Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-23
GnMgrrs@io traI.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVE:
RtrRENGHMENr.
.tfr. Epcrcit's Speech concl,,de5

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10 Minister 10 Russia. with tho ,,suaI s.l,r,
1,lu QUIZ, and reraircd, with his family. 10 81
ie'eisourg: residence, believe as exueusv,
- any III me world. No exception, as | under
slant Is TAKEN to any thing in his accounts, till th,
commencement OF the mission for the neroti,,;o,
IT,, Pr"ce under the mediation of the Eniperor n
h-ssa; This mediation was offered in the fall n
u.ough the agency OF Mr.. Adams: and
oeAeFe II is not too much to saw that il was main
y owing 10 the favorable impression Of Tho hrna
can character conceived by the Enperor ATaxan.
yer curing the mission of Mr. Adams that the nj.
yer was made This Offer was accepted by the A.
ah government and, i'll April 1918, a COM
lSsioI was sent 20 Mr.. Adams Jointly with Mess
Gai'atln and Bayard, to negotiate the treaty mi,b
~ Hieat britain, under the profcred mediation =
ne secretary o! State, under Mr. Madison on
!;T.rihg hun Of bis appointment, in conjunction
Win ttie other gentlemen, said Gas vo,, will MI
DE exposed TO considerable exuense an outfit b,c
ueeh allowed to each" 1t NAV here be observed
.i"'' IN employing, of the three nego,ia-
90 'ne resident Minister at st. Petersburgh. a
~ OF $4,000 accrued TO the Government
time, 10 Mr.. Adams W P.N' 81 VIC
Messrs Bayard and Galla,in arrived at 81 Pc.
tersourgh Ia July, 1873. The Emperor was ah
sei on 'he eVentiui campaign against the French
wv '1ie conferences OF the Commissioners were o.
pened with Count RomanZoT. CbancelJor OF ,ho
-HPTe. me expenses which. the outfi, was in.
tended TO cover incident 10 the arrival of n non,
I ' actually accrued to considerable extent
'A 'Sic incurred The more freely bv Mr. A,Iop,e
'ol ,ie very reason that he had been allowed and
Paiu an outfit for that purpose. England hove
Vet IS wen known, refused 10 accept the media
uoh OF 'he Emperor, and the mission ,1nday !,
ooS,' oy the departure Of Messrs. Bayard and
Gailatin, IN January, 1911 Mr. Ad3,ns. 80
burgh. a. o. refers
7, ID refusing to neg9:iatc under the meditation of
"LeSt Britain offered to treat directly with
'he United States, at Gottenbureh or Iondo1 al
co. IN JOINT commission, with Messrs Bavari CIay
anu russell, to whom afterwards added Mr.
Sni".ih' 10 negotiate for peace at Gottenburpb.-
- a. received this commission at St Peters
70 oIotten5urgh. His commission ne hI;nis,nfr -
~ feters0urgh still remained in force and ne was
uIccted TO leave MIR. l.. Harris as CHARGED 9TH
tle aiialrs OF the Legation during his absence or
D. amy ne mad with him, al that time at St
TetefSourgh, his wife, in very i'll health and con
uhuer seven years of age. In TRAVELLING fro,nS 81
fetersourgh to GottentuTgh il was necessarv IN
20 Og wafer passage, upon the Cuffs of Finland
anu polhnia or by crossing FIVE passages, from ten
to nifty miles in extent over the islands oc he IL
ter OF those Gufs-which passages, AT ~, CO,
OF the year, by the breaking IN of the ice ,,era
rendered linpractcable, and were at flloir frst a
Penlng, extremely dangerous.
mere was mile expectation, in any quarter,
ui'I the negotiation would be successful and
ihere was every reason, on the mart nj NJ IL
70 neIeVe, that, after short absence he ,vouId L
ooIlSed TO return TO st. Petersburgb H. h.
.oFe et MS family and establishment there which
coniihued at nearly the same expense as befnro -.
aAihg passage by water at Revel in the frs, We
sci Wtich sailed, after the breaking nm of tba loo
ana aiter repeated delay and detention and ,rca;
t'sh, nom The same cause, Mr. Adams arrived .,
T'oc"Iioinl on The 10Th OF May. He there learned
tldt an arrangement had been made bx, Afassrs
Gay ara and Galldtin (Who were in Ion,To,,( IN
'he biHish Government, by which th,. seat NJ no .
