Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-18
TWe:lay-d0varth Consrcss--sst S;css
IN SENATE-FcbruarY SM. lS:'G.

IN SENATE-FcbruarY Sth. lS:Ai.
! MIR. BENrON'S SPEECH UN NATIONAL DEFENCE
Mr. Bentons resolution for setting apart ST. n'uch OF
the surplus may be necessary for the dernce
and permanent security Of the country being under CON
! sdcralInn-
Mr. Benton, after some concilatory remarks Mr..
Caytohs proposed amendment, said. that good consr-
qurnce had resulted from unpleasant debate. All
parties had dsclaned the merit of sinking the tnrtica
ton bill Of the last session. and mulorlty had eYnced
determination to repair The evil by voting adequate APP
! preparations This good. II bespoke better
results in time 10 come and would dspel that illusion Of
divided counses which the French Government had
So largely calculated. The r. lection OF the three mi.
liuns and the loss Of the ratification BILL had deceived
France it had led her into the mistake o surprising
that we viewed every question IN mercantile point
Of view-that the question of profit and loss was The
only rule We had to 20 by-that national honor was no
object, and that, obtain these miserable twenty-five
millions Of francs, should be ready t" submit |" any
quantity of indgnily, and To wade through any depth
of national humiliation The debate which las taken
place will dspel that usion and the first despatch
! which IL; young Admiral Mackau will have to send to
| his Government, will be TO inform them that there has
been mistake in this business-lat these Americans
wrangr among themselves, but unite against foreigners,
uud that many opposition Senators are ready to vote
double the amount Of the twenty-five millions TO put the
country in a condition to sustain that noble sentiment of
President Jackson that the h0nOr II has country shall
ncrcr BE- stunned by his mnkny apology for speaking
| truth in TIE performance If duty!
II was in March last, That the three millions and the
the French question is changed The money is with
held an explanation is demanded. an apology is pre-.
scribed, and French feet approaches. Our Govern
mrnt, charged with insulting France, when no insult
was intended By us aud none can he detected IN our
words by her. is itself openly and vehemently nsued
The apology is 10 degrade us-the fleet To nlInlldate
U.s. and tlr two together constitute an insult OF the
gravrsl character. There is parallel to il, except Ill
tie history OF France herself; but not France OF the
18th century, nor even OF the 18th, but in the remote
and i'll regulated times Of the 18th century, and IN the
DAYS of the pruudcst of the French Kings and towards
q! the smallest republics Of Italy nlludc, sir, 10
what happened between Louis the XIV, and the Doge
of Genoa and will read the account OF it from the pen
| of Voliare in his \ re of Louis the XIV.
"Thr Guuorsc had built four gaIcys for the service of
Spain the King (of Francc) forbade them. by his En-
vow ST. Olon one ui his gentlemen III ordinary To launch
those ralIcys The Gcnocse ncensed at this violation
of their liberties, and depending too much On the sup
port OF Spain refused to obey the order immediately
fourteen Of wal twenty gaIeys, ten hon krtches,
with several iriga:cs. set sail from the p1rl "i louon
They arrived before Genoa, and the ten bomb kr,ches
discharged t. 600 shells into the town. which reduced TO
ashes principal part OF those marble edIces which had
entitled this city to the Of Genoa the Proud Four
thousand then landed who marchrd up 10 the
gates and burned the suburb Of ST. Peter OF Arena 1t
WAS thought prudent TO submit III order to prevent
| the total destruction OF the city.
THE King exac,ed that the Dogc of Genoa with
four OF the principal Senator'S should and ip!ore
his clcmrncy in the palace OF Versailles; and lest the
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lessen in any the pomp Of IT, he insisted further,
that the Doge, who to perform this embassy should
BE- continued in his agistracy, outstanding the per-
peun law OF Genon, which deprives the Doge Ut his Dig
nifty who is ubsen but moment from the city.
