Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-01-09 00:00:00, page 2

I must beg {you, air, here to re'csiollect
that 'vhen 'Mr. Smith wrote this le'ter he
had seen the instructions of the 23d ofctIa
nnnry whithﬂho' they may be deemed of
fensive, are reciae and clear, and that Mr.
ackson ha Imt onlv 'I'olenmiyf pledged
imaelf that Mr. Erekin'e had no other in
atructions, but had placed the right of—dis
adown! on this very eireutnstanee. Now, in
what ! have just read to you, "I perceive a
direct charge tis—falsehood given by .Mr.
Smith to Mr.. ]aeluom'maamueh as the" Se
— qetary not oply intimates-'that Mr. Erskine
had several sets-er gradea ofisipropotitions
in the 'same inﬄuetionþutntteﬂtpta to make
out the chargeby Mr: Enkine's assurance:
. and 'correapondence. 'Xu doing this Mr.
Smith insinuatea that the British- govern
:Rent have'aeted "perfidiously towards this
country in refusing to carry into eﬀect the
arrangement; and sunnps falsehood on the
face sivs the official acts of that government.
For you will -reco\leet that hv the letter to
Mr. PinKn-y ofthc 27th May, it appenra
that Mt- ending declared to him that Mr.
' Erasikine hnd lend " not only without au
si thority, but in direct oppczaition to the most
. eeiee inttruetions," and the order in coun
eil ofthe M May, declarea that the agree
ment-" is not-such as was-authorised by hie
_ - majesty'a it:-traction."
I am not nbout to queatinn the propriety
of thia measure. It is perhaps right, and it
'thi ht have been necessary, is the executive
had this hnpressioa,=to avow it; but it
does :: pear to me, thatis Mr; Smith deem
ed in —a course of eorrespandence proper
siand jostifiahle on his. part, he should not
have been so ready to take stre at any insi
nuation not more gmaa. Let me -aay too,
'that not pereeiving the neceaaity or utility
- in the then existing state of things, of the.
Tap-mited do most sincercly regret they
were made. "'T heir tendency ia certainly
not to bctrthg about to 'a happy termination.
our disputes with Great Brttnin.
Weiwiﬂ now.-linpan to the re ily of Mr. ;
_ lackm olctthe He! of October. sin answer ss
up she renewed cal! sum explanation of the ss
dinvowasi he say; :" , ]
" His majesty wan pleased to disavow the ss
-. foment concluded between you and Mr.
get-in:, because it was concluded in viola
tion of that gentle-man?: imtructiom, and
altogether without-dutboritYJo-oubocribc to
the terms'ol it. The-o ill—umour know
oaths-Stood by your lene-t,- n' we'silss as from
the out-m- deductiontvhich-l took the u-'
he:-ty of making in mine of sithe llth inn.
frere at the time in substanee smale- known
to you ; an'—stronger iiinscntissm, thereshl'c
gan be given of - me dct'iation' from them,
which deem-red, than by 'a kesmncessto the
term: of your-agi—eement."
But again it'it-aaid this evil spirit of
in:-invation had e-Micd'iuets,'and it his
been dismrreilurkmg in theJItler sen
tence in which Mr. ]nhoodﬂatcta dm the
ine-ructions of Mr-ssErskinc, which with sin
:: ;.sence to his former letter, end what-sol
lhn-a in thin, ixdcdm-d by therBritioh mi
* 1;- 30 rest in the: dupatch of the Wdsijan
may; _ in lu'vstaoCe þy Mr. Smith at
The Gut-,: at the mgemesint, as he _undcr
_M 0!" of.-!). floathe adminion of Mr.
smctiti . 'wc nom thededaction in the'kttcl'
ct'sszhss jub an' Ocsit. Now which (bede
tiusho'ﬂz 'a:- advect'mg to-thlt k-zc'1 it—will
N—ctwffid ta,-rest. on sisithe' " officihl cer-,
33? am," dMs- EMÞ hi. sovcm*
Qsigsitsis-l Actd-hn'ire the but? Mr. Smith
in 0.)- temr ofihe "lﬂth ot Octpher wys-ir
Tct- sun-its cut the " threessconditions' Were
. lsi ' ctsisssi 1
idlmmdeail Gasiutte,
X
[cox'ruvzm] '
Id committec of the" whole Mr. BAuz'r
h the chairsi— -
[Mr. Emott': Hath confined.)
