Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-23
"Reminiscences.

goeernme9.
A.REMlNlSCENCE.
In the year 1895 an effort was made by the
American commissioners at Paris to negotiate II
treaty of commerce wiz. Great Britain, through the
agency the Duke Of Dofsa.i, ,hcn the English
Ambassador At the Coon sf tTsnco. The Duke,
in answer to heir prolosaion addressed shcm''he
5o,uwin. letter
Paris, M,,ch ~, 1875.
GixsrLgngH- H.Ts sil,. communicated to my
court the rcalrness yol Expressed in ur leuer 10
m. ofthe oh Drcmb.1 III reil.yc 10 London, far
the purpose ofircallnS upon such points AS may
materially CONCERN ID, interests, bath political and
commercial of ,;rc.l Brian an tAncrica, and ha..
ing at the 'samcriuc represented hat you declared
yoursIyc To bnfil!y hutlnrlscd aud enpo~ cred
tonegclia,e have BEN, IN answer thereto l,lsrnc
ted to learn from YOU, sr'tlenlcn what astae real
nature O. the powers with which you rte invested:
Whether ycu ARE merely commissioned by congress-
or wheth y goa huvercccivedsr afale powers fror
the resptc ~ states, A tee of North Amer
Jean merchants have wht.d upon his majesty.
PRINCIPAL secretary ~ st'uc tSr foreign a.ihrs II
express how anNi 'usy thy wished 10 bs inform
ed upon this sQjroi, rrp:stcd experience having
tau. "a, them IN partlenag rs tie public IN general
. how ilitlc the ,uhoiy OF cnir.cs. could avail in
any tesp ic whor. interest Of any one lndivid
. u,i state aas even conctrRed, md particularly
whtra the cpnccrrs OF that particular state might
be supf,uscd 10 hrJtalc az lsst such resolutions
. congress might think proper to adopt
TAc appalcnt dttei nioation of the rcspcctiv
states 70 regulate nol own separate interests, rem
ders IT absolutely ccc:sAry, tewsrds forming y
, rnq,n.nt system OF commerce, that my coufl
should be informed hfw 1u tire commissioners can
BE- dily ruihoisr 10 en,cr into any engagements
with {, c,j BattNn, Walch It may be in the power
ofahy onr Of TIC states to rs,i-, ts,ally fuucs7
and lnehctual. have the honor to'be &c.
:. DORSET.
Such an enquiry WIS very natural IN 1885 when
thclonse character oi the confederation and the
great difficulty which the national authorities
found in coercns The several States 10 perform the
engagements which 1h.y had voluntarily dnder,a-
hea.ia.csJ.vcn Nj. Jefferson to advise Congress
10 SHOW lis l,,Ih,' BY U1ockadng ,.s po'-s a.,
arbors Of th.sc ".frou and ind. pendent comn,ois
wsa.a, it'll tru7 ia" md ''iodspcndent be
oaa5a tacy ImJ vested II i'i4 general agent none
Of ts h'sIl attributes Of Sovereignty, which, in
order 30 to,h, r~more pc feet Union, insure domes-
tic tan i'l''ity and pro ncae the general welfare,
they afterwards parted with, by adopting the ex-
istlng system Of government Alex edge, now
the right Of Stnc to nulhfy tlielaws of the gem
rd govern neni, or to scccI, from the U1on when
ever the concerns Of that Particular state may
be supposed 10 initiate against" suca lats-and
whenever We sun1 ambassadors abroad To ncgoli-
ate treaties OF peace OF of com mcrcc tho first ques-
ton which viii be asked o.. thoW viii be similar to
that addressed by the Duke of Dorset TO the Amer
can Commissioners in 1883 Ard the result viii
be, that if NC are not ono -ation but len cue
OF 'wenty-iour separate and distinct sovereign
ties, they Will refuse to negotiate with AT all
+ur The plain reason tha tie power to negotiate is
an absurd mockery, if the power To enforce the
treaties negotiated may be paralyzed =, any mo,
men, by the negative of any one State or rendered
nuga,ory 10y its withdrawal from the Union.
Tribute Of ReSpcCt.-joseph Gales sen. Esq
Editor of the Raleigh K ,eister, being about to re-
move from TINT place, where he has resided many
years. to Washington city, was honored with a
pubic dinner by his fellow citizens, who have been
50 long witnesses efhis public spirit and private
pehevo'ense Gov. Swain presided at the dnncr,
=! Ca't neophiiuS III ihcr. Che' JUS
uce Marshall and VIM Castor, Esq. were inv;-
leu guests, the latter Of whom as prevented from
Attending by other engagements The writer OF
''s paragraph was once acquainted with Mr.. Gales,
ana takes pleasure in recording this tribute of re-
sicc' TO one who SO emnently deserved it by his
unassuming worth
81 The editor ofthe Pennsylvania has COM
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