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Goochland Lf Ilenrico :
JT.llow ClT’.'ZHNS,
Having determined to become : can
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this time to declare to you, that J avi. and
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ly attached to refutbliean fit iiicifdes and re
Publican meantrt s .Ind that l hitherto
have, and s’ill shall su/ifior! any ndwinis
tration in which those firinrifiles are adher
ed to, and shad always of if lose one of a cov
f-ary charar er. / was a friend to thee
lecti n of Air. j'ittdison a.y firrsidenf, and
aw a friend to Ais administration, because
J th n.'c it firrtli rated of ion the fairest firin
cifiles of rcfiublicanism, and guided by o
constant wish to firomote the firosfierity th’
1'ifif ness of our common country ; id1 to dr
jii nd establish our essential rights, honor,
cr.d indrficndence as a nation, which had
i":' so judiciously asserted, anil so ably
i Heated by the a a mini strut ion of Ale.
J jfersoji,
JJ 1 eh' aid have the hovor to bevoitr re
jirer.-en/a ive, my oj,trial conduct will al
ways conform to my firtnri files, with a
steady and unremitting a'tentio i to the
common interests of the f.eofde whom I may
Tcfireernt.
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Tout a a, Dec. 21, 1809.
CtmgU'fiy.
4-IO.U3E OF KEF RESENT AT IVES.
DEBATE
01* o'irr. yotVT nnoor r^rov
.4fifir4vinr* the conduct of the Executive in
rein cion to the refund', to rereive nnu fur
ther communication from Erancin Jumcn
Jackson.
(CfiSTtff'HO )
'T'tr'r e. ^
Mr. T"rr.rt— \* tbo roiirio this dH- ifo lia*
♦aken f*rnbvac» a a view of thr» re' »iona be
♦ tvern this country and Enrland, and fron
that ( ircirt) tanr** <i»*ri»nun l’ ’ its ini
<pr>rtftnr»*, 1 shat* pot Ih* di rent'd (Mil nt o" !«*i
iti entetinf* into :"i r wnination of thr rr>n
fitjr.t t>f tb»‘ Vri' i !i government towards tiii*
eonnfrv for «»>mr vc irs n-.st.
* T su,s*n not rnmu non »hi*» t»TVT5,vt,|on 'n
/•■ r’arit a; th?>t 1 b><e neiilier I'ri'nii I’tdin
•’•irs r>i Fret ch |>.'t inoifc*, or that 1 Hav«
T> t>‘’• r oh’r/'t " i viV* but tho wrltar»* o
N ) C* i'J tr* ; * jn dly appl]
to e\. ry topic of discussion within these
walls 5c seem to imply a doubt of the speak
er’s mo' iveS,
From a view of the system pursued by En
gland towards this country for the last ten
or til teen years, it must clear'y appear, -hat
her object is to embarrass, cripple, and de
stroy onr cominei ce. She has been progres
sing in this system, until she has nearly ef
fected the object of her wishes. She con- ;
me need by; interrupting onr colonial trade, I
interpolating new principles into the lawsc I
nations. Onr meridian's alarmed at this out- j
rage upon their »ig1us, thin destruction of
their proper*?, remonstrated against it. and
petitioned the government to interpose for
•heir relief. Our minister complains to the >
British government, he is answered only by h
new and extended aggressions. Not satisfi
ed with interrupting this branch of our trade,
they blockade not only our foreign markets,
b r our own por s are infested with their fri
gates. Our eves are made to witness dieir
dep’ved lions in our own waters. I need
hardly mention the conduct of the Cambrian, i
or notice the multiplied captures made on
our coast for violating these nominal block- j
tides. These things seem to be no longer!1
remembered. In their day they occasioned II
some uneasiness. Again we complained of;
the violation of our rights, and our injuries i1
have been redressed, by the att ick upon one M
of our national ships, the orders in council, ti
and the continued impressment of our sea- ;
men. Averse to war, wo have remonstrated, '1
and endeavored tonegociate, until there re- d
mains no hope of an adjustment by negocia- ■■
tion. ° j |
But, Mr. Monroe’s treaty has been sev**- |
ml times mentioned in this debate, and die 1
gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr. Dana) j
'aid that it was a great question, whether :
that treaty, ought not to have been submit- l'
ted to the Senate for their c msideration and 1
ratification. Independent or the conditional '
ratification of that instrument on the part of !
the British government, it was too excepti
onable ever to tie received and acknowledg- I
ed as a national compact by the American
people. By that treaty we were required
to abandon the navigation of the river St.
