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

turged to it in the last extremity ; the adj
ministra!ion had tho preiudices against Great
britain: and III every aaarlei or the repub-
lie the people were wcaried by hope contin-
luaily deferrcd and sighed for the restore
ton OF a. permanent state of things, which
shou,d>admit of certainty in the purs,iits of
life, and put an end to the prolonged ankle
~ OF the nation. The universal sentiment
was IN favor of peace and friendship with
! the British
Mr.. jackson came, and the Secretary of
State hastened from Baltimore 10 Washing :
ton to meet him. The fact is notorious
there WIS not the delay of an hour interpo-
sed by the administration to his immediate
reception. Tho President, as soon as de
cency would admir-, Gard at much earlier
day than usual. repaired from his Residence
IN Virginia to the seat of goversment. and
received, in the usual and r.nciai mode, the
Representative Of the king of Great Britain
who approached in the semblance of a minis
/, ter of peace.
| From the tenor of Mr. Smiths letter Of
the S.h ofCctcbcr addressed to Mr. Jack
! son, 1t appears that the Secretary of State
had several conferences with the. nav snvoy
previous to that date. In reciting the points
which had been the topics Of their discussi-
on. he states the result to be:
i. nat Mr.. JscEson bad no Instructions
1
"a SHINES arrangement. -
| That on the subject Of the Chesapeake
only he was authorised 20 tender repatriation,
the official form OF which should be subject
to ms revision and ultimate appreciation be-
fore fulflment.
8. That he had no instructions to make
propositions in relation to the revocation of
| the orders in Council.
That at all events Great Britain was
n . ffl i
! Council in favor os America, unless the u.
States would enter into a Compact to CONT
nue. the non-irtercourse act with respect to
france, permit the English navy to enforce
That law, and entirely relinquish all trade
with enemies colonies during the present
war.
Mr.. Smith concludes his letter &c the 9th
OF October by inviting Mr.. jackson 70 cor
rect any error:which might occur to the lat
ter IN the preceding Reorganization, and bv
representing to him the desire Of the Presi
dent that the correspondence between them
should in future be conducted in a written
| form.
| The answer of Mr.. jackson to Mr.. Smith.
which bears date the 18th of October, is re-
Inarkaoie for one thing; IT neither admits
nor denies, specifically, tbs 5rith me tical e
numeraticn of the p9il 5 resulting from their
personal interviews. A rigid examination
OF the language and spirit of Mr.. Jlckson's
letters. however, will evince that the reca
piIuiatios OF the Secretary of Safe is sub
stantiaiiY correct. At the same time 1t must
be admitted, even by the friends ofthe Eng
'lsh government, that. as Mr.. Smith had
candidly and briefly stated his conception of
what Mar. Jackson had said and solicited
lCorrecNon II he was in error, ii was Mr.
Jackson's duty, in as brief and as cardid
manner, to have replied to the statement.
now easily might lie have said, the LIST, or
thr2d; or the Sd, or the 4lh specification is
true, or it is nor true? But, instead Of this
pialn and direct method Of answering the in
Vitatlnn for correction given by the Secreta
| ~ Of 5tate, Mr. jackson, like man endea-
verns to avoid Y mortal thrsst from the
SWORD OF his antagonist, wavers from the
true position and endeavors to- shelter him
SELF in multitude of antiquities. Finally.
however, he tells Mr. smith that T., conld
not have made the statement with the yierv
he supposed q could not" saws he.
nave made it with thcf Uie7y;" rs if it
were OF the least importauce zuhat VIEW he
made 1t with it was sufficient for the Ame
r'can government to know that the British
cabinet entertained such sentiments towards
II, IN any view. 1t was not the tjiezv but
the doctrine, not the mode of avowipfsthe
ant-neutral principles, but the fact that
/ those anti neutral principles did exist and
would be insisted on in relation to the United
states, that was OF the greatest Consequence
tor the President TO be we'll acquainted with
| he very eager aud acrimonious manner in
which the new envoy seizes upon the Cir
cumstance OF the Presidents requiring writ
, ten instead of oral communications, as a sub
IJect oil comfiaint, does not furnish Tie least
color for the opinion that his disposition WAS
intrinsically friendly, and it excited more
than doubto OF the real object OF his mission.
After the surprising dissvowal of Mr. Frs
Kline IS arrangement, and before even an ex-
PLANTATION had been officially given Of the rea-
sons tor it, q minister, whose true aim was
paclhcation, was evidently departing from
the true line of diplomatic policy in scanning
that tone of haughtiness which proceeds from
offended pride and swelling vanity. His
manner, at the outset, betrayed that there
was something ranking az his heart. wlich
! Would grasp every opportunity, however un.
gracious, to vent itself, and difnse the con
tagiuu OF animosity through the whole body
tof the negotiation.
MI. Jackson entcrs very much ~ large
intoa train Of reasoning. TO shcw that ii had
been in The power of his predecessor to make
the required explanation relative to- the dis
avo"ai OF the arrangement, he contends thai
the explanation had, in effect, been made
ITO Mr.. Pinsney in London, and thar, as he
had seen no complaint on the part Of the u
States, against the disavowal, he conclud, 4
that the American government WIS fully sa
Itisfled that his Britannia Majesty had right
to dlsavow the act. In this early stage o.