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s
_ REFERRING the reader to the cerrcct
elucidations which are given by Mr. Smith,
in his letter of the 12ih of Cctober, on the
several interesting topicks in dispute between
the United States and Great Briiaing and par
ticulurly to the conciliatory ofier of ‘he Pres
ident 10 comprehend tie Orders in Council
in a general negociation, the writer-of this
expusition praceeds to the letter ol Mr, Jack
sou to Mr. Smith of the 23d of Qutubers—
This letter is resmarkableamoug other poiuts,
for the very unsatisfactory cxphusation it far
nishes of the . reasons for disuvowing -Mr.
at an end. Bat this is neither law nov good
faith. Supposing, that the viclatien of in-
Ergkine’s arrangemen:. It was disavowed,
Mr. Jackson asserts, Lecause his predecessor
bad no authority 1o conclude it. There is no
refcrence &0 the equity and justice of the
terms ; no ¢ streng and solid reasons” in re
lation to the rights of the United Statese—
But, simply, the act was disavowed, bLecuuse
structions is good cause for disavowing an ar
rangement, the mere saying so is no compe
tent and satisfactory explanation to the disap
pointed party. It is incumbent on the :‘lz'
vowing party to shew tiiut they have been vi
the Minister was unauthorized to conclude it
and under all circumstances be refei ved 10~
Nothing more is nccessary than to declare
that a Minister has not comprehiended his in-
structions ,and most solemn engagements are
excuse. It is one which may at all times
T'his, certainly, is a convenient, if not a legal
inal paper of the despatch of January 25d,
that isy the manuscript of it 'Why, in an of
ficial proceeding, refer to a copy which ap
peared in the newspapers? And where is
the instruction relative to the Chesapeake ?
olated ; thatis, the disappointing party should
prove the fact of vielation. Mr. Jackson has
not done this, He refers to a printed des
patch of the 23d of Januavy, snd offers his
bare word for all the rest. \Where are the
¢ geveral” letters of instructions mentioned
by Mr. Erskine ! Why not produce the orig-
respect also ! Mr, Jackson says he did ; but
Mr. Jackson produees no copy, (not even a
printed one) of the ipstouction on that beud :
I[s this what Vattedy, (an anthority fully sdwmit
ted by Mr. Jacksen) would call a #. strony and
solid reason ” Mr. Jucksor's mieredword,
unsupported by coroberating vouchers er cirs
cumstances, cannot be reccived as evidence
OF TEER
Did Mr. Erskine exceed his orders in tha
in the case ; yet he offers no other 3 and in
this view it is worthy of notice, that My, Jack
son claims for himself that weigzht of credis
bility which he denies to Mr. Smith and the
President. He requires that his solitary dec
laration (a declaration vitiated by his tergiver
sations) should be taken in support and for
full proof of a fact,and at the same time more
than insinuates that Mr. Smith’s word, and
the asseverations of the President through Mr.
Smith are not entitled to belief.
«I'he reader will observe, that Mr. Smit!
in his letter of the 19th of October, says,
“ The declaration that the despatch from Mr.
Canning to Mr. Erskine of the 23d of Janua
ry, is the on!y despatch by which the condi
tions were prescribed to Mr. Erskine for the
conclusion of an arrangement on the matter
on which it reiates, is now for the first time
made to. this government.” Mr. Juckson
bad read this obscrvation when he wrote his
repiy of October 23d, from which the foMow
ing is an exiract t— . _
“So fur from the terms which he [Mr.
Erskine ) was actually induced to accept hav
ing been contemplated in that instruction, he
himself states that the' were suzsIITUTED
by vou [the S«myrt State] in lieu of
those originaliy 3" '
This is not only an untruth &s it respects
~ Mr. Smith, butit is a palpalde departure
from veracity inregard to Mr. Erskine. The
~latter gentleman h‘; no where asserted, (it is
confidently affirmed) that Mr. Smith substi
tuted condidons. The indacement with Mr,
Erokine for concluding thiz agreement of the
- 19th of April, arose, 23 he avors in his letter
| of Augast i4th, from « athorough conform
ity with His u(’am. whshes.” ~Mr. Smith
neither solicited to accept nor to reject j
all the propositions came from Mr. Erskine.
