Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-19
a JUST TRIBUTE.
nITIN assI ErIn

From amidst the gloom of our la'e defeat when mis-
guised friends threw their weight into the scale of the
enemy under the deceptive notion tina, they were not
Volsg against Jackson we turn our eye5 to bright
spot IN the horizon Of Delaware, CLEAN OF glad
ness AID light Oar Distinguished fellow cilz,u, Lou
is M'Lane, az has been off ally az cd has
In less than one year brought TO successful issue
our negotiation with England, and o. enc d by this re-
suit the West India trade 10 Agriculture and Com
merce. His zeal, perseverance, and talent in effect
ing this object, caDno be too highly rated We do not
OF course yet know all the obstacles he has encouu-
cred ande srcome but do know enough 10 say thai
hey were OF magnitude 10 have discouraged a IN AN
oil less vigour OF mind and determination of character
from entertaining reasonable hope OF success if not
from even making the attempt. At home the oppo j.
ion presses have from the very initiation OF the mission
poured upon II every species OF misrc alton and
Encouragement, deTded vain and ridiculous or
Aise and deceptive, every hope OF favourable result;
while many Of the more cautious administration press
es provided for probable disappontmeut hy antirpa
ting defeat as the amod inevitable coA,squrnce Of the
misconduct o. the late administration In England the
posture Of sfIirs not fattering; Mr. McLane
was 10 offer Of ne gotiaton which had been
vaibly pressed for years, and twice most promptly sud
uncourteously rejectsd-to open door which bad
BEEN most uScersmonioU-iy .hu The face. NJ Me,srs
Gelatin and Barbour, one Of whom, Mr.. Gallatip, a
man oil btst rate reputation dplomaift went out
special envoy for this single purpoe.
WIN every thing to discourage, nothing to OncOur.
age save manly reliance on his resourees, and
the renovated character OF the government he repre-
sented, in Jess than year AMI that period mark ed
by the pfotracted illness and demise of our King the
accession oil new Mona CHI, consequent dissolution
OF The old and election Of a new Patliifnen, Mr.
M'Lane has lrumphed over every difficulty, ard add.
fresh honor to his character and that oil the veteran
Chief AID his CABINET.
We venture to predict that all our olings Of exul.
talion, will be increased when the correspondence Of
which the result has been suspicious shall be laid
before such feelings and consid,aons our love OF our
country and our stale, the ephen eral triumph Of the
en- mics Of both, fide into nsEni6cance, aud we feel
eonsoled even in defeat, and animated new combals
for victory! illumination IN JVafehmGW
WEST IN Ola TRADE.
Now that The present administration has succeeded
in recovering the Colonial trsde the pas izaus OF The
lat admin'traon which failed after years OF great ex
Pense, huiless negotiation, and almost humili sting en-
treaties 10 succeed in eTecfiug the same Object, are
with admirable consistency laboring to show that the
direct trade IL than useless, that it IL in fact
direct injury to this country.
Before they proceed much further in this style Of
argument, recommend 10 the attention Of such oil
them retain any respect Tor The late amiois alton
tne following paragraphs the subject, which will be
unl IN an official letter, dated October 81, 1927 from
Mr.. Gallain to Lord Dudley the Il nth Secretary 'o
Foreign AHairs II Of written under inslruc
ons from Mr.. CLAY:
"Ihe United States DO not suppose the direct inter
courFe between their pers and The British colonies to
be necessary 10 those colOniSs-Tbey know that the
ish West lndies have been supplied by other meas.
a. have not materially suffered during N ose period.
when ih1l intercourse interrupted by war, or hs.