The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-12-18

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several subjects, to coun,eract the wishes of
my government upon each. should have
done SO too. without inducemeut; for had
NO authority III make any demand or propo
sal, IN the eases OF tile Chesapeake and Or.
ders in council; or 10 act upon any proposal,
%li.ch Lord Wellesley might be inclined to
makesto me; and IL was perfectly clear
thar these subjects were not susceptible of
any, very material written illustrations
which they had not already received /
did not, however, imagine, that / was to
make no use of the reflections upon them
which voa had furnished in your letter of
the Esd OF November. was, on the con
trary, convinced tina; it woaid be proper to
suggest them occasionally in conversation,
with view 10 dispose Lord Wellesley, and
through him the British government, to
seek such fair and liberal adjustments with
rs as would once more m,kr us friends.
Accord'ngly in my first conference
spoke OF the affair of the Ches.peak and
the orders in council and concluded my ex
pl-aations, which did not lose sight of your
letter of the Esd of November, BY express
ing a wish, that lord Wellesley would al.
low me an early opportunity of a free com
munication with him on these heads
Trom the disposition evinced by Lord Wei
lesley, in the notice which he took of these
Suggestions and of that wish, l was inclined
tohope, that it nigh. be in my power to
announce 10 you, by the return os the cor
veto, that new envoy would be charged.
as The successor of Mr.. jackson, with i'm
strurticns adapted 10 The purpose of honora-
be accommodation My letter to his lord
ship was written under the influence of this
hope, and concludes, as you will perceive.
with as strong an appeal 70 the disposition
an which it rested, as could with propriety
be made.
! REQUIRED. in subsequent conversations,
as oflen as occasion pre- sented itself, to the
attack on the Chesapeake and tn the orders
in council IL son appeared however that
y new envoy would not. in the first instance,
be sen out TO replace Mr.. jackson, and
con equently, that an arrangement of these
SUI -ctS was not in that mode to be expect
et A special mission would still less be
resulted to and it was not likely. that APP
pyoacbes to negotiation would be made thro'
a charge d'afatres. 1t was still barely pos
sible, that though had no powers TO nego-
cate and conclude, he British governmt MT
might cot be disinclincd 10 make advances
through nae. or that Lord Wellesley would
suffer me SO far to understand the views of
his government, as that l might enable YOU
TO Judge upon what conditions and in what
mode arrangement was practicable. This
was possible. though not very probable bnt
II finally became certain, that no defini,ive
proposal would, for the present at least be
made TO us through any channel, and that
lord Wellesley would not commit himself
upon the details to which I wished him to
speak, but upon which, of course, did not
press him.
1t only remains to refer you, for the ac-
tual sentiments OF this government, with re
gard to future negotiation, to the concluding
paragraph of Lord Welesley's letter to me /;
which is substantially the same with his re
cent verbal explanations and to add that.
in a short conversation since the receipt of
his letter, he told me, that if thought nv
self empowered to enter upon and adjust the
case Of the Chesapeake, he would praceed
without delay to Consider it Bjth me
have not supposed, that lord Weiles
ley's letter requires any other than the com
Ipop answer, and have accordingly, given
the reply, of which a copy is now trans
mitted
have the honor to be.
With great consideration. sir,
Your most obi. humble servant,
(Signed) WIN. PyNKNEY.
The k0norQbLe Robert Smith STc SC'c