Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-03-26
22ND CONGRESS-.
HOUSE or REPREsE NTATlyEs
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/ Mr. ARCHER, lrh4aman oftbe Committee on
Foreign Relaiioas) moved 10 amend liz general
/ appropriation bill IA 4 - ism which uaRes pro
vision for the expense Of The Turkish Mission by
inserting instead Of the appropriation Of 800 dol
lars for The salary Of TIE Drogomon, the following
--' For thu salary Of a Drogomon and ion contn-
gcncics 10 the mss. on 10 Coe-tautlnople. y 800
dollar
| Ia cnplnining aud Importing this amendment
! Mr.. ARCHER Observed nat the House would re-
collect thai he h1d oua iotfner occasion. submitted
| q similar motion when tn bill was und.r conside-
| ration IN COMMITTEE Of the Whole lie had at That
| tine stated thnt the Committee of FOREIGN Affairs
had instructed him 10 submit the amendment with.
out gong INTO any farther explanation than 10 state
tina, It's adoption was unanimously recommended by
all the members Of thai committee lie had accor-
dinghy done so il happened, he had anticipa-
ted that several mrmb.r4 Of The House had drrar.
cd themselves unable to ylcld their assent TO the
amendment, until they should have heard the
! grounds On which II was deemed advisable Pro.
per and reasonable as ihrse objections we're he had
nevertheless, IN compliance with the instructions
under whIeh be acted, declined giving the c,pIana-
been ncgallYcd. TWAS due uthe Committee Of
Foreign Ahars 10 assign the reason for the nstruc-
uonsthcY had given ns we'll sthc reason why those
instructions were now departed from Thcpapcrs on
which The amendment was grounded had been
communicated IN confidence to the committee by
the Department Of STATE, and they could not per
nltih desired explanation 10 bc gwen TIL they re-
c'''d authority u that elect from the department
rom "n2lh ihey received the papers under the seal
% "hhasiee. nat seal lad no" been removed,
nc VIZ Pe'hhten Iuly explain me object OF the
n'''""p'," ~ "'IhS ms n "h"ud observe thnt
o'e'ly o' wh'ch ne was a"ays ambitious, ana rom
""'h ne Hhopiu mol o' part nhi'7S uffeh from hhy
.'' 'S'''y VI i'pypl5 10 quealonS "hieh lhShl
~ Iu' ;" MN
Il" '"a' "h'ch "oola DC "l'hcd 10 the united
,'"'o' ny III" '"''n'a'P'h"' our treaty wan
"Ne5' han constituted IN ancient Times,
QUO VI '''' '1'n''' potH"h5 oi he ""ti1. "h'h
"' ',i'ae" h' J uii' haa sucGo'd'a % tha ''rr-
''"n oynas'y3 'he con'Wtfre OF all thc countries
"'l'h u' b"'"uh'I,h, htlllulh% n. bIlch "''t, |
WIN al the i','l' regions winch SURROUNDED IT, |
wa" "eeladea nom ue whole world ief one hun |
u''o 'hd hli''y nine Years ana might be sand to |
lm'' uHa'ifohe almost an absolute atnlhilali"h |
NV a'o'' u "'h6a continued uhlI NV success ~
'''' '"7Stlh "th' IN I'M hiIHca hHd enabled mat
power. Nhl@a}a az ambitions 81 commerce as lur-
Roy "'a aferat from II 10 extend ITS domnionS
"n '"I "asl u o'' hIaeF o'"' ana had leo 10 an
"'n'if - 'a,o,'a 'nhlH'ret once htid so lmpor-
'"''2 'ne NHo'' worm. nc '"u9 81 thls Nom-
n''', 'n'o' an "uJ''' sought io' win aEld'y by
vie E'loPthn io"'rs. h'y mao all made siren
uVuS ehoH5 10 obtain q sharc Of n But these eff
forts Ind all been unsuccessful. The Sen eoninu-
CT to be oeeIuded from all hut The Russians. II was
n Nc ~ al d l}OVPrDDIpI that
ton lad been carly drectedto that subject with a
view 10 extend aud nourlsh the commercial rcla-
tons Oh his country, Ii had been represented IN
mat House, and very generally believed through.
the country that the credit Of this attempt was
due exclusively TO the existing administration. But
Mr., n shld thu he owed II IL candor To declare
(nnd 1t was with great pleasure that he did so)
that the preceding administration had shown the
same ossldulty to possess the country of this com
mercc, and had been us zealons and juicous in its
efforts for that end, as the administration now in
power 1t had happened, however, that complete
success had been reserved TO the era marked by The
accession of the present Chief Magistrate. A
trcaty had been made bat had NOT been ratified. 1t
was perfectly well known 10 all persons acquainted |
with the manners and habits which prevailed in
Oriental countries that there was no such thing as
making a treaty with the Ottoman Porte, except on
condition. the necessity Of which was as well Te-
cognlzed and as little disputed the necessity Of
signing or senng the treaty itself; namely, the
making OF presents 10 all the chief officers otthc
Turkish government Nor did this apply only to
the negotiations ola great and important CONNER
clal treaty. II was as Indispensable to the compile
ton Of the smallest aud most trlillng arrangement
with thai government Nothing was To be effected
but on this indispensable condition. The United
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