The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-18
THE RECORD.

Although Mr.. Benton was so signally defeated
in the Senate on the Treaty; although his sew
enty column speech written against il has found
an abrupt termination in the actual breaking
down of the only country press in the Union
that undertook to print it; although he has
ceased to harp on that subject in the columns OF
the imperial Globe" yet, we are assured, on
good authority, that he continues to growI, in
his conversations, against the settlement of our
difficulties with Great Britain, by this Admins
traton, We are told he denounces the Treaty
because it was not expressly stipulated in sep
arate article that England should not search OF
visit American vessels; as if such stipulation
would not have been as preposterous as TO s,ipu-
late that Englshmen 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,ration, what would the reader infer was the
extent of his Indignation al The following agree
ment, which we take from the records of the
Senate, proposed during President Monroe's
administration 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 instruc.
tons of their respective Governments, 10 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 detain, examine, capture
and deliver over for trial and adjudication, by some
competent tribunal, Of whichever Of the two coun-
tries II shall be found on examination 10 belong TO-
any ship vessel concerned IN the Illicit traffic OF
slaves and carrying the flag Of the other, or owned
by any subject, citizens Of either Of the two con
tracing parties, except when in the presence Of
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 u
some port Of Tie country to which 1t belongs, and
there be given up to the competent authorities be
delivered up, for the same purpose, 20 any duly com
missoned officer Of III other party, II being the in
tenton Of the high contracting powers that any ship
or vessel within the puryiew Of this convention, and
seized that account, shall be tried aud adudged
by the tribunals Of the captured party, and not by
those Of the capior.n
At the time this proposition came before the
Senate, Mr.. Benton was a member of that DO.
DIV. If we bad 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 it for granted that Mr.. Benton had
certainly made a speech, Of at lea;t hundred
and forty columns, against such Proposition
! What agree that Great Britain should "de
lain, erdmine, Capture" American vessels
whea not in sight Of an American ship Of war
| Why, faro hundred column speech sgains
such an niquitous proposition, would be The We
ny least a reader Of the Globe would expec
! from Mr.. Benton on such an occasion, afte
what he said against toe Treaty Of Washington
But what did Mr.. Benton say and do on tba
occasion Here is the vote on its adoption
taken from the REcoRD2
l "YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Barton, BENTON
Branch, Brown, Clayton, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay
Hayne, Holmes, OF Mississippi, Jackson, johnson
OF Kentucky, Henry Johnson, Josiah s. Johnston
! Kelly, King, Of Alabama, King, Of N. York, knight
/ Lloyd, Of Massachusetts, Lowrie, Ncllysme, Mill
/ PARROT, Seymour, Taylor, Of Indiana, Taylor G
Virginia, Van Dyke, and Williams.