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ance in settling the palaver. Although this tiPc sve
I act of Mr. Smith has been severeli censured by some,
and although it has been affirmed positively to be the
circumstance which .led, to the war, yet it must, in jus-
tice to that Gentleman, be refuted, for the King ri
Ashautee replied, in answer to the communication made
to him on the,subject by Mi'. Smith, that he entirely op,
proved of the method which had been resorted to 1.4
the punishment of the offence committed.-

After this explanation with the King of Ashantee;
his people visited the settlements of Annamaboe and
Accra, as st Alai, for the purposes of trade, and, although
Cape Coast was, from a kind of jealousy or suppressed
hostility, shut out from participating in any mercantile
advantage with the interior, yet there was no demon-
stration of hostility on either side, nor was there, sub-
sequent to the Mouree affair, till Auguit, 1823, an
Ashantee force within a hundred miles of the coast.

Affairs were pretty nearly in this situation, what, in
the month of Api il; /822. the late Sir Charles M‘Gai thy
took possession of die torts in behalf of the Crown.
Affairs of course were far from bearing a flattering
aspect, but certainly they were by no means so rads.
tally bad, but that they might have been placed id
a favourable and advantageous train, had either Mr.
Smith or Mr. Dupuis (to the former of whom Sir Charles
applied. in person, to the latter by letter), afforded him
that information which, sensible of his ignorance of
the politics of the Gold Coast, he in vain sought for.
He had a tight to expect, and was eager to obtain this;
but which, tailing in them, he was at length compelled
to look for among the exaggerated pages of the late
Mr. Bowdich I 'lf, therefore, after a perusal of tho e
works which so considerably over-rated the power,
character, and consequence of the Ashantees, he was
induced to adopt a contrary opinion, it cannot be looked
upon as a matter. of wonder, for as there exists consi-
derable.difficulty to those unaccustomed to the pro-
cess, in separating the purer from the baser metal, so
was it impossible for Sir Charles to form, from such
mixed motet ials, a just estimate of the people he had ti)
contend with; he, therefore, came to that conclusion
which he most desired, and in which be was.encourkged
by some who Might have known better; viz. that the
Ashantees were by no means so formidable a race as
represented, and that by a steady and firm line of' con-
duct, with the means in his possession, he might che.k
their overgrown authority, and obtain for hitoelf sof-
ficient influence on the ceisi, to bring ilfut those
improvementS among,Lhe stirrouadi& tribis, inagri-
culture, commerce; ao civilization,7which he was ever
anxious to promote and. encourage; he, nevertheless,
entertained a sufficient idea of the warlikespirit and de-
, termination of the Ashantees, when opposed to people
of their own colour, to make vigorous preparations fiir
encountering them, and but for the opinion which lie
wiltrtutrately entertained, ". that they oalould•nat dire oe
asseounder white men," there, can exist but little
doubt that his exertions would have been, ere now,
;crowned with the success which they so richly deserved.
Before returning from this digression.on the opinitins of
Sir Charles M'Carthy regarding the Ashantees to the
history of the war, it will just be necessary to observe,
that they were not adopted, at all events not expressed,
till the actions of these people, at a subsequent petio
caused him to look upon them as enemies ; when he took
possession of the forts, they were regarded by him ih
the same light as the natives of the rest of Africa ; and
although be was equally as desirous of cultivating a
good understanding, and of promoting trade and
course with them, to the fullest extent, yet he commit-
ted a grand error it) not sending to assure the Xing of
Ashantee of his friendly and pacific intentions; he, nA-
'verthelesi, so explained hinis4ll at all his palavers, aft
which many Ashanteis were often present ; he publicly,
and on every fit occasion, inculcated the blessings and
.happiness arising from a state of peace/ and never be-
thought himself-of war, until absolutely compelled ; and
till far beyond the reach of hit 'Power to avert it.'
Sir Charles M'Carthy, in proceeding to assume th
command oo the Gold Coast, wan there'll :wedded by
his personal Staff; and thus shewed his desire of com-
plying implicitly with the -instructions from Ciovern-
asent, of offering employment to as many of the Coot-
pearl 0/firers as weie inclined, to enter the service.;
but it might have been for the interest of that unfor-
tunate and ill-fated country, if an alternative rad been
allowed him, and that he had been' empowered, if re-
quisite, to be independent of these Gentlemen, some of
whom, seeing that Sir Charles was tinder the necessifey
of employing them, and that it was out of hi; pesecrAo
carry on the duties without their iron-lei:ll.4e assistance,
shewed a disinclination to enter the service, labile Otifeis
absolutely refused, and lived long enough ao repent of
their folly. Governor Smith refused the offer of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, and Member of the Council, with as
much disdain as Mr. Dupuis did a similar offer from
Mr. Smith; and many of his partisans felt such a pride
in following his example, that those whci accepted of
Gov ern ment situations were' looked OpEd '.s t dint oats,
and swervers front 'the alliance 'that bid keel eiSterol
into before the arrival of Sir Charles MoCarthy. Such
au alliance, formed between people who bad been fur
years at variance with—filie knottier, could not long
exist, however much they might, for a time, from simi-
larity Of Situation, feel united; and it •war subverted Sy
the late Mr. Swaney, who, getting two of his sons well
provided for, became the blend of Sir guiles. Floor
this Gentleman, at length. Sir Oracles gained a little of
that informatioutespectihg the political features el de
country which he had a tight to have expected Vain
Governor Smith, who either knew, or ought to have
known, more of these matters than jealousy permit's...!
him to disclose; he Imlay gave up the torts to
Charles, and then sealed his lips to further intercourse..
The nations on the Gold Coast appear of rathet a
mote intelligent cast than any other tribes borderhig
upon our possessions in Africa ; and they soon io,o-
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very blunt time, as their deliverer, both from internal
and foreign oppression ; they beheld with satisfactiop,
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the privileges which were conferred upon them' by tl e
char c, mid they had full tonfiderice ifethe promiseste
made to them of British erotection.
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