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

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add our comml.saty OF prt
,oners a, London. Upon examination
/, will be found, that the terms OF tbs
f'residents message, are somewhat pc
,.uliar in several repects. they profess
Is intend to make correspondent ap
pointment,' on the part of the y. S, with
the one already made on the part Ut Swe-
len and tacy coataih some intlmation
o an intensisn to invest our minister with
powers Tor, some objects, without speci.
tying the precise powers to be given, or
the objects to be Effected by them
These circumstances produced sNne
in expeundihg inc real oh
.jects o. the moa',ns,ion, which we're ra-
tl,er increased, than lessened, by the re.
por,.of the Secretary ofS,ate. The cor
respondcncedisolosed by that report, as.
certained a. faGs, whi:, before was only
coolectuse. thai the p"biic minister ap.
pointed on the past Ut Swedes, was not
Of equal grade with the one nominated
on the part U S and Of course,
such nomination could not carry into eft
feet the protested objec, of the n'essaee,
to wit 70 make correspondent af
pointmen,,' equality in grade being
deemed An essential requisite, to render
the appointments, correspondents But
the message al the same time informs
the Senate, that there were, 9th r con-
siderations concurring to render it ad-
visable at this heriod to make a cores.
honden. ami oisfment. MIR. Russell is
therefore nominated minister ften7o-
ten,ia-v,' and not minister resident, cor
restou Dig with the character OF theSws-
dish minister actually appointed to the
U. S-There is not only difference in
the grade aud compensation, between
munster resident andsa minister PieDi-
potenliasy, lac one from the " 5 being
entitled to receive a sum not exceeding
5000 dollars on fits, and 5000 per an
mum, the other 5000 dollars out fits and
9 coo per annum, at TIE discretion OF the
PRECEDENT bit the most important dill.
terence CO, sists ingthis consideration
that the one is a mere formal, compli.
mentary minister, the ether IS an eth
cient, operative ope.-The one. is asu-
ally without powers for any material OBJ
iect.; the other, is usually Invested with
powers for material objects The real
policy and objects of this nomination
therefore, must he looked for in words
other cons ,derations coneurrfng to rem
der it udrisa6te at this period to make q
corre*hendens atheintnien The terms
other considerations are vague and in.
c6ni,e.-They do not Conduct the mind
% any preciss obicctsor results; yet IN
he estimation of the president, the ub
.ec,s comp, ehended in them, could be
of no incnnsiderabie magnitude, when
they furnished sufficient inducements to
him, not only to reciprccate the diplo-
matte eiyiiities, asked for on the part OF
Sweden, but to supcrcede them.
1t was not possible from these terms,
tor the Scnste to comprehend with suf
ticien, prac,tcsf certainty the real policy
or objects-of this nomination and yet
some understanding of them, seemed es-
sen,ial to it's proper deliberations on the
subject. lis DIFFICULTIES in that respect
were rather increased, BY referring to the
,xtrac,s Of the correspondence laid be-.
it. For, fSoa, them, it appeared, tha,
the original intention Of Sweden, was,
20 send only a charge lcs affai'es, to the
u. S. the lowest grade of public minis
ers; and that his intention was after.
wards changed, solely for the accom-
mediation of The person appointed. AID
in,imstion was also contained in an ex.
tract of a letter from Mr.. Speyer our con-
sui at Stockhnlra, ofthe 95th Sept. 1912,
in the following words
The Prince Royal informed me
the nth inst. that he had directed
Mr.. Kantzow to represent to The
English government his desire to see
a good understanding restored with
the United States.
which gayesto the transaction a
character of peculiar interest and
delicacy; whilst it threw ne certain
light upon the real objects ut the no.
mination.- In this state Of uncer-
tainty and embarrassment. feeling
no small soliriiude to act under
standing1y upon subject involving
so many considerations, on the 14th
o. june, after mature de!iberstion,
the. Senate passed resolution, re-
respectful conference with
the President upon the subject OF the
nomination; the evident object of
which was, to obtain from him infor-
nation of his real Inducements to
the measure. After several written
designations to receive tho commit
tee of conference, the President ny
message Of the 9th Of July dirested
to the Senate. declined the proposed
conference al'ogethef,-These pro
N. od;nns ,,.auuire. and shall receive q