Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-25

yernment has been acting subordinate or even com
PLYING part" And ihen follows the g'and'ioq"eh'
passage have already quoted, announcing, ~ sue"
solemn STYLE thai the President "as "s.af'ec d d
these gfieyous offences OF mine. >o.o,,ho,
Thus stands YOUR charge IN the e,'eT oil NoVe'1ns
11,b 1919 his renewed in that OF December 23a
| In nv answer TO the FIRST v!ndicated myself, as
,hought. successfully, against your complaint a"u
never supposed 1t world again rise up w Juus"'."
arains, me told you, that you bad quaihed as us
e1s ~ mistakes a paragraph, which contained ons
| .,oo,. a. y, fact, 10 wit that England had urgeo
onr (ove.oment 20 enter into Treaty stipulation, io
nr,,, an end 20 the slave trade, 10 which we yieideo
TIA ,or sn fu;thn-, why !, as we'll as Inc wofiu
SURPRISED that application for tbs s''ruo.'oh ca,s
fn, F,rl,nt SIZE lad pursued ih's o5]ec! Steadily
( a. fo,,,. yo,,s and she had sent gu. Specihi MI
r;..a- ,rrsd 10 nerociGe upon that, as vel a. upon
Other subjects We had 10 interest," 10 lo'Hi Cav
Trad Ccnyprtiao You refer t. the treaty OIL o"e"
as creating obligations upon ,h'S "'a''s' ~ u''
T,ee,v o,ra not the slightest auson 10 any iurihef
,,r,n,s,ncris and l,as more connection wi,h Inc
r.e.,r nr Washington, than with the Convention re
spec,np armed vessels upon the Lakes. IL was conf
nes IN ,,se and neither required nor Looked to any
other s.ipnlaiions nel"reh ''e P'"'' i"N
executed !. in good faith
For these reasons, supposed, that Lord Ashbur.
ton came o, 10 propose 10 VI 10 enter into another
Trea,y upon this subject And thus stated u US al
,,o,I fac, In nY answer, further called to your
Of inference o. deduction no, admitting Qualifications
annl,callc no, 10 inieehces but 10 assertions AS
shall v and byr have occasion 10 refer again 10 this
b,ench If The SUBJECT shall no, pursue 1t any iuF'hef
at present.
YOU had previously said, end add that SIT would ap-
pear from this, that that which IN your hrst ieef
anueared a. 4 direct statement of fact, oil which you
would naturally be presumed 10 have mad khowieage'
sinks al last into inference and CONJECTURE WV,
here is very obvious error, ''hich by inc sg"'SS,
attention 10 what said would have been avoided, and
sbonld have been avoided but will not qualify the
mistake as a tissue OF any thing ! did not say, that
the statement OF facts, 10 which you refer, YVES al!
matter of inference. ! said expressly, that the state
respecting the desire OF Engand that we should
enter into this neLocat,on, was put forward as a
well known fact, but that all else, repeat it, all
else, the very least idea, is matter os inference.
Let The correctness OF the assertions be Judged by re-
ference To the paragraph.
You continue: But IN attempting to escape troFa
some Of the mistakes of this tissue, you have fallen
into others You then refer TO my statement, that
England continued to prosecute the matter, ana 'h9
consented TO is introduction ms, however u,
clear, the iGe: before suggested aho
com5at,ed your frs; etter- GU say, The Engish
Minister no more presented the subject for negocIa-
ton. than the Government Of the United States pre-.
