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have. betn maue.
NOVih. him:-[edge of the tho,-"; might
hav— bren gained in ;: variety ol'wuyz. With
- out a dreint-mien. Thus our 8:L:'t:tsil'y
might have had a view of the instructions
os Mr. l'Z-skine—'hesire ntigittlm3e lit-c.: un
llntitfl'ji;;lltiii'.f_si"'si)t'i'-\'Ct'n them on the still.
ject. or Mr. d'ntith ntibht l.:n-c the kzsitIW.
lodge of t'itcttti-Stzont'ee (witimuc m. 0i""
two—ral lisst' thct ministerþvhich would tisi-ct t.
lnt'iiy hate it-d to the same toncltmon,
Again, as the see:-entry it not the got-mi
ment,httt ;t mere :tgc-nt, \\ lto tititi' tlti'eclt'ti
by the prnidvnt Ctmiti not move in the hu
lineu, the deal.:rntinn might him: btt'ii
made to Mr. Stnitit it! livitlnilly bt'lsiorc the
negncintion. or he mi-siht have had l'u-i
knowledge ni'the ssitrt and yet thu- it'tlt'l'
would he true it: in termi
The lette-tary dreint-m that istltc det
tlliCh hidhecn communicated at the time,
or isit laft.] be'n known that Mr. lit-shine
had no "thtl' nuthm ny. the til-tingetnutt
Would tmt have been entered into. Now
doet he menn to say that the mere commu
nication us the deep-'tch. although netum.
plﬂi'ti tvith lit-"ther imtrttctlont, and better
terms would have hrolteu up the tte.tt_\',nnd
ctet this il in the terms at the lentence. Wit
t necenarv thlt th -, communication to have
had its eﬀect. must hztve been made at the
very time osthe arrangement ? \Vhitt, if
made besme, would this have varied the
"mit? Again,:ttppose that in point of
snet our got'mnmt-nt did not nhsolutcly
know. but had the strongest penible rea
m to believe and think, and did in truth
believe and think, when the arrangement
tue made with Mr. Erakine that he was not
nuthorieed, would this form an excuse on
their part!
[it then eriticisml, violence ! admit is
done to the intent of the writer, and they
an made only to shew the unfaimeas of
.eiz'mgsi on a word to make out the intent
as colleeuble from the whole paper. And
yet, sir, the British Senate may be told that
our neretaryioaman of wit, : maker of
"an airsiangcmc nt, the: armngem- nt would not
How unfair it is to play upon w orcls in a
corrc-sponclcncc, may be seen hy mlvrrting
to Mr. Smith's letters. which certainly are:
drawn with ability and we are to prcsumc
with-great care. ! tak : a single paragraph
'in the letter of the 19.h Octnbcr as it relates
more immediuul} to the present discussion. ss
"The (se-clamficfi that the clcsipulch from ss
Ill-si. Cannin; 10 Mr. lit:—kin: at the aid of
]amx'xrctv is th: Only despair,}! by which the
conditions Were pra-scr bnl to Mr. kin-skin:
fsi-r the conclusion osan arrangunc-m on the
master to which it re-lntcs is n iw for the. si sc
time made to this government. And -cd
.li.udl_\' add that is that dcspatch had be ::
communicated at the time cf [f'lc' lU/J'S's'
- men: or if it had bren (man; that the me U.
siaiziuns contained in it and which were at
first presented by Mr. Essk'nc ware: the on
lv on:s on which he was authoiissi (] to mak-:.
Before lcommcnce ihi-i nnllyuiu, permit
me sir. (simid Mr. Emuil) m ohncwe that
Nujm um in no: lmcd lo hue mudc
nnyct'im't change, but to have come-need -
with inoinuntium. or in other WUNlI, the
innuhsisscomplainul of in : comiruciive one,
Nun-, as a rule ofconm'u- (inn, lun .eraizm !,
that when In intent is to be mzulc out, the
whole paper-in to be taken int-) considera
tion. A particular pnrngrnph or phrase
from its genernlicsiv or loss-mess, may Cun
vcy an itnprrelion which wcta not in the Writ
er's mind. Thinin peculiarly the-. came in a ss
c-nrcapondcnce wher there: is less caution l
lascslcthan in paper: usimore permum m use. ]
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'A/oprovinssy Me conduct qs (los lsisiucuﬂw
In rrlmlm to the rq/iuul to rn-n'w emct/
_/iirllu*r_coi:i:nunimtionfrom ("much jeu.
in the chair—
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si psins, : sitsirender of eonundrums, and : nine
ter of eqnivoque, and that therefore the to
tent lies in the terms, and is there to be
ss sought. lf they do so reason, however
highly l may think of their ingenuity, !
shall think but little ofthetr logic.
