Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-05-22


Such however was not Mr. Jackson's o.
pin'ou. He preferred answering the apA
peal. which had been made To him, by rea
Iterating with aggcavatioas the offensive
insiDuation. He says, in the last para.
graph of his letter Of the 4th Of Nov to
Mr. Smith" You will find that, in my Coz
respoudence with you, have carefully a
voided drawing conclusions. tina. did rot
necessarily follow from the premises ad-
var by me; and least of all SHOULD
thinkVof uttering an insinuation where
was unable to substantiate fact. To facts,
such as have become acquainted with
them, have scrupu!ous.y adhered. In so
doing l must continue, Whenever the good
faith OF his Msjesty's government is called
In question, 10 vindlcate its honor and dig
nifty, in the manner that appears to me
best calculated for that purpose
To this my Lord, there could be but
ore reply. Official Intercourse with Mr.
jackson could no longer be productive of
any effects that were not rather 10 be a.
volded than desired (; and 1t was pl 4in;y
impossible that it should Continue. He
was, therefore, informed by Mr. Smith. in
letter of the 8,h of Move raber. which RI.
capitulated the inducements 10 this una
voidable step, that no further communities.
lions would be received from h;m-that
the nee ssity of THIS determination would
without delay be made known TO his GOV.
srnn,ent-an that, in the meantime. a
ready attention would be given to any com
mnnic alton, affecting the interests of the
TWO nations, Through any other channel
that might be substituted.
The President has been pleased r. II;
rect that should make known this neces
sity to his Majesty's government, and at
the same time requests that Mr. Iackson
be recalled. And am particularly in
structed to do this in a manner thai Will
leave no doubt OF the uHdimin!shed desire
oil the ". >. to unite in all the means the
pest CALCULATED to establish the relations
Oh the Two countries On the SOLID foundations
OF justice, Of friendship, and of mu ual IN
teresi. am further parucularly lns,ruct
ed, my Lord, to make his ,n.ies:y's rev
erhment sensible, that, in equir.pg the re.
call OF Mr. jackson, the Uaued States wish
not TO be understood as in any degree oh
structing comEnunications which NAV lead
to q friendly Accommodation but that. on
the Eonirary. they sincerely retain the de.
sirewhich they have coms, antiy prcfesscd,
10 tacn'a'e SO hapFy AN went, * That no.
tHns VIII &c morsSdsrsea BE To tnem th N
10 md the mtnlspr, who has rendered h m
eeh 50 Jus'y osnox'ous replaced by ano.
thers VINO, wIh dliieree Character, may
carry with h!fn all the authorittes aud an.
ssructicns requisite for the complete sue
cess OF hrs mission, or,-ii the attainment of
this objvct through my agency should he
Cohsiuefsd Tnors. expediI- u or otherwise
preferable, that It Will be d course entire-
~ satisfactory TO the u. 5.
these instructions, Welch / Law before
your Lordship without disguise, require
no comment.
Before conclude this letter il NAV be-
proper very shortly to advert TO two Co N
munications, received by Mr. Secretary
smith from Mr. Oakley alter the COZ.
respondencs with Nj Jackson had &c ssed.
lhe hrst OF these a'munIc atoms (of
Which am not able 10 ascertain tue daSe)
requs sied document, having the effect oi
speciai passport, or safeguard, ior vi E
Jackson and his family, during their ur-
ther stay in the U. .. TINS appi Cation
was regarded as somewhat singular, bu.
the doc ument, of which the necessity was
not perceived, was nevertheless furnished.
he reasons assigned for the application
excited some surprise. / have troubled
your Lordship, IN conversation. with re ".
renarLs, from MY lnstruc, ions upon on
al these ressoAss which / will take
tie itotsty TO repeat. Tie p5Per IN
qnest on states ;hat Mr. Jackson g mad al.
ready been once most grossly insuised by
the inhabitants CT Hampton, in the urpro.
'oked language OF abuse held by them t.
several officers bearing the king uniform
when those officers were themselves viz
lently assaulted and put in imulneur da,.
ger"
am given to understand, my Lord that
the Insult, here alluded to, was for tne frs,
time 5Teuc under the notice of the A.
mer'can government by this p4per--,hat
VI had, indeed, been among the rumors O.
the day that Sons onbecomn scene had
taken place atN5ampfon or Norfolk. be
tween some cfGSsrs beionging 20 the Arr.
Cane trig@te ami %ofne OF the inha5tsnts.
ard that IL took i%srise in the indiscretIoae
ofthe fcrmer-thst no attention 10 the cir.
acumstsnce having been called for, aud no
'enqHry having beenNmade. The truth of
GU Ease IS ul&uowB--kut that it was new.
Srp suFposedfhat Mr.. jackson himself,
wno was cupboard the frIgate, had been
personally insuted =-nor is 1t YET understood
IN what way he supposes that he was so,
am authorised to add, that any complaint
or representation on the subject would IN.
',antiy have received every proper at.en.
ton.
The other communications (of which the
substance was soon afterwards published
TO ths American people in the form OF
Circular letter Grosl Mr. Jackson TO the
British Consuls in ths United Siates) seems
TO have been intended as Justification Of
his conduct in that part of his cosTespon.
fenre. " irh had otypt,