Litchfield enquirer., 1832-02-09


 UseMl 10 dol the respective parts taken by those 10 whom the administration Ofthis government Is now committed, in relation the course heretofore pur- sued upon the subject of the cOIo|ia trade. Iheir views upon that point have been submitted to the peo- pie Of the United Staes; and the counses by which your conduct g now directed are the result of the judgment expressed by the only earthly tribunal to which the late administration was amenable for its acts It should be sufficient that the c"Ims set up ny them and which caused the interruption of the trade
 O question, have heeD explicitly abandoned by those who first asserted them. and not revived by their If Great Britain deems it adverse her
 interests allow to participate in the trade with her colonies, and 6nds nothing n the excnsOn of it others fO induce her to apply the snme rule she will, hope be sensible of the prOpriey of pa- cling her refusal on those grounds To set up the acts of the late administration the cause of forfeiture of privileges which would otherwise he extended to the people of the United States, would, under existing circumstances be unjust in itsel and could not iail to excite their deepcs. sensbiy. The tone Of feel ing which course unwise and untenabe is caIcW- lated produce, would doubtless be greatly aggrava- ted by the consciousness that Great Britain has, by Order iN Council opened her colonial ports 10 Russia and France, notwithstanding a similar omission on
 their part to accept the terms offered by tho act O Ju- Iy, 1895.
 You cannot press this view of the subj ject nestly upon the considerable" Of the British Ministry It has bearings and relations that reach beyond the immediate question under dscussiOn."
 Now, sir, when stripped of it's verbiage and reduced to it's plain import. what does the Secretary of State here press SO earnestiy ?- That Mr. McLane, the Minister, who had been member of the political party of which the then President was the nominal head, (and the Secretary of State q most conspic uous supporter, with imputed anxiety to claim a reversiona:y interest in lhs chieltainshp,) that the Minister, who had been member of this Senate, and in that character informed of the conflicting views of the different political ..l< n ol~ American family has been arranged, should stoop to avail himself of this personal intina- cy with our family dissensions. 50 press ear nestly upon foreign Government tte mscon- duct of one part of this family in the relations of our Government with that foreign Power. and the more amiable and kind feelings of an- other division of it. But is this all No, sir it is earnestly pressed that the American GoUern nent-the concentrated will of the whole American family, the only legitimate source of access to foreigners, the only authorised organ of communion with other nations-that this Government, in the person of its " late Administration should bs bowed down in 6ishonOr and in ,,degradation at the feet of Lord Aberdeen, the delegated but humble personation of the British Monarch. Yes, sir. the unheard of, unparalleled, and most re- voltiug experiment was tO he made. (other applications having failed tO move the roy al sympathy,) how far an unsparing condemna- ton OfOurselves would disarm British throne of it's naughty. superciliOus disdain of just and an honest demand. Isay, sir, it was mo- vel and unheard of repeat it. Let the past history of this proud Republic be minutely interrogated-Ay, in the many political chan ges of its agents, which by the terms of it's or- ganization, it must witness, let it be sought let the days of Adams, of Jefferson, of Madi- son, Monroe, and :he last Adams be diliSent- ly inquired of. Sir, no voice responds to cOuntenance this degrading. this disgraceful operation by which tin Government is hnm bled into penitential confession of it's trans gressions. to appease foreign King. or to moderate the wrath or conciliate the favor of a foreign power.
 Not only, MT. President, do the fair and unadulterated pages of American Diplomacy refuse countenance to such miserable self but, sir. the history of all the civ iliZed nations of the earth stamp upon it the indelible character of a gratuitous prostitution. unaided by precedent, uDwaria anted by any parallel. Sir, it adds to the deep condem- nation which belongs to this subject, that it was as useless and unprOductive of gain as it was disgraceful in itself. Can the ima- glnaton conceive how benefit could possibly arise, or be supposed to arise, from an ahjrct of " wrong," by repudiatng the claims of the Government as (" American pre- tensions' |" explicitly abandoned by those who first asserted them," mot revived by their successors" who are directed by coun- sels that :" ara the result "f the Judgment ex- pressed hy the only earthly tribunal to which the Ldte Administration was amenable for it's acts !" What possible advantage, ask, could be anticipated ny the position ofa pros. trate suppliant, who, from the depths of de- gradation and abasenent, should thus beseech a foreign Diplomatist, that would not he ac- corded to civil and high minded application. based upon the suggestion. that however the American Government was convinced of its claims to higher and other terms, it was yet willing. in spirit of frankness, and in an anx- ious desire to terminate old and agitated ques- tions of disagreement to waive the further prosecution of those claims. and thereby to evince the sincerity of it's desire for an amica- ble adjustment But, sir, come now to that consideration which stamps upon this subject it's peculiar character, which sets it off in colors of still darker shade, and which must leave us to infer, that no mere want of manly, stern republican feeling of self-respect, not the unObserved prOstratiOn or careless disregard of national dignity and character, not alone cold and callUus insensibilty to those feelings of cherished pride, of nice and delicate honor which kindles into active resis- tance at even the appearance of rebuke, but that some more latent motive of proposed ef.