The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-25 00:00:00

LETTER 111.

Mr. Jackson would have .appeared less worthY
than he has proved himself, to be of the cpnfidence
reposed.in him by his SoVereign, when constituted
the Representative, And entrusted with thochtiterns
of a Great Nation, if he had.condescendedjo. vindi-
cate him Self from the charge, after stich eeithets had
been used towards him ; ciniscinua that it
.was to-
tally unfounded, he passes it over in silence, and.
content's himself with reminding the-American Mi-
nister in a manly and dignified ;manner, that, " while.
he does pet deviate from -the respect due-to the-Go-
vernment to which Eels accredited, he holds. him-
self responsible to his own Sovereign only,. for the
propriety of any allu,ions which he may feel it -his
duty to make'in the course of his official correspond-
ence ; that he had careftilly avoided drawing con-
elusions that did not necessarily follow from- the
. premises he had -advanced, and that
.least of. all.
should he think of uttering an insinuation: where he
was unable to substantiate a lad: leas, 3s he
had become acquainted whit them, he had i‘ropu-.-
lously adhered, and must continue to-do so, when
ever the good faith of his Majesty's Go.ernment
was called in question, to vindicate its honour and
dignity, it) the manner that appeared to. . him best
.C.o.l'culated tor t bat purpose." -What part of this
passage; let me ask (and it is the only one in the
letter of the, 4th of • Nevember which has any e-elae.
tian to the subject), contains, reiterates,, or-attgra-
Yates the gidSs insinuation,.of which Mr.Sirtith more
grossly conaplains ; Mr. Jackson, without stooping
to controvert the particular, insinuation which had
been unwarrantably and indecently imputed to him,
denies, in general any positive terms, that he had
uttered any insinuation where he had been unable
to substantiate a fad would have become the
American Qovernment then, before they eosed the
door of -negociation upon to have reviewed the
'correspondenec, in order to ascertain what tads he
. liad substantiated; and, if they hadd-perused it with
an honest intention, they would' have discovered,
that the fads which he did assert were, Ist; That
the three conditions contained in Mr. Canhing'S
lt-
terof the 23d of January had been'submitleri to the
American Goverument, prier io their arrangement
with Mr. Erskine, 'eld that the eVideticee.by which
he substantiieed that fad, was- coheeted from the
official lette,s of •Mr: Erskine, and float. Una -Ice
k nowle4gtr.ent of. the American Secretary of State;
and, 2d, That the three conditions contained in Mr.
Canning's'dsp itch of the 23'.1 of january,Were tho,e
only upon weich, Mr. Erskine was authorised to
conclude an arrangemeut with the Atnerican.Qe-
verninent ; and th .t the dispatch itself as well as
his (Mr. Jackson's). o A n instructions, composed the
testimony, upon ehich -he substantiated that •fact ;
and they would also have discovered, that be nu
where asserted, implied, or insinuated it to be a fad,
that- it -was knjwn. to the Aniceican Government
at the• time they made the arrangement, thet
Erskine as. so restritted; bur, ow the contrary, that'
he exeresdy referred them, for their ktiowledge of
-this restriction, to a commuoication from himself,
made at_ a subseq nen tii.erind. ,
ar-timent may oe thuS epitomised ; IN!The
jesty ha; rt:-Jused to.
.ratify the arrangement Tad,:
with you by Mi. Erskine, becausee-that Aliaister con-.
eluded- it in violation of -his instructions':
fie cOnatnunicated to you at the time whet those
instructions were;. . -
I communicate to yoti now that Le had no others :
' You; therelote, must perceive the difieretiee he..
tween. them and the 'arrangvinent. •
This is the fair result of his reasoning. It appears
to.rne.that it was solely for the purpose of drawing'
this inference 'that he stated 'the two first .fa'tts ;
and !et it be remembered, that Mr. Sinhh admits
that . the statement of them affords no ground of
offence; but.he accuses the British Mini;ter of
vancing another fd a. whia
h no eye but his own 'can
discover, and haying conjured the phantom into
existence, his every faculty is absorbed •by until
•‘ lie..breaks the good meeting, with most admired
disorder,". and terminates the negoeiation, -as Mac-
beth did the banquet, betore-it had been well, cern-
meeced. I feel confident that. every impartial. per-
- son of common uriderstending„ who will take the
trouble of following tne through this examination,
and Will refer to the documents. themselves, will.
join with me ia asserting, that this offensive
inipti-
cation does riot derive.its origin' from any expos-
sipns in Jackson's letters, but that it is the
offspring of the heated braili•ot the, American Secre-.
tary-of State; and as,my vespect for A constituted
authority will not permit me to ascribe the unfound-
-ed accusation to the bold effrontery or .falsehood, I
' can only attribute it to the blind infatuation of pree
judice! but how inveterate, how deeply rooted must
that prejudice bee which can thus pervert the un-,
derstanding, and obscure the judgment ! It could
scarcely have been supposed that a man capable of
being so warped by his passions, should have been.
entrusted with the, inanagernent of national con-
cerns, but if this excites surprise, how must our
astonishment be increased when we-find assemblies,
which should contain the.colleetive wisdom of the
Couritry,i gravely passing resolutions and enacting.
laws'against this Chimera I.

