Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-11-23

,f the motives OF tho Ffesident tnah my
seif; and.thsse opportunities have, at ali
Iimes, assured me, Of their unsullied pu \
rity; nor is there any man who woule
derive moro pleasure from bearing this
testimony lin his favor to the
ssrld upon all proper occasions. Bot;
my habitu.l confidence
in the purity Of his motives, and my res
.sctfui Difference tor his opinions. l !
cannot make an, unhallswed sacrifice Of
the canvictious OF my own judgement At
the, shrine Of these sens,biilties nor
eulogise, nor.suppert measures affect
inY the best interests OF my country !:
which. after the most diiigen. exercise OF
tho faculties Of nv own mind. 1 conscien.
tiously believe, to be founded in'errors;
merely because, believe at the me
time, those errors, to be unintentional,
especially when l we'll know that the ei
fects Of such errors upon soeiety, will
in no respect depend upon the good or
evil motives, which dictated them. |
would slso remark, that In examining,
and Judging Of, the measures oil the Pre-:
sident, il is bat common Justice to him,
always to recnllect, that he hasbeen CAL
led to the administration ofthe govern
ment, under circumstances prese' ting
the most unexampied difficulties. Diff
Ecsl,ies, arising from internal, as we'll
a, external causes, and both equally be-
yoad his control; and therefore, his
meaaures ought to be viewed with the
most liberal Indulgence; oven by those
who confidently fancy, they see in them
unfortunate abherrations from the true
interests of his country. Nor de | be-
iieye, amidst all his surrounding diff
culties, that the President has received
that assistance, from what is generally
called hi. cabinet, which at other times
and under other circumstances. might
have been expected. from 1t Its o'ga
f,ization at TINS time, aehese,to be Pc
:culiarly unfortunate. Nor do / believe,
tina, his genuine original views OF tine
national Interests, have been al all inl-
proved oy the intruslons OF other sell.
created advisers. esf - =
Amidst so many embarrassments, too
liberal allowances for unintentional CT
rors, Cannot be INDUCED. Ia this sPiri,
of liberal indulgence, and,w no other
object in view. than the discovering of
truth, shall proceed to execute the task
before me In doing SO. propose to
invert the order Of time, by bringing frs,
to your consideration, topics OF more
recent dates, & these will probably throw
hack our reflections, to others, more re-
mote in point Of time, but not less inte-
resting in point Of characterized me
then frs, call POUR attention to the mes.
sage of the President, nominating Mr..
Russell, to be minister plcnip"ten,iary
Sweden. and the proceedings Of the Sc
nate thereupon.
The Message is as fellows.
a MoSDAr Nay 81.
The following written message was
received from the the President Of the
United States, by Mr.. Gresham:
To she Senate cfthe United States.
The Swedish government having re-
pestediy manifested desire to inter.
change q public, Minister with.the Uni
STATES, and having lately appointed one
win that view, and other considerations
cancur,ing to render il advisable at this
period TO make correspondent appsint-
mept. n.mi,,ate Jon than Russell, OF
Rhode I&and, 10 be minister 2lenipbten-
tiary oil she u States To Sweden.
49,. JAMES MADISON.
May 90, 1878.
Circumstances, which it ism neces.
sary to mention here, prevented me from
taking my seat in the Senate, till ab,.nt
the 4th Of June the Senate bad previ-
ously adopted the following resolution,
amongst other proceedings IN relation 10
the message:
Re,oived. That the President Of the
u S be requested to Gauss to 10 laid
be lore the Senate the corr espondence
which may have passed between the U
States and the King of Sweden respect
ing the interchange of pnslic ministers
between the said governments.
The reply to which, was laid before
the Senate on the Hh. in the following
words:
The Secretary of State to whom was
referred the resolution Of the Senate ut
the third inst. requesting the President
to cause TO be Ibid before the Senate the
which u,aY hsve passed
between the United States ard the King
of Sweden, respecting the interchange
of public ministers, ha. the honor to re-
port to the President, that no direct cor
has taken place on-the sub
ject
In reference to the objee. Of the reso-
luton, the Secretary Of State submits Sc.
We raj xtracts of letters from Mr. Speyer,
Consul of the U. S at Stockholm, and'a
letter fron MIR Beaseley, cemnlissary Of
prisoners st Lendon, by which the wish
G. and intentions Of the Swedish govern