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ch-qe so to offs i from himself as to convert- expland-.
von into ins.,Jt ; it was advano;d not only with-
'wit proof, and against proof; but again4t _ all col-
oor of probability. It would • scarcely be ad-
vanced tinder any convjaion 'that it was fleets-
a iry to the cans- which Mr. Jackson was to main-
tain ; for his Majesty's Government had disavowed
Mr. Erskitie's arran;;ement, according to Mr. Jack-
son's,pwn representation, without any reference to
the knowledge which this accusation imputed to the
Government of the United States ; and it need not be
stated that no allusion whatever was made to ii by
Mr. Secretary Canning, in thine informal commu-
nications to pie which Mr. Jackson has mentioned.
It not moreover to be expected that, in the ap-
parent state of Mr. Jackson's powets, and in the
actual posture of his negotiation, he would seek to
to irritate-% here he could not arrange, and sharpen
disappointment by studied and unprovoked
digioty.
The course which the Government of the United
States adopted on this painful occasion, was such as
at once demonstrated a sincere respea for the public
churacter with which Mr. Jackson was invested, and
-a due sense of its own dignity. Mr. Jackson's con-
ducl bad left a feeble hope that further intercourse
With hiin, unprodotlive of good as it must be, might
still. be reconcilable with the honour of the Ame-
rican Government. A fair opportunity was accord-
ingly presented. to him of making it so, by Mr.
Smith's letter of the Ist of November, of which I
beg leave to loses t the concluding paragraph :
" I abStain, Sir, from making any particular ani-
madversions on several irrelevant and improper allu-
sions in your letter, not at all comporting with the
professed disposition to adjust in an amicable manner
the ditfcrecees unhappily subsisting between the two
countries. gut it would be improper to conclude
the fe-w observations, to which I purposely limit
myself, without adverting to your repetition of a
language, implying a knowledge, on the part of this
Government, that the instruCiions of your predeces-
sor did not authorize the arrangement formed by him.
After the explicit and peremptory asseve:ation,
that-this Government had no such knowledge, and
that with such knowledge, no such arrangement
would have been entered into, the view which you
again presented,of the subje&, makes It my duty
to apprize you, that such insinuations are inad-
missible in the intercourse of a Foreign Minister
with a Government that understands what it owes to
itself."

Whatever was the sense in which Mr. Jackson
had used the expression to which the American Go-
vernment took exception, he was now aware of the
sense in which they were understood; and, conse-
quently, was called upon, if he had been misappre-
hended, to say so. His expressions conveyed an in-
jurious meaning, supported moreover by the con-
text ; and the notice taken of them had not ex-
ceeded the bounds of just admonition. To have
explained away even an imaginary affront, would
have been no degradation ; but when an occasion
was thus offc•red to qualify real and severe itnputa-
tions upon the Government to which he was accre-
dited, it could scarcely be otherwise than a duty to
take immediate advantage of it. •

Such, however, was xot. Mr. Jackson's opi-
nion. Ile preferred answering the appeal, which
.had been made to him, by reiterating with aggrava-
tions the offensive insinuation. He says, in the last
paragraph of his letter of the 4th of November, to
Mr. Sinilll—` You will and, that, in my correspon-
dence with you, I have carefully avoided drawing
conclusions, that did not necessarify follow from the
premises advanced by_me ; and least of all shoUld I
think of uttering an- insinuation, where I was un-
able to substantiate a fad. To facts, such as I have
become acquainted with them, I have scrupulously
adhered. In so doing I 'must continue, whenever.
the good faith of his Majesty's Government is called
in
.question, to vindicate its honour and dignity, in
the manner that appars to the best calculated for
that purpose.'
" To this, my Lord, there could be but one'reply.
Oflicial intercourse with Mr. Jackson could- no
longer be productive of any effeCts that were tiots
ranter to be avoided than desired.; and it was plainly
impossible that it should continue. He was, there-
fore, informed by Mr. Smith, in a letter of the sth
of _November, which recapitulated that inducement
to this unavoidable step, that no further communi-
cations would be.yeceived from him; that the ne-
cessity of this determination would, without delay,
be made known to his Government ; and that, in
the mean time, a ready attention would be given to
any communication affeding the interests of the two
nations through any other channel that might be
substituted.

" The President has been plegsed to direct; that
I 'should inake known this ffecessity to his Majesty's
Government, and at the same time request that Mr.
Jackson be recalled. And I am particularly in-
structed to do this in a Manner that will leave no
dOubt of the undiminished desire of the United
States to unite in all the means the best calculated
w establish the relations of the two countries on the
solid foundations of justice, of friendship, and of
mutual interest. lam further particularly instruct-
ed, my Lord, to make his Majesty's Goverm.oent
sensible, that, in requiring the recall of Mr. Jack-
snit, tine United States wish not to be understood as
in any degree obstructing communications which_
may lead to a friendly accommodation, but, that on
the contrary, they sincerelyetain the desire, which
they have'constantly profeSsed, to facilitate so happy
an event, and that nothing will be more agreeable
to them than to find the Minister, who has rendered
himself so justly obnoxious, replaced by another,
who, With a different character, may carry with
all the authorities and instructions requisite for
the complete sticcess of his mission, or, if the at-
tainment .of this obje& through my agency should
ht- considered more expeditious, or otherwise pre-
ferable, that it will be &course entirely satislaaory
to the United States. _ _ _

•
" These instrudions, Which. I lay before your
Lordship without disguise, require no comment.
" Beftire I conclude this letter, it may be proper
very hotly to advert to two communications, re-
-4:-eived by Mr. Secretary Smith trom Mr. Oakley,
tier the correspondence with Mr. Jackson had
eased.

1:11:t firm of these communications (of which I
able to ascertain the date) requested a docu.