Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-28

trade in question, have been explicitly abandoned by
those who FIRST asserted them, are not revived by
their successors have ady alluded to Mr. Webster
observations the first part of this paragraph On the as
serion contained in the latter part fit he remarks. alt
Is uianiiestiy quite wide OF the facts. MIR. Adams
administration did not bring forward this claim l
have stated already that it had been subject both Of
negotiation and legislation through the whole eight years
oil Mr. Monroes administration; this the Secretary knew
or was bound TO know Why then speak of il as
set up by the late administration, and afterwards abandon
cd by them, and not reviveda'
The charge here made, of departure from the facts il
quite gatuous IL s not dencd that the claims referred
10 were set up by the late administration, that Ney
were abandoned by them; the imputed departure from
truth consists in the supposed assertion that these claims
were FIRST set up by tue late administration But Mr.
Van Buren, does that they were the first ada
m.sHdfion which had set them up. Tie knew, as well as
Mr.. Webster that they were first set up under MIR.
Monroe's administration, and il Mr.. Webser's accus-
toned accuracy had not been lost TO him. he would
have recoleeted that in former part of the Instructions
referred TO put forth n the of Congress of the
LIST OF March, 1929 and they chad advan
cod by US in negotiations the subject" But who
were the persons who first set up those cams' Every
man acquainted with the history OF the subject knows and
at least eyoy Senator in Congress ought know that they
were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. And will il
he denied that they had explicitly abandoned them.-
Where thea Is the departure from fact in this part OF the
But. says Mr.. Webster. "the most humia,f,g part of
tho whole follows 'To up the the late admins
traton tho cause OF forfeiture of privileges which,
would otherwise be- extended to tho people of the United
states, would, under existing circumstances be unjust in
ITSELF and could not fail 10 excite their deepest sensbiy
ary Offending, as well tho fullest display of Mr. Web
sers patriotism II exudos FROM every pore in the follow
ing exclamation ESQ, then, Mr. President we are reduc-
od are We to the poor condition, that Minister OF
this great Republic Instructed argue or 10 inercede
with tho British Minister lost no should find toharc
Joeifsd our privileges; and lest these privileges should
no longer be extended to u.s. Aud have forfeited
those privileges by MISCELLANEOUS, in choosing rulers
iohO thought setter Of claim than of the British
why, sir this Is patiently submitting the domneerng
tone OF the British Munster, believe Mr. HuskissonS
MIR. Clay said "no. Mr. Canning "J-Mr. Canning them,
n viii tla WesfIn d
BOOM granted to US by tho indulgence of England The
British Minister casit boon, aud Minister admits it,
Is privilege, and hopes that his Royal Majesty will be-
too gracious to decide that have forfeited this privilege
by our msbehavour in the choice of ruers Sir or
one reject all idea OF holding any right of trade any
other rights, p,foege. Doom, from the British govern
ment or any other government'
The point of this euson consists 10 tho changes which
are rung upon the word "prtcieges" Mr. Van Buren,.
