Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-04

verbal commenicaucn betwecn 81 o..
me, In discussing ei,nporsnt,t 49,"
mission. Considering tnat yerv fnsa
have elapsed since lucIivercd 10 x.
dent cfcacniisI letter from tie :,
master, and slia, nothing has bfln -
20 hsse occurred, TO deprive nle o, IL. 1
ty oi access, aad OF TIC credit 10 vl
corning tohasnmeniorab!c ussse, .,nt
letter catltled, believe l.c.e dos
LII tae annals 81 GiplonaUs q p.r,..s
such z discriminate Dclxe I.,ar
who have met for the avowed Durna, SN
msnatlns amicably the cA.s.iap o,iy.
between their respective co.mir;es k"tV
ter mature reflection, am inuur.d eStt(l
esce in 1t by the recollection offbe ~ Ne 2
must necessarily e!apsc before Gan 80 ~'al
his inaj@sty's commands upon Sou, .s,''e
an oa,tirrencc, and Of tie de,r;m.@. '>i
wouid enaue 10 the Public srryice r.
nlsterlal functions were, in tic jr,,", H.
be altogether suspended. | shsn ras s
contcnr myself with entering ny rrr,.s,
galnst a proceeding whinh can coa,,ss -
no other light, .han IS violation in NV wy. !"
son, OF Inc most essential rights Of ,r p'i-
alhisser when adopted, Us in the nreS"s
Case, withoui any aIIedged miscoaG,ct on r1i y:
part. As matter OF opinion, ,anno, 20 >
own, assent 70 the preference which Won n;r
to written over yerosi intercourse (op fl. O. :"
pose ol mu.ual explanation and accorn,dS
ton. have thought it due to IN, nrrI;
character with which I have the hopc. r ,ot'
invested, and to tie confidence which ~
lnaJesty has most graciously been pleased +,
rcpose IN me, to state to YOU lnrcser.,n..
my sentiments On this point. | shall ro.,
proceed 20 the other parts OF your letter A a
apply to them the best consideration .b., can
arise f.om zeal proportioned 10 the er
crease Of difficulty thus thrown in The wavof
the restoration OF a thorough good nr%er-
standing between our respective countyies
You state, sir, very truly, tnat An ~.
ranecment had been made between Won
and Mr.. Erskne, and that MS maj..,v Ind
thought proper 70 disayow that yas,o,,
ment.
! have, here in The outset, to r.grs, tie
loss OF the advantage OF verbal intercourse
with you, as. 4 shculd have avsilrd myssIf
ct it to enquire Whether by your ::aemrn;
it were your intention to complain o. II.
di.avowal itself, or Of 4 total want Of expla
nation OF It, or OF the Circumstance Of TIA.
explanation not having been made through
me. | observe that in the records of this
naissicn there is no trace Of complaint, on
the part of the uai!cd States, OF his ma.
J:sly having disavowed the act ofhis mi.
Mister. You have not in the conferences
we have hitherto he'd, distinctly annouac'
ed, any such complaint, and Ave s.eu,
with pleasure in dis forbsaranee, on your
part, an instance OF that candor, which /
doubt not will prevail in all or COMMUNE
cations, in as mach as yol could not but
have thought it unreasonable to complain
of the disayowaI OF an act, done unaer such
circumstances, as coaM orLy lead tc tn:
consequences that have actually followed.
L, was not known when lsit Erg.aG5,
whether Mr.. Erskine had, acGo'4@s to
the liberty allowed him, com'nGAt}'aa %
YOU in erte1,so his orig na! n5tNtt'a' i
now appears that he did NO. Ea'' N re,
vereing to his official co'Fss2onasH1s' anu
particularly to despatch address or III;
ssoth of a pril 20 his ma|ssty's secretary q
state for foreign affairs, [ hna tn't 'a'Fe ne
states. that he had submitted toE01r g: COZ,
sidera,ion, the three conditions spec'''
in those instructions as the ground "ofE q
am arrangements which, according 70 ."'Y ,
nation received from tbs county u .; Wa, Z,
thought TO England might be maa'' "E M, .
prospect of great mutual savan'. y s..;at;,,
Erskine then reports Vcr5at'" e. So, sS' .ar..
your observations upon eacn o. '''s I ~"
conditions, and the reasons wn'''l 'l'o:.u
YOU to -1hink tina: others might DC ; suOs', wv.
ed in lieu Of them. 1t msy nave o'si' . son
Guided between you THAT these la''s i;,; "n,
an equivalent, tor the oriema' '0nr ;Jsn,I,,
but the very act of substitution ,: s,'u were,
~. thoee original cOGd!sloH' Wv"