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

"ths. news minister in the esplanattons.
-si_ . ac5 he thsitncl it a: cessnry to make to this
ctfsi-si- sins.-Meatus the causes producing this
_shvnlnlt on the part of Great Biitnin,
"si _ ht prqpcr. to use and repent a langu .tgc
.? sin yindecurous and ossensive, and out
ctss- . then: cii'cutnstances the present question
sisi' ss ss Rno " _
""We find, sir, that this new mix ister, in
" ( let -of his eorrespondence with
- — iss-th, insinnates that the nmmgcment
w" ' stith Mr. Erskineswas entered into
ctss silfnith on the pntt of this gmern
sssi sit7 stir-e" find the following state-ment
3— si-si 392tnd 31 ofthe print- (] doenmcnts.
? "'5— 5n et,-to- sir, very truly, that am ar
ct " - si w had been made between you and
ss tGﬂkwe, and that his maje'u) had tho :
. (I dieavow that arrangement.
".. Lhttie hete in the outset, to regret the
ss nctf—the'ndvantage of verbnlinttsi rcourse
ct' si si ect es l should have nailed mzselk
Men nire whether by your statement,
? , intention to complain of the
sifissctssw kiss:"): a cttocal man of ex
ctMﬀmct . off] a, oro e circumstances of
ctictsssisisi ? mation mghaving been made thro
? ,ss {observe that in the recortls of this
" stuck": .. to no trace of :: complaint, on
sisi of the United States, of his maj es
Ysi , disvctowedtheset of his minis
ss " " hue not, in the conference: we
f'ctsi'ct" 'fiitherw held, distinctly announced. ss
sisissbgfil'sisi minish-sink and] have seen with
ssss si finthivforbeamffi 0." your part,
, ;; of [hat ender, which I doubt
is ssu it iuall our commﬂmcations,
*ss'sssi*'** ? on could not but have thousht
In". " 5— 1si, . ."Ttsso complain of the disavow
As? Wfiffie under such circumstan
_ , , lead to the consequences ]
_ U—Wct sizjssfct" .. 'MVedQ
:-_si."_' ssss x " si .. hsserﬄeongt-Ltulntes himself
and forbear-sum of _Mr.
, or refusal to 'mnlze any
" si._'_ Wvﬀ of the digavowal oft-he
* " ct- - with-. Mr. Erukine, al
" ss sssssssi " When for. the absence osevcry
ss 14 Hzsi-si-l the to submit A few :c- .
Mctsi'cteisnijct of the resdution now
"' =- sissssfctsiﬀ si-ss sit si . tion, in t'idatston-of— a rule;
sishﬄ ipgnse ended to myself" , Which
" . jenapart inthe public diacnctsatonn
si quest-m sisiwhich might come
housedW 'sit'he. present
,ssss' t-usile to which ! might have ad
hath: nctqsst been alkdged that those
. to arewlsintion last Bes
* ting thef- i-esisident for the
Work:- in Whit: he met the ositer
, ; made to this government by M r. Er
' , ' , tonkfactmsionststently by support
THE" mdtutinn. now on Your tahXe.
the—open! as the last set i nof cer.
& president of the Unitcd States
.- "&,to us anarrangcmssensisit enter
meEtweenthas government and Mr.
ne, the re e&ntative of the Btictsh
mentsn Americ—a, important in it—
' And there so when considered as Open
' * -- waytoamote extended accommo
W The- term: of this arrangement
{. tecaﬄbd sun)" .mlo eﬀect by the United
Statet,mh the apegtation that the ters
thefctmement thus concluded would
__ at: ourgtjgn by the
; -- t - .. m.. iﬀut, an'. tt 13 now
' that this errangement has been disa
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ctsssisisict mld,- si the mfinister by whom rt was m: td'c:
Wed, and Idr, ]ncLson sent to rculace
{sit-si zsisssssisisi 'GA
— .. ache while Mr. BAsnEfr
si 'W' ton the .partof the U.
efi" eaten: was made on
ctfffisif sswmn
]
ces &! cmﬂd only lead
, that. have followed...
. - _ ct There tituded, are a dign.
ct Mof Mr, Erskinc.
, 'siv"
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or RKPRLSE
[cdnnwzm] si __ 1
sissctsiss'ss ,
in the refuse! to receive any
nicatianssfrom F: ancir jas.
.
