5840. NEUTRALITY, The Grange capture.—[continued].
The government deems
the capture [of the Grange] to have been unquestionably
within its jurisdiction, and that
according to the rules of neutrality and the
protection it owes to all persons while within its
limits, it is bound to see that the crew be liberated,
and the vessel and cargo restored to their
former owners. * * * I am, in consequence,
charged by the President of the United States
to express to you his expectation, and at the
same time his confidence, that you will be
pleased to take immediate and effectual measures
for having the ship Grange and her cargo
restored to the British owners, and the persons
taken on board her set at liberty.—
To Jean Baptiste Ternant. Washington ed. iii, 561.
Ford ed., vi, 256.
(Pa.,
May 15, 1793)
