Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-21

any reference 70 the knowledss whith \:
accusation imputed 70 The kovssnm,,.
the United States and Il need 70. be W.
that No alIusion y hs,svsr vac made 70 sS
Mr.. secretary Canning, in those inion
comm vnicatiops 20 me which Mr.. J,is'
hss mentioned. il was not motso,,,s
have BEEN expected that, In The app,,,
stare Of Mr.. Jstksous powers, end IL i.
scusl posture OF bis nesoeistieu, b. x,,I
seek 10 irri,ate where he could no, arr,p,,
and sharpen disappointment by studied y
unprovek.d ipdien;tv.
The course which the governmen
the United States adopted uron this b.,
full occasion, was such as at oree den,,
strated a sincere respect for the pubs.
character with v mich Dir. Jackson was \
vested, and due sense OF its ow n dieni,r
Mr.. Jsckson's conduct had left fessl
hope that further intercourse with him, IN
productive of good as it must be, msh
still be reconcilabie with the Lopor Of nj
American govern mtnt. A fair eItcnt
nifty was accordingly presented to him
making it so, by Mr.. Smiths letter Of Il,
Ist of November, of which I beg leave d
insert the concluding paragraph:
81 abstain sir from making any partien
lar ANNA diversions on several irreleysa
and improper allusicns in your letter, I'd
at all COMFORTING with the r,ofe ssed disIc
sition to adjust in an an,icable manner d. +
differences urhappily subsistipg betvta
the two countries. But it " ould Be in
proper to conclude the few obse,vatior,
to which Ipurrosely limit myself, wi,lou|
adverting to your rretiticn ct a Language
implying a knowledge on tie part Of thu
government, that the instructions of ,ou
predecessor did not authorize the arrargs
ment formed by him. After the eaplxi
and peremptory asseveration, that this 60
vernment had no such knowledge, and that
with such knowledge no such arrangement
would have been entered into, the view,
which you again presented of the subject,
makes it my duty to aPprize you that such
insinuations are in admissible in the inter.
course OF foreign minister with govern.
ment that understands v hat it owes TO it..
self" ....
Whatever was the sense, in which Mr.
Jackson had used the expressions TO whisi
tho Amer ican eoyeirms ut took exception
he was now aware Of the sense in which
they were understood, and consequently
was called upon, if he had been unisappre.
hended to say so His expressions cen.
veyed an injurious meaning, supported
moreover by tie context and the MOTIF.
taken ofthem had not exceeded the bound,
OF just admcni,ion. TO have explaineda
way even an imaginary siaront, would have
been no degradation, but " hen an oeeasi.
on was thus offered to qualify real and Sc.
we're imputa,ions upon, the government
to wbiethe was accredited,it could scarce.
~ be otherwise than q duty to take i'm.
mediate advantage of it. r..
Such however was not Mr.. Jackapi
opinion. He preferred answering the ap.
peal which had been made &c him BY reite.
rating with aggravations The offensive in.
sinuation /: he says in We last paragraph
Of his letter Of the 4th of No. ember TO
MIR. Smith, "You will find that IN my
correspondence with you, have carefully
avoided drawing conclusions Nat aid not
ntcessariIy taLiozp! from me bremises adoane
eaby me; and Ieas. of all should think Of
uttering an inslnuation where was unable
to substantiate a }Gc'. To fact. such asl
have become acquainted with them, have
scrupulousiy adhered. In SO ding Imn,i
continue, whenever the coed faith Of E's
maiesy's government is called in cues
ton, to vindieste its honor ard dignity IN
the manner that appears &c me best caleu'
lated for that purpose" -. .....
To this my lord, there could be hut ore
reply. Official intercourse " it'll Mr.. Jack
son could no longer Reproductive of any
effects that were not rather to be avoided
than desired; and il was plainly impossr
bic that it should continue. He was there.
fore informed by Mr.. Smith in a letter Of
the 9th of November, which recapitulateS
the Inducements IN this unavoidable step.