Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 January 1810 — Page 1

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DOCUMENTS WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ( Continued. ) Mr. Smith to Mr. Jackson. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Qctober 19th, 1809.

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l.i ZALl. A I PHIS Pi-ICE. Tit F. REAL PRINCIPLES - ko w::; ca thoucs. T'.v a FilENf;;-I CLERGYMAN. C. ?, vi.,.' h Ehu (I t'-.i vvth N'rt-

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I HAVE had the honor of receiving

your letter of the 1 Uh inU. ""Br-foic 1 proceed to the more materi;l topics which it tinbraces.it is proper tlut 1 fliould trhe fome notice af youi conlbuClion, which hs unhappily converted an intimation of the expediency of conducting in 1 written form cur further tiifcuilioitSj on this particular occafiun, into ;t general prohibition of all verbal communications whatever, and into an unprecedented viciaiion of the molt cflential rights of a public mi nifter, requiring a formal protefl and a reiort to the commands of vour lbvereian. A recurrence to that intim tion cannot tVil to Ihew that its fole object wi.s to avoid in the further difculiions of a cafe of

unufu delicacy and importance, the mil

conceptions well known to be incident to oral proceedings, and of which the diplo

matic intercourle between the two governments had furnilhrd fo many and fuch IViinus proofs' ; nay, of whic.li yonr letter i;IV If is an additional illustration. 'Tht a

change in, diplomatic diliufiions, fiom an or.d to a written form, is not without precedrnt I cannot refer to-one which will be

more f-itisfrtC"tory to you tlwn the intimti-

on recently tj-iven by mr. C.nnintr in t!e

rafr ot thr propofal by mr. Puikney on the

lu .j.'Cl or tnrordeisin council and t lit- em bargo, tlvit th- 1 ommnnic ations which ii.tU

brrn previouflv verbil, irnlt thrtittfortb tike a written form. And witli this view

I tki thr ii " 1 1 V of rri tliiiK' ur attrn

0 9 tion to thr fu; joined rxtr cis 'LSee A ti? IP f letters tli.it p.. if-J on thu fi ....

On th- prrirqt, t)U tl),it oCt .ill '", tii-'

ch.me trini verb il tow it Lt n c 0111 liu.'i' a- ... .... . ll ! 1 - - 1

nuns w.i 1 -qu-ii'-u aitrr two t jnirieiiv.t s,

1 and when the lubjrct appeared to one ot 1 . .

t..f- p irt.'es to liavr, by thol- vrrtol UiL -il-ii';s. been brou'it to a poir.t. wbu it t'tjjir d a precife underdanding of the views and pro;' iitio'ts of the other. 'ii wil!, iir, hence pccrive, tint in in iiut :nin j tt.rri-ht, which rverv povvrn-

m-nt 1ms, s to thr ruh s of intercourle with foreign tunitionaries near it, no ent.roaili m-nt iias b'-en mulr or iiitrnd'd on any riff ' t or rt)!tfr,iary privilege bcl ''gin-.; to Vvi'.i m t!-.at chai cter ; tvr anv thn. dour to imn-dr thr u.pcr and ufuai courfe ol 'rrti . uon. Yo j !i i - n-f-n futTi-irntlv arjrized hy r.v Ittttr of:!.- G.;- c :rc XA in wl.icS

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perfrclly clear tint it ow s it, both to itfelf .ik! tu thr otliei pai .y, u 1 ompny its refill a 1 w fit : Ibr ni , I ill funk. tiifiKfure ot lullairiit u lot s f..i .1 lirp, wbnh, withuut lttcli re-i t's, 11. nit deeply is jun iS own clnracler, n wvil ,,.s u t iU.a of thv pai ty corfidi. g in its good f i:h. To' rrfufr v uh lio:cM (f y a high authority on pu"!ic law, to H s i f y v n t h .s hern coiicIuUt ii on by vi; tur c.f a lull power, it is necHFaiy tbat ' tbt ' govriniiirni flioulfl hnve llion? ind f li.l 'rrlois, iul that he (hew in particulu th t ; lii minihtr has violated his inft-uCtK'jts," Although it is particularly inrumhejit on the- foverr it'll in f;irh -fr to (hew that his inllrudtions have been 7i loeu, vet it t? n..t

a mere violation of them on immatr 1 1.1I points that will he fnffi. ieut. It is inoif-

I p?ffahly rqjilite, moreover,-tint thr re.