scnteG IL. You then ask Inc 10 "feView my series "i
assertions on this subject. ard see whether ihey can
possibly BE- regarded merely as statement VI your o""
differences
would be but waste of time 10 repeat what have
alrt adv said that assumed historical fact, be-
-vec by every body, that Lord Ashbur'on came ont
urge he negotiation Of thus treaty, and that upon mus
point Yielded to the desire Of England when you
say tis Of the s'nerences, 10 which refer, you
furnish me ath language and statements, winch are
! mol my
But after ALL why this strange per,nacity in dwell
ing pcn this point Why tins studied and repeated
attrmp, prove guilty of tissue OF mistakes be-
: erbru tpin 4 q
upon this question of The slave trade and that our TO-
yernmeut acceded to them have already shown, that
this opinion was a natural one, and held IN common
with the country; aud trust shall show 'h's more
clearly. But even f 80, how dos this change the state
Of things: Does prove that line nrc0ator vas more
racious the treaty useful and honorable he
result j. the same, aud the enquiry therefore confined
the process You Will please 10 recoec, objected
that 30 bad yeljed 10 the application OF England and
nade treaty. upon this subject matter without guard
ing against d,shonorabe pretenS"n she had advanced
respecting IT, This is the whole charge, which
hiss provoked all This startling r"proo this you
answer as though this answer took away al! censure,
that the B-itisa Minister 10 more presented the SUB
ec, for negotiation than the GoTern'nen, OF the L. ,
presented 1t That u.s. in oher words, that Tic matter
aras joiniu ednduettd and terminated. And is II pos
s5ie you can believe that this circumstance takes
away the grave responsibility Of an lnprovldent ar
rangcmeni, which left than 1t found us and
hat IS sincerely to he deplored by every American,
Message 70 Congress-a document read by the world
Ito put construction upon this instrument which the
English Prime Minister has confadlcted III the most
solemn and IN no measured terms: The Ere.
sden; IN MS Message of December, 1872 referring to
his Mesag Of December ISL says, that this claim OF
visit and inquiry "regarded as the right oil
search, presented only in form and expressed in
different words: and he adds, that lie had denounced
il, inadmissabe BY the L. S. lie then proceeds TO
speak Of the recent treaty, and thus continues "From
this, 1T Will be seen, that The ground assumed IN the
message, ITO VII: that the United States would never
suhm, 10 this tangled claim ct visit and enqul-
~ has been fully maintained al the same time, that
TIE spulation Of the treaty of Client TO be carried
out IN good ialh by The two countries, and that all
prctence IS 7tm0csd far nt,drenee 'c cur commerce
far arg pmrpoSt ty f0reign GorerRment.
This construction the English Government deny,
and boldly their adherence 10 the claim to board
aud examine vessels. Now, wierc can you iind
word III tie treaty, which hnt inliinates that this
question respecting "yai,atIon has been even taken
up touched. Unfortunately, such word IS there;
there any principle OF sound construction which
supply lis place Wba. sad 10 yen in ms letter
OF October 81 upon 'h.s topic, may perhaps produce
more impression now than /, dad then. J. has been
maryellogsy confirmed. remarked 81 In carefully
looking at the 1h end 9Th articles Of the treaty, pro-
vdng for The suppression Of this traffic, do not see,
that they change the slightest degree the pre- existing
r1a:, claimed by Great Brtoin, 10 search our ships
Tia, clam, advanced both by Lord Palmers!on and
Lore Aberdeen, ess on Inc tAal l.e Urea
ties between En- gland and other European powers upon
this subject, could not be executed wthou; It's exercise
and that the heppy coacuTTence Of these p"cers not only
jusiEcG Jp: rcadertd indispensable. BY the recent
Treaty, are 90 keep squadron on The coast of Air
ca We haze kept there for years, during the
whole lime indeed Of these Efforts pat step 20 this
mos, iniiutaus commerce. Tie effect of the treaty
therefore, is 10 render II obligatory upon Us, by con-
tention 10 d. SHAT have lcng done voluntarily, &c
place car municipal laws in some measure, beyond the
reach Of Congress, and 10 increase HE srength Of the
squadron employed this duty
'sBu., ii British cruiser vessel, bearing the
An,srican flag, where there American ship Of
to examine her, 1t IS obvious that 1t quite iRdis
pcnsaje and Jusfajc, that the cruiser should search
tbis vessel 10 ascertain her nationality since The
cus,ou Of THIS treaty, 1t before. The mutual
rights o! the parties this respect wholly unonch
cdihriy prcsnsons exist fail force aud sba; they
cn.'t co. prior % THIS arrangement, they do oI
though they have respectively sanctioned the employ
,ra, II fce TO glvc fec; 10 the .~s rights and obi
cations 81 the Two countries yet they have not prohibited
the OF any other whica either party may
&c disposed 10 ADOPT
( Nla: wa, opinion. when 9rote has now become