Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-12-25
Mr.. Jaekfon o Mr.. Smith.
wAsnlNoroN, 2sd ocr. 1903.

sia--The letter, wh oh you did me the hon.
or to addrefs TO me on he ) 9 h ,ult was deliv-
cred TO me on the following day. ihall with
out lois of time, srauinit il 10 my court, where
the various and important oon6der ations
which il embraces will receive the attention
due TO them In the in erval would beg leave
TO iubmit to you the hllowing obiervafions,
as they sriie on o. III, conmuai cations that
have already occurred between Ne.
In fulfilling duty which conceive to be
due TO my public character, have never tug
seised, nor mean, 10 nugget, that the mode OF
.negoe'at'sg preicribed by you on this parric-
lar occahon--an occaiion ielected for the pur-
pole Of removing exiting d.ferenees--wzs
othefwife Objectionable, than as IL appeared TO
me, TO be lefs calculated, than il does to you,
TO aniwer the profeIed purpofs OF our nego-
tiation.
II was againfl the general principle of de-
barring foreign m,nilter, in he fhort fpsce
OF one week after his arrival aud without any
previous Misunderstanding 4eisb b,m, from all
perlonal intercourse, that though, it right to
pto'ea. Since however fcd by your letter
thar Il Is not intended to apply ,ha, painciple
to me, will Only obferve, ,ha, in he cafe
which You mention to have occurred between
MIR Canning ard Mr.. Pmkney he cenfefcn-
ces were held, under AN expectation AZ leza
on the part of the former, of their Leading 10 4
written communication, whereas in ours, l.
from the beginning. Ra,cd tina, had no fuch
communication to make There is alto this
eden'ial difference be ~een The gwo cafes, that
Mr. Pinkney was ehaiged to convey an i'm
portant propofA to III .aa)elt5 :, government,
the particulars of which Il night be We ma
tera to have correctly ita'ed, whiil The OBJ
jed of tina; part of my eonveriation to which
you feem to attach the mon importance. was
to FAY, that was not charged TO make any
propofal wha ever.
II could no, enter into my view, to withhold
from you an explanation, merely becsule it
had been already given, but beeaufe having
been 70 given, could not imagine. until infor-
med Ivy you, that repetition of il would be
required at my hands am quite certain that
His Majsays government having complied
with what was conGdcred TO be the fnbRan.
,ial duty impofed upon il on this occalion
would, had this been foreieen, have added to
the proofs of conciafory good faith already
manifelted, the farther ccmplacency to the
wiihes Of the United States Of adopting the
form of communication moi agreeable to
them, and of giving through me the eIplana-
ton in queition. have therefore no he6ta.
ton in Informing you that His Majeify was
pleafed 10 dilavow the agreement concluded
between you and Mr.. Erfkine, becaufe il was
concluded in violation Of that gentleman's in.
ftruetions, and altogether without authority
TO fubfcribe TO the terms oft, ,Thefe Untrue
,ions,l now underfland by your letter, as well
as from the obvious deduction which took
the liberty of making in mite of The Ish in
Giant were at the time. in fuhfance, made
known TO you no fronger illuNration there
fore can be given of the deviation from them.
which occurred, than by reference to the rerms
of your agreement.
Nothing can be more notorious han the fire.
quency with which in the courfe of compli-
Gated negotiation. miniliers are furniihed with
a graduation of conditions, on which they may
be fuccefively authorized to conclude. So
common IS the cafe which you put hypotheti-
cally, thar in aoceding 10 the Juice OF your
ltsteneat, ieel nlyie,f impeled 10 make only
one obierva,ien upor II, ~hich is that il does
no, itrike me as bearing upon the coniidera-
ton of the unauthorized agreement concluded
here, in as much asin point ef fad Mr. Err
Kline had no fuch graduai ed niiruSlion. You
are already acquainted with thai which was
given, and have had the honor os Informing
you that il wa the only oae by which The con
ditioss on which be was a. conc ode were pre-
fcribed SO far from The term. which be was
actually Induced 10 acceni, having been con
tempated In thar initruction, he himislf "a es
tha; they were fnhfiiruted by you in lieu Of
thole originally propofed.