But although the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States, in Congress assembled,
should, upon further consideratiem, resolve, in the
plenitude-of their power,-, that Mr. Jackson's letters
contained a.dagger for the. Secretary of State, and a
poisoned bowl for the Pr6sident,. yet, if the British
Minister should have omitted to inclose these dire
means of destruction, I conceive, with all. due de%
fetence, that his Letters would not have conveyed
them, any thing' to the said resolution to the con-
trary notwithstanding. _
That whimsical hwnourtst Sterne, somewhere
represents •himself as having wandered m9ny weary
mile's to weep over the monument of two unfortt-
nate lovers, and as. the votary of sensibility imagin-
ed he approached the Mourning shrine—" faithful,
!but hapless pair,!" he exclaimed, ." how' I
, longed to. drop this tear. upon thy tomb !—l.cotnel,
cone'--and.--1 coe"—and when he came, thew was-no tomb:
-to drop it upon !.
_ .

so.have the Legislatf:rs of America hurried from
the extremes- of their extensive tetra° y, raUy

romQ the -administratOrs' of their -Government
animated With the spirit of party, and glowing with
indignation lgainit the supposed aperser of the fair
fame of their AdMiniStration; they would, I Con:.
clude„*" have thought it a lireaun of patriotism, to
ltae waited one moment to consult their tinder-
standing"--e' We e(tMe—i-we come !"—e"Xelaim tht
votaries of Mr. -Madison and ..Mr. St t. h,‘c to
avenge the,inault ,witieh has been offered to you"—
and when- they came---there; waa no insult. to
avenge

BUt as the tear which suffused poor Sterne's eye,
must have (Alen somewhere, I ,stippose he dropt
it, on the spot, where he had been led to think the
tomb bad been erected ; and the Legislative Parti.•:.
zaps ,ut the Amcfrican Administration, as they could'
not di-ieoter the substance `of an, offence,: have:vent
pd the •ire with which their. bosoms were inflamed,
upon the shadow that, haunted the imagination of
their earl ins Secretary. The poor ghost, appeased
by these rites, will, I hope, sink into the-shades or
silence, and he riised too more, to impede the-resto-
ration of kit-molly hit teen two countties, whose
interest it is to cuLivate eace:Wtth eacb other, 'and
qi
neither of who can have the'toost distatit prosped
,of &riving anybenefii from a contest.

I have now. fnlfil:ed the onlpobjeg of this letter,
which was to txarnine into the causes assigned by
the An,t'Aitari Governnaent for the dismission of the
..Rriti,h Minister, and think I have proved, that the
reason given by themselves is Confuted by the evi-
deliCe, to Which they have referred; in support of it.
The whole correspondence affords ample subject for
animadversit,n,•
_which would render it sufficiently
obvious, that the American Government were never
•
seriously disposed to remove the obstacles. that had
'unhappily interv4ed, to "prevent an accommOda4
tion of the differences subsisting bet*een Great
Britain and America, but I have contented •tnysell
with establishing the fad; •that the British Minister
did not giye them the cause assigned for his dismis-
'Tnis hostile measbre, owes its origin to their
own prejudices and passions, 'and I hope my fellow
subjects, on this side of the water, will be convinced,
if that step should lead to, the melancholy cense-
'quenees; which every well-wisher of the human
race would strive to avert, that the- fault will not
rest with the Blitish Government.

