Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-03-31
PANAMA MISSION.


PANAMA MISSION.
Proeesdine IS in the Senate of the United States.
AT THE LATE EXTRA SESSION.
Thursday March 5.-The following messag
from the President of the United States, received
considered the third inst. in legislative session. wa
; at that time, on motion of MIR. Tazewell. ordere
to be transferred, with the accompanying documents
!, to the Executive Journal
\ TO the Senate and House of Representatives Of III
United States Of america:
WAsHINeToN, Sd March, 1929.
transmit herewith TO Congress copy OF the in
structons prepared by the Secretary Of State, an,
furnished to the Minister Of the United States ap
pointed to attend to the Assembly pf American
Plenpotentiaries, first held at Panama, and thence
transferred to Tacubaya. The occasion Tor whcl
they were given has passed away, and there IS NJ
present probability Of the renewal of those negota-
tons but the purpose for which they were intended
are still of the deepest interest to our country and
to the world, and may hereafter call again for thu
active energies Of the Governmental the U. States
The motive for Withholding them from general pub
LEGATION having ceased, justice to the Government,
| from which they emanate, and to the people foi
whose benefit it was instituted, require that the,
should be made known. With this view, and from
the consideration that the subjects embraced by those
instructions most probably engage hereafter ths
consideration of successors, deem 1t proper tt
make this communication to both houses OF Congress
One copy only of the. instructions being prepar-
ed, send it to the Senate, requesting that it may
be transmitted also to the House Of Representatives.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The Senate then adjourned.
Tuesday March io.-Mr. Benton submitted the
following motion !:
Ordered, That the message Of the President of the
United States, transmitting the Senate the nstruc
tons to the Ministers of the United States to the
Congress at Panama, with the accompanying docu.
ments, be referred to the Committee appointed the
9TH inst.
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion
and after debate,
On motion of Mr.. Smith, Of Maryland, the Sen
ate adjourned.
Thursday, March IT, The Senate resumed the
consideration of the motion made on the 10th inst.
to refer the message transmitting the instructions to
the Ministers of the United States at Panama, TO a
Select Comittee.
Mr.. Benton had leave to withdraw the motion,
and submitted the following substitute
The late President of the United States having
by his Message of the Sd OF March, 1929, commu.
nlcated copy Of the Instructions to the Minister
ID
semby of American Plenipotentaries, first held at
Panama, and thence transferred to Tacubaya, with
"a view TO their general publication, )" whlchls claim
ed by him as an act of - Justice to the Government
from which they cmanated:" Therefore,
Resolved That the injunction OF secresy be re-
moved from said documents, so far as to permit the
publication of the same. as containing the views Of
the late Executive of the United States: it being
hereby declared that such publication is not to be
considered the expression OF an opinion on the
part of the Senate, in relation to any of the princi
pies avowcd, or measures suggested in said instruc-
lions"
The Senate proceeded to consider the motion !;
and, after debate,
On motion of Mr. Smith, of S. c. adjourned.
Friday, March l3.-The Senate resumed the con-
sideraOn OF the motion submitted yesterday by MIR.
Benton relative to the instructions to the Ministers
Of the United States at Panama
On motion of Mr.. Smith, Of South Carolina, that
il lie ON the table, it was determined IN the negative
ayes 6, noes 30.
On motion of Mr.. Smith, the yeas and nays being
desired by one-6Ith of the Senate present.
Those who voted in the affirmative, are,
Messrs. Dudley, Kane, Livingston, Rowan, Rug
giles, Smith, of South Carolina.
Those who voted in the negative. are,
Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Bell, Benton, Bibb
Burnett, Chase, Dlckerson, Root, Hendricks,
Holmes, IredeIl, King, Knight, McI.ane Of Del.
Mclean. of Illinois, Marks, Noble, Robbins, San
Iord Seymour, SIlsbee, Smith, of Md Tazewell,
Tyler, Webster, White. Wiley, Woodbury..
On motion of MIR. Holmes, the Senate adjourned.
Monday. March l6.-Ihe Senate resumed the
consideration of the motion submitted by MIR. Ben
ton, on the 10Th inst. respecting the instructions to
he Ministers Of the United States at the Congress Of
Panama.
A motion was made by Mr.. Webster, TO amend
he same, by striking out all after the word "Resolv.
ID" aud inserting, +" that the message of the Pres-
lent of the United States of the Sd of March last,
ran sInttirn the Instructions nYan IL the Mnsters