Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-13
DOMESTIC.

From Le NHticnai JO,rnai Of Juiy ST.
The staemen, in the article coped from the National
ntegencer of the ii that The National journal has been
t ny Tue Secretary OF Stale as e Vehe 10 the public
OIL such official papers subject
Department is not entirely The necessity of
National has resulted not only from the gen.
era course Of the Editors Of that paper past,
which they thought proper on recent
to garble ie publication oil the documents relating the
for the suppression OF the African Slave Trade
That Convention, forming essential part of great
system ofaegocia.n With all the principal Powers of Eu
rope and America recommended by the voice nearly unani
NOUS o the House OF Representatives and having for its
object of the nohest purposes that the
sanctioned by the President upon great deliberations
with the unaniisas Of the his Admins
Taiiou. Its ratification having with
opposition in the Senate the friends Of the
and OF the measure in that body, DESTROYS, after the
hna vote upon II had been taken all the
relating to should be immediately laid before the public
secrecy their proceedings concerning was adopted
The Editors of tue National Inieieeucer after pramis
ing in their paper 9Th May, THE WHOLE of the
proceedings in the Senate and soud be given
as early practicable COMMENCED the publication of them
the day, but omitted all such parts them as they
were pleased TO think immaeriai which omissions were
immediately represented in other prints tetionn sup
pre''on' by the Secretary IF State himself
Amsng the omissions were two from Reports of
Commit ees of the House oiepresentaves which formed
part OF the important Message The President TO the
Senate OF The aist May 1924 The allegation for their
mission was ,rant IF ro0nw lille editorial column OF
the same paper, occupying more than the
of what had been said in the Senate against the Co.
vention Happened, also, that the omitted extracts
sedulousy displayed the The admnis,a.
uon upon the only point OF Importance which had abnred
IN ne mat me whole SUBJECT went forth the
public under the auspices of the National
win the whole argument against the Convention
in full relief and with the refuiaiion that
mitied for want of room.
The snguaritv of this procedure mentioned to the
elaborate efforts Of ether Presses bring odum upon the
administration for the negotiation OF this aided
and allotted bv their haf publication documents wa,
noticed hemseves.-They published the inna,eyiai ex
tracts, but gave satisfactory for their contact
inn
Ia apologize for their partial selection or 10
defend the against the aspersons of
ma IS partly founded ther omissions Nor they TO
this day published in th paper Than half d6cu
ments communicated by the President the Senate with
Under these circumstances, it became INDISPENSABLE 10
seek SEINE other vehicle than the National
for the publication of the Conventions aud Of the
connected with il, They were accordingly with the ap-
il The National Government Journal title hc the editor
OF the paper had chosen hut with which the Sc
cre,ary OF State had do, than Of the
National lneligeueer. That paper selected for the
publication because ii was exclusively compilation pub
lac documents and as such better suited for such pubca
tons than any miscellaneous newspaper.
For the same reason twas also chosen for The pubca
LOB OIL the heport Of the commissioners under the Florida
treaty The schedule of the awards, recommended by
them for publication was Immediately upon its reception
sent TO the Treasury Department. where has been
since in constant for the payment OF awards This
81, delayed FOR s1ne me tue taking of The
directed should be taken with view publication
another copy editors the Ns.on
al lnieligence only to spare the useless
IN making fruo manuscript copies yOlum
nous public document, for publication OF il.
But while directing tie publication of these documents
in the National Government Journal the State
caused the Editors Of the National TO be in
formed thai it not bis intention withhold entirely
from them the first publication of documents
He has reserved TO himself the right of publishing
appreciation Of the President public documents
charge ofthe Department OF State in such paper and in
such he shall deem conductive pub
tic service. In the of the documents relation to the
Convention for the suppression of the Slave Trade
compelled To publish elsewhere, by the Of Editors
OF the National Inelligencer themselves. With regard
he
sides the peculiar fitness, OF publishing then, file
public papers disconnected from he
IL expedieni, warming that, however the Editors the
National ncer might estimate the avor the Gov.
rnsn OF publishing its notices in their widely circulating
Journal, they will well hereafter consider ia
trust OF publishing inferior, in Importance
tensiSeness OF circulation.