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-- - j -- ; ; -- -- Kttkip No. %6, of ffenger 30. Vol 2.] BOSTON--FRIDAY, APRIL I^ews. would have committed the honour of the eountrv, the government of which could seem insensible to repeated insult. This WHS a spirit wliich had seemeil It) gain Strength from every fresh concession, and had now risen loaheightwhir.fi imperiously called for resistance from this country, if "he preservation of rights and her hpoour were dear to her Iter Wc had gone- perhaps aa great lengths children. as ever nation hud gone, lo eviuBB WJ* Xfisleti (Wemfry fiioring « itit a people, Wttfl on a to be whom no doubt we bad the strongest incentives to remain un such a footing ; it was mow high time to substitute the spenr for ihe olive branch, and shew the perverse enemy we had to cope with, that in our humility no principle of fear had mingled, and that we could be as terrible in the conflict they had provoked, as we llful been mild in the negotiation by which we had sought lo avoid it. The Address which he should this night prapose to the House, lie. trusted, would lay the foundation of such a peace as would alone he desirable lo obtain. The Noble Lord then proceeded to late a view of ihe documents which bad been published b} the American government, contending, that an nclcijiiatc no'!! lie collected From them of ihe unreasonable tion spirit of hostility uv which they were actuated against imbecility, ami .. \S\3 L ice ' * U 0tl i. respectively ui* Important Foreign ientkndata to world to tnericam in. iu l'..i-i ' ' 'I' the ' """ in anl in oo] vl! ai e lastmnn in the niuuocs whioli ihe Aenjaeneu j( ()llr j^c^o,, f l »e wld w t;, , March 3. ihe righl if m.*sui h- ' ^"tral fner* or leufslnm iht part of a Vrni-.-i'-.L 1 ' HOUSE OP COMMONS-- Tin wsday, Lot J l '*! -i . .s.'it.voa, tention of ifte Rouse iii Iral iperenl B"J rir j .' uations must sufTi r ' « U eh n right on ihe "hd, he iidii.il ted dint H teetcd nshii Anii-ricxn eitizen, Cnaleunplating all iheK ctreuitntiniecs.lnokinc :i\ t],- g.-m-ml -,j,i,u u de Nil by the govcrnruent of th- United State*, IwAins m the known fraud* of the v.-riiht^ime n-st.-m, looking at the [ireieiiiions-of the Anieriexu leaislnture to vest, Pro/etn umlerAC'.l l ·-; > , .!, II , j»Mlhst,iiotwnl «aiHliiie the.e>«ciHrltlih »ii.emnn!nl,i,nil tl,,. |. ,,, ,- dtspi ..,. . i ,r , : ific ,., .. , ,.,,1, . di- Feb. 18. in.' | . .:i lii-.'il ,li: by uaturaliwititm bills British subjects ilteii Lords UoIImiiiI anil v.,.1.1 that sross hen the ! mil i. .,,,,, |f,, . . . ,i,, (J , this iiicoirtcnieiiee, (hen thai th: Brili allegiance in ntgial to AMERICAN PAPERS. risircg-to c*tl while he showed telly iw .-. ..... ... -,, - i . i, | -..,, fnimetit of the U. 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' " "' -- .if the at- ma ., most important subI ject, namely, the nejjociutiuns which had'precetliB til di rl l!i« present state oJ our rd , met j, choUghl h necessary orfcjiiavy. practice to remarks that H »'« " 1 of tlit Ministers uf the Crown to hiing before Parliament, documents for the purpose of shew mi,- ili.it they were entitled lo the approbation of . \yntb ihe ... |... ul that mwiivenieliec, he maintained tlnu tlfit govei'nntent ought to have recollected, ihnt ihe exercise oT the ratbt itself was not ikereli a c mvenience to Great I'lilum, liot lichnyged [o her very conservation as a slate; and thai the abandonment of ii ' serve '.i,.vu.--,' , "leh :1 , |, ,.<||.-,.- throw tii .... .,,,. j, ,,, frit iu ....<,, mil ui, ,i bclujvvd ibis coanvrj to ":'" '"-'> vij,|.r, scl surrender with jealousv "and V tocnusuh our own »eourii» before w* pm*u un to AmeneB or tunny other power tho mans ahich «c l , ' ' ' .(. ii " Ml - 'udih:.ril,etr..a.i ;ill , i wnh ntmeliiit,,,g the miuressiiieul, n HrM emeiltt vUtl rc )erti(0 ^ |le men turned rh-., no! IQ sllU i,, v « ! u, uric ill Im a tOhaliwcri , ' 1 - the Legislature ; and if those now bid before the House bad pint tendency i it would be recollected that the production of ihetn bad been frequently in]nt:i:.t. His M.'je^lj s M::i:it?:-£ were gento eiaik disposed reflections be satisfied with the pleasing from the consciousness of duties Fulfilled and zeal employed to promote the public welfare; it would savour of arro-_ gance lo obtrude, themselves, the details of Uicir services, however meritorious they might br, upon Uie notice of Parliament, and ciiallenge vVhich. uprose, have been merely inconvenient, but would have pi'nv.'il vitallv ihuigeroui t her sfciuity, Asa natinm therefore, Great Biitnin was amply justified in insisting upon thai, ihe rcliiiqunlfmciH uf which would have shaken ihe foiindalions of her power. Wc hull a light, therefore, to consider tbe question with other feelings, and »itb grentet' leaacth than America, towatils wboni it did not threaten Ilie Invs ol freedom or safety, but (Merely the inCOnveniebueofH small porllon u -i exercise of the right of * oi her eiiiicn., by the beliigeivitt during the oonttmiancelpf the war, In another, point of viKjw also; tbe Amiiiean so'erumeul' ought io have been assured thai ihlj object was pursued by Great Britain in her own li* fence, a-id noi \tonld not . i exercise of s which never had becytf and never could be, ju=ily questioned. He would proceed to consider lbs mode in which America urged her