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nell de liverEd 10 me your letters OF the nth,
14.h aud Esd Of the preceding Honth, :aHd
on the Saturday following l had confer
snce with ne maiquis Welleslsy, IN the
course of whieh Texplaihed to him fully the
grounds upon which was instructed to re.
quest Ms. JaeksonS recall, and upon which
ahe oficih intercourse between that minister
and the American government had been
suspended.
Lord WslIesIey's reception of what l said
10 him was frank and friendly +; and left
him whh q persuasion that we should have
no cause TO be dissatisfied with the hnal
courSe Of his gCVeInmsnI on the. subjects OF
our conference. ~, -, =,
We ageeed in opinion that this inter-
view could only be introductory to more
formal proceeding on our part; and 1t
was accordingly settled between US that
should present sh official letter, to the effect
of my verbal communication.
Having prepared such letter, l carried
it myself to Downing street few days
afterwards, and accompanied the 'delivery
of it to lord Wellesley With some explana-
natory observations, with which it is not
Ipresume necessary to trouble YOU. You
viii find copy of this letter enclostd, and
will be able TO collect from it tie SUBJ
stance of the greater part of the statements
and remarks which thought it my duty
TO make in the conversation above Elcnticn-
ed.
A copy ofthe answer, received On the
day of its date, is enclosed"
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---- GreGt CE0aSsyEasG Pace,
& % JsnuG'y. $40.
Tr LORD,
In the course ofthe Official correspon-
dence, which has lately taken place te-
TWEEN the Secretary of State of the L. S.
and Mn. Jackson, lis nsajes,y's envoy .x-
raordinary and ministe, plenipoten,ia'y at
Washington, it has unfortunately happen.
ed that Mr.. Jackson has made it necessa-
Nv that should receive the commands OF
the President to request his recall, and that
IN the mean time the intercourse between
thas minister and the. American govern,
ment should be suspended. a. -
II am quite sure, my lord, that l shall
best consult your lordship's wishes and
the repect which owe to his majesty's go
yernment, by executing my duty on this oc-
oasion with perfect simplicity & trankness.
NV instructions, too, point to that course
iasTequired by the honor st the two 60
vernme nts, and as suited to the confidence
which the President entertsins in the dis
posirion of his maiesty's government to
View in its true light the subject to which
tkey relate. With such inducements to
exclude from this communication every
thing which is not intimately connected
with IT'S purpose, and or the other hand,
20 set forth with candor and exphci,ness
the facts and considerations which really
belong 10 the case, should be unpsrdon-
able If fatigued. your lordshiP with unne-
cessary details, or affected anyreserve.
lis known to your lordshiP that Mr..
Jackson arrived-in America, as the success
sor of Mr.. Erskme, while the disaPpoint1
1nent produced by the disaVoW al OF the al
, rangrmsnt of the I9th of April, was yet
recent, and while some other causes OF
dissatisfaction which had been made to as
sociate themselves with that disappoint-
Ttent, were IN operation. But your. lord.
ahip also knows that his reception by the
American government was, marked by all
thae kindness and respect which were cue,
eosthe representative OF sovereign with
mon the United States were sincerely
desirous Of maintaining the uaOst friendly
xeIations. ; - - y.
whatever were the hopes, which Mr..
yaet,on's mission bad inspired, Of satisfac-
: 60 eTplanatisns and adjustments upon
she psominent points of Difference between
sAe two countries, they certainly were not
musA eneQa1aged BY the eoafsssn6es ~