ions br itrong and ToMid, that they iuiiirefily outweigh not only the gennyil obli-.t-tiin to abide by what has brrn fodone, bualio the difapjjointment and injiny accru ing to the other party.. And it is woithy of notice thr.t the cf-'undfr difculjion i of a .higher -' cjiar:.v;er, and' arj?)eais with

greater folemnity to the honor vnd juiu.e of the refuting party, than the caf 11 , ted in Vatte!, inaltntch as the trnft.ction, now oil 1 vow ed, was not a iroty or . c onvm ion to be ratiri d hy both p trtii-3, previous to an execution by either. It h id accoiding to tile terms of it (and this peculi ri'y p pears to have been intended uy yjjtir government) been actually and iiimecJi.itrly ratri.'d into execution on tin- p at of tkt Strifes. Tiir refufal of his Britannh

jfuy is, therrfore, not limply tor-tify wh.t 1. .1 i. .. .1 1. . 1 1 " . .

iiou neen raim u oy ui otner p.rty. nut to carry into l iFrcL 0.1 his part, an an ti. rrment which iud hern cnrr;ed into full f IfCi with good faith on the ptrt of ttw U. States. Nay, thr t afris Orr nthritrd iy the further peiuliari y, tli.it lon e of thctrcumlianc rs attending thr rxnuti(-n of the arrangement on the prt ot tbe U. S. rrnder it uifnf( eptihle jf full qui valn-t f r the refuf;l tc execute it 011 the othrr

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It has not ffciped ohf-rvation, that th o;-di -tion ot vuir cr. c r : m.-nt t teiu er

I '-xpl mi noiii on this o - fin,, is admitted in'

! V"iir '.ttf rtpt to lb w thr it h is brm fif

i:; irn ti) dt : to wlnt p ih d us roiiv.-ii .inn; tietwertin 1. C nilili..' ai d Oil. Piftk'"-.', nd hv thr- ij-fti di.)it '.u,v,'n f n" Eft.i!e to ton 'Mime it- f t ! xpl anation. Willi v-ry '"ii fi ino to vi, v in l:r f!iofl lvor .' I- h. .f wMvr m y tT c

th.e r.l i in - !tu en :!.e tWMcoiiirnrs.it

ed, whrthrr it was a marl: of friendly refj) c to thr'U. Srafes, to employ for i'uch a p. uip.de, a nunilUr from whem tis governuirrjt had thot j) rpei , public ly to withdraw its confidence, nd to tbe prcnlirtt delicacy jnd r mn..i rVdTiiirtit of whol'e (ituation yui li ive yourfrlf rtfrned9 as accounting' for his not Inving executed the tafic impofed up. ni hun. 1 mult I. err repeat what ws fuTgened in my foaner letter, tht tl r furitlTor of mr. E fl:ine is the proper fun6i.ii-iy for a proper explanation. Nor c an I pen rive the foicr of your remark, that the drLy incidtnt to your arrival in the TJ. Slates rendeied it moir coufilt nt w ith thr fnei dy fentinients of his nraj-fty to prfrr thr nth

rt c Innnels for. con, municatii tl.rtuotivcs lr his dif vowal. 'To your own rrroufid. rraion I pp-al. whether thr c om IV w.-ft conlonant to thole fri 1 d!y fentiirmts was not thr obvious one of t mplrying thr new organ, gtirtuiiiifc at the fmr ti-re i fl iny "mifrnuitruclion of thedrLy, by apprizing the Ainrnc an g.vnnnirnt tluo its mi nift i- of thr c aufr of it, Thr uppnh tint tint thr delay incident to your n:lli- n gA ve r fe t; thr c onvei f-tions of mi. Cnnii g Sc mr. Pinhory, 'i3 not reconctUule to tbf rnr.

rrfpondence of the latter, 'which contains no fu. h induction : on thr contrary it dif. tinclly Hk-ws that he was Rpprizrd of ti c intrnrion to replace mr. Erfkme hy a fuciriTor, whom he regarded a the proprr c han I tor thr explanatorv communications ; that he underOood mr. Canning to l)e ur.dri the lan.r itnpr iTi on, nd that he learned fiomynurf-lf not more than two davs fter his convr rfations with mr. Cant ing tine you were to fail for the U States- within ihtee weeks. Altho' it my not have hern thmyour hi. tmtion to h.vr siven this fuj'dt poflurc ; wl.'u h it would not have naturally ITum- d yet fmh Ins been the trndrmy of fomr of

your rem rk, and partu uLrJy of the conilufnm you have draw n fmni ti e two c irUilift nn . (Y- Tint no tiarr of comphint from this gnvrmn-.riit gainll che Oil. vow. 1 .pprais 111 thr rrrords cf thr Hritifh miflrmi, or w s diltindly anticunred by mr in our rmfrrr r:c i-s ; and, 21. Tlut f'-'-m the -1 Xi ial c 01 rrCpmuirnci ol mr. Erfl:.nr wi h hi? povrrnmrnt, itvpiears, that 'i:ho' br did not c ommnoicarr in rxtenfo oiu'jo- l inUructiui-s, In- fur, , rut.-, d to me tbr ihr"f conditio.; therein fprciGcd, n.d iicriwd tny ohlWvtions on er h. It :lrr be no trace of complaint agJiintl the difvowa! in thr archirves of the tulYi.

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