The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-04

which review The whole uansacuoni IN his ola'
aion, would justify
Unavoidably, aud without desire to mt
him MIR. Calhoun has, in abiding 10 The seVefal
matters not adjusted in the treaty, gwen MI
Benton a terrible blow lie says
"But the treaty is opposed, not only ior whAe CON
aims but also foI what II does not and among oihei
objections of he Kind, because II has no provision ~
reference TO the case oflhe Creole and other similar
ones"
an does not follow that nothing has been done !"
,l.on 10 The cases under consideration because the
treaty contains provisions IN reference 70 'n'""
The faci is Otherwise. Much, very maeh' mas pesn
done in his op nion little Short in ITS eheci OF
postiye stpu alton by the treaty TO guard against IN,
recurrence of such cases hereafter. To UNDERSTAND
HOY, much Las been done and what has been salheu
by us, it is necessary 10 hasea ooHss' ~
the state of the in reference 10 lhsn peioS 'n
negotiation commenced, AMI since "'efh'hA'su'
MIR. Calhoun adverts TO other cases similar TO
,hat of The Creole, and thus alludes 10 the con
duct OF our Government:
"Aner long correspondence Of nearly ten years
The British Government agreed to pay tor the slaves
on board of the Two first Come. and Encomium) on
the ground that they liberated before the act abb
fishing slavery had gone into operation pu' re'useu
TO nav for those belonging 10 the Enterprise because
,hev were liberated after il had, To justify this DIS
tnction, Lord Pomerston had to assume the ground
virtually, that the law of nations was opposed to
slayery-an assumption that placed the property OF
third the Union wi bout the pale OF It's protection
On that ground, he peremPory refused compensation
for the sla,es on board the Enterprise. Our Extcu
tive under this refusal accepted the compensation OF
those on board the Comet and Encomium and closed
the correspondence without even bringing The sub
ect before Congress VITA such perfect Indifference
was the whole affair treated that, during The long PEI
Rod the negotiation was pending Tue SuoJsct was
never once me- noned far he recollected, IN any
Executive message; while those OF fair less magn-
tude-the dc bl of millions due from France, ana
this very boundary eonsinhty brought
before Congress and had nearly invo'ed me country
in war with iva of the Leading powers OF Europe
Those ,pho are noc shocked that the boundary question
should be settled oiihoM settlement also Of stood
by in silence year qsr year. during thus long PERIOD MOI
onu ,riltoui attempting 10 unite the settlement % Ms icim
that Of the boda " bt mithom srer once naming or al
iudng 10 it as an item in the fist Of the dispute befcetn the
f,co p0rers Hpas regarded as beneath notirr lie re-
oe,d 10 ress the great change that has taken place in
relation 10 aud find that those cho ,oere then sifea
and indifferent ,,oc erhbii much zeal and rehemenc
about IT,"
oSuch was the state of of the facts when the nego-
tiation commenced in reference to these cases and
it remains now be shown in what state 1t has leii
them In the first place. the broad principles OF the
law Of nations which he placed our right IN his
resolutions hare been clearly stated and eonelttsirey
rindicated in the rery able letter II The SECREI.1R
OF ST.4TE, irhieh has strengthened our cause not a
little, as ,ceH from its INTRINSIC MERIT as the
quarter from trhich II comes"
There we would digress moment 10
express our admiration of the labored m
genuity of Mr.. Benton, who has re-
Gently been attacking the Secretary of State
in so savage a manner. Mr. Webster, OF course,
regards Mr.. Benton as his enemy, simply be-
cause g. all the world" says he is, aud Mr.. Ben
ton himself don't deny il. Mr.. Webster does
not deign TO notice Mr.. Benton. He considers
his hostility nuoxious. He pies him, and re-
mains silent But in the above paragraph we
discover the key TO Mr.. Benton's daily as 'aults
on Mr.. Webster in the Globe. Knowing that
MIR. Calhoun had complimented the Secretary
of State, and that ii irouid be published, Mr.
Benton has all The time been endeavoring &c
strike Mr. Calhoun between wind and water
from his masked battery. This is the solution
of Mr.. Benton's long daily editorials in the
Globe If Mr.. Benton is Greek, the time ha:
to face. Mr.. Ben,on's denunciations of the
Treaty and the Administration have gone forth
in the /" Congressional Globe and Appendix
Mr. Cahoun's vndication. of both will OF there
is no foul play) fall into the hands OF the same
readers, and be spread before the public in q
thousand other journals Thus they are at IS
sue The People will judge between them, ant
their decision will. be speedily rendered Not
withstandng Mr. Benton has so long been firing
his al hot shot" at Mr.. Calhoun from his mask
ed battery, we doubt very much whether thu
latter has sustained the slightest injury. Blu
now comes the tug of war" If Mr.. Calhoun
is the strongest man." Mr.. Benton's opposi
ton 10 the Treaty will soon be among Z" tn,
things that were"
! Mr.. Calhoun thus concludes the paragraphs
In the next place. we have explicit rccogniriol
of the principles for which contend in the answe
| of Lord Ashbur,on, who expressly says that, OF
the great general principles affecting this case, Oh
Creole) they DO not differ y and that is followed b
| ian engagement that instructions shall be given 1
the Governors of her Majestys colonies the south
crn borders Of the United States TO execute their owl
laws with careful attention TO tho wishes of thei
Government to maintain good neghborhood; an
that there shall be offcIous interference witt
American vessels driven by accident violence int
their ports. The laws and duies Of hospitality sha
be executed" This pledge accepted by our E1
eculive accompanied by the express declaration O
the President, through the Secretary Of State that
places his reliance those principles of public aN
which had been stated in the note Of the Secretary
State To all this il may be added, that strong a,
suranccs are given, by the Br sh negoua,oi, Of hi
belief that final arrangement may be made Of III
subject by positive stipulatons in London. Such
the state 10 which the negotiation has left The sut
jec"
We give the summing up Of all the point
that induced Mr. c. to vote for the Treaty, an
in single paragraph it will be seen that he Ia
completely overthrown all the arguments of Nj