Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-07

tng is made in vain" All the pfomin, mt points OF its
pc icy, far they have been developed, have been
iisapprovcd by the peepe. They affect to think aud
wi Others to think, that the art trade or mystery"
OF Diplomacy, is some kind OF wichcrah, with which
ormJn sense has nothing do and which j. infinite
y beyond III ken OF common men! We shall see how
tar the Coalition arc entitled 10 the credit of having
overreached their neiehbors with the reitcratou of
"mo. profound respect and a. high couslerai alton"
We shah see whether they have rot sacrificed great
aud important national Interests, merely engage in
The pageantry of Diplomacy"-mereiy to crafty
as'r for practisiDg the absurdies Of martinez States
men, in passing uImeanng compliments with the Min.
's'ets Of Cabinet intent on business
We are led 10 consider this subject now by friend
who pointed out TO us an article displaying much igno
rance OF the subject from the New-Haven Register,
and which Is very impudeny copied into that candid
and huh-iopi"g punt, he National Inelligencer,
Without an attempt TO set lis readers right The New
Raven editor may ne, have known better; but the
feous editors oi The Inteigencer must plead 20 the
charge OF wiui misrepresentation, by giving addi.
iiona circulation TO the absurdity without, note
mcp
TO prevent misconcep'ion, copy he article entire,
as !, appeared in the Intelligencer Itis as follows
Eesi India observed two weeks ago tina, tho
British Yves. India trade win this country has never been regulat
bed boon in their own hands opening aud shutting The
blamed for not making this subject
ens ON s1 @I ehS hc or nj, ws able TO make
tempted to regulate r. bat the extraordinary article this sub
ageeu to and tina, the have been ahls
10 80 much Tor what has taken place under former admin
nothing change, that have been rng through other
date Here the sistent paper on
month instruction. Clay could no, give for he was
trade There is no %sSfe Gsrosso o., ofo ot
n. 81 ". gn ods down to the no:ee, Of Mr. A-
s son our Minister INST, in London G, he might m treaty in
made when the whole history Of the country shows that admin
treaty the subject sue wa" the @ on I pS, o
the lines bu. few weeks osobnt now the story changed,
ed the trade, "had the late administrations attempted negotiate
&C. ra. oy ha s u the
hs ' S,S s Adams and Gay OH not try to make sSy and
paper that it was lost because they did yo make treaty.
mud au with the late administration right wong driven TO-
What are the facts in this m after
When Mr. Rush closed his negotiation in London,
the British Government had offered and pressed upon
bin, the very terms which Mr.. Adams afterwards
instructed Mr. Gallatin TO sccep'I but which Mr..
Rush's instructions prscluled The negocisiion was
closed, with the understanding that it should be
summed The subject was frequently urged by the
Bd i,h Ministers here and in London, until the act Of
Parliament of 1926 This act offered, subsiart ially
the terms, until, by it's own limitation, an end
was put TO all negotiation upon the subject
Such are the facts. Yet the Intelligence gives
currency 10 such nonsense az the article above quot
ed TDat priHt pumes itself upon its couItesy but
where is il. candor' where its mora;ity,
England bad, in fact, offered nearly all de.ir-
ed in relation 10 the West India trade; but Mr. Adams
Insisted uron charging the dsc ,nin ating duty on Brit
ish tonnage coming from the w est Indies THIS was the
bone Of contention. Every British vessel coming from
the West Indies paid 81 per in ports mora
I
in the West Indies. Mr. Adams urged many frivolous
pret-nees for Insisting upon this duty, not of which
was well. grounded.
Finally, bill was prepared at the Department of
state, and sent TO Corgr and passed in 1928 But
the then head of that Department was so thorough
possessed Of the distractions OF diplomacy that hs
iorgoto descend TO that vulgar aud everyday portion
g. the science which requires that document should be
intefgi6e The Introduction of obscure clause Uhe
prominen word OF which was" else,cHere," hence call
led the Elsewhere Act,') fortified Mr. Adams in re-
tusng to give up the discriminating tonnage duty IN
less England would allow vesselss to trade between
their West Indian possessions and Great Britain ON be
same terms with British ships.
| Ihis was The demand on our part, which broke of
the negotiation between Mr.. Rush and Mr. Husks-
son, in 1924. IL could have been renewed, and such
csnventionmade as Mr. Galatin was instructed MIKE
at any lime from August, 1924. until Mr.. Kings re.
turn from England; or probably until the succe edng
Spring. for the proclamation under the act of Pa,a-
ment OF 1928 was issued about the time OF Mr. Gala
tins arrival
This act of Parliament sent to the Department
oil STATE where IL remained unnoiced for many months
while the head Of it, Mr. Clay, even thon gathe ring
aurels as the Table Orator, and since distinguishes AZ
the Eating Candidate for the Presidency, was ram
bling about the country, in the vain hope of explaining
away the odium of his with MIR. Adams and
ing tie election OF General Jackson as ca.
"mty more dreadful thar" wAR, PEsrILENcE ASD
FAMINE!" IL WAS thus that lost the West India
trade: nothing was done the subject for a fui wear
after MIR. Clay came into the Department Of State II
was not because England would not treat but because
our President had Uis0nJ and our Secretary Of State
had bis eeconeoring trips to attend to--mai,efs Of
more importance 10 man who had smuggled himself
into the Zine Of safe pTecedents, than the drudge.
ries OF official duty, however deeply the interests Of
the country might be involved no.
THE WEST INDIA TRADE
The opposition papers have been trying uRdervsue
this trade, since there il probability of its being
stored by the naturalization Of General jackson.
| To show the importance OF what the Coalition lost
by s barbecue. speeches and n boased "dipi0nln
GU" we make the following extracihom the speec of
Cen. Smith Of Maryland, in the senate ct the U. s. Ia
Feb. 1927
81 examined the Satispes, and found that the value
Of exports 10 1850 those Colonies ncudinr the
Isle OF France, and those the coast of Africa n.
mounted 10 the spn Of 1868 07s the produce of IN.
forest and the Isnd-that the whole amount of our e
ports all tie world, Cotton only exeepted was S22
$50 O50 was sftonished at the result Ii shows that
the sxptts TO those colonies amounted nearly 10 ona
9Th the value Of all the exports of the United State,
TO N the world; that IL (ehch ask leave 10 repesO
erivsd from the land and the forest, Cotton excep.
flsd.)
"Wss such large market TO he tempered with
when fully in power to secure ~ thought not
Can we pow recover what has been lostF" TB
We this week copy from the Richmond Enouirer an
editorial note in allusion TO certain letter received
rom gentleman in this STATE, which was that "wbsn
brought TO the test the Presidents vie W. upon the sub
jeci oi internal " pr0vements would be found 10 be
decdediB popular in this State"
The American, the mouth piece Of Mr. Clay in Gin
einna, not even excepting good friend Of the Ga
zsiie 'akes this insnUalon sincerely 10 boaft Tho
g rnrre pda ugoffl a t..