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Show • APPENDIX TO PAlt:r. l . [ No. 5. ] .V: TV. rstablishmcnt ' on Lake Leech, Feb. 1806. ~IH, • f 1 N \V company,nnd dircctorofthc AS a p ropnctor o llC . . ·. l 1lY duty as an of1iccr of the 1 ·t cnt I conceive 1 1 Zemel du Lac < cpat m ' . . ·c) to ·lddrcss you solely on (. hose territory you at ' United .S tates., 11 11 w. n houses untI e,1. you r ii1Structions. As a mcm· the subJCCt ol l1C rna y . . . tl c world ancl a company t commercial nation m I ' . her of the greta tes 1' lions and cr rcatncss of' tews, ~ · their extent o conncc ' b [. yloonug c r;acnnnoowtn beec ig0n1 orant o•f the : cr . r the laws of the duties 0 1111· 11;:,01 o ports of a !oreigu power. l : ·J t of tnclc with the sava· J '. t. 'lly it is true, g·avc 1 IC ug l • . b b 1\lr. ay · s · 11 c . '1 ·eels . U . I t.-t·ttes territoncs, ul y lll the nttcc ·~ ' · •2. ,· es to Bntts l su )j . . I . I t' cs obtaining hccn· 1 f . m Jn y 111 ~ t 1 e c u 1 . , no means exempted t 1em J o • l ·u·ictions of our laws. 'I . t ·dl the rules anc res , crs, and subsclt ) lll g" un o' .. bl, J· cc along the \\hole I find yom esta bl . 1 t. ut every su1tt\ c :P a · ls 1m en s . . l acl from thence . . I f Lnkc SuperlOI' to Its JC ' extent of the south stc e o 1> ll{ircl' and even to the source of th e 1\1 .I SSl· ~!-,·l pp'i ancl do.w n ,.c .c.. t . o· r' Loui~iana, extending to the ceutre ol·o tll• ne•w Jy UCClllll'Cd tC. lll lO I'Yl\ \'ccn the two . . . . I I I r ·t I CCO!lle a rpw-stwn )C • in wh1ch 1t will proM) Y } e ~ : , 1 British subjects to o-o, ct·n nlellts, .1. t. ''llie•· wll l autholtsc t \C 1 our I c. , . . . . . the other parts '~l ltct· it tt o the Incl.t an t rae Ic on tl I c .s ame io.o tJJw,, , ,1\S m ·t of the United O f our frontier!>; this not h:lvi•n g- 1) CCI 1 an mtc•g ra pat th on the ,. lutes ~t t tl c tl.l n c ol. st. ~.t d tl. .. Our traders to the 5011 ' t .tty. 'tl J·ustice, that ' . . . , · . ~ovcrnmcnt, WI 1 . LcH\ t:l' t\fio.;sts~tp pl, < ompl.un to out .·.·I. tl em on the fronuers th e lllt:Jltbcrs o l. t 11 e N \ V C0111 l)'ll1Y, CllCII c c I . .1. • • ' • J>Oll superwr of our N. ,v. tt'rritory, anc.l l!'i.H 1e " ith the s:.1vag.c.s ur their goods "'' • 1 , 1 0 (>ay the duues o . 1 tC'l'lll'> to wh~tl they can '-lltOI <' ' I I . s J)I'CSCI'Jbcc illtp >l'' tt:cl from L'u ropc, ancl subscn., >c t o tl1 c reoP" u auon by L..~w. . ttr:.lcted the attcntionof The~e representations h.wc at kn~th a •. . ltion to do . . . ·utd wlth an mtcl tJlll' ~t'>vt:LII11lt'tll to the obJeCt lll question, ' , . 1 . took some l lll·ttlschcs as \\'ell as <' itizcns just ice, they the las~ } ~lcttlle growin~ . . . . . . arraws ~t( ps to :.l~\.CI'tain the facts, and make P1 OVl~IOn t, •. ·cts in view , I . \V'ttlt tii i·s some <rcotrraphir.al, and also local ODJC j' ops to (.\'1. . , · :-. •> • , ·t 0 tl'O · w \S I disp:.ltchcd with discretionary orders, '' Ith ~1 p.u y. cornmcrce tll', . S()tli'Ce or the Ml·S S·l SS·l pp·i . J JJ .l\•C • funnd ' su·' rou1 "ltcd ideas, . tl"c l · est \bli-,hmcnts, extendi ng beyond our lliOS t cx, ag. -·gcJ' ~·on of the • 1 · • 1 the era!