Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-15
Richmond, Thursday, March IJ.
THE TURKISH TREATY

LIE FURNISH TREATY.
An attempt has been made i'm the CLAW pa
per OF this city, to charge the President and Mr. "
Buren,. with a dsgraceiul design of filching from
MIR. Adams the credit of the Turkish negotiation-
The reader may know what degree of credit to at
tach to this statement, when lay before him the
following facts, developed before the Senate of the
US
! SrATEMENT.-"Somc weeks ago, a gentleman inform
ed u.s. that he had to believe that Mr. Adams i'm
conversation at Washington Observed that in 1928 he
bad commissioned Commodore Crane, commander of
the Mediterranean squadron, and Mr.. oGley Consul
at smyrna, to open negotiations for treaty of COM
merce with the Government at Constannope that they
accordingly successfully executed the trust that the rca
y was forwarded to the u States, and reached Washing
ton in March 1929, about twelve days after Mr. Adams
went out OF, and Gen. Jackson came into power, and
three days after Mr.. Van Buren, took charge of Tho H.
parment OF Stae-that that treaty nerer con,tni
Gated TO the Senate, otherwise published to the people
OF the u States that ho,cecer (mark it the new Admin
strahon took the design, and despatched Mr. Rhnd 10
Consantinope, who negotiated anew, the same freafv
with the exception Of clauses afterwards expunsed bv
the Senate, contrary to the laws ofnations which clause
conferred upon Turkey certain privileges of building ships
ofwar in ports
owe asked and obtained, permission OF the gentleman
who was our Informant TO write TO Mr.. Adams to ascer-
aa the truth OF this curious state of facts The above is
substantial copy of the letter. TO which we added that
wished he had objection to publish the statement
less with view TO detract any thing from the amnistra
ton of Gen. jackson, than render that which prece
ded it, the merit was entitled and which had been SO
iumphany appropriated il the above facts were true to
its successor.
Mr. Adams reply substantially confirmed every thing
| unnecessary % lisl
IL. one thing his scrupuous justice induced him TO men,
ton, which however, seems unmportant II was that
MIR. Van Buren, consulted him Che remaining at Wash
ington for some time after his Presidency had expired
dsapproyed.''
| The Editor of the Wing has frankly subm;tted
MI. AS letter to our inspecton-and we certainly
do not understand it TO the extent that he does-Ie
does not speak of treaty, but of dispatches If
treaty 'cere concluded why did he earnestly recon-
mend the negotiations to be contnued?-Nor does il
i pttcrf hntN 4 Il III
about commissioning Mr. Rhind.
But CON- Crane, &c. sent home no Treaty. The
negotiation failed under Mr.. Adams, if we NAV be-
lieve the witnesses whom we are now TO cali into
! Court.
The Public can scarcely have forgotten the cele-
brated Debate, which took place i'm the Senate of
the IT, 81 i'll Feb lS3l.-What said the Orators on
both sides upon that occasion?
Mr.. LIvINGsToN-'s What are the facts which bavo
created this sudden explosion The rapid growth of the
Russian establishments the Black Sea- and the conse
quen increase OF commerce. in that quarter had for some
years past made an arrangement desirable with Sultan
who held the keys of the inlet through which a.
lone an entrance into this could be had The imme
dae predecessor OF the present Chief Magistrate APP
pointed successfully the two commanders OF our squadron
IN the Mediterranean together with Mr. Ohcy, our Con-
sui at Smyrna, commissioners TO effect this object They
were furnished with full powers, commissioned under the
great SEAL and instructed to make treaty to secure this
object This was designed TO be secret mission: il was
never communicated to the Senate the appoint
ment OF the commissioners submitted them for confrma
ton hocecer from cause perfectly understood
6ut many 6eiieUe, from too great pu6cifv spen To
NE mission, IL totally failed; and This failure became
knO,cn after M adams srenf 0,u of o1ce tn
object increasing every day. in importance il very earI
attracted the attention of the present administration and
AVOID inc nerierences OF other nations, and better to
secure the secrecy OF the operation Mr. Rhind was an
pointed Consul TO Odessa but furnished with full now
err directed jointly and severay TO him. Commodore Bid
die, and Mr. Ofley; he directed under the cover of
ms consular appointment to proceed Consannople and
there to negotiate for the free entrance into the Black Sea-
ne went ere ms object was not suspected 18th
May last ne concluded treaty, which was signed bv
Messrs Oey and Biddle they having arrived in the in
lerva on the day before the adjournment of the Senate
! Mr.. TAzEwELL:--"Bctween the Ottoman Emnirc and
ne ~ D no political connexion, diplomatic relation
knd ever existed from the hour hch gave birth to this Re-
public as an independent sovereignty until the wear 1920
true, Intellectual attempts made to establish sucb
relations and connexions, by both the Adamses while
'hey presided in our government But the effort of the
elder Adams, although approved by the Senate failed bv
reason OF the refusal Of the minister appointed nv him 10
accept ms appointment and the subsequent abandonment
o, 'his scheme by those with whom il originated Ind
the secret efforts of The late President 10 Establish scd
redhoas 'oihomhe dduce kn0,oiedge of the Senate
also tailed for reasons recently disclosed TO This bod
to ,ohich ,cW not make anu further nIi,ision
Whatever may have been the desires of these Presidents
however, the fact is undoubed as have stated II n he
mat unh The year 1929 there never any come xon
relation between the United States and Sublime Porte
more han now exists between the former and the Empires
OF China and Japan.
ln this state of things, the 18th day of Septen,ber
IoZ9, and during the recess of the Senate the present
PRESIDENT caused letters patent to be expedited from the
Department OF State signed by his proper hand and
authenticated by the great seal of the United States !
whereby he commissioned the three persons named i'm Tho
amendment proposed by the committee Commission
ers on the part OF the United States, thereby endowed
them with Plenipotentiary powers, negotiate Treaty
oil Commerce and Navigation, with the Ottoman Pore''
Z" In pursuance of this Commission and of the nsruc
tons that accompanied mr.. Rbnd one of the Commits
soners proceeded from New York vhere he then was)
TO Constantinope. The other Commissioners were
already near the of action them being the
commander OF our squadron in the Mediterranean and
the othera commercial agent of the United States resident
at Smyrna Arrived at Constantinope, Mr.. Rbind exbi-
blted his commission to the Sultan received and ac
credited as the Representative of the United States and
his proposal TO negotiate Treaty accepted Other
Ministers, clothed with equal authority were then an
pointed by the Turkish monarch TO confer with him ,pon
this subject They met exchanged their powers and be-
gan the business OF negotiation This was terminated by
Treaty." sc.
we understand, as we stated on Saturday, that
by one OF the last Dispatches of Mr. Ofiley of the
@9th August, 1872 1t appears that nothing had been
concluded 6y the former commission.-Mr. Rhnd ar
rived at Constantinople in Feb. 1S30-and conclud
ed has treaty in May.
we have said that Mr.. X. conducted his nepota-
ton with equal dexterity and fir1nness-baflinp the
arts OF the British Minister and subduino the lea
lousy OF the Divan. And what say observers on the
spot-llere are extracts of letters the one certain
", and the other probably, from Mr.. Dwight. no
friend of the Administration, written from Consan-
tinoplc at the time:
son receiving the Presidents Message and letters from
hoe appslng us that merchants directing their
auehuon 10 the commerce of the Black Sea- all our coun-
uynen here were alarmed at the consequences and we
et mat Government had not turned its attention to this
quarter and afforded the necessary protection TO our c
may ind of I.g.