Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-17
TIE WING.
CONG ssEi3S.
TmvnsDAr, APRIL -, 1892.
N SSN N'pI'

Mr.. CT Ny to call Tie attention Of the
Senate to the appropriation under the head Of Di-
Plomatc services for Charge to Guatemala.
lie bad already taken orctson to state TO the
Senate, that he did not :at the Government re-
Iu'.-d TO be represented by diplomatic AGENT at
that Court. liz was ,.ut o his s,,, whom H.. ,r
l'in tion oil Charge % tiulcindlt passed u,o,
ty the Senate, or &c should have taken that occa-
SION to present the objections which he now felt it
u be ms duty TO urge; AMI as the agent had ot
Yet lStt the country i not too late &c correct
the error which w2s committed in confirming the
nomination. lie had plrticul.r objection to Tie
gentleman who had received this diplomatic APP
Pplntnent. lie considered him TO be quite as well
adapted tor the situation as mary others who had
been sent abroad; rdcp ,ndcnt OF which, he stood
IN regard 20 himself, Ii the attitude of family
eonncNon II was well known, however, that he
had distinguished himself by his zeal in favor of
the Administration. Ill. had resided in his MIR
C's) district and had been ,ntidatc for Icnsl,
tive honorS, bat had lost his election by about
1900 votes. lie made no objection to him. how
ever, on thatscorc. lie cl; more Immediate inter
est III this matter, because the abolition of this
agency was one OF the measures OF rctrcachuent
recommended by the Administration of Mr.
Adams; and II the present administration is indis-
posed to redeem any of It's own pledges of reform
he hopod that at least those of the last Admnis;ra
ton would be left uudisturhcl. In letter from the
State Department to a very celebrated Commi.tcc
tie Chairman ct which was now il his eye, various
reductions in the diplomatic service haG been SUI
Scstcd. Here Mr.. G. read an extract from the LEI
ter to which he Ind advcrtcct.l
The two missions which ii at that time in
the contemplation of the Government to terminate
were those to Guatemala and Chill. Accor,iinuly
pt the next session, when the estimates were prc
pared, Guatemala omitted. 1t would be rccol
lectcd that Col. Williams, of Tennessee was o-iri
naily appointed TO that situation by Mr. Adams:
and when he returned, Mr. Rochester was appo;nt
ed to succeed him. Bat, III consequence of the
distracted state Of the country, the Minister in
this last case, scarcely reached the point Of bis
mission or, II he did reach it. returned Immediate
ly Ever since that period. this country had con.
tinued in the Same distracted state. According to
the latest accounts, there were two Presidents
there, instead of ono; and tie one who had tho
power had been obliged to march from Guate,nal,
to ST. Salvador, for the purpose of meeting his
rival. tic had yet DO learn the result Of their
meeting. Ii civil WI Was not actually raging the
country in such unsettled s'arcti,nt il wou!d
not ba proper at this tine to send an aren't In
decd, were the country in Il settled state the stat.
OF our commercial relations did net warrant the
present mission.
or late years tho number our foreign missions
had increased rapidly. few years aro, there
were but toutecn OF them, seven of them he he
lievcd were missions in South America, and the
remaining seven were agencies to Europc: Now
tho number had increased to eighteen or nineteen.
And, IN reference to the present mission the whole
profits ot our entire commerce with Guatemala
would not dctray the expenses OF the mission in
GLIDING all Its incidents. Ii hc had to choose he
would prefer to send minister TO Venezuela The
government there was more established than Mt
Guatemala, and the commerce carried on with that
country was of more value. lie thought it would
be as well to send mission to Bolivia That
government had its ports but Guatanlala possessed
mono OF any worth. We had been, il wcs truc in
the habit OF importing thence chocolates; and
aye stuffs, but the amount was very nconsiGcrable
considering the state OF our commercial intercourse
nc regarded the MISSION as unnecessary.
lie then moved 10 amend the bill !y striking OFT
the lines which appropriated salary and outfit for
Cnargc TO Guatemala, and asked for the yeas
and nays on this question.
The Yeas and NAYS w:,-2 ordered
Mr.. SMITH said that if the present op,osii;on
had been made, while the nomination of this
Charge was pending, he had some doubts whether
hc should have voted as he had done. But as the
nomination had been confirmed he consi.lcrc4 that
the Senate was bound TO carry its own act into Of
Icct. lie considered himself as now bound TO yo,a
for the appropriation. He believed the Senator
from kentucky had presented fair statement of
the course OF the last administration i'm rr,ro,co
to the missions to This country. Mr. Roches,or,s
term expired in 1923, and no Minister was scpt to
succeed him. There was no security no co.nG,rt
for a Charge lie thought the gentleman fror,
kentucky had made mistake as to the value Of tho
trade The value consisted in the exports, not the
imports. He stated that one of his constituents.
had made IO or 10000 dollars by CARO- to ST
Bias The country had now cot into better state
OF organization, IT the ncwST npcrs were to b. be-
leVod, as TO disturbances, such had occurred in
Mexico and other States; and il we were to yvat
until the people had douc quarrcIiing before we sent
a Minister, he thought it would be very long be-.
fore any would nc sent.
Mr.. TAIEWEbb said, he felt himself placed
much III the same situation as the Senator from
Maryland. The Senate having created this Office
he telt unwilling 20 annul ii by sort of side blow
Therefore, had he even entertained Il different
view from that which hc did, he should feel con-
strained TO vote foT the appropriations He express.
cd strong doubts rs TO the proprctv of an act of
The Senate which would put its character for con !
'iStcncy and good faith in such jeopardy; and felt
some difficulty in determining, it the present inno-
yation were permitted, where the Senate wougd |
stop. The President, in this case had made tho
nomination, and tho Senate had confirmed it. The |
House had made the appropriation TO carry the |
appointment into effect, and lie regarded tho
fath OF the country pledged. When !
This nomination was before the Committee |
on Foreign Relations, he believed hc had
The same view Of the matter as the Scna
or from Kentucky. lie had not seen the nrccssi
y OF the Government sending any agent 20 G:iatc
n1ln. But the Sunac had, in Il former instance
the sending Of Minister, when pcri,ar.
i vas no more necessary thai now, hut lie had not
hat full information which would have justified
lin III opposing il. 1t had ncvcr been SUGGESTED
hat the condition oc the country was materially
different from what it was before He did not n
tree with the gentleman from Maryland as to the
value OF the trade. Ii6 considered is value IS de-
pending IN some measure on the limits 20 which
Juatc!nall was extended. UnGcr the Cent. in Cen
,ralshrP OF GqntcmdI there ucrc but two ports
The name Of ono was Otnol, that Of the OTHER
very insignificant place, had slipped his memory
SO siciy ard miserable place was this Omoa that
10 white men were living there. In reference to
ne imports into that country it must bc n 7parcut
hat something must be sent TO exchange foT the /
,ochincal and indigo Of the country. The ncntIc.
nan from Maryland had spoken OF Il vessel 10 St.
Bias. He believed that was Il Port in Mexico, and
rot in GuatcHall; and few vessels wt,uld take that
curse with a cargo which could 70 direct II,
clt that hrs faith was pledged; and hc only regret