Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-08
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WITH gs - M were preceded by no pro-
versa''ons 8 q Fl the reasons for not nav
per ASSN "A ffls Sal enlistment, !, can
ing $50 renras K t;tat no sueli no
not .i'c ~ s.4 IA Is obtain, could w,tn any
t1se, g =. have been taken Ct .aen .,,
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sn.ns s, s. lsides his relaetans and n:lis-
Isl ~, 4 On of the dIisavowat OF The or
si !! g, S., snsnt, he did nor present m,
Gina1 su I'M he had mace such ogff
b,s !, irats,tl atom = ~ W. = :.
= No - !, ,,,assur of the reply aoou: y &c
Q va - ;,ar,s ttast TIA issue had necess''
go :. j on Il, further communications
f'ly ,.l pufh hat although fe i q gwen 'is 70
- ! IA that the ordinary efcdS.ai'sss'
us At.,11e- asshc had Delivered, co ia MOI.
L sas government u such arass, ms pro-
plnu ., 4 IA neither been preceded by nor &C.
posa MED With the exhibition o. Other com
so ~ nn or full power: Nor, indeed, mas
i. Ter given sufficient reason 20 suPPoss
-, - lie had any such full power tosexi'b'h
I !, relation Is this particular case. Il IS
,,e. that ID. his letter 81 the 2ai octopes,
1r has stated an authority erfatudllsi 10 con
clnds 4 co,,cs,7ticn 6ct7pesn the fto2 countries
Without adverting to the ambiguity o. the
term eventually with the mark ofssinI.iasls'
attached 10 i. and TO other uncertainties III
the phraseolosv, It is clear that the au,horI-
~ ,eierred.to whatever itinaY pc, IS Derry
ed from instrues sons subject 70 his ou0a Dis
cret;on. and not from patent commission
such as might bespropcrly called Tor. II IS
true also that in his letter OF the At: OF DO
vcnabcr subsequent to his proposal, ne says
he was possessed Of a full power in due torn,
for the express purpose OF eonel 'dias q
treaty or convention.
Blu, il still remains uncertain, whcs,srby
the treaty or conyentinn to whichlt r-iatcd,
was NOT meant an eue;,tual or provisional
treaty on the general relations between tn:
two countries without any reference to the
case of the Chesapeake. Certainit IS that
the British government in former like Ca
see, as will be seen by the adjustment OF
that part OF the affair at Nuoska Sound,
which is analogous TO this case, did not con-
slider any such distinct iua power as neccs.
sary ). nor is there the slightest ground tor
supposing that Mr.. Erskinc, although con.
fessedly instructed to adjust this very cass
Of the Chesapeake, -was> furnished. with A.
ny authority d s.inE,ly from his credentiat;
letter. That Mr.. Jackson, has any such
commission is the less to be suppos-,;, asIt
is but barely possible, that possessing it h
should no, on some OCCASION or III some
form have used a language susceptible q ne
possible doubt on this point.
But proceeding to thu proposal itself, ic
is.to be kept III mind that tile conditions
forming its basis, are the very conditions
for the drviating: from which Mr.. Erskine's
adjustment was disavowed. Mr. Jackson,
if not on others, is on the same point ex-
plicit. I" now add, saysi,r, tina, the de-
Walton consisted in no. recording the Off
cial document signed here the .brogatioa
of the Presidents proclamation of the ID
July, 1907, as we'll as the two reserves
specified in the paper Of memoranda en-.
closed in, my oficial LITTER to you of the
9th uit."
Considering then the conditions and the
proposalas an u!tiniatum, in what light
are we compelled to view such an astemps
TO repair the outrage comm tied on the FL
gate Chesapeake and to-heal the disappoins'
ment produced by disavowa! OF a previ-
Gus equitable PREPARATION
impossible on such an occasion nos
to recall the circumstances which constitat-
ed the characterscflhe outrageto whichsuch
an ultimatum isnow applied. A national
ship proceeding on an important service,
was watchsdhy asuperiar naval force en-
joying at the time the hospitality Of cur
porls, was followed and scarcely out Of on,
waters when sh.. x..s H..