The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-02
THE RECORD.

Al,bouoh Mr. Benton wa, so signaly defeated
in the Senate on the Treaty. although ms sew
eny column speech written against IL mas iounu
90 ah,,o, termination in the actual breaking
down of the only country pres IN inc oh'o"
that undertook 10 PRINT II; although he mas
ceased to harp n that subject IN the columns OF
The "imperial Globe;" yet, we are ASSURE, on
oool aulhority that he continues to grow, ID
his conversations, against the settlement OF ou'
difficulties with Great Britain, by this Admins
ration. We are told he denounces the Treaty.
because it was not expressly stipulated IN sep
arate article ,hat England should not search o.
wish American vessels as if snch stipulation
would not have been as preposlerous as 10 s'ipu-
late that Englishmen should not spit upon Anne
,;cans There is as much right TO do the one as
tho ether but in either case il will be al the
peril of the offenders.
But If Mr. Benton is so particularly outraged
at such an omission, on the part OF this Admin
ist,a,ion. what would the reader infer was The
extent of his indignation at the following agree
ment, which we take from the records OF The
Senate, proposed during President Monroe's
administration We copy from the Journal OF
the Senate:
Article l. The commanders and commissioned
officers of each Of the two high contracting pars,
duly authorized, under the regulations and instruc-
ions of their respective Governments, TO cruise on
the coast Of Africa and of the West Indies, Tor the
suppression Of the slave trade, shall be empowered,
under the conditions limitations, and restrictions
hereinafter specified to detaiu, examine, capture,
and deliver over for trial and adjudication, by some
competent tribunal of which ever OF the two coun-
tries it shall be found on examination to belong TO,
any ship vessel concerned In the Illicit tramc Oh
slaves and carrying the flag of the other, or owned
by any subjects citizens OF either OF the Two con-
tracing parties, except when In the presence oil
ship of war of its own nation and II Is further
agreed that any such ship vessel SO captured shall
be either carried sent by the capturing ofhcer 10
some port OF the country TO which 1t belongs, and
there be given up to the competent authorities or be
deliv red ups for the same purpose to any duly COM
missioned officer Of the other party, 1t being the IN
ention of the high contracting Powers that any ship
vessel within the purview of this convention and
seized that account, shall be tried aud adJucged
b, the tribunals Of the captured party and not by
those Of the captor. +"
AT the time this proposition came before the
Senate, Mr.. Benton was member OF that bo-
DIV. Ii we had not consulted the RECORD Of the
proceedings in the Senate on that occasion, and
seen the contrary with our own eyes, we should
have taken it for gran'ed that Mr.. Benton had
certainly made speech, OF at least hundred
and forty columns, against such proposition.
What! agree that Great Britain should "de
tain, eramine, CAPTURE American vessels,
whea not in sight OF an American ship of war;
Why, tpo hundred column speech against
such an in,quitous proposition would be The We
nv least a reader of the Globe would expect
from Mr. Benton on such an occasion, after
what he said against the Treaty of Washington.
But what did Mr.. Benton say and do on that
occasion Here is the vote on its adoption,
taken from The REcoRD2
"YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Barton, BENTON,
Branch, Brown, Clayton Eaton, Edwards, Findlay,
Hayne, Holmes, OF Mississippi, Jackson, Johnson,
of Kentucky, Henry johnson, Josiah s. Johnston,
Kelly, King, of Alabama, Ming, Of N. York, Knight,
Lloyd, Of Massachusetts, Lowrie, EcIlvalne Mills,
PARROT, Seymour, Taylor, Of Indiana, Taylor, OF
Virginia. Van Dyke, and Williams.
"NAYS-Messrs. Bell Chandler, D'Wof, Dick
erson, Elliot Gaillard, Holmes, of Maine, Macon,
Ruggles, Smith, Thomas, ym Buren,, and Ware"
Mr.. Benton 'never changes" He was GER
rainly not Van Buren man at that time, at all
events