Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-18
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the bosolns, Of Others that inplacable hossi.
li,y TO Engsand, which 10 the best prepare.
zion TOT the yoke. Of France, the National
I6telligencer next proceeds 70 review the
two letters which produced hisremarks. .
=. The deiaY ID answering Mr.. Pinkney
gives much umbrage. !" The annals ofdi.
piomacy,s says Ills curious diplomstiss,
{" may be ransaeked in. vain, without End.
ing an analogous Ncase attended with such
delay; even In ttF6Se darp periods when
force wastke acknowledged atbiter between
nx.ions. AT this day such a delay would
nJt have been tolerated BY any European
government" =, $50. ,. = -, :
The annals Of diplomacy may indeed he
searched In vain for al analogous case u
Is hol 70 bsiound.. A minister was never
before dismissed under similar presenee.-'..
But the delay has produced no injury, and
connected with ail It's circumstances, !ur'
niihes no just cause Of offence.
- The cabinet Of 81. James ID unquession'
ably cr opinion, that the di'miss'en OF mr..
Jackson was al oct which could not have
proceeded from q friendly government.
will no, now examine The grouhds Of this
opinion but all who have considered that
transaction must be sensible, that II 10 sup.
ported by AZ leaSs plausible considerations
Few will be 90 hardy as 10 deny, thu! were
situations reversed, the administration NJ
Washington would have discovered their
,SsnShiIiIy in q much more irritating toifn
l, certainly Il no, matter Of surprise that
suvh m occurrence should require some ve'
~ serious reflections; and iha. the precise
course Of the government, and the language
in which that course should be eommuni'
Gated, would he deemed worthy o! deIlee'
ration. The determination to recall Mr.
Jackson without cersure, was PROBABLY I'M
Inc dia,ely taken. The resolution 10 defsr
the appointment Of a successor I'LL there
should b. some, reason to hope for more a.
micable dispositions on the part OF the =.
States, was the almost inevitable conse'
ouvnce of the opinion, that the dismissioa
of that minister indicated an untriendiy
temper. But there were attendant clrcum-
stances, which deserved to be considered.
IF the case required consideration, the
time employed upon /. is by no means ex-
traordinary. The very important consids.
ra,ions of the continent, aud in parliament
would certainly occupy much OF the at'en-
ton of the administration and the dlstrae-
tons Of the csbinet, on which Mr.. Smith
dilates, and which has so often FURNISHED
him with theme of delight, might nave
accounted to himself for their not having
answered our demand with the obss qu'"us
rapidity which he requires Nor is Il al'o-
grther unworthy Of notice, that Mr.. FINK,
ncy received Che dispatches, direcllES h!m
20 demand the recall Of MIR. Jackson, on
the eth Of November. To execute his or
ders was his sole business. They were ex-
eeuted on the 2lst January. linus ne re-
CURED more than one month to present
letter the subject of which had been d'e'a'-
eu to him. He had no Judgment 10 Gar
else respecting the prop'ie'y OF ~ mea'
sure and not much respecting the form
Of the application. ! He was interrupted oy
no other sort Of business, and more than one
month .intervenes between receiving ms or
ders and writing his kusr. Ysrshe br'esh
cabinet, in crisis to which the history OF
man furnishes no parallel, occupied with
objects On which the existence otthe natson
and Of human liberty depends, obliged "
attend 10 q most formidable opposition in
and disuae,ed as Mr.. Smith
saws with lie own divisions has committed
an offence Of such magnitude against The
dignity ofshe United States BY permitting
double the sins 10 pass away before the an
aver to this letter was digvssed and given,
10 to justify the astemp. stiIl further to In
aame the already heated dispositions OF the
American people. There will be found the
less apology for this iIl.simsd and ill'inssnd'
ed j.. for, sill further to widen the breach
between the two countries, il it be rerol.
lee.ed that between the commencement and
termination Of this business, as many con.
f.renees took place On the subieesas were
wished.by Mt, Pinkney, and that there 10
no cause to suspect that he had not early
reason 20 believe the ultimate course OF the
British government would be substantially.