The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1810-01-31

IN vain 10 lay beiCie the government O 'hc
lnitca States the despatch ia question, ws,i.n
4 Was at htery! 10 have oune sm eaftnsc laol
thought proper Blu, as l lad such suolg
grehnds ior believing THAI The objeet al las
Ma)esy's government could le tened,
thodsh IN different uiaIsner, and the sIiIir,
al least, oi my several elters ot instruSuCLs
be fully ccNplea with, ieii lhote oteugh
conviction upon my mind, thai should lie
acting in oonioi nifty with His Majeslys wish-
es, and, accordingly, conc noed The hate rio-
,isionl agreemen, on Ills Msjss,y's L,raif
with the sovelnn ent of',he Unil,o Siaics."
he states with candour and teri,y, tlat
when he entered into the arrangements, he
felt a thorough conviction upon his mino, lfas
he was acting in conformity 10 His Ma5csiy's
wishes, and up to the sfsrif OF Ills several
letters of instructions, Ii not to the iefur Ut
them. He also states that he greatly lsinents
that ON act OF his shonld produce amy eirsbar-
rassment between The two coun,tics. In
xjficrent letter he ssates that Ire had mo- in
ten,ion to deceive the United States, and re-.
grets the consequences which have resulted
from the rejection OF the arrangement. 1
will now speak of the conduct OF the ESecu-
tive, % the charge brought against him, by
Mr.. Jackson. will not ccndesccnd TO vim
dicate the Executive. He stands (Iank
God above suspicion. His talents, his vs-
raci'y, his love OF country, ale above suspic-
ion--t will not speak OF motives as applying
to him, or would ask what motive the Lx-
ecutive could have TO enter into an arrange.
ment which he knew would be rejected, md
produce the mischief which has iesult.d1
lst. MIR. Erskine declares he did not lay tes
fore the Executive or the Secretary Of S,tte
his instructions. I'd On our part the err
gagement now disayoweu was promptly ex-
ecuted by the Executive. All this WAS known
to M Jackson, and every Circumstance cru.
merateu should be .reeoiieeted to interpret
the intention Of the British government, 70
insult us through their agent MIR. Jackson.
From this retrospective summary, let any
unprejudiccd mind determine whether the
disavowal originated in British pcrhoy or The
mistake of MIR. Erskine. To enable us to
Judge still more correctly, let us attend to the
mission Of Mr.. JacksoD--and | am sorry here
to state that understood the gentivmsi, iroih
Connecticut MIR. Dana) either by his ex.
press words, or from the una, oidabc ccnslu-
sion drawn from his premises, to charge the
Executive chief magistrate with the conse.
quences Of the disavowal OH the part Of G..
Britain. OF an equitable arrangement entered
into with great solemhity, and which gave no
more than our und0ubted right, nor as much.
did not hear hn cast any censure on the
conduct OF MIR. Jackson, nor upon the COM
duct OF the British government in dsaypwing
the act Of its minister. He also admitted
that the President had right constitutionally
to receive foreign ministers and might reject
them upon reasonable ground. He also stat
ed that the immunity OF publ;ck minister
did not allow himto charge our Executive
with talschood, or to appeal TO the people
from the government. These principles be-
ing admitted, listened atteDtiveiy to hear
where the blame was to be placed, on whose
shoulders---and TO my astonishmcnt, the
blame was packed upon the President Of the
United States, in failing to comply with an in.
cumbcnt duty, viz. in not demanding the au-
thoriiy OF Mr.. Erskine to make the arrange.
ment, And many authorities were quotsd TO
prove the failure of duty on the part OF the
Executive. The gentleman has failed in bis
attempt, admitting every authority quoted.--
When foreign minister enters into any en-
gagement with any other government, and
the stipulatons are TO be carried into imn,e-
distc effect, there the government has right
to demand the power, or if you will, the a,l-
thority of such foreign minister 10 conclude
am arrangement ON the subjects embraced by
the compact.
But there is a difference between the pow
er of pubIick minister, and his special IN
st.uc 'ons under che power. II never has
been dcRied that Mr.. Erskiue had power TO
make an arrangement OH the subjects en-
braced by the disavowed sipulatiCns. This
is acknowledged by Mr.. Jackson in the core.
respondence. by Mr.. Canning in his lctters,
and by all those who support Mr.. Jackson
and condemn our Executive government.
The President therefore demanded and re-
ceived proper evidence Of the power Of MIR.
Erskine to make arrangements embracing
the Orders in Council and the affair of the,
Chesapeake. Having done this the Presi-
dent discharged his duty.
SecondIy--Thcn how Goes the member
from Connecticut make and prove kis charge