The telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1815-1818, January 23, 1816, Image 2
On the 16th, (lie British plenipotentiaries ad
dressed to uh & note, enclosing the conire projet
(marked 2) t and on the 17th we transmitted
our answer (marked 3.) Tho whole subject was
-discussed at large in conferences held on the
19th a lid 31st. The British plenipotentiaries,
in a note of the 20th (marked 4) stated the sub
stance of their answer to dors of the 17th. In
the conference of the 21gt we delivered the ad
ditlonal clause to the 2d article of the eonlrs
profit (marked a,) and afterwards on the same
day, we transmitted our note (marked 6.)
It will be perceived by those notes that we
had come to an understanding as to the inter
course between the United States and the Bri
tish territories in Europe, and that w? disagreed
on three points ? tho intercourse with Canada |
placing, generally, both countries on the same
tooting or tho most favored nations ) and the
intercourse with the British Kast Indies.
On the first point the British plenipotentiaries
persisted in refusing to admit that the citi7.cn*
of the United 8tates should have the right to
tako their produce down the river St. tawrence
to Montreal, and down the river Chainbly (or
Hcrchtothe St. Lawrence. And witliout that
permission the article was useless to us, and un
equal in its practical operation. The provision
that tlic importation of our produce into Canada
should not be prohibited unless the nrohibition
extended generally to all similar articles, afford
ed uh no security i as no similar articles arc im
ported into Canada from any foreign -country |
whilst the corresponding provision, respcctiib
the importations into the United States, through
Canada, of the produce and manufactures of
Oreat Britain, effectually prevented us from pro
hibiting such an importation since this could
nut be done without extending the prohibition
to tlio importation of all similar articles, either
of British or other foreign growth or manufac
ture in the Atlantic ports of the United States.
The article for placing respectively the two
countries on the footing of the most favored na
tion, limited, as was insisted on by the ltritisli
ilenipotentiaricB, to the intercourse between the
'niteil States and the European territories of
fireat Hritain, was unnecessary ?* since all that
appeared desirable on that subject -.vas secured
by the second article } and a provision of that
nature, unless offering some obvious advantage,
was deemed embarrassing, on account of the
dilTirultics'attachcd to its execution.
With this view of the two subjects, and find
ing that to arrange them in a satisfactory man
ner wan impracticable, we proposed in our note
of the Cist inst. to omit altogether the articles
relating to them.
On the subject of the intercourse with India,
the British plenipotentiaries, contrary to the
impression made in the unofficial conversa
tion on Messieurs Clay and Oallatin, had
insisted on our official conferences, that our
admission to that trade was, on the part of
Great-Britain, a concession altogether gratuit
ous j and for which, particularly as to the pri
vilege of indirect outward voyages, she ulti
mately expected an equivalent. Whilst we
strenuously contended that an equivalent was
found in the trade itself, which was highly bene
firialto India, or at all events, considering the
nature of the commercial intercourse generally
between the two countries, in the other provi
sions of the convention. On tho same ground
we urged our claim to|>e placed in Indie on the
samo footing, ru least, as the most favored na
tions. To which was replied that they made a
distinction between nations which had posses
sions there and thone which had none. Tho re
fusal not being altogether explicit, we renewed
our proposal to that effect in our note.
The British plenipotentiaries, in a note of the
Jl$d, (marked 7) acceded to our proposal to
omit the fld and 5th articles, and refusing that
on the subject of India, offered to omit the arti
cle altogether and toilgtf * convention embrac
ing only the provWont. rejecting the inter
vourse between the United States and the Bri
tish territories in Europe*
This proposal we rejected in our note of the
?Mth? (marked 8.) But in order to meet, if
practicable, the views of the British government,
and to avoid making any distinction between
tho East-India trade and the other branches of
commercial intercourse, we proposed to limit
Jhe duration of the whole convention to four
years, and we offered, as an alternative* an ar
rangement for the sole purpose of establishing
the discriminating duties In conformity with tho
act of congress of the Istft session.
In li note of the 20th, (marked 0] the British
plenipotentiaries informed us that they found it
ncceseary to refef our last proposal* to their go
vernment, and by their note or the 29th, (mark*
ed 10) thoy accepted our oflVr of a convention
embracing the East India article, and limited to
four yean, to bo calculated from the date of if ft
signature. We replied to this in a note dated
.Kith of June. and (marked 11) and on the same
day arranged, in a conference, detaiU of the
convention. .?
