Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-28

because / am s.t.hed that the work was mol
completed until the lst of June. For hno
letter of that date addressed TO the Secretary oil
State. enclosing q copy OF the treaty ana CIV,
ing be fret intelligence OF lis cone'us'o" "nu
, take il Tor granted that these Commissioner
would have lost no time IN communicating 10
their Government The communication " this
tedious affair.
Let IL be howev er, that the Treaty was con-
cloded at any time gentlemen please. Dad the
Ministers cease 10 be such, the moment their
work was done VIII tue salaries proposed
to he allowed 20 them esase 1T that tune I
Were they no, entitled 10 the common privilege
of member Of Congress, or even oi witness,
eundo ndnendo al rsdsundo Ipray, sir, that
we may not continue 30 perpiex ourselves ny
confounding the othce, with his dates. Ihese
Commissioners were ministers before they
stgan TO negotiate--they were MINISTERS
ihroughou the negotiation and ministers they
continued TO be, al least while they renamed
at the Turkish Court, whether engaged IN per-
forming the special service for which th.y
were deputed or otherwise. The ,mmunnies
conferred upon them by The public law, attach
not 10 the duty 10 be Performed, but the ONCE
created by the comm iss'on Tor its p.rfoTnan
The Sultan would have of nded Just rs much
ag aiDst the law, ty suffering indiguiiy To be
offered TO any OF these IN ,n,sters after the tres
~ was concluded, as before as much II the ne
goliaion had never commenced, or bees
I nr pken OF, as If il Ind continued. but VIZ
know, that these Commissioners remained "a,
Consta ntinople certainly until the 9th OF June,
Tor we have upon GU, files, official letter. oil
that date, written bv them nj that place. Then
what becomes of this yipdication, resting as II /.
upon unkDown events, occurring ut some doubt
iul PEI iod OF time
, Mr.. President my strength |, almost gone.
! and your pa icnoc must be al least ms much
exhausted, yet few words more hope they
may be tho las, with which shall have occa-
sion to trouble you. For many years ha,e
! watched the workings OF this Cove, nmeai.
Z and bave seen it steadily advancing to that
condition TO which our most sagaciuus sta ties
men long ago predicted IL mu one day come.
: OccasIonal distractions 10 its Onward motion,
. have sometimes che.ied me with the hope
thaI these predictions would not be verified
+ Nor Will ever part with this hope, while thi,
e body remain, true TO itself, and faithful TO tn,
= States whose .overeigntirs are here represent
II ed. But what have seen and heard OF late
4 Is not well calculated to cherish hope, Tn
l. time Is not Tar distant. nay, II sat hand, wbe,
;, the theo'eIlc inazm OF the British law, WI
II become priciIcal rule for the America
, people. The English jurlss tell us, thu
u tue King can doho wrong" aud soon may
we expect 70 hear this fiction OF the Britsl
:, government, transferred TO GUS, n. u solemn
- may be aDe 10 inirodnce with thi, principle
II the corrective 1t fluids in the gov.rnDen
II from whence il IS borrowed. There, al
7, though the X ing can do no wrong, his minis
~ tiers are responsible or ull he bad advice lhe)
r give him,
" In the instance before us, am willing 10 be
lieye, that the President h rs not knowingly VIC
). lated thu Con. taulion, or desgned 10 inpai
the rights OF the Senate, or desired to asufp 10
IL himself the entire aud absolute con roi over
&c appoin mcnts although such certainly is the 81
feet O his ACES. la the mode in viii bus
i ness Of this kind is done, ms We all know, man
SO Circumstance, may have existed, TO absolve IN
ot President from all design 10 exert any sucl
81 power as has been here pu' IN prl.hc" 10 o.
10 der to produce such effects. But wuHt mus
y we say of his ministers, the bOunden duty o
i, SOM oil whom /, ia, Il present IT, him the lac
ID MS they know lhsm TO tie. Oi his cabiiet. lou
h we're mont, rs 0, this body ring the memo,
III rable Panama discussion. Oae Of tham, 10,
u Secretar, of the Navy was the mover o
:, the resolution de, lua,oIy Of our r'ghs, ana
I'd denying 20 The President the power then cia'
D med and here exercised, Another oi them oh,
L. Secretary OF Slatc) stood by my side in ha
e debate, tha able advocate OF those rights e 10.
lie qnenily denounclng the claim ot power then
= preferred, as but par, Of long settled 8. g.
lr TEN cOvrrtiy To increase the influence and pat
d with me in the vote gwen upon that occasion
p Surrounded by such advisers, Il 10 voice wa
d rni SID TO admonisn him, II no friendly caution
a. was gwen to hun by any of those whose opin
II ion upon this subject was SO well known Hn,
o one oI wltom had IN his own olhce toll reprc
is ntaon Of all The facts eIi,tlng IN the case, j.
II ougn not 10 be mater Of much establishment
f. II he T. csldent should have regarded II as one
,e OF common occurrence and tue omission Ia
I..,I,r fh.,,,
l. next sess,on, may possibly have been acciden.
z raj. know nol how this matter stands bul
Il this know that II such representation had
Il ever been made 10 the Seoate should never
} have been heard TO censure mere oversighis
|, or acis of any klnl unconsclonsy done, When
!. | honorable Senators, however, instead OF ekcu
sing, seek to justify what has ice" done and
Il this too by 81 sh arguments as we have heard
: winch IT sound, must suffice 10 petpe,uate ihi,
e | mower the case assumed very different AS
l. prct indeed. Under tins different aspect have
!, BEEN obliged 10 consider II.
+ For thus regarding j.. know well what am
= 10 encounter. nave en- the writing 90 the
l. wall. know the finger by which II IL inscr-
b, bed. II needs no Dsnrl TO interpret II. Bat
= ST., il il my Consolation TO know, that The ba-
r, lance 10 which | shall be weigh'd, viii never
n be held by any Executive officer Of hi. Govern
!. meni, be he whom he may. Thy who aen
:, me here, placed me as warder on the wstcl
; towerto warn them OF the approach OF danger
:, l viii not play the shepherds boy and cry ou
when there Is none. But when the danger
! stands confessed before me. come 1t in VIVA
II " questionable shape il may, will do IN,
: duty. Ina, duty is now dom, sir 10 wha
n end the judgement OF the Senate viii decide.
Mrs Royal Va. tniied Siatts Bank. Mrs
|" Royal la. assured US OF her nigh grauhcdt,ou
nj the passage Of The resolution against the