pretension*; nut] woulrtshftw, that the government trf ihe United States flowed the war 10 continue to rage, because Great Britain mis nut prepared to concede tile questional issue ns even n preliminary torn, arinisjioc. tliu possessed lo de lurid ourselves, by right 'J Buiiolaiuoflificatiounlihe eii,iin S systeia hut to pVOVe tfist lbe|,roblrm lias n.,1 ul'iutl, ",, .. . cll hiilon as io warriiui America in B*|ie«iihj! to njctate the ahan dun litem Dltheprinciptciuiiler the menace of war. approbation of that high tribunal, how let', vently soever tbey might desire to obtain it. The correspondence now submitted 10 the House comprehended a period of two years nnd a half, mid die perusal of them would sufficiently show flow little Ministers were disposed to withhold any information that could be in the least satisfactory to the House or to the public, or furnish lights by Which their own conduct might be subjected to the most rigid scrutiny. Tin; question Which he should ground on the production of those pnpeu, "as one in the decision of which the character of the country was at issue ; and as it whs therefore of the utmost consequence thai inch decision should be the result of the most pmieni and cautious dclibeiition.be would crwHySHppfy, by unreserved answers 10 any interrogatories that might be put to bint, audi information as might lend to elucidate the documents on the table, and render the result of inquiry beneficial to the community. The chief point to which the aUfflition of the House would be directed was, vvlielher it was in the power of MhiK-el'S, by any exertion, to have prevented the much-to-be deprenalcd war in which we were now engaged and here he hoped to have credit from the House, when, he said, thai no one more sincerely lamented the necesWar, in its most sity of that war than lie did. favourable aspect calamitous to a country, was, in this instance, rendered by peculiar circumMost sincerely stances, doubly calamitous. grieved was he thai he could but too welt make out for the satisfaction of the house the necessity there was for extending that evil for exchanging, in our relations with the United States, that peaceable intercourse which was so beneficial to both nations for all the ills* which,* state of hostility involves : and he trusted, that in the sentiini.nl by which he was actuated, his colleagues, the Parliament, and the nation at large, (lie I I Ma conn try- He referred in particular to the exposi- tion of Ihe* Presi'lcnt, of the motives whiuh had induced Ihe declaration of war, and to the paper which hail been published by the Secretary ol" Foreign Lega- of it. He asserted, these papers would bp lound to contain a full disavowal of "II the points on which il had been supposed in this count!')', that concessions had been made, anil amity thereby assured : those very points were, what the tions after the commencement American government had chosen ing just grounds for hostility, cisely the opposite direction to press as affordarguing on them in pretO' what any reasonable have supposed hem likely 10 do. They had extracted matter of offence out nt every tiegociation, however Amicably ituppeared to-Tirtve lurmiiufintellf and not uiiti'enueiilly even from those in a hich and is jury had been al ledge d on the siiir Of an man would i itith am olijiuisuf inurdiiiate :nuliiti(o. He trusted thai he should not be considered illiberal in declaring, that, hi his opinion, the American gt* ernment had prostltuteil iis character, by taking ii twue on this question unloiinded in icasou and goon sohsetniu] only ealcnbtcil to produce prejudices in Amerii\i, ineompalihlc wiih the future harmony of the fWO.Counlrics. Let the (Ulfjeol be fairly examined, and 'he was sure thill on fat final Or t«ir mind would say that it was possible the object was stub as to induce the British government to do any thins unjustifiable fur its attainThe g-ueinnii'iii of the Uniitd Stales contendment ed that Great Britain had used ei'ery tjeeies of oppression towards the American senineii assumingi most unjustly, that every imli virtual laktti by the Di itisb cruisern out of an American ship r"ist necessarily be an American S'lbjecl t 'hat ibis A'-'i not the fact, would Appear upon o prima facia tiiv ofthc case I be matt ohserce, thai it was a singular laci i., diplomacy, thai a question Wl Icli on formei- dlKunionshiitl oertnnih been brought foi'\»ai d but never, down : to the declaration ul' war, in the lone of a w ir question by America, was Unexpectedly placed in the from of tho battle, being actually Hie first propeailiOD iu the American declaration of war. At the moment thai America fnuntl ihb country on the spirit of her usual amity, availing herself of the npportunilj ntri-nled her bv France, to try vihelher ihe Orders m Council could not be put un such a footing as toceasetebetujuiioiisto American commerce; when ihe govern men t ol the United States found ihat i Andltere The various negeciations on the giibjeol had bean conduetcd with the utmost tomper nud moderationj but ii seemed proh.ibb that il never eoiild lie se> tied with the complete relinquishment of .die right or search. It was, iherefut'e, that he endeavored strongly lorfcpress on Mr. Russell's mind, -fiat h ,, rarfrom there heme: any probability of a icttlemcut rd the question under any angry relations between the two countries, it was one which would fie difti. cult Of determination iir any cffedmsbiuwe ; and that it was the evident policy of America io terminate the war as soon as she could, aud not to dragoon or forae Q. Britain into an acquiescence in her Wishes, mm Governmeui, i .,.