Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-18

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Jackson rust read? And does nes Mr. jack
son. when he refers % the obvious deduction
81 made in HE letter Of che iths repeat the
oE.nsiye passage quoted from il by me. Ia
n. yerv next paragraph Of hiS letter Of The
3sd, he says, :" You are already sequa'nt::s
ed with that lins,rucsioa which was sivsa.
and I have had the honor Of Informing you
,ba, i. was the OILY one BY Which ihs, con.
d;s;ons an which he was 70 conclude were
nrsscribsi.n Here il may be observed,
sthas ME-. Iackssn's languase Is not 90 pre-,
e;se. that the conclusion may not be drawn
sh.t there were other instructions and
therefore presume Mr.. Smith is rescued
from the ;mpusation attempted TO be cast
upou him by the gentlemen from n. York,
for understood HE argument to be that
Mr.. Jackson nigh. have been guilty of Pc
,ulanee & improperly, but that Mr.. Smith
was equally 50 in suggesting that there was
more than one despatch, AFTER Mr.. Jackson
had asserted to the contrary. M. Jackson
does not give Mr.. Smith that information.
He only gives him the information that
that was the only despatch which eoa.ain'
ed the conditions. There is certainly a
difference between saying that was the only
despatch and saying thar i, was the only
despatch which prescribed the conditions.
So that Mr.. Smith, when he suggests that
there was more than one despatch, does not
by any mean. contradict what had been said
by Mr.. Jackson. .-.. -...
That this charge was intended to be made
by Mr.. Jackson, 10 pat Beyond all Possibi.
Ety of doubt by his letter OF the 4,h OF
November. Mr.. Smith puts on con.
struc,ion on the words contained in MIR.
Jackson's letter of the 23d. He calls upon
Mr.. Jackson Cor an explanation, and tells
him that the government Of the United
States understood his illusions to mean so
and 90 he throws the door wide open for
him to explain himself to the government
Of the United States. Will gentlemen say
that this conduct Of Mr.. Smith was not that
liberal course which should be pursued!
What more could any gentleman do if he
had understood another gentleman's lam
guass and terms in way calculated to give
offence, than to call upon that gentleman
for an explanation: If the person called
upon did explain and say, "sir you have
mistaken my meaning" the subject would
be dropt, and friendship and correspond
ence be renewed. Was this course pursu-
ed BY Mr.. Jackson? No, sir Mr.. Jackson
does not say that his meaning was misun-
derstood, or in any manner whatever deny
that the construction put on his language
was the true one. / ask gentlemen what
stronger proof can there be Of Mr.. Jack.
sons having made use Of the words with
the intent attributed to him! 1t he did
make use Of them with that meaning and
intent, I ask, il, after an explanation has
been literally, and with y torbearance sell
dom manifested, asked oil him and refused,
whether a member of this house can doubt
the intention of that minister /! Nay, /
presume Mr.. Jackson himself will not be
very thankful to gentlemen for frittsring
away what he has said 10 40 to make It aP'
pear to have a different meaning from thst
which h. intended. Because when called
on ter ,Eat purpose, he declined givinga.
ny such explanations or constructions, TO
the Offensive passages 10 his letters, a. are
now attempted to be given them BY his
friends.
The next enquiry under the resolution j.,
did he reiterale his gross insinuasions ! tIs
did and no gentleman can look to the last
clause Of .has letter without saying that
Mr.. Jaekaon does reiseratc every statement
aud insnuation he had undertaken to MAKE;
he not only forbore to give an explanation,
bu, reiterated his offensive language. M
Here then, cir, apprehend we have
proof Of all the fae.s necessary to the sup
port Of this resolution. We have seenlthe
executive part Of eur government insulssd
By foreign minister and it remains g be
seen ,hat that insult was not intended Tor
the man but for the secretary OF state be-
cause understood, from some expressions
which have fallen from gentlemen, that
they have reluctance to involve their
country in war Tor mere insult to man.
I really feel myself humbled at being COM
n.IIed "a yo intothis enquiry but / be.