Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-26
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THE DIPLOMATIC POLICY OF
\. Mr.. MADISON UNVEILED. :.
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1lr. Smiths misrepresentation Of Mr. jack
sens letters, continued :--And some re-
marks upon the principles pretended to oe
set up 6y Great Britain against the Unit
edlStates. - -,
WE BASS now to the examination OF the
ls.s e.ssrre preferred by Mr.Smith against
Mr.. Jaekson:-
" That h. had heen instructed to insist
upon che three conditions of Mr. Canning,
which had been deem declared BY our 60
vernnsnt iaadmissible."
AS this charge is still persevered in, and
as it 10 made the chief cause OF complaint a.
gains, the British nation, 1t is Of great I'M
portanee to ascertain whether Mr.. Jackson
was directed to persererc in these claims {;
recollecsing, however, that there is abua-
Slans evidence that our government author.
ized Great Britain in the first instance to
expect they would be conceded.
Mr.. Jackson in his first letter OF October
9Th, in answer to this charge explicitly de-
eiares, That he was not authorized to re-
neuv these proposals which had been found to
be unacceptable to US, and that hecould not
: have made such a proposal inasnuch as it
would be Inconsistent with his other decla.
ration, that he was not instructed 70 make
anu brebosal zvhatever on this subject, but
90 await the propositions which our cabinet
might see fit to make Great Britain" MIR.
Smith in his answer to this positive and ex-
plicis, clear and unambiguous declaration,
that Mr.. Jackson was not directed to perse-
we're in these claims, replies, " That ne per-
Ceises that any agreement on this subject
aanst inciuds satisfaction on the part of the
u. s. to rrlinquish The trade with the enc
mica colonies even in branches not hitherto
interrupted by British orders for capture,
and also sanction to the enforcing of an
nc, of Congress by the British navy" Mr..
Smith, adds, That known determination
on The parsof his Britannia majesty to ad-
here to such extraordinary pretensions
weu!I preclude the hope of success in the
negOciation."
II is impossible 70 conceive more baba-
BE contradiction, or more unfair represen-
ta.ion snd one can hardly conceive any
ether motive for such conduc, than the wish
90 produce, no: only collision with Great
Britain but q prejudice in the minds of the
uniformed part Of the people OF the United
States.
Mr., Jackson would have been justified
In re,lying to this insult in warm and in.
temperate language cut he did not lose
sight of The dignity OF MS office, and the in
teres,s of both countries to preserve good
understanding. To this Fat contradiction
he modsssly replied, in his letter Of October
Esd
That his government ordered him not
% rens.v proposals which have been alrea.
dydeelared here to be unacceptable but to
receive and discuss proposals on the part OF
the u. States and eventually to conclude
n convention between the two countries. 1t
IL not Of course intended to esll upon me
60 state a. preliminary to ncyefiangn, what
10 the whole extent ut those Instructions"
From this mild and temperate answer it
follows, that he was not inssruc ted to insist
upon the offensive conditions, but that he
had full power to conclude treaty, Of
which shoagh he could not before hand state
che utnsst limits, yet it was f,irly to be 10.
ferred they were far shors efthe conditions
which had bssn declared offensive, and up
an which he was not authorized to insist.
So fsa we have unequivceal proof Of the
anxisty Of Great RrisAin to close with rs up
ON ana terms and this disclosure Of her
disposision, and of the full powers of Mr..
Taekson to conclude 6nal aljustmsis of
differences, produced the very laeouic and
insslsng letter from Mr.. Smith, which put
IN end 10 che conferences.
I'm answer 60 the second solemn asserss-
s;ss Of Mr.. Jackson, that Great Britain IN.
visited on no eenditiens which eur govern
snent had deemed inadmissibls, Mr.. Smith
replies on ths As Move.