce il one belligerent to enenn liltiom, ihe Irofle nf am dieting her men pra. ge>, by i't infernal regu' . ~ -r (Ml At all I'U'iif, :ir, considering e important na- , ture ol the above met tinned article < .. th Ishnl! have scon 10 be i ,, . it corr.nnmicst'ron it, I ami the probathe organ of f» the American gotrust that coniratnituril- alt nation- in nndbetrnving 'he insinpi i. - tu 'iell ns in wnr ineulrnledn Of those prnffsiintu which her orders "tih rei,. l,.i that, having re.niie.l In for potoccasion find an was nnxio'n In gret, -he ting tin end tn (hem. Abandoning still mnreall reij'KI for <"c nenicr belligerent j I have round ill ill rVrte Intercsl alone ft motive to.vspecitheirrighlsaiultricrlraoqiii:.. ihat *n enlarged nil icy iv on the high seas: ami general cucuwould have favored thai free Ittinn ol sufficient :· T. sanction tor: in that vcr.-rsld- ?r. its iy of every state Is co-extenslve with nnd cannot be sbi-osoiteil, nrouruiled in il i I., t. I .-v. fir oib In ' it« oghw, as | tr.il rights of the United itntes, and f..r il> own I vernment in relation to cannot but DO n ISUM will meanwhile be adopted by the COn,,r- : which Would defeat the eftdejfvniir of protwo cut «^ a vLMnplcrt- rc-onciltation between our CQfiitirics. ShotU any embarriwmerti arise in contequence n to thr declaration on the Abject of the proposed rtoricalioo of the order* in council, above alluded resting it present it upon a mere stnrcnunt in the no doubt occur to your recolennrpapen, lection, that on the enactment of those orders a taken by Congress for the purpose of measure was but r>-ccrin[T ihem when they were as yet known will through the public prints. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed; file. ihnuld be irrminaiion, decreet nowise nectwutry in Ihcir that ihe nor exemplified by Biitlsh nsfigei and Ftench repeal, besrki mcludmg thai portion of lerntonnl n n ihe decrees which operates on jurisdictiun, as well »< th.ii which operate* the Untied 'ihe high »easngainM the commerce of reStales, vli-iuld not he n .inglespeclnl repeal in he exten1. In the V. Slaie-, but should unconnecded in whatever nthei nL-uirnl nations decrees ted with them ma v be nffeeled by those callurl on are ibey insult, Anil as an additional preieo* formal disavowal of condition! -"'d i demands lontitleiicv- ihe British government now older., n-'l.-y a- prerripilOlcs lo a rrnelil nf lis ihat n for mail I] relate to the United Mutes, ohserved in the repeal nf the French coirfmerca, i" whs* ihe Ur.t.sr. nation a-si which in limes of is at alhin.es interested, calamities to war is the best alleviation of us and belligerents oilier the herself, as well as would more especially that the British Cabinet surrepnnous and precarious of a not for the sake persever. intercourse with hostile markets, have necessarily put ed in a course of measures which great and market of a at hazard tbe invaluable growing country, disroscd to cultivate the mutu, V.-.u-.-A natinn! exoepi by eonquest have a right to trade lo c«ny portofeithe* own;anil in all "get-ent, which il nnl legally blookntlcd the Siielt Bclcs which arc not eotitriibaiul "i war eommlti ibsurditj oi this pretension, that your toanypaM f which nru>r t ay rl.is purMcd. nnd every other Pra fi ,11 «ii b "Inch she ,,;, ,,,, u.nritam, or ilrv at war C British flag waa exin war ---i from which the was «as nn, no at i., r * were wcreuc..|,i strioi and rigoroils man01 1 ni .tu-n.i ,,. libit 01l .,,,,). so steadily an .,,,,, ron-ummated thttt . y9Ignlcl fed uiled .Mat,-, ereeofthf I hor tdltes , il are aware, esppciullv after the able manner in diieh thai hns been heretofore refuted, and cxposei oi thev would ·flernn iusuli to the uudci-slamlinG t ner, and tura the House, could if they enlarged on it, and if any Unng al to enlarge pretmume. Ifr behold our lenfieing cirisM* ttrlt the dials the great victimi of IimteuvMnea commlttd on cxmmin and highwouof'ttitioiit, even within light advantages of an attive commerce. Our moderation Other counsili havipvnaihil other eject than to en. anil conciliation have lad no ol il the high sense of the injustice lie British gov. rnment in the transaction, n wonl the contrast which Iter conduct exhibits in regard to iioUby similar tonic n to rusard this trade, mul in It i« known lo the trals with her own colonics. world, ihHt Groat Britain regulates hn- own trade, peace, til home ami in her colonies, in war nnd "'hi to IdookiulBdin i Tin' produce nt.d lunnulacall trade in ariivi" ami the vessels louuiruaa-j d volumes, est cOTtdemulueeU-d .o,a UU.r il -v L-.e .,,,,.,,l in L : / Totlil* older certain except nation as lawful n h '" wi- forbear t" iioUw, bet nu tc /«** made wlii*ii * l pmc ; | regit "". , - . . .,,.,,, dieini.dhv I in By to policy p. icttiba " related to aiUlu.') nn. so I'mtiif»» cenf England, and were said to otnaimto from the cleneutral Jowers, in towage perMvertnlect and AUG. J. FOSTER. for tions silvanced by the are cemftelkd tt) pOltfumt the publication of Hitter of ihc Ctirrtipondentie till our nrxt, n malt Poem f-r the Important httelligmtt which ,. ,.. found In tlie evceeeiUng column*.] [M> Frmch goveiTmenT, for which the United