The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-18

1 letter
addressed to the Secretary of State, dated
4sh Nov. page y. we find him obstinately
perscveriny in his offensive nsnuations, a,i,,
unfounded assertions. His own languages is
the best evidence of his fixed determination
| to treat our government with inso,ence. I,
! is as follows
You will find that in my correspondence
with you. Jhaye carefully avoided drawing
conclusions that did not necessarily follow
from the premises advanced by me, and last
OF all should think of utterng an insinua-
ton. where was unable to substantiate a
tact. Tosacts, such as i have become nc
quaiuted with them. have scr,,pulousIy adj
hered. and in SO doing must continue, when
ever the good faith OF his majesty's govern
nent IS called la question, to vindicate its
honor and dignity in the manner thatap
pears to me best calculated. for that purpose -
lie avows. that the conclusions he had
Drawn. were correct, that his insnuations
could be suDstantiated by facts, and that he
should adhere to the assertions he had made.
his is his meaning, for in the precetlingpa
raSraph. he says, ''but as to the propi'iety
OF my illusions, you must allow me TO &C
knowledge only the decision of my own sove
reign. whose commands obey, and to whom
alone consider myself responsible" What
language. sir, would be more insolent and
aifrOntins than this, 1t contains not only an
lnsinua'ion, but re iteration of the detesti-
Die charge, that onr government were gull
ty OF falsehood. If the Executive had con
tinued the correspondence, after this, it
would have degraded itself and the country
mere then remained no other course tobe
pursued, more proper than the one taken by
the executive. to refuse to receive any fur
Their communications from this minister, and
informs his government, OF his offensive con-
duct. This course approve. This par, of
the resolution has my appreciation.
1T, sir. there would remain any doubt, af-
ter examining those parts of the correspon-
dence, which have already noticed, that
MIR. Jackson has insulted our government,
and that he designed SO to do would ask
the attention of the committee to what he
says respecting tie orders in council. the af
tar OF the Chesapeake. and tie object of
his mission to this government. These are
subjects OF importance, ofgreat moment and
interest to the country, subjects to which
the attention of the nation is at present di-
rected. l may therefore. sir. be excused in
turning again to the correspondence, to hear
what this new minister has to say in rclati
OH to them.
In the letter of Mr.. Jackson of tie 11th
October, page SIS, of the printed documents,
we ind paragraph, touching the orders
in council, which cannot, / think, be mis-
taken. 1t is in the following words:
The effect Of this new order is to relieve
the system under which the former orders
were issued from that which has always
been represented in this country, as the
most Objectionable and offensive part OF it,
the option given to neutrals to trade with
the enemies OF Great Britain through Bri-
tish ports on payment OF 4 transit duty
!. This was originally devised and intended as
a mitigation of what is certainly more cor
rect, but more rigid in principle. the total
and unqualified intertliction of all trade with
the enemy. IF, ho;; ever, this mitigation
was felt as aggravation, and as has
been sometimes warmly asserted. as an in
suit, that cause OF complaint is now entirely
removed. BY the order in council of the 26th
April, 1909, al! trade with France and
Holland. and the ports of Italy, comprehen
ded under the denomination OF the Kingdom
of Italy, is simply prohibited altogether. No
option is afforded and consequently no tran
SIT duty is required to be paid. In another
respect, the order in council Of the Goth A
prii, must be admitted to be more restrict
i've, than those of Nov. 1907
Sir. let me now ask, if, in this paragraph
of studied, lahored inycc,ve, it is possible
for any one, who understands the English
language, to perceive any thing but insult
What, sir, after this country had suffered
so much by these orders, and complained
SO loudly against them, because they eztclu
ded portion of our trade, and shacl.ed the
remainder with transit duty. are VIC to be
told, that we are relieved by "simf,iv h7-o
hi6iting fhc trade altogether ?" Not only
told this, but required to receive the decla-
ration, as the unexceptiouaSle language of
friendly negotiation No, sir. this is too
much! The Executive would have been
justified, have no dslbt, by the people, lift
mad peremptoriy refused to receive any
ter. from air. Jackson. That il did no, so
refuse, is only to be attributed 20 the sincere /,
end strong desire OF the government, to have |
An amlcaoie adjustment of our differences
with England.
BY adverting to the preceding pert IF this |
letter, IN which MIR. Jackson mentions the |
affair OF the Chesapeake, we find he IS not !
instructed to make PREPARATION for that out
rage, BIZ. upon terms that would be humiii- |
atDg and disgracefu tn this country. Our
government are required formally to revoke |
the proclamation, which has long since |
been done away, TO stipulate. in fact, to !
purchase the preferred PREPARATION. The !
seaDen TO be restored, must not be either M
turai born subjects Of his maje sly, or desert.
ers rom lis majes,y's service.
Wen, sir, as they we're claimed, and for
chilly taken as natural born subjects or de-
scrters, OF course, by tue terms of this stpu
latioD, none would be restored. We are re
quired, after this length of time has passed,
now to receive that sort OF separation which
goes directly to justify the attack.
When we lock tor the object OF MIR Jack
sons mission, we find throughout all bis let-