? One word more, before ] take up the
communications. ! with not to be under
ss stood an etanding here the apologisc of Mr.
Jackson, for the manner in which he can
I dueted his part of the correspondence, nat
i I inteldy to admit that there it in come
? of hie letten : hmhnen of exprenion and
i : want of courtetysct which il not {nitisublsi
i Butonthie ! inn not cow to 'ur . The
? Exeeutive hn placed the Mma on it till
i ferentgroundmntl. by the relolutione we
T are to pronounce whether the ground (a,
& en !) him in dt sensiblu.
; Mr. me'r spear/t to 0.- egmct'ctusissjct
ss heen c-mjnred up, to which a still more se
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thl think it prudent to examine to the very
inundation, the late arrangement with Mr.
Erskinc, and see whether it aﬀords an ad
dition-al just ground for dis-satisfaction with
(ire-a: Britain, an] wln-thcr it does not of
ser new rt-ztsnns to doubt the sincerity of
our guvtct'nntuttt.
()sir mmlllcrl nppcm' to place great reli
anci- on the tutimony ol' Mr. Erskine, who
having ( nrv (l\ trcitsi 'tl them, and having lic
traycd tin uncnnnnon nhnre ol wesiiltnr-is.
one nunl-l think the-t' would deem little de
mvnn; nl' rnnhtl- llht'. For my part leon
bldt't' thin tv-niinuny Vt't'y little t'clrvtmt to
th. tl'lt'olhlll in dinpnte. mile-n', as it went.!
.mctm, out mlmlttintrtttimt then" to rely on
two ground.-, no nlli-ontive to the British
t'siiliinet, as to ultut the door ture-ver to ne
'ncltttltm- 'l'hone points ure, let. 'l'hnt
A lr- Cunninn l'ahrlctited or t-olnntnrily mie
rcprtctssecntt-tl the three prnposnll which in hie
letter of the 'ssmd of ]nnnnr -, num, he
etntce, he Untlt-rstood were rit n-r pt'upnletl
hv or wert- ncceptithle to our ettbnn-t--mtd,
Belly, That although Mr. ]ncltmn, in lit-hall
ulct the British mini-ttry. nnlcinnly, on the
honor of his now.-reign, declares that there
were no other inutrnctinnn on this enhject
then tltnst: cmttnined in the letter of Mr.
Lctmming nl' junnnrv nail, yet that in litct
ct/mct int-frnctio'ts tlitl exist.
] It'pt'sitl, and ] he;; the public to notice
it, and weigh the farre q/ (lie n-mm-ssi, that
it tion/si! s'evm that the object and the only
object ot pobhshing Mr. Erskine'a expla
ltattut'y letters is to give rise to two opinions
-sil'hat Mr. Cnnning voluntntily misre
presented the despatches of Mr. Equine as
to the true conditions; and that Mr. l'Zr
skine had Other instructions than those which
the British government declare were the
only ones.
Now if a war is intended, and is consi
dered deeirable or inevitable, it may not be
indecent in our government to make such
suggestions; but if not, ] can see no mo
tive in pnblishing Mr. Erskine's letters, as
Mr. Bra-iine'r Awanssyrmem ronridrrrd in
in Origin, I'rog'rrse um! invite-.
