d driavowal of condi- md pvvtciiurns advanced by i nch governrnenufur which 1 staves are io far from hav- made themlelves refpomblc m ta official explanations which av been publiiked to the world mu in a corrcfpondencc ot the a- mikan minilvr at london with t britiih minifter for foreign jihiursj filth a reipomibility was implicitly and emphatically dif- humed it has become indeed fumyicnt- ly certain that the commerce of the ik states is to be facxificed tiot as interfering with the belli- erent rights of g britain not as applying the wants of her ene mies which he herklf fupplies but j interfering with the monop- ly which he covers for her own commerce and navigation she carries on a war agamic the lau- ful commerce of a friend that hie may the better carrv on a com- rncicc with an enemy a commerce diluted by the forgeries and per juries which are for the moil part die only pauperis by which it can uccccd anxious to make every experi- tncnt iliorc of the lad refer t of in jured nations the lb states have withheld from g britain under ecu five modifications the bene fits of a frccintercourfe with their market the lots of which could rot but outweigh the profits ac- crum from hcrrcllrictions of our uimeivc with other nations and to entitle thefc experiments the more favorable confidera- tion lucy were b framed as toon- xbe r to phce her adveriary un- the exelufivs operation oftheni 3 kue appeals her government bi ii equally inrlexihlc as il 1 1 i i to make facriiices ot every rather than yield to the claims oi juiuce oi renounce the errors i rilio pride nay fa fur were h e empts carried to overcome idm cut rf the briiiib cab- fct to its unjuit edicts that it re ived everv encouragement within he competency of the executive ranch ot our government to ex- nccc thai a repeal ot them would i flowed by a war between the f states and france unlets the veneh edicts filould alio be rcpcal- 1vcn this communication ithouffh iiknciiv forever the plea r 2 mpcklmn iii the lb states to lcquielcc in thofc edicts originally he fblepl i for the received no i 1 cl if no other proof cxiftcd i prc- ietei mination of the briviih gov- nracfit agauirt a repeal oi its or- r- nuht be found in the eor rtipendence oi the miniller ikm- icntiary of the u states at lon- knand the britifii secretary for foreign affair in mie on the tjueiiion whether the blockade of may io6 was considered as in force or as not in torce it had en ascertained that the french jovei ink which urged this i lockide as the ground ot its lter- jiii decrees was willing jn the c- vent of its removal to repeal that decree which bcin-t- followed by ihcrnato repeals of the other otrcn- v edicl n ight aboiifh tlie whole item on both hdc ihr invit- bj upportunity for accomplifhing objecc lo important tothu at nd pro i led fo often to r iu t both the bclhger- made uown to the bri- jii 0 m v as that gov- ei xuz that an acynai ap- t jt i fore neccftary to the exlibnce cf legal blockade and it was notorious that if fuch a force had ever been t applied its long dilcontinuance had annulled the olockade in ques tion there could be no luiiicicnt objeclion on the part of gbrit ain to a formal revocation of it and no imaginable objection to a declaration ot the fact that the blockade did not exill the declaration would have been confident with her avowed princi ples of blockade and would have enabled the ii states to demand from france the pledged repeal ot her decrees cither with iuecefs in which cafe the way would have been opened for a general repeal of the belligerent edicts or with out iuceefs in which cafe the u states would have been juftified in turning their meaiure exclusively againit france the britifii go vernment would however nei ther rccind the blockade nor de clare its nonexifteu e nor per mits it noneineuec to be infer red and aflirmed by the anecrican fienieotcntiarv on the contra- ry by reprelcnting the blockade- to be comprehended in the orders in council the u states were com pelled fo to regard it in their full lccnicnt proceeding there was a period when a fa vorable change in t lie policy of the britiih cabinet was juftiy confidera i- 1 as eftaliuihed r he miniitcr pleniuotcntuvry d his britannk maj ty lure propofed an adjuil- ment of the dirlerences more im v i hare not been able to avert it might at leait have been expected that an enlightened nation if lets urged by moral obligations or in- itcd by friendly diipolitions on the part of the u states would have found in its true intereft a- lone a fuiiicient motive to refpect their rights and their tranquillity on the highfeas that an enlarged obey would leave favored that ree and general circulation ot coin- merce in which the britiih nation is at all times intereiled and which in times of war is the bed allevia tion of its calamities to herlelf as well as the other belligerents and more eipecially that the britifii cabinet would not for the fake of a precarious and furrepth ious intercourfe with hollile markets have perfevercd in a eourfe ot mea- lurcs which receilarily put at haz ard the invaluable market of a great and erowinff country dilbo- fed to cultivate the mutual advan tages of an active commerce other councils have prevailed our moderation and conciliation have no other crtcct than to en courage perlcvcrance and to en large pretentions we behold our ieafaring citizens kill the daily vic tims of lawieis violence eon mit- ted on the great con and hi k way of nations even whldn ficht of the country which owes tiwn tt l vj i vi i beh li u- iels freighted with the products of our foil and induilre or return ing with the honeft proceed- of them wreiied from heir lawful mediately endanqerin the harmo deitimations conhleated by prize ny of the tvo countries thcpro- courts no ion 2cr the organs of tc vr pofiiiui war accepted with a nroiiuiiude and cordiality orrel- ording