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frontdmgt at lo tke&rarral Gnerament.
The Icitiililiirtnf Virglvu ttn«t l«fl|{h ultra
aptbffMHul nlatinu of this country. The lot
lowing is « sacrinct history of the various proposi
tions which have hrfn malts, and the resolutions
Which have been finally adopted oy tiro house of de
legale*
(jfctiie 31st nil. the following resolution (which
InaFvi
>i*reU>lote laid upon the table) whs taken lip.
Retoltrd, That a committee be appointed on the
part ui mis house, to enquire end in-tk- report there*
to, concerning the mndnt-t of the lat> minittr r ple
Bfpotehtt^ry of hts Biitmnj-k maj"*.tv, Frunritf
James Jar kson, ill his negol>4tl»ns with the secre
tary of st.ite ; and that the * >id commute* do fill
ther enquire and repott whether the executive go
vernment, hv interdicting all rommunications with
the said Francis James Jackson, has acted with a
das regard to (he character and dignity of the gov
•rnmrnt, and for the interest of the people of th*
United States.
The s»id resolution was, hy consent of the linosc
withdrawn liy the member who had moved the
tame, Mr. P. V. Daniel, and the following submit
ted in lieu thereof:
The necessary pnrpo»»s of civilized societies Iirv
jng given rise to numerous relations essential to the
harmony and intercourse of these soc ieties, it bc
comes a subject in wbirl^ll have cm interest, that
•nclf relations and the rights they involve, be c lear
ly distinguished and carefully observed, 'i'lie usage
©f nations, founded upon principles of justice and
upon experience of mutual advantage, has furnished
• guide which should govern in the reciprocal de
portment of communities, their agents and mem
bers. By that rule are defined and fixed many
and ‘ important rights and good offices, to secure
which, formal conventions are d«»med superfluous,
lly that role, the safety and immunities of accredit
ed national servants are sanctified ; respect and
credit to assurances t etween nations either in peace
©r war insured ; and !>y the same standard too are
nettled, those decorums, that respect and concilia
tory temperance which is enjoined nn foreign mini
sters towards the government near which thry un
placed.- Wi-nn'l or any of those requisitions an
•lighted or openly' opposed, the pence of i1 e nations
is necessan'v dtslui ed, or put at hazard; an.
• - *n mlund as th r 'iniimnn inter* si is tiier-1 y assail
ed, iihinttphipiir in It.inr rrpn‘nli~n nfl‘ it n>em
Di-nt or agin*, stnkinp thus hi t’.e civilization of
the..' world, nttcmpling its reversenesa l« fuderi-en
and barbarism, Tb it p. ofde <»i government «* i h
in particular bec<inie« the su'.jec t «' surti conduct,
}» indeed uinvt power fully -uidi • ss> d ; and s.-i U
can any determ'tr i*ion, lmwever “xiri'Oie, * r d- no
minated extra' g <et, whose purpose is opposition
to ih>- areal in-iit nity thereby uliered. For our day
,*n1 ntu rnnntiv H Seems to l.av-e > e* n reserved to
base witness-d -Ihn'es Mgrnsl the rnl-s a'-ove 1 id
down as Sant i -neO hv g > e l t\- lov I rat a' Sit,
■he »s nave lew examples in -lo-lrn aun1-. iie
recent enire*|iohdence l.-tween nm s r.-l-irv of
ntale and his Brttannii'jt ill ijestv’s late minister, F
J. Jackson, as w» H as the sir sequent art of th t nn
Ulster, has exhibited on h e part a temper and de
p’portiuent which, from everv frirnd ot national ho
nour and independence, demands an unqualified
•on Jenin-imn ; from ourselves us the parly imme
diatelv injured the most indignant and determined
resentment.
Her hti tktrrfare, That F. J. Jarkson, by declar*
injgjjn his left- r id Or tuber 11th, 18f)p, to the se
cretary of state, that thft arrangement which his
prrdeggtsor, Mr.l&skinr, was cnueUided under
circumstances which necessarily insured its disa
vowal, was guilty of nn imputation upon the gov
ernment of ttf United States, of a nature highly
indecu-iKts arm disrespectful.
ResoJtmL That after an assurance from the se
cretary ofltste that any want of power in Mr.