l)ll*'l*'lCUlct'l' in the. pnth to net-manent
prnee and rcconcilintion with Urent Britain,
nppenrt-ti to be with untzit tt temper no that
olsi our tnhninlltrntimt, lit:/bre- Mr. 'lmkine's
ttatl'mtg'lllcnt, that met-ture her not only nu
permlded new embartsinusmentn, hut onr ini
tnstt-rs nppcnr to be resolved to nnbltitnte
it as it þrmcipal and no innnmonntahle oh
ents,-le. 'l'hey not only take crt-dit to them
BLiVCB for the proof which they [)r't-lrthhat
tnensnre all'ortled as their desire to conctli
ate Great llritain—But they addnclthe
rejssction os tlnttngrcement as evidence, not
merely ol' imincerity but of perntiy. lo
this late discussiona with Mr. ]ackaon,
nhantloning their cautious policy, and le
cure as they thought themselves in the con
lidence of the people, whom they conceiv
ed they had managed, they adopted a high
and olsensive tone ill calculated to restore a
friendly intercottrat -—they repeated and
persistetl in direct insinuations of a disho
nm-able breach of faith, and declared that
("mar Britain still persevered in insolent
and inatimissible pretensions notwithstund
ing the British envoy as repeatedly, in lan
gusige the most tincquivocal, denied that
it: was directed to penwcre in any such
pretensinns.
Since then, in place of the (lispnte about
the Utdc-si— But council, the questions os im
prsi-snmnt, of the colonial tracle, and of the
(,hcszipenke, a new cause of contest has
tious air is attempted to be giVen. Those
of us who are opposed to a war, unless it
be necsssissary for our honor, and who think
it possible that a act of men who have here
tus-ire deceit ed us, may deceive os again, "
'rnz Dll'l.0MA'l'lC roucr or
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they have no possib e tendency hot to ex
cite usjost suspicion of the integrtty of the ct
British cabinet. _ _ ' . ,
Since however some importance is thus :
Ittached to the letters ns stirctbﬂthldh it}
will be well to consider his sttuatton until
she weight to which tus matrimony ts enttfz
tied. ! say nothing at present at the inunct
ner in which these letter! were obtained,?
nor the suggestion in one oi th'e southern
pnpet's that they were first su'otntttt-d pour
ministers for their improhntton, lit)! I do
maintain that Mr. Erskine's own interest
owing to his mit-conduct has heconte iden
tilicd with the intemt of our tzthtnct—titzn
he is it party and not Lﬄlllt'lt—ltu it it cul
pt'it convicted nd-siþuntlhed hy lin- own get
vqrometlt—ti'liose clmrutter ztt it at ttt-mnm
in ['ompletelyduus-ned in (.iruut lit'ttuinr
unl whnsw only hope il to t'et'nncth' lnnm it
to the oppolition in lli't own tounsitssv ttussl
the Atnrt'itnn grmtnmcnt and it ssn,th:. to
whom he in uttttchcd by the tun ul lit'upts
ty lnd marriage.
Mr. birthine had represented to hil own
government thttt our udminintmtlon Wclt'
rendy to ttceede to certain moon-tition..—
When the ttutltm-lty turned to elonu with
them: prnpotztln. ltttl When he found tltut
the purtiet with whom he lind t'cutt'd, th:
him or sltrunlt lt'om the rnnpmed hjss't't'tss
ment, hnw nttturttl Will it to t'tttl-uttrr to
judtiissy him-wis lsilv quulisying the lnn-si-nnge
he lind used to his own ;;nvt-rnmvnt. cept
ciitllt after it wm untkt'tl-tlttttl than he hu-l
nothing sorther'to hope from tlt-m, un-l
might cttlculnte on some portion of respect
from this country and from the ttuuotity in
his own.
There was another ])n't of the tie-jettin
tion which etluully aduptetl him to tt supre
senttttion litvorztble to the t iCWS nl'our titl
tniuistrutitm. The t'iolation of the letttsil'
and spirit of the instructions ol' Mr. Cut-.
ning of the 2-3-1 ol'].tnu.:r_t', was so glutsilns:
as to leave no hope of justili-.si:ttioti either
to him or our ministers. The only possible
excuse was to suggest that there n'ere arx'u-r
instructions. His remarks on this lit-ad
are regne and inexplicit. OI/tc'r mity-ur
tions he undoubtedly had previously to this
arrangement, because the aulijeCts had l)t"t.*n
olten discussed and had been pcnding sor
ssi-vcrnlyuarsiz—Qut all olss them had been
etnergt-d and buried in the orders (iiss ];tntt
ary Lad, which alun , as the British go
Vernment assure us, contained the whole
authority on this particular topic.
