Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-13

ment, that Mr.. Rhnd had arranged every thin
| before his Colleagues had arrived to annex thci
signatures to the instrument.
| IL was not ratified however, in the form il
(which it was concluded There was some provi
sion I'm favor Of building ships for tho Porto, whcl
/ was struck out by tho advice of the Scnatc.--W,
| shall not repeat the difficulties which Commodore
Porter met with, in obtaining the assent of tn
| Dvan to this alteration-the exceptions which
were taken to the subordinate rank IN which h,
himself went out--thc cmbarrassmcnts which h,
| experienced from the misconduct Of the Turkish
| Drogoman (or Interpreter )--The Commodore
however succecded-Every thing has been settled
| The Turkish Treaty has been officially promulga
| ted as the law of the land. The Turkish Drogo
| man has been supersedcd-and contrary To the
usual etiquette of that jealous Court, an intcrprc
.sr oil our Own Is Go DO substituted in his place
| 'nis " MIR. iiodgson, native OF Virginia, man
oil hne attanments for of his ycars--,hc
.hor OF very ingenious treatise on the Arabic
tongue, winch has been published in n late number
| OF tho American Philosophical Transactions. We
had the pleasure of seeing Mr.. I'll. i'm this City on
| the I'D Fcbrusry-andi he is about to sail in n
SNORT limo 10 reJon Commodore Porter at Constant.
| iDople.
Comment.-No attempt that we know of, has
been made in this city to strip tho Adminis
Of any just credit for the Turkish Treaty: the at
| tempt has boon confined To stripping Il of tho f.,
proper credit has acquired, by oppropriatine, mot
TO use barsher epithet to isclf, the thoughts and
actions Of its predecessor. by what rule of right,
has mother Gossip Of the Enquirer, made public
the fact of MIR. Adams having written n letter to
person in this city, What is il to him7
The Enquirer has evidently written to its sea
vengers at Washington, to rake together what
items they could, in reference to this matter and
having received them, has in it's supcrabundant
zeal for the Course" volunteered a defence before
any attack was made; defence as remarkable for lis
biuhders, as its slavishncss 1t peculiarly exhibits
the predominant trait of disngcnuousncss, SO con
sPicuous in that Journal. The defence claims full
credit for Jackson, for the negotiation of the
Treaty; but lest pcradventure, when the facts come
out, the credit might appear to DO duo elsewhere.
IL cautiously throws an anchor out TO windward
and gives details of former attempts to opcn
treaty with the Porte, with tho view of awardinSr
tho palm to Mr. Monroe, in the event that Jack.
son and the little tavoritc, should appear to have
no just claim The venerable gentleman did not
perceive, or hoped his readers would not, that his
historical detail of former unsue cessful attempts
equally nvaldated the pretcnsions of Jackson and
the Dn'chman. We do not perceive what the in
ehcctual efforts OF Mr.. Bradish, or Geo. Bethunc
Engiish' on former occasions, have to do with
the affair, except to enable the venerable Editor 60
display the protundity of his diplomatic research
es, and to talk with familiarity, of Dragomans
keis Eftcndls, and Capadan Pachas, aud thus TO
suPeradd another recommendation, to his already
Overlooking claims TO high rank in the Corps
Dplomatique!
But have done with the disingcnuousucss of the
Enquirer and its slavishncss to him in po,cer, who
IN adversely, it overwhelmed with a delugc OF
vituperaton-and since it has made ali unauthori-
zed allusion to us, let state what we know of
this matter.
Some weeks ago, gentleman Informed U.s. that
no had reason to believe that Mr.. A dams in
conversation at Washington. observed that in
1898, he had commissioned Comm o!orc Cane
commander of the Mediterranean squadron and
MIR. Ofley, Consul at Smyrna, to open ncgn-
tiations for a treaty of commerce with tho
Government at Constantinopc: that they accord
ingly, successfully executed the trust; that the
treaty was forwarded to tho u States, and reached
Washington in March 1929, about twelve VS. af.
ter MIR. Adams won't out of, and Gen. jackson came
into power; and three days after Mr.. Van Buren,
took charge of the Department of Statc-that tint
treaty iods neper communicated TO the Senate, 9TH
erwise published to the people ofthe IT, States that
however, mark IT'D the new Administration took
up the design, and despatched Mr.. Rhind to Con
stantinoPlc, who negotiated anew, the same treafy
with the exception OF one clause, afterwards OK
plunged by tho Senate, as contrary TO the laws of
nations which clause conferred upon Turkey, Ger.
tain privileges of building ships of war in our
ports.
We asked and obtained, permission Of the gen
tlcman who was our informant, to write to Mr.
Adams to ascertain tho truth of this curious state
Of facts. The above a substantial copy of the
letter, to which added, ''that we wished if lac
had no objection to publish the statement, less
with view to detract any thing from the ADM
nistration Of Gen. Jackson, than to render to that
which preceded it, the merit it was entitled to- and
which had been so triumphant!y appropriated, if
the above facts were true, to its successor"
Mr. Adams reply substantially confirmed every
thing. II would be equally improper and unmeccs.
Sary to publish it, One thing, his scrupulous lust.
ice Induced him to mention, which however
seems unlmportant. 1t was, that Mr.. Van Buren,
consulted him (hc remaining at Washington for
some tmo after his Presidency had cxpircd) upon
the propr.ety of commissioning Mr.. Rhind which
no dsapproved.
Since the date Of Mr.. Adams letter, we have re-
cevcd from an entirely distinct quarter, currobo-
rativo intelligence.
Possibly, Mr.. Adams call for the papers, was
suggested by the letter VIC wrote him; but Of that
No know nothing. 1t is at least proper, that they
should be laid before the Public.
We all know, what vast applause, what fuIsomc
and outrageous hattery, have been showored upon
Jackson and Van Buren,, for the acquisition of the
trade to the Black Sea. Van pockctcd it all with
comPlaccncy, and Jackson less modest
We do not know that to have succeeded in ncgo.
tiating treaty with Barbarians, great mat.
ter for any Administration to boast of, but if it
was, (mark again readcrN Crane and OGley ne