Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-02

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same time Gas I do in the posi- sol. n !, y
n4r) that | cannot find ant trace in nv
mory of any communications wha,ry.~
OF any part Of your lnstrlf tlcas, COMM h
Gated to me us such, seeing also that p,..
yer ,aigils he the nature ada extent 0! yr' S
instructions from the president OF IT, =
States as to the substance pf the oycr,,,,
be made to the British government /
manner, the time and the conditions, d 3
overture were evidently considered -
as left TO your own discretion--it Az
may be pard onable in me to hayev
las / most unquestionably must haR,
the precise limits at which the auihoSl
your government ended and your om,
{ cre,ion began and to nave imagined, (,EE
livery innocently did that proposita
yer which you appeared to have posa,
nearly absolute, was a proposition,
great measure, of your own suggestion +
do not mean that supposed you to Ep
forward such measure without refeen
to the knowledge which you must Of con,
have had Of the general feeling, d;spa6s
and intentions of your government 4
without its special instructions, for thai n|
pose, at that time.
In atfributing to you this exercise ofiSl
nent, in addition to the many Others N
| which it is confessed YOU were at III
ty to exercise, | r eally intended to colt
no inputation disrespectfui TO YOU ID
conceive abundance Of easas in whia
would have been, not only excusabs, h
highly meritorious.
Ny mistake, at least, was a very ham
less one as, whether the fact were d
| you had no precise authority to give ind
official proposal, or that You had such aa4
thorisy, but subject to contingencies Wild
mad not occurred, the practical result nus
be, of necessity, the same.
What these contingencies might b., ii
not for me to enquire but, if they wrs
the nature, of which now cannot hutu
lecture they may have been if the oye1u
! which you were authorised to make tot
! British government, was TO be shaped al
timed according to the result of any 9th
overture. am then at once able to
count for those appearances, which msI
ne into belief of the want Of "a precise a
/ thority on your part. This eonsid,rsi
leads me to the other point, on which az
There appears difference between US, Il!
any matter OF fact, but difference By
means so wide as it appears.
| Admitting the general correctness
! my statement of the expectation wn
I was taught to entertain of writ
! communication from you on the SUP
{ of the orders of council, you add that
WAS however only in November last''
| Immediately after The publication OF the
| ders in council, that you had ciF';
announced to me your intention OF %
ing a correspondence upon them; an
ten5ion from which you afterwards d's''
"untii you should receive the pleasure
your government. Ihecorrectnsss Q.
statement do not dispute I; bnt Won,
sure, will agree with me, sir, in recoe''
how many times "more than once" ST.
the period Of that first intention Of 20
being announced and Withdrawn, my exp
tations that you were about 20 "receF;
pleasure Ct your government" uPoa.
subject, have been excited, by the noaI
ton in America, and the destination n'!4
Of ships employed by the y. S. as Il
generally ssfHposed, for the special pnts
CT conveying representations or ProP''
from the American government to INK
vernment of France and Great Britain
ON the subject Of their respective mAN'
DEGREES and orders.
Such was the universal belief, both u y
melica and England, upon The arrival o.
Usage, upon that of the Hope, Oh the
Michaels and Of another vessel, mans,
think the Union I have certainly no :
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