Erskine to negotiate such qrraneermnt was un
known to our government; and that a knowledge
or belief of inadequate pnwers would have prevent
ed negotiation with him—The reimputation of
•«ch * knowledge to nur government hy F. J. Jack
ton was still mure insolent and unwarrantable.
Rttoltcd, That the president of the United Stater,
ly inhibiting all communication with K. J. Jarkson
•ndip .asking Uis recall,tlias acted at once with a be
coming sense ofthe dignity and charac ter ni the go
vernment and with a doe.appreciation of the inte
rests and happiness of ths people.
Renewed, I'bat Francis J Jackson, Hy » publica
tion gferporting to be a« ifrulcr to the British coni
Birrml agents within tlie U. States, litis insidiously
attempted tii divide our people from their gorern
meiit, by mitigating hi* own outrageous conduct,
•ndby misrepresenting the (pirited yet madcralt
deportment of the executive; and Shat he has
transcended ibeBpim.ile privileges w a foreign
minister; who iamtri noted in nruinu the merits 7
Id* propositions through the recognised organ o:
tlie government only.
Reeolnd. Tlmt should the correct resolution ol
the Prastdent in refusing to coitnmmirate *ith her
minister, he met by epen hostility IrmuG. Br itnn,
tht people of this common wealth are ready to sup
*lh# Federal g rein iicnt in vindie,itiug ,mo
taming its dik n ty and mdrp. nden<e,
£ motion. Ordered, That the s dd preamble &
utions he referred to Messrs. Daniel, Fu sion,
Chht-ll, R. Sian.ird, Stephenso i, Brent (ol Suit,id)
Mallory, Stub. Johnson (ol Isle ofWuhl) Archer
(of Norfolk borough) Peyton, Wooding, C):ey, Walk
hr (‘jS^rralcnhurg) and Archer (of Powhatan.)
OB the l«l instge house again took up thssub
dGli.^st^rom the rommii.ee to whom wa*
^Pfrred ihe preamble and resolutions relating to the
coodtti t o( Francis J. Jacksoj), late minister from
th* British government to the governnirnt of the
United States, presented the said preamble and re
solutions, with an amendment proposer! thereto bv
the coindgiitee, which he handed in *t the cl«rk?s
table, whale the same was read ;
A motion was made hv Mr. Fronty, to amend
kh« niid amendment U) Striking-out the whole of it.
•ml inserting in lie* thereof pie following;
rorn-spowdr nee between the tenets
and the British mmislvr, frsneis 4.
, sod ths events which auroeded have excit
ed ntprb puhjick attention, andRr hours of Dele
Asps of Che rnnyiftisnwealth of Virginia, being
tpegfjg* thsir opinioa thercao, fetl a
m
A«ir Aliy (o declare, and hereby in derlare, that
lliey consider tbe conduct of the executive of she
America! government to have Iren wise. Correct
and proper, and tally warranted by tbe farts which
bare been disclosed :
lit solicit therefore, that this house entertains foil
confidence in .be wisdom, patriotism and prudence
of the executive department of the American go
vernment, and hereby pledge themselves to afford
prompt, ardent Hiid*ciive support in the prnsecoll
•in of all m*n»ur«|jprhrther offensive or defensive,
w*bn h may be calculated to protect the rights, li
berties and honour of our country.
And the question being put on agreeing to the
snid amendment to the amendment proposed by th
committee. It passed in the negative.
A further motion was then made to amend tbe a
mrndnient proposed by the committee, when on mo
t on, ordi red, that t!ie said report, together with tbe
s.nd amendments, be laid upon the tal.de.—j^> This
last amendment by Mr, Ularkhurne.
On Saturday the house proceeded to consider the
amimoment proposed by the committee to whom
were refeiied the Praam' le and resolutions on tlie
‘■unduct cf F.J. Jackson,late minister from Great
liritain, which preamhlr and resolutions, together
with tbe amendment proposed uy the committee, «s
also an amendment proposed to tbe amendment of
the committee, lay on the table.
