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

Britain 20 do justice ihefei PROVISION -. ~"
der of deserrg ssamen aud soldiers, aud Tor Tue pre-
ven,on Of contra baad supplies TO her enemies linen
follows the plan Of convention for these purposes
And this projet was the work of Mir Mod'son direct
ed by Mr. jefferson, and addressed TO MI Monroe
The ..rights and dignity o the u 5. were IS sale IN
,bai- hands as they will ever b. in mortal hands And
even If had recommended, as have not "oooh
or "fayor" or "eenefi, to be eivea TO hngahu' III
consideration Of her rthn9Eshuent OF tn's Offensive
claim, | should no, have wanted high pfeceden's 10
Justify
Van object 70 the suggestion made that decla'a-
ton should have accompanied the ratification o the
treaty. DENYING the rg, 10 search ou7 shpS, ana you
ask apparently emphGicay, II THIS had been DONE ahc
If the British stioveTnreGt, with eQn1i tngcHuits' vac
appended an eqrivaleu written declaration, ,hat II
sbould not be considered sacrificing any BRUSH
right. how much more defined ~onld have been the
right of either party, nr ho" much n2e clea Inc ine1"
ing and Interpretation Of Tie treaty:
/ am very unwilling 10 believe you do not wsh 10
deal sincerely With me in this matter, and must
herefore attribute The strange error you have commit
ted IN the construction OF my language % hasy F'I
sal of il Had YOU read It with due care, YOU wouiu
have found tina, spoke of parte declaration,
but of declaration mutually assen,ed to, and winch
thereby would have become portion oil Inc 'fea'y-a
declaration putting construction upon lhe instrument
which would thus have been ratified with kno"!e"Ee
os IT, After meeting your assertion that inc encehcy
of nv letter was 70 npute blame to the President and
Senate for the ratification OF the treaty, ana sho~e
that it was no, tie ratification, hut the negotiation
censured, add, 81 am under the impression, u nae
had vote to give, shoald have been iound anon.
the minority upon that occasion. THIS however, would
have been upon the condition. that some declaration
should be annexed to the act Of ratification denourcing
The pretenson 10 search our ships would thus have
sent the instrument The British Government, and
placed upon them the responsibility oi lis anal REJECTION
or ratification, ard am sure should have had the
opinion OF the world with rnder such c'rcum-
stances need odd nothing 70 t:'s branch OF the SUD
iect II is clear, that spoke here oil condtoha' 'as'
ca.ion depending upon The ascent 10 DC gwen ny 'he
other ptv 10 the declaration, concerning Tue c!a' OF
cos ,cb There would have been here ne room Tor 'ht
dnloma,ic re,ort vou suroes. There could have been
no counter deciara'ion fox thcn the "l's
would have been VOID IS SAID IN iay 'e''ef oil ne
cember l,h Had this been rlrsrrd, The SIN
cr-i,y Of the BIZ, sh Government would nave onder-
gone o practica, ,es,, from whch there would nave
been no escape /, would no, have been necessary
10 quote the las. despatch Of Lore Aberdeen 70 sio"
what he meant III another, Lord fafnsEson IN Tue
first IF such proposition hac oeen mace anu
accepted our honor would have been pnd'ceted, our
rights secured and br ght example OF sincet'Y ana
moderation would have been gwen to Inc "ofio 10y
yreat nation II Il hud been rejected mat "otIa aFe
proved that our ope.a,on III IN" Suppression o. 'e
slave trade was cues. Of nnor Importance, 10 'e
sacrificed to The preservs o prsenson, 'neHoec
10 introduce al entire change into the maritime pcce OF
the world.
