Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-28

On correspondence 70 ssftraia IN
Sc nse they understood one aro,hev N,
vious conversation or conespo, d,n,'
Mr.. Pinkney and Mr.. Canning have Is
long model of COURTESY ard ..,!
about the apprehension or misappreh,'..
of their respective epis,les, Wh,n H.
the per.elegant stuff, fall deeph n
with plain dealing. There is sens,I
mysterious in yards for, as ev,,v sI't
loeist knows, there is no good reason 9~ N
the word black might not have been m.s
express an idea OF zuhite or vice ve,,' /
Surely, then, it is not wonderful, ,ha !
tourd men should in fit of oost,or
mistake one phrase for another. Ts|
might, indeed, be something like agse,,'1
m the thing; tut great men mus have .,
indulgence particularly when in confess
for the weather gage ib diplomatic ,a,E1S
they sail on a.thousand tacks, puzzI. b.s
selves, pose the spectators, and lose 4,
reckoning. ] say, it is not so s,tarpsSl
that they enquire, when the battle IS ~
what latitude and longitude they were
for it must always be remembered, tia, h
beauty of diplomatic writings consis! ipcl
cui', long words, few'ideas,- ineomprshrI
sibleness.
' Having thus made a new sort Of pe|
ment with charity to criticism, the rs,t|
can travel as far as tie road goe: withou,|
TT TO point the way to the cficial le,.,|
which Mr.. Erskihe wrote to Hlr. CanrnI
concerning some unofficial coavtrsaisl
which tie haa held with MIR. Smith. MI
Madison and MIR. Gai!a,in. Canning n
stantly- ins.ructs hnl tonegociate on e,iuI
conditions but he sends him few brad
IGfinstructoas al the same time. The nj
morable instructions are published and |
would seem that Canning had either mlsuI
d.rstood Ersk!ne-or Erskine had nsus
derslood Mr. GaIlatin- or Mr.. Gaa.inhI
Gn his simple, innocent, blunderins way
COMPOUNDED indirect with direct trade; \
there was something confouadedly obEe.s
in the talk or the REPETITION. '.
:, Erskine, to be sure, gave Gallatin CT
tifcate, that his conception or proposals
was " direct" and SO all was s smootht5
yer for while But people viii be ,urnri
over old documents, when they have d
thing else to do. Gallatin says some Gu.
Gus things 20 E'skins he is SUR, 50 he
that in their Conversations .nty never MI
understood each ether bu,, th3l Caa3
expresses the prop 5si,ion :" in a narnt
which" goes tf.iiTthrr than had been 81
szsted By he numbers Of this adn,in'ni
lion - .hat though the non ,intcrccurss
might be continued as to France, yet
mus, be done BY law, and not sppssr to +
a {" condition Of the bargain. he leg
la,ute must Go these things; and !! v@
not tell well for the executive cGcer, to /
pulaie beforehand that the legislature sho
be moved by them. z Eyskino' too then ::
al vas fair, and there was no naisuntt
standing between him and Mr.. Cailatl1I
We are curious however to lean what (
been since said,s written and publ'sh:dI
England on this Notifying theme =
we are also curious to learn WHY the SEQ
ta,y OF our treasury NEEDLES with th
plonatic duties which are assigned 70 u
parate officer. BY this imP=Hlnenes
intrigue, our government and nation 'lt
in very contemplate light: cur an
seem to be entrusted 10 any body orU1
body. We seera to have no uniiora' /
tenn, no plan, no management, or t0On.
Of it, which just amounts to the y"
,hing.)
Some may argue, that the secFsnl
the treasury is fit agent to settle "s
ciples OF a treaty as having such lhA4,
over members of congress, that thew
seal whatever he would sign. WI
this is marvellous doctrine but W'D.
our present predicament, or past eona.
is not marvellous in the extreme! ~ j.
voice OF marvellous mancuvres, wo'O1
deeds would exhibit marvellous g'0OF
6a Nore maygellous stM j