Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-17

then Summary II they will, i, vii, illustrate ihci,
friendship for Mr.. Mon'oes administration, aud
their relative To tho Slave Trade Convention,
w6te than 6tty cuun,ns oi asfonishmsn pro,es,a-
tiuns.
In answer tho change, that they have TO this
day published alI the Documents the subject, they
ssscrt that they have published sil that they hare
al thrm. As Ptin'"ts 10 the Senate, they hss!
ptn:cA, while the injunction cf secrecy existed, ,he
Message of the President of 30h April, with all the
,iocun,euIs accompany ing il. AZ printers to the
House, they, ,at printed the Message OF the Pee
salient or 9Th March, IN which fnlt half of the do
cumcwts t~iA,ing 10 the Convention, aud all the most
ess.ns,. docume nts, SHOWING tho course OF the adj
n,iuiss alton IN the negotiation, contained ad
they these or, their reason Cor cm,i-
ting them, that they hod bsen published bsfors il
scc"s, '"o that they bad nerer these omissoas
represented ~ Intentional suppIessOns lay the SEQ
| ie,ary al State" Perhaps they had nerer the
nacrasire STREAMS OF iafauons .ca,nnny uion The
| President, which have flowed from the same
for many @on,hs, 4" or they certainly would have
coniraslicted then"
Wha'cver their a'n,ivrs, whatever their defect
OF vision, may hive ieen, The s,ossl, defective man
n-r al their partial publication Of tho documents,
Aud the total failure Of their prum'se the 9th
My, TO publish them all, compelled tho Secretary
Of Safe to seek another vehicle for the publication
of them. THEY were accordingly published in tic
NH'o1al Government Journal, a paper exclusively
devoted 10 the complaiio" Of public documents.
Ia the same paper were also published the Report
OF Tue CoIm'ss,"nrrs under Tho Florida Treaty, an,
the Schestiis Of their awards. And this IL the
hesd aud FROM Of the Secretary Of States Of
fence sgainst the E,iors Of the loielligencer-rha
lac should have presumed TO publish IN a paper
man theirs, one or II most Two public documents
For this they sally forth ia complete armor, aud de-
"osnce hsas Ia the nation, not by way Of conspiain,
Or commes,s, hut iy statement OF tho naked
|lscf. Aud rs the real naked fact would have IN =
them rather murh the laughing stock OF those Il,
whom they appeal they naked fact d,ffes ent
from the truth, to exP"'i.'e upon the unwavcring
years. OF jefferson, a M Olson, and a Monroe,
and to with lie as,y and vindciive pe,u.
iance OF the Secretary Of State.
Ihe Editors Of the in'eiiEencer well know, whe-
ther 10 their relations, public private, with tho
Secretary of S'at- he has deserved charges Of um-
kindness or Of dsrespeci TO them. When il suited
the present purposes Of their politics assa him, &c
h'y had confined themselves To the ruth, no world
probably have considered thca IAhotIng in their
v"ca'on, and have LETT their naked facts az naked 10
he found them. Bmwhcn they made act, per-
formed hy him in the discharge of h,s uubic duty
with the appreciation OF the President Of the Un,,e,
Stsfes, The subject Of emphatic appe Al 10 the pu-
tc against hia, u became necessary tuai tho public
should he Informed, 6Is, that their zeal 10 incul.
pate the Secretary OF State they had said the thing
that wa. not and secon,y, that the only grievance
OF which hey c'ruld complain, had been induced Nv
'he'r ow" Disregard Of 'heu promise, and derelction
oi 'hei' duty in publishing series Of docusucass oI
me highest 'neTes 20 The and the world, an,
i>u,'pg the character aud cnndact OF the 9dsifnis
ua'on, WIZ such feiici'.us inadser'ences and over
sshts ne u the, had heen jictare Ivy the oppoe n,s
Of the Convention and Of the Adssinistration
The Sscie'ary oi Stale asks ueiihrr favor nor
friendship of the Edi,ors of the Im,eIiiee ncer A.
ware OF The confidence which they hure e.ioyed of
those iIlus,io ratro,s to whose names ,,.v have
rcsoIed TO shelter The pr.sen, under he cloak of The
past, he has tel, u his duty extend to then, The
m"nue o. ioioearance, and III giving them = s,gn,f-
cam warning 10 return iO iai Of fair and ho-
nest attachment Ia tho administration, which had I'M
sr"co me e""'''ence 81 which they boas', 10 give
,hem "n opportunity oil redreming that confidence,
ny me candor ana attention to their DUR which had
deserved II. He asks apology ftum Then, FIR ,yh ~
they have done, or on,IiIed do and IN the ob.er
."on that none had been offered The reference wa.