Stales are so fav from having been themselves re snon bible, that, ill official esthe plaiirtl'tons, which have been publishtd lo world, vnd in a correspondence of the Ammicari Minister at Lonilon.wjih the British Minister for Foreign Affairs) such a responsibility was explicitly and emphatically disclaimed. thai It has become indeed sufficiently certain the commerce nf the United Stales is to be sabelligerent crificed, not as interfering with the rights of Great BriUinj not as supplying ibe wants of her enemies, winch she hersell sup. '*"»» protection. He of the county vhithovieo behold our vest**, frtig&tedvilh the Product* of our toil and inittmry, or ^etur"i"g totth ike htntlt proceed* efthrm, i.reAtedfrot* their l.wful tHitinittouru.no longer the ortiono, celtfitentttl by prite arbitrary ranteffinbtit 'ov.btil the mttrumcnti of ditpenett and edict*/ and their unfortunate crew* port* into Brittth ill or infttglct or force,! toil, are employed, ilritiih fleet* : vhiltt arguments ho fowtdtthave which thete aggrttiUat, of tvpport a claim lion b-it in a principle equally tvf'poriing tint in war die relates as she finds for her interest the restraints u her aoloninl system in favor of the colonies, ami that it never «><* sttggcstcil that she or that a neutral in taltlOg bail not .! right 10 do it ml vantage of ihe relax noon violated a bolligcrcut But with Great Britain every right ol'her enemy. , -- a ^"Tt.minioo u,' ·.'-' D ea,,w,,. completely I m Important The Intelligence. 1«. to regulate onr txttnvtl commerce ill all cote* Wmt- SVASWIVG rOV, JKKS * O'clock] P >'· injunction ul secrecy waa about an hour. ago removed bom llie billowing Messageand behold, in fine, on th* aide of G. Britain, a and on itate nf-mif agutnet the United State* ; tothe tide of the United Slate* a etute of peace We uxxril* Great Britain. only in n trade with her eneWilli mies fhflttho Uuited States can do wrong. ibriii i.ll trade is unlnwfnl. In ibe year I7y:i, an sllsck was made by the Brione neutral tish govermneiit on the umc branch of trade, which hud nearly involved the two countries Tim t difference however was amicably at in war. eommodaled. The pretension was withdrawn and reparation made to the U. States for the ln«ca It was fair to infer which they had suffered by it. from that arrangement Hint the commerce was deemed by the Ifi'itish government lawful, and thai it wnuld not be again disturbed. Hail the British government been resolved to contest this trade with neutral*, it was due to the charmer of the British nation that the ileoisiun should tilted be made known to the Government of the thing is lawful It is tree forinddeu and everj-tlag cmulemive Vmn it or suhjeotOil to capUU-0 ',. the Und not subserve the no .«> nnion.wliie sad ng it a wlnue nt.il paying b) government tish From ibis pemil tbe Untied "ndwltassme'don: lo-scs mid most St.t.-h.ive incurred the In av.e-t born., the camo.t.lVing humiliations. They have tls auof wot without retorting litem on nmdhvi.aiu lamilics di on.- So far of the uiiitcd o-. I AU MESSAGE. 7» 1 the Senate I and flotix of Representatives if the United Stot-s. Cmicress ccrinin documents, be-ins 11 continual Inn of (hose heretofore hi id befurclhem, nn the mbject of our affaira with Oreal .llll'T.lllll. . but as interfering with ibe monopoly Which she covets for hei own cnmmercu and navigation. She carries on a war against ihe lawbetful commerce of a friend, that she may the ter cany on a commerce With an enemy, a comma ce polluted by the forgeries and perjuries which are for the most part the only passports plies ; _ Whether the United Statet shall continue patn-je uiuler thete progretiive utarpationi, and theie oior.oupoiifg force to force in dejence of their natural right*, limit commit GJHxt cause into the hantU of the .llmighty Disposer of cumxhiting wonga ; The existence of a iiegoiiatinn which hail States. been invited by our government, for the purpose of preventing differences by an amicable arrangement of their respective pretensions, gave a strong olaim to the notification, while it afforded the fairvst opportunity for it. Bui a very different policy aniwere taken advantage of ihe commerce ofthe Uniied States. Wewillnow proceed to oilier wrongs whieli have been mil more *mong these is lite impressment ol severe!) tl1 nur seiunen, a practice wlduh has been nnctasliicly she miiintiiiiicil bv tireat-nritain in the wlirs 10 which Your coinhas been a party since ouv revoluiion. nt eonvvv in aderpiate terms the deep nitlicc ooi tense wlni the; entertain Of the injustice and op' your committee has presented to the view House the oggrtssioVis which have been eotnunder theauthorilv of the British gov. rnmenl , , event! ; avoiding all connection* whichrliight entan- by which llie last it can succeed. Britain. With nut faii^e buck beyond llir renewal in ISflS of ihe war in which Ureal Britain is cngneed, and oniiliing unrepaired wrongs of inferior magnitude, the rnod-ict nf lirr gimenimeol presents n series of an- hostile to ihe Untied Stoics n* nn iimeprnu< ..i in make every experiment short of resort of injured nation*, ihe U. Stales have withheld from G Britain, under successive