Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 January 1810 — Page 1

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Comprising those Acts formerly in force,

and as Revised Br Messrs. JOHN RICE JONES, and JOHN JOHNSON,

And passed ( after amendments ) by the

Legislature ; and the Original Act

passed at the First Session of the Second

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At the Second Session of the Second General Assembly of the Indiana Territo-

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DOCUMENTS WHICH accompanied the MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE . UNITED STATES. (Continued,) The ferretary of fhte to mr. Jaclcfon, envoy extraordin i y and minuter plenipotentiary of his Britannic majrtty. Department of St ate, Oct. 9, 1809, SIR, AN arrangement as to the revocation of the Britifb oidrrs in council, as well as to the fuisfaclioH required in the cafe of the attack on the Chefpeke frigate, has been made in due form by the government of the U. States with Divid M. Elkine, efn. an

accredited minifler plenipotrnti.iry ot liis

tfritannic msjelty. And after it had been faithfully carried into execution on the part

OI tlHS L'OVeriimpnt. nnfl nnH rirrnm an

ces rendrrinr; its eff.-cls on the relative fitu

tion of the U. States irrevocable, and in

fome reforms, irreparale, his Britannic ma-

Efty has deemed it proper to diftvow it, to

reci ins miniiter, and to lend another tc take his place.

In fmh a Qate of thtnrs, no exnclation

could be more reafonble, no courfe of pro

ceeding more obvioufly preftribed by the ordinary refpeft due to the dif ppointrd prty, thn a prompt and explicit expl mati otr, by the new fmiclionaty, of the grounds ot refuf.il on the part of his government to

abide by an arrangement fo foleninly nude, accompanied by a fubftitution of other propofiti.ns.

Under the influence of this rrafonable

expedVition, the prt-fHrnt h:s learned with

no h is lurpnle. thin rrjrrt-t, that in vour

leveral conferences with me.vou have Hat-

eJ :

Iff. That you have no inOrudlions from

your government vhi h authorifs ynu to

makr any rxpl .!HU w v h itf-vrr to this lToV-

ernment, as to the rr-ifms which h d injured his B'itatiuic mij-iiy to difivow thr arranr uirnt lately m (ie by your predecef-

or an-i that thrreforr you leilld not make any fuch t xpl tiuns.

2J. 1 hat in the t jfe of the (hefapeake

your mfbuions only -authnrifrd you (with.

'Uit aliening my re nfin whatevrr, w by the

reloiiahlr trrius ot f . t isiacAion tendered k

ccep'rd, h ve not htrn carri-d into cfTct)

to communicate to 'his ov-.rnitu nt a note tendering f 4t1sf Tton, with an under (landur tnt fUrf, ne Ui.juld not be b. m d

and drlivff-d by you , u w A on UmiuLI fi.vr

previouflv fern rid ppiov-l the pr.-p if-d

aniwrr ot this u overt. m-nt, an. J that th

n.'.nin- an ! d- hvety of your not- and of

te ai.f.ver of this government IhouU be fimnltatie. uc.

I nat you fnvf no ii:nni'ion

hn h .HJt!i.,rdV yr.o f m ,k- to this t-nv

mm-:.t any pIO;) fi-ion-, wlnt-ver i;, irlv

'ir to the rev.,i atioT. f the Hurtfh oni-

- i

f in coun u ; fait ocly to th eu

ed againft France", fc long as (he (hall con- j the public character with which I Imf th- .: i .i I ....... "

miiuc ncr uccrees. donor to br invr lied, ain .to thr r. TtA. .

which his inai h.s hrm m, A ...;..)..

autlioriied to aid in enforcing the provifi- been Tdeafcd to ien. fr in me i la

ons of the fid aH of congrtfs. you unrelVrvedly my fentiments on chia 3d. That the United States (hall exoli ooint. 1 fhll now nmrril f fi,-

citly renounce, during the prcf-nt war, p rtsof your letter, and pply to thr-m ththe riuht of carrvine on anv trade whatever beif coifnic ration tbat c u.i i

direct or indirect, with anv coJouv of anv orouortumtd to thr inrrul ,.f ..i...

enemy ot Great Britain, from which thry thus thrown in the way of the reltmrioti were excluded durincr ueace : and that tins T a thorough eood unciei llandn.w iirtarn

renunciation rpaft extend not oidy to thr I our refpedhvc countries.

trade between this toiony and the mother v. .. n . .. . . i t - , , i . . . E )U "xri very trulv ; that an af country, but to the trade between the cob r,n.r,n.1,f r j ,'.-

