Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-07

are iriadnnissible in the intercourse OF to-
reign minister with government thasun-
derstands what it owessto itself.
Ihave the honor to be, &c.
n. SMITH.
The hon. e. +. jackson, sc.
Mr.. TGkson to M. Smith.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 1909.
''a' When / forward lsar, your ,.
letter of the 18th ult, and answer WHICH
Irenrned to it, Iimaginsl nd may add,
/ hoped, that the resrospecs correspon-
dence, into which you Thoughts necessary
to enter with, meshad been cloSeQ. You
will, no bhrecollect with whit reluc.
lance Iacquiescedin your intimationA y this
head not as believe has been seen, from
any difficulty in lllsRtainings the justice of
theeause which is sis&pstfd to me, but be-
cause Twas and still ct opinion. that
this sort Of correspond nc is no. calculated
to remove differences and s0okhe irritations
of the most axl6nate tendency. SHOW
ever, had narhoice butte renouncc, for
the present. he hope of effectdskiRg this
desirable object, orto pursue it in th6man-
ner prescribed in your letter Of the 9th uls.
SO am now unwiningly compelled to en-
ter upon the consideration Of another letter
from you under date Of the 1ss inst. which
bur too strongly confirms the opinion | be-
fore entertained.
Since, sir, it has been Judged expedient
10 -conGne to written form this impor-.
tant and interesting discussion ; since
that mode has been declared by you to be
indispensable, will first appeal to tbs writ,
ten communications which have passed be-
tween u. and / do this with the greater
satisfaction, because consider it to be the
chief cause of the present remarkable state
of things, that in speaking of engagements
contracted or supposed to have been con-
tracted between the two countries, 1lder-
standings or implied eng agements have been
allowed to take place of written compacts,
and have been considered, in some instan-
ces, as having the same validity. II is fur
tneTmofe necessary to place in the most un-
equiyocal light topic, which observe to
be constantly and prominently restated IN
your letters, notwithstanding the repeated,
but, as it.should' seem, truitless endeavors
used in mine, to clear it from the slightest
shadow.of obscurity.
You say ssthat it is understood that his
I" Britannic majesty perseveres IN requ'r-
/" ing as indispensable conditions on the part
C of the Unite d States, All entire relinquish.
ment of the right to trade with the enc
" mics colonies, and also permission to
6 the British navy to aid III executing
" law of Congress"
This same statement is contained In your
letter Of the 9Th instant, and represented as
the substance Of what bad fallen from me
in our previous conferences. my answer
to,that letter, took the liberty OF showing
,ha, such supposition was erroneous, and
/ have. looked In vain to my letter OF the
Esd, to find in is"any suggestion OF a@slml-
Ter tenor. | believe, therefore, taat by re-
ference to my two letters you'will find that
the statement now again brought forward
: contained ia neither OF them, that it made
no part Of my previous conversations with
YOU, and that have limo way given room
to suppose, that evernade any such state
mens at all.
That before the orders in coHneil can be
revoked, their object must be obtained in
some other way, is ungurstlonably true !;
but YOU may be assured sir, that there is no
wish whatever entertained in England,
that the British navy should be employ
ed in executing law of Congress---
If the proposal that was made upon that
subject, and made, as you now know,
because 1t was believed to be accept
able here. had been adopted, and had be-