The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-13

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away independent of any loss or excr,ion on
his part. and without securing a single va
liable object for this country
! We this day insert q copy of the mes
/ sage OF the President of the ". s., OF Ameri
ca, to congress. 1t will be seen that :. con-
siderable part of it consists CT observa Ii ons
on the relations between the American go
yernment and this country. The mission OF
Mr. jackson is OF course prominently allu-
ded to, and it is with no small astonishment
we find it stated tkae this gentleman chad
received no authority to enter into explain ct.
tions relatiye to either branch OF the en-
gagemeNt disavowed, (that of Mr.. Erskine)
nor any authority to substitute PROPOSAL as
to that branch which concerned the British
N Council" Supported as this as
sertion is by the official authority of the
PRESIDENT, and thus soleTnly communicated
TO the Legislature, we scarcely know how TO
believe 1t. Is it possible to conceive, that
when in consequence of the disavowal OF an
arrangement made by one minister, another
mas been sent, thatthe latter should have no
authority either TO enter into explanation, or
TO substitute proposal respecting The most
important point IN negotiation? III this is the
case, what necessity was there for MIR. Jack
son to cross the Atlantic; it surely would
| have been better that he Should nave re
NAMED at home, than that he should have
| gone where his Presence, under such Cir
lcumstanCes, could only tend 20 increase the
irritation which before prevailed. The way
IN which the subject is put by the American
PRESIDENT, involves the mission of MIR. Jack
son IN an unaccounsablc mystery. Either
the foriner has deliberately deceived the
Congress, which cannot ably BE- b. ieved
| or the latter has been SEM on an GRAND in
which 1t must have been known before he
went, that 1t was impossible for him to sue.
ceed. negotiation under such circumStan-
ces, was more than useless; it could ONLY
generate AN angry and hostile feeling. -
| we stated few days since the im;I. etiate
cause OF all communication being broken oil:
between the American government and Mr.
jackson; and we find it pointcdly alluded TO
IN the passage, where it is stated, thar
forgetting the respect due to all govern
ments, he (Mr. JacksQn) did not refrain from
1imputatio1s on this, which required that no
farther communicative should be received
| from him.. These imputatiolfs" are ex-
planned in the circular letter of Mr.. Jackson.
10 the British Consuls in America, to mean
the assertion made by him. that the govern
nent OF the Quilted States knew the matter
and extent OF Mr.. Erskine's instiuctio.s
they having been submitted by Mr. E-skine
TO the American Secretary OF State TWAS
in consequence OF this charge being pressed
oy Mr. Jackson, that the american govern
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! he imputa,ion, therefore, made against
that government, was breach OF faith. in
| concluding an arrangement with Mr. Err
skine, knowing that his Instructions did not
| 10 TO the extent or warranting the Treaty
h5 nenessariy involves a question of fact,
upon which i. is impossible to decide, with
out further informationj but at all events.
1t remains to be ascertained what necessity
! there was Tor pressing and reiteratinl. this
point, until the irritation it produced rem
dered useless all the powers Of The nerocia
tor. Mr.. Jackson, in his circular letter.
says, that his conduct was that which his
duty imperiously eDjoincd him to adopt
| Unless. therefore, it is meant to charge him
| also with acting contrary to mis- instructions,
his mission must be considered as a most
remarkable one; according to his own let
ter 1t was his duty (of Course directed by his
instructIons) to urge an incidental point,
which could only produce irritation and
! according to the Presidents message, he had
no authority 10 enter into explanations, or
make proposals relative to the main objects
| OF negotiation. -
December 80.
The late political revolution in Holland,
has produced an alteration in the policy re-
Gently adopted by the board of trade. Ii.
cenSes were yesterday, after cessation OF
two months, granted to ships proceeding in
DdiiiSt TO france, ana returning with grain.
hour and burr stones. Licens> were also
delivered for the use of such foreign vessels
as had before brought these commodities,
permitting them to load with British manu-.
features, and British or foreign colonial pro-
| duce, and to depart with such cargoss 70
France and Holland.
Yesterday a bag was delivered at the Post
Office with letters from Tonningen TO the
I'd, from Hamburger to the DIST, and from
| Hcligoland the oath inst Those from the
hyder mention that the severity in the exc.
cution of tie Custom house regulations, had
been greatly increased at all the Danish
ports, and they add, that three ships under
American colours, had been seized with
| properly supposed to consist of British
merchandise to the valpe Of 100, OOoL ster
ling.
! December so.
some Hamburger papers reached tow n YES.
terday, from which we have given few ex-
tracts a grand ceremony 10 talked OF as
likely soon to take place at Frank fort, and
1t is rumored that Napoleon intends TO be
crowned in that city emperor of the West.
some letters came to hand Yesterday from
Rotterdam, more favorable in their contents
than that we quoted yesterday. tits suppo
sed that the corn ships from that port will
sail in the first fair wind, without obstructj
on from political Interference. Some confn
sion had arisen in the barbors Of Holland Z,
elsewhere, from the appointment cf new
ltrench Dou1nerS-the present officers inc.