The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21

the transaction, these suggestions are presented to Mr. McLanc to be pres sed so far as he nugla deena q proper and asefi.l % to do. If the British persist in refusing 10 hear you, on this subject, s;-;,..:.s:a ....::..s:s: them cf the circumstances that have occurred of the difference of opinion among ourselves on it; of the abandonment by the administration of those pretences that had prevented an adjustment of it; that they are not 10 be again brought forward, that the past administration was s....nenable to the British government, nor 10 any
 other, than the people of the United
 States. who had passed upon all their acts. Say te inc British, if 1t makes pretensions formerly advanced the pre- text for still declining to negotiate, the sellsiiibiiiiitty eeif Of the American people will be deeply awakened. That the tone of public feeling, by a course so un- wise and uatenable, will be aggraFated by the known fact that G. Britain had opened her colonial ports to Russia and France, notwithstanding q similar omission on their parts 10 aecede in time, to the terms offered by the act of Parliament. And this, siii, is represent
 cd as the language of entreaty, as the
 begging Of boon. This menace of fhc public indignation; this declaration that the late administration was neither to be censured nor praised by foreign nations; was amenab'e for their con
 duct to no earthiytribunal but the peo-
 pie of the United States, is tortured into claim Aof privileges, or party grounds, for party purposes, and as a disgraceful attempt to throw upon a previous administration unlnerited dis grace, for rsthe sake of currying favor with a power, and that power of all others. Great Britain. Great Britain could net resist this frank and open and manly appeal. Committed by their concession in favor of France, and Rus sia. tlIe Minister distinctly told Mr. Nc Lane. that he would not remain if they declined negotiation, or placed their refusal upon any other ground than an open declaration, that their interests could not permit them 10 enter into a recinrocas engagementwith the United States; the English Cabinet reluctant lv Yielded. and then came the most odlous feature in this transaction, that which .iias sharpened the intellect of the opposition, to discover dishonor in truth, and a want of dignity in a frank exposition of facts, its eroscaing succcss. NIr. McLane and Mir. Van Burcn, under Gen. Jackson succeeded in eiifecting an object of public solici- sude. that Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay Afr. Gallatln and MT. Barbour could not obtain. The country was humiia- ted by the preceding administration without success; hence the charge a. gainsi Mir. Van Buren; hence, the over whcimmng anxiety to prove, that the success of the late negotiation has been purchased by humiliation. The Bri- '1ish Cabinet desired not to make the arrangement, it interfered with great local interests, and if they could, with out manifest and unjust distinction to our prejudice, they would have declin- ed admitting the United States 10 the privileges granted to the other mari time powers. Not satisfied with his condemnation of MT. Van Buren's.in vtructions, the Senator from Kentucky attempts to show us by referring to ano- 4s ttiiri ttiii iiettar of instructions, low this af fair should have been conducted con. sistently with hi. ideas of national ho
 nor and dignity. The letter from which he has read, to the Senate, ex: tracts, is, think, signed II. Clay.- Will the Senator tell us who is respon- slhie for ita If he is, then lie exhibits himselfin the singular position of man 'erIumpllnnlly contrasting the work oi l,is own hand, with that of rival au- ahor. The Senator knows that there were two other instructions, written by himself, of subsequent date, one to MT. Gallatin after Congress failed to lc- sgishtte, and another 10 Governor Bar Oour, neither of which is before us, and therefore. not to be contrastcd with Mir. Van Buren's work. l am content to abide by the result of contrast of she instructions he has aseondemned " ith those he has quoted. Let us see how the gentleman's letter viii stand the test of examination. Mir. Gallatin, he l..