The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

11 ri• • ".74'• . _ their► tih the greater pertinacity. she is the last asylum to which lustier, freedom and virtue can fly. These arc the household gods of the patriots and where can he save the precious deposit, should this country have not the inclina tion, nor the independence to protect them. The following is the extract from the New York Paper, which contains the intelligence which we have just com municated. NEW YORK, NOV. 16. IMPORTANT OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. From the National Intelligencer of Monday. " In the c►►urse ►►f the Correspondence which, it seems, has taken place between the Secretary of State and Mr. JACKSON, we un,!erstami that Mr. JACKSON had stated, that the dispatch from Mr. CAN WING to Mr. EnsKIN E, of the 2:3d January, %%as . the only dispatch by which the conditions were prescribed to Mr. ERSKINE for the conclusion of an arrangement with this country, on the matter to which it related—that Mr. SMITH, in his reply, had assured Mr. J A CKSON that no such declaration had ever before been atarte to the Government; and added, that if that dispatch had been communicated at the time of the ar rangement, or if it had been known that the propositions con tained in it were the only ones on which be was authorised to make an arrangement, the arrangement would not have been made—that, notwithstanding this assurance, Mr. JACKSON, in decorously used a language implying, that ,Mr. ERSKINE'S in structions were, at the time, made known to this Government— that in Mr. SMITH'S answer an intimation was distinctly given to him, that such an insinuation was inadmissible, and especially after the explicit asseveration of this Government, that they had no such knowledge, and that with such knowledge, such an ar rangement would not have been made. That in Mr. JACKSON'S next letter, the same gross insinuation having been reiterated, and even aggravated, it only remained, in order to preclude op portunities, which had been thus abused, to inform Mr. JACK SON, as Mr. SMITH did, that no further communications would be received from him, and that the necessity of thittletermina tion would, without delay, be made known to his Government, with an assurance to it, at the same time, that a ready attention would be given to any communications affecting the interests of the two nations, through any other functionary that may be sub stituted." In addition to the above, the following account has likewise been published in this country : " The negociation with America, if we may credit the New York Papers to the 17th of last month, has terminated abrupt ly; and Mr. .lacicsotv's immediate return may be expected. The Papers contain nothing more than the dry fact we have just stated, leaving us entirely in the dark as to the cause of the rupture. The letters, however, from New York and from Liverpool are more communicative. The former state, that in a conference between the British Minister and the American Secretary, the British Minister, in the way of rebuke, observed. that the latter, although he had seen the instructions of Mr. ERSKIN E., had made au arrangement with that Gentleman in consistent with the orders received from his Court. Mr. SMITLI'S reply evaded any answer to the allegation that the instructions and the arrangenseut were contradictory; he simply remarked, that he had not seen, and in the ordinary course of his diplomatic duties, could not have seen, the mandate under which Mr. ERS KINE acteT. Thus the matter was passed by for some timf until the subject was again resumed, when Mr. JACKS() NT resumed his assertion, that Mr. SKIT II had been apprized of the instruc tions to his predecessor. The renovation of this offensive business led to a consultation its the American Cabinet, which terminated in the notice to the British Minister, that if his tiove reign •were desirous of any conciliatory negoriation with the United States, it must be proposed by some other persons less obnoxious. " The letters from Liverpool assign the following ratuie for Mr. JACKSON-'S departui..! : they tiay that Alt.. 'MA also N, making use of some c xpressions imagined to he derogatory. to he character and honour of treat Britain, Mr. JACKSON retorted, and required on explanation. This satisfaction the. president refused, and in the conclusion told the British Minister, that if he were disgusted at what had passea, he WO at liberty to take his departure from the Itepublicaulerfttories, to which 'pro posal a ready ‘‘useut Was given by 1Ir; J Aciosow. Y; • Such are the particulars we have as yet received of tills offensive business. The reader will himself know to dis criminate, between the simple fact, and the distorted repre sentation given of it by an American Editor. To Mr. JACKSON, according to this statement, must culpability at tach ; but, it would be unfair and ungenerous, to judge him according to the partial evidence we have just given. Party feelings on both shires of the Atlantic, will mix in, and distort, the transaction. But when the honour and in terests of the country are vitally implicated, we should des pise and abhor ourselves, if we were conscious that motives of that nature should influence our opinion. Were the dis pute confined simply to the two countries, it would be unageanimotts, on the part of that, which holds the thunder bolt in her hand, to overlook the insolence of the weaker. But America is no more than a member of a daring, iniquitous and numerous confederation, which assails our rights, and invades the sovereignty of our domain ;—ac quired by our courage, indefatigable perseverance and sKill; and recognised by innumerable treaties. Mr. JACK.- SOY may have s!iewn some irritability in consequence of the dilatory equivocating proceedings of the Government to which he was &puled. The minister of a powerful na tion, seat out for the cypress purpose of removing the complaints of the weaker, is treated with so much fasti &anis instilling reserve, as to be suffered to wait several weeks, before any communication with him is made. This condtict was an irrecuseable tesCmony of the insince rity, at least, reluctance, of the Republican Executive to bring the dispute between the two countries to a iendly conclusion. No notice was taken, at-the same time, of the gross insult offered to the person of our Ambassador on his arrival. Whatever irregularity our Minister may have been guilty of, we are inclined to impute to Mr. MADISION a;l4 SMITH every thing which subserviency to the views of the' Ereuch tyrant, and hostility to this country could inspire: What we long foresaw, • is hastening to a developement, is actually occurring,—in proportion to the exte ••x -cess of the devaitations exercised by LITONAPARTE, that. execrable robber finds a proportionate ratio of stance. and aversion. Europe, with the except of Spain, and, the mountains to the North East of linly, is apparently tranquil ; but it is the suffocating calm, which precedes the eruption of a volcano. The tire of insurrection has already burst through a new crater ; and every symptom portends a variety of other explos,ons. The inhabitants of Carniola, ceded, through necessity, or despondency, by the Emperor fa.t.sciis, refuse to recognize the ces sion ; and appealing to the laws of nature, from the con ventions of intriguers and tyrants ! think they have some iittle rights and feelings superior to their cattle, and reject the new master, whom the neceisities, or cowardice, or imbecility of the late Sovereign, made them over to. They are in arms to support these magnanimous preten sions; and it is truly solacing that whilst the vvileF, the perfidy, and the legerdemain of the Imperial Cagliostro have a tendency to eradicate every generous principle, aN consciousness of individual worth, every bold conception of freedom, and that proud di, , L:nity arising from moral and social independence, he finds a counteract ng force in the simple, local affections, the primitive impressions of the unadulterated part of mankind. These are powerful ia proportion to - simplicity of manners and simplicity of culture ; and we find the illiterate peasantry in the v. is countries on the Continent ; evince an ardour ufle' catho- laity 1 J , . 1 II 11.:4/ a ...1.