Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-14

Mt WOODBRIDGE said he had not seen Oh
Leave having been given the bill was read a FIR.
uIe, and ordered to be printed.
Mr On rs presented resolutions Of the LegiS
tuIS O' characteristics on the subject of the publ
MIR HENDERSON. according to notice, aske
; cave 10 Introduce a bl TO establish uniform sys
om OF bankruptcy. lie stated that il was the sam
oi,l that was acted on last session.
, Eeave having been given, and the question bein
MIR PRESTON said he should be averse TO takin
II up at the present session.
"'r WALKER wished 10 test the sense Of IN
senate whether the subject should lie acted on n
nlS session or not He wished \, to DC acted on,
} he did not think it could occupy much time, as
hed already been discussed. He believed the deiea
VI tne last Administration was IN part to be attribu
eu 70 It's refusal to act on this subiect, and such
course would produce similar result To the pre-
sent Administration. On the subject of reie, enec
wherefore, he should asked the yeas and nays.
hr btNIoN had thought that the most prope
course IN case bill had been introduced and report
Gu oy committee, would have been, Oh the rcpor
oeng made, TO take the sense OF the Senate as e
Tue action on the subject ut this session. and he pre-
sum'u the same course would be adopted IN refer
ence TO this bill,
ar SEWER was in favor Of the second reading
uhu reference. Ii we 90 ON at too great rate, W,
sna get rid OF all the business before before th,
uouse Is organized; and Il would 10 we'll to hol,
TINS OIL! TO amuse tho Senate with, while the Hous,
is acting on other matters
Mr. CLAY, to correct a misapprehension of hi,
course, stated that he ready at any time to vo,,
| ior reasonable bankrupt bill, although his State
'et l!te interest on the subject. But he feared il
Mou.u oe scarcely Practicable to get It through al
'hs session without prordcting il 20 a very incon.
venent extent But he thought 1t would be tho
pest way TO have the bill referred without making
atesi question, and then, ii there time TO take
I II up, act upon Il.
Dir HENDERSON expressed wish that the
n NJ ma md a, =,
might he as well TO refrain from making, IL a test
question at the present moment.
MIR w ALkER said he would not then ask Tor the
yeas and nays.
The bill was then read second time and r.C.r-
REQ TO the COMMITTEES on the Judiciary.
MIR RlNES moved TO refer that portion of the
message OF the President of the United States ON the
subject OF our foreign relations TO the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
Mr. BUCHANAN then rose to express bis views
on the correspondence between the Secretary of
State and the British Minister, before the senate
and the word. Whatever might be the strength of
MS party feelings, he hoped they would never enter
INTO his course as 10 our foreign relations Ii had
been repeatedly asked, what objection can Won have
to the letter Of Nix Webster to Mr. Fox? lie would
say, very little. In most of that letter he cordially
SequIesced his objection was to the letter of Mr.
foN, anu the letter OF instructions TO the Attornov
General. Ii IS on these instructions that public
opinion here and IN England will be pointed.
Ai1er stating the story OF the Caroline, he then
proceeded to quote from Chief Justice MARSHALL TO
show that a nation possessed exclusive direction
over MS own waters, and he cited va,tc to esta bsh
the fact that an individual could be arrested i'm a
case similar TO that OF Mcleod.
Mr. B. IN the course of his recapituaton of the
facts OF the case, highly justified MIR Steyenson's
correspondence and condemned MIR Webster Tha
Secretary of State, he said, had no, shown t,uo
American feeling IN acting formally toward Great
Britain under threat nor IN sending off the Atior.
ney Genera 10 LockPort with such instructions AS
he had given him.
/ MIR b. did net believe the Supreme Court of Now
York would agree with Mr. Webster i'm The view h.
had taken OF the laws OF nations and, Il an nppeal
s1ouii be taken, he did not think the Supreme
Court OF the United States would sustain them.
PANE h a, been created by this Mcleod bust
ness MIR BUCHANAN said, and j, had caused
the return Of our fleet from the Mediterranean he
SIDES alarming many others without cause. MIR
Buchanan did not think tina, we were among the
weak powers Of the world, to 10 alarmed by the
minert. "
the chief topic OF Mr. BIS. speech was an attack
upon'Nlr We5sters letter 10 Mr. Fox and upon his
instructions TO Nix Critenden. Again, he seemed TO
th'aS, tue aVo"aI VI the act of Mcleod L be a na-
uonal ac was no Justification.
MIR RlVES gave credi, to the sincerity with
when the Senator from Pennsylyani had, al his
outset, disciiimed any intention OF giving party
eha acier 10 MS remarks. Blu, his failure TO cary
out ms intentions proved that he was correct in
m
me views which he had taken of this subject were
exclusively one sided. He cordially conquered in
what had been said as TO the attempt on the Caro-.
Aner out he maintained that the wrong wss O ma
uona, wrong, which ought not to be reyenged upon
an individual but for the redress OF which we Ehoud
.ook to the sTea. Eo1eE which ordered il
NF III YES did not al all concur with MIR Bucha.
nan IN Inc euIos!um which he Lad bestowe ed upon
Mr. stevenson and Mr. Van Buren, IN this affair Mr.
Forsyth, he said, declares in his last corresnon
nf III, II
hoNernment was only then for the first lime official.
" made known, and that after this, IL would be-
come question for the courts 10 decide which was
us PRECISE position now.
ne answer which had been made 10 the de.
mant tor the release of Mcleod, he thought. was
IN the best spirit of American feeling He did no,
wish 70 wrcak his vengeance upon an humble inJI.
Vidua. for what nation ayowed but If ne has re-.
sentiments TO crafty, and somebody to punish, the
course he took was TO settle ia, question with the
strongest. and let the weakest 90.
Dir RIVES said that If a panic existed in Wash
lng'on, Mr.. Stevenson was the cause Of IT, And
how did the present Administration act when the
hrsi vessel OF the Mediterranean squadron approach.
cd me shores OF the U. StiIesl Was she not i'm
medaIeIy and Indignantly ordered back a. soon
rs sHe dropped her anchor! If there was any panic
theTe 1t proceeded from the minister Of the oppo
site party He read an extract from a letter Of Gov
seward 10 show what WIS the real object Of the de-
plTiure OF General Scott in company with MIR.
Cr!uenden. He then sustained the course Of The
present Administration at length.
Mr.. R!NES highly eu!ogised Mr.. Webster's
.eiier to Mr. Fox, which he called a very beautiful
and very eloquent production.
II Vatiel, he said, allowed individual to be ar
rested, he also showed that when a nation ayowcd
the act the individual was let 60.
Mr. HIVES also rebuked Mr. Buehanan's obser-
y-!lon' upon "a panic" 10y stating that no man had
done more towards Creating Il than Mr. Stevenson
who had caused the Mediterranean fleet to return
home.
Inc Senate adjourned after Mir RIVES had con.
cIuded, and Mr. CHOATE Of Mass. has the floor
tomorrow.