roereant that he s speaks oil the offer held out in the Bril-
tsh act OF Parliament privilege" And this is pa
uently submitting TO tho domneerng OF Mr. Canning
who had called 1t boon And this theme we have a
commentary in which this horrible word privilege is
cn an il involved the utter abandonment all prin-
has either displayed very great iaofnaon nun
seal, counted very largely the want of il i'm others
Ever since she has had Colonies great Britain has main
taned,with nlexibe perseverance, in common with other
powers having such possessions the ancient policy
ing tho trade with hor colonies thing belonging ex
clusively to hersea thing not TO be enjoyed by other
nations, save at such times and such terms as she
pleased AS TO the wisdom OF this policy its influence on
the colonies themselves and its justice or lberality to-
wards other nations; have nothing to say: speak on
oil the TACT; ana mat Is as have asserted
has the least pretensons to general knowledge will
ture to deny Ii this principle that she has so uni
tormly persisted in the Of regulating the Colonial
trade by acts OF Parliament aud orders in Council which
she could change at pleasure instead of forming treaties
on the subject which could not DO changed Now though
government extremely DESTROYS 10 place this
ter on more liberal and permanent footing and to do
so by treaty, rather than by separate legislation vet
until after we had lost the benefits held ont nv he
BRUSH act Oh 20 we never pretended TO deny the right
Great Britain to do sue pleased the subject
The endeayor 10 convince her by argument and bv
reaatory laws that he. Interest place this branc
oil her commerce the footing the trade between
US and the mother country. In this had succeeded
and in the mean time, we had been content 10 take what
we could get oil this commerce, pruiege-I say as
PiUHege; because all the British statutes this subject
into which, have looked, speak Of the permission given 10
orelgn nations 10 trade with the British colonies, pr-
p'tege granted to such nations. The Of June 1922
under which we enjoyed restricted intercourse until
1926 called il privilege, and Mr. Monroes administra
ton did not consider it derogatory to the national honor II,
take the benefits offered by that law privilege On
the contrary you will 6nd SIR that Mr. Adams in one of
his instructions TO Mr. Rush, spends half dozen pages in
an attempt to settle the true of the phrase e
privileges granted by this act !" without dreaming
with all his Bunker Hill temperament that there was any
mng the word privileges at whcha an American
take fire. More than this: The famous July 1926
uses the same language. IL provides "ha the privileges
granted by the law OF navigation to foreign ships shall be
limited to the ships OF those countries which having CO.
onia possessions, shall grant the like privileges trading
with those possessions British ships which, not hay
ing colonial possessions, shall place the commerce and
navigation Of Great Britain its ssos abroad pon
the footing the mos, favored nation Now il was in
reference 10 the advantages held by this ACT that Mr.
Van Buren, used the obnoxious language which FORMS i'm
the judgment OF Mr. Webster the cupabe part his
Instructions yet we see that he spoke OF them in the very
terms OF the act itself But there yet something further
on this point Mr. Clay himself in his letter to Mr. Gal
latin Of the 1lth Of April 1897 uses in reference TO this
very point, the same language Mr., Van Buren, He
says owe hardly suppose under these circumstances
that the British government after the passage of such an
net OF congress you authorized state that the
Presdenis willing 10 would refuse TO remove
the lnerdct which has applied only TO the navigation Of
the United States denial TO them, alone of the PRI-
N In all
nations, could rot be easily rcconciable with those friend
relations, which re- the interest OF both nations as s
the anxious endeavoF OF the government of the United
States TO cultivate and maintain"
admit, Sir that am but tyTO in the science of d-
plomacy; but after this last reference think that without
going beyond the spelling book may safely ask the great
lawyer OF New England whose bull is that has eorcd
the now' Seriously, Mr.. Chairman, can YOU imagine
any position pitlbc than that in which the Senator
has placed HIMSELF He selects leisure the subjects of
his anmadvcrsiOns; he brings them out with great form
and circumstances he places himself on particular pas
sage, which admitted of defence; and them from
this anced vantage ground he talks loudly of the insued
honor OF his coungyhis country thus BUNDLED at the
feet Of the British Kngi But To- when TO scru-
uizo tins 'DOst huniiafing paragraph find i'm il
nothing TO Justify this noise and blusteTnohIDg
animadversion Temark-nothng which others had not
said and properly said beiSrewe find IL nothng-eraI-
~ noihinel Yor ct preteTea nihW And yet Sir after
all the honorable Senator is than half right This
famous passage is really "huDofing as any other
perhaps than any other IN the whole dcspach
How "buU,iatng' his is, have already seen; and
from the character OF this passage you may judge TO
the rest.
Mr Webster proceeds say, "At the conclusion Of the
paragraph, the Secretary says You cannot press thus
riew Of the subject too earnestly upon The consideration
mir Jra Iey