1 he amendment proposed by the committee, by
Wi,y °f substitute, is in the following wortls :
Whereas, the general assembly of Virginia, Hid,
at the last and several preceding sessions, so fully
express their strong and decided approbation of tiie
course pursued by the general government, in relati
on to the contending powers of Europe, that liny
would deem it unnet essary, at this time, to reuew
the expression of their sentiments ; if the arrange
mrnt concluded in April last, with David M. Er
skioe, the accredited minister of his Uritannic ma
jesty, had not been perfidiously disavowed by his
government, anti if his successor Francis J. Jack
son, after having grossly insulted the government
et this country, had not made an unwarrantable
utid insidious appeal to the nation ; arid, tvherees,
in the present perilous stale of our affairs, it is the
j sarnd duty of every pail of the nation, to stand
lorwaid, firm and united, in support ol the general
government, in their laudable efforts in defend the
rights ol ibis country against the roniinned and
growing aggiessions of the great and banality nati
nsol Europe.
J/r,rr/ore ft,’solved, That the course which has
ie, o nurmifd, as well in regard to (lie arrangement
urlodeo to April last, with David M. Ersknv,
truster plenipotentiary of his Kntaunir majesty,
" " it u ft sped to the Mviosiqi.nl correspondent e
tin, and dismissal of, lus successor, Francis J.
I o kson, and in relation to our foreign affairs mgr
'■ '*> confirmed the general assrmhly of Virgi
'i a, ti ’-be exalted opinion which they entertained
o t - justice «rd wisdom, toe firmness, decision
nd p triotisrn ol tire present executive ul the Unit
a ■ Si ie-,.
Resulted, fliat (he general assembly of Virginia,
■ein <ic p,y impressed with the necessity of union
ili 'iig tin-people, ant) devotion to the government,
n the pi-sent awful an i eventful crisis, do hereby
solemnly pledge themselves to support the general
overrun,-lit m all such measures as may be deemed
necessary (or the defence of the rights, the interests
and tlie honour of the nation.
Mrrk ! these wi re the resolutions which were
iinally passed—as will appear by the subsequent
proceedings;
i'e ,;.i. ndment proposed by Mr. Rlackhurne to
the amendment of the committee, by way of substi
tute, is in the following words :
"Resolved, That the people, having by the con
stitution of the United Slates, exclusively delegated
to the general government, the power of providing
lor the common defence, ol making peace, declaring
war, and the regulation of intercourse with foreign
nations, that government aloue can, and of right
ought, without controu! (other than constitutional)
to exercise those powers so wisely contided to it ;
that the practice ni expressing public opinion by re
solutions, so often exercised as well by the citizens
is the legislatures of the several states, is generally
iallacimis ; but always a dangerous innovation upon
the principles of our government; and if at all re
soiled to, ought to be reserved tor casts of the last
necessity.
“ 1 hat the powers of approving a ad recommend
ing, imply also, those ol rrprobatino and controul
ing the measures of any government :
“ That a faithful, impartial and constitutional ad
ministration of the government of the UoitedSutes
is the best guarantee of the aifeclions, the attach
ment and support of the people ol the several slates;
and ot amity, justice and good offices from fareign
nations :
i Hal we, the members of the general as*emb!y,
wholly occupied m discharging the duties imposed
hy the constitution and people ol Virginia, disclaim
•ill right ol dictating to, or otherwise influencing
the nv aauies of ti*e general government than by nor
c nstitoiional representation in the congiets of the
United Stal-s : Hnd, as representing one of those
states, claiiH lor it no privileges or immunities which
inglft endanger the lights or encroach on th« con
stitutional powers of th« general government; or
aigher honour iban to occupy that station which
snail be allotted to her by the government of our
choice on any emergency which may involve the fu
ture destinies of our country ; and to which, from
ner wealth, population and devotion to the best in
terests of that government, she shall be entitled.
A motion was made to postpone the further con
sideration of the said preamble and resolutions, to
gether with the amendments thereto, to theSlst
ul March—-And the question being put on the said
mutton for postponement, it passed in the negative.
Ayes 34. Noes 123.
The question being then put on the amendment
proposed by way of substitute to tbe amendment
proposed by the committee, it passed in the nega
live. Ayes 16’. Nots i38.
[Enquirer.
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Fnoa the American Citizen, (Republican Pop.)
> People of the United States.
■C’mZENS,
It may sot be improper for an old friend and ser
vant to tidJres* you ; and to wish, th»' he has little
hope, that .re may have a happy year. I will not
tcrutinire the President’s late Mestagr, and thecor
respondtuce sent with it So eongress. There are
speakers enough there, and writers enough else
«lwr* to ibwlt that if be wu not oat of k» sen
m, he must have emitted largely on your folly.—
Perhaps be hat formed h just judgment, and will
find >«ui still willing to believe dm who transmits
an asS'erlion with the. evidence to contradict it un
der the same cover, Peh.ip* you »e rnntent to
riinlinue the laughingstock of theAvorld, while you
!«>*st that no no lion in it is so w»e as yourselves.