modifications, the benefils of a Tree intercourse Anxious and in the tonteit* or vita* of other pavers, prnerving a cd'nuant readiness to concw in an honorable, re-eetablifhment »ffwate and friendship, i* a aveitien, which the eanititutioH viiely ecugle It solemn fides to the Legislative ment, alien:, with llietr market, llie loss or which sould not the profits accruing from her rebut ..'ii'.. i. !. Department of the governJn recommending it to iheir early deltberI am happy m the assurance ihat the deeir Tbe liberal mated ihe then Cabinet of England. confidence and friendly overt 11 res of the U. Slates Steady lo cm n ate themt0.ils purpose and inflexibly; hostile to this country, the British government culinly looked forward lo the moment, when it might give the most deadly wound to our interests. A tnulc just in itself, whieh was secured by so many strong anil saoreil pledges, was considered salt-. Oor citizens with their usual industry and enter prize had embarked in il n vnst proportion of their shipping, and of their capital, which were at sea, unilei no other protection thnu die law of nations, nnd the confidence which thev mnl neutral nation. British cruisers b;n* been In llie cnntlnued practice of violating the Amrnrnn flii£ nn the great highway of nations, and of seizing nod carry ID* in the eitercire nf ..ff person* tailing under il ; nnl our commerce with other nations. And lo entitle lhe»c experiments lo the more favorable consideration, they were so framed as In enable her lo place lier adversary under the stttciions of patriot, lion vitl be wt'iy the enlightened and councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful nation. n b. tligrreni right founded on the In" of milium at.im.i nn enemy, hut of a municipal preropilrve Brili-b jurisdiction is thus ever British subject!. extended to neutral vessels, in u situation uliTcno the las* of notions and the bm lows con operate law;, "f ihe rnunlry lo Which tie vessel I belong ; and a self redrew is assumed, which, if Urltitrr subjects were wrongful!*, detained and alone concern< To these appca^ exclusive (rpcratjoii ofUietn. her government has been equally inflexible, as if willing; lo make sacrifices of every sort, rather than vield to ibe claims of justice or renounce Nay, so far were the the errors of a false pride. attempts carried, lo overcome ihe attachment of the British Cabinet, to its nivjual edicts, that it received every encouragement, within thi; com pelency of llie Executive branch of our government, to expect that a repeal ollliem would be followed hy a war between the United States and France, unless llie French edicts should al- iliiring presented thi* view of the relation* of the United State* wthGreat Britain, and of the so'emn alternative growing out pfthem, I preeeett to re- mark shown that the dinmutucations last made to Congrest on the subject at oilr relation" with France wilt have that, *i*ce the revocation of he'- decries as they violated the neutral rights of the U. States, her government has authorised illegal captures, by it* privateers and public ships, and thai other outrage* have been practised on our vessels and our citizens deirfluty It -on II reposed the justice and friendship of the British natinn. At this period Ihe unexpected blow was given. Many of nut- vessels wocc seized, carried into port and condemned by a tribunal, which, while the it professes to respect the law of nations, obey* Hundreds of othmandates of its own government er vessels were driven from the oraan, and ihe trade great measure suppressed. The effect produced by this attack on the lawful commerce of the U. Stales was 't>;\, us might have been expected from a virtuous, independent ami highly injured peoBut one sentiment pervaded the whole Ameriple can nation. No local interests were regarded ; no sordid motives felt. Without looking lo the pnrts which suffered most, the invasion of our rights was considered a common cause, and from one ejclr entity of onr Union lo ihe other, was henrd ihe voice of an united people, calling on their government to avenge Iheir wrongs, and vindicate ihe righls and honor of the country." From this period the British government has gone nn in n continued encroachment on the righls and initself in a m inn nf force for a. report In Ihe is that nit-iii in re.pnntihle sovereign, ·« hich falls within the defiCould Ihe seizure of Briri'lisubnition nf »«r. jects, in-uiii cases, he regarded as within the exercise «f» belligerent right, rite arknnwled»ed Ian* of war. which forbid an article nf captured propcils. mlie adjudged, ffithegi n regular invest ifafion before o competent irihunai, would impeed, have been seen alio, that n» in- had been provided, or satisfactorily pledg- riously dprnnnd the fairest trial* rightaol pewom were at inue. where ihcmrred In place uf«ueh Kven this communication, allie repealed. though silencing forever the plea ol a disposition in the United States to acquiesce in those edicts, originally Hie sole plea lor them, received no atso tention. If no other proof existed of a predetermination nf the British government against a repeal of its prdori, it might be found in the correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States t London, ai.d the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1610>ii the question whether the blockade uf May 1806, was considered as in force or as lhat the not in force. It had been asceitained ed, for the extensive spoliations committed under the violent ami retrospective orders of the French government against the property of our citizens seized within the jurisdiction of France. I abstain at thi* time from recommending to the a trial, lle-e riglils ure subjected lo the will every peilv e.imninnilrr. of consideration of Congress definitive measures with respect to that nati*n, HI the expectation, lha' the refill »f uncliied discHiiion-f between nur JMinitter The priictiie, hfftre, i* so far frum nlTerting Di.n.li ·uhiects alone, Dial under Ihe pretext of nndi of American eiliworrhiur for ilie-r. lb zm-. jnd.T the safeguard «( public law, and nf (lien nulional flag, have heeu lorn from ttieir eountn anil fiom every ihing dear to ihem ; have been draggrdOD hourd ships of war nf a foreign nniinn, unit Plenipotentiary at Paris and the French governdecide, with ment wdl speedily enable Congress greater advantage, on the course due to it\e rights, the interests, and the honor of our couutru. f the United Stales, disregarding in its course, in many instances, obligations whieli have heretofore been held saored by civilized nations. In May, IHOfi, the whole coast of ihe continent terests of J.4MF.S M.iDlSOX. Washington, June 1, from the Elb in a state 1312. lished espiied, under the sevcriiie* of ilieir discipline, tn be exiledtO Hie must distant and deadly pilnic*. i« t ruh (heir Itsees in the h>ttilet of ihtir ppreiiors, nnd so be the melancholy iTillrumentl of inking away those nf ilieir owu brethren. Again*! 'his crying i-normily, which Great Britain would be so pr«mpl lo avenge if romintlted ngainsl herself, the U. Stales have in vnlueiliausiAnd that ed remnnvirnnees and eipn*lula'ions. nn proof micht be warning of their conciliatory dt-.pni1lir.nt, and nu prrlcat left for a cnniiniiance French government, which urged this blockade llie ground of its Berlin decree, was willing, in the event of its removal, to repeal lht-t decree which being tollowtd by alternate rental* of llie uther offensive edicts, might abolish tbe whole system on both sides. This inviting opportunity for accomplishing an object so important to the United States, and professed so often to be as -, DFXLARATION'Ihe Committee on Foreign Relations lo Brest inclusive, was declared to be or blockade. Bv this act, the well estabpriuciplcs of the biw of nations, principles which have served for ages as guides, and fined the boundary between the rights of belligerents and neutrals, were violated By the Inw ol nations, as re: Under the pretext of ol this proceeding. impressing British sennion, onr fellow oltixuns are scixed in British ports, on die high seas, and in every oilier quarter to which the British power extends, ate taken on hoard British men ol* war anil compelIn this mode led to Serve there as British subjects our citizens are wantonly snatched from theit-eountry mid their families, deprived or their liberty and doomed lo an ignominious nnd slavish bondage. Compelled lo light die batiks ol" a foreign country and oft -n to perish in them, Our flag has given them no it has been UnOcnsVngl) violated and our prnleetioil vessels exposed to danger bv the Inssof men taken from them. Your committee need not remark that while the practice is continued, it is impossible for the United Stales lo consider themselves an independent nation. Every new case is anew proof of their degradation. Its continuance is the more unjustifiable because the United States have repeatedly proposed to the British government an arrangement which would secure lo il thecnnlroul of its own peotile. An exemption of the citizens of the United Slates from this degmding oppression, null their fing from violation, is all that they have sought This lav* less waste ofout trade and equally unlawful impressment ot onr seamen, have been muufi aggravated by die insults and indignities attending them. Under the pretext of blockading the harbors or Frain-e ami her allies, British squadrons have been stationed on our own coasts, to waieh and annoy our own bade. To give effect to the blockade of European pons, the pons ami harbors of the Units > States have been blockaded. In executing these orders of the British government, or in obey ing the spirit whieb was known lo animate it, the commanders Of these squat Iron s htive encroach ed on our jurisdiction, sei?,etl our vessels, and carried into effeci impressments withiu our limits, and done other actsnf great injustice, violence and opnit-m.n 'Ihe U. States have seen, v. ilh mingled indignation and surpiis. ilmi these acts, instead of procuring lo the perpetrators the punishment due to unauthorised crimes, have not failed to recommend ihem to the favor of their government. Whether the British government has contributed by active measures lo excite against us the hostility ofthe Savage tribes on our frontiers, your committee 'tire not disposed to ocuapy