The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-04-21


Clay admitted would be tansamount to our
acknowledgement Of the independence Of
Buenos Ayres. He endeayoured TO support
i IN long and laboured speech, and was
joined by MIR Robertson, of Louisiana, and
Johnson, of Kentucky The motion was
opposed by Messrs. Fsrsylh, Lowndes, and
many others and, after several days de.
bate, was rejected, lis to rs
This vote may be considered as a fair
trial ofthe strength. Of The opposition party
in the Hous- AT he head Of this party il
MIR. Clay, who, with his followers are
openly hostile 10 the policy OF the President
in regard 70 our foreign relations His
policy is too much Ike thatof Washington
70 suit them It's TOO dlgnihed and eau
tlous and calculating for their ardent tenn
pere.
The debate which took place upon an
other clause OF the appropriation bill, shows
in wha, manner this opposition is nantes.
ted The clause allrded to proposed to
appropriate thirty thousand dollars for
compensation to the commissioners lately
sent out to South America Mr. Clay, in
committee of the whole, called on the
chairman of the committee Of Ways and
Means for information as to the credentials
oil the commissioners, and whether their
appointment had been confirmed by the
Senate )" and also, if it woudnot be look
ing too much into tho object of the COM
misslon,be would be glad TO know what those
objects were Mr.. Lownd.s thereupon
produced copy oil the commission, which
merely set forib that the commissioners.
being" distinguished citizensof the United
States, and enjoying in high degree the
confidence and es.eem of the President, are
about to visit, IN national ship, on just and
friendly objects, and at the special desire OF
the President, divers places and countries
II South America" and requesting that
they may every where be received with re.
spect, &c.
MIR. Clay then ross " to enter his protest
against this kind Of appropriation BY Con.
gress'-he thought the object of the CONF
mission ofvery little use !" and said if the
object was to acquire Information it was
The most unfortunate course that could have
been adopted " But, 6 badly as the mission
had been DEVISED" it was the constitutional
point that made il obnoxious and then he
went on with some objections to the con-
| stnutlonality Of the mission.
In the reply which Mr. Forsyth made to
these objections, he observed, in answer to
an aiiusian OF Mr.. Clay, "that il was true he
did not fad flult with the Executive quite
az ofie't as fte honoura6le Speaker had las-
terly Zone" What sort of alusiOn Mr.. C.'s
was, il is not difficult TO conjecture.
This sketch will serve to explain 10 our
readers the feelings Of Mr.. Clay towards
the President. It is subject of congratu-
latlon among the friends of national peace
and happiness. that the wise aud temperate
policy of the President is supported by SO
powerful majority in Congress.
Il is not the least Of the wonders of the
present day, that the only opposition TO the
policy of the President springs from the
hos-6ed of the party which raised him to
power; and that those who opposed his
election are among the most decided and
s'eadfsst supporters of the measures of his
administration - Worcester Sly.