Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-06
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
J. G.. CALHOUN,
JOHN MIEAN


JOHN MIEAN.
u IhH 3EcRETART eF TIE NAVY, and the
ATTORNEY GENERAL, not having expected TO
be in the city, have not subscribed TO the din
ncr. We arc authorized to say, that if the Ar
ToRNEY GENERAL. had received a similar in
v1tation, and had subscribed, he would now
have joined IN the above lettcr.--lWaM Rep.
The National LnteiIgenccy g. National .Journo,
The two extracts which appear below, the one
from the Observation-Disclosures of Friday, the o,he,
from the National Journal of Saturday, explain
each other We publish them, as eliciting facts O,
some consequence to the public. The suppression
OF documents at the will of Editors, entrusted to
publish the proceedings OF government, shuts out
light from the people, and is, 10 say the least of it,
neither very creditable to the party presumine 10 do
1t, or TO the government suffering il to be done.
The Editors of the Intelligencer seem rather TO
rejoice at having lost this mark of the confidence of
the government. sit will prove, say they, more in
convenient 10 the government, than to us-and may
prevent the circulation of things, the diffusion of
which, is more interesting TO the government than
TO US" We presume the Journal is as we'll satisf-
ed at having gained this confidence, as the Intclii-
scnccr is at having lost tit is a pity, therefore,
that parties so well pleased with the SAM occur
renee, should fall out about il.
TIE FLORIDA CLAIMs.-our mercantile read.
ers have called upon US from every quarter, for the
publication Of the awards made bv the Bo,.d ct
commissioners under the Spanish Treaty, and dis
satisfaction has been expressed at their being so
long withheld. 1t has not been our fault. We
were DESTROYS TO have published them long ago. We
have it now III or power TO state, that the Reyorj
OF the Commissioners has made ite ar,o :, ,.o =, q,
weekly paper printed in this city, heretofore known
by the name of the National Journal E.-frc, bat
which has lately taken 90 itself Il different title viz:
National Government Journal, which has been cho-
sen by the Secretary of State as the vehicle to the
public OF such official pa pets as are subject to the
control of that Department. The List of .4rards
by the Board aforementioned, will, we are inform
ed, appear in the next No. of tina; Journal.
The determination OF the Secretary of State To
withhold official papers from this. print, will, we ap-
prc!i3nd, prove more inconvcnient to the govern
ment than to US, for it vii. relieve us from the ne
cessity of publishing any more of those matters than
IS interesting 10 our readers, AMI may prevent tho
circulation of some things, the diffusion of whicl, is
interesting to the government. In the present case,
rce have been refused copies Of these papcrs, Ionr
ago applied for, and the copies, refused to us, have
been made out, By order of the Department of
State, FOE the "N ational Government Journal"
Without intending TO make either comment or COM
plant on this subject, it has become necessary to a.
Void n MISUNDERSTANDING OF or delay 10 make the
publication, that the naked fact should be placed
before our readers, who may rest assured ,hcv
shall lose nothing by this arrangement thai, is of any
sort of value 10 them.
The List Of the Awards OF the Commissioners vii
appear in this paper at least at soon as in thai, "a
which a copy has been furnished by the Depart.
ment of State. .Nat. M
The statement i'll the above article, that the VA
tionai Government Journal, has bccm chosen by
the Secretary of State as he rchicle To the public
Of such official papers as arc subject TO the cor;ro
OF that Department, is-not entirely correct. Th,
necessity Of f~esoTting, al loas; occasionally. 10 som,
Other vehicle than the National Intcllircncer. ha,
resulted not only fronthe general course of the Eli
tors of that paper, for some time past, towards IN,
present administration, bu, from the partir,,,
manner in which they thought proper, on a recon
occasion, to garblc the publication OF the document
RELAXING TO the Convention for the Suppression q
the African Slave trade.
That Convention, forming an essential par, of
! great system of negotiation with all the principa
Powers of Europe and America, recommended II,
the voice, nearly unanimous, Of the House of Pc
personalities, and having for its object one of IN
nobles' purposes that ever animated the heart n
man, had been concluded by virtu, of instruction
sanctioned by the President, upon gseat duIiberati
y on, and with the unanimous assent Of the member
Z OF his administration. Its ratification having me
Y With an nnexpec:eted opposition in the Senate, tn
friends Of The A2uiia;S,5a eos; and Of :hc Tca=u-c