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saw "ctixxr ..ss—ss- .a, - -, ""
is _x*j \ ! si. , ' " ' sisyct t'}; si ss'tdsisi-ss' .; ,! sir,-q'Z'si-ct- s} \ . =
{si I_ . .} I . 2.- \ (si . sin.. ,sisidctsivsiesi. si'lsi—sicts—"ss-Z' .si . b-ss . 'M. {?
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, .ss ". _ _ ct _ sictctsi-ss . {"ctsisii . 24. {you,' ,,
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.
(Mans: agdsscauddr (0 walke m} pom-ss
ptsia'issiﬂf ,Whize'ssffir of sithe disavowaIsi-o-icmsinst
-—ne'cessjmsiily follþwt that "the ,akmﬂ'ggsi'zvo'ent ss
thy: maden: 'uussprop'erly entered intb by
chisfgovet 'cnf'j-si'inasmuch' as' a reliaocc "
on—t'bia. arrangement by Qdf'citizens hado
vex-spyeatdsithc dcd'a'n-siwith siAmcricao com- !
si ctmchtsit, which Waawzifted by'cversiy galc to !
distan: ngions,-"Qll subject-si to the avarice ss
QF' British cruizcrs, and this fact was known
to th'osiscsi who assdmimsistered our government;
at-lhe time this dclusivc arrangement was}?
made," This, sir, appears-come tosi'm the
fair inscrmcc resuhing from this Scntencesi
when divcstcd of its diplomatic ﬂummcry
sssi7 ."Mr. ]atkson seems to two a mgttssesssswr
this 'insisinuation - fromctcta communication
)nadeby MrlErskine to the British goe
dnmentss, were he states that he had sub—
L mittedcttojthe" consideration of - M r. Smith
sisslthesithreessicoi'tditions mentioned in Mr. Can
er'tfsiiijgcts deepatch of the 23<ssl ctessf ]anuary, and
.finasmneh assithesiarrangetsinent of April is
eariant from ctf-thctese jthree conditions, and
;sttbstituted (as. he staitesfin lieu' of them he
'Theitce insers the undoubted-right of his ma
jest' to disavow the arrangement, and so
silenmly declares that this was the only des
-sspatch by which the conditions were pre
-scribed to Mr. Esirsltine for the conclusion
of an arrangement with this country.
siMr. Smith replies to Mr. Jacksou as fol
lows -:
_ " If there be no trace os complant against '
the disavowal in the archives of the mission
it" is because this government could not
have entered such complaint before the rea-'
sons for the disavowal had been explained,
and especially as the ex anations were just
ly and confidently expected through the
new plcnipotentiary. And as to the sup
posed reserve on my part on this subject,
in our several conferences I did imagine,
th it my repeated intimations to you of the
necessity of satisfactory eXpIanations, as to
the disavowzsizl, were sufficient indicatxons of
the dissatissattion of this government with
respect to the disavowal itself."
Mr. Smith. in this reply, seems to mani
nniseet asttrprise that. it should be. declared
that the tlespatch from his. Canning to Mr.
Erslzine of the 23d of February was the on
ly me by which that minister was to regu
late his conduct, and this surprise seems
".to be the more natural, when by a reference
to the correspondence which took place in
April last between Mr. Smit'n and Mr. Er
skine, at the time the arrangement Was
concluded, we find Mr. Erskine. sub
ss-mitting, eorL/erab/y to z'nstrmtians, cer
tain piopositions for the consideration
of the Ammican government. 'shi;
official (lcclaration that Mr. Ersltine had re
ceived the instructions ol' his government
justified this government to proceed with
the ne gocia Zon, unless, as it is alledged by
the gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr.
_ Dana) it became the indispensable duty of
this government to see and examine Mr.
Erskines powers before any arrangement
was concluded with him, inasmueh as a ra
tilitation osthc arrangement of Apz'il last
was net rescrved—-and several ancient au
thorities are pioduced in support of the opi
mon.
Whatever may be the rule os proccdure
_wl1;re one government, by its representa
tive,makes important concessions to ano
ther, or where the terms of the government
are unreasonable or unequal "in themselves,
sssi-I cannot pretend to answer ; but where the
ss terms of the agreement are reasonable and .
ss equitable in themselves, it has not been the
make of more modern times to demand a
ssightof the instructions possessed by the
s minister making or proposising to make the
; arrangement-. By a reference to the corres
jpondence which took place between Mr.
Pinkney, our minister at London, and Mr.
