Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-13
MORE DIPLOMACY-Ar UoatE
COLGN-sYT ryrp a ne,


The sduinsL'iou have ulAry unlnck K, mon m
question: Hli Ailm,' preference Of diplomacy or, .,, H.
being settled last by legislation, aud I'M, wear b
a" ofieg''lAon prevented aim from executing III,
tn'ru.dio hun by the law. The -respn was. an liz r.. en-
session. discussed" at great length bu; other result III II
,ohP'eie failafe VIVA, thru for Mr. Alan. =
Why he must issue Ia, proclamation OF nterdct ON
coohii traie which he did i.ue year brc,us ne
ehoe 10 e''. The matter To- ie discretion of Congress Nrv.r
was P'esiden swkwardy situated and IN hee,u.
h.s private attachment 80 diplomacy" ~ T. E,,
The n. y. Editor presents this sphieci in : clear
and correct poini OF view. The Administration
has trough; Us into dilemma, from which it re-
quiTes all Mr. Gal!a'ins kill, with some concession
al lis own demands, 20 ex'ricaie itself with any
sort OF Credit The beauty of the matter is, that il
mas not only arrived at most embarrassing result.
oui by the most unfortunate means 1t has either
not understood its own designs, or has bee
su'ity OF the siransest equivncston, and most re
markab!e duplicuy. Dur,ng he previous SESSION
oil Congress, Gen. Smith OF Maryland was led 10
believe, that the administration preferred to settle
the dispute by legislation, rather than by neeocia
ton. The General so declared il, in the fret
Speech which he delivered on this subiec. during
the late session of Congress which we have COM
menced in this days paper: The reader will be
interested by the ability OF its views and the di
rect manner in which il handles the Secretary of
State. But while the Administration yas holdino
out this language 10 him, they were speaking a We
ry different language, about the ssme time TO Nh,
Lloyd the Chairman oil the Committee of lie Sc.
nate. The proof OF this fact is to be- found in the
Report OF that Committee, well as la Dam
phet now before us,pubshed ON The 30 h Decem-
Der last by Mr. Lloyd entitled Remark. ON the
Report of the Committee OF Commerce of The
Senate OF the u. 3 3lst OF March, 1926, on the
British Colonial intercourse" Mr.. L. states ex-
pressly in this pamphlet, that the Secre.sty of
State told him g he considered Convention az
he most desirable mode OF making deinitive
settlement between The two cOunirIes'' In auoth
er part OF this pamphlet, page 8, MIR. l.. saws:
"if had also been well known that both the Pre-
sldent, and the Secretary of the Treasury were
equally decided az opinion Nth the Secrttayy of
St0te thai an adjustment by an internaiiooai A.
greemerii, rather than by Independent acts OF the
two governments, at times, perhaps, di-cordan,
IN 'heir provisions, and revocable at pleasure
was very much the more satisfactory mode of set.
tlement.''
Again, p. 9 -" Indeed the expectation of mn
tusIly acceptable issue TO the negotiation was at
MS time so general, AZ TO have induced the re.
mark, both before and after the report to the Sc
nate was made, Ihat,the administration were on
posed 10 legislation on the subject in order 10
avail themselves of the popularity and ecl0t, OF
erecting definite srrang sment between the two
couniries.''
Much popularity and eclai have tbey reaped by
this proceeding and still more they are likely 10
win by this double language this languages pnbIic.
aud this language confidential. In the debate
which took place on the last day OF the Senate,
Gen. ). shows the sense which he has of this
Hanssciion--ahd as the matter Is very interesting
TO our readesr, shall make an extract (being the
only sketch we have sc; seen of tie Debate OF
a letter from Washington, written On The same
evening, March 3, and published IN violen, Adj
DinIstration print, the ~. Y. American there.
fore, The Reader will be pleased to take it with a
little grain of allowance:
I" This morning alter having transacted some
other business, the bill just returned from the other
House, which had adhered 20 he amendment was
taken up at 20 minutes before IL o'clock when,
on motion made by Mr.. Johnston, of Lou, that
The Senate concur in the amendment made by the
House, Mr. TszeweIl rose, as every one expect ed.
TO huri the anathems, which be had two or three
times threatened, in the teeth Of the ADMINISTERS.
ton. He recapiuated TIE points Of history, rela-
tive 10 the Colonial trade, and having thrown TO
geiher the facts in his own manner, at mimi; e,
before twelve. he began his ioveeuye against ID,
executive. ! must ssy / was somewhat surprizec
that In five minutes any man could utter so muci
OF violence and yituperation. As the clock wa,
striking twelve, be took his seat. have enGea
vOred to preserve bis concluding remarks. The,
are IN substance as follows
" This " the state OF difficulty into which wi
have been brought And I protest before thi
honorable body, and before the world, that moth
ing but The gro s.st negligence has placed US in tbi
predicament | protest that The l~cis will bsa
me out 10 this assertion, aud thai the archives O
the nation will hand it down 20 posierify
protest that the negligence which has thus inyoly
ed as, was never paraleled by any sd,ninisrstio
in the civilized world And now where il th
responsible agent to take the odiun from the ma
! ton ! upon whom Is the blame TO fall! The Pre-
sident wipes his bands from al responsbity---an
-ha.l n iaD upon Congre.l u !, losy The s inal