Lawrence, to guarantee to the British the
right of navigating the Mississippi. We
w*. ve to have no other, but a direct trade to
the Last Indies. And as it respected the
West India trade—why, inasmuch as the J
parties Could not agree respecting it, provi- ;
sion was to he made for settling that, at afu- :
lure period, and in the mean time, each !
party should enjoy their rights to it! And
as to the spoliations and depredations made
upon our property, about which our mcr-!
chains had so loudly complained, that ques
tion was settled by a sweeping clause, de
claring, that for all injust captures “'//err
j after ’ to he made, we should he indemnifi
ed. These are articles which i believe no
i gentleman on this floor would be w|l!ingto
j subscribe. Yet we are told, this treaty ought :
to have been seriously considered, mid some
there are, who have even contended, that !
we ought to have accepted and ratified it.
| I cannot 1 , lieve that this is the opinion of
any American, who has attentively perused '
, it. But if there are any, who believe, that i
the British government were willing to treat
! with us, a perusal of this treaty will con- j
; viiu e them that it was only upon terms j
j which required the almost unqualified sur- I
; render of our commerce into their hands. ;
j These degrading terms could require no he- j
; Station to determine the proper course to lie i
pursu 'd. And that was, immediately, to j
j return it, or a prompt avowal that it wou’d
1 not -be ratified y our government. Great
Britain upon this determines to make you
feel both her resentment and her power. A |
wanton attack is made upon one of otirpnb
1 be ships in our own waters, by the same
j orders, qo doubt, which directed tne bom
bardment of Constantinople and Copenha
gen. An act so outrageous flint it occasion
til a universal burst of indignation and re
sentment, from tin* American people, in a
tone that prevented even the British minis
try from openlv avowing it, or attempting
to justify it. As this attack was bv that
government declared to he unauthorised, we
l,s,d a r-ght to expect honorable reparation.
We were assured, that a minister would lie
sent heie for tne express purpose. At j
length Mr.‘Hose arrives. What does he |
offer? Honorable n p itution ? No. Instead I
! * n.uiiMvuiM mi mis injury, 11c
pc •.riminves the Aiaerican government, for
i lie exercise of an indisputable right—a
mere municipal art, the issuing of the pro
clamation interdicting our hospitality to
those who had so wnntonlv abused it. This
must be i evoked, nr no terms of reparation
Ceu d be off red. And wh n our government
pvopo-.es to make the i-vocation contcmpo
rativoos with the act of reparation, this is |
refused. What else should we have (lone?
* ught? No, the. country would have rung |
with the r!am<- 'ous charge nf French influ- I
cnee, if w *r had been advised. Hut prf\r“, i
so long as it Could be honorably maintain?
was ’ ie wish of our government. Negecla. ,
tii ti is ay 'in attempted, and the next in'el- '
| injcnce we get from England is the orders
in council aimed at the (lestruction of mir j
remaining c. '.mtvrrce. Mere then, wo are
again on 'tn'td, with '• a long train of abu ,
ses and osurpatioes pursuing invariably tbe !
same object, evincing a design” to anu hi- •
!at« our trade or reduce it to her control. .
1’h? wi •(io:n of onr councils foresaw the pre- i
meditated blow, and prepared not only loa '
vert it, but to m > '<e tt in some degree rc- i
coil ii^r a Ihc aggressor. An embargo, a I
niesiMii ■ that h-s been more than any other
mcamr ; of our government reviled and r? |
sett d, was advised end adopted. Hut had 1
it been n'jservtd, with that spirit of pa»rio
• •sui with which it was advised, we should
have s; en he'hre. th's day all oitr disputes'
with the Hnti 1i government adjusted. And
genlienir i wem to overlook the his*orv ot
the times, whendicy ti i us ih it th's law
affected no on; but r .iv-eves. Were not
t l»'e West Indi-s i educe d almost to * IVimir r *
I he price of American produce whs tr>-’>;e
to wh it was ever before known there. The
scare *y of Arne* lean produce not only man c
uti iir ;iri ssioii open iho merchants, hut i*
affect’ d tin government ; a proclamation
was i s’lerl, msiting your citizens t* violate
their own laws, to set their own jjovf'nment
11 at deuBUCK to telicVO Liiliah chain s, ' C
casioned bv a measure, which "’e are told
operated only upon ihe American people.