, •
Candid, just, and honourable, this is the. language
'in whiCh Great Britain addresies Americae-e" We'
eirecontending with afrenemy; who contemns every
law which has tit hello been held sacred among nae
titans; regardless of right, be exerts the power,which
an inset-mat-4e Providence permits hint to poSsess,
to drive•the lapless.andTeluctent nations Which sur-
rolled him into the ranks of our enemies ; but, not-
withstanding*.thiir host of foes, baffled, byethe va-
lour of those 'heroes„ to whom We have entrusted
our-defence, in every attempt to subdue us 'by force,
he now resorts to more Subtle Ineasures.of hostility,
~and strives tb paralize the armewhich he is unable
to vanquish: Conscious that' the invincible courage
ot Britons, which has driveti his fleets from the
ocean, e would drive his armies into it, if they
were once to adeentureeon the British shores,
'he no' longer parades his troops upon the.. op-
posite coast, nor fletters his. followers with . the
speedy plunder of the treasures of England.—
Foiled in theefield, titrough you, the assassin aims
a bldw, Wine% he iicipcs. will force the weapons of
defence to.fail from titer -nerveless hinde, -Through
Joeethee; must that blow' be parried: If be en-.
deaveurs to inal.e a neutral eatieo the -.instrument
eof 'ourtiestleattioti; the. sailed and imperious prin-
ciple o:f. self-defence justifies- us in. meeting him
upon that di,:-Lind, ffum which .he endeavours to
assail.aad usl and if, thrust between' two
contending partioee you receive the blows they Mu-
.aim It each other, your complaints should
be (tweeted, not against hint who happens to strike
you with most violence, but against him vvilio forced.
you into,a situation whereyou eteuld not remain un-
-hurt. W(?: are aware that the 'measures to which. we
have been ,obliged to reenrt, may be:prejudicial to
.you, and though_ t
we candidly-declare to you.tha
`their object litusthe attained, yei if you can point out
dny, nitre; less injurious to you, by which the enemy
may be obliged to relinquish the Unjustifiable means
ot hostility-to which he. has had recourse,'-we will
. cheerfully- adopt it,- We require net any thing erom
you ; if you are conteniedioeuhrnit to diet violation
of your rights Which has origineteci,in tee'unhist de-
ceeee 'of trance, se douot ask yeti invOlveyoure
self in a cot test with. that Country. 'But if
We ate attacked, througi you, if your 'neutrality is'
to be -converted into a weapon itt the hands df.oor
enemy, we claim a:right to resort to. means of de-
fence, as extraordinary.as the measures by which we
are aseaired. Still, however, we are contented- to Gig-i
-dtly them, -in aey- manner you can staggeet, ilest will
not destroy their efficacy.; for this purpOse, we send`
a.Miniater to,,you,
,to hear, discuss, arid,. if possible,
reinbve the cause of your complaints." •
And bow is the Minister treated, who is sent upon.
this friendly'errrand piny complaining of
the existing state of thiugs' expresses its astonish-
ment, that (hese who are willing• to acquiesce in it, t
have made no specific proposals tor its-alteration..
',llaecoinmettceihent• of a most impottanenegociae
ticni is itepeded-.kiy. every difficulty that letn-can
suegest ; the freedom of personal' intercourse so pe-
culiarly requisite, pievious to the adjteernent 611.,any
precise terms? is de,barred—end, tecrewn the whole, .
an imaginary.ettfence is made the pretext for closing
the door ot Negotiation, upon the British-M iti ter.
What may be the result of this, ititemperate !pea- !.
sure, it is not easy to decide. Tiipt. it_ will increase,
trifling degree, the difficulties, ,which before
existed to as amicable adjuettnent.ot the ditfereoces
betweeh Great Britain add cannot be ,
douhted; but whatever evils in:3y 'flew from it, the.
American people can attribute them only to their
own Govereinent.
.U.have no wish to interfere. in their domesijc tbs.'
pules, nor to . pronounce an opinion upon: 'the re-
spective merits' of the different parties which dis-,
tract &Wet country. The majority ot- their Legisla-
ture appear to coincide with the principles ot the .
Adminietratioa, whose praise is loudly resoundeden
lh.iity of then pubic priets-reve are -told they are
philesopliess.-eit May be so—l tannot however
think them Staieswen-•—it is said thitt they are very
honest tuen—out It we admit ii,i i: does cot fullt4
.that they are sound puliticians.L--F::r iot.t.i! from me
to•ithene i ate te.t heliesly is inco,up,Obie with po-
licy
; but integrity of intention in a statesm;n, uke
itlvt.chwicyurigc in a Geta is only the Weis upon !

