The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-14
Mr.. ADAMS.

In she speech delivered by thc hon.
John gsincy Adams II he Holse a keP-
resealaises. CO DAYS before ne close
!of he lase session. q de Mcleod case.
he made he following refrrnce 10 the
.eonaaei of cur Minister u LOndon, Mr..
Stevenson. in vslRg his panic leiier .
The e0pnander "a he Amerlcan squad
ron IN the Mediterranean. Afier speak-
ing u ne rsnq1nisng eject pro6sced hy
Mr.. Wsbsser's letter 10 Mr.. Fox, Mr..
Adams asked- @
= What did ycu hear when Won saw q
report q . different eharacters Why,
your minister n The Court Of St. James
was panic struck. and sent . message 70
!yosr squadron in the Mediterranean %
run away-so fy - fast as The winds
tcoala blow them-<or IoaR Bull IVES a
their heels. Laughter. IL 10 very
much The fashion 10 say, q lie did nothing
more ihsp his dpsy." The gentleman
from Pennsylvania Mr.. IngersolD spoke
!of this transaction. the other day, just IS
| would speak q IL 40 general terms; but
he did not AZ al question he propnety Of
the eondact Of hat gentleman. fsay, not
50. / say that be has disgraced this ma
ZION more than we have ever been dis
gracei since the asair Of the Chesapeake
figale. What viii the Germans, what
will he Italians, what. in short. viii all
the great nations Of Europe say % the
People Of the United Slaiesi That. upon
a panic terror Of their minister al London.
they showed the white feather. and their
line Of battle ship in the Mediterranean
was warned to seek refuge BY flight from
the thlnders Of Britain! ~~
"And there isanother point Of view in
which | do not approve his conduct. The
,gen.lssan hiss been al Lopdon four or
I'VE wears. | do not believe there was al
London charge from any country in Eu-
rope bul knew better what was done and
doing 10 The Pnvy Conpcil. Whatis the
Business Of a foreign minister abroad, but
10 find out what i doingl Twill venture
10 say that il Christopher Hughes had
been st London, ~ our minister, be ne
yer would have written such letter.
He would have knoU that there was no
order of Council 10 authorize hoslilities;
and there cannot be hosiilifies without an
order Of Ihs Pnyy Council. Ispeak from
experience when | say that Mr.. Hughes
would haze been informed Of such orders
in Council. bad they been issued, and Of
coarse would not have been frightened BY
every newspaper explosiop Of popular
wrath inlo the belief that the grave and
responsive Council Of the nation had re-
sored to such an extremity al such mo-
meat
"Ths7e vas one memorable case Of the
address Of Mr.. Hughes in. procuring do
sumeats ofths profoundest secrecy. Mr..
STAFFORD Canning came 10 me- one day,
and said that he had permission to read to
me paper Of great importance, emanst-
ing from his Government in their negoti-
sious with the European alliance. He
read the paper accordingly, and, when he
had finished, | asked him If he would let
lns have il Tor half an hour, that I might
lay il before the President, Mr.. Monroe,
for his psrusal. He said he ras forbid
den 70 let IL 90 out Of his hands; but tina.
4 1 desired. he would go with me TO the
'residspi's house, and read il to him.
shis declined. blt contenied myself
rith makiag, fran memory, verbal STATE
aisn. of its conieass " Mr.. Monroe, and
s'lIin three days after | received copy
al that same paper from Christopher
II Ighes. The next tise Mr.. Canning
ss'ae to The Department, | said TO him
tina: he needed not 10 have heen 50 straight
Iced about tia; despatch which he would
ID: allow me 10 take for half az hour TO
The President for his perusal, for we now
had copy Of il. He was amazed. A
copy Of il! said he. He clapped his
hands on his two waisteoat pockets, took
the key Of his desk out Of one OF them,
held il up. and said: That is the key TO
good lock; and that paper has been under
llai lock and KEY every moment since |
Tacel'5d II, except when m my own hands.
1 said, do not suspect any one about you.
We are not in the habit Of purchasing Sc
ers: papers from domestics or secretaries.
We have got 10 from great distance.
Yes, | had copy Of that document,
perhaps the most secret as well as the
most efficient Of the diplomatic papers
which passed between the parties to the
Holy Alliance, and il was procured with
many others by Mr.. Hughes. by no i'm
proper a:Is and al no cost os secret ser
vice money. but by the art Of making
frienls by his social qualities wherever
he goes. | meation this to show what
engh, to be the qualities OF a public mi
nlstsr a1road. IL minister is in the ha-
pit OF frieaily, social intercourse with the
members Of the diplomatic corps al the
sans court. with an ordinary portion of
sagsciiy. he has the key 10 all their Sc
.rrsts. ! say il from long knowledge and
experience. How was i when this pa
mic letter was written 70 the cominodor,
Of the American squadron! What did the
American minister know Of the system Of
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