The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-03-03

ministers, than the appointment of thls msn
could not differ from the nomination made ny
the President, and the advice and consent
had and given by the Senate. IT,
then he might have been accredited and ro-
ceiyed at tho Court OF his Imperial Majesty
the Emperor Of Russia, as non resident MIN
isier he could not have been so sent. tor he
was not so appointed.
After this gentleman had been nominated
confirmed andappointed Envoy Extraord'nafy
aud Minister Plenipotentiary, at the Court ot
his [mperial Majesty the Emperor Of Russia,
could his commi .son differ from his appoint
ment9 Could the SECRETARY OF State from this
record, make out aud deliver 20 him com
mission AS Ambassador, aud thus send this
peculiar gentleman to the most splendid Court
in Europe, to represent the entire sovereignty
of these United States; an Office OF honor and
hiyh dignity, which has never hitherto been,
by this Government, conferred on any but
those talented and highly accomplished
statesmen, who, as public Ministers have
gone abroad from this country, II by the
laws Of nations, non resident minister could
be received by foreign Power. could this
gentleman under this appointment, receive
the commission, and enjoy the in,munitios OF
such a Minister! Appointed Minister at the
Russian Court. could he, honestly, and ac-
cording TO the record, have been commission
cd at that Court and elsewhere: bog leave
TO read the formula in like cases. u vol
Lynn addressed by the Secretary OF state TO
| the appointed Minister. "Sir, with this lottaf
(among other thngs) you will receive, lst. a
commission as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipo,cntiary. 2 letter OF
Yourself and family" Has the Secretary
|
question he has given il. This is not all.
| He tells us In tho message, under the name OF
the President, that no has also given him
commission at the Court of his Imperial
Majesty, and elsewhere. IL this bc true, and
mr.. Randolph is now travelling or sojournng
under il, he has abandoned the appointment
made by the Presidont, under adviscment OF
tho Senate: and has ceased to be Minister OF
the United States at that Court; and, 1t he be
a Minister at all, he is a Minister elsewhere;
and as such, is literally the Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentary OF the Soc.
retary. not Of the President and Senate, or oi
the nation. ,
The same difficulties must have attended
this mission at the Russian Court. The
credent tials given to Mr.. Randolph, must
, shew his ministerial character; and in thai
: character alone could he have been re-
ccivcd bv the Emperor. So we are told
by Vattel, p. SEQ
= 'Among the severa! characters estab-
lished by custom, it is in the sovereign's
choice with which he will invest his minis
ister; and the character of the minister Il
made known in the credentials which ne
I delivers to the sovereign to whom he II
sent. Letters Of credence are the instru
ments which authorize and establish ths
! minister in his character with the prince t
. whom they are addressed. If this primo
! reeeipes the minister, he can receive hin
only in the quality attributed to him IN M
, credentials They are az it were his gen
: eraT letter Of attorney, mandate pdieh'
mnndatum manifesfnm.'
usd this uenftsruan two sets of creden
tials, two commissions, and did he exhibi
:, them, both to the Emperor? Did he, il
fact, tell his Majesty, "vout summer is TOT
s hot; your winter will be too cold. The fl
;, which has warmed a bear, may warm
y Russian monarch, but it can never warn
: me. NV constitution is worn out in tn
!. public service. I shall be sick-I am sick
s I must reside eiseichere any where, in Eng
!. land, or in France; in more genial eli
h mate than that of your majesty's capital.
y This is too much to be supposed, even
y Mr.. Randolph. He presented his AT ere
d dentials and commission. His ELSE
WHERE credentials and commission
: we're retained for use when he should ar
. rive, know not where, but certainly else
where.
Sir, our law has been evaded; the Con
( stitution has been evaded; the laws Of ma
tions have been cvaded; the President, tn
J Senate, and our Imperial Friend. hav,
4 been deceived; and the Minister himself
8 suffering himself to be made party to thi
8 imposition, has fallen into the devices o
:. the Secretary; has been by him got ont o
D the country on mission, illegal, void, AM
: nugatory; and is now, the deplofable dup'
!, of State artifce cruising about Europe
like some contraband trader, under doub
9 10 commission, aud with two sets ofpapers
Will il DO contcnded by the supporter
I of this appropriation, that this gentlemal
3 will, after months of recess from the public
, service at the Russian Court, return thith
er, and by years of efficient labor, effact
all memory Of this interval Of idleness AM
! neglect What cause, sir, have we to be
licve he will ever return to st. Petersburgh
; Observe what has the Secretary told us il
] the Message. "If, as IL Is to be hoped, the
&. improvement ofh,s health should be sueI
as to JUSTLY him in doing so, he will repai
to st. Petersburgh, and resume the dis
charge Of his official duties" This docl
not affirm that he will return; It affirm'
that "it is to be hoped he may be weA e
: nough to do so."-According to the Mes
: sage, a want Of health took him away frou
}, that Court. Different reasons were givcr
for those facts, by The official papers. By
J: the Richmond Official the summer hea
= compelled his departure: BY the Official IL
a.. Ma, tho .nnroacbino cold of the tho,