Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-03

.h,a, of mar. and non.in.erceurse with
Hnllsnd-yes Congress, with the assent OF
MIR. Madison, violated il, and before the
di.avswal of Great Britain was Known
The third proof Of the ins;seesit,a az Mr..
Madison IN this adjustment, 10 thessrry Of
tsnsiye language in which hscssrestn.nt
m, coushsd., How Mr.. Erskiae could
c.Sn.ent 70 receive 50 insolent and stfrnsivs
Ano,e. I eanast conceive but If no other
rSason had existed, if Mr.. Erskins had not
bsoksn his positive orders, he would have
been recalled for thus degrading his nation.
The language refer to is that in which it
Id insinuassd that our resistancs to France
was not from Disposition topleass Grea,
Btitain, and of course sthat her relaxation
MAST appear to be >sratuitaas-" We were
,oo'1aushty to yield, bu. We Suuld accept
her fsnitence"-and another passage where
in wetell the king Of Greas Britain, tina:
-thoxshrwe accept his satisfaction for the afS
fair of the Chesapeake, it wsuldA hove been
mare honorable in him to have punished
Berkeley.
Who ever heard friendly settlement
couched in such terms! It sounds more
like declaration Of war.
But the fourth and last proof Of a dispo-
sition in Mr.. Madison hostile to G.. Britain
is tn. very unnecessary, unexpected, and
therefore alarming mission to Russia.
The history, and all the circumstances OF
this mission, concur to excite our fears aud
our dis,rust Of Mr.. Madison's views.
This mission must be considered 40 the
execution Of a secret project, begun to be
executed in an illicit, and suspicious manner
BY Mr.. Jefferson, by the appointment of
Mr.. Short. This took place not long after
Russia broke with Great Britain, and for",-
ed close alliance with France. p, It tack
place when We were on the eve ofa rupture
with England--Is took place when . coali-
ton was just forming to crush the British
power by blow at her trade. No man can
doubt that Mr.. Short was instructed to u.
gree thas'we wsuldcoms into. shts coalition
This step Of MIR. Jefferson was 80 bold
and unprecedented, that the nomination OF
Mr.. Short was rejected unanimously. Still
the project wa, not abandoned. A filter
man Ltor the purpese of bringing about \
quarrel with Great Britain was selscsed--a
man who had proved himself in the Senate
ready to draw the sword and throw away
the scabbard-a man who had declared
publicly that We ought to have been at war
with Great Britain seven wears aso--a man
who in pamphlet Publisl,ed BY himself 10
his own.neme, has questioned every princi.
pie &C, up 10y Great Britain, in = style and
temper which shews that, in his Judgment,
no compromise can or oughtever 70 be made
with her, even upon points in which she
may be right
man, decided that no mission to Russia
was necessary. This every school boy
knows. W. have no political concerns
with Russia, and our trade does not re-
suire an,--she eonsumes-none of our pro-
auctions, and a. to hers, We ought to raise
the articles ourselves, aud twenty years e.,
perience shews We can get a oug better with
out minister than with one.
Still, in spi.e of the evidence of the in
utility Of such mission--in spite OF, and
in the face Of all the professions of MIR.
Madison's party of their belief of the folly
of foreign connections, this new and ua.
preceden'ed foreign mission must take
place. The same Senate, which 2 monuhs
before had voted the measure inexpedient,
not only to agree to it, but consent 70 the
nomination Of an ADAMS, a name for so
many years ds.establs to the ears Of those
.vhs nov voted for him!
Why all the craving merisof their o.n
party was overlooked, and why this new
convert~so democracy was preferred, re.
mains not only a secret, but a surprising
circumstance, unless We consider this OIL
6ee a. a promised stipend, as . sort Of
" premium. predici.is )" or unless the un.
e.ampled bitterness of that gentleman A.
rainst Great Britain, rendered him fit
object 10 effect the purpose Of the late con-
vention At -Erfur,h, in which it has been in
.inuated 1--WE hope 'falssly) THAI Mr.. Short
acted part. .....
For nv own psrt. when Z consider thu