-.. i . nt toad* oi uurs. The war which had thus commenced had been followed op by an armistice; butif this armistice had been mcaut us nu indication of a wish for peace, the tone and temper of the American Government towards this country would have undergone arevolntion, : and far different gounds of adjustment would have been assumed from those on which they now The great questions between the couutries stand. were, the Orders in Council, whieh it was customary in America, to call an illegal blockade, and the. impressment of our seamen. They might, perhaps, think that the former of these was taken out of that might be true ; the question by ihe armistice he woultl not pledge die American Government fur- -- disposed to commit thembut they ought not to have closed up every conciliation, but those by having recourse to wliich wc should make a surrender of our rights. The ministers have even laid a claim to indemnity for the vessels captured under the Orders in Counther ihan thai they were selves ; avenue of cil. Not this cil r satisfied with the forbearance manifested by ' :, '".iL.ai. irid imha -v ., pressed la or 20,000 American al ->. Wc iuti'oaLed I'mp. attentiim of the House -.nt which he was about in state. He would not preteiij io cumc exactly lo ihe truth, but he wonld app'rnnc so near to il j> to enable Parliament, and to cusble America herself, to judge ivhetber the actual and inWdtate value of the object in o,'iesiiou wui such, A nil' whether thai object was so imperatively necessary t| |be maintenance of Die maritime poiver of Great 11 a tain, as to induce the British government to risk all He soreness aud irritation ihat hul taken place bet men the two countries, instead of getting rid of that oonc of contention which prevented ihe cordial friewhllip and co-operation so desirable. It was impossible to believe thai for such a paltry aud miserable object as that which he was about to slate, the British gonrnment cuMd haie shown ihemS'dves inseusible to the great interests of tbe stale. Having premised this, he would proceed lo inform ihe Mouse, Ihat so fitr from our having 15 or 20.0UU American seamen in our service, it did so happen, that at t»o distinct ami recent periods the Admiralty ascertained how man) of the l4:i,000 seamen actively employed in ihe British service pixifessed Ihcnisdves entitled to be ilisclnii^.-il us \uieiitan ciI ,i . . we had revoked the Orders in Council, mid that the blockade of 1S06 was no longer in Operation, that government d. dared, that xinleta Great Britain were prepared io concede the point iu dispute beiweeu the two caamnes, they would persevere- in war, on a ground Wllioli U]i to thai moment had never been adduced as H threatened ground of Im utility. This was evident from Mb, Russell's (list note, and from the last and most authorized eoiaiminicntion from Mr, Monfne to Sir. J. B. Wliliem Mr. Monroe declared, that ihe impressment must be given rip hi the British governmenl, atnl that any rcaiilHliciiis to I-.- wilistllutei! for li--ui Diigln hi ihe >u ;)[.,<_( uf i,. ,,..... .,.> eniniu* on an amicable footing it woultl be sttuige for iheoiiju toa*k the other to put it in possession of a disputed point, while Ihe justice of that point wui yet controverting. Ji u( here the l«o countries were bOstilely engaged, and America declared that site vould not suspend the war unless Great Britain marked bur's cuse of her own injustice, by *batidoning that which had been the object of dispute. Nivecwiis there a more reasonable attempt on the purl or one power to dictate to another, and that too under circumstances of the most offensive nature. Adverting to the recent negotiation with Mr. lius. sell, he observed, ihat his majesty's government did not conceive ii be any sacrifice of die dignity of the country, not to allow any question of force to stand in the way uflhat negocjauqu. Mr. Russe 1 possessed no tnsirumeni, which in the ordinary course of diplomatic practice, entitled him to claim a hearing from the Brilirh government Ht all; but as he (Lord C.) and his colleagues iu office, had no doubt ihat the eli i | ' was the question on which the, two eoilutries w, q at win, he en pressed Ida desire to know iu what part of America Ihe government would find a foeliluj corrcspondenl wfth their own > H'anv ^uch existed, surely it would be iu the maritime '.stale., who alone could suffer by being deprived of their seamen; Bui in fiicr, hi what part of the Union was to he l'o.md a temper indignant towards G. Britain W:n , Bevertiiig to the assertion of the Aincrithat the impi-essment of adnmen · Ihe southern, iu the more retired states of tile Mississippi? Or Was "it in the eastern stales, phssessing ships and sailors, and on wliom eOusoqUOiitly our preetice operated iu full foroo So far was the war from being popular in these l*st. thai it wu» loudly cried out Sgaio«,"i!nd riartieufarly oil that ground o[ supposed irriution :. 