Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-08
FOR THE INQUIRER.
THE REJECTION OF MIR VAN BuREN.
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Quod cfu quo DEF csio royo
hs Is an incident in the history the times well call
cua'ed TO excite in The public mind strong and lasting i'm
Pressions IL must be an event unwelcome to- and unde
sired by, almost every impartial man in the community
II is not possible that the nations pride and senct the
virtuous yeomanry of this community who pursue "te
even tenor OF their way, far removed from the ignobe
and degrading strife OF parties, OF factions, will, when
they TO reflect this coolly aud disposition
aieiy at their own sides justify the There
Is an aouing good sense an innate love oil justice, decen
cy and propiety with the people at arge which forbls
the idea that they will sanction the step They will look
in vain for causes sufficient TO justify act so harsh h it,
SELL deeply Notifying TO the President of their choice
Gas 1t 10 be presumed it must BEL Mr.. Van Buren,
himself, his family aud personal friends 10 the great
growing and powerful State of which lac is the iayoe
SON. and TO the large, respectable and increasing party Of
which that gentleman is member. The writer of these
remarks declares, that although his mind on first hearing
oil tins affair, insncvey rcvol,ed it, no did no,i,b
aning determine to suspend his opinions about it, until
the whole matter fully developed And now, after
The development look, but look in vain for causes sui
hcent to justify the As TO the pretext of the
instructions TO Mr. McLane, that will do. The Presi-
dent alone responsible for them Aud we are clearly
and explicitly informed by the venerable and
Senator from Maryland Gen. Smith, that the President
informed him that those passages in the Instructions
deemed SO Objectionable, dictated Mr. Van Buren,
by himself have always understood the President SUI
PeVseu anu approved the instructions to foreign minister's
and in so doing, that he made them completely his own
as they were penned by himself As well NAV it be
contc''cd that not responsible bond which NAV
nave been written, not by myself, but TO which may
have affixed my hand and SEAL the President is not
responsible for these Instructions Whore is e conssop
cy OF cndcavong 10 make the President responsible for
the acts OF the most nconsiderabe federal officer and al
the same time OF maintaining the opinion that he is not at
all answcrahie IN so important matter instructions TO
foreign Minister ON subject deeply affecting the trade of
the country On the President alone every unbiased in
dividuai must say the whole responsibility dcvolves-
Where them the justice, the propetv or the decency
oil sacrificing Mr. Van Buren, 10 the objections or pre-.
tended objections TO these instructions? The President
does not wish TO shin another the rcspon bilitv of an
ACT winch he Is conscious belongs entirely to himself
The heart OF Gen Jackson quaied not before the scip
ined onset oil the vic'ors OF the Pennsulate heroes of
cd haiti H..
CLEAN OF the tomahawk disayed him not: he need NOT
lear he does not lear, nor need his friends fear for him.
ace se sa'i snot and PoPguns of the tays, the
a once respectable but iallcnl TALENT allcnl BODY
the Senate OF the United States Ii would take more
lawyers than Philadelphia Affords backed by more inen
GUS sophists than he of Kentucky or he of Massacbu
sets, TO convince that the gallant veteran who asked
no avors OF John Bull in time of war, would degrade the
haioh character by meanly soliciting time OF peace
contemplate boon. These Senators knew very well
That the people at large would be very incrcdulos .boud
Gen jackson DC accused OF asking, degrading terms
OF III degrading manner, any thing OF foreign nation:
therefore, they prudeny resolved TO let him pass and by
broad assertions and by dorng and perverting these
instructions, and attribung them entirely TO ME- Va,,
i5ufen TO crush him. They reasoned thus with tbem
Mr. Van Buren, is popular man. he is much in
e way oil our avote he is only known the people as
statesman; and some of editors have abored hard IN
prove HIM an unpincpled polcan-and perbaps nv
frequent repetition OF the charge may have partially sue
Ceeaea IN inducing mat belief, (al;hough we know bcer)
tut 'ha Is undeF the r0Se) We will take advantage OF
these circumstances. BY hard swearing and hold
stroke, we may succeed in making the crcduous and
wagering believe that Mr. Van Buren, has asked this trade
