The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-16
THE RECORD.

Although Mi. Benton was so signaly defeated
in the Senate on the Treaty; although his sew
enty column speech written against it has found
an abrupt termination in the actual breaking
down OF the only country pre- in the Union
that undertook TO print it; although he has
ceased to harp on That subject in the columns OF
the imperial GIobe;" yet, we are assured, on
good authority, that lie continues to grow, in
his conversations, against the settlement Of our
difficulties with Great Britain, by this Admini,-
tration. We are tod he denounces the Treaty
because it was not expressly stipulated in sep
arate article that England should not search OF
visit American yessds; as if such a stipulation
would not have been as preposterous as to stpu-
late that Englishmen should not spit upon Anne
ricans There is as much right to do the one as
the other-but in either case il will be al the
peril of the offenders.
But If Mr.. Benton is so particularly outraged
at such omission, on the part Of this Admin
is,ation, what would The reader infer was the
extent of his indignation at the following agree
ment, which we take from the records of the
Senate, proposed during President Monroes
admins ration We copy from the Journal of
the Senate:
Article |. The commanders and commissioned
officers Of each Of the two high contracting parties
duly authorized under the regulations and inslruc-
tons of their respective Governments to cruise on
the coast of Africa and Of the West Indies for the
suppression Of the slave trade shall be empowered,
under the conditions, limitations, and restrictions
hereinafter specified, TO deiain examine, capture,
and deliver over for trial and ad Indication by some
,rnt IF ,ntia n The.
tries II shall be found examination to belong to-
any ship vessel concerned in the illicit traffic of
slaves, and carrying the flag of the other, owned
by any subjects or citizens Of either of the two
tracing parties, except when in the presence Of a
ship Of war of its own nation and il is further
agreed that any such ship vessel captured shall
be either carried sent by the capturing officer 10
some port of tue country to which IT belongs and
there be given up TO the competent authorities or be
delivered up, for the same purpose, to any duly com
mssioned officer Of tn other party, 1t being the in
tention Of the high contracting powers that any ship
vessel within the puryiew of this convention and
seized on that account, shall be tried and aiiudged
by the tribunals Of the captured party, and not by
those Of the captorn
At the time this proposition came before the
Senate, Mr. Benton was a member Of that b.
dy Ii we had not consulted the RECORD of the
proceedings 10 the Senate on that occasion, and
seen the contrary with cur own eyes, we should
have aiken it for granted that Mr. Benton had
certainly made speech OF at least a hundred
and forty columns, against such a proposition.
What! agree that Great Britain should " de
tain, erdmiRe, CAPrUnE' American vessels,
whea not in sight OF an American ship of war;
Why, a fuo hundred column speech against
such an iniquitous proposition, would be he We
ry least a reader Of the GlDbe would expect
from Mr.. Benton on such an occasion, after
what he said against TIE Treaty Of Washington.
But what did Mr.. Benton say and do on that
occasion Here is the vote on its abortion.
taken from the RECORD
"YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Barton, BENTON,
Branch, Brown, Clayton Eaton, Edwards, Findlsy.
Hayne, Holmes, Of Mississippi, Jackson, Johnson
Of Kentucky, Henry johnson, Josiah S. Johnston,
Kelly, King, Of Alabama, King, OF ~ York, Knight
Lloyd, Of Massachusetts,, Lowrie, NcIlvaine, Mills
PARROT, Seymour, Taylor, Of Indiana, Taylor, OF
Virginia, Van Dyke, and Williams.