Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-27

ies though, when we get it, presume
we shall find it a compilation of other
works on the same subject-the Secretary
OF State tells us, very geod-Daturediy, that
we have patiently waited for the settle
ment of our differences with Spain, and
II will require no very great effort TO wal;
little longer. Very good-natured, in
deed No change, say gentlemen, in
the aspect of our relations with Spain
Yes, a most humiliating one, within the
last three or four years. We were told by
the President, in his message at the COM
mencement of the sesson-and, ambigu
Gus as the intinatioa was, hope chung a.
II as promising d change-that dlSposi-
ton had been shewn on tire part OF Spain,
TO more in the negotiation. And what
sort of motion was nl A motion which
has terminated i'll something like a per
petual repose-waitins till the passions
and prejudices of his majesty of Spain
may have time 10 subside. admirable,
Job like patience said Mr.. Clay. |
thank my God that do not possess il.
Let US, said MIR. G. i'll conclusion, put
all these statutes out of our way except
that of l794--Wheu was that passed p
At n moment when the enthusiasm of Ii
berry ran through the country with cleo
trio rapidity when the whole country
en- mass was ready to lend a hand and
aid the French nation in their struggle
General Washington, revered name The
Father of his Country, could hardly ar
rest this inclination. Yet, under such
circumstances, the act of 1894 was found
abundanty sufficient There was then
no gratuitous assumption ofneu!ral debts
For twenty years that act has been
found sufficient. Bat some keen sighted,
sagacious foreign minister, finds out that
1t is not sufficient, and the act of 1917 is
passed. That act, said Mr.. L. we find
condemned by the universal sentiment of
the country; and hope ii will receive
further condemnation by the vote oi tae
house this day.
Mr.. LOwNDES rose tovindicate himself
ON the charge of Inconsistency aliedged
against him By the Speaker; but which,
he said, could not be properly establish
ed by takinga sentence or half u sentence
from a speech, and founding all argument
on 1t. The Speaker infers, said he, be-
cause ! will not take measures 10 punish
hm who, without the jurisdiction OF The
United States, cutters iuto ovesSei armed
BY foreign authority, and CruizGs on the
ptoDeltl Of foreign naiiunS. HAT ! must
therefore he willing iiil a citizen of the
United States, wilhln the limits of the
United States, IA IL vessel belonging to
The Cnited States, Si,aii involve tile GOV
ernment in responsibility ior his acts
with equal impumity. Mir. l. sUbmI;le,:
10 the committee whether there Was \
ny resemblance between 'hc iwo PROPOSE
IlOus.
Mr.. FORSYTH explained DE difference
as 10 facts between HIN aud the Speaker.
If what the Speaker had advanced re-
specting the vote OH the iact OF 1917 had
been Intended "a argument, Mr.. I. said,
he had endrayored To shew thai there WAS
Ho weight i'll il, by shelving that the vote
10 WHICH the Speaker had referred was
rot OH the bill which actually passed bit
on d bill reported by The committee OF
Foreign Relations which did not pass
The member of the Cabinet who bad been
referred 10, voted against The last menti-
oned bill, but in favor OF that which pass
ed into law, and there was very small
iHAuence which produced the passage OF
TIE act OF 1917, it there was any ie!t, il
VAS by the President, and to hini must
be ijapu'ed the blame tort0 hiE Tie re-
monStrances Oft the Foreign Ministers lad
Dccn addressed, aud he had brought The
subject before Congress. With respect
10 the correspondence with the Ministers,
ON the call of the committee for facts of
depTedatiOns by our cruisers, these pa |
pers mad been Shewn 10 them. have no |
recollection, said Mr. 7. of every word in
one of the official notes, but AN sure that |
lie version which has been given OF it is |
not correct. very well rerollect, altho |
not particularly remembering the pdrticu-
lar words o: arguments, that the tone of |
the letter aud IT'S manner were perfectly |
respectful 10 the government, and such |
as might have been expected from the |
character of the Minister II was neither |
indecent nor disreSpcctiul in The letter
which is publlshed as copy Of that, there
Ire passages both indecent and disre-
spectiuL
la reply TO the suggestion, that, even if |
he act Of 1917 was required al The lime
II passed, it was no longer necessary be-
yause of change in our posture, Mr. f.
-s,!, he knew of no such change. As |
far aS the independence Of the provinces,
ar OF any Of them, was recognized at this |
moment, il had been at that day. If his |
memory was not in this respect trcache-
rous, the President of the United States |
~ nounced 10 the Spanish Minister, thrO' |
Tie Secretary OF State, in The correspon |
dence between them laid before this |
House at the middle of the last session,
that such was the relation Ia which we re-
garded them. This answer had been Civ
en to an app ,icatlon 10 exclude their flags |
rom our ports.
To shew THAT his C u truction Of the
dec sion of the Supreme Court on the act
of 1904 as applied TO the case Of ST. Do
mingo, was correct, Mr.. +. quoted tae
words OF the decision from Cranch's Re
ports In Massachusetts, the case refer
red TO by the Speaker was that of all IN
dicfment for piracy, from which the ac-