Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-11

suG]ec' ne 'hougnt ought to be prra
well as the communication h. pe
sarily have made TO sovernm. ss
ing ths motives for his recent -, wy
wnhou' them no Judgment c,oIdl
Of the degree in which he had ~ -
instructions, or indeed of the ;. ,s
duct Of the A nerican governnsss sss
necessary that the house should !
ed of the instructions given -
kline on the subject of the an,.s L
Chesapeake, he would Therefore
the subject OF a motion. If III. y
gentleman opposite, from inform,s!'
he might possess, but which h. ~
ny Petty had not, she uld State ,0 NJ
that the instructions given 10 H.,
man could not be made public Wis
triment to the public service; he n.y.
press his motion, for the prtsen,
communication from Mr.. Erskip.
he assigned his motives for mal;,.
arrangements with America, wb,bs
cited SO much attention, he thoushl
importance, that it ought to be i ps
ly laid on their table. The nobls y
cluded by moving, " that there i, u I.
fore the house copy of the in,tr,
given to Mr.. Erskine on the su'ii,r,
attack on the Chesapeake, as al.ssml
munlcation that his majesty's MINIS
possessed of from Mr.. Erskine, t,ll
his motives for making the lat. NJ
msn,s with America"
Mr.. Canning thought the r,a,
should give tor not concurring within
ton would be satisfactory to the aaa.
1t had been rumored abroad that M
kline had not departed from his instr]
-he bought it was proper to prov. d
country, to America, and to the world
such a report was not founded in fau
fact, whether the arrangements hsMi
were or were not in conformity to Ii
structions he had received, was nj
point in question. How far those arr
msnis might be improved, might bek
ter the subject of consideration. III
pers already produced were, he tt
sufficient to substanlia,e the fact Of
Ersklne's nav nS gone beyond his in
tons. Tne prcpriety of giving lbt
stTuctions lniyhs become a political
tlon bus that the arrangements h.
madt were unauthorized b. the nsnr
he nad received, the documents aired
fore them, he thought, comple.F
lished. When the intelligence otth
ran2elnents entered into with Amerlc
Came over, not transmitted BY the nj
to government, but through me m:h
the American papers, and by lh.nI
diately laid before the pubic, it en-
manned Tor ministers to acknowledge
ty, the conclusion of which tie insu
given by them did not au,hotise Or dl
IL ai1ogeth7r. 1t had accordingly bee
by them that it was not sanctioned
instructions they had issued; batn
had been said with respect to the e
OF Mr.. Erskinc that could be avoided
they ds1: justice to themselves. ltha
SAID that probably Mr.. Erskine had
ed some verbal assurances from the
rican government which, in his owl
mon, might justify him in conclud'!
a treaty. He did not know what verS
surances he might have received Ol
verbal assurances should be taken ID
OF such importance, he thought ""
than any government could expect, o :
any ministers would consent to-
three points laid down as the prlFs'
repeal OF our orders in council, not Oh
been obtained by ths treaty concI'O
Mr.. Erskine. Even the sine qua
our propositions had not been gained
respect to England's being left at ll0' .
capture American vessels trading
ports of our enemies, the accepting
concession was merely courtesy = :
part. Whatever might be the laws o.
RIGA with respect to the belligeren' 7
Great Britain could enforce her y
canturinr neutral uessels TRADING VI