Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-03
FRIDAY, .awgwst 3, 1927.

IN the selection of Mr.. King, Of desire to pursue
TINS negotiation eficctuay and with advantage to the
country. The established diplomatic character and
eminent Qualifications of that gentleman together
with his known acceptable and high standing at the
british Court were the best pledges of this--but
the history OF the world is full of examples how UNI
loreseen occurrences have frustrated the plans of
human "isdom--Mr. King, unfortunately and unex.
pectedy was taken i'll ON his voyage to England,
and alter his arrival there continued to be an at1ict-
ed and debilitated invad--in so much So that he !
was incompetent to any thing like labor, and could
only attend to some minor subjects that remained
unadjusted that less difficult of arrangement.
But II IS SAID he received instructions to enable
MN TO renew the question the Colonial Trade.
II his health had improved--The reason he did not
receive these instructions is obvious, viz because
no intimaon had been given the part of the
british government of disposition to renew the
negotiation. After the suspension of the negotiation
in the hands of Mr. Rush, there was but little rea.
son to believe, from the correspondence, that we
could speedily obtain the terms proposed by 60.
vernlnent; and therefore, as we were in the enjoy
ment OF good trade, there ihducement on
our part to press the subject. Our greatest interest
was, In having the trade permanently secured by |
treaty, rather than to leave it to the mueable and
steady arrangements of Legislative acts on both sides
II orDearance, there, on our part, so tar from be-
ing fault, was rather advised by policy. Some
time afterwards when the British government APP
pointed two ministers to renew the negotiation, and
sent information OF it to our government, through
MIR. Vaughen, the British minister at Washington, in
March, 1895, with invitation to unite another Mi.
Mister with Mr. King, account of his i'll health
the selection Of another Minister engaged the inn
mediate attention Of Mr.. Adams, and whilst he
consulting with gentleman who should go out for
that purpose, letter received from Mr.. King
begging to be recalled and stating, that he had
longer hope OF recovering his health-lhe truth OF
, which has been lamentably confirmed by the death
of that distinguished man, who soon after gu
thcred TO his associates, the departed Fathers of
the Federal Constitution. The Administration could
but yield the petition of Mr. King and minister
; Mr. Gallatin) was Immediately appointed with am
pie powers of Cancellation, and hurried on to Lon
\, don with all convenient despatch. Where, upon
his arrival in August, instead of meeting with the
e British commissioners to enter upon the negotiation,
e as he had been invited, he met by the British
order in council Of July preceding, interdctpg her
i West India ports to our vessels. Mr. Gallatin used
! every exertion to revive the negotiation, but the
British Government, up to the last accounts, have
r proved inhexible.
1t is further stated by Opposition that President
e Adams neither recommended the repeal of the dis.
eliminating duties, nor did he countenance The pro
position brought before Congress for that purpose.
C He did not recommend any measure 10 Congress in
1t the session of 1885, g. in relation to the colonial
z at that of 1926, 27, because the British nerdct
d had been previously issued--but he submitted the
whole matter with the correspondence OF Congress
n for their consideration neither the President
l. nor the Secretary of State dseountenancedthe pro-
position repeal the discriminating duties, is satis-
Df iactorily proved by the testimony OF two distn-
guished members Of Congress, viz. Gen. Smith, a
n Senator from Maryland. and Mr. Cambreleng, a
lie Representative from n. York. The former OF whom
v in spe ech in the Senate. exonerated President
r Adams from having entertained any Opposition t.
d that measure and the latter, in speech in the
n House of Representatives, was equally explicit IN
j. a similar defence of Secretary Clay-With such evil
e. dence against them we presume even Opposition
N must cover and retire.
that the Administration have abandoned, in their
ID instructions to Mr. Gallatn the terms which were
s. insisted under the Administration OF Mr. Monroe.
y which were the terms upon WHICH the negotiation
IN was broken off in 1894, may be true, and certainly
Re this Administration has acted wisely in so doing
but is there any thing derogatcry in an Administers
c. ly urged by preceding one, and which 1t found
g unattainabe? Oris it either unusual or disrepu
u table in governments, finding that they cannot OBJ
rs tain all they want in their commercial negotiations
to abandon part of their pretensons 10 order tt
d. secure others we omit to touch upon the views
displayed by the British Cabinet in this matter wn'c1
o. would further illustrate opinions. but as they &c
not particularly relate to the view vi the question we
ne are now taking. we decllneit
II We conclude this part of the subject with the dc.
S. caration that the refusal of the British government
RS to pursue the negotiations after their invitation 70
" for that purpose. was as unexpected " me
world as it was by President Adams--nor could II
Id have been calculated conectured by any one
who was not admitted into the secret plans OF the
e British Minister.
lis Having thus gone through the objections made a
ar gainst President Adams, in which we have tested