eWhy this very obvious course was not adopted,
am utterly al loss 90 conjecture, and that Hss not
is precisely the objection winch the whole arrange
ment is liable. Instead Of the high ground "e sn"uid
then have occupied, find ourselves seriously cfclss
ing the question, whether or not Lnslano WIZ eio'es
tlis claim
There .as very uncourteous tone, pervacing your
letter 10 me of November Al, -i2-a KIND o; oical
oftiness which, however ii msy SUIT other neriditns'
does not belong American iGncoona;y wiring 10
nm American citizen Nv 10 ha, letter was very
hastily written. 1t prepared, as you VIII perceive
by the date and bv receipt Of ~ the very cay the
Post Master Of New Yor! handed me yonr commnnlca'
ton ! was aware That the subject onght TO occupy
more time and thai Justice not done To H. But yoG
had minated pretty distinctly ~ your etler, mat our
correspondence was Be published, nnd vas apps-
henslve it mr.ht bow other mo It's way 10 'he
public before could correct the erroneous impression,
which your letter calculated 10 produce uncer
these circumstances, my attention was dfo"n 10 Inc
general course rasoniag rather than to The mode ~
which this was conveyed. And although there were
one or two paragraphs, so plainly uncoflsous, taat
they could not escape nv observation, s'i! passed
them by, having t.c taste Tor war o. WOES bh'
in your letter dated December 2eh, and received Fe-
binary Odd these offensive expressions are repeated.
and the same process adopted :" prove me guilty oil
missatement which is contained IN The preceding lei
ter met this attempt, nj that time, "itaon any re
ference 10 the language, which you used shai! meet
il arain shall lake isarc 10 prscete my defence
by reminding you OF The comfy, winch IN American
Secretary OF Sln,e 30 his counlrymen. You say,
ssthe Presden, is t!e startled, that You should
make such totally srourcess assumptions OF ac!, anH
then leave Il Gfsc.eCG1tt inference 10 " uIa"H
them He directs Inr, net Only 10 rtpel this inference
as il ought be repealed bat also to bring to your Sc
rious consideration and reflection the propreiy OF such
an assumed narration Of ac, as your depaich, IN Inns
respect, puts forth. .
The Presiden. cannot conceive how you should !
have been led tn adventure upon such statement as
this. is tut u tissue q 7istaaeS
"All these statements thus IT, you made end whicn
are so exceedingly erroneous, nc.
And in your last letter you say, that an attempting
has. r 4 ftC.u. .sFt
have fallen ato others, &c.
Following ycEr example, II would have been easy 10
find .eort tor these expressions, which would want
neither point truth Bat NJ sci! respect, ana
still more my respect Tor that c5eat tribunal OF Fnh'ic
opinion which is 10 Judge between forbid me- from
Initiating your course upon lhs occasion. would 70
mind you that there - nothing IN your e!e'a! post
nothing oGr tc'aivr situation, wbich can jus
tIfy this Lofty assumption q superiority dooot u
parallel can be found IN diplomatic history, siace Ma
poeon swayed :he ces.nies Of the world. But the use
which you make cf lhe President name, % this rad@
nied language IS even more 10 De rc95eVec' man '"e
eplthes themselves That high innctcEary should not
be invoked when private citizen - tiius assated-
Hinder d.ren, circumstances, such conduct nlgh, be
initiated by the other party, amd system OF crimra-
ton and OF recrmnatlon introduced INTO the cores
pondence of the Department. equally nlur,cns 10 ne
public interest and Incompatais with Ing prn.ic hono!
Upon the present occasion, such result WIZ happen!
have loo much respect FOR the Chef Mags'racy OF
my country aud too much regard for The Gistinsuhe
indvidua ~ho occupies th2l h'En post, to introduce
his name, ssa!'y into this dscussion ana not
w,hs,anding yea have appealed to hm, sha!. still
consider the language yours, and not as has Many
others would 40. y ,orbeafng | say The "lln-
guage," for is that Which censu:e. do not ques-
ton your rig the :ch; of aoy otter person. freely
10 examine and TO meet statements aad Arguments at
discretion bu, lei ,hs te done with the cca;lcsy OF
gentleman.
shall nos proceed, briefly possible, to canine
these charges OF Gssumed Ec,Tdttse a j"c's, Of
ground,,ss assumption, ard q a nSSae Il n'saa's
which you have once and again preieTfed against me-
But first. let u see vha. Is The gave lu, YOU alice
| have com,aled. w,.i state II ~ yoni osu w"Tcs
'Before examining 'he yefa 'bjec'ons, suggested by
YOU il may be proper q tax notice Of wat you tay
upon the course Of the ragoc's''on Us regard to ,hs
having Observed thu; te a' oual dignity CT the n'ied
States had TO; been Compounded, down 10 the i"ae
the Presidents message, at the last session. you pro-
coed to say, 'bu, England ;hen urged The United States
10 enter into conventional arrans cement by Winch We
might be pledged 20 concur with her N measures for
the suppression OF the slave rade Till then, Sc lad
I1i old