'*'\.-.'*:Wd and w " Mf- WW* But
- DEBJTE
oz—f THE-ﬂow'r RESOLU'sil'loN]
lpfrd'ving the conduct qs the L': ecutive
- in "lution to the refusal to receive any
;furtlzer cbmaicationfrom French Jas- 3
" jacfson. '
'Da'lquzem, GDolla-cpsiam.
tum-"9 GMP; , Dollarsic. A
mzsm'r', JANUARY 9. 'ss
'"C 'O N G R E 3 5.
",HOUSE OF REPRE-SENTA-TIVBS-s
FT-ouonr, Zmffirsiw.
COWCML AND jPOl-ITLCMu
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um!) m wmmoct or
8 A M UB'L'S NOWD-E )!
..kam
: ded.-ﬂ— .._
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,.4—
) does Mr. ]acltloo alledge in this or on}:
other letter, that when Mr. Enktne gaf—Ass.
the " three condition" he intimactned that he-si
me not cuthorieed to trelt on mine term,
or that our govern-nen to knew ? I can;
reein nothing of this. Indeed it would
ifhasiwe him much more Mr for the emutivc
'to cthav'e'duwn a contrary admie'tioo smtn
s this sentence-For. is the'**-thrco conditions"
were dietinetlY—inom. lad the Britiah tni
-n'uter would eonaenr. Quill-did count. to
adopt terma which did " cannot-t with
them,'th'e fair-inferenee ia-that'iie inn-(hue
dodsiour govenment'to believe that his in- ss
-etruetions had " two orm'ore gradea of proct'f "
position-." Why then did the executive
rsiat in the notion that the mere region]
Osthingl known to be true bore with it an
inainuation of another 'that-which is not
true.
Pormit me now, sir, to read that part of
Mr. ]nckson'o letter which is in- mwer- to
the insinuation of double instructions.
"* Nothing can" be ' more notorious than
the frequency' visith which, in the course "of a
complicated negociation, mxnisters "are *fur
'-nithed with a gradation of conditions, on ct
* which they mav be succeuively authorised '
,sspoint of (He: Mr.ss-E*t*akine had no such gra- ss
si-nof by talking of ghe'rcspect'cluc to his go
' the ** three conditions?
{sagem in answer to the explanation, he
; disavowalofthe arrangement with respect
!
\ with the course of prOceeding deemed most
! tion hat at length been thua made, it only
remaina aa to that part of the diaavowed ar
range-ment to regrrt that such considera
tions ahould have been allowed to outweigh
the :. liid objeetiona to the diaavowal. "
While the disavowal was a matter of dia- l
scuaaion, it might be proper to cam'asa the
reasons on which it was attempted to be'
justified. But after the e'Xplanation had1
been given and recognized by our govern
ment, it was not Itrictly neceaaat-y to inti
mate na is here done, that the British mi
niater had behaved unbeeominglctv' in delay
ing that caplanation, or in evineinga re-ss
luetuuce to give it at all-1Besidea, air, aa
the first letter of Mr.—-Smith in dated the
'ch of October, "and the letter of Mr.
