MADISON, James (1751-1836), President . Letter signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State , to William Pinckney (1764-1822), Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, Washington, D.C., 5 December 1808. 3 pages, 4to, text in a clear clerical hand, Pinckney's docket on page 4.
MADISON, James (1751-1836), President . Letter signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State , to William Pinckney (1764-1822), Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, Washington, D.C., 5 December 1808. 3 pages, 4to, text in a clear clerical hand, Pinckney's docket on page 4. MADISON REPORTS ON CONGRESS'S WRANGLING OVER JEFFERSON'S EMBARGO AND CONTINUED BRITISH INTRANSIGENCE An excellent diplomatic communiqué, discussing the reaction of Congress to the foreign affairs portion of President Jefferson's message to Congress, while agitation for a resort to war continues. "You will find that a question has been taken in the Senate on the repeal of the Embargo, and negatived [voted down] by a very large majority, and that questions have been taken also...in the House of Representatives, on the resolutions proposed by the committee on the part of the President's message relating to our foreign affairs; without dissent to the first and third, and with the concurrence of a great majority in favor of the second" Madison points out that "it seems not to be understood...that these decisions, if confirmed by the house, preclude a question on a resort to war, if that course should be judged preferable before the close of the session." "The Senate...is now engaged in amending the Embargo laws...in case that that system should not be superseded, to put an effectual stop to the violations and evasions, which have so much, crippled its operation. I have received no letter from you since the return of the Hope." He is anxious to learn if the British government has taken positive steps in the crisis: "I infer from conversations with Mr. Erskine, that Mr. Canning [the Prime Minister] is probably engaged in modifications of the orders in Council, expected to render them less offensive here. But whilst the principle of the orders is retained, the effect of the modifications will doubtless disappoint the British Cabinet...." [With:] Two contemporary copies of related diplomatic letters 1) David M. Erskine to Madison, 18 November 1808, regarding the British blockade of the French Leeward Islands, and 2) James Madison to W. Pinckney, 25 November 1808, sending an updated account (not present) of the proceedings of congress and a copy of Erskine's letter. Both docketed by Pinckney. The problem of the ineffectual Embargo act would be an unpleasant inheritance when Madison himself succeeded Jefferson as President, and his efforts to mitigate its damage to the economy while still asserting American neutrality became increasingly treacherous. By the summer of 1812, the drift toward hostilities was inevitable and war was declared by Congress, at Madison's request, on 12 June 1812. (3)
MADISON, James (1751-1836), President . Letter signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State , to William Pinckney (1764-1822), Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, Washington, D.C., 5 December 1808. 3 pages, 4to, text in a clear clerical hand, Pinckney's docket on page 4.
MADISON, James (1751-1836), President . Letter signed ("James Madison") as Secretary of State , to William Pinckney (1764-1822), Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, Washington, D.C., 5 December 1808. 3 pages, 4to, text in a clear clerical hand, Pinckney's docket on page 4. MADISON REPORTS ON CONGRESS'S WRANGLING OVER JEFFERSON'S EMBARGO AND CONTINUED BRITISH INTRANSIGENCE An excellent diplomatic communiqué, discussing the reaction of Congress to the foreign affairs portion of President Jefferson's message to Congress, while agitation for a resort to war continues. "You will find that a question has been taken in the Senate on the repeal of the Embargo, and negatived [voted down] by a very large majority, and that questions have been taken also...in the House of Representatives, on the resolutions proposed by the committee on the part of the President's message relating to our foreign affairs; without dissent to the first and third, and with the concurrence of a great majority in favor of the second" Madison points out that "it seems not to be understood...that these decisions, if confirmed by the house, preclude a question on a resort to war, if that course should be judged preferable before the close of the session." "The Senate...is now engaged in amending the Embargo laws...in case that that system should not be superseded, to put an effectual stop to the violations and evasions, which have so much, crippled its operation. I have received no letter from you since the return of the Hope." He is anxious to learn if the British government has taken positive steps in the crisis: "I infer from conversations with Mr. Erskine, that Mr. Canning [the Prime Minister] is probably engaged in modifications of the orders in Council, expected to render them less offensive here. But whilst the principle of the orders is retained, the effect of the modifications will doubtless disappoint the British Cabinet...." [With:] Two contemporary copies of related diplomatic letters 1) David M. Erskine to Madison, 18 November 1808, regarding the British blockade of the French Leeward Islands, and 2) James Madison to W. Pinckney, 25 November 1808, sending an updated account (not present) of the proceedings of congress and a copy of Erskine's letter. Both docketed by Pinckney. The problem of the ineffectual Embargo act would be an unpleasant inheritance when Madison himself succeeded Jefferson as President, and his efforts to mitigate its damage to the economy while still asserting American neutrality became increasingly treacherous. By the summer of 1812, the drift toward hostilities was inevitable and war was declared by Congress, at Madison's request, on 12 June 1812. (3)
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