The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-23
THE RECORD.

Although Mr.. Benton was so signally 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 PIE 5 in the Union
that undertook to print il; although he has
ceased TO harp On that subject in The columns Of
the "mperial Globe;" yet, we are assured on
good authority, that he continues TO growl, in
his conversations, against The settlement of our
tration. We are told he denounces the Treaty
because it was not expressly stipulated in a sep
arate article that England should not search OF
visit American vessels as if such 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 ii will be at the
peril of the offenders.
But If Mr.. Benton is so particularly outraged
at such an omission, on the part of this Admin
istration, what would the r. adler infer was the
extent of his indignation at he 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
tions of their respective Governments, to cruise
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 for trial and adjudication, by some
II. -. al.
tries IT shall be found examination TO belong to-
any ship or vessel concerned IN the Illicit traffic Of
slaves and carrying the flag OF the other or owned
by any subjects citizens of either OF the two con-
tracing parties, except when IN the presence Of
ship of war Of its own nation and II is further
agreed that any such ship vessel captured shall
be either carried sent by the capturing officer to
some port Of tue country 10 which IT belongs, and
there be given up to the competent authorities, be
delivered up, for the same purpose, to any duly com
mssioncd officer Of tn other party, it being the in
tenton Of the high contracting powers that any ship
or vessel within the puryiew Of this convention, and
seized on that account, shall be tried and ajudged
by the tribunals of the captured party, and not by
those Of the captor.n
At the time this proposition came before the
Senate, Mr. Benton was member Of that bo-
dy If we had not consulted the RECORD Of the
proceedings 10 the Senate on that occasion, and
seen the contrary WIN OUT OWN yves, we SnOulu
have Iaken il for granted that MIR. Benton had
certainly made speech, OF at least a hundred
and forty columns, against such p.o position.
What! agree that Great Britain should "de
lain, erdmine, cAPrunln Amencan vessels,
wheG not in sight OF an American ship Of war;
Why, two hundred column speech against
such an iniquitous proposition, would be The We
ry least a reader of the Globe would expect
from Mr. Benton on such occasion, after
what he said against the Treaty Of Washington.
But what did MIR. Benton say and do on that
cca>ion Here is the vote on its adoption,
taken from the REcoRD2
"YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Barton, BENTON,
Branch, Brown, Clayton Eaton, Edwards, findlay
Hayne, Holmes, Of Mississippi, Jackson Johnson
of Kentucky, Henry Johnson, Josiah :. Johnston
Kelly, King, Of Alabama, King, Of ~ York, Knight
Lloyd Of Massachusetts,, Lowrie, AcIlysmo, Mills
PARROT, Seymour, Taylor, Of Indiana, Taylor Of
Virginia, Van Dyke and Williams.