Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-12

=, - minister. it wss found that he had re.
ceiyed no authority to cnier into explain
t;ons relative to either branch Of The ar.
ranrcment d;savowsd," sc. This Ghesa.
neake was one branch, AL the orders IN
council constituted the other.
But we need not rely upon the above ex.
tracts alone, to slcw the extent and nature
of the power with which MIR. Jackson was
invested. As uncommon means, means
disgyacefMt0 the government of the c0t
tru have been used 10 spread abroad the
belief that MIR. Jackson had no powers, bu.
was sent here merely tor the purpose Of
insulting us, we viii adduce addItioaa! AMI
stronger evidence to expose the lalsehool
and folly OF the assertion.
In Mr.. Iaokson's letter of the Esd O,to.
Der. NAV be found the following rsnaarka.
bic passage:
Beyond this point ofexP,anation, which
was supposed to have been attained, but
which is now given by the present letter in
the form understood to be most agreeabl,
to the Amt, lean government, my instruc.
tors are prospective they look to snbs,i,
tutins for notions of good understanding,
erroneouslv entertained, practical stibaa.
tins on zuhich real reconciliation Of all
differences may be substantially f9undtd;
and they auhorise me nat to rc'ae70 brabo-
sals, wli;ch haze already been declared here
tn be macce5tadtr; but to receive and dir.
cuss any pr0posal made on the part q The
u. States, AND EVENTUALLY TO CoNCLuDE
A CONVENTION BETWEEN THE TWO CoUS.
TRIES"
And yet there are men who have the au-
daci,y to tell the people, that Copenhagen
Jackson was sent here to add insult to !nju.
ry-,hat he had no power to treat with Us.
And yet there are federa!ists weak enongs
to Join in the cry that the British minister
had no bo1uers. If men will not have the
industry and patience to read, inform them
selves and reflect, it is not to be wondered
at that they are imposed upon by demo,
cratic misrep representations.
But in order to put to rest the question.
a. to the powers of the British nlnster,We
will quote paragraph from he letter Of
the 4rh Of November:
twill not, dare say, have escaped
your recollection, that | Informed Oh at a
very early period Of our comnucasion,ttot
IL, addition to tic usual creaentlel letter, It's
majesty ha.! been t!eascd to invest me with
a FULL POWER, unGer the greet seal q his
kined0m, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE or
CONG lUDING TREATY OR CONVENTION,
| well remember your tcstifyiag your salts.
faction at the circumstance and / have on
" now to add, that lam ready, zohfae0fr it
suits 13ur convenience, t5 exchange my FULL
POWER against that Nth zvh'ch y2it shaH0s
bro0iaed, .jor the p' ogress q nes1iio;io@'
To give countcnance 20 democratic false
hoods and impositions, 1t may be denied
that the aforego;ng extracts are senu'ne'
but We only ask that the correspondence
may be turned to Git cannot be read too o.
ten) ard men Of character and sense, will be
lost in establishment to account for the er-
roneous impressions which have been msd''
as to NIr. Jackson's bo7usrs. If the sscre-
tary Of state had any cause TO suspect the
British minister of acting without aulho'
rity, why Gid he not take him at his oif:r
aad exchange pozvers with him ? He hal
an excellent opportunity of discovering
the sr, at secret and detecting the minists'
:, f,lsehood IF he had "a, rover Int he