Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-02

slructiohs, which Ar Sniih had acknnw
, lsiged were Communicated TO him orally.
Ii Mr.. Jackson were authorised to negoci-
ate, why did he not make explanations and
propositions when Tho secretary had told
him tie door WAS g.: But he cane
here 10 insult, not only the government. bus
the people OF this cnuatry. he had, by faIr
| implication, Shargea them with a vans OF
| al Sc honorable and manly disposition TO
support their rights and Independence a..
gaust That Sc spirit of encrcachmcnt and
unIvsrsal dominiSn which wov,d bead all
things to. its own acknowledgements .the
Iaiarming strides of the cbnoueror vi Eu
| = pc. What was this hat to insinuate that
tue Americas peop.fSece afraN OF France.
Sir, rejoice that Mr.. jackson has found
lhinsslf mis- aken. ! rejoice that he has
discovered in this country y 81 princ-
! pic OF honorable AMI noble resistance"
to inTu!ts and propos t.ons which he has
presumed 10 make to US, and which "wou d
bend all things to the standard which his
government has set up to rule the world.
Inc gentleman from Rhode IsIand, Mr.
Potter, after pain ing the repeated and ac-
formulating insults winch have been GIL
vento rs tor fifteen or twenty years pact.
has told the house he was opposed to the
resolution because it wonid Involve us in
war lt was strange indeed, that for ,his
reason, ald On ,h's ccc SION, gentlemen who
had always profess d,y been in favor of pro-
! tecting cur rights, shona' now DC agains:
tins resolution, when IL had that oSject in
view. What lingering hope was there left
/ tor successful negociation, after Mr. Jack.
SOC had declared "that &rea, Britain.
would never ce.,se To maintain the princi.
pie of the orders IN council?" II this
were lie fact, war is devou5iy to be wish
ed tor. rhe crisis was tast approaching,
| when 1t would be absolutely necessary To
discriminate between tae friends and the
enemies CT cur government. The resolu-
ton was expedient it would nerve tue ex-
ecutive arm TO guide the vessel of State safe
iy through the gathering s!ornt.
! Friday, Dec. %.
| Mr.. Gold took the same course pur.
isued by his colleague (Mr. Emott) to
lProve that Mr.. Jackson had not Jesuit
led the executive; that he ought not to
have been dismissed aud thar spirit
of hostility to negotiation had been
manifested on the part of the govern
ment of this country. He read NUM-
Der of extracts from the co.respon-
dcnce to shew chat Mr.. jackson, IL
saying the executive had seen the in.
structions OF Mr.. Erskinc, and he Inc
ItImated that other terms might be
lsGbsti;rted in lieu Of the three condi-
Itions specified by Mr.. Canning, had
tnot meant to impute dishonorahle mo-
tives TO them for he expressly stated
in one OF his letters, that the secretary
OF state might have supposed the sub.
I stituted terms IN the arrangements an
equivalent" for those conditions. The
correspondence was TO oe taken alto
gether, and not particular sentences
selected for the purpose making the
British minister to appear more odious
than he really was. He had looked in
vain, for his own part, for the offensive
words OF Mr.. Jackson: he could not
discover theta: they ought to have
been recorded In the resolution. He
thought that Mr.. Pinkney had gone
too far in recognizing, even informal
! iy, the idea thar the navy of Great Bri.
tain should be permitted to execute the
laws Of the United States against
France. Mr.. Canning was not to
! blame on the subject of this condition.
1t had not originaled with him. Mr..
Gold quoted Grotius, Eusherforth and
Vattel, to shew that the executive
ought to have refused to erter into the
arrangement of April, without the ex-
hibitlon OF his powers by Erskine, AMI
20 prove that his deviation from the
Instructions given to hiin by the Brit
fish government was sufficient cause
for the disavCwal ofthat arrangement.
lie rePrcbated the resolution, because
1t would involve the nation in war for
! the mere pnnctilios of honor and
wounded pride, and ex.end the feel i
OF human suitsrings from that greatest
! otall human evils. tie stated shat he had
understood seizures to have been made
at some of our custom-housas, founded
on the lnvalidity of the presidents first
proclamation. lie hoped this vas not
trce but 1t came to him from respec-
table quarter. The president had Ger
family been exposed to great template
on IN making the arrangement with
( Mr.. Erskine; The country was in a
deplorabie state from the effects Of the
embargo, which had now been cooaioy,, a..