lmpcralo Lercaro, DoIe OF Gtn0n, attended by the
Senators Loncno, Garlbald Durazzo: and Salvage,
repaired Versailles to submit to what required q"
him. The Doge apparccd in his robes of State, his head
covered viii: bonnet Of red velvet, which lie often took
of during his speech, made his apology, the very words
and drmeanor OF which dictated and prescribed 10
him by Scgnrai, Qhe French Secretary OF State Tor
foreign affairs
Thus said MIR. B. was the city Of Genoa and its Doge
treated by Louis XIV. But it not lle Dogc who
was degraded by this ndignlty, but the RepuiIc OF
which !ir chief magistrate and all the Republics Of
Italy besides, whic. felt themselves all iumbled by the
outrage which King had inflicted upon Of their
number. 81 d! the apology dcmn!cd, and ct the fleet
upon and in presence OF which President Juck-
son. according to the COnStnti0nna, is To make his de-
cson, and 10 remit it TO the Turries 1t is not rres-
dent Jackson that is outraged, but the Republic OF which
he is President; aud all existing Republics whcresocver
situated Our whole country Is Insuted and that IL
the feeling of the whole country; and tins feeling
pours i'll upon US every day, IN every manner IN
winch public sentiment Can be manifested, and especial
" in the noble resolves Of the States, whose LrgSla-
lures in session. and who hasten TO declare their adj
hrrpncc the policy OF the Special Message True Pre-
sdent Jackson not required 10 rcpur to The lurres
with four Of his most obnnI Senators, and there
cite in prrsull To the King Of the French, the apology
which he had fist Ie!eased 10 the Duke de B'ogle;
true the bombketches Of Admiral Mackau have not yet
fired il 900 shells OF cities but the mere de-
lnand for apology the dctaion oil It's terms;
and the mere advance Of fleet in the present stale OF
the world, and in the difference Of parties, is great.
or outrage To us than the actual preparation OF the
en0rmitics were TO the GenOc"r. This is not the
seventeenth century. President Jackson IL not the
Doge of trading city. We not Italians, 10 be
tralped upon by European kngs-but Americans, the
descendants OF that Ang Saxon race, which, Tor thou
sand wears, has known how 10 command respect and
TO preserve lis place at the head OF nations We arr
yonng but old enough prove that the theory vi the
Frenchan the Able Raynal, Is Us false IN lis appIca
ton TO the people Of this hcs herc, us 1t is 10 the other
productions of nature and that the bellng tendencies
of the New WUrld no more eXenplcd IN the hu.
man race, than it IS in the exhibition Il" her rivers and
her mountains, and in the Indigenous of the Nam.
moth and the Mastadon The Duke tic Broge has made
mistake the less cxcusnhr, because he might find IN
his country and perhaps i'll his own family, exam
pies OF the extreme critIcanrss OF attempting 10 ovrrawe
community oil trecnen There was .nnrSLaL BrOglf0
who was Minister at War at the commencement OF the
French Revolution, and who advised the tormn,ion Of
camp Of 70. GOO men 10 overawe Paris The camp was
tonrd Paris revoted captured the Baslile marched
the Versailles storncd the Tu!leres ovcrsel the Mo-
nurcly and established the Revolution. So much for at
tempting To EmIdate city, and yet here is nation of
treemrn 10 be tlmatcd, ePubiIc OF fourteen millions
Of people, and descendants OF that Ang Saxon race
which, In the days Of gincuuvt, and Crcssy, OF Blen
helm, and Families, down to the days ri Salamanca and
Waterloo have always known perfectly well bow to deal
with the lnprtuous and fiery courage OF The French
In the Of the remarks, continued Mr.. g., which
had the honor to submit when first Introduced my
rcsouliu took occasion IL refer 10 what thought
matter Of history, namely that the opposition Of the
Senate TO the three million contingent, appropriation,
had lost that appropriations and also had lost tie iorti
cation annual appropriation bill to which il attached
and that these Two losses had left dcencrless and,
what more serious, had left with the appearance
of not being willing defend ourselves; and that this
sad exhibition OF divided cuunses and naked frontiers,
I haid vSfu at hat
ing fleet, wc! seems to be the only ncgocIalDr which
French susceptibility cUndcscends employ in the
existing controversy with icr ancient ally. thought,
Mr. President that in speaking Of these things, was doing