Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-18

country. That part of the instructions TO which h,
had reference, was follows -" II Great Britain
deems II adverse to her interests to allow to pari-
cipate III the trade with her colonies and finds no
thing in tie extension OF il others To induce her
TO apply the rule MS, she will, we hope be
sensible OF the propriety of placing her refusal on
those stounds. To set up the acts of the late adj
ulnistrdtion, the cause of forfeiture of privileges
which would otherwise he extended to the people of
the United States would under existing circunstan-
ccs be unjust a ITSELF and could mol fail 10 ercite their
deepest Se'lS6d'ty. The tone OF feeling which n
course unwse and untcnable is calculated TO pro-
duce, would doubtless be greatly aggravated" sc.
here was language firm and spirited, and indicating
any tlng else but disposition yield compro-
mt the honor of the country; and he could but con-
sider 1t as extremely unjust the part of the oppo-
nents of the nomination, TO single detached parts
OF the instructions, without adverling to their gene
raj tenor, and viewing them Il whole the ONLY
fair rule To be resorted to, in the exposition OF rub
lie documents.
But to come back to the charge of disgrace which
had been so strongly urged and relied upon How,
or, has the Minister to England diseraccd his coun
Try! Where was the evidence of the imputed els
grace to be found? Was j, TO be found i'm the fact
that an arrangement had been made between the
United States and Great Britain in relation TO her
colonial trade, substantially on the very same basis
as that proposed unGsr the administration of Mr.
ADAMS, and were gentlemen icko then approved that
measure, notc prepared to condemn the present adj
iihistfa'ion Tor having succeeded i'm forming such
an arrangement with the British government as the
atc administration had proilered, and had failed to
accomplish? Sir said Mr.. b., It appears to me that
there hes the rub; the objection to MIR. Van Buren,
Inc feared with some gcntlcmen was not that he Ind
done loo little, hut that he had done too much Under
s auspices as Secretary of State, restoration of
the West India trade had been effected, which the
late administration had by several successive mis-
SOUS IN vain cndcayOrcd effect for several wears
lie called on gentlemen who had spoken so pa
heucai'y of their couutry's disgrace, TO adduce
some proof in support of the charge.-Whon had
inc American name stood moro honored abroad?
Chdcr what administration, from the origin OF the
government TO this tine had the national character
held more lofty elevation? There was no civilized
country, but what American character American
institutions, were themes of the highest panegyric
and IN none moro than that country with whom this
diSonorable transaction is said 10 have taken place
The lively sensibility which the President had on
All occasions shown TO the honor of his country for
babe the supposition, thate would ever have sane
TONED instructions tn foreign Minister, by which
the charater of his country was to be compromised
mat he had authorized tho language of cancellation
To be used in the instructions to the Minister TO En-
gland, was most honorable TO him. From what
President could spirit Decentralization and courtesy
towards England, come with more propriety than
from him, by whose yaor in the field her pride had
heen humbled?
There is no mark moro inlallible, as regards the
degree OF wisdom with which a nation is governed
tfan the responsibility of that nation i'm other coun-
trieS; all history will testify the truth of the re-
mark that administration conducted feeblv is
contemplate abroad, and that which is conducted
with wisdom and yigor, fails to secure respect
Mr.. Brown said, he would not institute Il compa-
rison between The management of our Diplomatic
affairs, under the present administrations and that
which had preceded il; and it would be from no
apprehension, that the result would not rebound
greatly TO the credit of the existing administrations
Mr.. Van Buren, had, he believed, while acting as
Secretary of State, accomplished more in less time
Than any oi his predecessors. Comparatively mex
perlenced IN the new station in which he had been
called TO act, the ease with which he had adapted
himself TO il, the rapidity with which he had COM
pretended the arduous and difficult duties of ecre-
iary of State, bore honorable testimony to his ab-
ties q statesman
1t bad been objected to the nominee, that he had
introduced into the government of the United States
inc party lntrlgues and discipline said prevail i'm
his own State. Without stopping to notice what he
considered an unjust reflection the character of
great and patriotic member of this confederacy
nc called upon those who made the charge, to sup
port 1t by proof. Ii was honorable to the rcputa-
ton of MIR. Van Buren,, both public and private
that when his enemies were asked to furnish evil
dencc, in support Of the charges urged against him.
mat they were unable TO fix upon him any one OF
them, by the semblance of proof. POSSESSING IN
tents oil high order, and rapidly growing i'm the
esteem OF his countrymen, it was not a matter of
surprise, that he had been marked out as the vic
TIM OF unmeritcd persecution.
Mr. H. could conceive of no adequate reason or
motives for rejecting the nomination ofthe Minister
to England He was peculiarly fitted for the sta
ton which he then filled. His thorough and init
mate acquaintance with the commercial relations of
the two countries pointed him out as a fit and pro-
per representative of interests at the Court of
q. Britain. The State OF New York had repeatedly
vouched Tor his character and standing, by bestow-
ing on him the highest civil honors within her Gift
MIR. b. said, he therefore considered il a duty which
inc owed TO the individual then representing us at
INC court OF Great Britain, TO vote for confirming
his nomination.
REMARKS OF MIR. EWING.
Mr. EWING, of Ohio, said he rose for the purpose
of replying the Hon. Senator from North Carroll
ma, Mr. Brown,) and with a view also TO add some
thing TO what had been said by the Hon. Senator
from Massachusetts, MIR. Websier) who had placed
the question before the Senate in nearly all the as
poets i'll which it had presented itself to his r E)
mind.
The Hon. Senator from North Carolina has said.
that the treaty negotiated by Minister London
under the instructions which are now the subject of
anllnadVerslon, is a splendid treaty-that il has
Yielded and Will yield, golden harvest to our peo-
ple and that 1t is the success of the negotiations cast
ing all others in the shade which has excited envy
and amnesty against the parties concerned in that
brilliant transaction. Sir, said Mr. f. it is the COM
mon resort of all men when brought to answer for
nIsdcmcanor TO rctort the charge of envy, or en-
NIFTY against their accusers. Pretences of this kind
can always be advanced-though not alio0iLs sus-
td'ned; and when supported by evidence, and not
resting on mere assertion, they entitled 10 no
weight, except iii those in which the accusa-
ton to be repealed, for its support upon the e-
dence of the cnyous and malignant accilser What
has it to do with the question before the Senate