Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-09-09
From The National IntelEgcncer.

! We present 10 our readers to-day two
more Of the able numbers Of Y Y. upon the
recent negotiations between the U. States
and Great Britain. In doing so, we think il
proper TO exhibit the grounds upon which we
| suggested, in our introduction TO the first of
these numbers, that Mr. NcLanc our min
ister TO Great Britain, ought not 10 be held
personally responsible for the over-anxious
! and too solicitous tone of his letters 10 the
Earl OF Aberdeen, or for the argument from
| the dement, fthe late Administration q,oGd
Great Britain, to the merit of the present.
In all this, we said, in substance, that Mr.
AcLane was simply discharging an official
duty in acting up 10 the spirit of his instruc-
tons One of our contemporaries coniides
IN the correctness Of our suggestions, be-
cause he knows that we would not make
them groundlessly. Others, however, NAV
desire more particular evidence of this fact
than our casual suggestion oft and we have
therefore procured the document containing
the Official Correspondence on this subject,
for the purpose Of laying before the public
the grounds upon which we formed the opin-
ION already expressed, and arc still disposed
to absolve Mr.. AcLane from the imputation
of having gratuitously ridiculed as ''preten-
sions" claims heretofore preferred by this
Government, and of having disc laimed for
this Government, under the present Admin
istration, the acts of this Government under
the late administration disclaimer equally
unjustifiable on the score of delicacy, dIgni-
ty, and self-respect. We shall accompany
the following extracts from Mr.. licLQne's
instructions, selected from the mass of histo-
rical details, Sc which they contain, with
no further comment, contenting ourselves
with marking by italics and small capitals
the'passages to which we wish to draw the
attention of the reader.
EXTRACTS
From n letter from, Mr. Secretary Fan BIZ
rem, dated July 20, 1929, to 1fr. dicLane.
In reviewing the events which have pre-
coded, and more or less contributed TO re-
suit so much TO be regretted, there will be
found three grounds upon witch ,ce are most
aSsG'la6te lst, in our too long and too te
nGciously resisting the right Of Great Bri-
tam TO impose protecting duties on her colo |
MES; IDLY, in not relieving her vessels from
the restriction of returning direct from the
United States to the colonies, after permits
sion had been given by Great Britain 10 our
vessels to clear out from the colonies TO
any other than British port and, 2dly. In
om'tt.ng to accept tie terms offered 6y the act |
Of Parliament fully, 1925, after the sub |
Ject had been brought before Congress. and
deliberately acted upon by our government.
II is, without doubt, 10 the combined opera
tion OF these causes that we are TO attribute
the British interdict. You will therefore see
The proprlety possessing yourself fully of
all the EXPLANATORY and MITIGA TINC
circumstances connected with them, that YOU
may he enabled TO obviate as far as practi
cable, tie uHJayOrable impression which they
have produced.
Ii is the anxious wish of the President 10
put an end TO a state of things SO injurious TO
all parties. He is willing 10 regulate the
trade in question upon terms ofrecprocal adj
vantage, and to adopt for that purpose those
which Great Britain has herself elected and
which are prescribed by the act of Parlia.
mcnt of5th July, 1925, as il is understood by
us You are directed to make full and
frank exposition of the views and wishes of
the President in this respect at as early pc
Rod, and in such manner, as you may iudoe
best cal culated TO accomplish them, and to
put 1T in his power to communicate the re-
suit of this overture TO congress at the open
ing of the next session. He is admon Shed
by the past of the iautiIify ofproiracted dis
cusSlOns upon a subject which has been over
debated. He does not, therefore, wish TO oc-
cupy you, or hGrrass tie British ca5inej by
their REPETITION.
If the omission Of this government TO ao-
cept Of the terms proposed, when heretofore
offered, be urged as an objection TO their a
doption now, il ,cW be your duty TO nuke the |
British government sensible ofh injustice
and ine.rPediency Of such a collrsc.
The opportunities which you have derived
from participation in our public councils,
as we'll as other sources Of information, will
enable you TO speak with confidence Gas far
as you may deem II proper and useful so toI
do) OF the respective parts taken by those 10
lCilom tie administration as nou committed.
in relation 10 the course heretofore pursued
upon the subject Of the colonial trade. Their
views upon tina; point have been submitted
TO the people Of the United States and the
| counsels by which your conduct is now di-
rected are the result of the judgment express
ed by the only earthly tribunal TO which the
| late administration was amenable for IFS acts.
Il should be sufficient that the claims set up
by them, and which caused the interruption
OF the trade in question, hare been erplicitlyI
/ abandoned By those tcho first asserted then,
and are not rcUiUedb BIZ THEIR SUCCESSORS
! II Great Britain deems it adverse to her in
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