Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 January 1810 — Page 2

his rr.aj.fty InJ propofeu to propitiate the govctii'iimt of the U. States in order to inliurr it to consent to the renewal ot the commercial intercourfe between the two countries ; a if fuch had been the relations hrtween G. Hritain and America, that the aJvmuKesuf thatintercourfe were wholly on thr lideotthe former; and as if, in any arrangement, whethrr commercial or political, lus majellv could condrfcend to barter ohjeel of national policy and dignity tor permiHicin to trade wit" another country. Without minutely calculating what may br the decree of preiTure felt at Paris, by the difference in the price of goods, whether landrd at Havre or at Hamburg, I will, in rny turn, appeal to your judgment, fir, whether it he not a flrong and fohd reafon, worthy to guidr the councils of a great snd powerful monarch, to let bounds to that fpiritof rnrroichment and univerfal domi riou which would bend all things to its own fiandsrd ? Is it nothing in the prefent ftate of the world, authoritatively announce to their viclims that Euiopc is fubmitting and furrendering by degrees," that the world (hould know, that there is a nation which, by that Divine goodnefs fo ftrongly appealed to in the paper to which I allude, is enabled to falfify theaffertion ? Is it not important at fuch a moment, that Europe and Hmerica (hould bo convinced, that, from whatever countries honorable & manly refinance to fuch a fpiritmay hare been banifhed, it will ftill be found in the foverei jn of the Britifh nation and in the hearts of his fubjes ? As to the precautions taken in England to infure from injury upon this occafion the citizens of the U. States, and which appear -to you to be even yet iufufficient, I am confident that in every doubtful cafe the ufual liberality of our tribunals will be exicifrd in determining upon the circumOan ces of it ; and it whs at mr, Ptnkney's exprefs requifition, that additional inftruelions Wf-rr givrnto the commanders of his ma-j-fty's (hip of war and privateers, to ex tend to vrfiVIs trading to thr colonies, plants -Hns and lttlements of Holland, the fame "x-mntion from capture and moleftatint., is Was granted to vefltls failing for any of the p nrs of Holland. Oi th? fuhji-'t of return cargoes from thole ports, I mull obfrrve, that altho' it was tnteivlfd o prrvent, as far as practicable, thr inconveniences likely to be created by t!ie omuthorif-d agreement m tde hre in April lf, yet it was not and could not be intended to obviate all poflihle inconve niences, even fuch as might have arifen if no fuch agrMnent had ever been made. If an Am-rican v flVl had failed from America for Holland in time of profound peace, or in time of wir, the ports of Hoi land not beint at the dite of failing under blockavle, it might yrt have happened, that in ihr- period between the commenbemcnt of fu h voy .e and thr arrival of the veffel at the port of deflination, a blot kade might hv been eflablifhed b tore th t port. The velTd arriving would in that cafe, have been warned not to enter the port, and would have been turned away with the lofs of the whole objrft of the voyage. This would be no extraordinary hardfhip fic would afford no legitimate ground of complaint. The order in council isfarlefs Oriel than fuch a blockade would be, forafmuch as it provides for the original voyage, commenced in -xpe&ation of being admitted to the port ot drUin?tion, by permitting the entry into the ports of Holland ; and it is no jufl ground of i ompl tint, that it does not fuper add to that permifhon the liberty to reexport 1 caro ci the en-vv's goods or produce. 1 heg leave brirfly to recapitulate the fuOance of what 1 have had the honor to convey to you as well in a verbal, as in Written communications. I have informed you of the reafons of his maj fly's d.ftvow .1 of the agreement fo often mentioned ; 1 have Ihewn them in obedience to th- authority which you have qun'td to be both flrong and fohd, anil fuch as to uu'vvrih, in the judgment of his ma. jeAy's govrrnni'Mt, rvny other coi;lid-ra. ti .n which you hive loutempUttd. I have fliewn that f agreement wsnot condu drd in virtue of a full powi. tul that the inflrucYicns gen ou the occafion were vio'ateJ. Iievond this pniot of explanation, which vis f ippofed to have b-n at: ined, but wind? is now givei', by the pref-nt letter, ir. 0 e form underltood to be mnft agreeable A n-traas proclamation to tht CataL -

