Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-12

bad rlsde sud ths spr:, a. bis DISCUSSIONS
had Sc eIncslv shu, j: tie n >p= II any
favor A5.e result irom his e,iss'oa.
} wdi cot dwc'I on he rciuc' Ace 20
give cp the ppeert,ins,es "a. verbal for The
precision 81 written d4sctls-ion nor ra
the ruanner or the time ot his depisi ihai
he hah given ANY room At all for n state
meat, wsich, IN orter Is guard DgstnSt the
misconceptions incident 20 verbal CON eren-
ceS, had placed br:ure him in wiling,
with request that he Nould point out any
iaaccurac es, and to which be did not thtr
object o herwisc than l,y iotima,ins, tbat
he could not have made the ststcipent@tli
the particci,g view which Sc iosd 10 b
supposed, Nor will dweE en- the vari.
Gus INSTANCES in,which partial or inconsis,-
ent views OF the sIbiect lave taken place
of ies real merits. Bus 1t m.ay not be a..
miss 10 make same observations On the cor.
respondence, as it relates TO the justi6ca-
t:ou OF his government in having dsavow-
ea The act Us lis predecessor.
Wth respect TO the orders in council,
the ground of the disavowal is the differ
snce between the arrangement and the
'rin.ed dispatch of MIR Canning to MIR Ers-
kline of the Esd January. According to this
dispatch then the arrangement failed in
three points.
lst. In not re'inquishing the trade of the
United States With enemies colonies.
With respect to this point i, is not neces.
sary at this time 10 discuss Ehe right of that
trade. 1t is suilic ent to remark, list. that
as the trade is admitted 90 have become, in
the view of Great Britain, of little practi.
cal Importance, why has it been made
ground of me disavowal, and, especially,
as important Considerations only could upon
principles of public law have justified
measure OF SO serious character ID.
that as the colo nal trade is subject no
wise connected either with the orders i'm
council or with the affair of the Chesa-
peake, why has it been permitted to frus-
trate an arrangement relating to those sub
jects and to those only Sd, that as this
condition is allowed to have originated in
suppostion, that it would be agreeable to
the American government, why has it been
persisted IN after the error was made
known by the representation of Mr. Erskine
to his government, that neither this nor tho.
other conditions of the dispatch of the 23d
January were attainable here
Cd. Another poi.t in the despatch, and
not IN the arrangement, is, that the British
navy might capture our trade to ports pro-.
hibited by the United States.
This condition too appears to have had
It's origin in mistake Of Yonr meaning IN
a conversation with Mr. Canning, as no.ed T.
oy yourself, and in en- inference thence de.
duced az to the disposition of this govern
nen;. Bu' this double mistake mus, have /
been brought 10 light IN time 20 have beer
corrected in the new mission. Ia urging
( Mr. Canning has taken ground, forbid. !
len by those principles OF decorum which ,
regulate and mark the proceedings of roy (
towards each DINER. In his o;es
patch the copdition is stated to be for tn,
purpose OF securing the bona fide intention
d America to prevent her citizens from |
trading with France and certain othgr pow |
ers. In other words, 20 secure a pledge To /
mat effect against the mala AIDE intention /
Of the Ulited States, And thIs despa,cn
LOO was authorised to be Communicated in \
extenso to the government of Which such |
language was used. Might it NOT hav.- been !
reasonably expected that sucn a condition !
and such observations wouli al least on !
such an occasion, have been given up by a |
government wiling to Smooth the vay no al !
amica0le settlement or existing differen-
-es
In his zeal 70 Vindicste his government
MIR Jackson too has attempted a gloss on
this most extraordinary idea of calling on a
foreign sovereignty, nor indeed to make laws
Tor us, bus what is equivalent in princin!e.
to supply supposed inability TO execute
ihen. He calls such an interpostion of his
government, not al execution of the law of
Congress, bnt Of compact binding as a
public law en- both parties, and which botn
would have common interest in seeing du.
ly executed. On his own principles there
ought to be reciprocity, no. only in the |
execution of the compact, but in the ohli-
cation and interest resulting from it. Be.
sides where there is a reciprocity in com. |
pscts between nations touching attributes Of
sovereignty there is always as much Of soye. !
reignty gained as is parted with, so that
there be no loss nor indignity on either side. |
3. The remaining point 10 the dispatch, |
aot secured by the arrangement, Ia that
which required that whilst our prohbitory
laws should be repealed as to Great Brit.
ain. they should be left in force as to France
and the powers adopting or acting under
her DEGREES.
This IS the condition which alone pro.
psriy belongs to the su0je2, and It is TO be
remarked IN the drst place that he 3 il.
III pr1leEt of rhicl' his condition makes
q part, contemplated two things 10 their
natu,e incompa,ib one, a repeai Vi tie
prohbitOry ucts as o Great Bcitsin, wish
out waiting for the conclusion ola regu