Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-16
co considerations sir, your most obedient serv.,..
r. GEORGE CANNING.
10 Richard Rush, Esq &c. &c.

,,,,;.. "e'e enumerated, advising hia
insJes,y TO accept the ratification. he ,hs
resident and Senate of The IJoi,ed S,.. o
" tHs treaty for the suppression ofthr .Iar.
~. 'ate'y signed on behalf Of the two DOW.
ess, IN manner and form as that rat;G.as;,'.
nao been made known by me to bis Males.
: navinS already, sir, had the honor 70 ,,v
oelore you all the reasons that opet ated with
10y scse.nment for giving way To the desir.
m;~a, b .ors mat ms ma]esty's governments
."sn nave felt able TO accept the treaty ,y;,n
sne alterations introduced by the Senate -.
eonditiens ofits ratification. I have OIL,
this hope. ~'PPo'p'lnent Oh
a" power over the instrument. on mt r..,
y. ,nH f'en'potentary of the United State.
a! n's myesty's court, ceasing by this dec
s'Dn' only remains for me to saw. thar T
wiz, WIN promptIlude, transmit to INV o.
source i will receive, I ann sure ali ,Sa a.on
tenl,on due to the high interest of which :.
treats. WHICH 't
have the honor to be, with distinpp,hed.
consideration, sir, your most obedient seryan,,
M. d, r. RICHARD RUSH.
Inc III Hon. George Canning,
Al" MHJe'ty Us Principal Secry OF Stuie
Tor Foreign Affairs.
- No. VII.
tNo. 2.)-Mr. .4din7s tn Mr. P,.G
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
=, washington, Nor. Is, 18st:
OH .our dispatches, TO Nos. 595 and
-, inclusive, nave been received: The pro
pos"' 'or inc negotiation of a new con,en-
ton, Tor the suppression of the slave ,r,d.
VIII receive the deliberate consideration ~
The President. "a
1t Is observed, with regret, that the re,,o.
assigned In Mr.. Secretary Canning's ist,sr -
I :, august, 10 you, as having induced fhs
BRUSH government TO decline the ratification
OF mat "hich you had signed, as modified NV
me advice and consent Of the Senate of ,b.
United States, appear 10 have arisen from i'm
pressions altogether erroneous. II stated ina,
uhuer the expectation that the treaty would
NOT DE tnade a subject Of renewed discussinn
IN the United States, il had actually been rat
he'd on the part of the British Government ~.
at hrst concluded and hence an argument ~
Inconvenience Is deduced, that a second. and
qualiiied ratification could not be given. win
out IN pairing the dignity of The Gover,men,.
by the implication that the former ratifca,;.,n
had been an act of the sovereign, performed
in vain. o'eu
10 give weight TO this reasoning, it would
seem an essential part Of the facts, that tho r.
LITIGATION alluded to had been transn;,,ad "a
me United States; or at least thar IL w..
known 10 have taken place by the Govern
Inent ot The United States, at the time ,vba,,
'ne Convection came under the consider.,;or
OF the Senate. This, however. was NOT ~,
case That it had been ratified in Great RI;
'a'n' was neither known nor believed. H. an
pears 10 nave been an act altogether volunta
~ anu 10 no wise referring To that which was
, Expected en- the part ofthe United States.--
The argument, therefore, rests u,,on f,cts 81,
er than those which were really appIjr ahIe r.
the subject. rpm arg 'u
"hi'e admitting that the knowledge ofthose
OF our constitution, which resery.
10 the Senate the right of revising all trea,i.a
Win iore'Sn powers, before they can obta;o
me force of law, prec!udes the possibiIitv o;
'a,hihS exception TO any particular instance in
"n'ch that revision IS exercised, Mr.. CANNING
o. ses ,nat ms part OF our system operates nm
iavorabiy upon the feelings OF the Other on
tracing party, whose solemn ratification be
says is mus rendered Of no avail and X hos.
CONCESSIONS IN negotiation, having been mad
tas all snch concessions must te understood
TO be made,) cond'ionaly, are thus accent,
as positive and absolute, while, what ma
have been the stipulated price of thu,e co.;
cessoTs, is withdrawn.
IL may be replied that, in al, cases oe J., t,o,
W thus negotiated, the other coptractjnc na-
ty, being under no obligation to ratifv tho cp
pact before II shall have been ascertsin.J -
lher, aud 10 what manner, it has heen d;s,,"
"a Oh 10 'be United States, its ratification on
IN no case be rendered unavaiIiDg bv'tbs Nc
;eed'ngs of the Government of he TInI;,o,,
''aies upon the treaty. And that cyerv 60
contracting with the United Stat.
inu WIN iull knowledge that all their trs.,
res, uDiii sanctioned by the constitutional ~
",hy OF theIr Senate, are, and msst he. cn
'oereu as merely inchoate, and not ronsn,r
mated compacts, is entirely free TO rri,hhnfs
Is own ratification until il shall have 49,.
euse OF tile ratification on their part. In H..
ul' powers OF European governments to he
the sovereign usually promisea -.
'atify that which his minister shall Coz
iinde IN his name and yet, if the ministc4
ranscends ms instructions, though NOT know.
o 'ne other party, the sovereign il moi hste,
'ound 10 ratify his engagements. or fbis
Great Britain has once ayaiIed bar'
en-, ID ber negotiations with the United SLATE.
'ut the fuil powers Of our ministers abrosj
re necessarily modified By the provisions ~
'ur constitution, and promise the ratiGcaf;o,,
u treaties signed by them, only in The event
u their receiving the constitutional SANCTION ~
'ur own government.
III this arrangement does, in some insts,.
les, operate as slight Inconvenience to oil
= governments, by jneIposirg an obstacle e.,
ne iacIlIiy Of negotiation, il is, on the oib@r
anu' essential to guard against evils Of Inc
eepest import To our own nation, u,terlv 10
Compatible with the genius Of our institutions
no u Is supported by Considerations To wb;ci,
le equitable sense Of other nations cannot FAX
D subscribe 'a''
The treaties Of the United States ere. ,o.
ether with their Constitution, tic suprenSs
:" oil the land. The power of contractioo
,s'n u.s. 10 tne FIRST instance, given TO the Pre-