Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-27
THE TURKISH TREATY.

We call upon the Salem Register tbe Boston Con,i,
ana me oher Opposition Prints which have republshed an
aucle from tins city, 10 notice what has been said in M
H. oil H. by Mr. Adams himself on the Turkish Treaty
10 correct thelr errors and make amends for their Injustice
70 an injured man.-Mr Van Buren, has been charged
WIN receiving three days after he took charge of the De-
Parment OF State, the copy OF Treaty that had been me-
gouated by MrAdamss commssioners-witb supnressino
H. instead OF carrying 1t before the Senate-wiih her
sending OIL Mr. Riind for the purpose of having il re-
adopted at Constannople and with afterwards pamine of
very treaty itseli upon the nation his own work
ana le.er from Mr. Adams himself has been cited a.
substantially confirming this satemcnl!-We know that
this letter does not substantially confirm it-And what l.
MORE Mr. A. himself has since given a statement i'm the II
OF ~ which substantially contradc;s this statement MANY
OF the facts (bu not a) have TO light in the
on the appropriation for contingencies 10 be expended nm
the Mission t6the Ottoman Porte" Mr.. Archer moved
to insert instead of the appropriation of $4,000 for the sa
larry OF Drogoman the following "For the salary of
Drogoman, and for the contn gencies 10 The mission IN
Constdntinopie, 81, 500 dollars"
In the course OF this Debate Mr.. Archer sketched the
history oil The Turkish TreatyMr Adams himself FOLLOW
cd lie showed how customary it was for ministers TO
make ana receive PresenfS particularly in the intercourse
WIN me Aslauc Courts-and how much these presents
had entered into the success of negotiation at Con-
stantinople Mr.. a. proceeds then State some of the
transactions touching that treaty, follows:
lt had been said by the gentleman at the head Of be
committee ON Foreign Affairs that the object of this trea
~ had been pursued by preceding administrators II
mad so happened that the negotiations 10 effect it, had
instituted by himself But the fact had not been disclosed
because IN order to the of the negotiation il
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ca the midst OF the which had ragged between Tur
Key Russia, Great Britain and France-At that time
none oil ose POWERS had had accredited Ministers at Con-
sannoPe. II the fact had been otherwise Mr. A. conla
nave INDUCED Tar less hopes osuccess The negotiation
hdd been commenced, and heaty rash mari concJ,
aea o." before the close OF the last administrations As
au been necessary to keep these proceedings secret from
the nation, and as he well knew that il was impossi 10
90 any thing at that Court without presents he had en-
poyed the whole OF the sum- constituting the fund for t
contingencies Of foreign intercourse in providing them nm
me present occasion; and why the treaty had
not been concluded at that me was that The sum had mn,
oceh sufficiently great and the persons employed had NOT
seen proper like Commodore Porter to augment il IN
heir own personal responsibility The dispatches from
me confidential agents employed had been received AT te
Department Of State ten fifteen days after the presen
Administration came into power. Those dispatches by
'rde al the President had been submitted TO his persa
md his opinion had been asked whether would he proper
% go further in expenditures of the same kind cif pe
- O,"s "e negofiGion to ociose And in justice to the
PRESENT Administration il was his duty TO saw that his re-
, 10 That inquiry bad BEEN that although four times the
given The object had been effected by an exnenJiturc
ar within that amount TWAS still his opinion that IL was