Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-09

President to negotiate Treaty with the
i'crtc
IL SENATE, Frbruary -, 1891
90 tie motion of Ma SMITH tof Mary'und.) tho
~"nc.'i appropriation bill for the support OF govern.
won't ga again taken Up for confederation The
t:.I rn4le by MR rAzEwELI., To amend ihs amend.
mon; thereto proposed by the Commit to whom
ihIs bIi had been referred by striking out Of this
amendment all from the Goth to the 33,h lines nclu-
slvc. These words werc,
For cUmpensa lou 20 the Commissioners employ.
Cd in negotiating Treaty with the Sublime Porte.
10 Charles Rhlnd. an outfit Of $4,000, deduc,ng
thcr'':ron whae sum may have been paid 20 him
f.r his personal expenses: To Charles Rhind David
C.cy, aud james BIddc, at the rate Of g. 500 per
nnnum, iur tic in!c hat each Of them was cngaoed
III the said ncgotati u.
For compensation 10 the Commissioners cmplov
Cd Oh former occasion. for similar purposes 10
william NJ. Crane and David OILY, at the rate of
8 1900 per annuIn, for the time that each Of them
VS. engaged IN the said negotiation"
thls question being announced by the President
Mr. IAzEwELI rOsc, and sa,d
Mr. PREsIpE>T-if had consulted my feelings,
rather than my rcn>e of duty, certainly should not
have m adc the motion did few DAYS since by
which the discussion then commenced has been pyo.
duccd. In this discussion, the infrmity under which
labour, prevented me ut that time, and fear will
still disable me, from doing justice to the subject
Eul as ! have commenced the task however labori-
ard even painful it mus be in my present situa-
tom | will now cndcavour to complete H. confdnp
IN the Seuatc, Who we'll know how | am connected
with this matter and who witness my present copdi-
ton, to pardon r.Hs ungraiefu obtruson upon their
attention
In moving In expunge That portion nf the amend.
ncnt pr"pnecd ~ the COMMITTEE. which goes 10 pro.
vide Tor the payment Of lou fit and salaries IN
the Commissioners" appointed as we'll by the late
ne ny ihc present President. "lo negotiate Treaty
with the Sublime Porte" ! stated most expliciilv
that II was not my purpose 10 deny TO these persons
the money which the Committee proposed to award
as compcns alton Cr The services they were supposed
90 have rendered Eu that my object was TO OK.
prosSln This manner. my own decided dsapprobation
oi what had been done 10 this beha f. as well as OF
TIC mode ~ which this remuneration was now pro-
p0scd to be awarded 10 them. ! said, that if a bill
having for IT'S object the compensation Of these per
sons should be introduced into the other House
~hero IT ought 10 originate, and should receive the
sanction OF that body, such bill would meet INV cor.
DIAL support here oven ut should bestow unon ibcs.
individuals, than the committee propose 10 alloy
th"in by their amendment THIS explicit decjstn
ton repeated more than had supposed -yould
have pro cCed inc against the inputa,ion If tho
Senator from New York, (Mr Sanlofd which ,uas
strongly implied IN the question he propounded whom
b" cmphaIcal!y asked, If meant TO claim for m,
l. tho full bcncfR OF the abour and time of these
persona and 10 deny to them any equivalent therefor
70 this question, thus asked, I will sgain answe,
with equal emphasis, No. II is not my wish to re-
inse 20 these mon one single cent, 30 far from n,
InconslderabIc nay doubtful. believe the benefits
10 De, which they arc surposedto have rendered 20,