Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

The recall of Mr. Jackson has been announced to our government in a letter from his Britannic Majesty to the President of the United States.

The appointment of Mr. Morier, as his Britannic Majesty's Secretary of Legation to the United States, has been announced in a letter from lord Wellesley to Mr. Secretary Smith, with the further information that Mr. Morier would act in the character of his Majesty's charge des affaires until the appointment of Mr. Jackson's successor.

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In the recall of Mr. Jackson by the British government, will be found a compliance with the request made by the executive of the United States through our minister in London, delayed, it is true, longer than was necessary, and so far unsatisfactory; but yet such a compliance as has saved the administration the disagreeable alternative of ordering Mr. Jackson out of the country, which course, had his recall been refused, would have been justified by the usage of nations. Contemporaneous with the recall is an official annunciation that a successor will be appointed and That Mr. Morier will act as charge des affaires until the successor shall arrive.

It will be remarked, that in the manner in which Mr. Jackson has been recalled the feelings of the American government appear to have been respected, inasmuch as the recall is not announced, as in ordinary cases, in the case of Mr. Erskine for instance, through the minister himself, but directly from the sovereign. In the manner of Mr. Morier's introduction to the executive, also, a desire is discovered to avoid the dilemma which must have resulted from the annunciation of Mr. Morier's appointment as charge des affaires, in the usual mode, thro the recalled minister. Had the British government been disposed to aggravate existing differences, it could have been left to Mr Jackson to announce the appointment of, Mr. Morier as charge des affaires; and, as the executive has refused to receive any further communication from Mr. Jackson, the introduction of Mr. Morier as the representative of the British government could not have been received through that medium.

These circumstances, though indicative of a disposition to avoid irritation, amount to but little. Should the British government unreasonably delay the appointment of successor to Mr. Jackson it would give just ground to suspect an intention to procrastinate that atonement and those explanations already too long delayed; and would warrant the belief that the new minister's, nomination was delayed with a view of being guided by subsequent events in the selection of a successor, or in the instructions with which he is to be furnished.--[Ibid.