'I il in ? ! . ]'.' I . .... in ifn ii ..,, .u-ouelr ' m disapiuweditilhe eastern States of A mer.ca, vvas evident by his not bavW 1 W (| Bailll;le ,,,·, | a U Stateafon Ogam raising bun to the Presidents*. Having thus, endeavored to shew ihat in the whole course pursued towards America, the British Government were not chargeable with aantof temper and due forbearance, heniighr, perhaps, hear it said that they were chargeable wiih not having pressed America with sufficient Tigor. It would occupy tod much of the time of the House were he to enter into Any details on the subject, or lo explain the views by which his Majesty's Government were itiQuunced in the apportionment and application or the military meaua of the country- This would be a fit subject for future discussion. 1 1 1*1' in possession of Mr. Russell, from the American The justice was most cordially participated. obviously on our side, VaS indeed, a mighty consolation, but certainly not all efficient to subdue the sense of Hie calu:n:y ;rc v/fccli the severe pressure of necessity had involved us. But was a feeling uf this nature io lay us at the feci of an enciilv who had met every act of conciliation on our part with augmented hostility ) He trusted that we should be found actuated by a far different spii it, and that, after having deplored the infatuation in the government add population of the Uni.ed Slates, which had forcibly drawn us into the coolest, we should turn our attention to every means bj which unjust aggression could be most effectually repelled. It would appear very plainly that Ministers had not wantonly plunged the country m a war .vhicli there were bo many motives to avoid, if possible, and in having a. length recourse to <t after by repeated country in the revocation of the Orders in Counand the relinquish me at of the blockade of 1806, the American Government claimed ihe abandonment by that of Great Britain of the future exercise of the rights involved in those orders and that blockade. Willi respect to the Orders in Council, that question had undergone repeated discussions hi the British Parliament t>ad a variet? ifqiK-icns h;, J certainly been elite I'laiued and expressed on the subject; but, he -would soy that those opinions bore on the commercial expediency at' the measure rather than on any doubts as to the right and competency of this country reraHlRE ami ItSroTV back on the enemy the injuries and inconveniences which their Decrees were calculated lo inflict upon us. This was a discussion, the renewal of wliich he wished to wave at that nioinout; hut he trusted, that no individual would suppose thai bis Majesty's Govern in erif could be so dead lo their duties, and so insensible to the general iuterests and rights of the country, as not to be anxious at the very moment they modified the measures which had been previously adopted, with the expectation of conciliating America and inducing her to tizens. And here he must observe, ihat it was impossible lo put the question at issde on a point of view more favorable to the assertion ol die American government, because every individual who had the slightest pretext for doing so would mske a claim, the imnUKlinte result of which inighl in him seem likely to lead io liberty and to the means uf engaging in a service mure lucrative than that nf the British Navy, What were the returns ? In Jnnnary, 1SU, the whole number out of ihe li.'i.OOO who daiineil lo be Ame.i;o? aub|i:-.-cs [nrd let it ba i';.:i:rft;u --'J ll:a. the jf.5lice ol ihe ahum rintn) on il,in> -bm(71c tie-. :..... was 3,SO0. When a similar application was made at the commeneeuient of the present Jem' (a considerable number having been discharged in toe mean lime) the return was less by several hundreds. But altho' 3, 500 individuals asserted their claim lb discharge uu ihe ground of their being citizens of America, the House must be informed, tliatou ordinary occasions, it was found that ihe proportion of those who could establish their claim on any tolerable ground w hul ever, in eases of examinalion, was abnut one in itiur. Lei it be supplied, however, that one hull established them. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, although not professedly written by command of the Pr aside nl of the United Slates, was transmitted to Mr. Kussell with his privily and consent, they, were nut disposed to object to treating with Mr. Knsu-ll on ihe score of informality. In the second communication received from Ihnt gentleman, he distinctly stated that he « as authorized lo coihe tu an understanding with the Bri- W embark with Emope promote a pacific temper in the enemy, they had endeavoured to avert the evil. They fell confident that tliey had carried into it with them Urn f^cliwgs of the country with so full a tide, that it would be prosecuted with a vigour and firmness of spirit such as would be nioht likclv to promote tlieonly legitimate end and object of all war a secure and honourable peace.