The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-20
THE RECORD.


Although Mr.. Benton wa, 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 il; although he has
ceased 10 harp On that subj CT IN the columns OF
the "'uperial Globe ;"yet, we are assured, on
good authority, that he continues TO growl, in
his conversations, against The settlement of our
difficulties with Great Britain, by this Admins
lralion. We are told he denounccs the Treaty
because II was not expressly stipulated In sep
arate article that Enga should not search OF
visit American vessels; as If snch stipulation
would mol have been as prepos,erous as TO stipu-
late tina, Engiishmea should not spit upon Anne
ricans There is much right to do the one as
The cther-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
i,tation, what would The reader infer was the
extent of his indignation at The following agree
ment, which we lake from the records OF the
Senate, proposed during Presiden, Monroe's
administration We copy from the Journal of
The Senate
Article l. The commanders and commissioned
officers of each Of the two high contracting parties
duly authorized under the regulations and insruc-
tons 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 deain, examine, capture,
and deliver over for trial and adjudication by some
r Al.
tries II snail be found on examination to belong 10
any ship vessel concerned in the Illicit traffic of
slaves, and carry ing the flag OF the other, owned
by any subject, citizens Of either Of the two
tracing parties, except when in the presence of
ship of war of IL, Nwn nation; and il is further
agreed that any such ship vessel captured shall
be either carried sent by the capturing officer TO
some port OF the country TO which IT belongs, and
there be given up TO the competent authorities or be
delivered up, for the purpose TO any duly com
mssioned officer of tn other party, II being the in
tenton Of the high contracting powers that any ship
vessel within the puryiew Of this convention, and
sezed on that account, shall be tried and adludged
by the tribunals OF the captured party, and not by
those Of the captor"
At The time this proposition came before the
Senate, Mr.. Benton was member Of that b.
dy. II we had not consulted the RECORD of the
proceedings in the Senate on that occasion, and
have AIKEN it for granted that MIR. Benton bad
certainly made speech, OF at least hundred
and forty coiumns against such p;o,Osinon.
What! agree that Great Britain should "de
tain, eramiHe, cAPruus' American vessels,
whea not in sight OF an American ship Of warl
Why, floo hundred column speech against
such an iniqultous proposition, would BE- The We
nv least reader OF the Gl,be would expect
! from Mr.. Benton on such an occasion, after
what he said against the Treaty of Washington.
But what did Mr.. Benton say and do on that
occasion Here is the vote on its abortion,
| taken from the RrcoRp7
| "YEAS-Nlessrs. Barbour, Barton, BENTON,
| Branch, Brown, Clayton Eaton, Edwards, Fndlay,
Hayne, Holmes, OF Mississippi, Jackson, Johnson,
OF Kentucky, Henry Johnson, Josiah 5. Johnston,
\ Kelly, King, OF Alabama, King, Of N York, Knight
! Lloyd, Of Massachusetts,, Lowre, NcIlvoInc, Mills
| Parrot, Seymour, Taylor, Of Indiana, Taylor OF
| Virginia, Van Dyke, and Williams.