We beg leave to add that the name restriction
which confines our vessels to the principal port*
of India, lit, except in special canes, imposed by
the act of parliament on British subjects \ and
fliat, besides the discrimination in the export du
ty from England, the difference on thn import
duty on the article of cotton, had, by a late act
of parliament, been increased to two pence ster
ling per pound in favor of every species import
ed in British vessels, and even of Brazil cotton
imported in JPortngteae vessels.
We have the honor to be, respectfully, air,
your most obedient Mrv|nts,
flUimii
' JOIIV q. ATUMfl, 'Mi
II. CI, AY, '
AUtKRT OA1.LAT1N. I
' . Hon. Jamks Moxtaor.,
Secretaryof State.
(The letters now published embrace all the
correspondence on the subject of the British
Treaty, except the documenta accompanying
there letter* from No. 1 to 10 inclusive, which
will, as soon os convenient, app'.ar in this pa
per.]
MOM TNI MAILT CONMLhR.
T1IK WAR ON TIIK OtJKAN.
Thus U headed an interesting article in Nile*'
Weekly Register for January 0, ittiG. That
article exhibit* tables of navahransactions, be
tween the British and the Americans, during the
late war, great!/ to the advantage of the latter.
\Ve regret the impossibility of copying the
whole. ( Wo can give only the exordium and
conclusion of that valuable document*
" Of the twenty-three naval engagements
which occurred during the war, between the na
tional vessels and private armed and national
Vessels, seventeen resulted in the capture or de
struction of the enemy ? and two only of the
five victories of tho British, if so they may be
called, were gained by any thinglike an cquali
ty of force. These two were the cases of the
Chesapeake and Argus, in tyth which, however,
the enemy was the superior | in the othor cases
of the Kmcx, tho President and of the flotilla
on lake Horgne, the opposing force was over
whelming. Abating, therefore, ihe capture of
the Alert by the Essex from the list as there was
no euuality in that ? aflair," and the account
stands? American victories seventeen j British
victories two ! If to this we add tho fearful dif
ference between tho killed and wounded on ei
ther aide, we have a prettv just view of the vast
ly superior courage and skill of our seamen o
vcr the " lords of the ocean."
Our reflections on this gratifying subject may
be advantageously pursued in contemplating the
??fleet of our naval victories } for the character
gained by thein is of inestimate volue. liefore
the war, accustomed to pursue and only to en
quire where their enemy wan, the British officers
in their intolerable arrogance and pride, were
pleased to hold the most contemptinle opinion
of our " fir built frigates, manned by bastards
and outlaws"?" things with a bit of striped
bunting at their mast-head." Hence it was the
fool Bingham, of the Little Be!tv hoped to gain
honor, by insulting Commodore llodgers, in the
President j who, if mere/had not prevailed o
ver justice, would have sent him to the bottom,
in the twinkling of an eve j and that Captain
Uugharne of the Alert, falling in with tho Hs
sex, emulous of distinction, and determined to
be mode a knight or a lord of for capturing a
" Yankee frigate," ran upon the weather quarter
of our ship, gave three cheers and commenced
tho action ! The generous Porte*, pitying the
deluded creature, and sure of his prize, order
ed only a partial discharge of the guns of his
shin j and, in eight miuutes, away goes all the
high notices of the KngliBh captain with the fall
of his flac, and the rise of six feet of water in
the hold ! Five or six days after, the Guerriere,
?4 one of the finest ships that ever floated," the
crack frigate of the liritish navy, falls in with
the Constitution. Captain ftaeres and his crew
fun. The captain would allow them fifteen mi*
nutes to take the Constitution, but they would
do it in ten, and toitthev went with three cheers,
flnng a considerable time before Hull conde'
wended to give them a gun in return. But when
the proper season had arrived, he opened such
a terrible cannonade that the enemy thought his
ship on Are, and shouted again, certain of victo
ry. Vain hope? in fifteen minutes thf Guer
riere is like a log on the water?a ,niere wfeck
torn to pieces, and one-third of her late joking
crew are lying dead or. wounded on the deck.?