Sot;atoh had been transferred from Gottenlrrh
10 "heht' IN FLANDERS. An American sioop of var
was then at Gottenburgh having as, ,,.,rtJ 60
veyed Messrs. Clay and Russell 4, that H.,
was ordered 10 the TeXel, there 10 await u,e C
thef directions at the American Minjsfers A.
A"ShiS accordingly proceeded TO Gottcuburcb
GAi'garked with Mr. Russell board the vessel
i"hIcu rom her at The TexeI, and thence proceed
ed by land TO Client where hc arrived an ,b. . ,tI
June six months from that day on the 9th No
Gember' 1911, the Treaty of Peace was sioneJ "
: OF uilS MISSION 70 Gottenburgh and Ghcnt. Mr.
- $.S h'i oeeh alieged) received either sal
airy or ou'ht And yet it was a mission. dif,rcn,
Ia us locality aud The expenses incident +, il G
mat under the mediation. The outfit C,r d. a.
yer was not intended 10 cover, and could NOT cover
~ cAud expenses Tor the former. ACCORDINGLY
-AcsSTS. Nallain and 8ayard, each Of ,,,ho,, ia
received an outfit and the expenses oF ,I,c;r -
'eyahce 10 ii. PcteTsbuIgh, on the mission of IT,
mediation, were vet allowed all thcir t,s,.oll;
expenses from 81 Petcrsburgh to .Ghept--on the
a,io inihclP'e' and on the established precedents
anu DIR Monroe, in 1908, who wore. ,,llo,,,od III
"ic extra expenses of their mission to S,,,
WINE tley retained their commissions and saj,r
"9 resilient PieinpOteutdiics in london Mr.
IE''iilliS ais commission at St Petersbureb was
aofeu' ih addition 10 his salary as Minister there
vac necessary expenses incident 10 Tho, r,issio -,
Hdofdih1ry TO Goucnburgh and Client m
IedsOnablencss Of the allowance In fin, ,,,s ~,
ver doubted. In Mr.. Monroe's case il rcrci,,od
INC uiIcCt sanction Of Congress not two wars ,,c
l. couId not be more questionable in tbe c9sc y,
~, ~ tu"'1s Ihose gentlemen had 10 provide r,r
~ ',,',lcs IN 'hc!f absence Mr. Adams was
compelled TO leave his at ST. Pet.rsi,urcb ~ .
necessary Continuance of alpost ali ti1. 49, 80, a
oi iiis establishment. The extra expcuecs ifr,,rrri
were therefore, fairly chargcabe upon Ia, cxtr,
service. lhe period during Which this seryic.
cnnhniied, including the negotiation Of a cofurn.,
t'l convention with Grual Britain was IL rno,,,l.
nom - pih 20, when Mr.. a. left ~ Pr'crsburvb
1 ~ bui ihc charges made by him. and al
'y"cu 70 hIui, were confined 10 tie period from his
departure from ST. Petersburgh 10 the time when
MS lsuIly joined him at Paris about eleven
months. Wv"
Mr. Adams bad been informed by the Secretary
OF state, at the time he was appointed ON n,, -;
S.oA, uhoeF ihc mediation Of thG Emperor Of Rus
sid' Uiat, IN the event Of the cOncl1-ion or 49,
81 was the intention of President nj ~, -.
nate nm as Minister to London lie accordi,,,,,
tePaied 70 Paris, and directed his fan,ilv q, go
nm mere, with view to receiving tl,e or,lr ~
me president either for his transfer ar ~ Ill
! 10 Alheica' hey arrived at Paris March g0
49, 80 IN lhe f'h OF May, lac received a letter
W Oh state, informing him OF his
aPp"h'Mcht a. Minister 10 London This was in
the midst Of Che period in France which, has been
/ SSShcu we hundred days: between the arrival Of
rNapVieon iioin klJa and the battle 81 Waterloo
iNy ordinary communications between France
90 'sl'ma "eIo inte uuWedi sud lh, passage OF