The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-07-28

whether the position taken by this Admin.
istra,ion was exactly that which 1t ought to
be. With his vote the Government should
not be disgraced. Her honor should be
mainlained. Anf1et it cost what n might,
foreign nations must be taught to respect
us. The gentleman: had intimated that the
former Administration had been dormant
with regard to this outrage upon Amen'
can rights; that its friends were formerly
asSdhmb as balaam's ass; but that now they
were e!loud in their defamation for redress.
He thought the gentleman had done the
late AdministralioniGjusfiee. In his opin-
ion, our foreign relations; daring that Ad-
minstration, were never managed with
more dignity and skill. This comittee
would recollect the Message of former
President upon:the Maine BoundarysQnes-
ton. when every patriotic. bosom in that
Hall swelled with emotion at the lofty
tone il had assumed. Congress met his
recommendation by placing millions at his
disposal, and the trust t.eoafded to him
was properly administered. Tire difficuf-
ty in relation to Mcleod, The gentleman
should recnileetT originated, ,properly
speaking, with this ADMINISTRATION, and
the former one had scarcely .aly thing to
do with ii. -a5>
The British minister ihtimated for the
first time, TO the. former Administration,
but few weeks before it went out Of
power, that Mcleod had acted under Bri.
:tish aothoriry. Our Government question
|the propriety.of the British minister's de.
'mand, npon'the ground that. in their cor.
respondence with the British Government,
Fit had not Hitherto assun,edstlist position
and, therefore, before it took decisive
steps, it required TO he more distinctly in
formed upon that pdin.. The demand
the premature demand made by the Bril-.
lish minister for the release Of Mcleod
was after he received NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from the British Government, in consc-
quence Of the correspondence with the
former Administration, and was made
upon president Harrison few days after
coming into power. This might be said
TO have been the beginning Of the Mcleod.
affair. Before that, there was nothing
hostile or very serious in its aspect but
now, by the positions which Govern
merit, had assumed, and the tone of the
subsequent correspondence, there was no
question but what one nation orthe other
would be compelled to recede, or war was
lhe-alternative. AS he{Mr. R.) had had
no ifuence on the question heretofore he
intended to have nnne in the future; but
he trusted'( '(aIthough he might be-suppesed
to be opposed to the present Adminislra-
tion) he would maintain il in The highest.
and.frmest attitude it might assume in pro-
tecting The honor and the rights of the
country. Ii ,heemergency should arise.
which gentlemen seemed SO strongly to
allude 10, lie '(Mr. r.. trusted that the
patriotism of the, ,country.3which they so
empha,ically invoked upon this bill,
would rise to meet it, and he, MR.. r.
for one would give his support to this or
any other Administrator in its effarts to
maintain the rights and honor Of the Ame-
rcan People.
The House without taking any Question
on the bill adjourned. So.
WAsHIxerox, July f9, 1s41.
The inleres. of the Session hereis done.
II is ascerlained that Mr.. Clay's Bank bill
canno, pass the Senate-nor can the Dis
tribulion bin pass that body. To-day, the
Loan bill passed by the strict party vote.
The Bank bill was laid on the table, and
this bill taken up in the Senate, to give
the Wings an opportunity Of having the
screws put to Mr.. Merrick. by letters and
remohslrances from the party in Maryland;
but it is understood that Mr.. Merrick
says he Aues not intend to submit to this
species of driving; and if he did, it is
supposed that others would be found who
would aid to kill Clay's Bank. Webster
is with the President, & tits not intended
that he shall veto anything. The curren-
cy committee in The House, have not re-
ported their scheme of a Bank, but there
is no 'aodbt Il wifi be substantially Mr..
CIay's bill. The repeal Of The Indepen-
dent Treasury bill, will, probably be
re ported in the House at the same Time
The Bank bill will be reported. and there
will be strong effort made by the Wings
10 couple the two together, in order that
Tyler in ve.oing The Bank, may be en-
barrassed by the responsibility. Of keep
ing the; Independent Treasury scheme in
operation.
1t is said to-day, that on last Saturday
Mr.. Ewing made huge sweep Of the off,
GERS in the Land Office: but on remon-