The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-14

Jcct to any subsequent ACT OF ratinCauon' IN
London previously to its going into opera.
ticn for, Mr.. Canning says in that des-
patch, :" his Majesty will be prepared on
! faith IF such engagement las Mr.. Frs.
kline might makel eitherimmediately (fthe
repeal shall have been immediate in Ameri
cay nr on any day specified by the Ameri-
can government for that repeal, reciprocal
ly to recall the orders in council, without
waiting for the conclusion of the treaty
aud. yom are authorized. in the circamstar-
ces, herein described, 10 make Such rerif: o.
coi engagement on his A1aiesty's 6eh0if"
Here is a clear power to conclude and give
instantaneous effect to the agreement the
moment it was entered into; there is TO re-
servation for, the kings consent after the
arrangement was made /; his Majesty's APP
probation preceded the fact, and Mr.. Frs
kline was acting ON this point at least, by the
, absolute command of his sovereign, nor is
the case at all singular; other British nil
nisters, resident at foreign courts. have
been clothed with the same power. Alleyne
Fitzherbert concluded preliminary ar
rangement with the court of Spain, (Which
was signed at Madrid, the Oath July, 1890,
by himself and the count Florida Blanca, re.
speeding the capture of certain British
vessels in the bay of Nootka,) in virtue of
his general letter of credence AS ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the
Catholic King; and this arrangement was
held sacred and binding ON the British GO
vernment. and was followed by convention
between Grear Britain and Spain on the 2Sth
Of Oct. ct the same year. These state Pa.
pers may be found in tbe London Annual
Register for 1890 pages 500, sol and 303 -
1t is, therefore, a f,nsy pretence for disa-
yowing the arrangement Of the 18th of A
pril, to say that it was subject to ratihca
tion in England, seeing the authority is ex
plicit to the contrary, and supported BY q
parallel case in English history. And Mr..
Jackson is truly unfortunate in his allusion to
the rejected treaty as5ented to by Col Mon
roe, because Col. Monroe informed the Bri.
tish commissioners that he was acting con.
srary tohis instructions, and the treaty con-
tanned, moreover, a special provision that
it should not go int. effect before it was ra
tihed by the American and British govern
ments respectively which circumstance
precluded the possibility of all impostnre in
the case, that might arise from the treache
ny of either party.
Hit be even allowed that the arrangement
was loosely framed on the part of Mr.. Frs
kline, yet still, as the terms of it were mani
testify inst in respect to the United States.
it was to ba expected that the British go.
yernment wouid'provide against every con-
tingent loss that might accrue from the yio
be perfectly aware OF the proprety of such
a provision, and lays no trif1ing emphasis
upon that frankness, promptitude, and
most scrupulous regard to national HONOR y
with which !" his Majesty's government gave
notice 10 the American minister in London
of the disavowal Of the motives of il, and of
the precautions spontane ous1y taken by his
Majesty - prevent any loss orinju,y acorn.
ing tothe citizens of The United States.''-
But, when pressed upon this subject, when
certain important omissions were indicated
to him, and it was shewn that his Majesty
had not been quite SO scrupulous to honor as
he ought to have been in his spontane GUS
precautions :" to prevent any loss" Mr..
jackson very gravely replied, that I" it was
not and could not be intended to obviate all
possible Inconvenience" And as a reason
why the non intention 4" to obviate all in
convenience" was correct, he supposes a
case where no previous contract exists. en-
tirely disregardingthe fact that the guarap-
tee against all possible loss was due from the
king OF Great Britain to the United States.
not as aJavor but as a right, not as a re.
compence for the common depredatio,s of
British cruisers, but as an act necessary to
skreen him. from the imputatioD of violating
the faith ofGreat Britain for the purpose OF
decoying, like the crying oocodile, the pro
pcrty OF American citizens within the CRASH
CT his naval force. And why does Mr. Jack
son remind the Secretary Of State of the
" usual liberality of British tribunals ,"-
As well might Uly sses have consoled his
unhappy companions by referring them to
the merciful disposition of the Cvclcps
who devoured one of their number each re.
vslving day.
hat there is either British party in A.
merica, or that Mr. Jackson thinks so. is too
manifest in the style OF some parts of his
correspondence: He says, that the conduct
OF Great Britain to America arises ont of
great system Of policy, deliberately a.
dopted and acted on" and that it is strong
and solid reason for adhsring to it. because
1t enables his Britannia Majesty to oppose q
barrier to the entire submission of Europe
to the power of the cmperor of tie French.
It is to illustrate this idea that the aIlusion
Is made to Augereau's proclamation to the
Catalonians; an allusion which might do
very we'll it addressed to one OF the petty bel.
ligerent nations of Europe, but which is to.
tally irrelative and altogether ludicrous
when applied to such neutral power as the
u. states. This "great system of policy"
SO . deliberately adopted and acted on" is
toPreyent the subjugatioD of Europe that
is, Of Great Britain; for nearly all the resi-
OF Europe is suljugated, or new n:odeiIe
And what is this Boosted systtnl 1t CON
sists in the difference of price on coffee and
sugar, occasioncd by the conveyance Of those
articles into France through Hamburger and
ionDlngsn, instead OF their being landed in
the ports of Holland. This difference NAV
he two or three. cents on the pound: and
these two or three cents are tn he ,b. eo,,,a