The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-12-06
Mr.. Smith. to Mr.. Jackson.
Department Of State, Oct. 10. 1909.

take some notice of your construction, which
has unhapplly converted an intmation Of the
rxpedieucy Of conducting in written form oui
further discussions on this particular into ge-
neral prohibition OF all verbal communications
whatever, and into an unprecedented violation
Of the most essential rights Of public minister
requiring formal protest and resort to the
commands Of your sovereign.
A recurrence to thlt iuumatoE cannot fail to
shew, tina. its sole Object was 10 avoid, in the
further discussions Of case Of unuaual delicacy
and Importance, the misconceptions vel. known
TO be incident TO oral proceedings, and OF which
the diplomatic intercourse between the TWO go
yernnents had furnished many and such S.
riou5 proofs--aay. OF Which your lester Itself IS
an alliuonal illustration. That cRaage in
diplomatic discussions from al oral 10 wtitten
form is not without precedent, | cannot reicr to
nne watch will be moie satisfactory TO you than
the intmatoa recently given BY Nh. Canning,
in The case of the p,opoel by Nlr. rinkney on
the subject of the orders IN council and the en-
bargo, thar the discussions which had been pre-
viously veroal muyt thenc>lorth take written
form And with this view take the liberty of
recalling your attention. to the suhjoined extracts
tscc A. anG B. Of letters THAI passed OF that &C.
edsion.
On the present, as on that occasion, the
change from verbal 10 written communications
was requested after two con erences, and when
the suhjec: appeared to one OF the parties to
have, by those verbal discussions, been brought
20 poiut, which required precise under
standing of the views and propositions of the
other.
Yoa will. sir, hence rcrceive. that in main
ta;oino. he r,abt. y}ich e.erv government has
&c 10 r. rn|es Of intercourse vjh r,reiyp lunc-
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