Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-09

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suit OF ibe hua su,rress;o" Of - slave ir-e var,
That Ills hrst aud iudisp-ps-Ll tie consequence ,,i be-
TO cons,tain tue Esecu;ive To suspend al inlih.,
nsgotia'ion WIN -,s'. Eur"ir ." md Amer,.n.
power, To whrn Ovtnurcs have been mode in CON
pI'ance with the res0Iunn az .e House ol 4. pre-
sen,Auves, or the 23'h Foo l823, musi he obvious
To insuc oil nations, with the statute Of uir,c, Ia o
hands, To adept us principles the law Of 0siius
anu yet 10 deny to all the s,ehts 1T search Or
the pTae, whom II would be imi,oss,l,le 10 d.icc,
without entering aud cn.ng he scse,s, voule es-
pose US, not simrsy 90 ,as charge IF iyc0asisc,cy"
such are III. Presidents words Nr. AS of
course)--a charge Of n,eonsisf, ncy :! Where
are t'ee trade aud Sailors Rights ? Poor ha-
man nature.
But the great inconsistency, | repeat. was
the crotcd of reciGmdf,0ns, and subjects of
and IN this negotiation. The Great De Wit
said, he did So much by doing one Ming at
tune. Forgetting that treaties are but ,arch-
ment, and binding only while cony pnient, Mr..
Adams was for doing alt al once. Hence, he
tells US:
"Othcr considerations OF high importance rrye
the auoIron OF tins convection. We have, at this
moment, pending witt Great Britain, sund, 81 other
negotiations, Intimately Connected with the welfare
and even with the peace or our Union. In one Of
'nen nearly thTd part Of tile tory OF the st-ts
OF Name IS IN contest ton.- Ia another, tile nav,sa-
''"" " tne ot Lawrence, tho admission Ut consuls
into the British Islands, aud system OF
intercourse between the D. s. and al, the Is, ,tish
possessions IN this hemisphere, are subjects OF dis
o"ss'n. i"a third, our territorial asd otner rgt q
"po" 'ne coast, Ia be adjusted whiIe
r"'eoti"tion on the same interest Is opened with
t"ss'a In Fourth nil the most unpoitan cDntro-
se'tbo points Of martin, law, ia time oil war, are
o'ooebs under cons'deI.u0n and, in the fifth, the
w"o'e system OF South American concerns, con-
nccied with u general recog ION Of South American
independence, may egdin, froa, hour hour be-
come us a has already been object Of concerted ope
,aohs % me highest interest to both natioas aud 10
me peace of he toorid.'
AS to the state Of Maine, the sooner that
question IS settled the better. The part ~
coniestatIon' is for the most part not in
cultivation; and, i'll err not greatly, topO-
eraphical facts have long since determined on
wnich side the error lies. Did celebrated
federal Envoy never converse with Arrow
smith on the subject ? But, surely, the height
OF land can be easily deter mined; as easy as
where the line OF the IS deg. of latitude runs
Ii 50, let the result be known but perhaps, II
would be unpopular IN Maine and ,,lassach u-
sets, and reduce The number of Mr.. .11ams's
friends in those states.
As to the Navigation of the ST. Lawrence,
Mr.. Adams has, beiiere, made it his boast,
that ne induced g. b. tn give up The Right she
had to the Navigation Of the llississippi.-A
right she retained by the treaty of 1855, hut a
right which was as Of little SIR, ice to her, as il
was of injury to the U. S.-a right she could
scarcely ever exercise and hence ought, CEN
siderngih the importance of the navigation Of the
81. Lawrence 10 the state of N. York. To have
been left untouched.
AS To the Intercourse with the American
possessions OF g. B. MIR. Adams may write
notes hut, between two such similar popua-
,ions connected by affinity, by blood, by law,
ny habit by language and by religion, in a
great measurr,it muat be left to regulate itself.
as i has done, and quietly too, for 40 years.
VI ms negotiations with Spain, much might,
indeed, be said.-As one sample of it, lrt his
strange instructions to MIR. Forsyth suffice.
more extraordinary, raining, i'll judged d.
p'oma,lc lnstruo tion, surely never was penned
by Professor of Rhetoric.t
AS TO maritime law, the navigation act had
provided remedy in compelling The man
ming OF American ships by certain proper
lion OF American citizens, as extensive and
conclusive as can be expected. 1t is an evil
which II is to be presumed will, ia time, very
much cure itself.
Last, not least, come to the affairs of South
America. Here, thought Mr.. Canning. il =
field for diplomacy. Extensive has thai Min
lister found it. And useful as extensive. and
especially combined with the slave trade ha.
he discovered ii 10 he. Ii evidently was his
nore that led to the strong language of the
Message as to S. A. and the singular decIars-
Hon to Russia that "no other colonies are 10
be planted in this continent''
l nave now done, Sir, with my view of Mr.
ahamss Diplomacy. Ii is, think, of an inef.
ficient kind and the adroit method bv whi,,
Mr.. Canning has obtained the Riehi of .S,orcb
will, think, be evident to all. Tie govern.
ment has gone crusadibg in favour Of men
VINO, perhaps, will tomorrow return TO ,hei,
former masters, and just laugh at The peopIe
who have yielded their own real. usal;an.bl.
rights, for those who will never acknowledye
any ont that OF the strong Expressing IN,
weak and, who, to use MIR. Ames, ,xords
" are so fond Of liberty that they will 10, n,
body enjoy it but themselves"
CORRECToR.
.Vew York, June I8, 1894.
+. ,. Napoleon has been censured for hi.
sci'e interference with his negsbours-tht
French Convention was blamed for liz Deere,
OF Nov. 1793-but Mr.. Canningi is not blamed
Tor his open invitation TO all oppressed nations
ne me Judge OF the oppression TO shake of
me yoke. bui this country, it appears, stand.
p1eosed 10 u. b. for s. A. affairs," may agai,
necome an opJect OF concerted operations Of
the highest interest to both Nations" and. ri
course, presume to, "the Peace of the world ,
This il certainly very peaceable affair ;o,e,.
fering with the Colonial Possessions of oihe,
powers hut, all that am now asxious abou
is The 4" concerted operations" to which IN,
q" highest interest' Is thus attached. .9l;one,
cGens're and defensive presume, and can ina
gine nothing from the words {" concerted one.
rstIons". Surely, this ought to alarm In.
country and convince that men thus pledged
are unfit longer to hold the reins of povsrn
An administration should be formed unre,,er
ed and untrammelled by the acts or Pronenss,
OF US predecessors, and the language of which
10 all other governments should be.
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