]nckaon ta of the 23d of the aame month,
there waa really no great delav, and a to
any rsieluctance, ( lind m Mr. ]ackaott' :: lit-at
letter of the llth of October. the aame
causea assigned for the disavowal-aasi in that
of the 23d, with pwhapalesa'foree. ss
f-The letter of Mr.-"Smith eloaes thus:-—
" " ! abatain, sir, from making any parti
cular animadveraiona on aeveral irrelevant ss
:end unproper allusion," lb your letter, not;
! at all comporting with the proseaaed dispo
sition-to adjuat in an amiable manner the
diﬀerence: unhappig aubaiating betweenss
' the two eountriea. at it would be tmpto- ss
.per- to conclude the set! observationa to?
which I purpoaely limit myaelf, without
advening to vour npetition of a langua i
imﬂyingakoowledgesi on the part of this
,govment that the instruction of your
predeeeaaor did not authorite the arrange
ilnmt formed in him. Aftcrtheexplicit
'to make only one obeervation upon it, which '
is, that it does not 'atrike me as bearing up- ct
quassted-issnetruction. _si'._You are _alrcady _ac_
quainted with that-which was given, and l
have had the honorof informing you, that
it was the only one by which the conditions
on which he was to.conclude were prescrib
ed. -ctSo far from the termz, which he was
actualiy induced to -accept, having been
contemplated by thar-instruction he himself
states that they were substituted by you in
lien of those originally proposed."
-- Here Mr. ]ackson meets the insinuation,
'vernment. but by an open and unequivocal
denial. " Mr. Enkins had no such gra
duated instructions." -You, sir, he says to
Mr. Smith, have never seen the despatch
of the 28d of ]anuary, and altho' you might
have been induced tothiuk that Mr. Ers
kiue had father powers, l have informed
vnu, and a ain repeat thatittis not so.——
Docs nott is renewed asseveration afford
astronz ground for belief that Mr. ]acltsou
never had in mind the insinustion with
which he is charged. One word,sir, as to
what is said res ecting the substirution. lo
this as well as the former letter. it appears
on the consideration of the unauthorised ar
rangement concluded here, inasmuch as 'in
to me that the remsrk that Mr. Erskine had ss
to siconcludess o common—is the one which
you put hypothetieolly, that- in exceeding to
the justice of your etatement,sil sec'l impolled
pclddg-ik made for the very obvious purpose
of shewing that in Mr. Erskine's own con
ception the agreement did not comport with
stated that the terms finally agree-don were
substituted in lieu of those originally pro- ss
in the course of the. correspondence the
next letter is that-of Mr. Smith of the in
of Nov. from which ! will read a few pas
says :—** Altho' the delay and apparent re-_
ltictauce in specisying the grounds of the;
to the orders in council do not correspond
becoming the occasion, yet as the explana
W_——_—_—_—__—_——__si
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and peremptory snevcrstfcn'tlst this .
nrumen't had no such knowledge, and t t
ctwith such . knowledge no such amnBV'P-"M
would have had entered into, the t'ieV-si
"high you hwe again presented of the-snb-ss
ct ject, mites it my duty to sppruze What
such insinustions sre inﬂmmibls-sstffisish"
intercourse of a foreign minister-with s-go
vernment-that understands what rit own tu
itlﬂsilss" , . ,
isShsll ! ny, sir, that in,-this part of the
ctlesitter the secreury she-Us such a want of
-w nium used by him Ire
-so-h'srtit;'that'ss so American, [have to
ksiesisi ee'tiut he ever suﬀered tho' lpsser ::
pus the threshold os his office.- admit-e
smnneu;- and when the occasion demancls
' it our public [unctionnries ought to use the
language. at complaint and union-culation,
nav. even that of crimination, but then it
ou'ght to be done in terms which are ci- cor
ous. To tell : minister in terms that he
has" made " several irrelevant and intproper
allusions in his letter," without specisymg
wherein. is not using the language even of
dignisied rcsentment. And while sue-go
ciation is pending. the ndnption of such
language must irritate, and how.-ver intend
ed, can have the effect only,ol' bringing it to
s disastrous close. . "
! am now come to Mr. ]aokson's last
letter, and you will here permit me to re
speat, that ! feel no inclination to justify!
the manner in which the corn-apondencc'ss
was concluded do" his part. 'i'he close of]
this letter in particular is so ttneonrteous,4
that 'but for the letter of Mr. Smith, to]
which it is in answer, ! should call it rude.
