Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-11
VOL. xxi. NO. 80.

act when 1t shall be proper for us 10 do 40. bec,u
u 'ne mission, when explained by the informatio
'"'i appear 10 Us 10 compromit the honor ii
neutrality, or the interests of the country il will
oIi uu'y 10 refuse TO make app, OPERATIONS for ca
ryihS IL into effect. After il has been rat;fia
we could not, constitutionaIly. refuse tbe .n,,
p',a.iohs which Its execution might require.
Mr. Mitchell of Tennessee. quoted that n,r,
VI " ashington's Farewell Address which rela,o
~ ~ We Poiicy TO be pursued by America toward f,
oieish fowers Let us, said MIR. Mitchell. h..
from entansiins alliances; let us be dis,ine, i.
80 our motto imports" epiuri5us anxm'' -on,.
amongst many; let US be as towering beacon -,
man IN pursuit OF liberty |; but never let us min
gle In the disputes of other nations and ;nvo,,.
ourselves In their policy. Our distinc, siuratio
'etuiieS US 10 take care OF our own concerns. AMI
NOT ,o NEEDLE with those of other nations
, "ny We're we to send Ministers there1 Tt,
mas said shall be Gone, and the GENT,
ni,h rom New York has said, we ought TO b,, !.
uhnounded faith. Mr. NJ. said he was mo scen,;.. .
nc .su as much faith as that gentleman could reo
soi"oy expect, In the President of the TJn;,..t
States though he had been denounced in Soma = :
''ie hireling prints, Che did not allude 10 ,bose
III une CITY OF Washington,) as an oppositionis,
'rpeiied The foul charge. He would have "a.
ue same course he had done if he had been
raised at tho foot of Quincy Hill h,, ha"a oe.i'
was Iennesseean, because he was f,ee - -
no' ashamed 10 speak what he thought rigb, h..
vas 10 De set down as an oppositionist. He ,vo,n,
nc '"iu, support the administration wbsre he ,bo,L
y was IN the right, and he would oppose il wber.
ne .iioueht IL was wrong; aud he would have oppos
=" '"e administration OF his friend, Genera, Jaca
"u ne attained that high station, with the same.
ieeiins that he would the present NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
u De believed they were acting ,vrono >,
- was SAID our ministers were TO meet ,nin;.,o.
.nefe' What ministers! One from Sn,;n 80
nun england, one from Germany, &c. ver. ali
" tone lnere together, and in this heteropeneou.
s;n' hey Were to settle, not only the af
i1"s between North and South America. bur ,b.
grand and magnificent affairs of this terres,ria,
Globe We're to be determined tbere. .rs ;e;. %
10 proceed to this extent, he thought he saw ,,iu -
us 'Fain. II must be destructive in all i,s rons
quehces' In every point of view, and therefore h..
was opposed to the matter.''-" The pentIeroa,.
nau iur'her sad they should leave all this IN H.
uisere'ion oil the President Mr.. NJ said. when b..
Dno was never surpassed by man, presided in the
presidential chair, did they leave il tn his L..
ton when he refused to give informa,ion 10,
important subject' No, they voted a censrra 80
MN tor this refusal. Then the people were e.
'o Po!ihcal iactIon had not raised its head i, III
country "A measure OF so much importance onsb+
nU' 10 De lett to the discretion of any indiv;lsr
ne PRESIDENT says ministers will be commissioners
M9 M. therefore took it for granted, they onoh,
10 have the information on which this dec,sr.ttr
was made. They might say to the Pres;dsm . -e
nave made this unqualified declaration. and ,ber..
must nave been strong reasons on your mind .,
Hd'e induced you to do So communicate vo,s
reasons to US. and then, If they are salisfac;ory
we VII coincide with you, and do what we con.
stitutionally may do
An. forsyth; g We want, probably, to form
commercial treaties, and as the eentiem.n Fsa.'
Massachusetts says, to prevent the E,ro-.a no'
ernmenis from being placed on better foo,;r
'han ourselves; II this is known, these govern,
ments VIII use means to defeat u.s. Th;s ey,rorI.,
YVES most unfortunately chosen. All fhe f,eo,Ta
man supposes cannot be disclosed without Sanger
Is known TO all the world. If we wished necnias
iavofs' we might have motive for concealmen,.
tins cannot be; we have too often nrotes,eI IL.
we desire but equality of treatment, in comm.r.;ss
aiiars, TO ask any favors from South America %.
" Mr.. r. was surprised that the gentleman lad nor
taken another OF the conlectured objects hro,,ob,
up 10 view by the gentleman from Louisiana ons
OF great and peculiar interest," and of the ,nos del;
cate and difficult character. The destiny of Cub,
anu r. OTTO Rico may be discussed at Panama. M,
Dir. II. thought the reason might be found !, a.
limitation liked in the Presidents message. we
cannot SIT IN judgment on Cuba and Porto RHO
consistently with that neutrality from which il i,
neither our intention, the desire of the otber
American States. that we should depart,
Mr. Floyd, of Virginia :--s' One gentleman f,o,r
LOUISIANA has made speech very logically ON the
SUBJECT he tells us, said Mr.. +. that our Ministers
are 10 80 10 Pansma to make figure; that it will
De great spectacle; that we are TO exhibit cur
serves 10 the Spanish Provinces and 10 all EuroD.
as spectacle. On this he would saw ljItIe NO..
presently. In the meanwhile, we are adI;,on;sbolI
mat we must be ueTy respectful to the Preside,r
oil the United States. We are not To ass an :, ,I;s.
700 rudely' We must sit here and take Just sycS
information as he peases TO communicate sndsSh
more - a gentleman from Kentucky. who 7
suppose Is better acquainted, than we, in these
matters, has told US that we must whip the Sore
and urge them on, when they do not subssrve Il, =
proper ends which the President has IN view: ,bat
we inust send these documents abroad 10 Tho nAo
PFC anu let pubic opinion react and coerce The
Senate This is the idea, it seems 90 ALI
TO be expected, said MIR. r. tina. the Io,jse nc
Representatives is to be aTsyed against the Sc
nate! Ana Tor what purpose9 Because the Sc
nate does not subserve the Presidents pnrnosa,
That is the truth OF it, Has the gentleman e.
Louisiana ascertained that the palace guards bann
been overthrow? That the Pretoriaa C,Ln,,s
nave fed! Or, will he, like Cesar. say In The
Senate, If you wont 60, ] will take the teo,b H.
gion, and 70 alone - to make spectacI. y, Tbo
gentleman has told US that Mr.. Sergeant, the gen.
tleman named for the mission, is patriot. s,ea,
lawyer, and man of talents. | behave 4, =,
Ie.s ,, 'ne TWO last we are acquainted with the
gentleman here. Wekne,y him as the orea, cLo,n-
pion OF the Missouri question, which the Soe.ke,
had the honor TO introduce into this lfoase. in
which he was supported by Mr.. King, in the Sc
nate who Is at present our minister to Iondo,
That was really important question more so
than tins: Sir, thought, then, that if that ques
uoh had been pressed farther than it was, il would
have put an end to this Uoon; and still ,binL
that, IT these gentlemen had carried their point'
the Union would have been gone. We sbon,5
have made a spectacle no more.--A great spec,s.
Gle -" The constitution has granted ~ iii,