Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 December 1814 — Page 1

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SATURDAY, DECEMBF.R 3, 1814.

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must be Post paid, or they will not be taken out of the office, THE INSTUCTIQNS. W;HINGT 'N. Oft. 17. 10 the Senate itftd of Reptescnta tlVeJ f the U. States, I tranfrnu to rongrefs optrs of the in ftrultinni to thr ptentpntenti is of the U. St tes, ohirged with negotiating a peaie with G. Britain, as referred to in my meffr ot the 1 0th inlt. J W1ES M ADlbONWafhington, Od. 1 3th, 1814. M'. Mmrif, fecrctary of ft'te, to thr pi nipntrntiarir s cf the U. States, tor treating of peace will G. Britain dated Department of State, April 15, 18 13. Gkntlemhn I hid thr honor on the -ult. to receive tram mr. A l ms two letters, one belting date on the 30. h Sept and thf other on the I 7th Qcl. I iff, cum municating the overture of thr emperor of

Rutin to pm-note peace by Ins friendly mo di itton rjftwffn the U St itrs and Great Bnt in, O i thr day following mr. Dafeh koft" thr RttflUu mmilter made a (ioailat communication to this department. I he i ihtec l is, in t on f-que nee, been duly con R i. red, md T hive now to make known to you the rrfnlt. Thr pr ti lent h? not hefttattd to accept the mediation of iiVi, and hr indulges lining hope that it will produce the dell ed ett t It i not kn wn that G. Britain lias seceded to the propu ion, but it is prelu m d fti will not decline it. Thr prefidrni aujtht it improper to poftpone hisdecilton ff'itil he fh uld hef of tht nf thr Brttith m eM'inent. Sincrr'lv defitoit of pence, hf hit neen Witling to avail him frit of every opportunity whlih mie-ht tend to projnot it no in I and honor ahi ennditions, and in iceeptinff thi overture hr has hern parti euUty rrttfid to evince, hf thr manner if it, thr didingOlhed ro-'lidrrtion which th- J, Sftrs e-vtrttun for thr emperm X'ltoVr, Shrnld the Bntifli krovrrnmrn arr ot the nirdit'nnt the negotiation tr which tt leadt nil he 111 at St. Prtr f oujr Th p'ri'ul "t commit; it to "0 Vjr which coi;imilTion is cudolcd, and he

h.s appointed mr. Harris, fecretary of the million. The tmpreflment of our feamen and illegal nhukades, aa exemplified more p i uu larly in the otdett in councaV were the pnn tip! i -tifrs of the war. Hid not G. B i tain p rlcvered cbihnattly injiiit' Violation of theie important rights( the war won n't luve bren JecUred Jt will cewle as

footi as thefe rights are refpected The pro petition n ide by mr. RufTcll to the Britifli government iminrdiitcly afteMhe war, una the anfvwr given by this department to dmirl W rrena letter finte, flu w the ground oh which the J , States were vv:! Iin to it'jufl the controverfy rtUtive to impr Tiiient. This Ins ben further t vini ed hy artportot thr tommitter of ioraign relatione of t he houfc of rrprefentattvrs, h n ac of congref? p ffed in conf tpitme of that it port. By thefe dot ument.- you will fee that to accommodate this important till frrrrrr, tle U Stitrs are dlfuofed to rx lude Britilh feamen altogether from thr -orrit n lVrvi e, This bem tff CUi u!) done, the Britilh government can h?.vr t:c )rttrxt for thr pnctice. H w (lulit be done f By reHraints to be impofrd by ear h tion on the n tur liz ti.n ot the feamen of the Others not naturalll d -or Ih II the riilu of each n tion to naturalise the Teamen of the other he prohibited, and each xrlude from its fervice the other ? Whatever the rule is, it ought to he reciprocal. If G. Bnt i in is all wed to naturalise A mertcan teamen, the U. States mould enjoy the fm pnvilrr. If it is demanded that thr U. States Ih .11 exi ludr from th. ir f-r-

vice all ntivr B'it:fli fir j ds. a like ex

lufi n of American tltitens from the Bri

tifli frvire ouht t be rec prorated. The

mode aKo Ihoutd he common to both cum tri-;. Bach mould he at liberty to ftive, the

fme farilttieSg or bf bound to impofe the fivne rrftraint'? th it the other dot s. '1 hr

pr d tit i willing to ;rrr to either alter

n-itivr, ana t. carry it into en-ct by thr molt eligible regnl-iti-ms that can be devi

