Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-16

which might be expected from the PoSIIlOh
of that distinguished member, and has known
Familiarity with every thing that concerns
the Foreign Relations of the United States.
Distant from our reporters bench as he
stood. with the members crowded all around |
him, obstructing the passage OF the sound OF
his voice, we have no hope of being able to |
report his speech, unless with his assistance
and at q future day. Not doubling, however,
that our readers will desire to know what
ground he occupied on this interesting ques-
ton. we endeavor to give in our own Ian
guage, Gas follows,) an Ineligible Idea OF the
general character of his remarks:
Mr.. Adams first spoke OF the apparent
party aspects and objects OF the resolution
before the House, and the debate IN 1aVor OF
II: and of the strong condemnation WhIch
that conduct merited which sought to make
profit to a party, regardless Of consequences,
our of question which involved, or might
he made 10 involve, the issue OF peace or
war with country perhaps the most pow
erful on the globe.
He then proceeded to say that he was OPP
\ posed to multiplying issues with Great Bril-
tain. We had one issue with that country
The was understood to refer to the boundary
I Ortestj0n,l where we were clearly IN the
rirht, aud she was clearly in the wrong: and
HI we must fight, we had better fight about
were in the wrong. For he desired to de-
clare, in the face of the country and the
world, his opinion, that, in regard to the
affair of the " Caroline q due cOnsidera-
ton of all the circumstances might lead to
the conclusion that we were in the wrong
Tho question was, and always would be, who
struck the first blow! The British, it is true.
burnt the boat, and killed man. But the
question is, what was the boat about, ana
what was the man dong IN the boat! Inc
hoot was engaged in hostile acts against
ia n~itain it was employed in transport
ing men and arms to Navy Island, in aid of
an insurrection against the British authori-
ties in Upper Canada. We nuish. 90 to war
on this matter; and, after the blood md
treasure Of the nation had been expended in
support of it, we should have peace. And
what then! The question would still be.
who struck the first blow! And were we
sure we could find among all the Christian
Z Nations an umpire who would not say that
we had been all the while in the wrong!
Mr.. Adams then spoke Of another issue
which had been attempted to be made, viz,
in relation to the particular case of Mcleod.
He spoke of the opinion delivered by Judge
Cowen, of the New York Court, in this case,
and declared his dissent from that opinion in
strong terms and he alluded to the senti-
naents expressed by some Of his forty friends
from New York on that floor, to the same
purport and effect as that opinion, with en-
phatie disapprobation. New York had been
called the" Empire State; but, he said,
Delaware Is as much an /" Empire State as
New Xprk;s and he regarded it as both wrong
and dangerous, when persons were heard to
debate on that floor, and in the other end Of
the Capitol that New York ,oould try Nc
Leod, and found guilty soould hang him and
all because New York was the " Empire"
State4 Nobody had proposed to interfere
with New York, or the Courts of New York !;
but BY some process, Mcleod ought to be
released and the PRESIDENT had done no
more than his duty in sending the Attorney
General into Now York on this subject or
There wOsn.ssiissln mot decide against this idea
81 holding individuals responsible in case
like this. And the management of the whole
case belonged to this Government; for it was
a national matter, and, if war grew out of
it, it was not New York that was to maintain
that war, but the blood and treasure Of the
whole nation must maintain il.
MIR. Adams, before he was cut off by the
expiration Of the hour, paid noble tribute
to Mr.. Webster. He alluded to a remark
which had been made by some member from
New Hampshire, that ave should have no
acas Secretary Of STATE" He said he thanked
God heartily for it, and the People of this
country ought to raise their hands in devout
and united thanksgiving to God for it! He
believed the remark to be true. Peace ,pould
be preserved while that man was Secretary
OF State! Not by concessions i-he was the
last man on earth to make concessions to
Great Britain-he had made none-but by
moderation and a conciliatory temper, &C
companied with just decision and firmness.
Mr.. A. alluded to Mr.. We5ster's letter to
Mr.. Fox, and pronounced it one of the best
ten, and said he could adopt every like and
word Of it. Its value was already manifest
10 the effect it had evidently produced and
ne referred, IN this conneXiOn, to the cOncil-
iatory tone assumed towards this country by
SIR Robert Peel, in his address at Tamworth. |
re repeated his conviction that. while the
rights and the honor of the country would be |
firmly and fully maintained, yet peace aooald
De preserved SO long as Daniel Webster was
Secretary of State. &
We do not pretend to give even sketch
OF oil the remarks made by Mr.. Adams and,
IN regard TO the topics to which we have re.
TERED. az embraced in his speech, we have
given only the faintest outline of what was
Saia by him.
THE APOSTATES.
correspondent of the Richmond Wing
thus excoriates the three pitiful traitors
Wise. Gilmer and Mallory:
49,. The conduct of our new tertiuna Guilds.
wise, GiFmer. and Doctor Mallory, has ex-
cited among the Wings of this region, one
common sentiment of disgust and CONTEMPT.
IN winch conte'npt largely predominates-l