It this he so, e'eu dote on till the whole edifice u£
your government conus, tuiril.lmg about ymrreawP
bucli of you as are detcrninied to believe not only
without evidence, budmainst evidence ; surh i f
vou as tondly rlmging^^uleehood, shut vour eyes a
gHiust truth, had better lay thir p iper on one side :
it will not suit your taste. Go to yonr ordinary bu
siness, the merchant to his counting house, the
lawyer to his office and the farmer to his bam.—
Wrap yourselves up in your cloak nf confidence. A
prick of the bayonet will make the dullest among
you skip. 1 hose who will not see now, will soon
•eel. There is nut much time to spare and none to
lose.
x»>u were told long apo that the persons you had
chosen to rule over you werp incompetent. An ex
treme reluctance to believe in bed motives, induces
me still to cherish tht opinion that our misfnr
tunes spring from their imbecility. But the caus
is not so import-,mt as the consequence. It the
country is brought to ruin, it will not be much
matter whether that event shall have been the ie
sult of stupidity or corruption. It has been me
leading maxim of our adminisir ilion, for at least
eight years, that Great Britain was on the verge o!
non, an i it was their favorite topic ol declamation
before they came into power. But iheiart is, that
on the present first d ,y of January, in the year ol
our Lori IS 10. she is more po.verlul than rtl anv
precedent period. The tedious talk you have so of
ten near*! about the weight nt her debt is flat n.ai
sense, and the men who clia.'t, r thus display iheii
ignorance of what passes el'ire t> cir eves and un
der their noses. But ad.mi assumption, improba
ble as it is, that Britain snail become bankrupt:
will she have a ship rtf the hue or a frig ite the b ss ?
Will she have 11 single soldier or a single musket tPe
less i-(_)r can w>, in c onseqiiein e of her bankruptcy,
get the goods ive wait! for nothing f 5'irely noi.—
l-ram-e made a bankrupt?!, after ber revolutii.n
and beioie she got 1,41 k again under a single mas
ter ; was her power thereby dim nisheo ? Surely
not. What reason then have vou to suppose that
people who speak English will suffer more from
such an event than those whosppak Fien> li ? If a
nysucb reason there he, how happened it that the
United States were not ruined by becoming bank
rap: during our levolutionary war i Our paper cui
reioy was then sold at a hundred for one, and we
have not heard that the Bnlish bunk notes were be
low par : hut we have seen our merchants, during
that embai go whirh was to ruin Bntain, give eleven
hard dollars for ten in those notes. Is this the
bankruptcy you weie taught to believe in? I tell
vou that it your rulers heli-ved in it themselves
they were ardent blockheads; and appeal to the
lact. But tf they did not believe in it, and meant
only to deceive the people, it is litter for you man
lor me to fix on the name by which they are to he
distinguished.
Another tiling on which they have equally relied,
and about which you are equally deceived, is tnc
power of France. The French emperour is less
powerful now than when he inveigled tint Spanish
Princes. It would take too much Inn- to demon
slrate that truth. 1 content mvseli therefore with
making the assertion. '1 hose who «litis- not to be
lieve it are welcome to their own opinion. Time
will either set them right or prove me to, be wrong.
I he matter is not important to the subject which
I have now in hand, lor he the French power what
it m ty it must he a nullity to us should we engage
in a war with Britain. Your wise ones may dream,
it the-please, of cunqueiing Canada, but lie j may
he roused front toeir slumber by live and tweniv
thousand British troops in the Chesapeake : on
southern groun I they may discuss a question of li
berly and equality.
You were t Id that the embargo would reduce
Britain to implore your mercy. N-y the stupid
rant is still repeated tho’ yon now find that, more
than a year ago, Jam. s Madison, Robert Smith ai d
Albert Gallatin, implored (thin’ the medium ol a
British minister) the mercy ol the British moo,in h.