Si-me few were foil 'd so destitute of virtue
and patriotism as to attempt to profit hv the
invitation. When they arrived at Jamaica,
they not onlv found the people suffering for
provisions, but the government in want of
revenues. J iiese unprincipled violators of
their own laws are subjected to a new ta
riii'of duty. But of this act cf perfidy I do
i n complain, although honor might ‘ have
>eeti expected, even atr.nHg these common
violators of our laws; 1 would not have1
T:*.ve found fault, it every vessel and cargo, i
which violated the embargo on the faith of
:hat proclamation, hat! t>eim seized and con
demned ps good and lawful prize. But the
dfect of the embargo was neither confined to
America or limited to the West Indies, it
•cached England. A clamor was raised a
gainst the ministry, for pursuing a system
hat compelled otir government to resort to
i measure which affected Great Britain so!
seriously. I need neither refer to the popu -
ar i suits in Eng and, or the speeches and
> roc ceilings in Parliament, to shew that
British interest was materially affected by
he embargo. It was with a view to be rc
ieved from the operation »>f this act, that
’* •''If- Canning on the 18th January last,
ook Mr. Pinkney aside.” and informed him
hat an arrangement might, he believed, he
nade tor adjusting the differences between
England ami America. Despatches were
hen immediately prepared for Mr Erskine,
md upon which he lost no time in prop sing
mil making the arrangement which took
dace between him and our government in
\pril. This arrangement was not less gra
ijugiunu, man ugreeaoie to all I
>arties here. It'was understood in Fngland
>elore Alp Oakley’s departure, that an ar
•uiigemeht would soon be made with this!
tountry, and the event appeared to he as |
mxiously desired tlu-re. as ir was promptly i
imposed awl universally approved here_1
iV.hen Mr. Oakley, the bearer of the ties
latches, arrived, in New York, it was an-!
uounced that nil onr differences with Rng
land were in train of settlement, or about !
;o be adjusted.
And here I innv ask, what could authorise
he conjecture of this adjustment, if the de- j
•patch of the 23d of January was the only in- ,
•traction upon which the British minister;
was to act? Our government had never a
-recd to, nor could it be suppos d that it
would consent to submit to the conditions
:ontained in that despatch But what was (
he arrangement ? It contained no very va-I
uable concessions on the part of the British,!
They agree to make ns reparation for the 1
Attack on the Chesapeake, to revoke their,
orders in council as they respect ou- trade,
and to send a minister to forma treaty, up
in all the points in relation between the two
countries. We have by this ariang iment no
treaty, m even a piomise of one, only that!
a minister shall lie sent with lull powers, j
ikr. which is different from a treaty. And (
•vnnt were the points in relation between the !
t wo countries to lie settled? Nothing so ve |
ry difficult, if there was a disposition to
Lrcat ; nothing but what two honest men re-!
ally disposed to adjust, might settle in two
liours. 'l'he British government omrht to
have felt itseif bound by a sense of honor, as!
well as hv the principles of justice, t ihave I
made us a prompt and satisfactory repara- i
tion for the attark upon the Chesapeake.
Their orders in council are a palpable vio
lation of the law s of nations ..nd an infringe-1
nient upon our neutral rights, and ought ne- ■
vet- to hav* issued—yet by the terms of the j
arrangement, wy are required to g've an e j
quivuicnt. We must purchase the. justice]
she renders us. '1 he proclamation and non
importation act must cease to operate, and
the embargo or non intercourse act must, us
it relates to her, lie relaxed, and enforced
against France. To tliis, we are all agreed.