Still it was thought that the question of super!
oritywas not decided? the Guerriere's masts
were ? rotten" and her shot ? worm eaten
but the subsequent capture of the Frolic, the
Macedonian, the Java And the Peacock follow
ing with such rapidity* without a solitary victo
5fin .W? British aide, made them hegin to think
differently us. An English frigate had been
considered a match for a seventy -four of any o
thtf nation, but now the " tightest" vessels of
their navy were found to bo mere " cock boats,"
compiled with tho " non-descripta" of the U.
states j and a million of pitiful oxcuses were
manufactured to sustain the falling glory of
their thousand ships of war. ' From meanness
they retorted to that " better part of valor," cal
led discretion t it was ordered that British fri
gates should avoid h cqmbat with American frl
g*tes I and further to protedhthem they were
generally convoyed by a class of ships
that we had none of. Tfieitrm " cruizing fri
gate" was expunged from tho Admiralty book j
for they always sailed in the squadron wherever
it was thought probable a Yankee might be j and
we were therefore obliged to seek the laurel in
unfrequented seas, or on the British coast, where
they apprehended no danger. The Plantagenet
74, neglected to bring tlio President frigate to
actum off Handy Hook t and Utc ridiculous cap
tain < i the Phwbe and Chorob, in their vile at
tack upon the little Kssex, at Valparaiio," must
forcibly bfjng to tho mind of everyone the fears
of Fatstaff, when he saw the denil body of Per
cj. I lio batllcn of tht flccU on Krio arid
wlain, also, shewed our seamen in a new charac
ter? a character they afe destined to All with
even > greater glory thato they have acquired in
single combat, ship to shin.
The Uritlsh have condescended to acknowl
edge our iiuperiority in many thing* belonging
to tho construction* equipment and management ,
of vessels of war. This is humiliating enough
to thole who thought they knew a little more
than every thing. And they were alto relieved
of a complaint that tliey always preferred a
gainst their othee enemies, viz. the difficulty of
bringing them to closri action, for they them
selves universally clawed off after they knew
the effect of our "Are, except in the case of the
fthannon* which waa aM wnii.t ship" when l.aw
rence fell, and the command devolved on unex
perienced men. If he had kept the deek unhurt
five minutes longer* Captain Broke would not
hftvebeen made a knight of for beating an infe
rior foe. (ller* follow the tables alluded to.)
Concluding remnr/r#.? While we carefully re
view the preceding exhibits* we have ample rea
sen Indeed* to feel proud of our doings on the
sea* coping with an enemy that had blocked up
the ship* of Kurope* combined at one time a
gainst her* in their own porta. Let this fact be
remarked aa we go Along* for it it a volume of
praise j and possibly, flrcat-Bi italn bit more
vessels (*ho undoubtedly lost more- honor) in
our little brush with her than ahe lost in all the
wur? that sprang from the Vrencb revolution,
commencing some thirty years ago, and contin
uing with very little intermission, until nearly
the middle of the la?t year i But the fact it?
the losses suffered in the late war are but the
typo of what wilt bo done in another, come
when it will. In a short space of time we shall
have ships of tho line, frigates & sloops enough
? vessels superior to nny that float, in their con*
Htruction and equipmeu'ta | which, collected in
bodies or moving aWit the sea with tho rapidi
ty that peculiarly belongs totham, will, pel hap*.
Kivn employto ten times their number, and In
deed, be too many for the ships of UrvaMlritain,
(calculated to fight or catch them) to manage t
while a numerous living squadron (such v?h
hvIs kh no other people than, ourselves ever built
or mailed) will bo dashing every where? even
into the midst of convoys, laughing at the slug
gish ships appointed to guard' them j and their
orders will be to cleat* the ocean so far as they
can ? i. e. to destroy the prices they make, a*
well to keep thoir own force entire as to sccurc
us againhl recapture. If the wan had lasted 5
months longer, astonishing effects would have
resulted from the force of this species that wa*
fitting out under the -ikill of Porter. We cap
eqi:;p and man one hundred such vessels in si/
weeks.'*
ADULT SCHOOLS.
Tlic following interesting letter on this sub
ject, auyH a New-York paper, ha* been com
municated to us for publication. Wo insert it
in our column* with much pleasure, and hope
it may lead the pious and benevolent to reflect
seriously on the importance of establishing
schools for Adults in this city. Among our
poor, there are doubtless thousands who capnot
read, and who are destitute of all the means of
moral instruction t
nrittol, (P.njf.) 19th Oct.
