Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-05-16

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osopher and Of science, VINO TO examine the
boundary aud make their report lie rccolected case
in Chnnccr. OF the parties To which were in the
workhouse which reference had been made, much To
dislike OF the lawyers aud solicitors who did not leave
Of the the party who might gain the suit
llaughter But reference made 10 Mr. Smith and
Lord Ashburon and IN days the whole suit
tied. and division Of the property took place, by which the
poor persons m the woTkhouse liberated Something
like this the negotiation OF the Washington treaty, IN
which the same Lord Ashburton Of the referees
Hear, hear II had been said that the Abandonment OF
the Madawaska territory was stain the honor OF the
country and the charge made by those who were rca
dy give up the whole territory, whereas Lord Ashbur
tons treaty preserved half ct IT, IL small territory
watered by the ST john and those who blamed Lord
Ashburton for delivering II up, allowed the Americans
while IN Office themselves build Fort ST James and
Fort Fairfield that very territory. where they had vnd
Gated the sovereignty England by the OF Baker
American who raised sedors Tor the purpose OF asserting
the American claim. Other acts, amounting claim Oi
sovereignty the part OF the American Government
permitted by their Government, OF all in the
world who had right speak of humiliation, ofdegnsa-
ton OF the abandonment o nights the submitting OF their
claim between the Americans and themselves, with
pect to the Madawaska settlement, they those who
permitted those to be done. He came TO the
last Of the charges made against Lord Ashburton-a
charge rather referring himself than the Government
which commissioned him. Hitherto he had deal with
mems with the OF the with the lines
OF policy they pursued. lie could understand the act CT
man, whether it huInliang dignhed-whe Their II
in accordance with has duty abandonment
OF H. but when person charged with using cunning.
wheedlng, and undlgucd tone the charge airy that
eluded ones grasp and the difficult deal
with when put the form OF interrogation. and when
one had 10 seaich any word and expression used
metit IL This charge consisted in words b. found in
Lord Ashburton's despatch Of June the 2lst The words
used were-"lt the part which, during long lite, have
taken m pubic Affairs, marked by particular churac
ter 1t by and peTsovong desire to maintain
peace a1d promote harmony between two countrcs.
Nv eXcron have been unvarynEy employed the
last unfortunate Since TIE accession 10 power ot the
present Minister'S perceived the wise spirt prevail
ing and could not resist the tempting hope OF being OF
some benefit iny county and common Al time
when other would have sufficient interest 10 with
draw from retirement better suited 10 my age That
language which he did know where TO equal among
the productions either OF ancient modern times Hear,
hear Whatw ould Mr. Fox had been said have thought
this ? Mr.. Fox undoubtedly great authority. He
only well versed in matters OF ancient and modern
times but he peculiarly shone foreign affairs and he
above all able negouator thad been added the
charge made against Lord Ashburton, what would Nh Fox
have said TO such an appointment, with such motives and
such trucking and undlgnihcd mode OF carrying
negotiation He could not answer as TO what Mr. Fox
would have said but he would undertake saw the past
tense OF the historian OF what he knew M Fox had done
not what he would have said what he would have done
When the question was-he spoke a vitness-to send
out embassy IN lSO6, different persons named and
their respective merits canvassed. Mr. Fox said that
when he wanted 10 chose ambassador, he chose him
from Homer Here spoke the historian combined with the
poet aud when he asked what he by that he
piled that when Agamemnon embassy Achilles
TO promote treaty with him, he could find any single
man Who possessed all the requisite qualities lie therefore
selected three persons, AJAX Ulysses and PhpniN and the
latter had been selected the kindness and friendship
which subssting between HIM and Achilles. IL
for the that Lord AshburiOn had been
wisely selected conduct the negotiations with America
And did not Mr.. Fox upon the principle That
he most undoubtedly did. What his conduct when
man brought plan 10 HIM the Emperor Ma
poean Did he take notice OF III Did he say God Forbid
No. but he sent the man Ialeyrand with letter.
giving him information the subject and IN doing SO let
not be supposed that Mr.. Fox wanted only get nd
the assassin and had design that should lead reel
pocai Kindness between this country and the Emperor Ma
Poleon-(fiear hear.) But there had been need OF
trucking whecdIing upon that occason and he NIGH,
mention that there had been reciprocity kindness for
Napoleon had Mr.. Fox present the produce
French vine, which had been very acceptable TO that
MANIA laugh The door amicabc negotiations hav.