Bv this agreement our government give a
new pledge of the since it.y of its desire for
“ amity and commerce" w ith the British
natiem. No one here, I believe, entertained j
a .uspicion that this arrangement would he j
wholly disavowed by the British for we had
no great bargain to boast Buf the first news
we receive Irom thui countrv is information
of the disavowal A stipulation performed
with good faith on our part, justified the ex
pectation, that some reasons for the disa
vowal w- ii d he assigned by that govei ament.
Anil in vain do we look into the. correspon
dence of the British minister with our go
vernment for the mo ives or reason of the
disavowal of Mr. Krskine’s arrangement._
We find the whole tenor of that minister's
letters, a tissue of prevarication, and inso
Sir, an attentive examination of the docn
ni it* accompanying the message of the
Biesident, tn which I beg leave to call the
attention of th® Committee, will, 1 think,
clearly shew the duplicity of Mr. Canning!
and the studied reiterated insult* of Mr. j
Jsckson to our government. It witl -hew i
tout the mission of Mr Jackson was institu
ted not for the purp»«e of conciliating, but
with an intention to insult and irritate tire
government of this country. We have no
occasion *o single out particular paragraphs
• f the British minister’s letter*, as evidence
ol Im ffrnntery add insolence: you may take
the v, hi.'-, the whole will furni h the best
proof of his intentions. And through this
examination In :• lie remembered, that A
meric* is tne in-"M. 1 party, Great Britain
the agrpa sv.ir, nod M- ckson the rep rei
ser. ltive of li > g ive mftont.
And I would not, sir. attem ,t to go :nfo
•his invev i gat ion to prove, what to it ? is *:>
obv ious, di i not gentlemen conm'id that tiit*'
c. >nnot d.-cover any thin * insolca • a r,-on
ling in ihtse litlcis, and that thereto, e they
mu. t vote against the resolution.
That part rf the documents, to which I
will first retpr. tthe itcotion of the commit
itv, is the I, id and 4th piragrat’ i* of r
Ifcfer from Mr. Canning to Mr. I’inkimv,
dated 27ih May last, in these words ; *• l* i.
v.i g had i**e honor »o read to you in r.ttctuto
she in,tructt ms with which Mr. Ktikitie
w: s furnished, it i* not nrccasarv for me to
| liter imo any t xplan itiou of tno-se point* ,n
I which Mr. i.r-kme ha . acted not only nor
n c .o' .nuity. i*it in direct contradiction to
*• I *■ r’v-T-eqaa’ly f~om troubling yon, *ir.
I " i:lt a. y < rntinen s an tile manner in wliich
^r*, I'-.rsicineN communications have ieei
received hy the American government, 01
upon tiie terms and spirit ot Mr. bmith’s
snare of the correspondence.
“ Such observations wni he r.cmmtinicn
ted inert properly tlirough tin- minister
whom Ins majesty has directed to proceed
to America; not on any special mission
(winch Mr Ermine was not authorised tn
promts*-, except upon condit.ons. not one of
which lit- has ob.amed ;) but us the succes
sor . ! Mr. i'.rskinc, whom his inaiestv has
Ii(t last a moment in recalling” Here we
see the spirit with which this mission is in
stituted, and the object for which it is de
signed. Afl cung a tone of complaint, *t
the • manner' in which Mr Hrskine’s com
mumcation had been received by the Amc
rican government, and at the ‘ nfiirit* of
Mi. Smith s share of the correspondence,
Mr Canning insinuates the disp.ensure of
lus majesty, and that Mr. Jackson will com
municate it Tor he then teds Mr. i'ink
ney. that “stub t:b,er rations” will be com
municated tore properly through Mr, Jack.
son, that is, not respecting any reason•> tor
. ic disavowal, hut upon the points wherein
ol •. I n ^kme had acied in con radictionto_
his instructions f No, but to (he instructions
which Mr. C. had read to Mr. Pinkney in
rxlenso, with wliicit Mr. Ki skine \va«, ftir
nisliod, and upon tlie other two points, t!ic
manner our government received the com
munications, and upon the termnisf n/iirit of
•Vfr. Smith’s share of the correspondence._
1 his then, is the object for which Mr. Jack
son ii to he sent here. To chastise our go
vernment lor their rude manners and inde
pendent t-pirit. And we arc not permitted
to conjecture, that alter he shad have ac
complished tne primary object of his mission,
he will condescend to treat with us. For
Mr.(.aiming, in the next sentence assures
*ta, that this minister is not to he sent •• on
a specral^ mission, but as the successor of Mr.
