The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-18
mo. 70.

OF diplomacy. And nothing but the spirit of
insoence would ave induced the British mi
mister To make such limitations TO the Ameri-
can government. How would the British
government have me. such treatment from
our minister. Suppose we had murdered
few Of his majssty's subjects. seized and
confined four or five thousa,.i more. obstruct-
ed the navigation of the riyerSe Lawrence,
plundcred their property to the amount of
fifty or sixty millions of dollars. of which his
majesty complained entered into an ar
rangement for making PREPARATION, which he
observed with good faith. but which we had
perhdious'y violated ; and after all this, sent
a minister TO tell that nation, that he had
no proposals to make, that his instructions
were prospective" ana to charge their
ministry with falschoods The minister who
should thus trihe with that government,
would be INSTANTLY dismissed If not ordered
to lcevc the country.
why disavow the arrangement so far as
isrela,es to the affair of he Chesapeake
Il is not denied but Ar ErsLiae acted in
pursuanc. of his authority upon this point.
And when we are told, that he violated his
Instructions, that reason does not apply 20
this part of the case, if it were admissible
ihe cause of the disavowal is to be found
only In the monopolising system of that go
VernmeDe. That system. which Mr. Jack
son tells us, was "deliberatelv adopted and
acted upon. in just &c necessary retaliation of
the unprecedented mades Of hostility resort
ed to by the enemy" A system, justified
only by the prctence, that it is "to set bounds
to that spirit Of encroachment and univer-
sal dominion, which would bend all things to
its own standard" But. sir, we are not to-
be told, at this day, that The object of the
present war, on the part OF Great Britain,
IS resistance TO the spirit OF encroachmeut.
It's contest for commercial profits. Sup
pose we were to declare war against the
Dey ct Algiers, because his subi> cts would
not exchange their present form of govern
ment for one like ours--could we expect to
DE justified in the eyes of the world, in ap-
pea!ing to the necessity of this war, as an
excuse for violating the rights of other ma
tons! No, sir, the pretence would be in
so'ent. especially when offered to the injur-
ed. Yet we are required to take this as a
satisfactory reason for British boekades, or
ders in council, and deRredations upon our
property
Sir, if further evidence Mould be necessa-
ry to'prove the inssience ofthiS minister to
our government, it is to be ipnHd in his lat
ters delivered by Mr. Oakley I'd, the Score
tar OF State, dated 18Th November. In the
first of these notes, Mr. Oakley Us d. sired
to state to the Secretary of State-Ehat Mr..
ackson had been grossly insulted Y the in
habitants of Hampton, in the abuive Ian
guage held by some Of them TO seVral off,
Gers bearing the kings UNIFORM, tAt spe-
cial passports were Indispensable TO Is safe
~. that this was the more necessary, scause
the language of cur news papers haA ten
dency To excite the people to comm vio-
lencc upon his person" MOI satisfielwith
the insoience he had offered TO the Necu-
tive. he extends it to the people. Sin is
the barbarous state of American Haers,
that he shall be destroyed by the hi of
violence, unless the government exit to
him their special protection! The Obj of
the next note, is 20 reitsrate tile ofsve
Charge, Tor which he had been dismih''
4" He had seen with much regret that.ts
which II had been his dutyto state, hadan
deemed sufficient motive for bi-eakisE
an important negotiation The te I'm is'
is selected, and several times rep ea.dn
TINS note, for the purpose of repea, 'a9c
insult 20 the government. The plain r.
iish OF this note, is, if you are offt.ndkt
what Mr.. Jackson has said, he now reDt 4
the assertions in the strongest terms e
language affords And yet, sir, do we hr
gentlemen declare that they cannot percse
any insult in all this And they call uh
us To prove the charge contained in the J.
solution.
Sir, if more evidence be necessary, it Ito
De found in the letter beaded "Cjrculk,''
which under false and fallacious disg,bes,\
IS AN appeal to the people, and suppors the
assertion contained in the resolution And
this is part of that minister's condyctI up.
On which the Executive has exprkssed no
opinion, and upon which think dis house
bound by the duty we owe TO oupelyes and
our country, to express an opnbn. Anap-
peal by foreign minister, from the decision
of the Executive TO the people merits the
'everest apprehension. If ihis be not an
appeal to the people, what IS Il! Is it the
usual course OF diplomacy for ministers to
MORN consuls of the particulars relating to
heir attempts at negotiation, and authorize
he publication Of such information! No
'lr 1t is unprecedented. This publication r
,ould not be with this view, because the
statement 1t contains is both "false and
alacious." 1t is false, in asserting that the
negotiation was broken off, because he had
'ta1e1 facts. 1t is fallacious in holding out
he idea, that our government were Tended.
1t las stating, first, "that the three conditi-
ms forming thc substance OF Mr.. Erskine's
original instructions were submitted TO the
Secretary OF state" Secondly, that Mr.
ickson kueP, that that instruction was the
,niy orc in which the conditions we're pre-
cribed 10 MIR. Erskine. Cur governments
ia not dismiss him for stating these facts--p
jut Tor repeating, after he was apprised that
ne declaration was inadDissibie, that our
,nvcrnment kHezo that the despatch of the
81 OF January Contained the only instruct
m 20 Mr.. E,iskne under which he made,
nc arrangement. 4 very different thing.
rom the declaration, that Mr.. Jackson knew
! contained the only Instructions. Yet, he.