Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-12-02
EXTRACT.
Mr.. Mad son to Mr.. Pinkney, dated July
18th 1903

loln, IoOo.
"Your CON nanicatons by lieut.. Lewis
were safely delivered on the evening of the
9Th inst.
" As it had been calculated that the in
tervl between the return of Mr. Rose, aud
the dep lrture of lieu. Lewis, would give
SCI fficIent time To the British government to
decide I'll the course required by the PCS
ture in winch the affair of the Chesapeake
was LEFT, its silence to you on that SuSjeCi
could not fail TO excite the particular atten-
ton of the President: and the appearance
is rendered the more unfavorahle by the
Ike silence, as we learn from Mr. Erskine,
of the dispatches brought 10 him by thc
packet which left England and arrived ar
New York at nearly the same time with rha
Usage. / have intimated to Nj. Erskine
the impressions made by this reserve, with
out, however, concealing our hope that che
delay does not imply a fi1al purpose OF with
holding repara:ion, and that the next com
muncations from London will be of diff.
ferent import. They must at least ascer-
tain the real views of the British govern
ment on this interesting subject.
"There was certainly no just ground for
! Mr.. Canning to expect any particular COM
munications from y"u on the arrival of the
| Usage, unless they should have grown out
| of such accounts from France as would Sc
cond our demands of justice from G. Brit
ain, particularly the revocation of her Or
ders in council. And in imparting to him
what YOU did from that quarter, every proof
OF candor was given which the occasion adj
mitted.
eff Mr.. Canning was disappointed, be-
cause he did not receive fresh complaints
against the orders in council, he ought to
}have recollected that you had sufficiently
| - e. -.
Instance and that as he had chosen to
make the formal communication of them to
this government, through another channel ,
it was through that channel, rather than
through you, that answers to 1t would be
mos regularly given"
"rhe communications and instructions
If rwarded by Mr.. Purviance, who was a
lpasseng r ia the St. Michael, will enable
you to bring the British government to a fair
Issue on the subject of it's orders. IL II has
mo, hing more in view than it is willing tc
avow, it cannot refuse to concur IN an ar
rangement, resembling OF her part the or
ders in council, aud on ours, the embargo.
If France should concur in a like arrange
meut, the state of things will be restored
which is the alleged object of the or
I ders. If France does not concur, the or
: ders will be better enforced by the CONT
nuance of the embargo against her, than
they are by the British fleets and cruizeTs
land, in the mean time, all the benefits oil
our trade will be thrown into the lap OF @.
; Britain. II will be difficult, therefore, t
: conceive any motive IN Great Britain 10 re
iect the offer which you will have made
; other than the hope of inducing, on the par
of France, a perseverance IN her Irritating
; Ipoicy towards the u. S and on the par
) Of the latter, hostile resentments agains
l..
} off the British government should havu
elected the more wise and more WORTH
Z course Of meeting the overture of the Pre-
Il sideut IN the spirit which dictated it, it j
10 be hoped that measures VIII have beer
q taken IN concert with you, and through IL
{ minis er here, for Fastening as nu h as pos
s.ble the renewal Of the iniorcousse whicl
- the orders aud the embargo have suspcn
g lded; and thereby smoothing the way 70
c lotner selutsry adjustments"