Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-18
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THURSDAY, December 81. .....'
.. DEBATE ...-
uN THE JOINT RESOLUTION
approving As conduct Of the E*ecns'0e
in relation to the refusal to receive any
further communication jrom Francis Ja''
Jackson.
[coNTINuIo.J .
In committee Of the whole Nh. BAsssT
in the chair . p,
fAl. ROSES speech concluded. a., .
In his letter Of the 18th Oct. Mr.. Jack
son says to the secretary "you could not
but have though, it unreasonable to COM
plain of an act done under such eircum-
stances as could only head to the cense-
Suences that actually followed" Under
what circumstances Let me ask this house
what circumstances could have induced
Mr.. Smith TO have thought that the agree
ment then entered into would have been dis
avowed Let me ask them 20 rack their
Inventions to discover any other circun.
stances thas fraud, n,risue, or knowledge
that Mr.. Erskinc had no power. Can they
discover any other reason why Mr.. Jack
SON should make use of this expression 1t
they. cannot, has mir. Jackson discovered
such incapacity a. not TO be supposed capa,,
bic of conveying the ideas he intended
Here then I think is the ground work OF
this resolution, and it 10 laid in the very hrss
letter of Mr.. Jackson. True, sir, that Is
NOT the one recited in the,,resolution but 1t
/. (. NECESSARY TO examine the tenor Of the
condact OF the gentleman whs is alleged to
have made the insinuasion and, BY attend.
ing to the tenor, Of the paragraph, it will be
/. ,ecollscted that it was the intention OF Mr..
iaskson 70 charge Mr.. Smith with know
ledge. at the time Of the arrangement, OF
: Mr.. Erskine's having exceeded his iustruc'
tons. In the second paragraph from this
sentence Is also an insinuation that our 60
yeranent might have deriveda knowledge
ofMr. Erskine's want Of power from Mr..
pinkney. our minister in London and
cannot, after reading it with the greatest at.
tensiou, discover any other view with which
.ihat clause was introduced into the letter.
Having thus looked into the hrss letter,
and having, AZ I conceive, discovered res.
,cr able grounds TO cay that Mr.. Jackson,
IN ,he very outset OF this correspondence,
discovered a disposition - insult our 60
.ytrnmsns By charging th.nn with making
anarranssmens which they knewmuss
be di,ayowed, which carried with 1.-THE
iaEersnss that il was done In a dishon.
J, urablc manner, and If such b the infer.
4ace. there 10 no member who vii! not say
I, aha, il was an insul. to the county, Let
ma now sse wha. he Gays IN his letter OF the
23d Of October ;.in that Mr. Jackson says,
=. Thes. instructions, Ilnow understand by
: ! our letter, as well as from the oby ious dc.
,;,,uc,ion which took the liberty OF making
In mine OF the iith inst. were at the time
ia substance made known to you no ssron.
Ger illustration therefore can be given OF
she DEVIATION from them that occurred, than
Ey reference 70 the tefns OF your agree.
niett." How did he cerne 20 the, know
ledge that these instructions were in sa5-
! stance made known to Mr.. Smith From
what part of this correspondence can any
gsnslsman collect that Mr.. Jackson had .
right to draw the eonclusion which he did
It is true that Mr.. Smith acknowledged
that three conditions had been conaanni-
Gated 20 him.. but no where 10 there proof
that the instructions were made known to
him. MIR. Jackson speaks in one place Of
osndssiess; but where, be speaks of the
knowledge Of Mr.. Smith, he says that the
;itssssletions were made known to him.--
Nss isnos asubssantial part of che despatch
of the 2sd January, thar MI. Erskine was
I'd reeeivss q consessisn of those three con-
ditiors Therein ..meutioaed, before he pro-
reeded 90 make sa arrangement nc all If
the satssapce sof that communication had
lasea cemnsanieasd 70 Mr. Smith, be mus.
have known of this material part. 1 ask
4haa ether reasonable sn9 lair conclusion