Carming, in which Mr. Pinkney submits
certain propositionssi to the British govern
ment for- their consideration, we do not
si'sisind that Mr. l'inkney was called on to
ishew his instructions or interrOgated re
specting them. His official siatement, that
ss he Was instructed tomake the overt'ure was
I then deemed sufficient, and althongh Mr.
si siCanniag, did not think proper to accede to
{the terms,;iroposed by Mr. Pinitney, yet no
si wantot p lwer or authority is alledged as a
'reason soZ the refusal on his part. ,
! There eems to be a maaisest imprOprie
ty in_the_ notion of demandin'g a sight of in,
stractions in ordinary cases, inasmuch as
the act of the minister, in violation of his
instructioaxwould he obli'gatory on his go
vernment, according to the usages of na
tions, where a ratification was reserved, in
iﬂmctwzfmexecmm 1; si
Wffitfi Tunica-side: simh-j ;
sin Muddy {Mine UW .
by,-WWWWÞ ss-Wssﬂzssss'sisim Wsisic .. _
M ;ss'ctct'ct .Wsi WVWQQWÞWEJZPM
[;ny ctumnssthnsicjba- renﬂercd it MTȜWÞÞT,
{all cases where the man of the agreement
and reduced to plain English:
ss-' _ s'-..
lformgtf ctsi;.si1ct_-n,d'<5sisiusi __'\ss)'ssc'ssu'a}ssiuus si _ _
rhsisie armgemmcos-April las-e, :; music-anon ct
WsÞEeu rectseWM-fchc Brisi'sh MVBWWF
lhct'dzildjugdodjsassichsisi'hctavc been sibouuclsssitq
lzacss'c ctmxisied-tliffiagrcdm-zfir, as do gffidsi'ﬂass-si
Son Could beanigned for sailing to dp'lq. .- _]
"And, sir,!hsissssiþilute to 'ssiegssaþd exagqmcss
Mr; Etskinds instructionslssisinoc allege-(lb?
Mr.-.]acksofi as a enus'c or reason why this
= sisiovernincni had noc a right to complain us
lctkstcsidiffichwalsi From," this l'infcr L'uatss'chc
sissssbffi'cialct surement-'contained in Mr- Ers-_
.lcctichs sscbrr'ccpondencc, that he had instruc—si
tions, and that he was authoriscd to make
the arrangement, was all that was necessa
, tobc'known by this government be.-sore
sst 'e arrangmncnt was enccrcdlnto, and that
sssshe sccrctary ol'statctwas necessarily lead l
ssto believe that Mr. El'skinc had other lcl
ters of instruction than those: contained in
him Canning's despaxch of the :ZZd ol'ja
nuary last.
Sir, let us now examine Mr. Inckson's
reply cu Mr. Smith's suztcmcm, in which
Mr. Smith declares this governmcn't had
not :\ knowledge that the: insnuuions con
tained in Mr. Canuing's dcspatch of llh;
23<l of january was the: only despntch by
which the conditions wert: prcsu—ibcd to
Mr. Erctskinc for the conclusion ol im' ar
rangement on zh: muusir to which it re
lates, and dcclums, if "this fact ctnndþccn
nuulc known at the time the: arrangement
was uuulc, that it would not lum: lsi-ccn'l
!
i
made.
Mr. ]ackson, in his reply to Mr. Smith,
declares that Isilt'. Stnith was acquainted
with the instruction tthich was gzvcn to
Mr. Ere-kine, and that he had no other in,
struction than that contained in Mr. Cau
ning's despatch of the head ];muary. is it
possible to conceive a con ridicttnn more
positive than that contain-ed in this reply ?
I! a gentleman in his plztcesttttes any tuat
ter otsilsiact to exist, and he is tosi.d in reply
that the fact stated is untrue, and that". his
statement was made with a ];erlsiect and in
timate knowledbe of its falsehood, all the
world would at uncc agree he was insulted.
And. du:- pr—ue—nt Law-: sine-s mit Jtllsi-r from
the cas-e ! put, except that it is ()bbCUl'L'd
with diplunctsstttic thbttg'si'.
But, sir, Mr. Smith in his letter of the
18th quut-ctemher, CXplCSSCS his (l!552lll'$*
faction at the iiherty taken by Mr. ];tClCSUn,
and declare-3 such iusinuuuuns itztzu'nussct
hie. And what is Blr. ];tt'ksonsse, rect-ly to
Mr. Smiths) Why, sir, WC lind in pugc
71 of the printed ducuments, the lssuhuw
si ing .