The charge: however made against the Bri
: tish minister, of conduct unbecoming and
? improper, in the plainest terms, and with
j out coloring or qualisication, invited a re
} ply out of the ordinary course of diplo
ss matic civility
L'lsd Ju-.[)u, l\l [I]; lULLCl 'ls 'sllc 'I'LII Ul
i Novembcr, thus expresses himself :
ss ' " ( am concerned, sir,'to be ohliged a
sii second time to appeal to those principlcs of
, public lay under the sanction and protection
? of which ! was sent to this country. Where
"there is net freedom of communication in
the term substituted for the more usual one
of t'crbal discussion, there can be little We
ful intercourse between ministers; and one
at least, of the epithcts which you have
thought ctþeoper to apply to my last letters,
si is such as necessarily abridges that freedom.
That any thing therein contained may be
irrelerant' to the subject. it is of course
competent in you to endeavor to shew, and
as far as you succeed in so doing. in so for
will my argument lose of its validity— but ct
as to the propriety of my allusions, you
must. allow me to acknowledge only the de
cision of my own sovereign, whose com
mands ! obey, and to whom afouc-l can
consider myself responsible. - Beyond this
it sullicessith'at I do not'deviate from the re
spect due to the government to which lam
accretlited.
'** You will find that in my correspond
ence with you, ! have carefully avoided
drawing conclusions that did not necessari
ly follow from the premises advanced by
me, and least of all should ] think of ut
tering an insinuation, where ! was unable ;
to substantiate a fact. "so facts. such as ! 1
have become acquainted with them, ! have i
scrupulously adhered, and in so doing lj
must continue, whenever the faith of ssss
his mejesty's-government is call in ques- -
tion, to vindicate its honor and dignity in
the manner that appears to me best calcu-f
lated for-that put-case." i
'Now, what are the insinuations which
Mr. Jack-on "And uttered" and the facti-I
he had stated ? l find it no where said that
—he had uttered the insinuation comphtinedss
of, the charge on the contrary is that he]
.has used a language which by implication
is said to convey the idea so oﬀeneive to]
our governmena And what, sir. it thiﬂ
language ? I have alresdy given it to you &
in detaii, and will only here remarlt gene- )
rally, that-I see nothing in it but an ulhe- 1
rence to two them that the despatch of the 1
23d of ]anunry, was the only authorityi
which Mr. Erskine had to conclude In ar- ]
nagement, and thct the * three conditions';
forming the substance of thnt despntehg
were known to our government. Pertnit
me to remark th.t is the inainuntion is not ;
contained in the lornsiter letters, it certainly;
is not in this. _ :
But it is said that inasmueh as Mr.
Smith had charged Mr. ]nhnn with the;
inainuation, and as Mr. ]acksoo wakes no
denial, but declares that he shouldth think
of nttesiring an inninnation where he tus not
able to substantinte'n fact. it is "an admis-ct
sion of the charge. [( ye striptholentenoe
of its severity and rudeness, wi— Uili per
ceive that Mr. ]nsiehon. never hoving til
teredtbc insinuatinnlin ter-sins, m have
undernt'ood that him Spith'petscteeissud' it in;
the moment ot' thetnoM'nd sssshe
[knew thitmumentwbcmhenss-tsi
K'.. '_ l _ ss_. f— si:_ .-.ln-.. -t AL.- AAL -f
siv—ss ——————————-——-————-————
! sictilssirfizbsirtu may simz- f
! THE untlmignetl Spanilh Viee-siCotnul"
for the—Disuict of Columbia, incident in
Alexandria, having received notice that the;
Supreme sum: of Spain hnOt'den-d all the;
Cu-tom House Office" If thou placco in
their dependence to which Amer'tcan or
bt' ter neutrzl vessels are permitted to t.- ache ,,
to admit none but thou who come wit' apa
pen duty certisied by my of his Cathuhq
majesty 'o Cmuttln in visite, taken the cg- i
portunity to give this caution to the mer :
chanu in this said Dtetrict. for which h'r
has been appointed these tho-the )euro pssm
and in an uzxinrerrupted c- erc'ue of his
-.— I
Thelm ndvicu [tom ]nﬄzttssct, tus-urn,
ue of the nate of the market- in that him]. ssj
"which are usssoﬂowe: . -. si si si'
pFlonr. - - - - - - -_.'ct3*.::
Lumber, . . . . . . sect ;f
Since, - - - - - - very high i
And en Americm. produce an on she me.'
