Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-08
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DAILY,
HY SNowDEM & THORNTON
FRIDAY. JUNE 8, 1927.
From the Boston Patriot

T5 me Rigki Hon, GEORGE CANNING FIRST LORD o
he Trcca.rv, and Prime Minister Of Great Britain
s,R-In the letter which had The honor 10
address 10 YOU The other day, pointed out four
grave errors in your letter TO Mr.. Gallatln oil
January 81.
The first ofthese errors consisting in saying
that Mr. Gal,atin complained that the act OF Far.
liamen, Of 1925 was not communicated to the
American Government. mir. Gallatin did not
complain Of that circumstance, but merely
stated it as strengthening an inference.
Your second error consisted in saying that
the British and American Governments do not
communicate 10 each other the acts OF their Lee
gisla,ures. The acts Of the American Legis-
lature are regularly communicated to The Bri-
fish Minister al Washington.
Your third error, and that very serious one
in the present circumstances, consisted in say
ing that the act of Congress OF 1923 was moi
officially communicated TO the British Minister
at Washington. proved toyou, by the autho-
rity of the American Secretary of State, that it
was communicated ,o-your kinsman, Mr. STRAIT.
ford Canning, then British Minister at WASH
ington, for the express purpose OF giving him
an opportunity Of making his remarks upon it
which he did.
Your fourth error consisted in intimating
that mo explanation was offered of The bearing
ofthis act" TO the British Minister, and that az
ter its passage che learnt TO his as.onshment,"
that under the word ELSEWHERE" were intended
to be signiied both Great Britain and the Bri-
fish Colonies. proved to YOU that, during
the passage of the act, Mr.. Stratford Cummings
attention was called to the word else,chere, and
tina, the sense in which the word was taken by
Congress, was perfectly understood by him at
the time.
NV inference from all this is, that YOU have
not given Yourself the trouble 10 read the docu-
ments in this snmeM hat nerrlA<sd cont rnxersy-
erIuI genius which carries you triumphan,ly
through the conflicts ofthe House ofCommons,
blu, which cannot supply the place OF patient re-
search in the Cabinet.
Such oversigh,s are not without precedent IN
vour Office. have been informed, on good au-
tho,i,y, that Sir Stamford Rallies returned TO
England, from the government OF Java, full oil
as,onisl1r,ent, that no attention had been paid
10 some important suggestions contained IN his
dispatches. On visit to the foreign office, he
discovered the cause Of this inattention. He
saw his official dispatches, for two or three
wears past, lying in quiet corner, with the
seals unbroken. The Minister had not had
time 10 open them!
No candid man, who believes in your integ-
ri,y, can have accompanied me thus Tar With
out coming to the conclusion that you were re-
ally unacauainted with the history OF this ne
Ro'iauon.
Having asserted the fact, that the American
I ~ Of 1923 was not communicated by the a.
" erican Government, you draw from 1t two In
N.ences.
ASH have shown your alleged fact to be ina
sinary. YOUR inferences, Of course, fall to the
ground. But let US nevertheless examine them
The FIRST inference is, shat the ordinary and
natural course between States, is not to make
diplomatic communications Of the acts OF their
respective Legislatures.
am willing, in reference to this position, TO
waive all the advantages in argument which
have gained by destroying the premises from
which your inference is drawn. / will treat it,
not as an inference, but as an independent pro-
position So far from being true, even as such
venture to affirm that the direct contrary is
the fact do not mean 70 say that II is the
ordinary and natural course between States 10
communicate all the acts Of their Legislatures
But do not believe an instance can be found
in political history, in which, after a mater Of
inheritance has been the subject OF am,cabIe
negotiation between two friendly powers; after
tina, negotiation has been suspended, not in Ill
temper, bu, from an obstacle arising out OF the
laws OF one Of the States; suspended not indie
tini,ely, bu, with a mutual vnde rsianding ua,
it should be renewed; and that matter has, by
a legislative act Of one OF the powers, been de-
cided in an er parie manner, such an act has not
been commune ted to the other power, to
whom renewal of the negotiation had been
promised.
challenge the production Of such another
case, unless indeed where afrontiul course
(which you disclaim) was intended to be Pur-
sued
Your other deduction from premises, which
have shown not TO exist, is this: shat no in.
ference could be drawn from such an omission
on the one side any more than on the other, Of
(what the undersigned disclaims for his govern
ment) an intentional want Of courtesy and res
pect."
You are here pursued by the still recurring
drlusion. that Mr. Gailatin mentioned YOUR o.
mission 10 communicate the act OF Parliament
of July, 1895, as matter Of complaint, as want
of courtesy and respect"
The American Government, sir. is always
Srati6ea when treated with courtesy; but II