" You will find that in my correspond
ence with _\uu, ] have cult-fully avuided
l drawing enticiusinns' thztt did not neCcSStt
rilysi fullnw from the premises advanced by
me, and last ol'ull should l think of utter
ing un insinuzttion Where ] was unable to
substantiate a fact. To sat-:ts, such as I
have become acquainted with them, ! have
scrupulously adhered. and in so doing I
- tion to pursue .. Why, sir,\sieither to hang,
down their ears like the aluggish ass, and
bear with patience Mr. ]ackson's ﬂippant
sarcasms, or cut him ofi' in the manner they
have done, and put an end to farther oppor
situnitics ot'abusing this gover nmeuhsi The
for that purpose."
that were the insinuations which Blr.
]ackson had made ? Why, first, that the ar
rangement negociated with Mr, Eiskine
was done undersuch circumstances as could
only lead to a disavowal, and it would,.hm e
been an act destitute of" candor on the part
osour government to make any complaint
of thatsidisavowal ; and, secondly, that Mr.
Smith was perfectly acquainted with Mr,
Erskine's instructions, and knew he had but
the one instruction contained in Mr. Can
ning's desPatch osthe 230' ofjatiuary. Not
withstanding Mr. Smith positively denies
any such knowledge, and complains olsisuch
insinuations as inadmissible, yet Mr. jack
son would least of all make an insinuatian
where he could not substantiate a fire! ; and
to sacts, such as he had became acquainted
with them, he had scrupulonsly adhered,
and so doing- wonld continue !
This, sir, is a justification of all the char
ges fulminated against this government by
Mr. Jackaon, and a notice given that he
would continue to charge them with bad
saith in the sort-nation of the arrangement,
and of possessing a knowledge oi'Mr. Ers
kine's instructions, which had been posi
lively denied.
What course was lest for the administra
)
tion, to VindiCith its honnr and dignsiy in it
must continue whenever the good faith of
his mujestcttsi's government is called in qucs- ss
manner that appears to me best calculatcd
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sithe. mmm ﬂuzﬂ tziki'u, zwhssa'teier Lo
rqmncez was gr'ow Mof n. 7" I am {m rsictj
sa( w.8 wiﬂsiass - '
44 msshemM sswsii birthe gerssssnhmd from .si!
Rhodsi'ct'fshnd, die si he: (he! no: secte
chsiu insesidi v/asss {iv.-fa- With- Sir, i
appear to my m'ijtd inch and as e
as the lighrof day 18 lo my" sense of Sight
.trom an examinaiioxrot the: docttmen , , He
an insulc 'was' giVen to this Qm cm come, si
siood bearing , and [should .eiso : nk c- '
no man could examine: lhossie (] 'rnch
.uieha determiuatinn to give: the fine State: si.
their proper weight, who wvuld :] tmuþ '
the same: daacovery. But, sir, news;-[si .,
to the: old adagc, none: so blind as hm x.:ctsi, "
wid not see:. -
! come now to that part of {] usuffiss,
which principa Iv imsslmcd me: to use um
is to sncw (it I can) that. there exiszs [10 30
cousisecnc) in 11!) opinion on to: rub ,i-sisi _.
[no] and at the: last scsaiou by: "sm'xem. . m
tzo; n Virgin}: not now in his Place , and !ssctc
su- porssc which I mean to gin: m; "Mr"!
resolution. lmlccd,sir, ] migi. ( new: ( (si
me gentleman from Conneccicut, masnv-sisisi.
;.s h c was in he or of the: resolution of A:
dL'SSiOn and is now opposed to this. If:
two resolutions siare-subs_tantially similar, i.}
thou be mconswtcnt as well as mvscll, sz
it would prove. only that we have chanct-ct
sigh-35. But,.sir, I take this change as Fsi.
ssi-nczng an us.-clomb]: proof that the "t'-)
cussis it:-e d:sszmilnr,si and the intelligence us
that gentleman hus discoyrrcd this l';ch.._
The z-csolution of last scssion was mct-zss
siPPctobatOl'y of the conductof the president
for ltlc pertormaucc of an act which amiss-m
- to me to have been merely a-miuistsi-rictl out.
