Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-01

Step forward, Mr.. Coleman.
From Cotemaa's Evening Posi- of .Nop. 90
Let me then ak, if any man of sens
and candour can justify it TO himself to
decide at once upon this business Cihe lie
direcl businessJ and condemn the E,glsh
minister without waiting to hear what can
be or has been said on his part %
! Next IS produced thump=r, in the fol
loving form, as p oof of sc what can be
laid" or written on any side.-Hear Cole
nan to the end: Hem!
/ Extraet of a letter from a gentleman
of the first respe Stability [of course /
at Washington TO a friend in New.
York.
Z" more than suspect that our govern.
ment never had disposition to accom-
modate matters with England, aud tha
,his sudden and unexpected rapture is a
mere trick to get rid Of answering pro-
positions to which hey would no. say yes
and dared not say no, for fear of their pop
ularity."
Nj. Coleman having wiped away the
swea from his forehead aud Inc saliva
from his lips, and moreover stroaked his
hair and made his retiring bou.--,here is
| room at the bar for his succeeding coad.
iutors---
Messrs. Wagner and Hanson, pray walk
forth:
Oh. no sirs (; we are chamber counsel,
and desire to be heard by written argu.
ment. Agreed
Produce yOur plea for Mr.. Copenha.
gen.
An't please your honcurs Ours is no
horse plea--liSe Mr.. Cole msn's ~ ca
! lrectIy to the defence sC7. founded on
facts com fnunIcated TO US by express from
jackson himself -
| s6"on, the p. Republican o f Friday.
! Facts respecting h British Minister.
We averred 10 many successive pap rs
ha the pagag aphs of the Intellgencer
rsspe eng the ruPu with this minister
we're false and fabricated. THIS we did
from knowledge we possessed, that III.
lchiet statement was q gross u1isrepre sen
alton. But we had no conception of the
-xtent of the profiga,e fAisehoods wi h
| which, thar paper has dared to abuse and
! deceive he people. From the he ,ita,ion
which It was So natural for cautious men
to feel 10 such circumstances, aud he de-
| sire 10 expose the truth in its tru: colours
| We some days ago wro ( for the facts to
friend IN Washington, who moves in
circle enabling him to OBJ ain correGt in
ltelligence! Yesterday evening, when the
mater for our PAGER was too nea rly com
pieied 10 sdmt of sufficient room for the
! whole communication, we received his
answer. The following is contraction Of
Fl his statement.
i On Saturday preceding the In,elIigen.
GERS manifesto, Mr. Jackson did send no,
TOR passport to leave the country, but
Nor safe guard for himself and his family
toreseeingi whae has since happened, hat
as soon as the GOV ernment had broken of
ri communication with him an attempt would
De made to influence the passions of the
people, and excite them 10 violence, to
which they had before been rendered prone
by the same pens, which afterwards pre-.
tended 10 calm them. Nc. K. Smith was
)expressly informed, thai toe minister did
not mean TO leave the country. On the
Monday, before he knew that the rupture
was Published, notification was gwen of
the minister's intention TO remove from
! Washington, accompanied with such ex.
/ plantations as might have led to an accom-
hAO0aiOb IL II ildd Deen QSSNeQ. IN inCllnas
ZION was even shown to funhsr explana.
tons, which was abruptly refused by Mr..
SIN III, unless n: minister W Iuld conseu.
% say, that was not faal which ne had be-
fore been told by the same secretary was
la fact.
! There has been no impeachment of We.
lraclty Mr.. Jackson took Mr.. Erskine's
statement as he found it (Which is not
verbal but writJen) without vouching fot
the correctness Of it. He would have re.
ceived Mr.. Smiths contradiction, rs he
says, IN the same manner, if Mr. Smith
had given one, which he did not, and that
he had nothing to do With the veracity of
either party but to take the tact officially
stated by he one and admitted by he o.
f iheT, to VIII, that the three conditions, form
ing the whole substance OF The inHruc
lions ofthe 2sd January. had been no. on
j y communicated but expltiated upon az
, considerable length.
This IS fact and no insinuation and
beyond this, he declares, nothing was
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