There could be no possible motive on the
rt of the American government to T
ﬁr. Erskine to depart from the tenour of ’
instructions, or the least disposition to subs
stitute terms for him ; for what possible bens
efit could accrde to Mr. Smith or to the Pres.
ident by wheedling the British Minister inwo
an accommodation, which, if contrary to bis
orders, they would have known would not
have been accepted by his wxvmmem et
Common sense rejects all such insinuations ;
dew that Mr. Madison wou
not only risk thtir reputations, but in
to their -citizens, on the event of so
frail a compact. Besides, if Mr. Erskine
"FROM THE NATIONAL IKTELLIGENCELR,
IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH
ROBERT SMITH, ESQ.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
] .
EXPOSITION,
NEWPORT, wnn&-zsbav.,‘JAkUAß\' I'o,~ 1810
est as to keep the scerti,
- The extract, just quoted, which thusdibels
the American government, and implicates
Mv. Erskine, is that passage of Mr. Juckson's |
letter wherein he presumes to con rutict.ahe ;
constituted awiorities of the United States.
It was of course incumbent on the Executive '
to vindicate his own honour and muintain lhe’
had been wenk enoucgh o be their dupey or
sufficiently wicked to combine with thesu, he
would hardly bave sense enough or be so hon-
drawing conchisions that did not necessarily
follow from the premises advanced by mey o =i
least of all should I think of uttering an insin
untion wheve I was unable to substantiste
fact.” With determibed pertinacity, he wdds,
« gnd in so doihg I must costinme.” Thus it
is perciived, Mp. Jackson had insulted the
vernment § he repeated the insult after be-
M that it wus inadmissible 3 snd insist
in®on the vantruth in the uneguivecal
terms, openly and mﬂ'ﬂr::; avowed ‘his
resolution to ¢ conmtintie” the same ling of
outraged dignlty of the nation. . 3
Mr. Swmith’s Jetter 10 Mr. Juckson of the
Ist of November, contains this necessary vin
dication, by declaving such insinunations ¢ in
admissible.” And what was Mr. Jacksan's
conduct. There was no possibility of forbear
ing any longer ; it had become indispensably
necessary to cut hin: off from the government,
and accordingly he was cut off’ .
The evasion which Mr. Jackson cficrwards
attempted to palm upon the Secretary of States
is the basest of all possible subterfuges.—
Muking use of Mr. Oakeley’s name, he says,
“ One of the Tacts alluded to [the communi
cation of the conditions by Mr. Erskine] las
been admitted by the Secretary of State him- |
self 37 and that thut insteuction «of Junua
r{.ﬁcd] is the only one in which the condi
tions were presciibed, is known to me.”” He
then p‘l‘ocl‘arm's, thut it was for ¢ stating these
facts and adhering to them,” that he was dis
missed by the President. So fur from this
having been the groand for discarding him, it
is confidently affirmed'by the wriier of this
article, that if Mr. Jackson, in his letter to the
Secrctary of State, had advunced noth}n;; ;
more than what he does in Mr. Oukéley’s
note, the government of the United States
would certainly have taken ho offence at it—
But Mr. Jackson’s insinuations-and assertions
were of a very different Complexion. They
‘were not that Mr. Jackson knew anotherfact ;'
bt that, Mr. Smith haviny stated to Mr. Jogk
soh, that ¢ after the explicit and preomtory
asseveration that this povernment had no such
knowledge {of the despatch] and that with
such a knowledge no su€h-arrangement would
have becn entered iato, the view which yeu
have again presented of the sub&ctt, malcs it
my duty to apprize you,that such insinuations
t are inadmissible ;** Mr. Jackson replicd af
ter other remarks, ¢ least of all should 1
think of uttering an insinuaticn where I was
unable to substantiate a fact.” A man so ful
ly convicted of prevacication can surely have
no credit with the.publick.
answer ! % 1 have carefully avoided (soys he)
It will be observed, that the ground of Mr.’
