Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-05-11

honored me tbi. morning. The object OF
my former letter was to excuse myself en-
tirely from making the salute. anG conse-
ouently il is not necessary to know whether
the salute of the Ontario shall be answered
with an equal or less number OF guns
When government vessel enters foreign
port, the salute is a mere matter OF courte.
sy, and entirely arbitrary-itis sometimes
practsed and at others it is omitted.
With respect to what your lordship In
forms me relative to the Z. S. frigate Es-
sex, beg leave to inform you lordship,
that your statement is erroneous for Con-.
Truxton never commanded a squadron in
the Mediterranean; and | am persuaded
that my friend Captain cambridge. who
commanded the Essex in 1909, would not
have suffered hiulselfto be ordered to leave
the port in the manner you state.
have the honor, &c.
! No. 5-Lord Cochrume TO Capt. B;ddle, d.
ted Valparaiso, some date.
Sir-The letter with which you favored
| me this morning, and in which you inform
me that your visit was " in your capacity
of officer of the United States Navy, and
as mark of your respect for the officer
who commands the naval forces of the Chi.
Ian government" you leave me to under
stand that in emitting the salute, you could
have no intention of failing in the respect
you owe the Chilian flag the more so.
when in the sentence which follows, you
plainly confess that you knew" when a
vessel OF war entered foreign port. It is
customary to FIRE salute and that the
knowledge Of this circumstance induced
you, when you entered this port in January
ultimo. to give formal advice Of your arri-
val to the government, and gave him no.
tice that you would fire customary salute,
If it would be answered with all equal
| number of guns" Imagine, then, my as
constituent! on receiving this evening your
written declaration in which you state,
",hat the object Of your letter was to ex-
cuse y"rself entirely from making the sa-
lutte, and consequently it was not necessa-
ry to know whether the vessel under your
command should be answered with an e.
quail or less number of guns.
This is public affair, but imagine, sir,
wha, were my personal feelings, whe |
find that you add in the same letter, that
"when government vessel enters foreign
port, the salute is merely matter OF cour'
tesy--it is entirely arbitrary-that it is at
times prac,ised, and at others omitted"
Conceive, sir, repeat, what are my
particular feelings, when ! compare your
last communication with one OF your for
mer ones, in which you state, that " when
vessel ofwar arrives in foreign port it
was customary to FIRE salute" When |
compare this with the offer which you made
to the governor on your arrival in January,
to make the customary salute, if it would
be answered with an equal number of
guns when compare this with the know
ledge have land which is incontroverta'
ble) that in no part Of a civilized nation.
the power which is saluted, never answers
with an equal number of guns
As repects the affair at Gibraltar, which
mentioned in my letter, | have not erred
in fact, although may, perhaps, have
been mistaken as to particulars Of no i'm
portance.
plainly perceive the very unfavorable
predIcament in which you are placed /; and
you cannot feel it NOR" sensibly than do.
But this will deprive me of doing that,
which, before the receipt of your last let
ter, would have given me great satisfac-
! ton, and that is, of returning your visit,
which cannot now do consistently with
my feelings, until an explanation conci-
liates the apparent contradictions which
exist in your public letters.
Yours, &c.
No. 6.-Lord Cochraneto Ccpt. B,ddls ,da-
ted Dec. So.
In consequence of the respect and con-
sideration which. in your first letter, you
manifested for the Chilan government,
and the amicable intercourse which sub
sists, and which hope, will long continue