much time In investigating. Certain presaion i ; , indiualiutiiofgeilerfll HOIOiitwy ot may lo Twhont ofthe was referred the Mfnge ofth* Fretideut Umted States of the Uf of June, 1812, which the the great injustice of the United REPORT-- That after the experience States have had ol" cognized by Great-Britain herself, no blockade is lawful, iinloM it be sustained by the application of an adequate force, and thai an adequate force was applied to this blockade, in it-full extent, ought not to be pretended. Whether (.rent- Britain was able to maintain, legally, so extensive n blockade, considering the war in which she is engaged .requiring such entensive naval operations, is a question whieh u is not necessary at this time to examine. It is sufficient to the desire of boih the belligerents, was made if the iiracike, the British covemnn-ni was forruaUj n -uredof ihe teadiiu'i* of the United Stales (o enter inio arrangements, such as could not be ri-jeneri, if Ihe ret i-virv of British subjects were T'le cnmmUoiCBlion th'-rral and llie'ole nl'jecl. witboul effect. Hrin. h rruiiers have been in the pratice aUo nf violnitng the nghnand Hie peace nf our coasts.-- Thev hover over nurl hurrah our ciiirrinj; anr" deTo the most Ultulling prcienwuriiuj; commerce. i have added ihe mnsi lawless prncei-di thet i,p in ,.iir very harbuurs ; and have wuumnty s^ilt Auirncan hlnod withiu ihe lanciuory of our The principles and rules territorial juri'dieiion. Ciifurredb) that nniinn, when a oeuliul nation, ahovering nenr nf belligerent vessels gnttiii arjied hrr eon it*, and dlstllrbiDg her commerce, tire well When railed nu, never 111 ele»i, by the U. known. Stiitr. in pitalsh thi greflterofleuce* committed by '.. own vesieli, her govcrnmenl hatbesinwed on Iheir rnminunden nddiiiunul marks of huuoi and j.:i.-iii As that govto the British government. ernment admits that an actual application of an adequate force is necessary to the exislence of a legal blockade, and it was nnlorious, that.if such a force had ever been applied, its long discontinuance had annulled the blockade in question, known government towards them, British exemplified by so many fact in some instances. It is lhat symptoms ol" llrilish hostility towards the touted States have never failed to prmlnoe correspond. iug symptbmsnmoiiglhuse tribes, his alio well know lj " ill "^h occasions, abundant supplies of the or1,1 munitions of war have been afforded by ihe ngeots ol British coinnierolnl companies, and even from British garrisons, wherewith they were enabled io eontmeare that S) stem of Savage warfare on our frontiers, authentic documents wanting to establish the ; tho' supply the place these have not been known I -- Iidr'tcr. Uuder pretended hlockndes, without the ICilce nf pre- nn udcqiiuie force, and loraclbntl wiilioul ihe praetitaWlily nf applying nne, our commerce lias been plundered in every leu : the gieat tuple* nf «ur eouotry have heeu iui off from their legitimate markets ; and a rtestrurhve blow aimed at mil ,1'cirulliirtl and iii.iniinic iuleiesli. In ngf iheie piedatwy measurei, Ihey haie graiiili bred considered Ol in force from the dates nf ihrir notification ; a reln*spcr(i*e effect being dun added, bi Uosbeondone in uiber impotlant ra<*», tothe there could be no sufficient objection on the part of Great Britain to a formal revocation of il ; and nu imaginable objection to a declaration of the fact lhat the blockade did not exist. The ileclara'ion would have been consistent with her avowed principles of bh.cknde, and would have enabled the United Stales to demand from France ihe pledged repeal of her decrees ; either with success, in whicn case the way would have been upened for a general repeal uf lite belligerent edicts or without success, in which case the V Slates would have been justified in turning their measures exclusively against France. The British government would, however, neither rescind ihe blockade nor declare its non-existence ; nor permit its nonexistence to be inferrred and affirmed by the American PlenipoOn the contrary, by representing the tentiary. blockade to be comprehended in the orders pn council, the United States were compelled so to ; . acts of violence, and oppression, it will be more difficult to justify to thfc impartial world their patient forbearance, than the measures to which it has become necessary to resort, to avenge the wrong-, and Your vindicate the rights anil honor of the nation. committee are hnpsiy to Observe, on a dispassionate review of the conduct of the United Stales, that they see in it no cause for censure. If a long forbearance under injuries ought ever to be considered a virtue in any nation, il is one which No people peculiarly becomes the United States. none ever bail stronger motives lo cherish pence have ever clieriihcd it with greater sincerity and : zeal Bui ihe period lias now arrived, when the United Slates must support their character and statinn bsubmit to the most shameful degradation. Forbearance has eeaseft lobe War on the one side, and peace on the a virtue. Other, is a situation as ruinous at it is disgraceful. The mad ambition, the lust of power, and commercial avarice