to the American government, my inftruc tions are profpedlivo ; they look to fuMlitutiugfor notions of good undeflanding, erroneoufly entertained, practical ttipulati ons on which a real reconciliation of all differences may be fubflantially founded : and they authorife me not to renew propo fals which have already been declared here to be unacceptable, but to reieive and dif cufs any propofal made cn the part of the U. States, and eventually to conclude a convention between the two countries. It is not, of courfe intended to call upon me to ftate as a preliminary to negotiation, what is the whole extent of thofe inftruttioni ; they muft, as I have before faid, remain fube to my own difcretion, until I am enah ed to apply them to th? overtures, which I may have the honor of receiving from you. I have the honor to be fir, your roofl obedient humble fervant. (Signed) F. J. JACKSNO. The hon. R. Smith, UV. Uc. &c. Mr. Jackfon to Mr. Smith, Washington, Oct. 29, 1809. StR. Finding by your letter of the 13th inlt. that, notwithftanding the frequent ftatements made by me in our conferences of the terms of fatisfa&ion which I am empowered to offer to this country for the unauthorized attack made by one of his majefty's (hips ot war upon the frigate of the U. States, the Chtfapeake, 1 have not had the good fortune to make myfelf diflinclly underftood by you, I have the honor to inclofe herewith a paper of memoranda containing the conditions on the bafis of which I am ready to proceed to draw up with you the neceffary official documents in the form propofed in my letter of the 1 Ith inft. or in any other form upon which we may hereafter agree. I have the honor to be, with great refpeel, fir, your moft obedient humble feivantr ' (Signed) F. J. JACKSON. 7 he hon. R. Smith, Ifc.Uc. Inclofed in Mr. Jackfon's letter of the 27th of October, 1309. The rjrefident's proclamation of July, 1807, prohibiting to Britiih (hips of war the entrance into the tutbours of the U. States, having been annulled, his majefty is willing to rtftore the feamen taken out of the Cticlpeake, on referving to hiuifelf a right to claim in a regular way, by application to the Ame icau government, the difcharge of fuch of them (if any) as fhall be proved to be either natural born fubjecls of his majefly, or deferters from his majefty's fcrvice. His majefly is willing to make a provifion for the families oi luch men as were fl tin on board the Chefipeake, in conftquencc of the unauthorifed attavk upon that frigate, provided that fuch bounty (hall not be extended to the family of any man who fhall have been either a natural bprn fubjec"l cf bis majefly, or a defcrterfrom his majefty 's fcrvice. Mr. Smith to Mr. Jacfoon. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, November 1, 1809. SIR, Your letter of the 23d ult. which was duly roceived would have been fooner acknowledged, had I not by ficknefs been rendered for feveral days utterly unfit for bufi nefs. Although the delay and the apparent reluctance in fpecifying the grounus of the difavowal of the atrangemcnt with refpect to the orders in council, do not correfpond with the courfe of proceeding deemed mofl Decoding the occation ; yet as the explanation has it length been thus made, it only remains, s to that part of the (iifavowed arrangement, to regiet that fuch confiderations (hould have been allowed to outweigh the folid objections to the difavowal ; it l eing underflooed at the fame time that his Britannic majefly perfeveres as indifpehfable conditions on the'part of the U. States, an entire rclinquifliment of the right to trddc with enemie! colonies, end alio a permilfion to the Britiih navy to id in executing a Uw of conerefs; pretenfions, which cannot but render anortive a'l propof-ls whatever upon this fubj-rt, wither made by the U. 6tatrs or hy his Britannic majefly. Whilfl you have decm-d it proper to offer an explanation with refpect to the difavowal t t one pm of the arrawement, I niufl remind you that there is not to be found m your letter ar.y like fpecification of lh' reafons fr the difavnw!, ncr particuUrly is it IhciMi that inflrudiians were vio

