Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-02

seas; that this visitation was only search in d;t:eren
words, and in form; and then refers TO The treat
as putting end to all pre:ence for this practice cal
1t what you may, in time 10 come Inc evil OF Thu
visitation is, then, according TO the PRESIDENT nov
terminated. According TO Sir Robert Peel, 1t is no
terminated. And here is the difference-and 4 serious
alr. D would net 20 into the question Of right o.
wrong, or extend the basis Of the discussion by open
ing questions OF maritime rights. lie would conGne
himself to the question he had made-that OF differ
ence IN the meaning Of The treaty II there is d'iler
ence, it is necessary to understand II, and 10 settle u
1t must be settled; and the the better The de
c'araton of The British minister declares difference
and that is point on which each Government Judges
Tor itself. They have superior 10 Judge
between them The declaration Of ditferen nee makes
difference; and it Is imma,era!, far as cnnseGuen
ces concerned, which ~ rig or which is wrong
In all national, i'll all individual disputes, party
must be in the wrcng but tina. does not rTent fight
or war. The party IN the wrong may fight; and, from
the formal manner in which the British minister ha:
stated this difference, it Is very clear that he intend,
that vessels shall be searched in the African seas
hereafter, just heretofore. What them Shall
Government 20 blndfo.d with The treaty, until the
case occurs-until American vessel s searched by
British cruiser, and then negotiate, or 6ghE Shall
the Government do This it is the fate of weakness
10 wait for events instead Of guiding hem-or shall i,
STOP and clear up the difference at once? lie (Mr.
in favor of stopping all action under tins clause OF
The treaty, until the two Governments agreed as to lis
meaning.
/ Mr.. b. said here was an exemp,ifcaon of the mis-
chiefs of negotiating treaties without protocols. There
is not word in the correspondence between Mr. Web.
ster and Lord Ashburon 10 the origin, progress,
formation of The articles for the squadron The British
Minister does not appear IN connection with the
subject until it appears in The treaty. and no light can
be thrown upon the meaning Of the treaty, from refer
ence 10 their propositions pending the negotiations -
All is blank there and the two Governments left
| la their the best
way they eau.
| Mr. b. said We now had pracca commentary upon
| the improvidsEcc Of cniangng ourselves with foreign
alliances. Washington warned US ugains. il: Tor fifty
Yeas have kept clear of such alliances: III August
last we entered into of these alliances ard Eow
in February we have difference as the meaning 81
an article in this a;liance-a difference which canno, 20
10 practical result without involving the honor or the
peace of the country.
Nlr. B. said, there nobody to celebrate the 81
gan,c intellect of General Jackson-yet, in the an
swer which he directed Mr. Forsyth 10 give to Sir
Charles Vaughan, in October, 1884, in relation to this
very point of Convention with England for tie sup
preston of the slave trade, there wisdom, which,
compared 10 the wisdom which offered this Conven
ton, was the pyramid Of Cheops is to Il grain OF
mustard. President Jackson, at that time, positively
refused to enter into any Convention the subject
| lie directed him 10 say 10 SIR Charles VoughaD that
the Government Of the United States ''dclniely
formed not to become party to any Convention on the
SUBJECT oil The slave trade. Inns was the answer OF
General Jackson. II is the American answer-aHd it
put end 10 these propositions for Convention until
| the present Administration came into power.
Mr.. Il. said, he did not 60 into the question of iden
tly between search and visitation. The President
treated them as identical-Sir r. Peel as different
tle (Mr b. did not entertain The question II was
clear there difference as 10 the execution Of the
Treaty-and whether the ship was to be stopped on the
high seas for the purpose Of being searched for the
purpose of being visited, preliminary objection arose,
and that was the arrest Of the ship itself The arrest
OF the ship on the high seas like the arrest of midi
tiie h;s rI, itself attic
with reedom-aud in the case OF English Naval OIL
GERS, TO the language of the London lmes,) u
there was any doubt in the case they took the trick
This was The language Of the Times, in February last
in relation 10 npressmcnt-andi it will apply III all cases
where they have right TO arrest an American vessel
they will take the trick, fthey have douband doubts
can easily be raised, where he that raises them is the
authority TO solve them, and has interest in solving
them oil in their own favor Stopping vessel on The
high seas, Mr.. understood 10 be firing ahead of her,
and over her, and then through her. if she does not
stop. This rude process, even If for an inno-
cent purpose-nnd he was against subjecng American
vessels 10 be so stopped by British cruisers.
! Mr. L. concluded his remarks By reading the pas
sages from Sir K. Pees speech and the Presidents
message which showed the difference between the two
Governments relation TO the meaning of the treaty;
and which must lead 10 collision between the two
countries, if not prevented by an immediate under
standing
pra,uae himself and the Senate that it would not be
necessary 10 reply TO all the discursive observations OF
the Senator from Missouri; for the time of the Senate
would not much delayed by the few words he should
find sufficient prove that there was no such differ
ence Of opinion between Sir Robert Peel and the FIRE.
sdenl OF the United States, the Senator supposes
and if this should be demunsrable the Senator argn
mcpts must of course fall 10 the ground The extracts
he should now read from the Presidents messages and
from the speech of Sir Robert Peel, would justify HIM
in asserting tina. there was no con,rariety OF op'nion
be,ueen them ON The suLIec. Of the treaty Sir Robert
pool asserted nothing new the part Of The British
Government; and what lie did assert had been fully
admitted By the President OF The United States. lie
MIR J had told the Senator that IT was because no
answer could be obtained from the British Government
dnrino the progress of the negotiations upon that par
tculaT point and because the British negoa!or was
not instructed yield all desired; that this Govern
men thought it expedicnt to do what 1t considered the
hes, tnr-and that render improbable that those
collisions which had grown out OF the exercise oil the
rirht of visitation should again occur.
i II was not because the two Governments differed;
Il was because they agreed that il considered ex-
Incident on the part OF this Government to take the
course il did The views of this Government and OF
the Government Of Great Britain net only agreed IN
themselves but they agreed also with the views OF Inc
Senator from Missouri HIMSELF II he would sincerely
ledge them but he greatly feared that the ho
noruble Senator would renounce his own views rather
than agree with the Executive. The Senator had
said that The President had nlmatcd, in both his mes
sages that he regarded the right of search and the
right of visitation equivalent to one another and thai
il was because the President SO regarded them, ina
he had been induced to procure the adoption o The
treaty. Why, he would have procured the renuncia
ton of the right of visitation aso II 1t had been III MS
power to do so; but, that could not &c obtained
m effort had been made to prevent the practical ope
ration of that right, and, consequently to prevent
all collision that might possibly grow out OF ITS ex-
ercise.
lie desired the particular attention OF the Senate &c
the tenor and effect OF the argument OF the senator
from Missouri. After this Government haa vahiy en-
10 induce the British Government 10 renounce
the right of visitation, the Senator would have US DC
nothing because we could not obtain that CONCESSION
Although this could not be obtained IN Inc manner de
sired yc, they had done what would amount 10 alfnos
The same thing They had done what wouic take awaJ
all motive on the part Of the British government L
carry into practical operation this r'sh' aud they
would ,hns ha We ell the beneficial fruits oil d:ect re
nuncisiion.
Il The Senator from Missouri had spoken of the wis
dom Of Jackson. This theme was a favofte one VIII
the honorab Senator. He wnnld ask, would jackson
,,o,,J 90 man In ve eYhtblpd wisdom,