or Great Britain, arrogating lo hericll the complete dominion of the Ocean, and exercising over it an unbounded and lawless tyranny, inouj; the nations of the earth, or have- Irft to neutral .carious be known, lhat such force was not applied, and this is evident from the terms of the blockade itaelf, by which, comparatively, an inconsiderable portion ol" the coast only was declared to be in a slate of strict and rigorous blockade. The objection to the measure is not diminished by that circumstance. If the force was not applied, the blockade vias unlawful from whatever cause the failure might proceed. The belligerent who institutes the blockade cannot absolve itself from ihe obligation to apply thcfoi der any pretext whatever, For a belligerent to relax a blockade, which it eould not maintain, it would be a refinement in injustice, ant less insulting to Ihe Understanding than repugnant to the law uf nations To claim merit fur the mitigation of an evil, which the party cither had not the power or found il inconvenient to inflict, would be a new mode of encroaching on neutral rights Your committee think it just to v, bn h h:n been at all times indiscriminate in its cHoet, on all ages, sexes nnd condilions.and so revolting to humanity. . * committee would be mnch gratified if thpr could close here the delail of British wrongs but it is Ihrir duty lo recke another act of still greater malignity, than any ol those whieh have been already brought lo your view. The attempt to dismember nur Union and overthrow nur excellent constitution, bv a secret mission, the object of which was to foment discontents ana estiu- insurrection against the constituted authoritiel snd laws nf ihe nation, as latelv diacloseil bv the aeen( ; , employed in it, affords full to the hostility | -- I ' -- remark thai an alternative only, betheir rights, this act of the British government docs not appear to have been adopted in the sense in which il has been since construed. On consideration of all the oiixamslaiiceft attend Jug the measure, mid particularly ihe character of the distinguished states- United Stmes no net, however unjustifiable, which it would not commit to accomplish (lieir rum. This ai. tempt excites the greater horror from the consider*,lion thai it was made while llie U. S nud (i. Britain were -,t pence, and an ami! able negociution h,i= depend. mjj bctinen them li.r the ncconunutbilion of their mtferences ihrough public nutustera regularly authorized fur the purpose. -- uronf thut thcreisnobountl of ihe British governrai tu to ward s thq tween the base tuiTender of ly vindication and a man- their destiny, regard in it in iheir There was a period subsequent proceedings. when » favourable change ' nnlawfuJneMof the entirse punned. the policy of the British cabinet was justly considered as established. The Minister Pleuipoletiliary of his Britannic Majesty here proposed nn adjustment of ihe differences more immediately endangering the harmony of the two countries. The proposition was accepted with a promptitude anil cordiality corresponding wilh ihe invariable professions of this government. A foundation appeared lo be laid lor a sincere and Happil* for the U. States, nf them. under ihe aid of Heaven, is in their own hands. The crisis iv formidable only by their love of peace. As soon as it becomes a duly lo relinquish that situation, danger disappears. They have suffered no wrongs, they have received no insults, however great, for which they cannot obtain retires. elapsed, since the eommenc^Wrent of this system of hostile aggression by the British government, on the rights and interests oflhe United States. Th* manner of its commencement was not lesi hostile, that) the spirit with win, hit has boen prosecuted. The United Btatcs have invariably done every thine in their power to preserve the relations of friendship with Great rtriHi il.i« riitprnltion tlay gave a distinguished tjun piwof, at the moment when they were made the victims of an opposite policy. The wrongs of the Inst war b- d not been forgotten at the eororoe nee muni of the present one. XJicy warned us of dangers, against which ii was sought provide, A» early iut the year I8ui, (he Minister oi the United State's at London was in yt rutted, lo invite the British govcrnmenl to enter into a negotiation on all thepoiuison are persuaded lhat it was conceived in a tpirit of conciliation and intended lo lead to nn accommodation of nil difference! between the United SlateB and Great-Britain. Hi* death disappointed that hope, and the act hns since Laconic subservient to other purposes. It has bee Bile by his successors a pretest for that vnst system or usurpation, u-liich has so long oppressed and hn missed it, man who announced we The II. States hate beheld, with unexampled frrbi.!u .mcc, (his continued scries of hostile elicioiirluiiciil* on ihiar rights and interests, in the hope, lhat, yieldti.^ lo the luree of li'ienilly I'eiiioii.iiiii.,.