frd.lf thr fitlt alternative is adoptrd, the t-xtrnt of the propofed fxrlufion will de

enJ on the impediments to naturalisation,

on the I fficaCV of the reuNtiors to ore vent

impofition and the fidelity nf their execution Thr grrater the difficulty 1:1 ai quiring th right of citisrnfhip, th eafiet wi'l it hr tn iv id impofition, and the more Complete thr d Pirrd rx lnli n. T!;r law ot thr lafi f"tri n of roller' I relative to leamefi pr.ives h"w Tincrrrlv dt firons thr Irgifltive as wri

a- rN"fUtiV' hrt.u.t 01 ur iivf rncnt. is

500 dolUrs, to b- recovered to an action of i afTent, altbo' he would much pr fer thr al-

d bt ; one h dt to the informer, nd one h It to thr U. states. It U) nude pcn 1, punilhable as a felony y imprifonmeot i d m 'j ftom three u five years, or by e. from 5(i0 to 1000 dollars, for any ; i fon to forge or ottnterfeit, or u plsor ufe iy ioiccl or counterfeited Mrtificite

ot ' i'.Zrii.i ID, or to IV II oi dil'pxte of oi.e

I r n

fatilytu pi tiijt it this law

do.

Carried into

r t . 1 1 1

e if

:t, it would ex-

ternative ot r-0 uts on ititturalisation j ar.d to present luuds i d to carry the IVme tully into fi c , you i- thorifed to apply all the refr tints, rri th k, vuh riie necriTary mui fi. atiois fu ihr cf. , th-t are provMed !n r? t - ovr recited, 'Native to fmrn, lr the puipofe of hat adL In requiring rh : the Hipul.tion to exchide Britifli framrr fron our frrviic witli thr rrn iil.iti.nu ii t : irrunui it- ifi It aV

Ih I mi n from our li tnke. be ;nade ie iprocI ; the prr fid?nt defireS

B r qu i y rs continued rrinlmue , that you Si ke a provifion authorizing the

f ii V, States, if h. v Oi- o'd lu b. di fniil. d. tf

v i j -r iiy t difpenfe with thr r-tli ,:' s impofrd ly it -.Oh or 'V tut r ic al 1 z h br r 1 ( it

? 5 f ... I i

in tne U. states, hs the cor.iiti n ot ui

z niliiD, t w, it m IS itiln I -inrn wou

rvri ? ke advantsfje ot it, u- h s t

left G Hi itain, -m.U bad r. ii li years in thi Country, w u:d he hk i) ti abandon th ft a forever. And by m kn it the duty

f ou pu Ik , and . i c le of r iv .'.r li.ips,

to require an auth nutated c py tmm the ! r k of the cotirt, h foi whuh - Bwtifli ful j CI, who offered his f ivi r h t h

ll n

"t the command rs the collect oi s, in the

r.f '"in goveri met't 1 to rt Hi ii its on OU' i an ar inipof d i n B c . n . i . mr nthera of c

j Kas been fi -) rr i ii ve to (

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iitiro: I s be fi t:i likr w

ll d. Th i s th

in, it

king thf

! ttrr hr Ih thr U, St I willing tc ac

m oe g form in v. r

t . ill tt.: ronrrovc riy Oil o?iUoiiS

which nnv hr- rtiafaClory to G. BtkTn. -By that law it is m .de indifprnfahfll for every Britifli fubjec! sho m v hereafter br. come . rit.z n, to refnlr fivr years wrh ut mt 'million within the L . States, -no fo many Kflftrrds are impofed tv or- vr:,t fr r. i, thit it ft em to be impcffihr that th-y Ihould he elodrd. Britifli fu -e un br employed in s public or prv te fliip of the U. States, onlefs he produces to the commander in one inflanceg and to thr rol-!-ror in thr other, I lertiti d copy of the ifl by Which he brcamr natur-.Z(.d. A ' it of thr crew, in thr cle of a private ilop, m.il hr tkrn, certifi-d ind recorded hy the mlleflor, and the ronfoN or com mrrcial agrnts ot G. B i'ain toav o j-vrt r am" framen. and attend thr invrfligatinn Thr conimandrr of a pnnlic flop receiving petTon not dulv qualinrd fh-U forfrit a thoofand dollars, and ttir rommanoVv rr