Jackson’s disgrace,is not a disagreement as to
personal veracity between Me.Suith and Mr.
Erskine nor between Mr. Smith and Mr. |
Jackson ; but it is exclusively a question
whether Mr. Juckson, in ap official corress
pondence with the Amcrican government,
was to be permitted to cull in question the!
veracity of the power with whom he was
treating 3 not whether My, Swith 10id the |
truth or whether Mr. Jackson teld the truth ;-
but whether the Executivé of the United
States was to suffer itself to be repeatedly.
and uncquivocally stigmtized with the impu
tation of faischoed. The pith and substance
of it is this. Would a private gentlemun in’
negociating any busincss ‘whatever with an
other person, put up with the lic direct
Apply the answer to the case between the
government of the Undicd States and Mr.
Jackson,and the point is decided to the satis
faction of every American citizen, who loves,
his coumtry and venerates the constitution.—
Mr. Jackson ‘was doubticss, at full liberty to
amplify and cnforce uny vespeetful proposi
tions that 'he advanced, provided they were
dccorously urged ;- but it was departing from
every customary rnle of diplomatick deport
nient, which prevails cven in time of we s,y to
draw inferences and to insist upow eonclu+
sions, which are mneither deducible from the
" civeumstances which he cites, nor warranted
-by the evidence which hs quotes in support
of them.. How much less was it perviissible
o invent facts which had no foundation in
trath. ; :
Supposing, nevertheless, that Mr. Erskine
had stated tgn't Mr. Smith substituted couli
tions for him, by what new rule of Togick is it
that Mr. Erskine, whom Mr. Jackson rcge
sents as having departed from the condilions
of his instructions as wcll as bavmuﬁ'md
to the goverrmm of the United States an un
gruth, is to be received as a competent and
crodible witngss as to a fuct which is denfed
by the govertiment which be has deceived g
Jmm pot be supported by the
most cunning m or subtle casuist.—
YTharc 18, indeed, nothing more inconsistent
10 the the correspondence.
diffusi of his style may, for.an.
e S s
essential ey prehended,;
judices are ly com
ihgnm and tyrannical aspect will L€ mpnifest
ol
F
Tee L R T
10 every individyal in the comu.upity. % o
mew Bavo eiy he cvades, ayow s, anil gis
“AVOV S, Wﬂmmjouo, inwmm and m.u'mz
cutes, all i bregth, dhe Mo he wivie,
the move he conviteod the American gov
ernment thet he was either ihe mischic ious
instnaent for pervening the good udentivas
of his Sovercign, or the sappery ol ol n
designing Minister, whese eval schenmes wone
100 gluting obe concealed by his suallow wr-
Alfices. o« ooy B ~ ) DM
<ol the preceding part of this exposition it
s memoarkedy that e adgdd exsidostion of
Lthe languige and spirit of M. Jackson’s let
ters, wouid exince thar the rgespitulation of
thie Sceretary of State (ascto wihiut pussed in
officinl verbui conferenge) iy wbmmﬁuy cor
rect,” Theve i@ no manverof doubty thet the
three coslitions are the sonly tgrms: upoh
which Mr. Juckson would aceept eny profior
ed arvangerienty however he might # regeives
und discuss” propositions of woy other descrip
tons. . Me does not any wheoe dnchis Jotoss
o the Secretary of Stuve deny-it, « All tha
he says is in corroborstion of it These (hree
conditions are émbraced in the despatoifrom
Mp, Canning to My, Erskine of the 28d.0f
January, mu? reguive from the United Statey
a relinguishment of the catexing. tradéy w pon
intercourse agninst France wnd dependencies,
and permission for Grott Britiin to ‘enforee
the aots of Congress on the ocess - Mr, Juck
son savs,indeed,that he was not instriicted 1o re
new these nor make any other proposals § bue
he assigns as the sole veasdns [or the tbsence
of such instructions, Isty that they hid been
rejected l)x the Americen goverament 3 und
2d, that Great Britwin would moever ceuse to