ing been opened by what the diplOmatlsts would call
trucking and whecdng, the proper time for taking
further steps IN the The Cabinet of Mr.. Fox
composed Of many parties there Wings in large
proportion; there were the friends OF Lord Sdmouth in
small proportion; there the friends OF Mr.. Windham
aud Lord tiizwilam IN considerable proportions there
were many individuals in that Cabinet who had been al
their lives notorious Tor their hostility France and to th
French Revolutions and Mr. Fox could not therefore hay
been driven 10 select As negocaioT, friend to France, b.
the wanto other materials. According the dgniied di
ponatsts OF the day. Mr. Fox should have
somebody VINO had been uniformly opposed Napoleon
and the French Revolution in order 10 avoid the charge
trucking But whatdd he dol He chose a most worthy
and lamented friend Of his Lord Brougham's)-the
/ late Lord Iauderdae-a man who was known TO have
/ been favourable 10 France and the French peopl,
from the beginning of the Revolution Hadany body how
ever, accused Mr.. Fox trucking because he had made
that selection No such thing. Mr. Fox well knew thai
the best means to further the negotiation would be ap
point party who be tayoraby BY
/ To whom he Another instance Of a similar spr
presiding diplomacy might be found in the selection
OF General Sinclair to negotiate treaty with the people
OF Portugal towards the end Of the last century; that
lection having been made because the father of Gener
al Sinclair mad been the party whohad carried the sum
OF 2OO OO! granted by the Parliament OF this country
wards the relief Of the inhabitants Of Lisbon grea
earthquake IN that city. No had thought that undig
nihed or unwise proceeding But 1t explained tina
Lord AshburOn public meeting, had talked of Boston
az the "crade OF American liberty and that, too,
TO be undignihed. IL should, however, be remembered
that was after the negotiation had been concluded-
during the Song Of triumph, his Noble Friend had cal
led It the other day; meeting Of 5000 persons
assembled at Boston, which business whatever ha
been transacted, but which mad been held solely Tor the pur
pose Of celebrating the treaty between great kind
T'd nations, lie confessed that he surprise bca
Wings object 10 such anguage-he surprised hea
them object TO anything said about the cFadle Of bory
and he had thought that the very words would hay
been sweet TO the protested friends Of liberty There wa
a circumstance connected with the history Of late
vercd monarch, George ILL., which he wished adver
upon that OCCASION George ILL., did think that he
adopting an unbecOmng trucking IN gracously
ceiylng Mr. King, the first Minister who represented a
eca in this country after the establishment Of American
Independence. Mr. King had been the Court thu
Sovereign to represent people who had Just flung of
her nlegiancc' aud although the Sovereign had beer
known 10 hayo been the last his duminons con
seat u acknowledge the I'D, pendcncc At America maj
was more anxious than he for the prosperity OF th
express on the pcsenatOn Uf the American Minister.
similar anxiety was iot by him Lord Broughnm.
lie hoped and trusted for the sake Of America first and
the sake Of England next Tor the sake OF humanity and
mankind prosperity and happiues Of tina
great Republic would be pcrpouaod forever. lie could
view with indifference The magnificent empire which En-
gshmon had erected toe other side Of the Atlantic. III
heart gOwed within him when he recoeced that to Eng
land was owing that which America had never hesitate,
20 acknOwledgc-namey, those laws those institutions
and, above all that spirit Of civil and religious liberty which
hud made the American Republic the greatest democrats
nation that had existed upon the face Of this earth
Contemplated ~ itself there enough to f one will
admiration, with hope, and with cxuatcn but IN order Il
appreciate It's merits, sind to carry those feelings the
most u was necessary compare and that whic
/ had happened ~ North America, with what had hap
pcued IN another part Of che New World, where oil th
gifts Of nature unattended with the blessings o
social happiness Let them look South America; then
look 10 the which had separated the Spanish coOne
from the parent - tcj let them contemplate for moment
the rich abundance Of natural blessings Of physical rcsOur
Of animal power Of oil that could make people grca
and prosperous, and mighty, and Of al the gifts which
ought o. make them thankful 10 Heaven, and c0nfned viii