J'.rskine.” Mr. F.rakine as resident minis
ter li ad not full powers to tn-.at, £;c. Mr.
Jackson as his successor, has then no Dower
to treat with us
•S'r, if we turn to the extracts from Mr
Pinkney’s letter to Mr Smith, dat?d*3dtli
M*», 1809, we fin*! tint M - Canning u-.ls
Mr Pinkney that Mr. ErskineV. instructions
were founded on Ins own letters, stating the
conversations lie had held with Mr. A1 irii
son, Mr G'Matin and Mr. Smith, fti wh rli
.they had agiet-d to the conditions enn'amed
ill • t'.e despatch. And here we detect Mr.
Canning in a nmtatcnient. Mr Erskine did
never communicate such information in his
letters, lie never suggested that our go
vf.iim.ent would agree to the three coudi
tioas. Nothing that passed in the conversa
tions alluded to, would authorise him to make
such a suggestion. Mr. Erskine in a letter
to the Secretary of State, dated 31st July,
11.09, speaking of the disavowal, says. “that,
any vindication of his conduct (whatever lie
might have to offer) would he of no impor
tance, further, titan it might tend to shew
‘•hat no intention existed on hispart toprac
tice any deception towards the govern men'.,
oi the LI. S ” lie could doubtless shew co
pies of the letters in wjtich l.e had detailed
the conversations, about which Mr. Canning
«pr. ks, and that he (Mr. Erskine" had sta
ted these correctly. if so, we shall see that
these 'conversations nei'iier ao*!n risecl Mr.
Canning to say or supp >*e tliat our govern
nient would submit to the three conditions in
the despatch. Audit justifies the inference,
that other instructions were furnished to Mr.
Erskine. 'i'his inference beirg correct, ac
counts for Mr. Erskine’s declaration, that
he “ conceived lie had conformed to his ma
jesty’s wishes; and to the spiiit at least of
his instructions upon that subject.” but
could he have thought he conformed to those
insti itctftXiScon'H’ned in the despatch of the
23d Jan. ? Certainly not—he must refer to
other instructions.
xso-.v, sir, let us see. what is stated, or ra
tuvr what is not stand in the conversations
spoken of by Mr. Canning. The Secretary
ot State, in a letter a (hire-red to Mr. Ers
kine, bearing Ve the 9th A ,gu*t, lSOV.af
ter stating the three points contained in t!u:
despatch ot the ‘23d January, requests \n
Erskine “ to give such explanations, as Ins
candor would at once suggest, in relation to
these imputed conversations.” Mr. Kr»
kine, in his answer dated the 14 h August,
rela es the conversations which he had com
municated to Mr. Canning, in which there
is nothing to'Jus'ify the assertion of tiie Bri
tish minister, that it was underdo d in En
gland, from these conversations, that the
conditions mentioned in the despatch would
he acceptable to this country. Mr. Madison
is represented to have stated “ that every
opinion which he entertained, respecting the
best interests of his con dry, lt d hnn to wish
that a good nnderstamling should take place
between G. Britain and the U. States, and
that he thought that the obvious advanta
ges which would thereby result to both coun
tries, were a sufficient pledge of the since
rity of his sentiments.” Mr Eiskiue,after
stating the time when this conversation took
place,adds—“but I never considered .hat
Mr. Madison meant, that the g.neromc nt of
the tf. Stives would pledge themselves be
vr.rul the proposition respecting the. embar
go as aheve stated,” amt as propo-rd to the
British govermtn nt in August, 1P0U, “ he
raii«,- that was the extent of the power of
ti e President bv th Constitution of the U,
B'ate.-- ” It w.is not to hr expected, (hat the
British minister would inj* ne. what
I’resi, ent had no power to give, a p t-to,
the course Congress would pui -tte tti i j
I''it to the two countries. But pfovtsi-jn w.,,
•oh, '' by law for suspending tin*, nun hirer
> -it.-e i iw, as related to England, open tin
I > vvocat ,'*n of her orders in entmed, so far a>
hey afTer.tt'* our neutral rights About the
•it' t point there con, J b<» n»> difficulty ; :, l('
as to the second point, M- E> ktnc g Ve,'.i <
: following explanation : *• • ,t the eburse o!
