Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-03-03

country, anu rem fettcIs WIN WHICH ttlc sNus'
sian correspondence OF eur Atlantic cities has
been crowded All these speak but ens Ian
guage, express but one feelIng--the irTe-
prcssibIc feeling Of wounded ssd mortified
patriotisr. AL these. instead finding nle-
Iit 10 this mans diplomatic achievements,
look on them with unutterable anguish, and
leave re consolation under the gibes and Jcer-
ings of foreign nahens, but the memory Of
tbs past, when the digniied character Of our
! kcpUbic was represented b Enrops hy
F.auk.in. Jay. Adams. Living, fon, Jefferson,
and Plrkasy Nothing, Sir. but zatIsnal
pride has withhollen this narrative from tie
! ear of the world: for whe woIid give tongue
| to oLlsquy az tlnst his own country? will 10
silence, pass over the doings Vi tins gentle
| mans ten DAVIS of diplomacy; nor would !
| have alluded to thsm, did not his friends draw
on these very doings as fund oil merit, en-
! tItng him 20 this compensation. 1be doings
Of ZEN davsl What, sir, could he do IN that
time? Why, in that time the discipline OF the
| Russian TAYLOR could scarcely have reduced
the rigid outline Of this TnanInts the e&ter,o
| of diplomacy. lie performed services, for
his country in that brief period! Cesar. vita
| the Eagle wing ofpursuit, and the hsn strength
| Of conquest, overran kytbInia, and suDdued
| the son Of the great Mithridates in lew
weeks. THIS cenqueror might, Ia the conf
| denee of friendship, venture, with poetic Il
| cense. to write to his associate az R3mc "csri,
| N IL, vici" Should our Russian Envoy write
the history Of bis ten DAYS he might. without
| poetry, place all, for which M can have any
! claim on his country, in as few, and almost
the same words: veni, ridt, sJiri, woGld fill
W the whole guaafun nSersit of bis mIssisn
II It he csnteuded, that this gentleman is
entitled TO pro rata cenpeusstlun fer the
tine spent in gOing 10 Russia, and while
there, as freight Is spPor'ioned and pad,
when cargo IS, hJ casualty, transported e
part emily of the voyage, am ready 90 agree.
tlat this plone is the ground on which any
| thing whatever can be claimed. Ihls howe
yer, will fail If the Mission be, in tie incep-
ton, esntra jus gentiurs, and therefore void.
| II there be any part Of this mission sound
sld legal; if th's gentleman has believed be
| .gas. IN good faith in tho pGbhc service. in
tn. name OF justice let him be pad for al
.hat tine. although nothing was effected be-
Ne fetal TO the Nation On this ground ! an
reay 10 support, though Cannot move 10
maze my modification OF The m"tisn under
COMPLICATION.
LAST Of all. come IN irqnirr, whether this
s4lary csp be dur, because tins mission, sn+
ths con iuc; OF The Minister under,t, nay be
ie pecialiy beneficial 10 Tho Secretary OF Stale
Wa. this gentleman appointed with any view,
" 1p-ets'ion that he cou'd render dIp!sma-
&c services ~ the Court of Russ,ap Surely
not. For ic tue srst place, the performance
Vi such services required his residence at the
Russian Court This is evident (roa the
nature Of those services ~ saay be seen irom
reading the Ordinary Instructions to all resi-
dest Ministers; Lyinan's Diplomacy, vol. /,
page 10, Is, II;
-"Ameng the rac.t important general duties
of Minister Of the Uailed STATE. in foraign
countries, is that OF transmitting to his gov
ernneat accurate information Of the pslicy
| and views sf The government 20 which he is
| accredited, and of tae character end vicissi-
tuaes Of its important relations with ether
European powers 10 acquire this infarma.
ton, aud particularly 10 Discriminate between
that which is authentic. and that which is
spurious, requires steady and impartial sb-
scrvatlon, free though cautious corrcspon.
dence with the other Ministers OF the Cnitss
States abroad, and irienNlr, sssial relations
with the members Of the diplomatic body al
the same court
"in your correspondence with this depart
sent, besides the current general and part
GUAR politics Of the country, where YOU are
W IVshdN5 you WA VIZ IAtuuIhis 81 Ldf AN WV
may fms it convenient, to collect and trans
NIT information Of every kind. IT ating to ths
government, FRANCES, commerce, arts, scIen-
ces and condition of the nation, which is not
ready known and may be made useful to cur
own country. Boeks Of travels, contaisin .
statistical, or other information of political
Importance. historical works, not before ia
circulation authentic maps, published by an
thority OF the State, or distinguished by ey
ttaordlnary reputation, and publications Of
Hcw and useful discoveries always he
acceptable acquisitions to this Department"
| Among the ordinary functions Of an Ame
rlcan Minister IN Europe, is that of giving
passports TO citizens Of the United States
who apply for them. They sometimes To-
ceive applications for such passports from the
subjects OF other countries: but as these are
not regularly valid, they should be granted
only under special circumstance, as msy
sometimes occur in the case Of foreigners
coming to the United States"
Do not these labsrs require residence al
the Court OF his Imperial Majesty Look
into the published Diplomatic correspondence
| Of our forsner Ministers. What treasures oil
! information! What monuments OF ability, Ia
beur and dlhsence
This gentleman could not reside at the
! Russian capital Neither his health, his en-
stitution. his ge. nor the climate. would per-
slit such residence. As we'll might the Sc
cretary have piucked up one eli his patrgao-
NAL oaks, and transplsnted it OH the banks ci
the Neya, with any expectation that ii mi ght
take root there and live md flourish in thr