Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-07

vernment, this is ale,nporory concession? No.
s;r no was authorized to waive the claim md
make an arrangement on the British basis Put
This into plain language. and what was it; strinit
.of its dipiomstic drapery and verbiage, and n j,
neither more nor less than an abandonment CT,
rre,eosion which. though we had supported by
sronment. we we're resolved not to enforce \,
mower. Sir. this covering up ola plain truth |,
The commoa irlck of diplomacy; it deceives 20
one. and h id Mr. (iallatin presented these csnc.
I;.torv essions, they must have been received
40 = virtual and total abandonment of our prefer.
sion The honeyed words Of right, waived from
: conciliatory spirit. and with the hope Of COZ,
resnon,I,ny friendly dispositions, would have been
received With sheer. lurking in the ofheial-sr.
tif;ciaI smile of a---thoroughbred diploma.st
The Senator insists, however, It was right and
NOT a nretension's. Ifitwas right, why was il
waived or surrendeSed?- Cancellation sake
WIN. sir. we were the offended party-EngIand
had tainted as. England had refused once. twice,
thrice to negotiate. and yet to conciiate England
we were waving a well grounded right For
what purpose were we thus cOnciiatngs To
place the trade on IT'S present footing, to the great
injury Of the navigation and commerce Of the U.
States. Such is the view now taken BY several
honorable Senators who have favored US with their
opinion on this subject. The present Admins
tration waived no right for Cancellation sake; 81.
criiced no principle. 1t stood upon the truth,
and the truth only; and whatever may be the Gus.
tom Of others. and the ordinary usages Of diplo
macy. the Administration was right. Nations
fold themselves in the robes Of falsehoed and swell
and strut in vain-to preserve an ar Of dignity
and decorum. No nation ever was just to its
own character, or preserved its dignity, that did
not stand at all times before the world, in the 50.
her and simple sarb Of truth. Sir, the character
Of our diplomacy has undergone marked change;
We are no longer pretenders to skill and artl6ce;
all our wiles facts and reas0ps, oil our ar6ce
truth and Justice. The Honorable Senator tells
US that this instruction ID false, or else it proves
Mr.. V. B. to have been criminaliy ignorant Of
what it was his duty to know.
How does he make this appeare he alleges that
Mr. " B. charged the late administration with
being the first to advance the pretension it subse.
auently abandoned-and this he declares is un-
true, the pretenslon was set up before the late
administration came into power Now. Sir as
read this paragraph, Mr. V, r. does not charge
the late administration with being the first to ad
vance this pretensOn. The Senator WILL recOl.
lei inns Is lctler u MT. DjCLdues WHOst peTsoD'
al knowledge is appealed TO, and who must have
understood the writer as abiding to fact Of gen.
eral notoriety, the words are !" those who fra
advanced. &C." have subsequently Abandoned
Can any man mistake the meaning--the meaning
perfectly in accordance with the fact? The pre-.
tension was advanced By the use Of the famous
eise,ohsre in our act Of Congress. An act known
to have been penned by Mr.. Adams. who had
previously occupied the ground covered by it.
in his instructions to Mr.. Rush. It was Mr.
Adams who first advanced and abandoned this
ground. The credit or the odum, which ever
term belongs in justice to the act, attaches to Mr.
Adams, and SO Mr.. Mel. could only have IN.
derstood il. and 80 must the Senator from Ken.
lucky. if he examines with desire to understand
it in the spirit Of the author. There are consi
derations connected with Mr.V. B. IL deemed
il 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, no recoIIec.
ton Of his magum,imify. appeal to no one to
initiate his miidness and courtesy and kindnm
in his department here. nor to Judge HIM. be
judged his rivals for fame and power. demand
for him, nothing but justice-harsh-harsh jw'
tice. ss