lated, as to the other pnrt, viz, the cafe of the Chefapeake ; the cafe in which in an efpecial manner an explanation was required and in which only you prefellcd to have authority to make to this government any overtures. For the firfl time it is now difclofed that the fuhjecfb arranged with this (government by your predeccllor, are held to be not within the authority of a miniflcr plenipotentiary, and that not having had a M full power diUincl from thvt authority, h is tranfatf ions on thole fubjec5is might o right be difavovved by his govern mcnt' This diftlolure fr contrary to every antec edent fuppofition and juil interrnce gives a new afpeft to this bu finefs. if tle authority of your predeceffor did not embrace the fubjefls in queflion, fo as to bind his government, it neceflarily follows, that the only credentials, yet prefent ed by you, being the fame with thofe prefented by him, giee you no authority to bind it ; and that the exhibition of a full power" for thrat ptrrpofe, fuch as vou doubtlefsare turnilhed with, is become an indifpenfable preliminary to further negotiation ; or to (peak more (Iri&ly, was re quired in the firfl inftance by the view or the matter now difclofed by you. Negotiation without this preliminary would not only be a departure from the principle of equaliry which is the ellential bafis ot it, but would moreover be a difregard of the precautions and ot the felf refpeft enjoin ed on the attention of the U. States by the ctrcumilances Which have hitherto taken place. 1 need fcarcely add, that in the full power alluded to, as a preliminary to negotiation, is not intendec to be included either the whole extent or any part of your inflruftions fot the excrcile of it. '1 hefe ot courfe, as you have juflly re marked, remain fubjett to your own difcretion. I abflain, fir, from making any particular animad veiiionb on feveral irrelevant and im proper aliulious in your lette not at all purporting with the profefled dilpofition to adjuli in an amicable manner tht differences unhappily fubfift ing between the two coun tries. But it would be im proper to conclude the lew obfervations to which I pur

polely limit myfelf, without adverting to your repetition jot a language implying a

knowledge on the part of this government that the inflructions of your predecefTor did not authorize the arrange ment formed by him. Alter the explicit and peremptory affeveration that this govern ment had no fuch knowledge, and that with fuch a knowledge no fuch arrangement would have been entered into,

the view which you have a-

gain prelented of the iubjeft, makes it my duty to apprize pou, that luc h insinuations are inadmifiible in the intercourfe of a foreign iniuWter with a government that underflands what it owes to it (elf. I haVe the honor to be, &c. (Signed) R. Smith, The hort. Erantis James Jackson, Wc. &c. ifc. """"" (To be continued.)

TAR FOR fale at the following reduced price at the forC of Thomas Jones Fifty Ce n ts pe r lloti, by the harral ; Good merchantable pork at f.afli price, will be taken in exchange until the 12th day of February next, by applying to, Samuet Robb. January 10th, 1810 NOTICE, I rl A VE a quantity of good dry SALT whrih 1 wilh to exchange for good merchantable PORK any perfon wHhing to exchange will pleafe apply at the (lore of Prtcr Jones x C. where the pork will be received and the fait delivered. Samuel Robb. January 19th, 1810. JOHN BRUNKR, REED MAKER and BLUE DTERy TAKIS this method to inform th public he has returned to this place, and will conQantly have on hand an affortment of the bell Heeds, and all perfons fa voring him with yarn to dye, roy depend on having it expeditioufly and well done -he will totr.inue to give a generous price for good allies. Vincennes, 15th Jan 1810. VINCENNKS LIBRARY. HE Mure, holders are informed that on JL Monday the 5th day of February next, the annual meeting takes place, at which time they have to eled a Prefident, Directors, and Librarian it is hoped all will attend at the Library room on that day Thofe who are in arrears it is hoped will come prepared to difcharge what they refpeclively owe thofe who have books out of the Library are requeftcd to rctura them on or before that day, Peter Jones, Librarian. January 10, 1810. NOTICE I INTEND to apply to the July court court of Common lieas, for the county of Knox, and Ii.diana Territory, to e(la!liOi a ferry acrofs the Wabifl, from my fhotc to the oppofite bank. John Small. January 17th, 1810. PUBLIC NOTICE, 1 SHALL apply to the court ot Common Pleas of this county (Knox) at their t rm in March next, to appoint commiifi. oners to dtvide the real elbte of William M orrifon, deceafed, agreeably to the act of AtiVmbly, in fuch cafes nude and provided, 4muntt hii feveral heirs and rrpiefenta. tivrj, whereof, in right of my wife, 1 an; one. Rcbcrt Kendall. Dec:y.ber 1 1th. It'JO.