The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-03
FnoM THE AURORA.
THE DIPLOMACY EXAMINED.
No. 1.


now proceed to examine them, under the follow
ing heads.
The circumstances under which they appear
before the public:
The question of credit on the contents of the
several papers, betweea the British ministers 4
our own:
The character Of their contents as they relate
30 The policy and Independence of the United
States and, ss
Considerations on the character OF the mat
tiers contained in, these dispatches compared with
other transactions of political nature III and out
Of Congress. -
Perhaps the public is not fully aware of the
extent OF the application of which the correspon
dencc lust unfolded is susceptible to other inca
sures. and to transactions OF Rsch carlierdate
! and which have very generally been cons .dered
only as the result of capticc or crude opinions IN
various individuals. We shalt, as usual, offer the
facts to the public, and the opinions which we
have formed from close attention to public
transactions and public characters.
The first head of examination is the circum
stances under which the documents now APP
pear. On this head the Baltimore Wing and A
.ie,icnn have contributed some information; and
an the date of The letter of MIR. GallatIn OF the
29th April, which has not been published until
,iiis ;iine, we find enoughto CONFEDERATE what
they state
The editor or the Whig heard at Washington
IN April last of this correspondence, ard the te
on the character of Mr. Sr8erSon and MIR dad
Sson, and of an intention 10 publish the cores
pondence at that time. The correspondence is
SAID to have been received by the ship Cincinna
Il, capt ConkGn, which arrived at York the
eleventh of April
The american observes, that from the date of
Mr. Gataun's letter, which is called " ee
cuipdtory letter )" the correspondence as publish
co by the British house of lords, appears 10 have
been IN MIR. Callatin's hands since the middle of
April that to give them publicity was not his
object, until the surmises oil the press coerced him,
Father too late for his credit, to perform an act
which duty should have imposed upon him at
fiie first moment.
There great force in these remarks of the
American which adds" We have been told
that the pamphlet containing these documents
was loaned TO The secretary, from whom they coKd
aot De recovered; that when called for, The usual
apology was, that the secretary had not done read
fng thru"
So far have other papers spoken on the sub
feet we also heard Of this correspondence dur
ing the session of congress we had heard OF
them through those chat had read them and
were so increduious as to suspend opinion,
and to suppose misrepresentation in those
who had, read them; we sought after
the authentic publication, and at length sue
seeded when the article appeared i'll the
WsIo, calling upon Mr.. Gallatin for the pam
phei, we were possessed oft, &had heard that
way in this city, and figures in England,
had sent copies hither, with arguments drawn
from this correspondence to account for the con-
fenlbt into soich the Aanerican nation and name
Hdd fallen III Europe.
II was our wish. in noticing the article in the
Wing. produce publication, in the form which
ii has taken place that lit should come forth
IN such way as to obviate all the desperate
Wis OF prostituted presses, to cut oil al once all
that malignant hypocrisy which assumes the
mark OF candor, by affecting to doubt what it
does not wish to believe, or by pretending to
suspend opinion until baibabie facts are rendered
authentic by the confession of those who have an
jntert st to deny them
The correspondence is therefore now before
the public, not upon the authority eff pamphlet
which this refined hypoctisym might say any printer
could print ii is now before the public sane
TONED by the authority of Mr. GELATIN, as an
authentic publication of the British house of
lords.
The subject is therefore before the public in a
form as authentic as any evidence can be. Ii re
mains TO examine other facts connected with it.
Among these the public eye has already noted
she date of the 29th April, prefxed to the letter
OF Mr.. Gsllatin, published the 1871 July
Here reach point, upon which we can on
iy form conjectures and to opinions formed up
on the mere inquistion ofthe mind, we do not
wish to attach any more weight or Importance
than they worth, or than as they shall appear
probable. We wish to strain nothing beyond its
natural compass, for unfortunately the shame
Is already hidcous and enormous
We must look beyond mere accident for the
date of Mr. Galatians letter; it has been conjec-
tured that the letter was antedated in order to
have the appearance of being forced out by Ger.
tam newspapers this surmise might serve to
account for tie conduct of man of humber fac
uity or weaker nerves than Mr.. Gallatin those
who ascrbe the date of his letter TO that cause,
do NOT know him Mr. Gsllstin is not Indifferent
tho he affects to be, to publications in newsDa
pers bis usual maxim is not 10 notice pubiica-
tions his departure from it now, is only an eYi.
dencc of the peculiar importance of the case
and lie possesses certain faculty o. snppressiDg
la soEIeBeueHt de cauv, he would aOt lay him
self open in that way, unless it should be intend
ed 70 lead TO some derDier purpose.
We must therefore look TO some cause in or.
der TO account for this antedate. We must look
in the correspondence Itself for the cause Mr.
Gallatin has been sustained in the public opinion
ever since his conduct in the report ON the aasoo
report, only by the cUuntenauce and favor of MIR
Jtfferson's confidence, ana notwithstanding that
favor, he has by several acts, which we shall
think 1t our duty on this occasion TO notice, not
only sunk bimsefi in the opinion OF Mr. Jcfierson's
tFIends but Mr.. Jefferson has caused many
pshgs TO those who, however highly they prize
mis- services to this Country and his immovable
integrity and bencv lence, have constantly Ia.
rnented that he did not dismiss MIR Gollatin, when
he was detected IN retailing to MIR. Randolph &
confidential conversations concerning pui chase
If Florida, or when MIR Randolph avowed OIL
DE 5th March 1906 that Mr., Gailatin had dc
"lSred 10 him" there ras no eI6iaet."