The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21

waived from a eonciliatory spirit and with the hope of corresponding friend ly dispositions, would have been re ceived with a snoer, lurking in the off cial-artihcial smile of q - thorough bred diplomatist.4 The Senator insists, however, t was right and not pre- tension. fit was a right, why was fl waved or. surrendered? For concilia- ton sake. Why, sir, VIC were the of tended party-England had tauntcd us. England had refused once, twice, thrice, te.fiegs5otiatte, and yet, to eoneiliate Eng E land, NC were waving a we'll ground ed right. For what purpose were we thus conciliating? To place the trade on its present footing, to the great InJu- y of the navigation and commerce of the United States. Such is the view now taken by the several honorable Se- nators who have favored us with their opinion on this subject. The present Administration waived no right for con- ciliation sake; sacrificed 10 principle. It stood upon the truth, and the truth only; and whatever may be the custom of others, and the ordinary usages of diplomacy, the Administration was right rii iitgsht. Nations fold themselves iii tie robes of falsehood, and swell and strut 'insyaill-to preserve an air of dignity and decorum. No nation ever was just to its own character, or preserved it's dignity, that did not stand at all times before the world, in the sober and sim pie garb of truth. Sir, the character of ourd diplomacy has undergone mark ed change; we are no longer pretend CTS to skill and artifce; all our wlles are facts, and reason, truth and justice I all our artlffce. The honorable Sena- tor tells us that this instruction is false, or else 1t proves Mr.. Van Buren to have been criminally ignorant of what l it was his duty to know.
 How does he make this appear2 he alleges that Mir. V. B. charged the late administration with being the first to ad- vance the pretension it subsequently, abandoned-and this he declares is un- true; the pretension was set up before Ethe late administration came into pow Ter. Now, sir, as 1 read this paragraph.
 Mr. Y. B. does not charge the late ad-
 ministration with being the first to ad- vance this pretension. The Senator
 will reeollect this is letter to MT. Me
 Lane, whose personal knowledge Is ap- pealed to, and who must have under stood the writer as allnding to fact ol general notoriety: the words are Stdose I.seho first advanced, &c.n have subse. quently abandoned. Can any man mis. take the meaning-the meaning per feetly in accordance with the fact?- The pretenson was advanced by the use of the famous elsezphere in our act of Congress. An act known 10 be penn cd by Mir. Adams, who had previously occupied the ground covered by 1t, in his instructions 10 Mir. Rush. It was
 Mir. Adams who first advanced and a.
 bandoned this ground. The credit or
 the odlum, whichever term belongs in Justice to the act, attaches to Mir. Ad-
 ans, and so Mir. McLane could only
 have understood 1t, and SO must the Senator from Kentucky, if he examine
 with a desire to understand it in the spirit Of the author. There are con- tsideratIons connected with Mir. V. E. lifI deemed it consistent with his honor.
 that could present to those that hear
 me that would not fail to make deep impression upon their minds. But
 ask no remembrance of his forbearance,
 mo recollection of It's uaagnanimity.-
 appeal to no one to initiate his mild
 nsss aud courtesy and Kindness in his de,
 pertinent here, nor to judge hlan, as he Judged his rapals for fame and power.
 l demand for him, nothing but justice --harsh--harsh ja4stiee.