IN degrading manner. Our slang whangers have over
ana over again, sworn until they were black and bIue
nat harin an Buren, was the very Devi-that in po-
ucai matter no trick low for him TO resort To-
We know better however, but Notwithstanding w. will
o'ow their lead press their charges and the Devil is in
we 90 not make good number of people believe that
IN these Instructions he has evnced the disposition which
our editors have so industrousy attributed TO him oI
nona 10 any degradation IN order TO achieve avorite
P9nca measure, and advance his own popularity BY
Heavens The idea fills with transport We of The
Sena,e' WIN Ine aIj9yancy OF our rusty and wclI-be-
loved edltorS VIII lay Van Buren, cold as wedge
Let us return 10 the instructions. would venture nv
HE on IT. that the archives of the State Department would
furnish dozens OF cases, of instructions similar 10 those IN
me late Minister TO England, where disingenuous and
ariiul mind, by garbng and pcrvcrson, could make MS
peg, "impiorc, and "inreat, just in the same way
Enough by The bye, see such expressions as these
IN The extracts quoted from those and il il TO
be presumed that they contain the most objectionable pas
saSes) suppose the Ciaytons the iomeses, ct id onne
genus instead oil having the Ministers of the u. States
TO approach those of other Nations in mild centemanv
ana concilatoy spirit, would rather prefer in those high
.uncionares, the manners, department and laneorc III
Thames Waterman. They would | s,Ippose 6avc bcen
highly pleased with Mr. McLane's spunk if he had as
sured the Earl OF Aberdeen that certain arrangements
would be agreeable 10 the United States but if The British
Government did not choose enter into them thew MIGHT
LET it alone and be dd. have carefully looked over
.ne extracts from those instructions, contained in the
oi 'hoSc potent grave, and reverend gnors''
and do most consccniousy declare las man and not a.
apartizan that in them, can nothing Objectionable:
no suggestion offered TO the consideration of MIR Mel onc
which can be tortured into surrender of the national %
nty-As 10 the speeches and comments of the rcob,cd
repositories oil the sovereignty OF Delaware they arc
mere VerDagc, mere al cGptdndum appeals TO the ma
oha PRIDE Let those august persona@es rest assured
that The good sense of the American people sees brou OH
Tue shallow trick. The great, the objectionable offence
seems TO be- that Mr.. McLanc was advised of The nro
Pne'y oil urging IT OH the British Ministry Ofoccasion
qred) That the present Administration did not now anil
Wat lhe members OF this Administration had mot whom
private citizens, insisted certain conditions i'm reference
10 The est India trade which the preceding Aduinis,
ion dld at one time insist on, (Which however tcv finally
abandoned,) and which the British Government conse.
cd unreasonable put the question the plain common
sense oil every man IN the communiiy ii this was moi an
,hiSpehSabIe, preliminary step! Where would have
nee me necessity OF opening negotiation with the Brit
sh government Tor the trade in question: if did not in
iorm them OF the fact that did not insist on certain CON
ol'ios winch she had former occasions solcnuv as
sired MS 1t was impossible for her TO grant, Without suc
INFORM ion on our part, would emp NEGOTIATION
nave Deen complete fOly-a most consuumac
And ut the very Threshold, would not the door of neoo
'ia'ion have been closed! Now, what were the terms
winch Messrs Adams and Clay at one time insisted on
and finally abandoned, but which Gen jackson and MFR
an buren, never did insist on, and which thev always
did consider il unreasonable in our IN dcm.1d
oi "rcat bnlam The terms these: That tbe pro-
nucc - TIC United states should he admitted into thc Irit
sh est InIa ior's, on the with similar pro-
duce from The British Continental Possessions i'm America
take ne ground earessly, that the demand was not
reasonable and that those who lost the trade 70 those
Islands by insisting it, deserve no credit but on e CON
rary arc highly censurabc for the nfatuation which in
yucca thein 10 insist on proposition unreasonable
VIII not excuse an American Executive for the loss of
valuable trade, when II is made appear TO me- iIat
was lost by the unreasonable terms insisted on by them
expect my government, whilst il submits TO no wrongs
rom others 10 be sufficiently ehdued with sense of i,ls
ce TO ask than what right Would il not have
been July reasonable for British