Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-11-24

Jackson's character. Is he not sent
here to represent the government of
Great Britain ?'' " 1t is totally unim-
portant to us What governments 10 Eu-
rope, he may have bullied and insulted
.--he did nothing more nor less than
what he was instructed to do by his
government, AMI therefore personali-
ty is out of the question, let our 60
yernment receive him as if he was the
best man in the world, aud try whe-
Their he will insult u.s."
This reasoning was incontestihly
correct, and i1 was accordingly adopted
bv the executive Mr.. Jackson was
received as the pleni potentiary OF the
British government, without any no.
tice being taken of the indecency Of
sending US as peace mAker--such
character as Mr. Iackson.--What say
those partizans Of Great Britain now
that this representative of the B nj IN
government has added the bit to the
blows, which our government hal pre-
viously received from the Euglish co.
yernment
! Why, truly, that this last insult is
merely PERSONAL---VERY. il is not an at
fair between the two governments--
tn 1t has been occasioned by the pc
culiarly hot temper and vulgar man
ners of friend Barclays friend lack
son--that our government have done
right in putting the aifront on the mere
footing of personality, and offering to
receive any other minister from the
| British government.
! indeed hardly know an obiec.
which would be more entitled to COM
misseration, than this same Copenha-
gen negociator, if did not know to a
certainty, that his feslings have been
long since prepared by anticipation, to
sustain with equanimity. the abuse and
scorn which this job has cast upon hi m
from all quarrers--friends as well as
enc mics.
| That our administration have acted
correctly, in declaring on the dismis-
sal OF Jackson, that they would receive
another minister from England, 4, per-
fectly true. But it is not true, that
they have placed the affront merely
on personal footing. In diplomatic
discussions, between the ministers Of
na.ions, there is no such thing known as
personality, If Jackson's affront had
been personal, the atfrJnt must have
been 10 Mr.. Smith, the secretary of
state, who conducted the correspond
ence, & those who know Mr.. S. know
well that ne would receive the lie from
no iaan with iinpunity. The real
truth ot the matter is.-that Mr.. Jack
son was sent out for the express pur-
pose OF completing the degradation of
this country, by insulting our admins
tration to their very beards-~and that
in the mode generally adopted by the
lowest blackguaris. Mr.. Jackson was
chosen as the fittest instrument for the
purpose, and his employers have NOT
bsen disappointed in their man--he
| has completed the JOB he undertook,
and has nothing to do but receive paw
ment for it. 1t is a shame--a great
shame for his old friends to abuse him
for fulfilling his contract.
Thus II is also, that poor Canning &
Gastlereagh are abused by their old
friends in this country, and their re.
tirement from Office hailed a. the
hafbingcr of change of measures to
wards the u. S,-Lord help us how
little do the simpleto9s who really be-
lieVs In this, know of the materials
which compose the British govern
ment-and the manner in which the
affairs of tie nation are conducted.
The king, the queen, the Hawkes.
burys, the Melvilles, the Dundas, the
Edens, and other tories who have
sworn eternal hatred to this country.
keep behind the curtain and make use
OF such people as Canning, Perceyal,
Castlereagh, and Jackson, as tools to
execute their objects; aud whenever
the edge wears of them, they either
send them to be ground over again,
or throw them by as unfit for use, and
take up other instruments to work with.
Let Us "give the devil his due p
It's not Jackson that we have to blame
tor th,s last aAront. 1t comes from
the government of Great Britain, and
Englishmen have now to boast that