My dear friend? I was requested on Sunday
to meet the seamen, at their Adult School, w here
I had the pleasure to see the veteran Jack Tar,
associated with Prussians, Greeks, Portuguese,]
nincks, 8tc. &c. of various ages, all sitting down
harmoniously together, forgetful of Iho horrors
of war and the toils and dangers they had cuca
ned, endeavoring to learn to read the Holy
Scriptures which are able to inako them wise
unto salvation. An aged black with a white
head seemed so anxious to learn, that he
came* up at the close, to request permission to
take home the adult book, that he might learn
during the leisure hour* of the week t this bcim:
readily granted, several others preferred a simi
lar request and were not refused. 1 addressed
them in a strain of sympathy for their lost time,
and encouragement to redeem the future* for
t)ie important purpose for which life wo be
stowed, the salvation of their souls* pointed
out the sins peculiar to seamen* illustrating the
pointn, with anecdotes, particularly of a swear
ing lieutenant, who died an awful death, and a
seaman who, having drank to excess, wax
drowned here ) alive in perfect health at fiv*
o'clock on Saturday evening, and in Ids grave
at five o'clock on Sunday evening f as his ship
was on the point of sainm^ I touched these
two points in r. way to produce a burst of tears
from eyes unaccustomed to .bedew tho manly
check. The conductor thei) concluded with
praver, and all went away in a state of mind
I seldom felt before. One of the visitors told me
that he had been with the commanding officers
of the Westminster militia, to renuost permis
sion for the soldiers to attend Adult Schools,
which they chcerfully complied with. Billets
were printed, and the captains. drafted off 5,
10, la or 20 men from each company as they
could be spared, to the Adult Schools 1 Surely
some of the seed sown must fall upon prepared
good ground, and bring forth mucn fruit to the
praise of the Lord of tne harvest.
A meeting has been held at High Wycombe,
tho 20th ult. Lord Grenyille in the chair, the
Prince Regent, patron ? about 25 of tho princi
pal nobility and gentry were present, and were
deli^ht^d with the progress made by the adults
during*J(fe past year, so that you see tho thing
f>rogres*es. Captain Cow^n accompanied me
ast evening to tho Sunday school, Union quar
terly macting of teachers, and friends to Sun
day school* t he appeared dtlb&ted to see so
many denominations of Christians forgetting
their points of 'difference, united in the great
object of tutoring the rising generations -for this
lire and thst which is to come. Tens of thou
sand are under tho superintendence of this n
nion j the particulars you will find in one of the
parcels. A boy of 7 yevs of age* who has
just learnt to read, was exhibited, who could re
peat tho whole or St. John's gospel j another
hsd been rewsrded for learning ?y heart all the
Kpistles. Such instsnces of retentive memories
are very numerous. In one school the children
learnt every w eek the three texts printed on the
rewsrd tickets?thus storing their minds with
150 selected text* of scripture.
CONfiliFiSS. "
Iff DRXATti.
Tutnl If, Jnuum !/ 9.
Mr. Bibb, from th? committer on Foreign Re*
latione, to whom the subject w m referred, re
ported the following bill, which was reed, and
panned to a second reading t
u A bill concerning the Convention to regu
late the Commerce between the territories of
the United Htaten and Hit Britannic M^enty"
Dn it enacted, Sfr. that to much of any act or
act*, an is contrary to thf* provision* of the con
vention b?t ween the United fttates and Hie Hrl
tannic Mf?Jr>?ty, the ratification* wheroof were
mutually exchanged, the twenty-second day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and (If*
teen, ?hail be deemed, ana taken to be of no
force or effect.
Jtmutiry 10.
Tlie above bill was read a aecond, and by the
unanimous content, a third time, panned, end '
sent to the Mouse of Representatives for con
currence. V . 1
V,v >i; ?
novsr. or np.rnr.jiRNTATivf ?.
Mtmhy, January 8.
The House resumed the comiUcrKion of
bill to reguluto tho Commerce of. the l.'n
?States, according to tho Convention of <
merce with Ureat-Hritain. Tho question b
on the motion of Mr* Was ton. to postiKina
bill indefinitely?
Messrs. Forsyth &. Barbour supported thi
tion, And Mossrs. Gold and llopkinson opt
it? Tho ground occupied wa* wholly that 3
constitution, without at alt inVelring the i
of the treaty. The nnestiou on postpone
was dceided in the negative, 61 to (X).
The question recurred, on agreeing to t
mcndnient made in commltteo of tlie whole
which a debate took pl&ce tho pthcr day.
objects of the amemitoetits *ss to except
the" equalization of. duties, all such ltritisl
nel? as did not come direct from Europe,
amendment was negatived without a divisi
Home other amendments wei*e proposed, ?
which was agreed to. vfc>. to striko out the
Indie# from tho number of exceptions to
perations of the act.
