Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-26

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condhisus an entire relinquishment Of the
colonial trade, and also permission 70 the
British navy to aid in the executing = law OF
Congress"
Tbis t.has been shewn was absolutely
false and one would naturally expect 10
find no small degree OF temper in Mr.. Jack.
.on's reply-bas he cautiously abstaiaed
from, Initiating the indecoreus example >ot
Mr.. Smith Reciting therefore, at large
this offensive clause in Mr.. Smiths letter
says -.
reur letter of the 9th instant, and represent.
ed a. the substance of our previous confer
ences..- In my answer, tookthe liberty OF
shelving tina. such suppositjon was ert".
ne Gus. and Ihav. looked in vain to my let.
ter of the Esd to find any suggestions OF
that nature. I believe, therefore, that by
reference to my two letters you will lind
thar tn. statement nozu again brought for
ward is contained in neither of them, that
it made no. part Of my conversations WITH
you, and ,ha, have in no rucy given room
to suppose that I ever made sush state
rnent at all" !
-. Our language, though remarkable tor ITS
stenssh, does mot furnish the means OF
more direct and possible denial ofa charge
and one would have supposed it impossl'
bic for any man, with honest views, TO per-
-s:st in it after such unequivocal declarations.
But Mr.. Smith and Madison have disap.
pointed US they rely more upon the folly
and blindness of'sheir Partizans than one
could have conceived to be possible.
In spite of allthis evidence We are still
told, with the most unparalleled indeIicacy,
that Mr.. Jackson was directed to persist in
pr-tensions; which our government had re-
peatedly declared to be inadmissible.
In reviewing the whole correspondence,
we discover this to be the result, that Mr..
Jackson was not authorised to insist upon
the conditions stated in Mr.. Canning's let
ter, although they were known to have been
previously agreed to by our own officers;
that on the contrary he was ordered to re-
ceive our proposals and fully emtozveredby
special authority to conclude treaty on
such terms as should be mutually advan.a-
geous and further, that the events of the
war had rendered the conditions stated in
Mr.. Canning's letter less important TO
both parties, and therefore ii was to be ex-
pected that Great Britain would more rea'
Oily consent to modify them. Al this is
stated by the British minister and allho'
from our reception Of all former proposals
he could not see any beneh:, ner could he
be expected to state beforehand the full
extent Of his instructions, W: from what he
in,imatss it is unavoidably to be presumed
he was directed to agree to something
more agreeable to US than the former COLI
ditions.
1t was precisely the discovery Of this fill
borvtr and of this disposition to conc ssion,
which produced Mr.. Jaekson's dismissal.
Let any impartial man peruse this whole
correspondence, and he will find an invari-
able disposition to seek an occasion Of
lision on thc part of our cabinet, anil as SC.
dulous desire on the part Of Mr.. Jackson
to avoid it. One thing he must particular.
ly notice, that although MIR. Jackson's in
situations Off any man can discover them)
NUS. b. found in the early part Of the cor.
) respondence, yet there was not the slightest
intima,ion of disconten, on our part until
Mr.. Jackson's letter of the Esd of October
disclosing his full powers and removing c.
very possible obstacle to a final, full and
satisfactory adjustment.
1t is thea proved, that the sharp, ir.
ri,a.ing introductory letter Of our secretary
of STATE, comprising four articles Of charge
against the British minister, was perfect.
iy reluted fin the subsequent correspond.
ence but Notwithstanding the British mi
nisser's allegations they were ofensivey
adhered to. anticipate tina. those outra.
seous partizans who exclusively arrogate
to themselves the virtue of patriotism, will
here interrupt me by saying, that the de.
clara,icns Of our ministers are more to be
relied upon by a Tru. American than tina.
Of " CoesnAassn Tackson." grant every
thing OH this subject to national prejudice
l agree, whieiiis as mich as can be asked