The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-23

thought II necessary I" ...z...,..
n,ke IL known even To uie 1Aii'e, .. :.
y Lament. Is all the members oil inc
hg.s,an had finally eoncnrred IN Inc NO
hi -, unen which the vote was ta"eh,
Pos .;.asl their names To il IN the cei,ln''-
ia" ,,aa. 10 the British plenipotenilarics'
NJ. - m. re was then no allegation ~ any
Az" ,.,.t il was not duly warranted BY ON
on. ...,.ti.,ns. I certainly thought there Was
-. necessity for announcing To our 80
i'ss tla; a VOTE had bern taken upon
his proposition, rs nfen any oiher lueS-
' 'iis i.l,'.h had oceurea-yei, winsn 1t was
80 by any member of the Mtssioh.
u',.' a.. nropostion 10 which al. had pieds-
va LII n,nlei and signatures 10 the adj
81 ,a- 81 narty and the world, should bereeor-,
having been previously determined
@''' .a,;ority only, | could have no ohjec-
~ - ming SO stated. Mr.. Clay dill
oo' LII il NECESSARY either to accuse ar
NJ - himself, for having been Ia the mi
nar;fy.--Thc course pursued ny Dir. nus
IN vas neither candid towards h's co.'s
laarnes. nor friendly to the liberties oil ms
pa IT, Under The guise of accusing
,:.aaalf he becomes the secret DICTATOR OF
n M asils.gles. But his letter from Pars
in' ,,at confined TO its protested object OF
wa O.a1; ns himself for his vote upon the
m;'s;ssinpI propositions. lie travelled ont
In rrrord. and racked his ingenuity and
~, learning to retutc the prlncipic, asslln-
IA "a =, the ptoposal of Mr.. Clay himself
tbe pripciple upon which no vote had been
lion in the Mission but which had been
adop,ed and inserted i'll the note Of ioul
Norolgi4, by UNANIMOUS consent, the
prln. pie that, from the nature al the fish
me liberties, and the peculiar character Of
re treaty OF 1853, they were moi abr"gated
by thu war.-And now, seven years after
words. when, By the maintenance OF that
ySry prineitle, we had, in q Subsequent
n,gat;atioa WITH Great Britain, secured N
a new compromise, without ai'andanlng
the pfineipi., the whole essential ii',elest
in the fslln4 liberties when, by tie same
re,,a;i t,on, we had obtained the abaadon-
r'nt hy Great Bri.ail Of her own ground
Of claIta TO the navigation Of the Missls-
,inpi and when that negotiation had been
ca,,ductel under INSTRUCTIONS entirely
drawn up by me cali from the House OF
Renresen,atiyes comes for the RESIDUE oi
the Cheat locunlrGts: Nr, Russell ha-
y.gg it placed at his own option VII, t4er
his old decentralization OF himself, aud his
disagreement With the ma. ority, small or
sbaU not be communicate ~ The House,
dslih,rstely decides that il shoH --assi gives
himself and others no rePose, III ne mas
brought before Congress and the nation,
his bin of attainder against his colleague,
new yamped to suit the political passions
Of the day it is now too late To say 'ha'
thisis mere personal controversy between
Mr.. Russell and me with which the pubic
haye no concern.
The prin iplD asserted in the letter from
Paris, that ace ,oere iJi Without any t@s 70
de fSl.iag Eberig 'eilafeSoestr, was IN the
highest degree pcraeions 10 one al Ia"
most important interests OF thls UNION.
The pretcnsion that cur only THE To ti''n'
mad been n temporary grant of the BRUSH
ling, reyukable at his piesure, was equally
in law and III fact. THE reason
for the averiaent OF lis extinction
that war abrogaies all treaties, and all
orticlcs of every troaty--is not warranted
BY the law ofnations: and il il were, wUtttd
not warrant the conclusion drawn from 1t.
The character and value Of the proposition
relating to the Mississippi, are in the eti"r
from Paris totally l3krrpfeseIled and re-
yertcd by eX3G reI&.aoa. The vaLls oi the
fishing liberty IS equally misrcpresented
and perverted by exasserd'Oa. The pos
session of this liberty has twice been the
turning hinge Upon which wars with Great
Britain have been concluded. lfupoa ci-
tl,r Of those occasions the principles as
serted in Mr.. Russell, letter bad prevailed
with the American .negotiators, our rights
in the NV Fourdland, Gulf Of 81. Law
renee and Labrador fishery, would have
been lost.-Tile same question may very |
probably agi.e asain.--l undertake TO
prove, that the crgUment, as Nh. Russell
Gals i, Of lis letter, is il all IFS parts nnten-
abe as it was unpropiiious to the cause OF
h]c5untry.
haye no intention, however, of pnrsu-
ys this controversy further in the newspa-
p,ts. Ipropose to publish IN one eollee-
Tan tie Client documents called Tor by
tie resolution of the hGuse oil represents
tyts the me ssage Of the president TO the
house, with Mr, Russeils letters and my
remarks his publication OF 18th June, IN
Tue boston Statesman, and intnc II. tt,.f'Tef
thereto in the National IntcliGsneer, With
ether papers rectify!ng other ieprsseaa-
tons OF Alr Russell a,pl Glsc'lssih.s The Il
ieet OF war upCn treaties and treat. aiipu-
Iahous the vaiuc of the Mississippi ia
tim to the British, and Of the fishing liberty
tioas, and tn; rights By which, We have
neid, and still hold them. That there ever
"asafy differences OF opinion between the
AMERICAN plenipotentiarlcs of Hhent upon
mfasales III which they all tina,!y concur
ted, would never have heeu made known
u The public by nc. Satisfied with an
equal share Of responsibility, Tor all which
aa'y had done, coniented and grateii, ioi
NE satisfaction oi car common eoen :,
VIM the general result of our services,