Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-27

they had in the ports Of Spain, when similar
inquiries. ~iih respect 10 that country, were
made in Congress There was no jeopardy
Of our commerce implied in either case. The
object of my resolution, said Mr.. w. is sim
ply an authorised inquiry into facts. With
these remarks, he said. hr had no objection to
the resolution now before the House.
Mr.. Wood, of New York. in support of the
resolution. obsessrd that its object was not To
obtain the amount of the commerce "a Smyr-
ma, hut that to the Peloponnesus, to Greece,
tn '' Greece in arms" The tables To which
gentlemen had referred the mover, did no,
discriminate Greece proper from the Greeks
in Asia Minor. The seat Of the contest he
tween the Greeks and the Turks was Greece
proper and the resolution asked the anount
nf our trade To this part of GREECE, that we
might he able Z" farm some estimate What
we should gain, as well as what we should lose,
by any measnr. that might go I" in, olive US
IN any degree in their controversy.
Mr. S,orrs said. hat 10 him it appeared
that the obtaining of the information sought
for by the resolution, was. in the nature of
the case. impraclicab- There is none tu be
htained on which we can practically rely
He would submit to the honorable gentleman
himself, who had moved the resolution,
whether il was possible 10 get at the dis,incS
facts he wished tn obtain. From whence were
they Ia he had in any authentic form? Aud
| If they could be got AT all, they must come
too late in the session To bear on the discus
sion contemplated. All that was useful to the
House was to be found in the statistical table
which had been referred 10. The motion did
not prorose To call fur any statements since
1899. What il asked for, was the amount of
our com perce tn Greece and the Levanf, pre-
vious Ia that time. and that was already in the
possession of the House.
| Nj. Wood. in farther explanation. said that
the object Of The resolution proposed by Mr..
Webster, and now living on the table, WAS TO
| form basis for Intercourse with Greece, Ell
| ihrr political or commercial. If a political in
tercourse was the object. he did not want thu
information now called for; but hr took IL
! for granted that the great object aimed at, ana
he sole one consistent with prudence, was n
commercial intercourse. Then. before we in
Cured The expense of an Ambassador or
Plenipoieniiary. Or other public agency, i,
was first proper TO ascertain whether the pro-
ductiops nf that country we're so valuable, ar
- construction so extensive. as I" make it an
object worthy of the expense OF the proposed
mission.
| Mr.. Camhrrleng said, that he was sorr,
again IA trouble the House but he felt per-
snaded that 80 was himself able to give The
gentleman all the infa nation he aimed AT,
without troubling the Department for it. To
Greece Proper, that il, Ia Macedonia, she
| PeioEonnesus, and Thrarc, we have not now
and never have had any direct trade at ALL
All ~. had, of any kind, with Greece, was
through Smyrna. he one side, or Trieste
on the other. call, therefore. fnr state
ment of our commerce 10 Greece proper.
wonld certainly produce nnresuit.
Mr.. Brock explained. He never had in
| tended N inSinuate that tbp rpsnIltiou nF TN.
honorable member from Massachusetts was
| intended tn lead tn hostilities with the Turk
all he said was, that the Turks might choosr
| To 'iew II as hostile measure. for which il
was proper should be prepared. The
gentleman from Nrw York had said that we
have M direct trade whatever with Greece
proper. How was this to he rrconciled with
the fact stated hy Mr.. Hobhousp. in his late
account ofhis travels in that country. that the
Uni'ed States have Consul NJ Pnirns, an inn
pertant pnrt IN the Norea However, since
the gentleman had kindly offered 10 furnish
the Information at which he aimed by the re-
SOLUTION, he would forbrar to press it for the
! present.
! On motion of Mr.. Brock, his resolution was
thea ordered to lie The table.
Mr. Naary submitted the following resoIu-
| ton, which lies one day according 10 IA rule oil
The House:
ReSoLred, That the President OF the United
States be requested TO lay before this House
such information as he may possess (and
. which may he disclosed without injury to the
public good relative to the determination Of
any sovereign or combination o. sovereiSns fo
, assist Spain in thu subiugation Of her late
colonies the American continent, and
whether any government of Europe is dis
posed or determined to oppose any aid or
assistance which such sovereign or combina
tion of sovereigns may afford to Spain for the
subjugation Of her late Colonies above men
tened.