lied that
Mr. Jackson's tone and language could not but be looked upon as
reflecting upon the honor and integrity of the American government, and
the correspondence was closed. The British government, not considering
Mr. Jackson's diplomatic efforts as particularly happy, recalled him.
He escaped, however, more direct censure.

These events had just occurred, across the line '45, when Sir James
Craig, now more anxious than ever, to obtain legislative assistance,
under circumstances that would not be liable to interruption from the
expiration of the period for which one of the branches was chosen,
ordered the writs to be issued for a new general election. The
elections took place in October, 1809, when, contrary to the
expectation of His Excellency, most of the gentlemen who held seats in
the parliament which, in the previous May, had been so unexpectedly
dissolved, were again returned. There were some substitutions. But
those only who halted between two opinions, in fearing the government,
while representing the people, were supplanted by men who would echo
the _vox (populi) et preterea nihil_, in the Chamber of Deputies. They
were called together on the 29th of January, 1810. They were told to
elect a Speaker, which they did, by selecting the former Speaker, Mr.
Panet. They were told to appear at the Bar of the Upper House. And they
did appear in the confusion usual on all similar occasions. The
Governor, graciously confirmed their choice of a Speaker, and Mr. Panet
having bowed his acknowledgments, His Excellency expressed his concern
that, far from an amicable settlement of the existing differences,
between the British and American governments, as was anticipated from
the arrangement agreed upon by His Majesty's Minister at Washington,
circumstances had occurred that seemed to have widened the breach, and
to have removed that desirable event to a period scarcely to be
foreseen by human sagacity; the extraordinary cavils made with a
succeeding minister; the eager research to discover an insult which
defied the detection of "all other penetration;" the consequent
rejection of further communication with that minister, and indeed every
step of intercourse, the particulars of which were known by authentic
documents, evinced so little of a conciliatory disposition, and so much
of a disinclination to meet the honorable advances made by His
Majesty's government, while these had been further manifested in such
terms, and by