Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-25

4, lSk uSu, tuS h'"s 'Pdt vi the cHs'Ee
that Mr.. Tatksnn, did not come rr.par j 70
assign any reason for the rejection Of ,n,.
part of the agreem sus, IS unioundtd.
Mir. Jackson in obs. SHELTER declares.
! "That he was auihoriZet to rencw i.
offer made BY Erskine, notwithstanding tn.
ungracious manner III which it had been
farmerlv receiccd. You have said, addr.ss.
iag Mr.. Smith, that yo,yso fully understood
the particulars OF that offer, that | deem IL
unnecessary to recapi,ulate them here"
This clause tenders specifically the terms
because MIR. Erskine's arrangement, W., ~
our own possession, and'Mr. Smith had d..
clared his full Show.;dg Of them. I. s.Yrx
moe 1t assigns the rtasons why tina, pars
Of the agreement was not iu:hi!el---" BE-
cause of the ungrac' Gus manner it which !,
was accepted" -
We have shswn in a former number. in
what the ungraciousness of this manner
consisted-but shall it BE- insisted that Mr..
Jackson was bound 10 repeat the oit.nsiv~
terms ? II a man calls inc liar or thief.
is it not enough for me to allude to his of.
iensive epi.heas, but must be compelled to
repeat the outrageon. expressions (?
But Mr.. Jackson Is more explicit; no
tells Mr.. Smith that his majesty would
be justified in rejecting that agreement not
only on account Of the farm, in which his
minister had rendered it, but OF the manner
in which that iender had been recevr.A" lie
adds, "lhat he had eucida,eG that obierv4.
ton by a reference 10 a particular expires.
sions which made the terms of satisfaction
appear unacceptable to the American 20.
vernment, at the very n.oraSnt when they
were accepted"
The just and honorable pride. of Mr..
Jackson forbade his repeating to the world
the insulting expressions, but an American,
who thinks as do, tina. o,E government
put an unnecessary impeachment in the way
OF adjustment, is restrained by no such de-
lcacy.
1t was because our government declared
" that the offer made by his Britannia ma
jesty did not comport with his honor and
dignity that it was dishoaorable III him to
make it that the agreement was rejected.
This is the reason assigned, and yet we are
told this is no explanation. A Virginia no.
b'eman would not hesitate to take away tie
ije ola fellow.cilizsn on such a sysuy,d, and
vt we are told this is no reasonable ground
tor r..,ecting bargain.
lhls phrase, purposely introduced, shews,
as Mr.. Jackson says, that the satisfaction
given was unacceptable to our government,
and yet we complain tho, this unacceptable
and insufficient satisfaction is Withheld :,
-Proh Pudar!t
The second part of this charge in rela-
ton TO the Chesapeake is now 70 be con.t-
dered. is it attrontve to us Is it inuri.
Gus that Great Britain should insist upon
having our acceptance Of the satisfaction
simultaneous, cotemporaneous with the Of
ter! Is 1t unreasonable that she should in.
siss on seeing the letter ayr: cling to receive
the satisfaction. We think not, because,
1st. MIR. Jackson states that this is ths
invarlable course OF European governments
in like cases.
Is this denied by Mr.. Smith? We have
three letters of his, after this assertion, and
Mr.. J ackson's principles arc not question
ed. But.
@aty' l! no such usage had before exist
ed, here were special reasons for the adop-
tion Of such rule. ~
Il. Britain, thro' Mr.. Erskine, had ten
dersi full satisfaction for the Chesapeake
affair, which had been accepted BY US
but owing to his neelee, Of demanding our
answer and agreeing to It beforehand,
our government had inserted the most Of
fontise language ever introduced into a DE-
Plomatic correspondence. Was it then UNI
reasonable that Great Britain should be un- y.
willing again to conide in our delcaey -a-
gain to reposr in our sense of dscoru,n.
Blu, lastly, here was serious coatrover-. 3.
~ about to he adjusted, here wa. tres
pass IN our rights abod. to be compromised
by the payment Of money, und the acknow. .
ledgment OF wrong. >a,.-.
Did any prudent man ever pay hismoney
or tender his satisfaction, without seeing bic
discharyr withnut receiyiny his r...;,,. -