.ny nd the Un.trd Sum. ,.d mr I ami tl.. hi, m i.O

it, in the .foregoing rtprr frntation, thought pi jo diu,ow tbt( '.- (hould appear that I have in anv inltance 6

milappreheuded your meaning, it will afford I

uric iii mr uiri, in rrrri tf.C

me real pleafure to be tnabied to lay be-

lore the prelident a Itatement, corrected, a-

greeably to-any fuggefiions, with which you

may be pleated to t.vor me. To avoid tbe mifconce ptions incident to i . . . . . .

oral proceedings, I h ve ti e honor to intimate that it isthouirht xnt dient. that our

further difcuilions on the prrfent occafion, be in the wtitteu form. And with great

tincerity I 'aflure you, that whatever com

m .munications you. m;y he pleafrd thus to

make will be received with an anxious ioh

cituo'e to find them fuch as may lead to

lofs of thr advantagr of verbal inter mfe with you, -as I fhouhi hivr availed n yltf nf

it to-ei quire whether by your (I aten.t i t, ic were y in mtrntioti to con. plain .f thrdTf. avowal itfrlf, or of :i tot! vj.,tof rxulanr

tlon of it or nf the cirt umlncr d iht

explanation not having been, made throuiri l r . i . . . '

mr- looicive tiial in tbe fee orris of t?Vj million thre is no trare of a conml iiir

the part of the United State?; of Iris m.ir.

ny n.vmg o,i. vowed tbe adl nf hi mmif.

Yoti ha.vr not m the -rnnirr

' ' Ole H uir f()l"r-t f j wc

fpeedy removal -of every : exifting ohfl-cle .'iVC lm,,r,to ,,,(l-d.Hindtly announcrd any

to that mutual nd laOir frirndlhip and T " ''P-'- tul I have .rn w,f h p!,

tordifllity between the two roontri s. which

it is obvioufly the intereft of .both to foil

er. With the highefl confederation, &c (Signed) R. Smith. The hon. Francis James Jackson Uc. &c. &c.

SIR,

Mr, Jackson to Mr Smixh, Washington, llth Oct. 1809,

fure, in this forbearance, on your ivrt, an

iniunce ol that candor, which i rlnubt i.At

will prevail 'm all our commonic ations. in

mmh s y..u cou'' not but havr thr'uht ic unreafou tt.lv" to comi)laip of th- rir.vuvl

of an c done under inch tire tmft.ac

ast ouhl only Irad to the conh ouent e.

that have actually f llowrd,

It Ws Hot kcown when J Jeff E.frl,r.r?

wh.-ther mr. I ilk. or h id, acrord;n.' ti thr

liberty allowed him,' c orr niunic'r-.trd to v.m

in rxtrfifo his ori-io A inU-iuTn?. It now

appeals that he did not. But in reverting

I HAVE had the honor of receiving

cr , , , . rr J " ,M ",w ",M" i" revertificp your official letter of the 9th mff. towards to fl,i ffii , c o, re .nden, r, nd trie CinXf nr Ii -, - . . . . !... i , c . '

, ,r ; ..-.. in in-, iMv iHhriy to 4 diipatiM -drrfMI on i! r 20t!i Irjrl M i h ... .1.. .... l I ... ..

ot Apin, to hi rii j li ' f-r rrt ry r ft-te

Jiadbetn thought expedient to put an end

to all verbal Lommunic tijns het w een your felt and me in difcufli-Mr the impoit.int

objects ot my million. Cordi I'-'it. chit

veiy tew days have eit ap d lim e I d livered to the prefi irnt a cred.-nti l I ttrr from th" king my maff-r, Sc that nothing his hern

even alleged tf) luve otcurrrd, to d-priv

me of thr f n ility of accrls, and of the ere

ciit to which, aoori'ini; to imir niori.l uf

ge I am by tl it letter entitlecJ, I hdirvr

... l . . . T - v . ' 1 i' in iii r

there does not exift m tbe nu.li of d.plo- I three co-dition, a, d th- ,e-fn

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r'veu,,,iMlt m,iy deer in it propcr

4'b. Tf, ,t, :d! event i' i nrtt th- dlf

.iti ' I or thr i ;t r , . i -.,, ,is . Ji..n,

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between two mif.. Iters, who fiave met for thr avowed purp.ifr r,f termiua im? 'rni a.y the exiitmg d:ff rcnceS hrtwren their relp-dtive Coui.trjcf ; hut, aftrr mature ref ctnm, I rffn ioiiti'ed to SfOinlVe in ir by '-he r fi clu n ed" the tune v hi. h mud necef-

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hdrrati.m. the thrre e ... dilions, pr f. ( hi thole itdiruciion. th grotijul wort rf

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t. rmation recrivrh f, 0rn thi rotin-rv. it

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