Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-23

( ,a.,;oos, Was disayowed, and ppGa its
..s.yowaI, the orieihaE INSTRUCTIONS were
s"wp 20 our minister ID London. Upsn
q. occasion, eouSersation t6ok place;
S;eh unausstionAbly was frtrnded for our
.rrrnment, aud which was of course de-
S;lrd in the lelleTs Of Mr.. Pinkney TO the
J.nanment oftsiale, IL this conyersation;;
~ British minister recedes from the IN
.,ruc,ions given to Mr.. Ersk;ne, and de-
,lT.G 10 terms noe d Be miisInderstooa,
,5at his governments il williDg TO revoke It's
orders as to the IT. s. son the Sole condition
Ia, the u, S. viii stipulaie TO continuetheiir
ooDosition 20 the degrees of Fsance, until
inv shall be repealed: This then Is an il.
Iurnal proposition on the part Of England.
which is as well understood as If. made 81
fern. If It be acceptable toIhe u. States,
We may 6nlsonae means Of signEyiReour
assent TO It. IL lis not acceptable, the
primal proposition would be useless. We
know wen thar England, in the present
state Of the world, .esR eoncede nothing
further; andtwe ,onght,not 70 ask it. ,Ins
deed, even this is asdemand Of mere pune
,ilim The fate of our vessels sailing to
Holland under the convention Of Mr.. Err
skiue; the fste,of.ong vessels found in the
ports Of Frapee and Of her dependent states,
would warn us; if experience could warn
Us, not again to trust our property within
the grasp Of tyTant, who is, governed by
no principle, and who acknowledges no
other lswi than bis own viii. g. ...'@ =.
Tasse communications, made thro' Mr..
Pinkney, were in substance propositions
Submitted 90 the consideration of the Anne
ri:sn government. IT, with any modi6ca.
lons, THEY, would be acceptable. a nation
inclined TO aceommodmion, Instead Of wait.
Tag ia hSughlY reserve gill he'epposi.e party
Should find out and propose those modiica-
ions. would itself suggest them. :
Still more apparently unjust is the com.
pIatrrrSspectiug the Chesapeake. ,
Il tst,aos ne fnTgoIten that this outrage
was the act Of admiral BerkIey, not Of his
government thar it was Immediately dis.
nvowrd in y e'noas public manner, and
Willingness declared to make every proper
reparNtion that special and solemn EN-.
hassy was deputed TO make THE PREPARATION {;
and that through our own fault il has not
yet been received. j.,
Blu, passing over these essential eonsi.
drrations, the conclusive Snswrr 70 this
complaint remains YET TO be given. Mr..
il kSoa didia express terms, by The 'su.
ihorry of his government, oarrihe repara.
ton which that governmept deemed AIDE.
guate TO the occasion. To this Offer no ain.
twer cf any kind has been returned. IL is
still under consideration. With what de-,
crncy caa'i; BE- suggested that America has
reason to be offended because reply 10 a
request, for the recall Of a minister does not
contain n new proposition on this subject?
or because anew proposition is not made
IN any other fGim, while that already ten.
Gcrrd remains withoui An answer?
How immoveabIe must he the prejudice
OF he mind, which can compare the con-
Gc"t Of England en these SUBJECTS with
that OF Francs, md then deliberately at.
tempt TO keep mp he resentment of his
country agains, the former? How, prepared
mus; 1t be for the yoke Of the latter?
49,. ,AsRMINEUS.