\
By the hut arrival: {tom Whom as
learn that the Ponugueee government haue
} lmd an export duty of 80" per clot- besortct';
i granting it penniuiun to let ]! be re- dip-,
ped for England, or in) pqntn Great lhi-si
tain. , si . 3.
[mon-un. --F. xttact os ; letter from?
one of the man ntpcctubie hot-an' m Loo ,
don, to : parmcr of the ho'ute' to N. Yuysi
(lated London, New." 4 , load.-sin am very
not-ry to inform )ou, thatsiletten have been
received by me from Naplei of me midulcf
os Ocmber [much latchhao our. advice-15
adv' using. that All the Ameeiussy vsicssnsieh en- '
teria! at the poet have been kind byopcss:
, tial orden frþm Put-is. ! recomtnch 70" "
; to enspend all cthpeqihtiozu to that qsiW ;
, until more {double wend;-m" :: fee-cir
ss' ed. "
** There is nsio tlossubt' na ujsi Went-ad
tame eynetn will be ate-died wTonnY-ﬂ
sseu and every port on the divided: and ?
'the control of France." '
" 81 Law-t, Nee- so, 1309.
[but :n; -
spy, ". Bothe lZ-w the: being- in); ram"
"! Penis. m Pelezsi eþgmsieyl ba .:
tired him his Oimoun an. Th
nin Me ;, '.mneivc 5"
with the" lhdi-n Mini- coumffi
"Mild the Wild— Muddy?
fice-hit which þehnertuetedthem- j
"05 "th' jkepd'ellctc'thec expect-!"
si." Wine Much-emac- h- ye
si _ " dM _ - mgutton'si;
* si e} " *
whz'cbi'ydu- sscqmpyin, Rectum ! am not ._
bl fcb Mghbvsaﬂ
Will 'dsi'l'ly- f'mttemnn ltill any time ",.
jack-on aught ezpfidtly to be" renown]
his error. to have ncknossled ed that he
did mean the. insinnation, a thnt it my
, without mon-winn- .ll he don ny m, si,
5 man have forgot the course_and sstempqct
; this corrupmulysi-nce: siCet'tl ] there w.
nothictng in Mr. Smuho last' ner,_ "him
could [Mhly'lcad to eoncntutlon or c....
cen'wn. When equult meet y'e must ",
pect that harsh-ten n'ill me" bar-shut"
and woe:: one—party mli permit, himseu .,
he unci'il, lie-must expett,-ineivi'lit)-,simctr
conne-, or comion from the Other. ;
(have now done ctuith th'e_eorfnpnnd__.ss
enesse as it relates to 'the intnlt. And, sir,?
lest ! any be mitu'od'er'emod, ( 'vrill no,-si
nate, that it it me my intention to intimmﬀj
the: out convent-tent knew that Mr. Ersss
shine made the mogement-yithan tuum. ;}
vity. My sin had been psslhy-thpt Mr.;
]aekm-did not one " ; day?-(e imPiyinsi i
-t knowledge'in'sissthis [deem Iþlt thess.
inunctions (is hil melted-Of did not au- .
thorite the "range-then! lulled by him."
so myself the consident'tonlsil-Rsin urged "
sunctiono.
PAUL .CssuAs-OX.
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had: to hue/runs m Men.
are utisgctofy. . , - . . ss
[Mr. mass-eyne): to be M] ct
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