PERTAINING TO NEGOTIATION OF TREATY OF 1818. 317 



The American plenipotentiaries expressed their regret that the re- 

 jection of several of the amendments which they had ottered to the 

 projet on impressment, and which they deemed essential, compelled 

 them to decline acceding to that projet. 



The great alterations made by the British plenipotentiaries to the 

 articles proposed by the American plenipotentiaries on maritime 

 rights, also induced the latter to think that, although a season of peace 

 appeared the most favorable time for arranging such subjects, it 

 would be inexpedient to discuss them any further, more especially as 

 it had never been the intention of the American plenipotentiaries to 

 adopt or propose any articles upon maritime subjects, without an ad- 

 justment of that on impressment. 



The British plenipotentiaries brought forward an article, as an- 

 nexed, (F.) upon the subject of the direct intercourse between the 

 West Indies and t'..c United States of America; but they stated that 

 they could not consent to sign any article upon that subject, unless 

 the American plenipotentiaries were prepared at the same time to 

 accede to articles which should put the intercourse between Bermuda 

 and the United States, as well as between Nova Scotia and New 

 Brunswick and the United States, upon the footing contemplated in 

 the article originally offered by the British Government with respect 

 to Bermuda, and in that respecting Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick, brought forward at a former conference by the British plenipo- 

 tentiaries. 



The American plenipotentiaries declared that their instructions did 

 not authorize them to sign the West India article as proposed by the 

 British plenipotentiaries, but agreed to take the whole question ad 

 refen ndum to their Governments. 



It was agreed to meet on Friday, the 20th instant. 



Albert Gallatin, 

 Richard Rush, 

 Frederick John Robinson, 

 Henry Goulburn. 



No. 12. 



Protocol of the ninth conference between the American and British plenipoten- 

 tiaries, held at Whitehall, on the 20th of October, 1818. 



Pre ii : Mi-. Gallatin, Mr. Rush, Mr. Robinson. Mr. Goulburn. 

 The protocol of the preceding conference was agreed (o and signed. 

 The plenipotentiaries then proceeded to sign the convention. 



Albert Gallatin, 



Rl< II \i;d Ki si I, 



Frederick Johh Robinson, 

 Henri ( \o\ lbi rn. 



John Adams to William Thomas. 



Quinoy, 10 1 ugust, t8&8. 

 The grounds and principles on which the third article of the treaty 

 of 1 7-:; u as contended for on our part, and finally yielded on the part 

 of the British, were these. 



