The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-07-23
VOL. XIV. NO. alag.

| ne "e"ofe or the " y - trans.
mi 10 the senate for their constitutional
ADVICE with regard 10 its ratification. a
convention tor the suppression Of the
| African slave trade, signed at London. ON
| ne 18th ult by the minister Of the II ).
! residing there. on their part with the
pleoipo'en'iaries Of the British Govern
"en'. on me part ufthsr nation /; soget5cs.
'oHh "e corres hon0ing relation thereto f.
Par' OF "n'ch Is included in a connu,,i.
ea"oh nsaaefo me house ofrrehresentatiues
on tAe 'Sth uLf. printed COW of which
- an'ong the documents herewith sent.
dlouYes of accommodation TN III. ,,;ah.
CO OF The British government, render :.
desirable that The senate should ac, ~
| hni'i'eiy upon this convention a. m. edn,,
as may be found convenient;
| ~, JAMES MONRE.
| Washington, April 80, 1924.
;. we began With the first page, and frss
me OF this document, and published th.
whole, except the omissions already de-
'cfloed, ct he documents which e,iI,,
ace0"iaanfed the convention as far rs n,,e
oo' The other documents which r.
appears that the secretary wished ,,,h-
"shed were those included in a co,,rn,,
nicallon to the house of renresen,a,;ves
OF INC IS.h OF The preceding month n
copy ofwhich was also transmitted 90 -,
senate with the treaty. What 20. -
iished was all that Immediately acc,,n
MED the convention with The on,;ss;pn.
50 itequeD'iy referred TO. The previous
documents were overlooked in the hurry
OF The session, and ftbey had no, been.
might Ike hundred other documents
nave been necessarily omitted. yhev
were certainly not omitted fror, any de.
sign 20 prejudice the convention mr. the
secretary, In the public opinion, nor from,
any design al albany more ,han NJ,
Gailatin's very able correspondence .i,h
me french government, printed for con.
g'ess al the last session. has been ,hus
'ar ue!sFeo. with an injustice far greater
'Aah any exercised towards Mr. Adams
upon the worst Construction that il MAJ
please him 10 pu! upon the matter
" men the reader understands thar the
bulk ofthe documents connected viii ,hs
'as' session OF Congress considerably ex.
N"sH'y royal octave volumes, he
VIII comprehend the inpossibility Of our
pooii'hinS, or we may ssy reading. tho
iourth part OF what is really interesting in
mem There is no reader. we shon,1
also nope that does not also comnrebend
'ha', where the voluminousness of pubIic
documents repels the idea oil tbeir publi.
ca"oh IN the newspapers in ertenso, il ia
moi only The right but the du,v of the
o'auc'or OF newspaper, to proportion
ms selections from them to his space and
10 o1her engagements for his columns.
All that he can hope TO do is TO afford his
readers general view of the grounds of
puoilc measures,
Having our attention now called To this
matter, and DESTROYS at this time as ever
to do all possible justice to the executive.
as well as to the public, and MIR. Adams
having declared the documents ON this
subject communicated to the house OF
representatives 10 be malerial to a correct
understanding of the merits Of the con.
seniion,we shall publish those documents
IN the course of this week. Thew EN-.
brace the correspondence between the
secretary OF slate and our ministera
abroad, and also with the British minis.
Ter here,of date anterior TO that of any ona
oil me documents. already published in
the National intelligeneer Of MAY %. 90.
In what we have stated on this subiecs
10 day. 1t viii De further seen, that the
exception taken by Mr.. Adams to the
National Int lIigencer did nor relate 10
any publication authorized 5y fhe deha,s.
mehf oOer Which he hreSide5 or 5y anu
other department Of the government, bus
TO publication made, under the circums
stance o' great pressure at the close Of
the session OF congress, for the gratiGca.
ton of our readers, and by the aid of a
distinguished member of the honse oe
representatives., deeply Interested in the
success ofthe treaty who was kind enough
to procure these papers for US, after wo
had failed In an effort to procure them
Tor ourselves. The matter was one.
theretorei In regard 10 which we owed
neither obligation nor responsibility to
the secretary OF state, and over which
he has assumed jurisdiction OF a char
acter entirely without precedent in this
| Country
There is one remark in tho Journal
artIcIes WITH reference to which we can
says without hesitation, that, in our inter.
courses public and private, with the Sc
cretary OF state, he has deserved a, our
hands, therefore, nothing but kindness
and respect. The grateful remembrance