muintain the principle recognized by those
conditions, to wit ¢ the total and unquidiified
interdiction of ¢fl trade with the enémy” in
neutral bottewis on American account 3 de
claring it to be “ matter of indifference to
Great Britain, whether the order in couneit
be continued, or &n arrangement by
mutuul consent subsgtuted ih M 8 room,”
In brief, Mvr. Jackson was not authoriscd to
renew the thice conditions, becaude they
would not be accepted Ly the President ; nnd
he was instructed (0 propese no new ohes,
because the British government weuld yield
to nothing but the three conditions. Ifa doube
exists upon the jubject, Jet the readur inspect
the new Eavoy's letter of the 4th of Novem
ber, wherein he suys, ¢ before the Orders in
Council can be revoied, their objeet must be
obtuined in some wther woy” And one of
those Ordersy to wit, that ot the 26th of Ap
rily the one whiciis now in operative exis
tence, Mr. Juckson aflirms, «is more restric
tive than those of November; 18072, I'hege
declaratiqns on the part of the discarded wiiis
terexplain what be means in bis letier of Qm
23d of Gcteber, when, in spenk!!a:d"‘ﬁu in
structions, he announces that *¢ they Yook to
| substituting for sortons of good understind
o, erroneously entervtuined, practical stipu
{ lations on which a real cobeilitinion w
| diferences may be substantially founded:
1 1 bat is, the equitable and lawful cluims of the
United States are considered as mowe “ no
tions,” for which hoticns Mr: JFucksen’s in
structions «empower him to ¢ substitut>""
« practical stipulatiors,” which practical stip
ulutions are the three conditiors of the des
-1 patch of the 23d of Junuary, or % the Order
1 in Council of the 26th of April, whichis
| more restrictivé than those of Novenaber,
| 1807,” ‘and which, in principle, (and in pric
| tice ton; with occasional vaviations,) His
| Majesty * can never ceuse (o maintuin.”
1 M. Smith, in his letter to Mr. Pinkney of
| November 'the 23d, has placed the subject of
| the disavowal of Mr. Erskine’s arrangement
| in so fair a light, and «xpased so com . ctely
| the frivolity of the pretences upon which it
| was disavowed, titat but very few addidonul
| strictures, in that particular, will be intreducs
| ed into this exposition ; and these will be
confined (o the teriour of the despatch of the
| 254 of Junuary which’ Mr. Erskine is suid o
| have vislated. One of the conditions pre
| scribed in that despateh, wis in the following
| words ‘ & "
|« 3d. Great Britain, for the purpose of se
| euring the operation of the Embargo, ;,ns",ot
'} the bona frde intention of America to preve
| her citizens from ‘trading with *”'l"&..ﬁd
| the powers adopting and actinz %x%ﬁcjr the
| French decrees, is 10 be considered 15 Belng
| ot liberty to eapture ull such Amgerican <cs
| sels as may be found attempting 1o tad? witk
] the ports of tny of thgsc powers ; withous
' | which security t)c'w the observance of tic Em
| kargo, the ruising it nominiclly ‘with W‘
| to Great Britaiu wlone, wo#!d, in fecy,
with respect to all the wolld.” ./
v |« In urging” this condition Mrd by
. | vy properly remirks, « Mr. Cangg
t | ken a ground forbidden by thosa? .
. | decoram which regulate uﬁrﬁ" { -
3 | ceedings dﬁmﬂ% L
|| 1t was vot obly to obtait Ilp)“x ‘
. | bad fiith of the _sm,““, ) ch‘o Ny
) ernment, as the Secretury of State s,/
| ﬂm tiberty to capture which tﬁi: i
;| required plainly implies, that even i tl-& o
s | tention 'ol’,the Awerica guoe ninest e v
. | intention of yood faith, yot there would ke p
t | security to Great Brituin for the falllm e
s | it by thz;:!hl!::hs of the U h;g Staies thles
, | the Britlsh navy were | erty 1o I,
M,J}HC,W"Q M’: Is of dnu |
zens, who ace by the c supposed 1o b
%0 p ate as not to obky the laws « i
48 Ot to be üble Lo compel t re
t ct thy acts of Congress, In effect, that th
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