i private interview I had wi.h Mr. t;,,i|(
I tin, (the Secretary of the T.easury.) hr „
fnnated, (hat the not, h.teir.nirsc law, which
wss then likcjy to be pas*v'd by til* Co;,;;, e >
ought be considered ,.s removing two vetv
import.intgtvvnds of d.ffeteifre with (iieat
Britain, vt/.: the nod importation act as ap
plicablco her alone, and ilsothr I’nsident’s
I i of.la mat ion, win i,bv the ships <f Gnat*
Britain were ex, hided ftotn the porta of the
L'.SUUs. ,,M, ;i„„, ,f Fr„c/J,V,«,'
mined o e»'e: ; but that hv the re n in e --
e< i"-e law both powers wei-o placed on tiie
same f-Ting. He tlitl not pretend to say,
th it: this rtieasut e had been taken from any
motives of concession to Great. Britain ; bin
astn fact those consequences followed, he
conceived bey might b* c.msidei eil as le
mming tiie two grc.it obstacles to a conciliati
on.
“He adverted also »o t!ie probability of
an adjustment of another important point
in dispute between the two countries, ns be
saiil, he knew that it was intended by ■ he>
U. S’n'eo to nbandnn the nttrm.'t to carry
, on a tra-V vitli the colouit of tielligei* n »
jin time of war, which was nut all ,wed in
| time of peace, and to trust to the bt b'gper
i mitted by the French to carrv on such ?ratio
j peace, so as to entitle tliein to u continu
'ante of it in time of 'wutIs there, sir,
any thing in this explanation, that piMiii'-**
; a belief, that xve w.;te •* willing to renounce,
j during the present war, any pretension of
j carrying on, in time ofSvar, it t trade with
the enemies c ilonhs from which are ex
1 limed during peace ? ’ So far from it, that
an intimation is given ef an **xr>ectatiou
that the French would permit us to carry
on such trade in peace, which would entitle
us to continue it i.i tim- ot war. Hut in or
der that no doubt should remain upon this
point, Mr. j'.rsl.ine ‘ trels r.n hesitation in
i declaring, that he supposed Mr Gallatin
a Untied to tiie trade from the colonies of
belligcients direct to their mother country,
oi to the ports ol other belligerents, been use
'the right to such trade had been the ^>uiut
in dispute. Fite right to carry on a t rude
l^’om tiie colonies of belligerents to tHe U.
v * 11 vm iii't'ii cuiien in qu'j air iru
^ * t, by the second condition of the despair
we are to renounce at! trade m time ofw jr,'
ami we are t«*!c|, that this lias been proj cs
cd, because our government were willing n»
assent to it. The fact, v/c see, is direr ily
tiie reverse. Th*'seconditions were rcqo ir
ed to be recognised by us ns pielimina i s.
to an arrangement, atul for die tame teas
as before uged. that we had consented to
dt» so But Mr. Krskine, in this same leit« t,
says, “ that lie never received any assurance 's *
trom »h** American government, that the r
vvou'-l pledge themselves to adopt the condi
tions specified in Mr Cunirrg’s insiructt
ens, as preliminaries. nor did be tverlu.hl
out such an expectation to his tnijes-v’i
government ” He would not dare fo ma ke
'bis assertion, if it be unfounded, bermiso
tlie British government h iving his comm i
nications would not fail to contradict r if
incorrectly stated. \\ r have seen then, tiiac
as to tlie two fi.st condi inns, our govern
u ent had never consented to i cr.i g\.ze the
secon it) any manner, nor either, as prel •«.
nonaries—nod that Mr. F.rskine had so stat
ed tt to the British government.