Let them equivocate as the please, about the trrms
ol their diflerent ronvers tlions, they ronlessedly
gave Mr. Erskine to umklst .nd that they yirerewil
ling to grant more th in the British government had
originally asked. Tf is point is ol so much mag
nitude that it deserves your serums exuuunilinn.—
All that Britain asked, when Bunntparle pul lished
hi- Berlin decree, was that we should repel so ma
nliest an attack on our independence with becoming
indignation, instead of which your rul*rs bore it
patently, near a year, in spite »f fair wanimi; giv
ing that il (rnntrary to every honourable sentiment)
we should submit to that insult, the British kuig
would he obliged to ni Inline. Nay, your late pre
sident made, of this very warning, his excuse for
rjfrting a treaty nrgociated by one of his bosom
friendt. We shall say nothing about the terms of
thaltieaty, because bad as they were, your affairs
have been so wretchedly mismanaged, 6inre it was
made, that you will hardly get any one so good
now. The neglect to do what the dignity of Ame
rica required, on occasion of the Berlin decree,
drew at last from the British Council those orders
of which yon have heard so much, and of which it
is sufficient to sey, in this state, that they were
milder than might (under all circumstances) have
been expected. Our rulers in consequence, as they
say, of these orders (and we will let them tell their
own story) laid their famous embargo. A measure
which Mr. Canning treated with sovereign, and I
venture to tell you, with merited contempt. By
the way, it is not worth your while to fume and
foam and utter nonsensical threats when treated
with merited contempt; for you do but increase the
laugh at your own expense. Art hun-stly and wise
ly you will be resperted; act knavishly and fool.,
ishly you will be despised. This usage of nations
yon may barn without consulting Poffingdorf 01
Vattel; and Mieve me, it deserves-consideration
as much as any thing you will find in ary bodjMs
book. But although Mr. Canning treated yourem
J',ur embargo makers with a sneer of
profound contempt, Mr. Jefferson insinuated in one
of bis messages, that he ofleied to remov^pll re
»tr*is*WQ th« commerce with England, and pre
servmPm the commerce with France if Great Bri
tain would withdraw her orders in counril. his
but fair to ecfcnwwleditiytfrat he sent with tbit mss- .
■age, the /roof that binninuatioa was false ; but
had it teen tree (amfft was *« and trrtt
ed by fcij friends) tbe nature! iufrrenn* 1**04 h>.v*
bern tfwit ha is due of tlms» “ tthuiu
•iripes may move, not kindness.”
r«r alter pretending to b? offended at a penile bint
that sorb orders must result from submtsssi m tu
Buonaparte, after flouncing and btftmcing an.) half
ruining the country by bis ilfficulnas projert (for I
«m content to suppose the embargo was not dictat
ed by Buonaparte) at length, while smarting under
the British lush, he offered to do, like a slave, what
hr might have done, In the first instance, fi'ke n
gfntlemau. This i say would have been tho rat#
had he made the offer which he pretended to havn
made. His successor exhibits himself in a still
more pitiful condition ; for it is not denied that an
ofter was made through Mr. Erskine substantial!#
the same with that which Mr. Jefferson pretended
to have made through Nfr. Pinkneyniu,.h
more was offend is not easily ascertained. Mr
Pinkney was understood to off. r a stipulation that
British ships might execute our laws. hut. he says
ue was misunderstood. Mr.^Erskine understood
that we were ready to give up a trade with the colo.
mes of belligerents ; but it is said that he »lso mis.
understood. Now admitting both tin sejSisunder
standinge, it is evidfnt that something was offered
on both these points. And that something Was
more than Britain asked origin,Uy, or now asks:
lor so Mr. Jarkson has expressly said on behalf of
his sovereign. But however vague may have been
the offers, and whether they were well or ill under,
siooo, Mr. Canning it seems nndeistood the men
he had to deal with. He neither believed in the U
!■ ms ol Mr. Eiskme, nor in the candour of
'i-1
t-ssrs*
Madison, Smith and Gallatin. He therefore by
mi
btl. rto Mr. Lrskiue recapitulated tTie offers made
in three clear distinct proportions, and fg,vine per
nns-ton to shew the whole lei„r) |i:,de him inform
tl. e American president that, if he w„u!d subsrub.
to those propositions, the British government would
thereupon withdraw the orders in council »* (0 A.
merica, and send out a minister to form a treaty.—
And here, by I he bye, you have a proof of the vain*
ol votr embargo. V„u s.e ,he BrjtIsh ROVern.
