Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-26
use then adjourned.
Wednesday,, FeJ, %.
SENATE.

Mr. WOODBURY., from the Committee on Finance,
TO which the Message OF the President OF the ION m
sta nj in relation the adoption oil uniform rule iof
the payment of salaries of ministers abroad WINS
reported bill 10 regulate the value TO he atfxed TO Inc
mound sterling OF the Treasury Department, when was
read, and ordered 10 a second reading
MIR MANGUM, from the Committee on Naval Al
fairs reported back the Senate, without amendment
tho bill authorizing the Secretary Of the Navy to enter
into a contract with r. h. Stevens, for the construction
Of war steamer for haze. defence; and, on motion OF
MIR NJ the Senate considered the bull as IN committee
Of the whole, and without making any amendment
thereto the bill reported to the Senate ana oelhg
engrossed tor hrt reading, it was read accordingly
and ptased.
The enrrossed b. a";ho 'izng The Secretary OF the
Treasury To audit nd the accounts between the
United States and David Geislcn, former collector Of
the por, Of New York, read the third time and
passed ,
Mr. ALLEN submitted resc luton, proposing that
The 10Th rule for conducting ne business III the Sc.
nate and which requires the Senate 10 close ITS doors
when ,ransac,ng Executive business, De rescnded ex-
cent 10 as the acton 81 the Senate on treaties MT a.
remarked that the resolution similar to that which
he offered a, the Extra Session and that, when il was
called up for consideration he thought he could submit
such reasons as would SATISFY H.: Senate TO the pro-
~ synS!Ss tso 2HEss on Fri.
day last was taken up and read, as follows:
Reor That the Pesidcn, Of the T. s he requested to IN
form The Senate il in opnion, may be done without de-
taken place between this and the British Government relative 10
the Caroline, and the arr 81 aud demand q
communication this SUBJECT ana 10
law before the senate copy the correspondence winch may
subsequently that date, have passed between those uoSe
men,s 10 the matters
MIR RlVES doubted the prorriety Of the passage OF
the resolution this time, when the negotiation was
now pending. The President CT the " ,, he sao, III
his las, messare upon the subject had informed the Sc
nate Of the delicate and important nature OF the qnes-
ton involved and that negotiation upon the subject
was in progress, and was not then terminated; ana
held out the expectation that when 1t was com
pleted, further communication would De mace. IL II
was question of so mucA delcacy at the time OF that
message al the commencement of the session. 1t was
still more so now when the negotiation must have ar
rived almost at its crisis. lie also remarked that sPe-
cal mission had been appointed by England TO adjust
an the matters in dispute, and II would therefore be
douby nopportune 10 do any act which would IN The
slightest degree tend to embarass the negotiation tie
thou ct highly improper to make the call at That tIne
and moved to lay the resolution on the tables but with
drew the motion al the suggestion OF
Mr. ALLEN, who said that one material fact seemed
to have been entirely overlooked BY the Senator from
Virginia and it this: The resolution is made con-
dtona and requests the President to make this COM
municaton to the Senate only in case, in his Judgment
il may be done without prejudice to the public interests
This reservation was one which was invariably made
in cases where information OF this kind asked for
for the reason that the President may have knowledge
of facts which would make IL imprudent TO give pub
city TO matters which fo:m the subject OF negotia-
ton with foreign Governments This fact, therefore
! It seemed 10 him, would be sufficient answer to
The objections made by the Senator from Virginia
But lie (r. Aen) did not believe that the publication
of those negotiations which had place between the
Executive Department 1t this Government and the
British Government upon this subject could by any
possibility inhct an mid IN upon the interests Of this
Government. They had bad the facts already commu-
nica,ed the chief purportof those facts being the in
vasion Of territory, the burning of our property,
and the murder Of people oy subjects OF the Bri-
fish Government. The country had seen the blood OF
her citizens shed and other oulrages committed and
although four years had passed away since the perpe
tration o. these acts, ihey do not yet know whether
even the shadow o. apology has been made for them
Tney had seen the culrrit, or supposed cuprl, de-
manded before his innocence could be atesed by u
legal investigation; and they had seen in TO
tina, demand a concession made, which he believed
not Unsuitable either in reference to the facts of the
case Of international law, applicable to these facts
that would be the duty of this Government 10
render the accused if the OF the acts were
assumed by Great Britain. The whole matter, from
beginning to end had been in his opinion, treated with
the perfect indifference to the interest well as
the honor Of this Government, and in such manner
rs lie believed The people would not much longer toe
rate. He asked for the information, because he wished
ascertain the OF tue negotiation this time;
see what the British Government had proposed In do
reference to these sggressons tina! the culprt
rather the accused had been acquitted from the charge
1t would be remembered that the British Government
had by official communication assumed the respon.
sbiliy of these acts that she proclaimed herself the
invader of territory, and the murderer Of peo.
pie and lie DESTROYS Of knowing in what spirit this
avowa had been received the part of this Govern
,Gent However, if there be any thing which may
der 1t improper, the Judgment Of the President, that
this information should be communicated, he, acting on
his high responsibility is perfectly liberty withhold
ii; but until he declared It improper it would be fair
to presume that it no. The resolution would
do no more than put the question TO him. He would
here remark that he intended, some future OCCASION
duug this session, 10 express bis opinions large not
only upon this subject but upon others growing out of
Great Britain, and he w1 Id hn undertake to demon
much inclined towards eStey sion of lis power, and
too careless Of the ntcres of ny people Its tone must
be changed for it would found that the more conccs.
sions that were made by Ahis Government, the more
would be demanded by Gssat Britain; the more they re-
treated, The more would she advance. In our weak.
ness she will become str4ng.
Mr.. LINN said before the question for laying the re.
otion upon the table wa TAKEN he would suggest 10
the Senator from Ohio the p.oprety of suspending its
sderaon for short time, and altering SO as 10
EN- ace other matters, and in particular, an inquiry az
the negotiations growing out Of Tie Brockviile case
The iacI OF the were these An American
schooner fefi the port of oswego, having board
piece of artillery, which was 10 be conveyed to Og
densburg. The vessel touched at Brcckve, and
an ogicer ri the cusfoa,s al that nlare uant IN