The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-15
THE RECORD.

Although Mr.. Benton was so signally de
feated in the Senate GU the Treaty although
his interminable speech written against II has
found an abrupt termination in the actual break
ing down of the only press out Of Washington
thAa usdertook TO print il; although he has
ceased 10 harp that subject in the columns Of
the "mpfssl Globe !" yet, We are assured on
good authority, that he continues to growi, in
his conversations, against the settlement Of ouI
difficulties with Great Britain, by this Admins
lration. We are told he demo, nces the Trea'y
because il was not expressly stipulated in sep
aralc article that England should not search or
visit American vessels, as if such stipulation
would no, have been as preposterous rs TO slip
ulale that Englishmen should not murder Anne
r,cans! There Is as much right to do the one
as the other-but 10 either case il will be at the
peril VI the offenders.
But il MI. Benton is so particularly outraged
nj such an omissisa, on the part of thi, Admin
is,ration, what would the reader infer was The
ex,ent Of his indignation, at the following agre,
men,, which we take from the records OF the
Senate, proposed during President Monroe's
administration We copy from the Journal Of
the Senate:
"Artcle L. The commanders and commissioned
Ocers Of each Of the two high contracting parties,
duly authorized, under the regulations and instruc-
tons Of their respective Governments To cruise on
tho coast Of Afica, and Of the West Indies for the
suppression Of the slave trade, shsl be empowered
under the conditions, limitations, and restrictions
hereinafter specified, to detain, examine, capture,
and deliver over for trial and adjudication, by some
competent tribunal, Of which ever Of the two coun-
tries Il shall b found examination to belong 10,
any ship vessel concerned in The Illicit traffic OF
saNes, and carrying the flag of the other, owned
by any subjects linens Of either Of the two con-
tracing parties, except when 10 the presence of q
ship Of war Of its own nation and it is further
agreed that any such ship vessel captured shall
be either carried or sent BY the capturing officer TO
some port OF the country 10 which it belongs, and
there given up to the competent authorities be de-
hvered up, for the same purpose, to any duly com
missioned officer OF the other yarsy, being the in
tention of the high contracting Powers that any ship
or vessel within The purview Of this convention, and
seized that account, shall be tried and adjudged
by the tribunals Of the captured party, and no, by
those Of the captor."
AT the time this proposition came before the
. Senate. Mr.. Benton was member of that DO
dy If We had not consulted the RECORD of the
proceedings in the Senate on that occasion, and
seen the contrary with our own eyes, we should
have taken i, for granted that Mr.. Benton had
certainly made q speech OF at least hundred
and forty columns, gainst such proposition
What! agree that Great Britain should " de-
tain, eramine, CAPTURE" American vessels
when not in sight OF an American ship of war
Why, a fwo Hundred column speech agains
such an Ubiquitous proposition, would be the We
ny least reader of the Globe would expect from
Mr.. Benton on such an occasion, after what h,
said against the Treaty of Washington.
But what did Mr. Benton say and do on ,ha
occasion2 Here is the vote on its adoption
taken from the RECORD:
"YEAS-Messrs- Barbour, Barton, BENTON
Branch, Brown, Clayton, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay
Hayne, Holmes, of Mississippi, Jackson, Johnson, o
Kentucky, Henry johnson, JOSIAH s. Johnston, Kel
ly, King, Of Alabama, King, of New York, Knight
Lloyd, of Massachusetts, Lowrie, McIlvaine, Mills
Parrott Seymour, Taylor, of Indiana Taylor, of Vir
gina, Van Dyke, and Williams.
"NAYS-MessIs. Bell, Chandler, D'Wolf, Dick
erson, Elliot, Gaillard, Holmes, of Maine, Macon
Ruggles, Smith, Thomas, Vau Buren,, and Ware"
Mr.. Benton "never change" He was Ger
tainly not Van Buren, man at tina, time, at al
events,