The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-07
CITE Gnglstrer.
RICHMOND. SEPTEMBER 2 1910
foR THE EapUIaER.
TO FRANCIS JAMES JACKSON, ESQ.
ONCE MINISTER TO THE u. STATES.

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nance shall beam upon the shores or Ame
RIGA. permit Us to bid you finaladieu You
have filled 90 consider able a part IN the
history OF this country, for the last twelve
months, to vanish from the stage without
| some notice The stroke OF de ath is no,
alwys, however, mourntul When IT rids
the world of monster, it becomes "A subject
1T exultation. And when the parting keel
cuts us off for ever from the missionary of
mischief. the heart feels gush of pleasure,
which it is impossible to suppress
! For twelve months, sir, your presence has
cast gloom over the feelings of this coun
try. Your appointment was hailed witt.
indignation and distrust. We had seen you
IN another hemisphere. executing the he'll.
iish purposes of robbery and murder-tran
ping under foot the last yestiges of neutral
society, IN that region-aud covering ye-
nervous and unsuspecting nation, with flames
and with blood. So long as single page of
history shall survive. the memory of that out
| rageous deed will descend to bosterity.-
| Even Europe herself was flied With hor.
ror Those who had been already accus
toned to scenes o blood, were startled
at the outrageous spectacle. What then
| must have been the sentiments of a nation
whose hearts had not been ALREADY scared
by the spectacle of injustice. and whose
| neutral interests were. the same as those of
| injured Denmark? What must have been
| their establishment, when they he;. I'd Of the
! mission to these shores-ot him who had
been the diplomatic agent of these CRYING
| scenes Of injustice; and whose stream, u
| glory were those of blood. Had the minis
ter OF Epg.and'S injustice so suddenly trans
formed his nature, as to become the minis
ter of peace? Were we to expect the olive
from the hand wnich had welded torch
at Copenhagen ?-rhese were our cues
ltionings-Such were the suspicious fears OF
our country men.
The American President, Sir, had feelings,
because ne was man-but he was the
mead otthe government, and it was his duty
To 81 the emotions of the man in the duties
OF the politician. What authority had he
to dictate to a foreign nation the choice of
its minsters-m wha; reproach was
it 10 him, that the British nation was tegra
ded IN The person OF its ambassador You
were received, sir, as the envoy of his males
l.ty-every disposition was expressed for
concliatng the differences of the two Coun-
tries--and some faint nope was entertain
ed that the man who had probably given a
fatal stab to the repose of one NATION, might
b. disposed to pour some balm, into the
wounds of another. 1t would have been, at
least, Some atonement for the atrocities of his
conduct
| But II was soon discovered, that there was
no ground for these expeCtations-.ha
you were true TO Your voCation-and that
The insoience of your masters would not be
otherwlss eontented. than with the debase
men of America. In the very first letter
which you addressed to our governments, we
see the spirit with which YOU were freighted
You began with complaints which mad no
| foundation, and you ended ~ a positive * re
iterated insult You charged our government.
wi ii,ta
ded minister---is denial was not sufficient
to silence your temper-for you after wards
charged it with a breach of veraci,y. The
insult was too gross to be endured
Your next plunge was intended to
screen you from the consequences of your
misconduct. You pretended to address a
letter OF instructions to his majesty's consuls
but 1t was IN fact an exculpatory appeal to
the people of this country. Who would have
believed that a minister OF his Britannia
majesty would have pursued the footsteps of
the arch jacobin, Genet. Yet your defence
sunk you lower than ever. 1t was feeble,
and what was worse, it was false. You tried
to disguise the plainest facts under the mask
| OF sophistry. How can you escape from
this? Did you not state, that you had mere.
ly informed our government, that such &
such conditions were the only ones which
had been laid down TO Mr.. Erskne? And
ala you not also Know, that you had Charg
ed our government with knowledge that
these were the only conditions The hy-
pocriticaI evasion is stamped on the very
face of IT, with infamy and guilt.
You hew from Washington, where your
diSn'fy, it seems, was i'll danger, and yet
you consented to accept OF an asylum in New
York. Miserable Evader! And is not the
one as much within the limits of the Union
AS the other! Ityour pride had been of a
lofty character, you should have scorned to
have been indebted to the hospitality of a
country by whose government you mad been
branded with disgrace. You should rather
have flown beyond its limits, to the terrific
ries OF your own sovereign. You should
have flown, sir, to Montreal, whose LOYALTY
1onld have protected y our pride and whose
sympa ny would have cheered your disap
pointments.
Six months ago, your sovereign pledged
his royal word to MIR. Pnkney TO recall you
we supposed. Immediately. For six
months, has his royal word been belied
For six mouths, have his professions OF
friendship been refuted by the presence of
discarded minister amongus Fer nine mouths
have you lived in this cuun ry upon the
/ mere courtesy of our Executive a
power hanging over your head, To authorize
your eHpulsion-But policy mas proved
superior to sense OF dignity --yoI were
to play the part OF y spy, as well as that of a
minister land though our government had
deprived you OF the one, it left you IN free
possession OF the privileges OF the other. -
Your own misconduct had given d new