The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-11

his second Challenge. lac was uaW0rky Of nv
notice aud thai ought not Ia have accepted
il. IL this differed with them in opinion,
ard telt bound 10 act accordingly. But
should have manifested incxrusahlb indinrr-
ehce to the opinion OF my fellow citizens, il /
hai 6. aiuitansly 'rautcd 10 Col. Cumming III
advantage not demanded b. the principles
taat regulate such contests; and which cour-
tesy would not require me TO extend, even 10
an honorable and maSEanilnous antagonist
GEORGE MDUFflE.
s." The DUPLICATE LETTERS, the Fisnr-
RiEs, G3R The observation-disclosures
reioting 10 Transactions al Tie .Ntroiia.
tor Of Client Coiiected by Joha qmaey
.idans, one ofHe Commissioners Of Me
BHtted States at that .ltgoiiaiioHn-
PabiiSaed tbs day, By Daris and Force.
Amidst the war of political elements
thai are brought into actioa to decide fae
conflicting claims Of the several candidates
for the neXt Presidency, We are this day
presented, on the pant of the Secretary OF
state, with mass of matter, IN the shape
OF Il respectable sized octave volume Of
2J6 pages, in relation 10 certain charges
indusirlousiy circulated in the Western
Country against him for attempting 10
barter away the navigation of the Mlssis-
sppl lnr the Fisheries, The WOrl. com
prises "A systematic arrangement at al The
papers, official or otherwise, relating IL
this diplomatic dispute, up 10 the present
hour, Niiaa " PiHr"ry Intention" to prove,
/. That the principle assumed by the \
mcrIcan mission AT Giient, al the pgopo-
sal OF Mr.. Clay and ina paragraph drawn
mp by him that the rights and Liberties
of the people of the L. States in the
North American fisheries, were not ahro-
gated by The war Of 1872, was just aud
sound principle, entirely contOrmable 10
the law Of NATIONS.
:. That the article first offered by MI
Gatlai'n, which was not proposed to the
British pleGipotontaries, aud the amend
ment Of the 9Th article OF the project al
SO Offered by Mr.. GalIalin, which was
actually proposed 10 the British plenip0-
tentialies, and by them rejected, was on
~ deelaraiory recognition of that same
principir, applied 10 the British right of
navigating The Mississippi, as well as To
our fishery rights aud liberties.
). That, considered even on the narrow
grolpd Of conflicting sectional interests,
this article and amendment proposed 10
place the East and the West ia the same
state as before the war, without gaia 10
the one or loss 10 the other.
4. That the objection, by the minority, a.
gainst the article and amendment, inss-
ted, in principle, upon the sacrifice OF
an Eastern for the benefit of A Western
interest.
8. That the Eastern interest to be sacrl-
feed, was Of very great importance 10
the Union, aud of vital magnitude to the
state OF Massachusetts, while the Nes-
tern Interest, for which il was to be i'm
Bolutcd, Vas altogether speculative aud
imaginary. Ii was most truly den0mln-
atrd, lay the member of the mission now
no more, Dragging a million against a
cent.
In the concluding part Of tue lntroduc-
tory Remarks, Mr.. Adams puts the con-
troyersv on this footing: Speaking of the
minority of the Client mission he says
"Ir bv the sturdiness of their ADHERENCE
20 their opinions, they had prevented the
proposal from being made, there might
nave been some semblancc of a claim to
credit from those who tremble at the sight
Of an Engllshman afloat upon the Misals-
sippi. # the enemy had eagerly snatched
al the offer, aud British emissaries, British
Is.nugglers, and Indian wars, had swarmed
upon us, in consequences, the minority
might haye bad some apology, for Olsen,
gazing tfirir responsibility TO the act, and
casting UPON their colleagues Of the maJori'
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