Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-08-09

he'd any diopnsllon y" s"Ws ous -
this subject. In the hrs' place, Il 10 10 %
remarked, that be concealed the whole
| CORES pondenee from the time ws'
received, until il was forced f'orr. aim. II
the next place. il was forces 3'o1n nm
| with the inoss ..,reme d ficul'y. Early M
| he session pf Cargtess tue last winter, 8
! call for informssi'm on tins SUBJECT was
made by the Senate. No tulhe azsuey to
tins call having zen made, il is fair TO
| conclude, ,hsi i, vas m de TO the. Senate
essEls.s sl,, becauis il 10 not to be fnppofed
that the Psshdenf Gid aud deTpotie "a he 10.
word .S~ 10 iE,as Of treating sha, Hoeesar-
sbie Boy with contempt. And this idea 70
confirmed by what took, place iubfsquentIy
Towards the eloie of the iefIiou. on the mo-
rion of MIR Goldfborcugh, Of Mary snd, the
| Houfe of Representatives. pa6ed a Refolutiou,
fimilar to thar which had been p4iied by the
| Senate, for information refpe0ing the French
Decree Of April 2S,h, 1911. The anfwer to
| this Xefolu,ion wa. m de on the Sd of March,
| the Ian day of The felton,, fhcr, time before
| Congress sdjourned, Il was pu' uater cover,
lssud written upon -" ConhIsaiisk" Fortu>
ns;ely il happened, that owing 10 the hurry
of buhnefs. and the crowd of people 10 The gall
ieries, il was found impofible TO clear them
The Speaker was under the nee, I'y of apply
| ing to the P,s6dent, who was then attending
in ore of the rooms Of the CAPITOL, to crate
the word -" Confidential" a. il was not prae.
tie1ble to clear the galleries and elofe the
| doors. 10 this dilemma, " his Majehy was
| e sciouny pleaied" TO daih out he word, and
| the Mefaee and Documents were pub ickiy
read. Io,,hp way, and in his way alone, did
l ~. l.,L uA affair carve m l,vh,
| Still, the true fecret was not yes ferre,ed from
the pre6deu izl nrosg-box TIE time asd fbe
| mssssv Of receiving the repeating Decree
were not ddelofed Whether the Pre6dent
had concealed the faa from the fummer OF
1911, or the Duke of BaGsno had told falfe.
hood or Mr. Ruffdl and the French miniller
had violated their duty, did mol appear. To
draw our ,hs par, Of The cafe ~as the Object
| of Mr. Webasr's Reiolutoss. Accordingly
they were unlimited to tn. Houfe Of Repre-
iep's,ives; aud immediately all the headers
I f he Csb,net Carlton we're IN an uproar-
Mr. Calhoun Mr. G'undy Mr.. Wright, & O..
her d,ei-g. fSe, men of the party, eans on with
he u,moh violence. and Glamour IN oppoi-
ton TO the Refousions-----m o,ious 10 alike
ou' and poGpoue. were made. add debated
w h .he grez,efl zeal aud vehemence, day
liter day uutil at length, il vas difcovrted
nat iuch q eonfe could nor with iafe,y he
purified any longer-'hAt the only chance the
Prefiden' had for efespe was to sese ss,, ard
FAY who vas 10 blame. In this fla,e Of hing
v ith force of talents Ia the oppoasioo which
al the Calhuans. and GruGdys, add Wsigh,s,
aud clays. asd Eppssss above grs uud &C uld
no, REIN, and vish the general fact, p;o-lam-
ing run aud deflrn6tion TO the preldent--all
~ once, the mi and copdeicena,ng Mr. Cal
houn and the profound Mr.. Bib, bssfsS e.s,"
a. the IA rssrs ,ay--they, in truth, Withdrew
Their orpoG,iou, and tie Refoluion. were car.
RED Now Calss may call this 4 magnsn-
mons gipisg 1Dsy, and the American, and BOZ
ton Patriot x Chronicle. and Parton Bentley,
and Tag, Rag, and Dobiaii in the minor Gag.
et,es ofthe party may reeiproca,e the com.
phmen.; but common fenfe knows. and com.
mon honecy will acknowledge. tina, DIZZY were
driven by @es, for from the field. Eevcr wac
Victory mote ignal, never was ,riumoh more
complete. This 10 the manner in which ,hefe
facts and documents were obtaincd--thi. 10
the nature of the obligation which the Pref.
dent owes MIR. Wehfier
Mr.. Webisers Refolulions called upon The
Preiident for few 6mple faes The anfwer
might have been eomprised in Gngle feet Of
paper And had hi, high ct, dared to have
truiled hin,felf with the public upon 6mple
Gate OF facts fach il would have been. Il
Teens the F'eidens though, proper to employ
the Secretary Of State TO make il our, in me
form Of Report Mr.. Monroe fri gives he
fusliance Of the Revolutions in the following
words:
|" The House of Representatives
has requested Information, when, by
whom, and in what manner, the frs,
intelligence was given to this govern
ment of',he decree Of the govern
ment of France, bearing date on the
2Sth Of April, 1911, and rurporting to
De definite repeal Of the DEGREES OF
Berlin and Milan whether Mr. Rus.
sell, late charge d'affairs Of the United
States to. the government Of France,
| ever admitted o. denied to his govern.
ment the correctness Of the deolara.
lion of the Duke OF Bassano, 20 Mr..
Barlow, as stated in Mr. Barlow's let
! ter oslhe 18th oil May, 10 Q, to the Sec
rotary OF state, tina, :be said deere. r.d
been communicated to his tMr. Bar.
low's) predecessor there, end to lay
before the house any correspondence
with Mr. Resell on that subject, which
it may not be improper TO cornmuni-
cate, and also any correspondence be
tween Mr.. Barlow ard MIR Russell in
possession OF the department, Of state /;
whether The ninis.er Of France to the
United States ever informed This gov
eminent of the existence Of the said
decree, end to lay before the house any