Congress had rested the president with a
PUWCF [" TUDUVC by :: proclttmntion the in
Wsilsilcsisiﬂ Of onr trsirulc with G. Britain art-1 -ss
l;ct.:-.ncsir, or either cst-hem, on the happen
ing ol a particular moths-me),. The cuss
tmsmcy haPPchd in the opinion of m:
l?"*'5ldﬄf1 and he dis-charged his (lusy. Blll, ss
sir, shc sCSOYUUon on yourtalzle is a pledge
on the part Of Congreus to the: presifluu,
to the [list-lull, and lo the quI-lctd, tll'dt if!
will support him in the measure which l.: ss
has taken,. wlmtcv-si-r consequences may ss
be'nw out of it.
The geuzlctmnn from Connecticnt hzs rsi .".
siclt'rcrd this rcboluiicu in the ﬂltidsit; siz'a
(lcfisimcc of war, :: n' that prepazsittsizssms Luc
nsi-csssssury to meet the cvsifnt. I do :3*>tC.-:).
Sltlt'l' the resolution in thrs light ; nuhin rm
] tons'dcr it uss mrasure giving "")sil"? t :; zznc ss
of war to England. But if it sho..lsil ss,,-._
made a cause: of war, l cow-tive no sin.-.;
ous prepamtions are necessary. 's'fhc-ctczt-cr
way is made on this nation, tltntssSFLr.t<si('
putriotism which has busin lying (Ictz-mctzu
for ycnrs will be rou5cd : it wi l I): comm
nlCGltd from one end osthis country to the ss
other with the rapidity of the: clcctric {i.e
i it]; it willsonvcrt in an insmnt the nur
l rhzmtssssszct, liu'mcxs, mechanics1 and yew-mn
l 1'\* of your country into ciCizcn SQltll\.('-..-*
l 'I he iinmense and almost incxhaustlbl: !:
sourcsisi-s of this country will be sClllltfi'Ld ::c
, tive, and like Leonidas and his (;)i'si-Ciuht,
l
?
thcv will dcl-si-ncl every inch ofgrouud,a;1l
is tiitlmut success, that spot of this ca-si-sin
tt'v When: the lust hop-:. of liberty dist.-si
& oft-m will be their comb. In} sssszsisisi ssssi
does the strength of this countzi). (nsisigsisi;
Not in numerous armics or in lLtTZS'sif an]
Wt'll appointed ﬂeets, but in the siss'ctsisssisssim
osthc people to the govcruzusi-m. {: tra
people :th Wlsh YOU your plous czm he ch
cuted Wisih tsssi'siss- If they are: agnus-t Full
You 3": Wt'ikk and can do nothing with si
} sl'cctss—l am therefore: in favor of th: t'ssct—
si lution.
si] Mr. W'llM'ross—K'Ir. Chctirmnnsi—ffi'
; nor (I. with a sex-t in t'. is he ussi, -r. ! ch
. \: pon to give my vote in tlu c: xi.—inn ('H
I qa. cztion import: mt to the natxo: ), .. .-. sium 5
" my dut) and aduty wsii h oughtnot 'HU
, aisted b) incline um, to submit! gsir c -\.>1'-si's'
in tion some rczmuks rcspmting shsi s-siz fsfi'
Upon xslz' 1- h we are to dsiuuc : :zn ll am. xi.-;"
! the holde- that on this, us on H' ry (x. \' s0-si'
! casion, our discussions m: :) prncccu' w"
coolness and ma manner becomzn'g 1-3 _
gislamrc ota free and dis-(ruin: . sis'
who know what is due to (; ;; nscsi-V'sifi "4"
1 the: nest o! mankind.
. xpflss'! bf
! The rcsolutions !:csorc us, sun-"11
.thc honorabb; snnatc, now solici' fsins :
tum of the r-ctpr rcsvrssmcivca of m.;
pen-ple, a '1n' l stronc ly invin- m
their ass 11; in scvuzd pwpvtr .5
ed from :: C.'\)!{'38s:'11dss*n(c, In. ,._- f'f f'ctssb
:twsiecn the: secrets. ); 01 5: .uc r-siz-z! :?1 - - A}:
'ministel', Mr. Juss kson, r-z'fuin- ;siss' "' "
points in dispute bcthcn : 1" __-.ct;,.,: si asiof
r'nZS' , and no the} r own 2) -\ w L.. ss'siss
zhcir conszitucms, w sigvity tH'--*=f m "" is,
probation of th: determina is.-) wi U'" " .)
tive govcanm-si-n: m- ulcinsssig- 1: .si- fi' J "3- ""
pu' an GD'J to that corrcs m xsii ::xx.
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