Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-17

Of the Hou.e Of Representative, annex
r'i 10 Message OF the Psesiten,, to show rourobo
rst'on Of views between him and thc Hoase nf Re-
~ esrnia,ives, On The suffice, OF the African Slave
Trade. Mr.. BRENT will well secoi-c, the surprise
expressed by the occasion az this roa nunira.
lion, aud our Tegrc, that elevas-d y r,sn IA Mr..
Adams should he excited by trivi circumstance
10 detern'inatior gave as au,hosix- ms ufaei
.nnuncia,ion. Il is quite possible Mr. Breni might
have said, what he declares he did ssy wuh reference
To The Secretary's intentions to The future There
. An he no doubt he ended % to expsess himself !:
hut II Is quite certain he was NOT understood np"n
THAI poiat b, cuher Of the Editors, kr has been
ioraeh by both of them. Tb,s s,ae,a~nt, u will he
seen, whilst il refu'es the charge of m,ssas<
part, does conflict with tho esvss-sse of Mr..
Brent When he reminded one Of she Editors, ON
the BIB, Of his having 80 Informed rs. his
interview, was poserios 10 the v,ubca,ioR OF The
article N the journal the 81, which, for ihe first
time, presented this ,ntiMa,ion minds, and Nj
b WAS then informed that he had aot br~a under
stood upon this point as he intended TO have heeu. L,
Is possible we were so as'nunsied by the in,ima,ion
OF the Secretary serious dscssure, that VIC did
comprehend what Mr.. 3. intended distinctly to init
mate, namely, that the walls of the Hon S-crc,ays
wrath we'e only to he partially empiied upon us
He has, IN the publication before us, emptrd them
TO the bottom.
With regard to the other point en,bracrd in Mr.
brens Certificate, we have only to saw, 'bai. had he
inrifed us 10 I" SEQ aud converse with Nj ADAMS.
hahuai personal respect for him would oi iseit have
led us To wait upon him for the purpose. Bit IL was
permission granted us, OF which, after the formal
exposinn Of the views OF the Secretary by his Chief
CLERK, we did not sec necessity for Rvaiiing
selves. This permission evidence Of the con
essce nsion Of Mr.. Adams, hut IL did NOT change the
fact Of lis deliberate determination chas,se Ms for
an offence, which we never coMmii.ed, we have
shewR, 80 far ~ intention constitutes crime, aud in
'rgnrd 10 which he did not even inquire whether i,
Was intentional or not.
As FOR the prevarication alleged against US, is
al al
osabIo Secretary, Of our sentiments towards him
which, were u in the casa Of any ordinary man, We
shonld say he SCENE to be det-rmined n,,sor,rr
stand When described him AZ IN " ete waited Of.
ice, self-poised, eHlig ened, aud experienced
s'atesman,' we spoke real senime nts--tho.e
sentiments which, though nave not plavctI the
sycophaut with him, (nor with any o.ispr man he .
our proud consolation under ON .iaI deuoucis,ion
We have always expressed, IN public and IN private,
w,thoat caring whom Il pleased or whous .i,suIeas
ed. Upon THIS point We will only expre our sincere
rssret mat oue sho has 90 many claims ohr per-
-o"ai respect, should have pesniied hisrif TO use
this language, aad willingly Ieavsit 10 an impartial
Public TO decide whether have deserved II at has
hands.
The honor OF a controversy with the Secretary Of
Safe being shoveonr ambition, and, we'll knnwnphc
s,d-s,t'e fea'fn odds with which conte shiI
dsm S. the article which have Reluctantly co,,ied
from the Journal, with very few further oIsrrva-
lions on the facts of the case.
