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Mieif to Inyit^ I the Jpiftff>vernn*nt - T - Vl l i | > iiegoriatU*i vvi open, might i coromercp4>f tflj _?, , , tir every -other interftiffifli difference between iliem| parlh th<*6 relating; to iijfrpreaaniei fisheries, and boundaries, in the hope that an arrangement might be. made, j bo uade on priuciple.vof recijirtfc? advantages which might comprehend and provide iu a satisfactory nmnner for ali those high concern*. I havfc the safWiietion to state, that the pro posal Was received by the llritish go \erutnent, in the spirit which prompt ed it; and that a negotiation ha* been opened at London, embracing all theme objects. On full consideration of the p;reat extent and magnitude of the trust, it was thought propel to commit it to not less than two of our distin guished citizens, and inconsequence, the Envoy Extraordinary and Mini ster Plenipotentiary of the IL Slates, nt Paris, has been associated with our Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, at London : to both of whom corresponding i ustruetions have biM*n ^iven, and they are now engaged in the discharge of ils < 1 > < 1 1 e ^ . 1] is proper to aild; tlwU; to pi event Him 'w$m uiwtlkg ? only was rtHnte *<hHertf%N ^ ly e\tinct 6econra> as th venturers, >vlii ^ island, as distinctly ?1 cious purposes for whidt binfttion had been formed. This country hail, in fact, the theatre of every specie? | lesa adventure. With littte | vr^, lion of its own. (lie Spanish afUhoi, ty almost extinct, and tlm collonial governments in a state of revolution, having no pretension to it, and snfn riently employ, d in their own con cerns* it was, in a $reat measure, derelict, and the object of cupidity, to every adventurer. A system of hnccanneering was rapidly organi zing over it, which menaced, in its couteijucnces, the lawful commcrce of ewt-v tntion, and particularly of Umj U. ?itutes j wbU<i it presentmla her piwety it* owj|jMion is no 4 the h\ss utroog. The invaders of Amelia Island had a?sum< d a popular ai|d respected title^mder which they might *ppivadi and wound u* Aa their ob ject distinctly ?eeu, and ttie duty flfo posed on the executive, by an exist ing law, was profoundly felt, that mask wan not |*rmilte4 to protect them. It was thought incumbent on the United states, to suppress the establish ment, arid it was accordingly done. The combination in Florida, for the un lawful purposes slated, the acts per petrated by that combination, and, above all, the incitement of the In dians, to massacre our fellow citizens, of every age, and o( both sexes, in ri i<?d a hk*i tr&Uuient, and received it} gliifc r^Batthe barfe prevented, its. ^ 1^.?*-=^ A--_l _ ? ??>? 1, rebftfe exifltin&lrttweeii lUtvrft coiiutrioa, u.nrticalaflv with tbti hnsi thre obligation of U.e fltli nrftcfc of U? *n$y of 1785, Ty *hi<fc Spain WAs bound ti^restt.ii i^aven by force, *WW4wlMrt, from act* of btm tiliiy Uiaited Sfi^fWild not fiukto e*cite^snrpnze. Tito com ln^mWiiet-ttl w?h convinced that be should fail in bis o (ftet* that bo should in dffect, a<xo*^fli*h nothing, if be did not deprive , those wivagcs of the re.so.iirr. on which they bad calculated, and of the protection on which they had relied in inakiug th& war. As all the documents, re lating to this occurrence, will he laid before Congress, it is not nrcessary to enter into further detail respeciingit. Although the r a >ons which induced Maj. (ini. .lack son to take *hesc posts were duty appreciated, there was nevertheless, no hesitation in deciding on the course which it be ciiiue, the government to pui ue. As there was no disposition to impute ORIGINAL STAINED