Z" what was due, not 10 him, bu, from them Tbcy
nave mol Thought u beneath them 10 .ay that mar,
oi the space IN their paper which one IN To have n. ON
h.ied VITA the promised public documents, WAS occu
sssoe'aed with testimonial of or6jence Iron, :,
pore"n OF his countrymeR. They oupb, IN h.v.
kn"wn the Secretary Of Stale, ard ihry did know
hip', well enough 10 know thar this wouI,, NJ. M ~
cnse 10 him fur the su,suuiion Their off, :" mn
i,sh no,n the peiermifred documents Of The Slave
ltade Convention, comes 100 la,e for the nurr,.ss
OF the AaminisI, alton. r'P'
The labor. OF their affiliated Presses, in various
pa's OF ihe union, TO make the Convention odious
have proved hiIl moro sburrive than the ou,osor q,
in The Se"ate and as. after the ratification of the
convention, ibey saw no occasion for Tending The
Admins raOn in relation 10 H. there i, mn In .,h,
hat they will ever see such an orc.aion here.c,s,
WIN regard TO the Administration, they are upon
their go1d behaviour (; and, with regard ~ tho e..
'e,nry of State, whenever il shall .o ,n .,,;, r.:
purposes Z" issue Editorial u,anies,oes of ,oE.d
facts, and inter establishments, sga,nsi him, ,he nni
upon themselves which il will he de irabie
that 'hey should impose, will be deeens regard N
TRUTH. S@ 10
n statement, made by Mr.. Daniel Brent, Ch;er
Clerk oi the Department Of State is subio,neJ.
Upon the publication IN the National Goy.rnmcn,
journal OF The Report Of the Comm s.;ouers un,,.
me icr"a Treaty, and before the qualifications oil IN.
LIS, ., " 'na' Awards, called upon Mcssrs Gales
aud Seaion nj their office, and informed tier, IT.
10 ssieotng the Nati0n,l GDvernmru Jo,,n.I IL
wise, as I've had done, for publishing Thar Lis,
was a",h"r,Hen ib the Secretary Of State to saw t
them, iha' he did not wish to be understood .. ="
GLIDING III in future f. ON IN. 6,s, P,i ~; PIC
Taif's coh"cc'ed with his Department oud 4 ~
minded M'. Sea"n, on M,nday ,h. ri, ;as,,n,
my having so Oinied hem " "'' VI
.eg1eI exefrd'"s'y hat there should he now anu
uo"ot or nisconrfpi'0n upon this poin-J kno,y III
'ett much sol,cuude 10 he tis,incv ,,m.,. '",
concerning ", aud Ire Secretary OF State see,,.I "
he equally anxious thar Mrssrs Gales <, So, w
shoui go under'tind the matter, when he animal, ~
siaI.d "'
was moreover authorized hy The Serre,a,v of
State, q" intimate To Nests. Gales and Sea,on us /
did IN The 'h'eiyIew alluded TO, that he wo,J sss
ana CONVERSE WI" 'hrm whenever they night think
proper, WIN reiefence, ms | meant. and ,,,saJ
they SO understood, To the proposed nnbI,c.,;nn =;
the National Government journal of lie AI,s,r.c, If
F" Final Awa'dS.' had, upon u former occss;ou
in separate interview with Me-. Sea'on n, his own
house, told him The same Thing on the n,,, or ~
Secretary ef Stale, with Reference 10 the n,.nner 90
which Messrs. Gales and Seaton had pubI,sbed l.,
their paper the Proceedings OF the Senate Concern
ing the Tfe,fy with Great Britain for the Su,nre.
sion Of the Slave Trade.
WashiagtOa, Juiy 8, 1922.
FROM THE NATfOaAL IyTELLIGEECER1
The Secretary Of Stas.--If we were astonisb.d n,
The frs, 'nmatou, received through the Chief CLERK
~ the Department vi Si,,e, that 4 utsIereucr IVA.
q 10 in N .f;n