Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-22
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DO acquainted with the difficutis which this
Administration has experionced-the great
cxertions which Mr.. McLanc has made =
apu they VIII not nlg .ardy deny to him the
praise and gratitude which he deserves
As tribute to hts meritorious eff,rts, il
gives US pleasure to lay before our readers
inc following splendid testimony from ven.
.,ehian III London, who seems acquainted with
'he whole progress of The negotiation. and
W W. wo suspect to be Washington irving.
we extract this article from the Now YORK.
Even m Post, to VIII CHI paper % are so mnoh
ihueo'ed ior nuuctours extracts that grace
our present number:
"MR McLANE
we have been :avoured with the perusal
oi a letter from a distinguished American
gentieman In London, to his friend i'm this
country, dated August 2S,h, shortly after the
arrangement on the question of the West
inoia trade had been effected by our minister
In relation to this subject, the writer SAYS
Inc struggle has been long and arduous
beyond any expectation but has at length
terminated successfully. II will, trust
FORM prosperous event in our annals and a
popular page in The history of the present ad.
While, however, ali due pra,se
Is given u the nagnaniunus policy, and true
cavalier spiiit displayed by the old General
IN MS relations with England, | trust Mr.
nicLano VIII receive his STARE of applause.
Tor the ohle, d'gnihed, and gallant style IN
wllch he has carried the views of The H. x,c.
utive INTO triumphant effect. He has, indeed
hau iaborous, doubtful, and anxious task,
ana Ut every step has had To Contend not on
~ win open opponents. but with secret and
i"ueiat'Sa eadvcrslrIes, who were coniurlng
up an Kinds ot doubts and difficulties. Tn,
suO3 "As embarrassed with many conflict
iiS INTERESTS, tue trne value ana Ucurirr. -,
Whicn were not well under stood, and had tn
DC patiently and miuutciy developed and
placed IN their proper light Part OF the ca.
oinet were brought gradually into our favor
put others, and those the mnst important
members, remained hard To be convinced =
ana MI Mci.anc had, IN mauner, to furnish
one part WILD arguments with which To con.
V.uoo VIC ".her; The written part of the
negotiation furnishes but faint ld,o .f ,h,i
49, uie'" wei oi' conference for the frank,
manly, and gcntlendn-!ike department or NJ
McLanr, obtaiDded him the mos, n,,,, a.J
familiar access To the ministers. and h., b,,ii
numerous and ample Conversations with ,L.,,,,
J" Tue Course of which he dscussrd .,,o-,,
question that arose IN the fullest manner and
apparently To their entire conviction Sill
they We're slow To act Thev ev;dsn,Ir
Dreaded the ciqmor that might be ro;sed ~
Tile opposing interests, whose prnneriv uc,
involved III the actual state of th, irnie and
whose cldm"r would be echoed and marrilied
by the opposition Ii required the mos, nm
wearIed pans and the clearcst synositiou
supported by statistical statements carefully
adduced and acutuly applied To chico s,,,o
oi the ministry tn abaIdpn the po,iiion ,bo,,
had taken behind these interests, and which
Tor t'mo they seemed doggediy resolved tn
maintain. The course OF Icasonin,r direr,od
by Mr.. Nc Lane against these f;,rmid,I,le -,
terests. both III conference and c,-rs.n,,,,.
dence, was "i the most persDicuous aud CON
elusive klnd and the records OF i, which
will appear among the papers of this missinn
but which, after all, are bat sketches of veI'
bal arguings, will, IT mistakc'nnt, be consul
cred among the ablest papers in the whole
course "f ouI diplomacy"
such is the account given of the course of
this negotiation, by one who has access I'm
the best means nj Information on the sub;ect
and who Is OF too sound aud candid n n,,d
To give il false culuIing OF our minister a,
London the writer speaks in terms of Inc
inllest euingInm, as one whose talents. con.
sp'cuous as lhey are, and high as they place
hlm IN the scale OF intellect are cxceIled bv
ms i'h"anulaie prime piles, his probitv. his
deicate sense oil honor, his smnlaitp OF h.ar,
ana MS quick senSio'iity To all that is worthy
and generous and high minded" We co.,,
n
feeling OF piide, which we are sure onr cei'
low-citizeus must entertain with us. Sa, ar
repnbiIc Is So. worthily represented al the
court OF one OF the most powerful and cult
waited nations of tha wo-!d.-R Eaquirer.
Jones6orough, Tenn. Oct Eve learn
WIN regret that The town of Surnionsville
Hawkins county, and the neighbourhood
adjacent to the river, has been, for seyera
weeks, unusually sickiy; and, in proportion
to the population, there has be en- more death,
than has ever been known, in ihe same
length OF tine, IN any part of this country
: rms fatal lever is a,tributed TO the long con
tlnned drougpt--jhe river being lower thar
mas ever ueen pifown before. We were in
formed this morning, that in a single tamil,
twenty-three persons had died; i'm three in
stances, husband and wife had been buried in
The same grave; that in one instance nineteen
persons who attended the funeral Of a neigh
! pour but n few weeks ago have all since been
buried, and That for several miles round, there
are but one or two families exempt from sick.
ness We hope the irOsts we have had for
two or three nights past, will check the
disorder.
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