> . ltl in ttlclition to the injury clone our revenue,. J~ • . the /J';n?r .(url J tl. cs, otller ·•l eU; which arc more partl. cu I arI }' mJ tll'lom to APPJ..NDIX TO PART I. J ;) ctrtd c!t:t;miiJ of om· g-overnment. The transactions nllt~clccl to, a1·c tiJC J>l'G'iCIIting 11/f'dals or his Britannic majesty, and jlag.y of the said t'OH.rnnH.:nt, to the chiefs and warriors resident in the territory of ,, the U11itcd State.... H political subjects arc !>trictly prohibited to our tl'lld<'l's, \\hat would be the ideas of the cxecuti' e to see foreig-ners making- chi Is, and distributing flags, the standard of an Eut·opc. m p<nvc1·. The !>avag-es being· accustomed to look on that stand: u·d, which had hecn the only p1·cvailing one for years, as that whicn alone has ::ttlthority in the country, it would not be in the len~t aston ishing- to sec them revolt from the United States, limited subjection which is claimed ove1· them by the Amct·ican g-overnmcn and thereby be the cause of thci1· receiving a chastisement : althou~~h1 necessary, yet unl()l'tunate as they have been led a!>tray by the policy of the tJ·adcrs of your coutllry. 1 must likewise ohsC'rvc, ~ir, that you r establi~;hmcnts, if pro pcrly known, "ould he looked on with an eye of dissatisfaction by out· g-ovcmmcnt, {(Jt· another reason, ' iz. there b ing so nta11y fu1 nishcd posts in case of a rupture between the two powers, tl1c Enr:lish f~ovet'llllH'tlt would 11ot fail to make usc of those as pl<:ccs of deposit of anns, ammu11ition, &c. to be distributed to the sa\agc~~ who joined their arms; to the J;I'cat <mnoyance of om· territory, and the loss or the Jivc.'i of 111any of OUt' citizcu ·. Yout· flags, sir, "hut hoisted i11 inclosed wo!')~.,, arc in direct contradiction of the laws of nations, and thei1· pt·actice in like cases, which only ndmits of fort: ign Hug-s bein~ expanded on hoal'd of vessels, and at the rcsidcnc t• of A Ill b:~ss:~dors, O<' ccmsn Is. I am not ig no•·m t of the ncccssit y ot rout· being- in stwh a position as to protect you ft·om the sallies o! the drunken sa\·ngcs, ot· the more deliberate plans of the intcndc·c. sJtlolucnbdcc<Je·cs r. ; and u nclcr those con sid crations, IHII'C I con side red you< You, and the company of which you arc a mcmhtr, must b(• conscioliS ft·om the forego in g· statement that su .ict justice :wou ld de tnand, unci I as~\ll'c you that the law directs, unde!' sintil.u· circun1 stances, a tot.ll ronli'ication of your p1·opct·ty, pct·sonal imprisonmcn· aIn'd fine s. 13ut havinp"· disci'c tionary instt'uctions and no rca on to t 110 k the above conduct was dictated through ill will ot· cJ;src,prc• to""'' govet•u nH· <lt, unci concci 1 in g i t in som c de !ll'ce dcpat·tin ;" from the chat·actct· of '"' oflicet·, to emlll'acc the liN oppoJ•tunity c.' executing those lmvs, I om willing to snct·iflcc my prospect of Jll' bvuatt c advantag-e, conscious that the rrovernlll('lltlook not to intcrc!>' . its ,. · · · o f' lt!f11ily Ill the ti':II,'.(\C'I10ll, f have thC!'C'fOJ'C' to !'('(]tiC . 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