with the invariable pro- eihaiv of tni government a foundation appeared to be laid for a lineere and lafting recon cilia tl on- ihe prolpecr however quick vaniiiied the whole proceeding v as fuvswccf by the 35i itiili go- vernmcnl without any exnlana- tiuns which could at that time re- prels the belief that the dilavow- al proceeded from a ipirit of hol- tility to the commercial rirhs ami profpenty of the lb states and it has iuice come into proof that at the very moment when the public miulier was holding the lamruarc ol fricndlbin and inlinr- ing confidence in the lineerity of the negocnion wili which lie was charged a feeret agent of his gov ernment w as employed in intrigues having for then object a fubver- lion iou government and a dif- memberment ot our happy union in rciewing the conduct ot g britain towards the states our attention is ncccilanly drawn to tne warfare juif renewed by the lavages on one of our cxtenhve frontiers a warfare winch is known to fpare neither aec nor iex and to be diftinguilhed by features peculiarly clocking to iiu- manity it is dillieult to account for the activity and combinations which have forfomc time been de- velopincr tliemielves amonir tribes in t c conftant inlerconrie with britiih traders and garriibns with out connecting their hoilility with that influence and without recol lecting the authenticated exam ples of fuch interpolitions hereto fore furnifhed by the ofticers and agents of that government such is the fpcclacle of injuries and indignities which have been heaped on our country ami fuch the criiis which its unexampled fotbaranp and cnnculat ny ffertj public lav but the inurumcnts of arbitrary edicls ahct their uefor- tunate craws difperfed ard loii 01 inveiided in britifh norts into bririih fleets wluhl arrxumentj ae employed ia fupport c thcii ariellrjreu wlicii iav r ioun- dation hut in a pv 1 1 1 equally lupnorting a claim to rcsuirtc ore external commerce in cafcj we behold n ia on eit fide of ti britain a fial war the u states imd on the kc of thel states a ftivte of peace to wards g britain whether the l states i hail con tinue paflrvn under thefe progref- live ufurpnions and tliefl aeeu- mnlattng wrongs or oppofing force to force hi defence of their naiurd i ign h conimit a julc caule into the huui of the al- mighty diinokv c kveii avoid ing- all connexions which might entavidc u in the contcfts nr views of other powers and pnf rvkig a conftant readinels toconcur in an honorable reeltabnihment of peace and friendlhip is a folemu pief- tion which the conftiruiion wife- lv confides io the i eeillitive dc- partment of tiie government in recommending it to their early de liberations i am happy in the al- iuranee that the decikon will be worthy the enlightened and patri otic councils oi a virtuous a free and powerful tuition having jm tented tls view of the relations of live lb states with g britiiiu ami of te ioleum al ternative growing in of them proceed to remark th the com- munieaikhislait made to congrcfs on tle lubject of av relations with lyancr will iuivo ihown that lince the revocation of her decrees as they violated the neuir i rights of the u states her government ha authorifed ilicel rapture ly its pvhtmj a3 public ip and that other outrages have been practifed on our veffels and our cit izens it will have been ftn a that no indemnity had been pro vided or fattsfaclorily pledged for the extern live ipoiiations commit ted under the violent and retro- fpcclive orders of the french go vernment againft the property of our eiti7xns fcizd wiihij j rifciiction of france i liain at this time from recorrnr dinr to the conlidcration of congr de- linitive meafurcs with r to that nation in the cxpec v lh i the rcfalt ot unelofed df ncfts between our riinifter fie liary at paris and the freiii vernment will fpcedily enabi c- grefs to decide with greater ad vantasre on the eourfe due to rights the interdds and th flo or of our country jamfs madsn 7 iurrjfss the h in rmb owrwhipri bably be ok the oeea- hlu- irh tifb have oa ii ktx svw- foimdland tsai v fisndu ilidioas j lail of tvc im n rigkc- rj iloops of v r td eialler fels inakimr totakot i avu vemk the rerter pan ot ilue will receive the ivvliratf n nj war in il made in a few divsaj i will be in immechate readmelsto frrv u into eraition to uxt this force and to check it dcrrc- anions on meican commcuc we have the following ie3vahv of as giant a little navy ever lei- td on the ooau lerrhfnt 44 par cotntiiouore llrgcrs l is commodoie i3catur ougreis y apt iii snf 1 vtlt 4w f v cu il 111 1 iil cipt 1 ivrcrtcc and argy ic capt ivcs-l- all hc- v ex t i o j j j ilb nii vm reivaii their vvrdhiiiitonl g by exprefs a fv i the co- iuiunw1- j vp ii at the 1 dt dates at annapohsbound round to riewyork ihe cjicit apeake is now rcpviirg in tlti- p ft and ihe confe41ation og the lane force in avaikirgton the john adams capt ludm of j guns and the kautilus bri of i apt crane are now fa thii v ft ready for fca ikfale theie i lie siren of 16 gun capt bainbridg the kntcrprize ot i capr imakil y ami the yixcnof it capt gadlden are alfo inrci- dinefs n the exertions of tiis naval force to give to our menaced commerce all tlie proebon in its power we haye the molt pcrkc confidence and lament it is nut ia- finitely gre boston july 8 frm france capt ilea- derfon who arrived at newport bom nantz has brought advices- to ihe firft of june be rvlr cvirlow continued prdmifi- unj in paris no arranocniint had been made for our plundered millions and none like to he n polcor and his minifies had lit off tor the viftula where he was to review his grand army clvmvtf- edac 41 10000 men and daily aug- m menang he met his fatlier-ia- i aw at drefdcn as be palled ak-n- tlie talis papers make no con- plaint agamfc ruula and are lent on tle iubject of war ym her rut the kniperor of ik was ith his army on the hont