-- Nor, indeed, was it to be despaired that alu-niptS to in the general cause against Fntace, so to guide their conduct as to leave the rights and claim, of this country on the subject as clear anil untouched as if no relaxation whatever had takeu place. Unquestionably, he was prepared lo contend, that his Majesty's Government had undoubted right to Issue the Orders in questiou, aud their jus I ice and necessity at the particular moment at which they were issue It, when the pfeviou. conduct of Fiance was considered, must appear still selves, by proof, to be fcroerioan citiicus. It would fulluw, llialiii tlic great extent of our navy, there were 16 or 170U individuals who were there contrary to the I wishes of his Majesty's government, and who had rational ground ftir demanding their liberation, Oii^tpoof or their being subjects of the United Slates. How cuuhi the House beheie ih.it there was any mail so infatuated or that ihe British empire was driven tu sueh sti-aiis, that tor such a paltry consideration as tome government Oti the points in dispute beiweeu the It was too inueh to expect ihat he was lurnished wiih ihe means of enabling the party lo whom ihe communication was made to judge in what sense the term " understanding" was lo be taken. In his (Lord Casllc reach's) eoirverimioit with Mr. Russell, however, he found thai such was not the casci When that gentle man seemed t. den.arl hum the gfOflTld of citlmig on the British government to suspend the right ol imprusument during the discquioiis ou ihe subject, he (Lord C.J was nn\n.us to know the nature and extent ul hu ins'rnt-tirfiis and authority, which Mr. Kussell avow eil with the ultuo-i fairness nud candour. He Stated thai" he wits not directed by his government to insist nu the suspension of the practice of impressment during the di'iaissions, hnl that his government required to have a clear under* tauti'iug ivith the British g'lveiluneift, both on ihe subject nl the impressment imd*on that of the Oitlers in Council befure tliey would uunscnt iu an armistice. When he asked .VL. ItiisSell jf he was cleai'ty instructed as lo the nature of the expected Understanding, thai gentleman confessed that h<- * is only instTiuKed lo require a distinct understanding. Now what was the nature of this understanding nothing more nor less than ihat ihe British gov einnient should secretly admit dial tish two countries. voke any observations on the present occasion, he might perhaps be permitted to make a few remarks which appeared to him to he of a satisfactory nature. His Majesty's Government, down to the pen., of the commencement of hostilities, had certainly never drawn our military forces front o;hcr services, with a view of accumulating the means of war in Ararrica. They had merely thought it their duly id provide adequate means of defence in that quarter. The declaration ol" war on ihe part of tile American Government, was not more Unexpected at the time it look place, than il was at several periods of the negotiation. Our .Minister in America, in communicating that occurrence to the British Government, declared that it was entirely unexpected bv him, aud by the Americans themselves As earW'j however, as May last, unwilling lo deceive themselves with respect to the prebable issue But, without wishing to pro- ofthene- goeumon.his Majesty's Government gave the necessary orders to the various officers, and took measures to reinforce the anuv and navv in America, as Ur as v-.,t coiidfaAciit Wiih other Hrviced ii a'anie hostility might think that subsequently a due degree of active had not been exhibited, he should he ready, ! -- -- 170U sailois, his Majesty 's government wnuid need- more evident, as well as their" foundation in the true leisly irrilHie the -- nnd sound policy ofthc British empire. For whatever meonvemieuce a portion of ihe manufacturing interest uf this country might baser Sustained from communication with' the « wise and firm line of policy on our part, to- the interruption of th« gether with, a -.undid and temperate dis-cjJseioii of the differences which had aiineiV between the two naiisns might have a more extended cHect than ihat of confining oar own people in a resu : lulinn to maintain their rights Unimpaired. -It was difficult lo suppose the people of America so deaf to tie voice of fen son as to be utterly Unconscious that in the intercourse which bad taken place between the govt nmenu of the two countries, theirs Isad noi been the party which had held justice cheapest, and sought more eagerly lor War and if their eyes were once opened, il * h ii Id not he an unreasonable expectation if we looked to their calling on their rulers lo dei ; American market, he hud no hesitation in staling il as hii decided opinion, that had not the British Government opposed to Fijuioe measures similar to and retaliatory of the measures that France had adopted in hostility to this country, the L commerce sist from hostilities, in which they were likely to reap neither honour nor profit. The question now before the House was simply this, whether would have been as triumphant on the Continent, as |, id been her military career; and the commerce of Great Britain would have 3uuk to the lowest stale of depression. He begged therefore to be always considered as one of the most steady and faithful admirers of that system in which the Orders u, Council originated. hen any relaxation of those Orders look place, it bad always been on the principle ol accommodating neutral Powers as far as was consistent with the preservation f the system uf coercing France toihe abandonment of that system by which bhe was endeavoring to exclude British commerce troro the whole world. until recently, of France pride ol a neutral nation, or violate u |,ui, ,, a » due from one country to anotherl He trusted, that when America duly considered the Milijrr.i, she