The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-07

yfse ana consent to thc dPpoiHtHieut of Martin Van Buren.
 REMARKS OF MR. WEBSTER.
 sNr. President :--As it is highly pro- bable that our proceedings on this no- minatioa will be published, deem 1t proper to state shortly the considera- tions which influenced my opinion, ard will decide my vote.
 Iregard this as q very important and delicate question. Itis full of respon- sibility; and l feel the whole force of all that responsibility. While have been in the Senate, have opposed no nomination of the President except for cause; and have at all times thought that such cause should be plain, and sufficient; that it should be real and sub stantial, not unfounded or faneifnl.
 have never desired, and do not now desire, to encroach, in the slightest de- gree, on the Constitutional powers of iile Chief Magistrate ~oi tie ffsaiioa.--- Il have heretofore gone far, very far in assenting to nominations which have been submitted to us. Ivoted for the appointment of all the gentlemen who composed the first Cabinet; l have op- posed no nomination of foreign Min ister; and have not opposed the nomi- nations recently before us, for the re-or- ganization of the Administration. l have always been especially anxious, that .n Ill matters relating 10 our inter- course with other nations, the utmost harmony, the greatest unity of purpose, should exist between the President and the Senate. l know how much of use- fulness such harmony and union are calculated 10 produce.
 au, now full, aware, Sir, Ssiir that it is q serious, a very serious matter, to vote against the confirmation Of q Minister to Foreign Court, who has already gone abroad, and has bcenrcceived, aud accredited by the Government to which he is sent. am aware, ,.that the relec- tiop of this nomination and the neces- sary recall of the Minister, will be. re- garded by foreign States, at the first blush, as not in the highest degree ia vorable to the character of our Govern ment. l know, moreover, to what in- furious reflections one may subject him. self, especially in times of party excite ment, by giving negative vote, on such a nomination. But after all, am plae. ed here to discharge duty. amnotto to through a formality; l am to perform a substantial and responsible duty. l am to odpise the President in matters of appointments. This is my constitution al obligation; and shall perform 1t con -sci;en..;onsllj. and and 4tearlessly ] an hound to osay, then, sir, that for one, do not advise nor consent to this nominations do not think it a fit and proper nomi- nation, and my reasons are found in the letter of Instruction, written by Mr. Iss Rasen, on tho Doth of July. 1929. to Mir. iris.llu, t;lci, goiii; to tie Court of England, as American Minister. l think those instructions derogatory, in a high degree, to the character and ho- nor of the country. l think they show n manifest disposition, in the writer of them, to estahlisha Il distinction between his Country and his Party; to place that party above the country; 10 make in- terest, at foreign Court, for that par ty,rather than for the country; to per suadc the English Ministry and the English Monarch, that they had an iin- terest in maintaining, in the United States, the ascendancy of the Party 10 which the writer belonged. Thinking thus of the purpose and oh;eet of these instructions, l cannot be of opinion that their author is a proper Representative the United States Ut that that SGosi It. Therefore t IS that propose tosvote against his nomination. It is tho first time, believe in modern Diplomacy, it is certainly the first time in our his tory, in which n minister to foreign court has sought to make favor for one party at home, against another; or has stopped, from being the Representative of the country, 10 be the Representa-. five of Party. And as this is the first instance in our history of any such transaction. so ! intend to do all in my power to make it the last. For one I get my mark of disapprohation upon it; contribute my voice and .ny vete, to make st 2 negative example, to be shua- z@ls