Letdistempered jealousy exert its ttt
most poWers—it can never persuude an im
partinl than, that (it'cnt Billitill or any o
ther nation in the act q/"drrs'raeing (: minis
ter would dare to :Illctdgr, that he had vi
olated his instructions, and that a put-ticu
lttr letter (out-lined the whole est/lent, \\ 'nt-n
the (lies;-meed minister, supported by pow
erl'ul friends, was possessed of evidence to
rei'ute the charue. sili' such a nntitin nsl
France, who silences the voice of cum-si
plaint by confinement in the temple, or the
castle of St. Mnrgarita. could .telupt such
a course, the thing Would he Inn rns'ticzthle
in Great Britain ..,;aiast a man ol nohld ex
trsction—the son of a distinguished peer.
of & ci-devnnt chancellor, and the most e
loquent man in the kingdom. .
(.)ne other circumstance goes very much
against the weight of Mr. Errskine's state
mtnt. As soon an the disuvotvul of his ar
rangement was known, an npology lsior hnn,
l'eehlc: and (it ltsictit'c enough to he sure, WM
published in the (jseett: of th: Unitul
Stones. it was soon understood. ttlletigt'd,
and nth-r contrutlirted to have been writ
m. by him. in that ttpolngt', l'ttll of cen
uure mpnnst his own government. he doee
not pretend thnt he had nny other lum-m:
tlons, not he concluded with a threttt, thlt
uhews he ulrrndy conceived his own in
nctrest to be opposed to that of his gon risin
ment. 'l'he innnntt-nn is thnt he had net
tletl the dtllicultirnwnh this LULIIIUV, ltllti'
that Muse, lite-ming his own ntnstetn. the
British minister uiiustloch to it, who had
stirred .: horntt's ntst about their eats hy
di-ntvnwing his gnvernment. Such Were
his l'eehngs before onr government called
upon him so: hat u'nl in exciting the pnh
lit: ruentnttnt against his own countr . "
lrom these causes he was biassed to his
etatemcnt, he would not he the first man
who has done en unwise thing to prove him
sels s prophet. .
Having made these preliminnry remarks,
let us now see how the praye-ral for the
withdrawing our non-intercourse laws- and
the British orders originnted. lt will not
be denied that only six months previous to
this event, Great Britain had peremptorily
relnsed an oll'er made by Mr. Pinkney pre
ciselssv like the agreement of Mr. Erakine.
lt Will not be denied, that the first authori
ty, and as the British ministry contend the
only authority ever given to Mr: Erskine
on this subject, was contained in the letterss
of the 23d of ]an. which comprised three1
conditions, lst. That we should continnect
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Ill-I lnhnhlhmu of Memnulrln end -si*
vlclnhy um renlwctmlly lnl'ormc-u tlv
we "to runnen-shorn. huely lsirnm she nrmsi
bm'lmud of Mane,-neuer. (England) lum. "
the nculro and n'nl at our friend-. opened
WEAVlNG MANUÞ'AUL'UM', nn !
prcmiscu belonging to Mr. l-Zqurd Muro **
tween the dwelling- houne of'l'homu bw-u
l*'.sq and the Hpnsid l'lugle Tnvem, Princr
street—whuo ne nre ready to receive l'
wenving the varioun mm os country vpsict
couon, linen and woollcnjmd 'm-pc "
sgceudchuprissht auention to bmincu, to me
rit the cum-urugcmc'm and lpprnbution ossh'
friend:. and (he pnbiir. in order to give t's'
neral satisfaction to our friends andcmplzssv
, en, every material - um be stricdyw-zl ;bf
: on the'receiving and deliver-7 thereof. '
! yard. he. in hanks or drunken,.nrc must
suitable than in balls.
:ssct'si'sssictzsictjsi" "sit 'ss :ssss".si' 7, - ..
ent bird-nott-mtercnune agaum p- -
and-'sihE'z-jlmee- mil,; {That he Should,
s-n uhhss'sse' tt o st e coioniai n.".
v/eqdid ﬄffinfiy in times of peace.de
That" withoute! by treaty permit the Bag
nhi . it)-do {that they would have "w.