-., nlieii relienled, the British govvmmenc might adopt a more jillt policy towards lln-ni Il'lt ItOpv SlO'lOngEr exists, Fliey have aim weighed impniliully the rttisoiti which linve been urged hi the British goventmc'ht in viudicaiion oi these ennroivuhnicutf, and luand in them neidicrjitstifieniii apology ; I our commerce. More than seven years have And ed itir more signal, ihce to render ilie outrage the mnek blni kades dnv* been reiterated and en furrin thi- rate it' nfficial coatmunicotinrH fmnj Brlii-h gnvemmeiil. declaring, as ihe uuc dc" llifti panic r nuiiiiii. nf n legal blockade, n..rt. mu-i he actually invested, nod previous ruing given lo vei>els bound in them, not d . | ; in. N..I i . i.menl with ihe-e qernSHitial expedient' trjib-, ihi- Cabinet »f f.ir the sweeping fi-rai-ltriiiiiu retorted, O' length, «mi cm of blnrkukei) antler the mine iff tildes ma n a in Council, which ha- been moulded it entitbe-i »»i( it- political B r<t, ni might of crutnr Ihe avidity British ies, merclal jeuli Lvini waste nnr neutral m The prospect, however, quickly vanished. The whole proceeding was disavowed by the Blilixh government without any explanation which could »i lhat time repress ihe ij-iit-r,' ihat ibe disavowul proceeded from a spirit of hostility in the commercial rights ^nd prosperity of the United Slates And it has since come into proof, lhat at the very moment when the public Minister* was holding the language of friendship, and inspired conn deuce in the sincerity ol the negociation with which he was charged, a secret agent of his government lasting Teeonrilation, m Eer*. p,, nur tn nurl ,-tranie- rjgninsl .tf llir coni|ilieaied li- iransreodnni injutfice t«> innovation, the Ur.i (f|ilv »tia ih.it ihe order, fireal lltliatn in a dnpi . were reluctantly ni T,er>ol ln*r eneun Jr of Uf Brili-h Me-,al 9 llrjjc when the ,,.,,,,; '..nr ..i 'fc*i eneiri) DaYed n..t lo issue from She -"!· lemilnled wilhiinl effect, hi* iwn pnrn. il. ii hef nun prior blockades, tuiiUppnried by nn nde qua e avn If (tree nrioiilly nppHed uuil enntinned, were n bar to ihis plea ; lliU eserm.d esnf our prnpeny could tun din* nciiio*t mill impossible lu I,. ,. mliailini wi rdicii roiifeesedlj 1-1 t uerestary proclaiming imener- having for iheii object a subversion of our g ivtji nniuu, and a dismemberment of our happy Lni»ii In reviewing the conduct nt'G Britain towards the United Sliitev, out attention ii necessarilyin intrigues, waa employed drawn to the warfare just renewed by the sava-, ii. ,. ,, ,,i..-,l i ili.il retal linn, h lO hi' |UM, -In full ,.., 1. 1, , the pa'lv .i-ning .,,1,,,, . in puny w hn w.i.nnl even ges on ohu of our extensive frontiers a warfare which is known lo spare neither age nor sex, and to be distinguished by features peculiarly Shocking to humanity. It is difficult 10 account fur the activity and combinations winch have for some lime been developfhg themselves among iIil tribes in constant intercourse «iih British traders and gimMiu*, willlOUt connecting their and without recolhostility won that inlluen.e lecting the authenticated examples of such in- eoHhion might arise between the two countries, in the course of the war, ami lo propose to il act arrangement of their claims ou fair ami reasonable conditions. The Invitation was accepted. A negotiation Innl tooiincneed and wui depending, anil nothing lutil occurred lo lKoiil a doubt that it would not terminate to ihe ntislautiDii of both the purtius. It wan at tUn lime, nnd under lb SSL* oiruilnufluiiuca, thn< nn attack vya* made, by surprise, on an important branch of ibe American Commerce, k In. j|feeied every pan ofthe United Slates, and Involved which a Ii The next act of the British government which claims our attention is the order ol* council ol* January 7, 1807, by which neutral powers are prohibited trading from one , rt to another of France or her allies, or any other country with which Great-Britain might mil freely trade. By this older the pretention ol England, heretofore claimed b> ever] otlicr power, to prohibit neutrals disposhigof parts ol tluir i.iigoi-salihfferent parts of the MOl a enemy, is revived anrlvmh vast iirrumulntinn 61 Injury,-- Uviry enemy, however great the number OV distant from each other, is considered one, and llie like trade even with powers nt peaoe with l".nglniiil, «ho from motives of pointy hud excluded or re trained ber commerce, was also prohibited. In ibis act the British government evidently disclaimed all rcgitltl for neutral rights. A wave dint ihe measures authorised by it could find no pretest in any bulligoi i The British gnvei-nment has nlh dged in vindication iticouiiuil thai Ihey were rvtortedtoaan etnlmlion on France, lor similar agevs liODI committed by her on our neiural n.nle with tbe British 'lomininns. lluLhow has this |dea been supported ? The datis oi flrvuah and French aggrcssinns at* well known to the Moiid. Their origin ami progress linve been marked trilit too wide ami desuiiultve a waste of the property "" follow rin.ei... in Iihvc been futgoUen. The oflheurderf i ' leei-ccot Beilinof Xov. -ilst, 1806. was the first ntgresiion of b'rmiecmihc present war. Eighteen monthl had then elapsed, after the ut^ek made hi Great Britain on onr uuuiml trade, wilh the Btilonies or Franco and In r.. Ihe-. and ,ix Innnlbl Iron, the dnle of herpn- Blum '· it tlietUteol ihe (l , wtvslturlils limti i k, l.,, ,,,, v \ :ill J/Uu ]W7 Srsi Brill sli onl=r inc. cil.BOihori elapsed, after the Berlin decree, lhat it pussthlu thai ( le imcllisunoe of it >u,»il,l i-aclictl Ure United States A retaliation whirl, is n ..i .': ,. . 