would see tii.it Great Britain could have no illicit reason v> hntever lor her eonduut end ibrt :l ; abject of Great Britain, in risuAing upon the right of search, was nut to inapiue A merie-.m sealuen, lint the much broader and more important one ul guarding herself lion] btin;; deprived of her own. He muai be permuted to saj (ami in saying it lie that justice j meant nu undue oll'euce to Hie American government) i | i that iiolhiug had appeareil ill the couucil-i or conduct ul ihe Untied Stales wiih rtsptet to Lhu large interests Of the world al tins most iuipfli'tvtnt |ieiiod lo inspire this conn try with confidence, or io justify his Mnjes(y's gofciiimeiii in putting the iutovsts of G. Britain into ihe blinds uf the American go torn went, with ihe expectation that they would be tamed uitii friend- Great-Britain should ultimately bb tied hand and foul to. the abandonment of the right of impressinenl When he asked Mr. Kussell what Were Iris positions wiih respect io British subjects becoming American citizens, and whether he held that the allegiance uf British subjects could be diaSulvud by the American government! The rcplj was, that there mis uut a iiord in hisinatructrous on th.it point. Ou being questioned on other topics of the niost ordinary nature, Mr kusseTl stated that he had an opiuion of his pirn upon ihem, l«u candidly admit ted. ihnt he ivas not instructed ou the subjects hv the Ainei lean SJecrotary of Suite. When be (Lord Caitleiengb) asked him, whether iie hud any ffrojet of the understanding to whioh the guvei anient of the U. Suites « ere disposed to come, he it (died, that he had no such projet what- -- I j W i mum ship and fidelity. Nevertheless, so mitigated had been the conduct ol his hfajetty '» govtiriimeul on the pnim in que-tiou, that the Admiralty had always directed our ollieers not to press seam Ol ptulessing io be American bnrti who were found on board Amerietin ves- Willi respect to the blockade of 1805, the fact was, the country was or was not engaged in war wiih the United Slates, having justice on their side And the proposition which he meant to ground on their decision in ihe alTumalive was, that an Address should be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince llegent, calling on him* to direct a vigorous prosecution of the war with the United States ; and praying him lo repose the fullest confidence in the support ol Parliament and the Country. Of the negotiations now be fore ilie House, he iiad to observe that many points Dad on former occasions occupied much of their attention, and given rise 10 discussions of no inconsiderable length. The points, thereart -. 10 which lie would more particularly draw their attention on the present occasion were those which were to be lound of any importance in Ihe latier stages of ihe correspondence. They > i along period aticr us institution, it was wholly uueonipl.iincd nl by the govuriitnaul of the United Stales ; il c\i .led for tin ee ) ems, not only without, an tljat for | adverse re present all uu respecting it on Hie part of Amcricu, Uai actually with a »pe. id representation in its favor, made by the American minister nl ihe Court of London, it was a measure, on ihe legitimate nature of which, all political parlies in thiseonnlry agreed. Originating in Mr. Fux's ntlnuiilstruiiiiu, the justice ol it had been maintained by every government down in the present day. It rented on die ordinary principle of maritime law. viz. that ihe power by whioli it was instituted, ,. .-..-. a force capable of iiiainlRiniag il. i lie felt itto be due lo the eliuracier of Mr. Vox 10 state, thai he did not i-niiiliile thai blockade uolil he hail written 10 the Admiralty lo know if ihr.y could it by an adequate naval force. On tins point, therefore, be trusted mat the character of this uouutry stood on a ground wholly Qniftipenelicd, Ihe Question wlnel, remained to be OoUsidired, and indeed by jar the ,,i«»i important atieitian, ivas, thai which itlalud fo the right of (/»» country to imbreii Jlntiih icutiu ,i juumt on board Jlntericiin merchant a/tip* lie was sure that ihe House mini be sentible tied no queilion could be more closely interesting to ihe country, touching as il did upon one of the main features nt the support of uUr naval power, He would consider the rc ne rid course adopted by tlie gaveniincnt of the United Stales on this subject, and would refer to ihe several Overtures made by them upon il, in ,,iie point ul view, lu doing this, he should have In advert lo maintain eemficates signed bl the collector Ol customs of an American putt, an din eluded iu the certiticate4 lists, liaas however well kuowu that tticseeertilicatev were trinidulently obtained, and granted ton degree pel'leulh t neon si stent with any disposition ou Ihe pure (if the American govern nieui anil ol 'he Aroeil ami ofheci'S, to countCraul the abuse of which Great Britain complained. 