Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-14

he shifts Fhis ground, and eeacsWse eur J
im;n;sser "a have urged pretsnsious which
- d;.s;nctIy aiad unsq uivocal denied He
asvs. s. II issundcrssosd that his. Hyissnnic
n,siessv persevsres In requiring 'as "A in-
di,nehsibls condition oa the pars Of the u.
States, an entire relinquishmens OF the right
/, trade with the enemies' colonies, and
also permission to the British navy to aid
in executing law Of Congress. =
This statement Mr.. Jackson distinctly
denies ever having made, either by word
Of mouth, or in writing. Nosa word, too,
is said in reply to Mr.. Jackson's letter of
the 27th Of Oct. about the terms Of salts.
faction offered for the attack on the Chesa-
peake-aay, with almost unparalleled dis.
ingenuity, Mr.. Smith argues as if no such
lettet had been sent, and no repara.ion of.
fersd. After reading il, the most strenu.
Gus advocate Of tina Americans will hardly
deny that the reparation we Offered was
ample, most ample: .a..
If,here be any one who contend that the
points pressed by Mr.. Jackson were not
necessary to be pressed, could do no good,
and might do much harm to the negocia-
tion--shas the correspondence ought not to
have been retrospective, we reply, be it so.
Yet it the American government began by
taking that retrospective course, our minis.
ter could not do otherwise than follow
them, and take the line he did. But it 10
not easy for us to believe, after an attentive
perusal of the concluding part Of the cor.
respondenee, that the reasons given for
breaking off all negotiation with Mr.. Jack
son were the real ones-shey seem only to
have been the ostensible ones and this,we
dare say, we shall see very shortly.
After leaving Washington, Mr.. Jackson
was forced to apply for special safeguards
for himself, family and suite having al.
ready been once grossly iusultsd by the in.
habitanss Of Hampton, and the press en-,
couraging the people to commit violence
upon his person.
It would not De doing Justice to Mr..
Jackson not to direct the attention Of our
readers in peculiar manner TO the very
able manner in which his letters are writ
ten particularly the letter Of the Esd of
Oct. His language may be too strong for
the delicate nerves and appetites of the
American advocates it may not be braid.
ed and fessooned with sufficient elegance
for them he may not have pinched the
plaits Of his phrascology with sufficient
neatne,s, nor placed his patches and fea.
theirs with that correctness Of millinery
which was calculated to please the eye and
the taste of that exquisitsly delicate 60
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have British ministers speaking such truly
British language.
From the London Statesman, fan. II.
.- An Opposition Print,
American papers, containing informa.
ton of very serious importance, were sen,
on shore by the American frigate John A.
dams, which passed Dover On Tuesday,
aud were received in town yesterday after
noon. 1t is understood that gentleman,
charged with dispatches for the American
envoy at Paris, had been previously landed
on the ceast of France. The American
frigate did not, as was expected, make for
the Thames, but shaped her course for
Holland. Our readers will perceive, in
NuS SAsa osNS Nu@s VIC udSS StNCus WIFI what
rancorous resentment the conduct of MIR.
Jackson has inspired the predominant. party
in America. Even the very senate have
abandoned the language Of diplomacy, not
kssitating to declare the conduct Of Mr..
Jackson, in his correspondence, insolen,."
The introduction of a bill to "au,horise the
president to send out Of the country Of
Tending minissers," is measure evidently
proposed under the impulse ofsudden irri-
sation. We cannot see the necessity, the
importance, or the utility of such bill.
The budget Of Mr.. Gallasin is lamen.
tible proof of the departure Of America
from the principle of economy, On which
she hitherto has acted. The seeds of cor.
rupsion have, we greatly fear, alreadv been
scattered in that only remaining seat Of
| freedom. Even the remarkable events that
! have recently occurred in Europe, are less
calculated to excite surprise, than tho an.
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