Tlie qucstionthen having been stated, 1
the bill be engrossed for a third' trading
debate arose, which continued until a 1at<
on tho pas* age of the bill'to a third rauli
Mr. Calhoun, from the committee on t!
tional bank currency, reported a bill " to
pot ato the subscribers to the Dank of the '
Accompanying tho bill was a. letter fru
Secretary of the Treasury, to which wi
nexed the following " Outline, " which v
publish, as containing, with few unesscn
riations, a correct synopsis of tho plan e
ed bv tho voluminous bUl reported by tl
mittee* "W;.
OUTLINE or A PLAN tORTfe* MATIONAI.
I. Tlio Charter of tho H|nk*r II To cu
twentv. one years? 2. To bo exclusive.
II. The Capital of the Hank : I . To be 1
< fH> ut present? -2. To be augmented bv Cc
to 50,000.000, and the additional sum
distributed among the several Mates? 3.
divided into 350,000 shares of ?100 end
Ofth (oi 70.000 shares) to be subscribed
l\ S. and the retraining 280,000 shares1
poiiitlotis or individuals. ? 4. To be com;
ed dI public debt, mid in gold end silvei
the Hubrrriftiniis ?f corporations and in
nU in the proposition* ; of funded'"
fourth*, equal to ?1 tOOO, 000 $ of gold
ver,one fourth, equal to 7,000,000, (*i8.00?
The subscriptions of G per cent stock t
par : the subscriptions of .1 per cent stoc
at 50 per cent ; the subscriptions of 7 i><
stock to be at 100 51 percent. ? :?. 11
Kcriptions in public debt may be discha
fdeasuro by the government at the rate at
t is subscribed, ? 0. Tho subscriptions <
porations or individuals to- ba (oyable
stolments, as follows :
Sfxce, at vubacriblng,
'h On rxcb khaie 5 doUara, ? I
? AtC months i doll jw, ' 1
At 13 month* 5 dollnrs, 1
At 18 months 10 dolturn, -
ir 7
n.tch Mire 35 dollar*,
At 9 months 25 dollar*, # . J
At 13 monthi 05 dollar*, ? ;
; .: 3<
r. The subscriptions of the United Stat
paid in inatalraentSf not exceeding b
period of seven year* | tie first instalr
be paid at the time Of subscribing, and t
merits to be made at the pleasure of govc
either Ju coldi and silver, or in 6 per cec
redeemable at the pleasure of the govei
or in treasury notes, not fundable, nor
interest, nor payable nt a particular tii
receivable in all payments to the bat
the right on the part of the batik to
the treasury notes so paid from time
untlt they are discharged by payment
governments? 8 'Hie bank snail bo at li
sell the stock portion of its capital to an
tiot exceeding in any one year * In
sales are intended to be effected in the
States, notice thereof shall be given to
cretary of the Treasury, that the Cow ?
era of the Sinking Fund, may, if the.
become the purchasers at the market pi
exceeding; par.
III. Ilie government of the bank.*
bank shall be established at Philndclp:
Kwer io erect two branches, or to en?|
nke as branches elsewhere. 2. Thai
23 directors for Philadelphia, and 10
for each or the branches, where brar
erected, with the usual description nn>
of officer*. 9* The President of th<
Statea with the advice and consent m
nate. shall annually nnpoiut 5 of the di>
the hank at Philadelphia. 4. The
stockholders shall annually elect 20 ?
rcctorsof the bank at Philadelphia, bu
tlon of the directors ahnll be changed
annual election, upon the principle of
8, Tlie directors of the bank st I'hil;
shwll annually, ut tln*ir first meeting Aft
lection, chuge one of the five dlreclois
ed by the Pr jslilent and Senate of the
States to be President of the bank j and
sident of the bank shall alwaya.be re
if reappointed* 0. The directors of tl
at Philadelphia shall annually appoint I
tore for each of Ml# branches, where I .
are erected, and ahall transmit a list of
sons appointed to the Secretary of the
ry. 7, 1 he Secretary of tho Treasur
the appreciation oi the President of tht
state* shall annually design ate from th
branch directors th?(perion to lie the P
.?f (lie respective iH-attohae* None
dent eitiaens of the United States sha)*
rectors of the bank or ita branchet.
stockholders may vote for directors in p
by proxy t but no stockholder, who is i<
dent witliin the United Statea at tht tim
lection shall vote by proxy J nor shall ,.??
person vote as proxy a greater number of
than he should be entitled to vote in o*vu
according to a atalo of voting, to he g
by the number of shares, which tfte v?
spectively hold* 18. The bank and it