The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21
EFTrIE EsoCEA Nk. F9 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2l, 1892.

which only he has resorted, in his event. lal lIfe- Those wleeensy his saeeess, may learn wisdom from his example.
 Having disposed oi tic catalogue of the Senator rom Aiississippi, lct me advert 10 the grounds occupied b, I little army oi objections Oh the other side ol ttiis Chamber. How many sac rihces of feeling 10 duty, aie We not about 10 witness in ;siiii;@ ;@ihe hanoraibie Senators, of Mary land, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Chic and Kentucky, arc constrained by duty, to vote agaihst .this nominatioh-and all, OF public groands-no private feelings: Oh no! nothing like it: public duty against private feelings, is the order of the day. And ekat is the dreadiul public crime he, Mir. Van BureG, has committed2 llear-Sir, bear. He has degraded tie country by giving instruc- tions 10 the late Minister to Great Brit ain, Mir. MeLane, about the West h. dia trade. What instiuctionse Gan 1t be those oh which the act of.lS30 p@ssed-t these which have been ;;tiiii44ooinie ;;tiiii44ooinies our printed documents for these twelve mouths, forming part of the Presidents to Congress of January 1881? Have those honorable gentle men who are now so shocked at the public degradation, so eager to punish the author of this national disgrace, been sleeping at their posts--no one to cry out to ring the alarm at the dan. gers to which the public honor was ex- posed-no one to interfere to prevent the United States from being placed at the foot-stool of the British throne?- Quietly witnessing the consummation of the crime, passing an get with the knowledge Of these instructions. 10 se- cure tke booss, which they aozu see was begged in the name of party from the British crown: are now electrified by bursts of indignation at the first act oi degradation insthe history of American diplomacy. Whata q spectacle is here How long is 1t since he who was the in- strnment to bow us down before Great Britain, was unanimously confirmed to a post of honor and important trust? ?- But the instrument hy whom he was ordered 10 act, is 10 bear tic punish ment. The author of the instructions, he by whom they were given, is too high to be reached ot present; theauthor of the crime, he who ordered it, escapes; he who commitsit, by order, goes free he who conveys the order. answers for both, and upon his head falls all the iu- dignation of tliese incensed Senators. acting upon public grounds, and rcluc- tantly performing a pAINruL-pAIN- FUL-duty!!! ]!
 We'll, sir, to this degradation. It is found in ntheinstructions to MT. McLane and to make out their case. the honora- ble Senators from Massachusetts and Kentucky, have given US sketch ofthe histor, oi the West India negotiation. Both brought down their narratives to the taunting reply of Mir. Canning to Mir. Gallatin, given during the late ad- ministration. From this point, both these honorable Senators found it con- venient to slide-no, sir, to leap, over all intervening events to the instruc-
 tions to Mr. MeLane. With permis- sion,I will fill.up this little atnimportarst .chasm. The terms of the British Par .liament not having been accepted by the United States, American vessels were excluded, by an order in council, from the. British West India ports.-- Why this importantinterest wasneglect- ed, we have been just told by the Sena- tor from Kentucky, ssthe late admins tTas;;ioin Tas;ioin were iggae:aa.-ef the act Of Par lament until it.was casually seer. by them." s'It was not officially communi- eated by the English Government to our Government. ssEven when we were colonies, we were not bound by British acts of Parliament, unless espe- cialIy named in them.n Indeed: is it possible that the late administration did not know ar act of Parliament affecting important interests? Where were all our accredited Ministers and commer- cial agents in Great Britain, that this government was not informed of tiiis measure, known to all Europe, and ta- ken advantage ofby most oftbe powers interested.init? Butit was not official ly communicated to us. Well, sir, was it officially communicated to any other Government, interested inits contents as we were?