Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-04

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had. by a sort Of miracle, been converted
by q feeble diplomatic stripping Of 6. Bri'
tain, into sincere friend TO an honorabls
accommodation.
I, wa. openly said that Mr.. Madison al.
ways had been az heart q Federallst - that
he had never pledged himself to the sYsteTh
OF eternal hatred to England which formed
the most marked feature in the policy OF
his predecessor ;--that the part which he
had borne under that administrators was
only subordinate and ssAeStrieaii !, and that
no opinion could be formed from that cause
Of his future measures:
|, Disgraeeful as such a suppositionswas 70
his character, mean as must i,lat eondacs
have been thus to have played tbe hypo.-
critic or the slave, and false'as his aneasures
now prove this opiuion to have ben; yet
these opinions gained proselytes---a1d there
have been pomstits ia which MIR. Madison,
for an act which will eventually destroy his
reputation, might have obtained the suaias
ges of the degraded frdsralists.
: Though the counteraction will eventually
{ be as strong as the deception wasScompiete,
and deep indignation will succeed to mo-.
men,ary applause yet, at this moment, the
difficulties Of public writer are materially
increased. ~ y2'
: Adapted to this state Of things must BE
our course OF procedure. The Political
History of Mr.. Madison will be first and
briefly discussed, in order to shew US what
we have right 20 expect of him, and to
prove that hatred to Great Britain and at.
,achmens to French politics were deeply
rooted in his own character totally indie.
pendent Of his connection with Mr.. Jsffer.
Sun. .J. ....i .a.h
We shall then proceed to consider the
arrangement with MIR. Erskine; in which
we shall examine the proofs of the imbe-
cility of that young genileman-the extra.
ordinary course which was adopted Of set
ting upon him all Our ministers separately
the errors into which he was led and
which produced his violation of his orders:
The measures of the administration adopt
ed to prevent G.. Britain from acceding to
the arrangcment-the proofs that it was
never expected the arrangement would be
agreed to, and Of course the evidence it
affords OF lnsincerity- the appointments of
Mr.. ]. q. Adams to the court Of one of
the allies of Bonaparte and enemies of G.
Britain, before. the event of the arrange.
mens was known, with view, as it will
turn out, to form coalition against Great
Britain, or to combine in the means Of re-
sistance measure calculated to excite her
jealousy, and to crafty Bonaparte. Under
this head we shall notice also the conduct
Of Congress at the. June session, and ,hew
that it was violation of the implied bar
gain with Mr.. Erskine, and departure
from Mr.. Madison's personal assurances to
that gentleman and, lastly, the late Course
OF negotiation with France, which proves
that the arrangement with Erskine was ex.
planned to BonaParte as a measure which
must fail, and that it was intended to widen
the breach between US and England: In
thts ligh, Bonapartc received and approved
Of it. ..,
Having taken this view Of the arrange
ment with Erskine, We shan say few
words about the rejection Of it bv Great
Britain, and the motives and grounds of
that measure. 3.
We shall then proceed to discuss the late
negotiation with Mr.. Jackson. In the
progress Of this discussion, we shall first
consider the foundation of the charge a.
gainst Mr.. Jackson. of having insulted our
government We shall endeavor TO shew,
that there has been no intimation on his
part of any want of veraci,y in our admi-
nistration--that upon the point on which
the contradiction has been alledged TO have
existed no discordance whatever can be
percsived-that he has not advanced any
thing which is not admitted ON tilepayt of
our administration and that, 80 far from
having aggravated his supposed insult, he
purpesely and delicatsly abstained in his
last letter from repeating the allegasioni
which was pretended to be offensive.
- We shall then proceed to analyze the
whole correspondence. and to shsw thar