The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-26
mo. 90.

I'N'p'S Va th'S country, it IS matter Of t.t,
most painful regret with many OF them. thys
'he representative of q great and rlor;o !.
empire, himself man of talents and a a..
! Se"tieman should have been oLii getI to inc,p,
the predicament into which YOU have. rat,,e,
marched, than fallen, which, uotw;ths,.nd ;
ing the challenge ofyour letters, AID the fair
warming you received of It's iurinenoe
seems 20 have been as unexpected by vou a.
~ certainly must be nauspicious to tue tt-
suIe relations OF the two countries, Yes,
ma America endurance may be tried re-,
| far. ~ W.
ChthinSlrs men, who condemn il, ,t,.
! mass, and calumniats wherever the- cc,,G
cemn, do not tIistngu;.i between vonr co,,.
sltuents and their Instrument rhev ar
'ach an ooium to-your name, which the ,no-e
| niscer"lnS know you do not deserve. When
VIZ. Iehsrsoh retired, IL vas said the main
oostacie to an accommodation was removed
but they who conceived such hor.s did NOR
Know Mr. Canning. Doubtless you were
ordered to hold tue front you did. Those
ine."'icn, hpnrishes ortt l,oii.he ID in.s,>;..,,-
wan winch YOUR letters abound, are feyfecs
mutations of Mr.. Canhing's sl;,oo,. whic,
aas substituted such 6aiiersIash Sn- ~
stately and respectable GARD, in which. ur.
til this day. diplomacy, however hostile
was invariably cloathed. When. besides
the utter success of their enemies. the nm
fortunate People of England. in a short lanse.
OF disaster. were deprived Of MIR. PITT Fox .
Nelson, CORVALLIS and Thurlow. fate seem.
ed to have declared against them, and also
ever since. distraction, ignorance and NAL.
ersnucn nave possessed Cabinet hereto
lore hiied with talents, integrity. and n,,hi;.
spirit. One of the last Struggles of the lac,
oil these administrations was to dispatch or
To TINS country, with Instructions, which j.
cannot DC questioned. you have ric;dly CON
iormed to. The result is what must nave
been desired. though perhaps was scarcely
expected by the king your master, and his
lAte ministers. And you are too high spiri
ted a mai, to blame tie Americans. il Inv
every thing short of insult to-ynr ncrsop
they shew their detestation 20 snc5 IL sid;'
ouN and das,ardiy measures.
our Predecessor, Mr.. Merry, an atr;ibj
ieus and maladroit old man, to whom II we
said Mr. Jefferson had been ungracio,,s f,t
ieast Mistress Merry said SOY was received
IN Philadelphia with hospitality, intended
10 compensate for the rudencss he comniainf
Gu - at washington. Mr.. Liston was :, great
'avorite, and A.r. Erskine was ALWAYS vel
coined with kindness much more thu,
merely polite. You are the first Britt IN mi.
MISTER from whom the hospi, ,lities of Phila
de'phia have been Withheld, and YOU are ner-
sona!iy the best entitled to them. You mns,
therefore ascribe the comparative isola
.ion from society in which you are suffered
60 hVe i'll this metropolis not withs,anNinq-
the elegance of your retinue and manner
to that feeling of unanimous indiqnatinn q
ga'nst your employers. which the disclosure
OF your correspondence has reused Tbone,
you came fortified with letters of int-odrr
tlon and all the attractions calculated ,o
make yonr Company desirable, vet Won cen.
not Due applaud this repnisive nationality
however aisasreeable yon may find it's Ell
.ects, we know how to separate Mr.. Jack.
II sc
sentative has cast SO deep shade over his
private character, that Americans of all
partles. not caring to draw the distinction
are feiuc ant to dispense those CT. ilit;es
which, Put tor the part il has been his due TO
act, they would have been proud and for
ward to shew.
h'tcr lingering here r little longer. in
situation unworthy your rank and accom-
rlishments. you will return to FneSand with
the @o'ry satisfaction of having performed
an odioas service in the letter of yorr com.
mand Unless You so to Ayers, Ispahan
vi ohlouctoo, there is now no friendly power
leH IN whose capital a conspicuous residence
may snatch you from comparative iasienif.
Canoe In the environs of London, But at al,
events you will have the satisfaction to find
Mr. George Canning, who, with no stronger
Claims than petty genius and the consist
ency OF faction, attempted to hold the reins
winch Pitt could hardly manage-You viii
hnd him once more in his proper place, not
az the prIvy Council board but at the desk
or the Anti -Jaccbin. writing perhas an addi
tional canto to the Loves of the Triangles
You may assure him that his mission is full
hlled; and that if his artillery failed of IFS
eject on his enemies, it answered, under
your direction, at least for .he purpose of
DRIVING OF his few. remaining friends.
Winnie MIR. Smiths share of tho TRANSACTION.
was managed with calmness and perspicni
W, you, IN the full spirit of your Instructions
were superb, coutcmptuous, confused. insul
ting and belligerent. The bluuder you com.
United with respect to the oral communics-
TONS, ana the petnlance you gave into. when
you complained of the newspapers and de
mahded your passports. were to be sure de-
partnres from the lofty line of your orders -
But they may be pardoned in consideration
OF your excellence upon TIE whole You
certainly effected your rejection n a shorter
time than almost any otherdiploniatist couIH>
nave attained that primary object But Won
must tell that sophomore in politics. to whom,
you owe the hOnors of your embassy tt.t
dictation, however it may become his hangb-
~ pen, is not adapted to- coaciliaie a free
and intelligent people, who had the hardi
hood to sendyou home in disgrace for fajth.
fully executing your commission.
GANGANELLI.
RALTGmoRE, December 81.