Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-12

ed over and over again W oartS"! Fh"<" '
70 BE such as this government could never
sanction.
These. sir, were the circumstances un'
der which the mission commenced. What
were those which characterized lis progress
& termination think it ,sry easy 70 shrw
,bs, the conduct of the minister himself, af-
ter he arrived. partook strictly ofthe same
character rs the conduct Of the ministry
who sent him. think have she"n tnat
,he disposition manifested by the ministry
in sending him here. was insulting TO TINS
country. Let us next enquire into the cha.
racser disclosed and the conduct Displayed
bv that minister after his arrival. And
in that enquiry, without wadl"s through
all the documents, which gentlemen can
a, we'll understand nv perusing them IN
their chambers as by hearing them read
here, will merely advert to the offensive
expressions used by Mr.. Jackson, and
to The manner in which those expressions
were met by the secretary Of state. ny DO
ing thus it will be very discernahle not only
that the facts stated in the resolution are sus-
tanned by the correspondence, hut that the
resolution does not 80 SO far as facts would
warrant. In Mr.. Jacksoh's letter of the l1th
of Oct. he says, that ths arrangement with
Mr.. Erskine was made under such circum-
stances as could only lead to disavowal.
IF the circumstances were such as could
only lead to a disavowal, they must have
been dishcnorable, and MIR. Jackson, by IN
,imating that our government had Know
ledge Of these circumstances, charges 1t
witt. being tarticcts crimimis: Can any
thing be more palpable than this: He ex-
presses this idea in sill stronger terms when
he Initiates that Mr.. Smith had princi.
pal agency in the misconduct on this ocea-
sion. 1t certainly was not in Mr.. Smiths
power to substitute conditions for those
which he declined accepting, but it must
have been done by Mr.. Ersklne. But not
wi,hstaudng this, he charges Mr.. Smith
not only with conniving az a conduct i'm
proper in itself, because it could only
lead to a rejection Of the arrangement
growing out of it, but insinuates that he
was the principal actor 10 the scene. In
Mr.. Smiths letter in answer to Mr.. Jack
son the snimadyersions are too clear in
their object to be mistaken. Mr.. Jackson
is informed Of the displea,urc Of the Ame.
rican government at such insinuations and
in the very first letter which was written by
the secretary Of state, he disclaims pcintedly
having had any knowledge whatever Of the
deficiency Of Mr.. Efskinc's instructions at
the im= Of making the arrangement. And
what says Mr.. Jackson in reply? He says
again, that Mr.. Erskine's instructions were
known 10 Mr.. Smith. Sir, acknowledge
very candidly that on superficial perusal
of the correspondence, the charge Of false
hood, from the art and adroilness with
which it is wrspt up, does nor appear so
palpab.e as when it is more closely examin-
ed. Yet, sir, Notwithstanding all knowledge
of the insti uc.ions had been denied by Mr..
Smith, Mr.. Jackson rei.erases the assertion
that they were known. do gentlemen say
there is no insult in this? TIA: there is
nothing wrong in the assertion Of know
ledge on the part of the secretary Of state
which he had before formally and solemnly
disclaimed.
lAlr. Ghosoa's speech to be continued!