The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-12-27

""1CH3S WlIit1 his IedCu, ptOFiNSA
they were decorously urged; but it
was departing from every customary
rtnle' of diplomatic department WHICH
prevails even in time Of war, to draw
differences and to insist upon conclu.
sions. which are neither deducib'e
fro,n the circumstances which he
cites, nor warranted by the evidence
which he quotes in support of them.
How much less was it permissible TO
insent facts which had no foundation
in truth.
Surprising, nevertheless, that Mr.. Ers-
kline had stated that .lr. Smith substituted
conditions fer him, by VIVA, new rule OF
logic is it, that Mr.. Erskue, whom MIR.
Jackson represents as having departed from
the conditions of his instructions as well
as having affirmed to the government OF
the Unite d States an uL'.u'h, Is to be re-
ceived as competent and credible wit
ness as ia fact which is derived by the
government which he has deceived Such
| sophistry cannot be supported by the most
cunning lawyer or subtle casu,st.
There is,indeed, nothing more incoasist-
|
| from the beginning to the end Of the cores
pondence. The length Of the cor'espon-
| dence and the d,ftus!veuess of his style
may, for an instant, cmoarrass the under"
standing but, when his an,i-neutrai doc
trines and anti.American prejudices are
| essentially comprehended. their Aaersns
and tyrsn;cal aspect viii be manifest 20
every individual "a the community. Fine
new envoy admits, he evades, avows. and
disavows, asserts, rejects, ins,nua,es, and
equivoeates, and all 10 breath. Tho
| more ne wrote, the more he convinced the
! American govern nent that he was either
the msch,evous instrument for pervertinG
the good intentions Of his sovereign. CT the
slippery tool of designing MYSTERY, whose
evil schemes were too glazing 20 be coocsa-
led by his shallow articles.
| In the preceding part of this exposition
it is remarked, shas, "a rigid examination
of the language and spirit of Mr. Jackson's
letters, ,would evince that the recapit nlation
of the Secretary of State Gas TO what pass
ed in official verbal conierrerce) is subs
I stantially correct" There is no manner nt
doubt, that the three conditions are the
only terms upon which Mr.. Jackson would
I
he might recei0e and diScuss' proposl,l-
ons of any other description. lie does NOT
| any where in his letters to the Secretary OF
State deny il. All that he says is in COR
Federation Of j.. These CONDITIONS are
embraced in the despatch from MIR, Can.
ming 10 Mr.. Erskne of The 23d January,
and require from the United State. a re-
llinquishmen, # tee carrying trade, a Mons
intercourse against France aud her depen.
cies, and permission for Great Britain to
enforce the acts of Congress on the ocean.
| Nj. Jackson SAYS. indeed, thar he was noe
| instructed to renew these nor TO make any
other proposals bu: he assigns a, the sol.
reasons for the absence OF sach instruct.
ons, 1s,. thai they had been rejected by
| the A merican government and I'd. that
| Great Britain would never cease to main.
tain the principle recognized by those cons
ditons, to wit " tbs total and unquali-
| fed interdtion of all trade With the enc
| my' in neutral bottoms on American ac-
count declaring il to be f." matter of indf-
ference to Great Britain, whether the
| orders in corncil he coatiaued, or an
arrange ment by mutual consent substituted
| in its room" Ia brief, MIR. Jackson was
rot a,,,hor,z q 10 renew The three conditions,
because ,h-y would not be accepted by the
presid mt; aud heywas instructed to pro.
pose no new ones, because the British gov
eminent would yield 10 nothing but the
three conditions. If a doubt exists upon
the subject, let the reader inspect the new
ENJOYS letter of the Ain of November,
whsreia he saws, "betore the orders in
council shall be revoked, their object mast
be obtained in some other way" And one
Of those orders, to wit, that of The 26h Of
April, the one which is now in operative