Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-21

,.,ructed to do this in a manner that will
have no doubt Of the undiminished desire
Of the United States to unite IN all the
mrans best caIculated to establish the re-
la,ions of the two countries on the solid
foundations Of Justice, of friendship, and
of mutual interest. am further particu-
larIy instructed, my lord, to make has ma
;esty,s government sensibles that in requir-
inc the recall Of MIR. Jackson the United
States wish not to be understood as in any
d,grre obstructing communications which
mspIead to friendly accommodation, but
that. on the contrary, they sincerely retain
the desire, which they have constantly pro.
f.ssed, to facilitate so happy an event, and
that nothing will be more agreeable to
them than to find the minister, who has
rendered himself so Justly obnoxious, re-
placed by another, who with a different
character, may carry with him all the au-
thorities and Instructions requisite for the
complete success of his mission, or if the
arrainment,of this object through my a.
rency should be considered more expedi-
tious, or otherwise preferable, that it will
be a course entirely satisfactory to the y.
States.
These instructions which l lay before
your lordship without disguise require no
comment.
Before conclude this letter 1t may be
proper very shortly to advert to two COM
Jnunications, received by Mr.. Secretary
Smith from Mr.. Oakley, after the cores
pondence with Mr.. Jackson had ceased.
The first of these communications, of
which am not able to ascertain the date,
requested a document. having the effect
of special passport or safeguard, for
Mr.. Jackson and the whole of his family,
during their further stay in the United
States. This application was regarded as
somewhat singular, but the document, Of
which the necessity was not perceived,
was nevertheless furnished. The reasons
assigned for the application excited some
surprise. have troubled your lordship,
in conversation, with a few remarks, from
nay Instructions, upon one ofthose reasons,
which will take the liberty to repeat
The paper in question states that Mr..
Jackson had already been once most
grossly insulted by the, inhabitants of
Hampton, in the unpFovoked. language OF
abuse held by them 20 several officers
bearing the kings uniform; when those
officers were themselves violently assault.
cd and put in imminent danger"
lam given 10 understand, my lord, that
the insult here alluded to, was for the first
tirne brought under the notice Of the Anne
ricSn government BY this paper that it had
indeed, been among tho rumOrs Of the day
that some unbccoming scene had taken place
at Hampton or Norfolk, between some Off
GERS belonging to the Airlcaine frigate and
some of the in habitants, and that it took its
rlse in the indiscretion Of the formers that
no attention to the circumstance having been
called for, and no enquiry having been made
tic tInth Of the case is unknown but tbatlt
was never supposed that MIR. Jackson him
self, who was on board the frigats, hat been
personally insulted nor is 1t understood in
what way he suppOses he was so. am au-
tnorised to add, ths any complaint or repre-
scntauon on the iect would instantly have
Received every proper atteHuOn.
i ne other COMMUNICATIONS ioF which the
substance was soon afterwards published TO
the American people in the form Of circu-
lar letter from Mr.. Jackson TO the British
cohsuls in the United Statssl seems to have
been intended as a jus: JfcGtiOn Of his condoct
III that part Of his correspondence, which
had given umbrsgs 20 the American govsrn-
ment. This paper lOearing date the 18th
of Now is not very explicit but it would
appear 10 be calculated to give rather new
form to the statements, which MIR. Jackson
had suffered the government of the U. S.
TO view in another light, until it had no
choice but to &C, u pom the obvious aud natu-
Talinterpreiation of them sanctioned by him.
self
ltwas never objected to Mr.. JSekson Has this
paper seems to suggest that he had stated
that the three propositions, in Mr.. Erskine's
original instructions, were submitted to Mr..
SHish by that gentleman or that he had
stated 1t as made known to him by Mr.. Can
Ding, that the instruction to MR. Erskine,