m-m continue to treat it with contempt while wo
were told they were sinking under it, and while w*
lee ourselves distressed i,y jt beyond all endurance,
tail not to observe, also, that in the present mo
ment your restrictive notions are treated with tl.«
same perfect indifference. In that tssue to which,
your rulers have foolishly brought your aflaiis, the
British government has wisely resolved to convince
them that, by imposing restraints on h-r commerce
w: chiefly injure ourselves. And 1 f-el it my duty
to express on this occasion, my serious conviction,
that il she should mhif.n the eN-p„r, o( ,)(>r man„.
far lures to the con-.nent of Europe, they would b«
chligH (in suite of all the vain I,oustings and idle
efforts of the French emperor) to go in searrh of
tm. se goods to the spot which she might rhuse to
enrich by making it the place deposit. These
are truths, f-dlow-citlzens, which it concerns you
to know and which your rulers ought to hav#
known hef Te they embarked our all upon a vast o
cean of experiment. But to return, Mr. Erskine
was obliged, first, to avow the communications
mad-, taking to himself the blame of rnisronc iv
ing or misrepresenting tl.e conversations (if such
had been the n.s<) ,ind secondly to exact the ac«
knowledgement of that tight which had been denied
to Billion o! retaliating the injurious conduct ol her
enemy. This was the effect of the first propositi
ons. about which there is no dispute.-1 say Mr.
Erskine was obliged to make this avowal, becaus#
the p. rnnssion to shew his instructions was equiva
lent to a command : and in fact he did make a full
communication of them.-Messrs. Madison,
iNnith and Gallatin may deny this, if they please,
hi t no man ol common sense will believe them even
were they all three to swear j because the
speaks for itself. That they made offe,
*
Mt
sort or other they don't prelend to
and
only equivocate about the terms. If it be asked
why they did not make the bargain then which
they made afterwards, they ran give hut one an
s.vei, viz. that Mr. Erskine had then no authority.
As to the idle pretence, now set up by Mr. Madi
son, that such an authority is included in general
letters of credence, he must know heller. If be
don't he is fitter for a school boy than for a presi
dent. But l.« docs know better, as it would be easy
to shew Irom the very message in which he makes
to .1 ridiculous assertion; but this would be a waste
ol t.rif. Now. therefor-, Mr. Erskine having no
authority, they knew they should be obliged to wait
till he could get it ; and as the embargo was pin
ching hard, they made splendid offers, as a lure, to
get that aulhoiilv vested (about the t,me when Mr.
Madison should become President) in a weak young
man whom they knew they n uid easily dupe. Mr.
Canning’s letter ahovementioned is the only autho.
nty he ever got on that "
I sav the on! v au
inoniy, ana will prove it presently, but am first ta
observe tout it must have hern rommumcatedd from
beginning to end : and not because the power giant*
ed is so connected with the rest as not to be sepa
rated, hut because Mr. Erskine being unable tu pro
duce any other authority, they must either stand up.
and tell you they made a treaty (or as they pleasa
to call it, an arrangement) with a man unauthoiis
ed ; and they might just as well have made such
arrangement with one of their Negro cnarlunen, it
would have been equally binding on the king of G.
Britain; or they must acknowledge that Mr Er
skmes authority, viz.^his letter of Mr. C-nnine.
was communicated to Them. And so at to that ri
diculous pretence, that Mr. Erskinc migMthave
had some other authority, some other instrdffeons,
oce. itc. Let them if they dare, mine forward and
say that any such were shewn to them, and I shall
immediately in the name of the American people
demand a copy. If they hesitate to procure that
ropy, I denounce them for sacrificing the uublick
interest, end prostituting the national hpnour by
making a solemn compact with an unauthorised
British HgenjL—I say unauthorised, lor if they hava
noauthentn^lnwer from the king of Great Britain
m their hands re*^ to be prc#'ced, none such ex
ists, so far forth as the honour™ nd ilM'rst of this
couotry are concerned. They pretVnd to bciieva
the British government perfidious. If this he their
faith, they higpn additional reason tor pursuing th«
usual course of busiMs : f„r deni an mig a com
munication of the.authority before thee would treat,
much le«s conclude. I r>„ thes-fere or*- step further.
—If they have not now reedy to pi'iidf,j.Pt and re
gularly deposited in the are tit v«s of 'be depart,
of state, either an original of .Mr. Ckohidb'*
man r
or at least a certified
y de«rv» is
copy,