Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-05-29
WASHING TON CITY. NAV o,
JAMES MADISON.

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WASHINGTON CITY, May %
We understand, on the authority o.
letter from Mr. Forbes, Consul o.
tine United States at Hamburg. writ.
ten at copenhagen on the Sd of March
ast, tnat by royal order, priva-
teering was Immediately to recon.
mence." There is therefore reason -
fear that tn; trade of the u. St,t-s
to the north of Europe will have been
PUT In as Perilous situation as that
70 the other parts OF the Continent.
Nat. Int.
The extraordinary delay of the
Marquis Wellesley IN ANSWERING H.
letter OF Mr. Pinkney provss the Rri.
.'sn ministry to have been governed
by events in their occurrence no,terior
to the dismission Of Mr.. Jackson.
Had they, as they should have been
eSciua,vely influenced by that ac,
with the circumstances that led to it
no reason Tor delay could have exist.
ed. Inc case was too plain and iso-
lated 10 embarrass the most ord;,s.
ry~Judgmenf. The facts wers am
ply seated by both parties. The wide
heia OF an ecedent negotiation On the
complicated AFFAIRS Of the two nations
N TINS instance presented no obstacle.
ard .nr Jackson was st least t,,,,v
heard as our goverrment. The reuu,s
siticns on our part were few AMI SIM
pie, and called for dispatch. In .noh
a state OF things the rejection of a day
was as good as,that Of month. and
sne Judgement must have been "a RIM.
Tor decision as it ever could be. A
Prompt compliance with our reouests
would have been no less honorable 10
the British government, than promo
give OF the best interests of the nation
IL represented. 1t would have reyi.
ved the waning good will of the two
nations, and produced, certainly in this
country, Jealous DISPOSE ion to Weld
much for the sake of an entire resror.
alton OF harmony. On the otner hand
thas government must have been sen.
sipie that reIuctanr and tardy acoui.
lescepcs IN our demands, would assume
nore the air of policy than of Justice.
OF compulsion than of sDoptaneon,
disposition TO do what was riph,.
oucn must have been the feeling of the
british government had it considered
our acquisitions reasonable. On the
contrary, had it viewed them as IN
reasonable the obligation was equally
strong to give an Immediate answer.
ehat we might be enabled 10 form AN
unamniguous estimate of it's disposi.i-
on, and pursue measures dictated bv
the actual state of things. instead oi
being bewildered In the inextricable
mazes OF doubt and mystery. The de-
nand made by US, indeed, so loudly
called for a speedy decision, that the
annals OF diplomacy may be ransacked
IN vain without finding an analogous
case attended with such dslay. even in
those dark periods when force was
ne acknowledged arbiter between ma.
lions. At this day such delay would
not have been tolerated by any Euro
2ean government which would, LONG
before 1t elapsed, have done itself Jus.
ice by dlsmisslng the offending mi
ulster. England herself would mos,
anquestionably have pursued this
course.
The delay, then, was unequivocally
the result OF circumstances foreioi,
rom the original case. These were
either
England:
2 The political divisions among US
wards US: "
Separately, or collectively the.
oAUseS dictated ths s:atel and mea