The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-03-23
SECRETARY.
HENRY BOWEN.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL.
ALBERT e.. GREENE.
GENERAL-TREAsURER.
THOMAS G.. PITMAN.
PANAMA MISSION-"TAe lonq agont


PANAMA MISSION.-"The Long agony
~ Orcr. -" The ----- is dcthroned'--
"The Senate arel restored to--their rcdSO,
The Senate having had under considera-
ton for the short space of THREE months only,
the nomination of ministers to the congress al
Panama, came to determination on the 18th
instant, to confirm, and did actually confirm
the nomination Of RICHARD T.. ANDERSON, of
Kentucky, and JoHH SERGEANT, of Ponnayl-
vania, as minister's TO attend the deliberations
ut Panama. Taking into consideration the
Strange and mcessamt mdnag cement OH the
part of mr.. Adams enemies in tho Senate, 10
defeat the views OF the executive as well "a
The wishes Of the country, in relation TO the
Panama business, it may be considered that
the Administration has triumphcd by very
handsome and decided majority. We refer
our readers to n part of the proceedings Of
the Senate on this subject, which we publish
in to.days pnper.-.Wc shall hercaftcr call
their attention 20 the residue OF those proceed
ings in detail us they shall be published. 1t
is sincerely to be hoped that tho House of
Representatives., more mindful than the Sc
nate, of what s due 60 themselves and the
country, will act Jairly ard promptly on the
Panama business, by making the necessary
appropriations 10 enable the Executive 10
despatch the commissioners before that con-
gress shall have closed its session. Despatch,
in this case, is very desirable, particularly on
Al A. 4. A l..
this country by the Mexican and other Go
vernmcns at whose suggestion the Panama
congress was, or is to be, assembled. For it
Is a fact that of all tho civilized nations oC the
world the United States is the only one inri-
led to be present at the deliberations at
Panama, and strange as it may appear, we
alone, of those nations, have neglected to
send Representatives to that congress.
..eAs--
HENRY CLAY.-Whenever the biog-
raphv of this distinguished and prosecuted
citizen shall be given to the world, it will
Be read with feelings of veneration and
gratitude by the generations that ure TO
succeed us. The exertions he has made
20 ameliorate the condition Of man; the
splendor of his genius the unsulied career
of his long political life and the final re-
cord of his fame, will constitute one of the
fairest and brightest pages of American
history. Even that ace of his public life
which has excited against him the rcvcng-
ful displcasuro of a few restless and disap-
pointed politicians; that single act shall of
itself, give to his name an cnviablc immor-
tality. /, must afford every sincere friend
Of the country great satisfaction to reflect
on the part Mr. CLAY tool; in the late Pres
idential election. And We presume it will
cheer and sustain him in every vicissitudo
OF life especially, when he recollccts, that
his conduct on that interesting occasion, as
well as his subsequent acts, has received
the unqualified appreciation of every rea-
sonablc man.
Mr.. CLAY, (und his friends was required
in the honest and faithful discharge of an
important duty TO decide, in that election,
a question intimately connected with, not
only the present but the future and, for
aught we know, the final and eternal des-
tiny of this republic. IL became his duty
therefore as member Of Congress, on the
high responsibility under which he asied