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the time in sub.
I stronger illustra.
the deviation from
reference to the
.take for granted,
misunderstood. Its
is to listen upon /be
States at imputation
sad sera, i:y. Foe
sub,tantiall. Up-
_ be i4nocant, of
'Erskine's Irratigetnrat
before ri imp:M-
tn reply, to., to
forinaliy declared
American (ioVerilinent.
enhanced by the tone of
arcs, in All respects,
otiensive. It took the
facts and asseverations;
a opposite
wer to a claim of exploits-
profea-el out to be au-
offer at all, but
.iiinself as to mit-
osis advanced not
proof, but against
It **old trestrerly he ed-
it was necesktrry
*pa lb
hid ,disavoverd Ir.
fo 111 r. Jackson's
reference to the

.. this _ imputed so the
Government of the United s; and it need not
be stated, that no al lu.ion whatever was luarl•• to it
by Mr. Secretaq Can ll ill g, in those informal cots-
multicolour to use *lnch Mr. Jack,mii his men-
tioned. it WWI not, ns.ornver, to be exp. cteil-that,
in the appAreut state of Mr. Jarkson's 'sewers, and
it the actual posture of his negotiation. he would
Seek to irritate where be could not assuage, end
sharpen ilisappoiatioeut by studied aunt unprovoked
indignity.
The course which the Government of the Unites!
Servs adopted on this painful occitsniti, was such as
ataate demonstrated a sincrie respeci for the pub-
lic charActer with which Mr. Jackson was iiirested,
end a due sense of its owe dignity. Mr. Jackson's
conduct had 14t • feeble hope that further inter.
triune with him, unproductive of good as it must
be, .might still be recoucileable with the honour of
the Americ in Goverreme,t. A fair opportunity
was accordingly presented to him of making it so.
• by •Mr. Smith sl. tter of the Ist of Nov !lilies', of
whirls I beg leave to insert the concludisq; pant..
graph :--
el I abstain, Sir, from making any particular ani-
Mailvvrsions on several irrelevant aunt improper al I us
• sions iu your letter, tto. at all comportiug with the
pt oftvied to .iljust, in :in amicable min-
tier, the differences unhappily salsas-6,i; between
the two entintrics. But it wunld be improper to
cooclude the few observations, to which I purpose-
ly heist inysilf, without adverting to your repeti-
tion of a lan4lia;,,e Hopis Mg a knowliolge Oil slie
part of this Gov% run:tent. that the instruelions of

?our preeeer gar &el not authorise the arriseigenselit
innatd be him. After the explicit and In-resole-
- tory reserver,' run, that this Government had no stic,i
ktassete,„;e, and that. with such knowledge, no such
airangerre lit would have been eutered into, the
view which you aweiti preseuted of the seitej,et,
umbels it d.v day td appnse yon, that such stwitu-
istious are tenutiniwoble to (Ise sietercourse of a l"o..
reran Minister with A GEIVerIIIIIIIII that
what is owes to itself...
Whatever was the sense, in which Mr. Jackson
had used she expressions to which the American
Gee-
veruletut took exception, he was now aware of the
'emir in which they were understood; 41111, Coll,lr.
was cslled upon, if he had been ininepprr.'
lietoted, to say se. Ili' escort-mom, conveyed au in-
jurious Iw-141104. supported moreover by the con-
text ; and the notice oaken of them had not exceed-
ed the bounds of jmu adiunottion. To have ex-
ensed away even au insavicry affront, tome leave
bees no degradttion ; but when an occasion was
thus offered to quahfy real and severe imputatioeis
upon the Government to which he Wils accredited,
it could scarcely be otherwise than a duty tee take
ineuzedeate *drainage of it.
Such. however. was met Mr. Jackson's opinion.
He preferred ausweriog the appied, which lead been
made to hem, by reiterating with aggravations the
offen.ie• insinuation. Fir says, iu the fast para-
graph of his I.tsrr of the 4th of Noveniller, to Mr.
Siaitls.-..s Vote will tied that, in my corresponelroce
with yon. 1 nave carefully semikit drawing conclu-
sion., the Jail not necessarily I.lkno front the pre-
mises *dammed by we; owe' Mast of all should I
think of ittiering an i lemma. ion.sylierc I was onside to
titntantinte a feet. Toiracts„ such 111 I bare heroine with them. have scrupolutudy adhered..
lit a 1) doiss I mart contiame. ah rr the good faith
Of His Idayes!yes Government is called in questiou.
le Modistes its honour and &irony. in the manure
that trews to me best calculated for that put,.
pose.
To this. ray Lord, there could he but one reply.
OGcIsI intercourse with Mr. Jackson could no
loom be productive of any !Gets, that were not
other to be avoided than desired ; and it was plainly
iniptieable that it should coutinue. lie was, there.
L
er. isfurmed by Mr. Smith, in a letter of the Bth
of November, which recapitulated the inducements
to this imayoulable seep. that no further communi-
cations would be received from him ; that the ue-
c•mity of this determination would, without delay,
he miale known to his Goiserneneest ; and that, iu
the mean time, a ready attention would be given to
any communication, affecting the interests of the
two nations, through any otner channel that might
be subs: et oted.
The Presnlent has been pleased to direct, that I
ahnitld make known this necessity to Hes 31:ojesty'a
Government, and at the 931111: time request that
Mr. Jackson Ire recalled. And I am particularly
instructed do 11114 in a manner that well Iv..ve leo
doubt of the undiminished desire of the United
Staten tr. none in all the means best c.L.l:ateri
to eetiebdwe reistilos of the two coootriers, on
t'eee vied fotiodatimis of in:4er,-, of friendship, and
of mutual largest. 1 ant further particularly In-
structor'. my Lord. to make Na Majesty's
vensilde, that, or requiring the tv-ca;, of
iZr• "IC•0". CU' wish out to be wick:- I

mine of the 11th tort. were itt t
stance made known to you. No i
tioa, therefore. can be given of the
them which occurred. than by a
terms of your agreement.
Your Lordship will allow roe to I
that this praesage cannot be nisi
direct and evident tendency is to
Government of the United State!
Moat injurious to its honour and
charge that it bad sit along been
prised, however it might infect to
the iiistructious which -ilr..Erakii
was void to nave violated, bad Ger
sited : net it is here openly made.
a psper, in which the contrary is fi
by the official organ of the A iwersci
This harsh accusiitirm, enhauce
the letter in which it appistreit. was
as extraordinary as it wits otiensii
shape of go inference from facts a
which necessarily fed to the ripped
It was preferred as an ituNwer to a c
thin. which Mr. J .cksoii profewe.
thorned by his tUroveriiinint to I
which he chose co.* offer from lm
vert explauatteis into insult ; it ws
only withunt proof, tilla agittsst pre
all colour of peat, ability. it trout'
vaace.l owlet any cooviction that
to the case which Mr. Jacksou se
for Itia Majesty's Governineht laic
Enikine's arrangement, According
own representation. without uny
knowledge which this acciiirauon