Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-24

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IE&frtike or ,nsinu,,ion whatever; and =.
.s,ert, confidently. t,.as no o.hcr p.s,,,.
Col, bY fou.,d in this 6,st letter rvl,tiy. "a
this shtiecs., IN mr.. Smiths reply 70 Thu
le.se NC ought 70 expect 70 fad no, only !.
rsprpof or notice Of any oReusivsIterms, h.a
ikas been any, bot particular designation
"a tie part which vas d.xmed oEensive..
tls., Smith docs NOT express his surpri,.
that bIr. Jackson should lay 80 much :,r,,,
Oh the want OF complaint 90 the part oil our
cabinet, and on the substitution Of other
terms instead Of those which Mr.. Enkius
. was authorisea 10 propose ;4but he doe, no,
intimate that Mr.. Jackson had drawn from
those circumstance conclasion tina. cur
government had knowisdge Of the r..
.trieted po1vers Of Nr. Esskiss. Now, -
Mr. Jackson had not in fact, ~ we have
.hewn, drawn any suohconclusion, audssMr
Smith did not tell him thar he supposed be
had, how could that minister divine. Il o,
give any explanation Of il? Mr.. Smi,L
adds, that if the government had known
that the conditions presented by Mr.. FL.
.kins wers the only ones which he was au.
;horised to make the arrangement, it never
would have been made" This was the Mo.
nent for Him to have told Mr.. Jackson,
that he understood him to ins,nuAte in his
first letter., that our government. had suchs
knowledge. This was omitted. Why -
Because MIR. Jackson had made no such in
sinuaiian. Blu. il he had made it, it would
have been no offence until our government
denied it, which they never did, till t!.i,
cl.use was inserted in Mr. Smiths letter Of
October 10Th. Tbs offence II any mas; b.
seund, therefore, 10 the subsequent CORES.
pondexce. The next letter from Mr.. Jack.
son in reply TO this denial now first msde by
our government of their knowledge Of the
restricted nature Of MI. Erskios's powen,
i. dated October ssd. In THE letter h.
most delicately ahstsins FROM any insiaua.
ton Of the knowlsdys Of our government d
Mr.. Elskine's restrictions. The only sen.
,cnce ia relation to this subject are the ioh
lowing. and are N strict conformity 70 the
facts admitted BY eur eabinst:
"These instructions (Mr. Er.kinv's)
now understand by your letter ~ well as
the deductions which took the liberty of
making in mine, Of the 18th inst. were as
the time in sudstanes made known 70 you"
:" You are already aesuainsed with thM
which was given (a!!uding to TIC eon,mu-
nication Of Mr.. CaNnings letter 70 Mr..
Erskine which was sl,ewu 70 Mr.
Pinkney) AID have had the honor Of IN
forming you that it was the oaly one by
which the conditions were prescribed"
These are tho only sentence. which affect
the question in this letter. 1t is impossible
to conceive of expressions more clear--it is
difficult 10 form an idea Of Expressions more
respectful or less offensive. Yet the next
we hear from Mr.. Smith on this subject
in the highest possible tone Of haugtains,s
and affront He assured Mr.. Jackson,
without any qualification, that his language
is improper and irrelevant, and thsi MIR.
Jackson hot i7siuated which ne h0ue bros.
ed he nadnst-.hat our government knew I
that Mr.. Erskines Instructions did mo. aa. !,
thorize him to conclude the .arrag cement, !.
AID that he muss also repeat the iBsinuatioA /
which he mad never made. Mr. Iaeksoa
had insin,,ated only what our government
admitted, that they knew the 3u6stance Of
Ar. Erskine's psziers, and ,hA only inf.r-
encc made, was, ths. his maj .sty was rot
held by an agreement which 80 essentially
departed from them. TIE hnguasc of Mr..
Jackson heretofore was not eo,sid cred good
cause for dismissng hina I: But We arc told
that in his last letter he persisted in tho
same insinuat;ons, with aS Iravating circum-
stances. In that letter M affirm that NOT
one line can he found abiding TO the Goa.
tested point: There is = moderation accon-
panied with Srtsnsss, which Mr.. smith
would do we'll 70 imitate.
The only passage which can be pretend,
ed to refer to tho dispute !. the last para
graph, where MIR. J sck,nn rsgrers shae no
should be charged IN unqus f6sd terms with
Irrelevant aud Su2roper y,rgumenfs, and
adds " that he shoa!d not 4 link df uttering
an insinsetisn waen he waS stable 10 sub.
.so n,;av. . fo.e ~ M, 2. 81 ..:J - III