owner of a private mip, knowing thereof, j

naturalized, as indifpr nl b!r to his a' mi

nd highly p-n 1 :;i eitl fr to take a peifon not duly qualified, and by ullowing alio Britifli agents to obi ?i to )r.y one if :it K his frrvice, and to profVtute by luit, thr

comm mder or rrd! flor, us the c i" m:

br, tor receiving an improper p

Teems to be impolPible that fuih Ihould he i tum cha

received. If the f- ond alternative il adopted :

that is, if -tli n.itivi R.i ilh tuhJ-Cls r r. to J e be hereaftt i ex iuurii t urn . u t ivit e. it is ! !i it

important that the thpul ition prtividinq lor it flmuld operate fo not to d'J ct ihoie who have been alreadv nau'liz fi. Bv

our liws II thr nohts of natives are given io naturalized citize us. It is tontei.d d .vy Pome that theft corr.j)Ie'e rights do not tx tend bryond the limits of it,t U. States ; that in na uraiizing a foreigner, no U-te can abfolve him from the obligation which he owr to hib former government, and th a t he heroines a citizeo in qulthd fei.f: only. This doiWine. if traje m any Cafr, is L'fs uppltia! le to thr U. States tli n to any other p 'wr. Expatriation feems to be a natural nob'. no by tiie oiiinl char actrr of our initttutions. iounued hy com pit (n prilHfple, and pricuhir!v y the uiiqualified inveftmenl ol th- adopted titi sen with the full rights of the native, that thr U. States could do, to plrtCr h : :r. 00 the fame footing h..s h-rn donr. In point of intetrft, the objecl Is ot littlr im 'ft. l.

uortance to rrurr ptriy. i ne numm r

tr aff-ced hy the itipulation is inconfidei

i-de ; nor tan that he a Caole of furprife

whrn the characiet ol rlat tlafs of nun is

pfident is t either ol

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t y p c t Kr

t r

o br

le rr

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(ideration f p -rr of t hQ

nnt i ; .

men ft-II Rt.

confidered. It rareJy happens that a fca man who (ettlra on a farm, or ergatj-rs in a tr ide, atui purities it for any lengttl of tune, return: to C-.t. His youthful d yS are ex huflrd in his firft occupation. Ht leavi s it with iroret, -nd adopts another, either iii Cool qUnce of i":arrige, of difeafe, or as an afylom for afe To a flipuHtiotl v. hirh 0 H opi-ratr prof prfiivrly oily, the 1 in ot jtion does oi apply. ftU naturnltzii fort igrees the U

tate; at .v o'ei. rihr t.r hunt to vh!fi

r x-nd. It if is mad Britifli ju ST, wl - i cit z n fti -11 Sr rm

ployed in our pu'-.Jii or private lliips, thn rxclirfinn wi!l viol tr r- nht. Th'd who m:c"' hrrorn- citiz-n affrwards vuld arqurei th- tiht; fobj-c to tht Condition and would hr h n' d bv ir. I -t'uch a lipula:ion ihc pfefitfentsa willing to

rformrd on

U. Stat.s, t! e P-' e . I h yov

pulite iri Pome ad quate msnner, ro rm u n ate or foi hear the nra&ice of i rror- DTm r. t turn American veff U. It h s been h-p-p" fled ?s an ejrpediei C mode for the sdjunrt nr . f fl ic control ly that Rntiih cruizrrs flu id have a rikht to fearthour vr (J. Is for Brif.fh T-nim. .ut that the con manclrrs thrr.-rf it ud be ft j (ftcd to prnahirs. in c f- r r made m f i -ks. and took f rna 1 1 m A m titan i if u zenp. By this the B' r fh government would ar quire thr rip-hr r f frrth f r fan inn, with that of imp. e (hog; fr n u r vrf. f Is the fitbjeCS of H father p w --. It will not elc.pr yni"- arf-nrorf t) t hv d mittiiir the ris ht, in any rfe, we civr up the pfitiiph. no lrv. hr doer open rr rvrr kind of ahtlfr, Thr funr object ioq is applicable to ary aid every other ' rrang' m nt, which withhcldf thr refpefT1 due to nu il e not allowing it to protrdi he ere w 1 iliiig under it. If the fi'ft alrmiativr fi tjid h- adrr',l it will follow, tht none i f th- Brit'P

ler who niy hr in th- U. -f- s

tim thr trrafy take etf 61 r. ' m b not have O' c n c;'iz i '. will - '

i n to our right.

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Mr adit j r Campbell.