it Junius to Sir Williant Drvar.

which cjia.raner h fctitifierl.
thisthe superstructure cahriot stand; but with ttiq
Aerie it never can be reared,

It was an- obiervation of. a Writer; w!iose senti-
Meats the factious adore, aria .whose style even the
fastidious must adtnire, that in his day, " geod faith
-and folly had so long been' held as -ayllooyinona
terms, that the reverse of the prtapositibullad grown
into repute, and every villain fancied himself a man
of The tremendous CoricusSio:.s, whiclv
taire lately-Agitated the poli'ical world,-lia-ve hurled
into notice so many instances of tlie.uoion'of
did talents with every vice that can disgrace the
moral Charader of man; and the stain Of human mi-
iery has been so much increased by the metancholt
jun&idii; that the position has been again reversed
upon *Lipids, and many, conscious of their integ;ity,
-have too liaStily, conclude;,l, that; 'Possesing the
they had therefore the power to Serve irian
'kir:d, .-They ha, e taken-their helrti for an-inde; to'
their heads, and, i've. have been sometimes uist!rat4
deceived, on referring frornthe taole t.) the foments.
It is not. necessary for ,me to .insin,.ale that the
American Administration is composed' of such cha-
racters. .But I will not only insinua'te, but assert
that, frotai whatever cause their (L-ticiencies May
proceed, they have proved-themselves incapable-.of
managinOhe helm of the'State,- which- has been
committed to their cafe: - The Njvisation. was; of
itself, sufficiently intricaft., but, either froM igno-
rance or. some less •excasib:t: cause, th 4 have
conducted • their vessel among roCks, and shoals
wh(ch did not lie hr their course,-and which,,w:th a
moderate degree of , knowledge and caution, -they'
might hare avoided.

Whether, ‘.aftersuch an outrage, Great .13i
can, consistently with her honour, perevere in that
course of .moderatiotr and forbearance vViiiel) she has, •
hitherto pursued towards America; it is for his Ma-.
jesty. and his•Counsellers, who are the -Guardians of
that honour, to decide : And,
,while we' wait the
decision, we may be. animated with the hope that
the nine Proteating Power, who has hitherto ,
strengthened 'our . arms( and -guided our councils,
will continue to assist , and direct us 'upon this and
every other occasion; Wand while, 'the 'Scourge of.
Europe is permitted to subvert despotic thrones; ,
and extend hit iron sway over every peopic
who prefer the surrender of their_ dearest rights,
to 'encountering death in the defence of, theni,. '
_
that 'our happy island may be ';preserved, as
the sacred .depository of genuine liberty,
faith and true religion. -Then, when the •tempest,
which now desolates the civilized Grid shall cease to
rage; wben the' ptirpotiesni it Mysterious Providence
shall be fulfilled, and the unconscious instrument of
their accauplishment shall be swept from the face
of the earth ; the survivors of the Storm,, escaped-
from the grasp of oppression, and engaged in' the re.
establishment of social 'order, flay have an instritc-
live "pait t•rn to ,3irect their etlbrts,,and may learn front
it,- that no Throne can possess stability whose sub- •'
jeds do dot feel .that the prerervation of their
liberties is the fundamental princip.e of their consti-
tution; that nbi.enple Can longretain'their privileges,
whose Sovere4h is not invested, ;with sUfficient au.
thority to preserve internal order, and resist external
,aggression ; t 'fat-the arbitrary mandate of the ll:Totf
and the u urbuence of the multitude are alike
destructive of 'Civil Libery ; and that an exemption
frtirn the- oval Of both':-has on:y been found an the
British . Consthution—may: every man who enjoys,
its blessings, join with me in-exclaiming •

ESTO PELIPETUA
(flalVax, Nova Scotia, Ftb. 111, 18 1 0.)

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