'Iliuj w tie granted ,w.lth a laxity which threw u deep si.uu on the uliiiractei' of the government ul a uoniilry professing 10 innk ainung bivillnert iialinus. tu two ot the principal ports of America, KuW-Voik and Fhiladeliiiiui, the (V Stein vl »lamlug false uerlilieaies from the collectors wjis so tlisgi.ieefull; OpCII, [htit iq the loi nn-r ot UlpSC pOClS tile uolleuior one daj allowed an old iMooau to ij'Kiiiii a whole hoitnf icainen l.,r receiving Iheia, by sm-ltl'ljlg thai abe knew tliey were American citizens. The iraiisuodOn proaeeded to such h length thai the very clerk reinonurnted against il . ba' i»i« ··- l1 "' appealed to tbe coileetur is to t'|,,- pussuilu credibility o( the witness, The reply ol me culiecier was, that it » as nu sels, iviili ever. Did all this wear tile semblance ol a disposition for Liir discussion ? He fell hihisclf therefore bound to say tlisl the Hru.di government was justified in viewing the conduct of the government of the United States i. ah alarm and without shutting thv door io negotiation, in taking care ihat the auucul and undoubted rights of this country could not be untied into question ; and thai ihe maintenance of those rights should not he entrusted to any oilier power. Such would hive been the detef'tuiuutiou <d his M.jtisty's present servants, h;id the subject been brought under their consideration for the fust time. Hut this was nut the ease ; tliery h,\tl important prc..ide ihcir jiidgment. He vioti s lights by whioli io (luiueivctl that he did his duty, no less to America than lo Great-Bi llajn---be cQiiccivud, that he was performing the pint of a pes ee -maker, when he candidly tppritcd Mr. Uussull of the relative situation uf the Lwo countries Imagining that he perceived in ihe eonduut uf .Mr. Uns.ell, in the several discussions Ihat had tiikcn place in the American Legislature, and in ihe proteai entered into by tlie minority in that Legislature, a disposition to bslievu ihnt iiic liiuililies for settling the question un our purl were greater than they aotutihy were, he ihougnt ithuduty to impress on Mr. Russell's mind, that, sllhotlgh the British government acre ready to listen Ww, y rensnnablc piopoiilinu I'roru America, fie(Lort< U ) tlepi coaled the -- , io give his reasons for ihiukiug the imputation unfounded, aud for preferring the employment of our forces on certaiu rather thiin on contingent ubjecls. Persevering iu the principle of conciliating rather than in irritating the Americans, Government adopted a defensive rather than offensive warfare towards them. Without withdrawing any of our force from the Peninsula, ue hart been ahle successfully to defend Canada, and to prevent any one of our valuable fleets from falling a victim to the sudden eruption of a war, the moment of the declaration Of which Was ehoaen hv the enemy. If it were contended that the blockade oftho American ports was not sufficiently early, lie' would Only reply, that it was uot deemed tin jilviKiblc policy to iiivtitme that blockade immediately after the declaration of war; first, because that would have been. lo punish our allies, who were obtaining their requisite Supplies by those outlets secondly, becauss there were many American merchants who had purchased goods m ibis country, ou ihe faith of their beiug allowed to Import them into the United States. In contemplating the whole oduese of conduct adopted by Govajrumeut iu this affair, he trusted he should noi be accused of arrogance for declaring that he sa» nothing which ho repented, or wished retracted. While they had manifested an anxious desire ou all occasions to modily their measures iu such a way as should be least offensive to neutral powers, hede1 fiediuiy one lo lay his Gngernntiny pa "nf their cOHduti, by which tliey had sacrificed the rights and Intel esls ol the country. If they had been unable to avoid war, they had ai least given the country a good cause nf war, »nd bad sacredly guarded all her privileges, For America, he confessed that he deeply lamented the injury whiuh her character had sustained by the conduct of her government; it was conduct unworthy of any State calling ilseU" civilig&d aud free. The hostility of Anu'rica towards the Powers of Europe who were i'.nggllne to repress the ambition uf Prance, had precipitated her from the eminence ou which she hnd herctulore stood; and if any thing could lower her still more in the eoul judgment of every reflecting mind, it was the moment which she had selected to throw hie weight into the scale of French influenee( Hear, /lenj-)-- it was on the eve of receiving, through the in all humility, -- j t- itself, notion, thalil was not a qucntioiiol great dilficuliy iu and that it ought to be n.suuu.d, that bee line the British government were not thspuitd 10 concede, Ibey iiere.lheielorc, nm disposetl to a friendly interIn KiOtj in pijjpoilhin lo the course with Ameriofl. number ol times ai which the question had been iqjinted,an,Uu the disposition matiilesied by the British guierunu-ntiu setlleit, uj, the inference thai it was In tBOS, doiiii.,I.,i\l Sid month's adlBLuuJl quasliou. admhiisiration, the proposition ol ailupuug wane subsfume fqi'theimpresuuent was (liseuueti widi such temper by the British govecniuBut, thai Mr. itin^ wrote lo disown gnvernment in theeonfidei.l e\nuola- would, he Was satisfied, e..sily collect li om Iheiii the lieceswiiy of ike stand which ihe Government was now disposed to make, and would consequently acquiesce cheerfully in the proposition he should make, to call on the Crown to engage with spun in the contest, confide nt o] finding in ihe people a determined resolution lo repel the attack* which had been *n wantonly made on ln-ni, and which ificy could noi haw prevented but bj a sacrifice oi rie in* acknowledged and maintained by every nation whoso inlet course wiill her neighbour* fr. regulated by any infer. Mice to a cod ol iniernulioiiallaw. They would ascertain thai every possible, attempt had been made to bring i.,,. American gflvevnmi hi Lo reason, and thai every ..ocli ju tempt had railed, merdy because then was to be found in that govetouieiii luppoited bv a pari 61 the poputa.. i , -- for ihat lie was only iniui'lerial ill the nliiur ; anil ilie old woman continued during Ihe whole uf the day io receive her two dollars fur every oath she ill who apjiiied to her obiauj rtihcate*. la 1'hiladellihia ceourruiiecs i.i" a .