Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-02-10

IFS observation goes "the rejection Of Van
the Jackson party" in that city.
Mr.. Van Buren's friends held a meeting
in New York en- the 30,h ult on the sub
ject of his rejection 1t is said they were
delighted--but of course they will have to
appear mad.
Some persons ask why the Senate did not
object TO Mr.. Van Buren's instructions when
the Treaty concluded by Mr.. McLane was
before the Senate for ratification The ans
wer is a short one--no such Treaty was be-
fore the Senate.-Mr. McLane made no
Treaty. The instructions, however, we're
celledtoT by the Senate when about to pass
the ldtc on the subject Of the Colonial trade, *
the President communicated them contider-
italy. That there wGS distrust or disappro-
baton Of the course taken in the negotia-
dents message of December 1880, clearly
shows. More again.
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II ought to be borne in mind that Messrs
Hayne, Miller, Moore and Poindexler, all
jackson men, voted for the rejection of Mr.
Van Buren's nomination. So far, at least. as
they were concerned, it must be presumed
that the motive was pure patriotism -!
however mistaken I'LL
--sQs--
Plain Languoge.-Mr. Clay, in his
speech on the nomination of Van Buren,,
says-"Ihe late Secretary, the gentleman
under consideration, here makes the state
ment that the late Administration was the
FIRST to set up the claims to which he refers
N al al, IL, /.
which belongs 10 the seat which | occupy,
deliberately pronounce that the statement
is untrue and that the late secretary must
have known IT 10 be untrue, or he was Gull
pably negligent of his duty in not ascertain
ing what had been done under previous adj
minstrations. | repeat the charge-the
statement must have been known TO be I'M
true, or there was Culpabe negligence"
MIR. Clay then goes on to show that under
the two preceding administrations at least,
the same claims had been insisted on; and
MIR. Webster, in his speech, quotes General
Washington's own language in favor of the
same claims from letter Of instructions TO
one ofour Ministers
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We find the following in the Nation
al Intelligencer. Let those who con-
denim the Senate, see how completely
Mr.. Van Buren, UNDERWRITERS the SEN
tence of condemnation against himself:
a correspondent desires us 10 bring before
our readers the subjoined extracts from
Speech delivered by Mr.. VAN buren,, in
the Senate of the United States, on the sub
ject ofthc Colonial Trade, on the oath Feb
ruary, 1927. He desires this because he
says by this Speech the Ex-Secretary is,
in reference to his instructions to Mr.. Nc
LANE, literally condemned out of his own
mouth. The force Of this remark every one
will recognize after reading what follows:
Extract from speech delivered by Mr.. epan
Buren, an the Senate of the UniteS
States, Path February 1927:
"lfwe direct our attention 10 the ground
which Mr.. Canning has assumed, there can
be, on this side of the Atlantic, no difference
of opinion. Its indefensibIe in lis principle,
and unjust in its application"
"In a government like ours, founded on
freedom ofthought and action, imposing no
unnecessary restraints and calling into eXer-
else the highest energies Of the mind, occa-
sional differences of opinion are not only TO
be expected, but TO be desired. But this
conflict ofopinion should be confined 10 sub
iects which concern ourselves. In the col
lision which may arise between the United
States and foreign Power, 1t as our duty to
present an u1broken front. Domestic diff
ferences, if they tendlo give encouragement
TO unjust preensons, should be extngushed
or deferred; and the cause. of our government
must be considered as the cause ofour coun-
try"
f'The humiliating spectacle of foreign
government specializing for the advantage
which it may derive from our discussions,
will, trust, neveragain be the reproach of
the American people. Reg. Of Debates,
TOI. III, page ATS.
GA writer in Gen. Jackson's "Of-
ficial' proposes an effectual method TO pre-
vent "rejections." "My remedy [says the
writer, "should 60 to the root of the evil