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

the same common family aid which may
one day prove fatal to political libery.-
The FIRST question which presents itself IN
the investigation of this subject, involves
on the one Rand, said MIR. G. the veracity
and dignity Of the. America government,
and Oh the other the character. and repu.a-
ton of British envoy and in some deyrec
of the British ministry.
In my remarks on this subject, (said hey
consider it regular to commence with the
origin of the mission from Great Britain
70 the United States, out of which has aris-
en- the present appropriations posture Of the
affairs between the two countries. What,
sir, were the circumstances under which
that mission was dispatched here? In the
month Of May last, it was known to the
British ministry tina. commercial arranSe-
mept had beer made by their envoy resident
here, (Mr. Erskine,) with the An,< rican
government, but under the allegation that
it was made contrary to instructions it was
no sooner known than it and the minister
makingi were disavowcd. Mr.. Jackson
was then sent to substitute Mr.. Erskine the
-tlisavowed agent, and a, the time he, Mr..
Jackson was sent t, this country, It was
well known by the British ministry THAT the
government of the United States stood So
lemnly pledgt d to the American people to
maintain in, and that they had inviolably
and steadily adhered, to certain POINTS and
PRINCIPLES in our differences with Eng
land-a surrender of or departure from
which would be sacrifice of the honor and
best inter ests of this nation.
Yes, sir, when they we'll knew that in the
affair OF the Chesapeake our exeeutive;would
NOT, and the voice Of almost the whole ma
ton had pronounced that he ought not 10
make the first advance 10 4 reconciliation,
Mr.. Jackson was charged not only to re.
qu'rE the first advance from us, to wit;
that in the document which should con-
tain the adjustment Of that affair, the re-
vocation OF the president'a proclamation Of
1907, iuterdicting the British armed ships
from our waters, should be reeited Al in
dspsnsible preliminary; but to require
from Us also the violation of the prin.
ciples Of our naturalization laws, by
insisting on the surrender Of foreigners who
had become naturalised. As to the orders
in council, We know no, what specific pro.
positions he wa, charged with in relation to
chem. As far rs We are able to deduce any
thing from facts before us, it must be un.
derstood that the British government hid
determined to accept Of no conditions for
the repeal OF the orders in couaoil, except
such as-had been previously declared on
the part Of the American government to be
inadmissible. Notwithstanding what has
been said by the gentleman from -. York,
(Mr. Emott,) l think it il easily to be
demonstrated that the British government
did not intend to make any arrangement
different from that contemplated by the c.
LIBERATED instructions Of the tweuty-third OF
January, transmitted to Mr.. Erskine. If
the British government so recently as May
last, disavowed an arrangeme mt, and recall.
edits minister, under an allegation that he
violated his instructions, was it TO be sup.
posed that they would in two or three
months so far change their policy as TO au
thorlse m arrangement on the same princi
pies they had just rejected?, Certainly not,
sir. 1t is evident hlat such an acccmmoda-
ton could not have been designed, because
Mr.. Canning says that such measures must
be adopted as should secure the objects of
the orders in council. That they did not
by this mean the mere continuance Of the
non-insercourse law as to France, is m AMI.
fest for Mr. Canning says to Mr.. Pink
ney that a repeal as to Great Britain would
be repeal as to the " hole world unless tho
British navy were to be permitted to en-
force The law inte-dicting intercourse with
France by the seizure of such vessels as
should be found violatingi:.
Again II it was the intention of the Bril-
tish government ,orecete from fairgrounds
taken, to wit: the requisition Of continue
ance Of tn. non intercourse law as 10 France,
a surrender Of the colonial trade, and allow
ing the British navy to enforce law Of the
y. S. would not the minister sent here to
perfect the arrangement have been instruct
cd to take diaeren ground from that pre-