The Senate Documents TO which the Secretary re-
ers az ha,,nc been printed at our Office, prm'-
Ell coIfdeptfoty for tho Senate. We could mi aya,,
ourselves Of documents thus confided 70 ne. We d
NOT venture even 10 retain copy of docunieDs en-
printed, lest, by some accident, the obligation t6
ctecy might he vioia,ed. As Printers 10 C.,s,cs
We are under obg atoms Of duty which we do no
allow ourselves, IN capacity Of Edhn,s o trans
c-nd The copy f,om which we published he con
senuon, &C. we have heretofore stated, wa Obtain
ri from the Senate by member Of tie House :, (.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES being no access 10 The office
o, 'he senate Tor others than members Of Congress
we punished, MS we repeat, all that appeat d NJ
IN lll0 In xl..,rx
Senate. A part, being omitted ina,Iver,rn,,. " :,
published as soon as the maieriaiiY Of was NINA
ted 10 us Every disposition was shown TO meci III.
wishes Of the Secretary of State II ID he reunosts,
publication OF any other docpme MS, connected with
'his question, and placed them IN our hands, re,
won'd have been Instantly published. Since on A.
"""ce OF he subject, we hav. examined this matter
more closely than we had done, which ena bles e.. a.
understand more clearly whaI the Secretary rs,ry
complains Of Than did before, and we viii cndrs
vcr 10 LEI our readers understand il Also II hey take
my interest in the maIier.
The Message ofihe President transmitting 20 IN.
Senate The Convention for ratification, as published
IN The National ln,egencer Of the 23,h May WAS IN
The following words
To the Senate Of he United States
" transmit 10 the Senate, for their constitution a,
advice with regard 10 its ratification, a Convex,
tor The Suppression OF the African Slave Trade
signed at London, on the 18Th alt. Try the Alrns,c,
nj The Unned States, rrsid ne there, their par,
with The Plen po'e nares of the British governmrn,
on The par OF that nation together ioth the corrsspo
nf"ee relating thereto; part Of which included IL, a
t"nnnnication made to the House of Represent ares
on the l2fh nl. printed COPY Of which IS among ire
documents herewith sent.
Motives OF accommodation to the wishes OF the
British Government, render il desirable tb,, ,be
Senate should act defaitiveiy upon this Convention
as speedily as may be found convenient"
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, April 80, 1924.
We hrgan with the first page, and frs, line ar this
Dncumc0s, and puhl,shed the whoIs, excent the
OMISSIONS already descr,ied, Of the ocunr mis- which
really accompanied The Convention, as far AZ page
80 The oaeT documents which IL Appeals ,h.t iI,e
S"c'eiary wished published those nc iuded in
communication TO the House of R-presentot,yes If
the ~ h OF The preceding month, copy Of which
was also transmit ed 10 the Senate with the Treaty.
WHAT we published was all that mu,e dateIy accom- |
pan"d HE C""yenIion. with the Omissions 30 fire. |
quen''y referred 70. The previous documents were
overlooked IN the hurry Of the Session. aud If they
h'd MOI been, night, like hundred oiher tiocu.
men's, have beeu necessarily omitted. They were
certainly not on,ied from any design prejudice the
Convention or the Secretary, in the pnbic opinion
nor from any design vt albany more than NJ, Gar
LATIS's very able correspondence with the Ffrncb
gov' -meni, printed for Congress ut che last SEES.
sion, has been thus far delayed, with an ,oiusticr f,r
me worst construction that II may please him "a, nj,
upon the mater When the reader upders,ands III :,
I'VE nuk ~ me documen's concerted with Tho ias,
Sess'0" OF congress considerably seeds TWEEN,
"oy"i octave volumes, he will coi1pIehcn the nm.
possibility oil our publishing or we n,a, saw feaJins
ne fourth part even Of what is really ipie,.s,,o, ~
mem. There Is no reader, should also hone fla,
uoes moi also comprehend thar, where tho voInm ~
business oil public documr mia repes he idea of The
pnbica,'on IN The newspapers ia ertenso IL is no, on
the right hui tue duty OF the conductor Of news
paper, 10 proportion his selecfious from Them m hi.
space and 10 o'her engagements for his columns -
AN "a nc can hope TO do IS IN afford his readers
Sen.'ai view oil the grounds Of pubic measures
attention attsH In sc