(ctjf it}, , .tosi'cnpture aii our ships czsi;
.m si be: (gree-ment. It will myo
deniedt ("neither sir,! these conditions ty
t'omplied with it! is": Osﬄnﬂfmcmt and'
any other not"): had- hent.}oncernedt,
(it out Britain, ttnd especntliy if we nurseh—
were (in pari cant) sittnssttiarly tizuatvd. it ss
should entertain no doubt Of the sigittt
['t-ject th' cuuvcnlitm: .Bul (10! COMtt-si
with tthus'tng Great Utsittntn for the exercit'
t-i' tt right rendered luct'ed by itiillicthﬄhsil
name, ttttti still muse lthst'd by l't'ttnttlt n., 'I
] ihiitsc, tn ttttt tttltt in wade.") cont't-rt the-'si
m y c--a.li.2utta. then vrt'y metrum-m. it;
t. new wente—it it tttid they ttre itntthni
tthie—it itt tt.tid they are hunh-ttt—th.
(te,- ttrt- tttt lggrtwn'ion Os l't'Vi-tm Injussa
't'hte might [tull is confine to time in;-;",
j turntth who htwe insrin ed the nered itt.ss,ss'
l.ulniiitl of it public min ttur, but they in
..ho sound their wuy into the tecum ot'th
i-hiiin'te ' " ,
Now ! will meet the whole dlplomtt _
hmt on this point with conndettee. 'ln.si
inltrntsitionn convey no ineuit contidentsi
tite Cii'CUilHtttlicrl under which they Wtsit's
stinted—They were inserted intt IOitm'ct
i-tter hunt Mr. Cnnning to Mr. Et-tltite -
\ hich he was permitted to shew in exttnt- .
]. could not at thttt time certain! he him '
w-en that lit-thine would hrettk it I inltrtt:
ttotu, thttt tt tteuty would he' formed, in}
that (it-ent Bt-itttin trttuld he. compelled t'ss
tisitnvow it. ltwnl addrened to the very"
mttn who is said to have written to dil'ctiss'
('mning that our minister hndjgreed t'
two of the conditions. lt moot f'hlve heat
the heighth of itnpudcnce and soiiy in Mss ';
(.anning to have mited to lit-thine that 321'
et: undetstood him if he had no Inthoritictss
lsi- r no saying. lt was Mro'Enitine's tim, '
it he found Mr. Canning had [visitppt't- '
hcnded him to have withheld the 'prol-usi
tinn- and to have rectisiecttl tha- mistake:
Grant therefore all that Enkine andtt' .
thntour tninisters'with so much euphistq '
entieavor to explain. (.irtmt, which ! d
not admit, that Mt. thskine tni—ttttttiet*xttsi-.
uur ministers as to those conditions; ; an:
i—ir. Canning was rta'iy titcciVeti—it .
impossisihie and against all human ptoimhls. ct
ty that he would have written to Mr. i,
ssi-ine " that lte' understood fi'om s'siim t! ..
two out oisitht' three conditions were ;tgtu: "
if: by uttr tnincttfitet's," unless he Vsssiiiiy i.
iisiA't't] it- The-c.] 1- !! si then t'torth'YC') ! 55
pt'etext of insuit in these prupusais. 'in-t'
were proper and rt-specti'ui, because ted..
m to be our awu- :ts (()_ the third ton-li'. .
t-ruttnttnccd the most aﬀZ-uviac, it is stile).
tti to have been agreed or assente-i tuisi
Mr. Pinitn-sisiv, and WC act: no evident: t.
counteract or control this suggestion.
[To lu- (yet!-inned]
'UTClSQ
R. Mor-s.
For Sole or Lcusc.
! wish to sell. or law-e on ground rent sf.
cwr, n Lou us Ground on the eomh unlu
l'rincc street, between Alfrcd uml Putmz'ct
Some Valuablc Slavrs,
Bole-nuing w tlln cum nl' Edward War.!" '
lh'l'CNth. viIHmyﬀur-qd !! Pubuc Muznnl
on WEDNI'LBD AY. tho th day of Junn-v
next. et Nay-Mark", in xho cuumy nl l'llih'
William. 'l'hey will be mld In summon us:
for cum. ct
E. Brnokc,
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