Now, Ictus hear what he says about the
third condition: “ As to the third conditi
on referred to bv you, specified in Mr. Can
ning s instructions, I hare only to •■•‘oiaik,
that 1 never h?Id any con versa ion with the
members ot she government of the United
plates, relative to it, until my last negocia
tion, or had ever mentioned the subject try
his majesty’s government ; it having for the
first time, been presented to my c.otisiderati
on in Mr. Canning’s de-p . h to me of the
23d Jaminv, in which that i.lea is suggest
ed, hiiwI is stated to have been assented to
by Mr. Pinkney.”
Sir, the hist, rv r.f this third conditiori.
rnay be worthy of some liu ihei considerati
on, for thu purpose of shewing the “spirit**
of the British mini Ty. Mr. Canirog, the
i author n( this condition, fust •>;< • cses it to
Mr. Pinkney in London, on the 22d day pf
January hist, and Mr. Pinkney, far from
assenting to if, tells him, as we find by hi*
letter of the 23d June*, that it would never
be admitted into a stipulation—yet Mr Can
ning tell* Mr. Kinkihe.' that Mr. Pinkney
had assented to it ; *• and tie fi .tiered him
self, that there would heno il aicu’.ty in o j
taining a dis'i- c and official rec ignition of
these conditions from the American govern
ment !”
But let us see what Mr. Canning says to
Mr. Pinkney upon this point, after rhe d'm*.
vowal. In i he t xtract of Mr Pinkney's l'
ter dnted 23<l of Ju ne, Mr. Pmkntr '
swivel, “upon the third condition ’ ^ / l*
very fev/ words. I restated v* " 1
thrown out upon the matter ‘.Hl . ia<^
informal conversation in Janu ° "/ 1,1 ar'
pressed regie*, that it sl> ‘//l* a,,(lfc*
misapprehended.” •• Mr» »>' ' • <v“ ^eea
ately said, that he was ,
that the idea upon ,
turns, could no? well fi„ I ,t‘ ‘Jat COndU.ou
pulation ; that he had never,h,leVtedielei
it proper topr pose ,he cwduion to the IT
States, that he should ' .v? , . V :
with the rejection of it " V>n Cf n *at,s ,lt*
r*.. ~i.
! liament m May, Mr p,„wn.„ . ar
, feel surprised' to fe ui •. . ] ^:lt
.. • ,(t it contained such an
! entire nmrrprescr nation his opinions am
conversu.nns . therefore takes occasion to
’. h J* * ‘-A tfut he should have been
tnisapprelien ,j, .,p
! mom ,ie,:!:' ni •!« ,locs n* pretend that he had
,lr-nd him. or that Mr. Pinkney
firms • tn tl,e condition, but ...jn
*r' 7',,^"cv.,h abatement by saving*
.... H ':,H hims.’l, n/are that this conditl
i * ’.Jd not be adnnirted into a stipulation.
ie was willing it should be rejected.
s!r’,f,,‘ a require*! distinct anil
<'"1’,a I'f.Cr'ig.dliotl of this con turn. A ,d
I there w?. a.»- told, that tiiearrangement v
1 pus i\owed because u .de without the ->P 1<A
ial rer. gtUinn. B >• . lr. Pinkney wv ,,c‘t
, least surpriseut at the statement of hi« ‘
> o'i, tonII were the President and Sec ' P*ni.
attlie entire m s. riiprn.'itoi their r e #ar»es
.ions with Mr. Ivskine. Uti seep r','!Ver»‘*
P'fch no time v.-:»s |,,sr i„ , t,,e <,r»
fraklnt for an |>1 w t inti. 11/ * Mr.
, very c imbdU gives it, and iV/ • '-;ub*y and
I never had r.onominicaled tn t , *7, ? ! '!** *1,J
: m o rent such con vers tHo », . '' ,,ntl 'a K • -
Ihv Mr. Cam mg in the d We' o /”
(.o"a.v nf Sa c and the S* m'Vv- 1 P *
, I leasory Ma*e the »ubm«nre nf . ‘ f,r,°
n ,V,,S ti,ac hH<l With V!* p!fl '
('»n ..rMibjitt, and that h „ st t»l,1 ",e
! responds w*th hat w . j cm
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