[fragment] for it [was?] employed or entered into the sh[undecipherable] of their own [Sovereign?] Nation, or compelled to enter therein, [the?] [undecipherable] [Articles?] [undecipherable] what it is apprehended it does, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] inadmissible. [undecipherable] has a principle reprobated by this Country. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the Secretary of State in substance meets the [undecipherable]'s apprehension; but it is submitted whether the adoption of part of the draught by the Secretary of the Treasury will not improve it. All which is respectfully submitted. James McHenry War Department, 15 April, 1800.