Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-01
agoxDAE, JANuARxasll.
G. O N G r E S S.
!. zy74rSE or REPRES ENTA IIglEsS.
Tuesday, December 10.
DEBATE

- TuEspAY, Eerenlbef 10.
DEBATE
ON TIL E JOINT RESOLUTION
dbbrooias. ne conduct ct the fxec 1''''
) S. ,ssatioa 10 the rstasat 70 sreefipe arg
fa,4arr caassaaicatioh roa. Francis as s.
jackson. 8
EcoNTINuE3.
In.commitsee Of the whole Mr.. BAssEsT
inthe chair
Nh. .AfsK EE--I rise to submit q few re-
marks 81, tie subject of the resolution now
nnder consideration, in violatlon.ot a RUE
which / had prescribed 10 myself when a
WAS "a. take no part inthe public discussions
of any general question which might come
hsfose this houseduring the presens
session--a rule TO which | might have ad-
heretl. had it not been alledged that those
who were opposed 70 arsselulion last SEES
sion. approba,ing the presidens for the
pfompt manner in which he met the over
ture made to tnis government by MIR. Ftr-
skineS would aceinconsistently py support
inc the resolution now on your table.
a { the opening of the last ses In OF coz,
gress. the president of the Gnited' States
Communicated to US an arrangement enter
ed into between this governments aud W.T..
Enskine, the representative OF the british
government In America, important IN 1t,
self and more so when considered rs open
sipg the way to a more extended aecomnio-
darion. The terms of this arrangement
) were carried fully into effect by the United
States, with the expectation that the terms
/ of the agresment thus concluded would
. have been carried into oreraIion by The
DfRIsrf NV vSrument. But, SIR, ills now
s found that this arrangement has been dlsa-
vowed, the niinisterby whom 1t was.natie
recalled, and Mr. Jackson sent TO replace
ham,
This new minister IN the explanations
which he found It necessary 10 make to this
government of the causes producing this
disavowal on the part of Great Britain,
thought proper 10 use and repeat language
highly ndecorous and offensive ;and out
,of these circumstances the present question
) has arisen. .
- We End, sir, that this new minister, IN
: the threshold .of his correspondence with
/. Smith, insinuates that the Arrangement
made with Mr.. Erskine, was entered into
with bal faith on the part OF this govern
ssnent; for we find the following statement
In page so and 81 ofthe printed documents.
:. You state, sir, very truly, that an ar
rancrlfisnt mad been made betweenyou and
: Mr.. Erskins, and that his majesty mad iho't
proper 10 slisaYow that arrangement.
8. I have here in the outset, TO regretthe
loss of the advantages OF verbal intercourse
with YOU, as I should have ayailed myself
/ of tito enquire whether by your statement,
! IL were YOUR intentions to complain OF the
disayowai itself, o.. ola total want OF ex-
L planat;on of it, or Of the circumstances of
si,e explanation not having been made thro'
me. observe that in the records of this
s mission there is no trace of complaint, on
Sthe mart of the United States, OF his majes-
Is having disavowed the act Of his minis
Ger. You have not, in the conferences we
have hitherto held, distinctly announced
q any ,sneh complaint, anu / have seenwith
Measure. II, this forbearance on your part,
an instance of that candor, which doubt
not ain pIeyaii IN all our commnm cations,
inasmueh as you could not but bays Thought
\ Il unreasonable TO complain of the disavow-
alof An act done under such circumstan.
3 Ces as conH only lead to the consequences
that haye actually FOLLOWED"
Dir. Jackson here congratpiates himself
! on the candor and terbesranceg of Mr..
Smith in his failure or refusal to make any
complaint whatever of the disavowal OF che
ARRANGEMENT made with Mr., Erssine, al
IeeIoiac as a reason for the absences ofevery
trace Of complaint on the pareof The y.