Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-01-31

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ing, until receive certain information upon the sub
ect IT. however shall appear that this statement /.
correct In all its parts, political combination in the Sc
nate against the Executive will be disclosed of charac-
ter to excite strong sensation throughout the country
to lead to thorough and perempory investigation the
part oil the people into the conduct Of their public
and to produce results Of important ma
ture upon the immediate and future position of parties
Those who have taken decided step of hostility 10 the
administration, must have weighed deliberately the
and the consequences and well the cost of their
enterprise They should therefore, prepare themselves
to at the tribunal Of public opinion before which
they will assuredy be summoned.-Ib., JAM 29.
THE INsrRUcrIoNs of Mr.. Van Buren, 10 Mr. Nc
Lane the West India subject, insisted upon in yes
teday Chronicle the successful objection urged
him in the Senate The introduction of local politics into
our negotiations with foreign powers is the great offence
in the eyes OF the Chronicle justify this most exoor
binary and high-handed procceding-and aIoring snf
Client cause Tor an organization in the Senate Of here
toforc OF opposite views TO embaass oppose the Exc
tve We do not wonder, have said before that the
partzans of Clay should feel sensitive at illusions TO the
last political campaign II is the same natural ee;ng
which makes the mention OF a rope-an ungracous alln
sion In the house Of whose father hanged Yet
we see no good reason why the manufacture OF hemp
should be abandoned TO soothe the sensbcs of those
whose ancestors unfortunate TO die i'm that
Nor can we understand the obligation upon the Prcs
dent to iorbear the use OF the fact of change of admin
isfraton, as legitimate argument a public question
merely from decacy TO those upon whom the people had
passed judgment of condemnation, among other reasons
Tor their conduct that very question With tho CLAW
men, therefore, and particularly with Mr. Claw him.
SELF the principal sufferer under the popular INDIGNATION
this kind oil personal resentment and vndcvcness is
characteristic and to be expected; wi tn others who
have been uniformly hostile to Mr.. Clay and his preten
slons who have no sympathy with his political humilia
ons, out are devoted to another parsonage different
sons must have operated. What they were, we shall
learn from the debate which about to be submitted to
the public.
That the West India instructions were NOT tho roa,
this unexamped rejection may be gathered from an ex
animation OF those instructions, which we published The
other day. The responsibility for all that these nstruc-
IONS say is Gen Jacksons He his friends dsclaim
and renounce all efforts make his agents i'm foreign ne
gocaons answerabe for the duties which he assigns
mem There Is no man in the Senate dull not to
KNOW at Mr. an Burcn, whom they have rejected has
no more property in the West India negotiation than
MLane whom they they have confirmed II is idle TO
talk of making distinction between them In This matter.
is more than de it is grossly and
and the apoogists of the rejection who place il on these
grounds convict the Senate of sheer absurty and gno
rance, In order TO acquit them of wantonness
In point OF fact however, which puts the argument NJ
once 10 rest the instructions TO Mr. MLane did not direct
ne use OF the argument which have spoken Of iust-
liable as would be- but left it the discretion of tbe
Ambassador to employ $50 far he might deem il
iul and proper so to dooand Mr.. MLane never did so
the passage in Mr. MLanes letter to the Earl NJ Abo
deen of the 10th March, $780, in which he treats If ,h
deren views and positions of the administrations:
ne undersigned need not here enter into particu
lar defence OF the omission the part of the limited
States seasonaby TO embrace the offer of the direct trade
maze by Great Britain in the year 1926 and to which al
fusion mas SO frequently been made. Whether il be n
subject more ofregret censure ought TO be
that the claims advanced i'm justification of IL have So;
peen abandoned by those who made them--haye re-
ceveu no sanction from the people of the United States
ana mat they are not revived If it be the intention
OF urea Britain to perpetuate the present state of ngs
from Delie that II is for her interest she will re-
qure no warrant from the past if she intend II for
any other purpose the mistakes the past will mot s
policy observed towards the United States alone while
uheniorced against other nations chargeabe with similar
neglect III these mistakes have TO the mutual ;r,
Oh Doh countries there ought rather be inspired dsno
ton TO remedy such injury and to prevent its future ro
currence." ~ ~
The only phrase in this paragraph which audes 70 te
claims made and abandoned by Messrs Adams and C,,,
is iuiy sustained by the following passage in Mr. CALI
I'm letter to Earl Dudley, of 18th August 1927 in which
he oilers, in pursuance OF Mr. Claws directions be
afterwards made by Mr.. M'Lane and accepted
me eject oil this measure will be to leave Great Bri
tam IN the exclusive possession of the cruitous trade no.
tween the United Kingdom and the United States ,brouh
the BRUSH colonies. All the provisions in former acs of
inc american Government, which had been deemed oh
by that oil His Majesty will thereby be repeal
cd: ne condition contemplated by the act of Parliament
as IL IS now understood, will be fulfilled Eyery obsfacIe
.chich hdd heretofore prevented an dr1n ,rnuLd
htstoere stu subject ofnegOtidtion be re,nored
rs, therefore, very clear us that the West India
negotiation Is but preence the part of those who
make IL reason Tor combining against the President
directed towards the wrong person. false i'm arguments and
u'ehaDie In iact What then, inquire were the real
causes winch produced this remarkable combination
against leading measure of the President, We shall
soon have the of deciding this point in be allega
uohs oil the combining parties for themsevcs-and we
venture nothing in prophccyng that the people will scr
n1e closely and severely the motives and position of all
te parties In this matter, with unrelaxin
ana VIII nave little charity for the ebulons OF dis
appointed AMBITION the spenetic e6uson of personal
resentment. We wait for the means of judgment.-D