-im.i.tr naltiru had taken plttcu, bat he *ouldiut VhUgde the House by business of ii\a, , mo from Mr. Kussell, fnlloimd by one from the Vmerieau agem. for prisoners, and io ihe further discussions on Ihe subject which look pliiee in A inertca beiweeu Sir J. B. Warren and the American Searelar) ol State tor Foreign Affairs; and the House Mould ikteniiuic, ou a view of the whole together, .-lietiieror not the course adopted lo his Majesty's government was el) tilled to their approbation. In' looking at tins moil lispuruuit quettioii (:m<l certain I letters ihem Certiliciies »cte frequently transanfllhel', and became as re in one individual oiaiter uf mde u» any other personal pruperty. Bui ihe question did noi re»l on this view ul ihe ii aildnieni uioile ol d ubtahimg curt.fiejlei.or; Was [hi ii not aomctlilng in the nruetiee of the American gover cut »h:i li laid ihem "pen to a jealous suspicion on |im-i,even if ""-' W«lem ul cerullcaiea was as faithful as it was cvideiillji finuululelit) Was there notlung 10 induce fireal Britain not to part with detailing ferred I w much lion entrusted u>.iheli- rule. .-,,, inordinate and inttoleni apivit ol encroach meni wJiicli would b-ve made prouacted forbc*raiicc appear tike re importajit quiistiup to this oouiui'j was never I,; il ought ui.i be un. Sped lent to enter into a parauve.exaiulnaiiau nl the claims n[ ihe; two nations, aud uf the temper in which those ulauns were * agll - d the iiii'mif ol doing iier^lljinliet- uu the subject! Did Aoierit.i iajiuit tiiat the natural bom subjects of this country wire bound to ^ive their aid and ami iuc« Iti their niiturril sovci'cigil "vr conduct diitinctly denSed ii. SI who by n false 1,1 ihat .· British mlijcct, oath converted himself into an American uilizen, or ii '. Lmd Liverbe arranged, and Urd St. Vineeiil were favouiiifchi to the proposltioh; but whunit was submittco to the Law ti>tliuers, their upinious precluded dm ouvernment bum earning their iuteiilioas into elicit. The piupomUuti ler auspices whuh lie 1.1 .id wasrcnew.din ISO?, t;. ) had Strongly impressed ou Mr. Itussell s iniiid, for h wasi-enowcd "hen America hclieviJ (though it w*» tion lh.il Ihe afiiui-iioulil pi.ol communication of the British Government, that most offensive paper of the Duke of Bassano's which menaced every country iliat would not acquiesce in the designs of France. As t'nv us Great Britain was concerned, it seemed as if America was impatient tJ get into ihe war ; otherwise, alter waiting so long, she would assuredly have waited the result of the deliberations of that house, certainly sanoiioncd by n great portion of ihc community, on the expediency ol" purse vcre.ng iu [h*. Orders ia Council. It was no answer to say it" was vain to miu for sentiments which had already been often and distinctly esyrwaed; for although the British Goverojaccl might have still maintained the right In which ihe Orders iu Council were founded, the question uf conimeroi.il expediency might induce a ililwrtml praUtiee, reserving the right. The American Govern uiliii had no reason tr, suppose that tlm agitation ol the subjact would no end iu tlie rcvocatioa of ihe Order*', biit if there was nothing else to be considered. Jet the House consider cue aitCUtion of ihe resiot fcujapc at the moment when America threw her power (power iu ihe .i.'i»e of embarrass uOlftJ into the sbbIj of France; was at the ut'iuieiil when Bnnnpitrie bad li detl.-tred lltt inleiitii.n of iiuadui- H«d >iitii|iiiu{ by nun- eveiy country ili.-.i would nul suhiuil to if, five In, eoniineiriat rcgulallulft, and to heI roine lite iii?iiuui.'iiis nf flit "ill -- it w nS at ibe who nuiunutacd hiumll ilie king in America Iu con for y to Amuiie.ni laws, Bcuciid to owe allegiance io the ul his native country, and a as cut uied lo be pio- unjust to iinagiiie that any party' In this coiudry *><* inimical to Vmerica) thai a pai ' [lecHliarl) IneuiU] her « :m iu power. The ncgoclatian nroceedeil I-Liirju Larfts Holland and Auckland, end Ucasis. Monroe and I'iuoktieyi and inch were the Impes emutallied ofn favunniblc it^un, Ihnt (he Einei'lcan euininis-iuuers were induced to lay no Its- ihan three ilisAH tUtiSt tinet projet* belurelhc Briti-h K.o,rnoo in. to muincHi wht'u,, large French mnvj v*a* usieuihlnl un ihe confllict nf Ku-n. aud when Bunaparte wns pruceedisi in lend lUeui, in ibe*n«jui« nun i'.|ienii(iuu (an erpeciinfun »u Happily drfumed) of (uiu|ieliuig the iPlltfle world til adopt his uien-iii <. rruiui-ni -u « l< HI thai mo men ·> 1 rfial ,if ilic Umlcd bltllM, oh Hi the (jovmu- >.nu,ilcd dejcneiary of feclmjt, thousfbl u rnnsineui wiih ibc-cbaturiei and incpieru-of AnioiiraJo ossiieiale befell with Fiame iu ihe nu-e and vmlrdl