Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-06

|. ia .hat body, were DESTROYS, after the final vo,. -,
= nao oeen taken, that all the doc,tments roI,,
~ y sho'id De Immediately laid before the pub
! "e'an to that end Il Resolution, removing the in
{ Junction OF secrecy from their proceed;r.. con...,
ing IL, was adopted. se
ne EDITORS OF the National Intellieencer. n fe
p.om'su"S IN their paper of 9th Nav. thai Tn,
Me- ~ proceedings IN the Senate and Docu
49," ""o oe gwen az early as practicable rom,
m'nced the publication of them tb. NOV, ~, Im
=. "..ss ala such parts OF them as they were nle,so,
=. .hih~k nnmaterial; which, Omissions wer. -
ma'eiy represented, in other Prints, as iut,,I;om.J
SET from exposure. ""
Among the omissions, were two cx,r,c,s g.,
N.p''', committees ofthc House Of Representa-
"seS' winch iormei u part OF the i,npo .tant Mes,
Ione ires'dcnt to the Senate, Of the 2lst Nav.
lo3l. The allegation for their umiss;nu ,o
nu'i2 ROOM while an cdito. ;n, c,,,n,,
sumo paper occupying more space than ,Me ,wo
extracts would have required, was reserved for Inn.
= statements OF what had been said i'm The Se,,,,
uS"N"a 'ne Convention. 1t happsacd, also. tho,
r.,h" ;" extracts bore precisely as or-umieat Il,
rpy . He DIRECTIONS, thus s,auou,,v Il; s,i.,.a
usa'hst the measure of the d,nipisfra,;c ,i 49, =
.e o"ty PotiH OF Importance viii, had I,l,,n,I
III Inc senate so tina, the whole s,,h;c., 80.
noilh, u te public, under tile auspices of tho M.
'ioia' infellisencer with the who'll. ar,,,na,,
sainst the Convention exbibited in FIJI, %'sa"en' u,
WIN the rcfutation of that are,,mer, o,;,,., r
want of room. o""'''' ioe
inc si'isuiarIty Of this procedure was mentioned
10 the Editors OF the National Intelligence. aud
-" entered ana elaborate effort, of other Presses.
I" ofiliS oiiun upon the administration for III. -.
g"fiation of this Convention. aided aud .i..
uheir nay publication of the docufa- ,,s. w,s ~
"ced 10 tlieanselves.-rhay 2u5lisued the ;1n.,n..
'".'a' out gave no satisfactory reoso for
'neif eoniuct; nor has 4 solitary paragraph annear.
80 !" : paper either to apologize for their par
"ni selection of documents, or to defend tho nd
ministration against the aspersious of ;,s -
partiyJoutaed or Mcir omissions. Nor have 81,
w. n'suay published IN their paper more than hail
~ u"cainehts communicated by the President to
the Senate, with the Convention.
Oilder these circumstl nces il becor, ;,n,..-
pe 10 seek some other vehicle than the National
ihtehisehcer, for the publication of the convention
""n vi the documents connected with il. They
were acc"rdingly, with the appreciation of the pr,si
H.i' u 'e tit,d Staies, published in the .NationoI
t'oFcTHmcnsJ Journal u title which the editor nj
the paper had chosen to assume. but with wh;ct ,h m
SECRETARY of State had no more TO do. Than ,v;,I,
thnt oil the N ational Iutclligcucer. That p1pcr ~ ,
selected Tor t'ic publication, because it was ercl,-
st'sty a computation of public documents, and nc
miscellaneous newspaper.
From the same reason, it was also chosen for the
publication OF the Report OF the Commissioners un-
der the Florida Treaty. The schedule of the awards.
recommended by them for publication, was imme-
diateiy, upon ITS receptions, sent to the Treasury DO
'SNt wv StllCt HI
use ior the payment of the awards. This circun.
stance delayed for some time the taking of the copv.
winch the Secretary of State, when it was transmit
ted had directed should be taken with n view 10 the
puoiication,a and thereby delayed the publication it
sell. The refusal of another copy of these docu-
mentS to the Editors of the National Intclligcncer.
was only to spare the useless waste of time and trou-
bic IN making tco manuscript copies of n volumin-
Gus public document, for one publication of it.
Bat while directing the publication of the docu-
mcnts IN the National Government Journal, the Sc
cretary OF State caused the Editors of the National
intelligenrer to be informed. that it was not his in
tehtionto withhold entirely from them the first uublj.
Carton oil documents in their paper. He has reserved
to hinselft the right of publishing with the approba,;-
onoithc P%'es'ient, public documents under the charp,
OF the department of State, in such paper, e. in sucl,
manner, as he shall deem most conducive to tho p,,b-
nc scrvIce.--ln tho case of the documents in rela,i-
on TO The Convention for the Suppression Of the
Save Trade, he was compelled to publish Isewlere
by tic tc's OF the Editors of the National InteiIi-
gcnccr themselvcs.-With regard to the documents
concerning the Florida Treaty Claims, besides the
peculiar fitness of publishing them in a file pubic
pa Pers disconnected from any newspaper, he tiioughr
II eNpedIent as a warning, that however the Editors
of the National Intelligencer might estimate the IA
ror 10 me Soreran,cnt, of publishing its notices in
isie;r widely circulating Journal, they will do well
hereafter to consider accuracy i'm the trust of pub
fishing, as not inferior in Importance to extensive
ness OF Observation-Disclosures Journal.