1816 · w " 1 | lu protluce, eoiisi*liog ol" innocent articles at any port of a belligerent, not blockaded, to consider every belligerent us one, and subject neutrals tu the same restraints wilh all, nail there was but one, were hold v. MJ-Snowo'be.S.a i in i h hei * Bclhgtttcni i'n culpable acqiiimcenee in the UnltlWfuUolof the It might to be delayed until nfitr ler positions h i-ctofore iiiuii*ii,*d by the officers utit' i*tih«iu acquiescence In IN kprtved nflhli fliuisj v.aij f"t n prohihiW i^ilr- with her ein-inv, bv tin- repeal rtl bt> i....|iit,n inn "four ii a.le wnlt (i.Hriiain,her ai and agents ol thai government, , i ,i ,. .,- , , ortesp iodi«| (£pen1 "· < prfli bm, n illy a seal d "imuuitiK r of il gaiivl Ib< r a deirrmimtiioii in persUl ·«<.·;, Uniied "ime*, until the miirkf )! of her eocni) lhu« u», Id he iui! tn Briti'h prnrtueis .ii. fin bilgaiiuaoau acutral power lu reQiiire i . · ii ,i ,.i ,, . - > Such is Uh- spectacle of injuries and indignities winch have liren heaped oil our cnuuliy and such the crisis whieh iis unexampled turbe ran e* and conciliatory efforts have noi been able to avert It might at leant havobeen exa. nianv ol'theii'titizciis in ruin. The commerce on which this attack was >o unexpectedly uindej "·is between tin United Btatcaaod the oolouies of France, Spain am] pthef enemit · of Great Britain. A commerce just in itself; tanetlo tied by the evample of (iii-nl Hiitni rttgnnl to (lie ir.ule with Iter own colonies SnliCliontid by a solemn act between the i«o r>ovorunienis in the last war; anil aau'utioned Try the practice ol the Ilritiih government in the present w»r, rooti lliao twoyaaia iii.»i § thi ii elapsed, wrtli out any iiilcrrctsjuee with il. The iivjtuliee of ttoa Atthelt oould only be caiiallcd by the auaurdttv of iho pretaxt alludged font it was prutuuifcd ay the ijrirjsh govern men tj that in tasc of wiir, li.-r enemy hud no right to nlift il loninl rugulatlpns, a« Eiigau the oaUiuitiM of ; t encroachments, Butt., restrain or hi (ii\v wanner inter fere ith our ootnmeree with [iciilr.il untluus s*Uli wliimi GrcaiJlritiun was at pcaue, and ngainsi whom ihe hnil no justili lc euusc of wur, for tin 'die lr thai they resin or esc] ml ml from their uoii, her commerce, waauuerl} meuiupaiibl" ... ?::i ....,i.re.ai,oi,,sub l isU,,g between the two i anaeh ..;, ntr> Tiflilfai trade, a* :i called, has never, t» r/ui day, h -en -nude ,, brele ( by the ! iv-i,.7i o-troerttment, fir their dearer*. In their taet offielni net whinhha, reached thtt eouiitry the rtpoii yj the Minitter of Foreign Uelutiom of ok OVA, MW. tl it cxpreiily declared, '· /, ,,a's ,n ISOfi ic commenced the execution of this lusrem,* vis. t n u i,rrt Mar : ,f ilh ,J ^^" "i,;'^'-^- We mo-ed to bring into view the British Order Sl?m7iu«e d % LS^,TM"" '^ "H" V "" vbj.; iii nothing sea* done. Six year* have patted flwny, unit aftotally different state of t!,v>,, f.x eiy Item oj the trade which G. it. then ititcrtlioted , aiutu great J.,il more, i* no* prohibit,-.! by fftmupurl,-. So tang hn* thi, celled to be a subjeet of complaint uguuut G it. thut the President ha* forgotten to .lame ,t umansr the. caw.,; If ,,J the tear ' that proclamation, we are willine to /··pi tin- Innvinujeofuprecedii uve oj a preceding paragraph of thi- tilumjtilo-- tre are persuaded thai it mat conceived in ti ihuit oj connliatmi, and intended to Usadtntm ai-rommod.:ttonoj alldijei-encet between tne ' Mates and Urilahif nnd of Mr. Itandilph--" that bttchade . G wu legal, agreeably to the tang estiibliifteti pr nciptes St, ,,,,.'· ,- then ih' people called on $ovei nm.-,,! lo nveii rt their wrong their voice w,« unheard i and nu -.,,,.,, 1 -, pected, that an enlightened nation, if less urged by moral obligt n., or invited by friendly (list* posilioui on the part ol Lite incnoiputjblc arith tlh rights of soverolcul) hi every indepKiiiJcnt state. If n>* ii'.'Ui- to the well estabhsli .1 ....I Dui, tin wiuubitftiiUnl sioo, peutiliai In i. nri m u " t it ooloiuos ·· This prcli n- niterlv : , ... i United States, would i.i .,11, i.Imi-i-i'.i I ,u ol .ijiii,,,-,, ... nhall lii id nu «l« <>» snag, and -when tur means of Hippnrting idimnMed by won than the imowti which , all who are conctrtiedm com'·':· It/court, hare intcreu in the event of ii«- war, with ...- voice siipplieaa ..-,,,,,,,..,, save them from t/u run ; thi* oar. and ttitl >),.. i " i- , ofvatfoiMriawtanctlonedbyilK V vttl mly add, that Mr. JU oe, the mtnciug a . u-maon, aid not I'emouetmte a to fl\ minister at , rii/n tm own government aw ' a ineatnee highly mtUfaciory to the commercial inand that th,,-e ,,.,,. .,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,, ; u ,,, >w /;"-'.:. >»,,: (I.. .,,,,,,/,., themaeiner u he -pent tn -that in unof it a* , «". ..j 'i'- wtiteh t/us nttlyai i(ii(l . . treated in tai* mwif, wo, taxes unheard tidtntsuM ".' ,i ,.',-,, , , " i the prloKitij ,,J tin tutttrai rigid*. 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