Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25

Senator had s,nted, (for he was seldom
mistaken in historica! mattcrs,) tia, tlith.
erfo sacrifices Of dignity, amounting to
ignominy. had been required by that na'
ton: but he had the pleasure Of inform.
,np the honorable gentleman from Mis-
souri, that the treaty s,ipula.ions between
h, country and Great Britain provide
Tor the abolition Of those cerenpnies.
I [Mr. tssNroN. Very & sod! and our min
lister can creep in behind the British min.
lister, and claim the protection Of Queen
Vic,oria's pe,,icoa,s.
\ The honorable Senator himself, he was
sure. il he would coadescend 10 accept the
mission, would be enabled TO render 20
this country the signal service Of opening
u trade with three hundred and fifty mil
lions of people, without any such sacrifice
Of dignity-wn!.opt SO much as single
bump OF the hea4 But, seriously, he
would appeal to the whole Senate to say
whether i, was no. desirable to negotiate
commercial arrangements with China,
especially as she lad expressed desire
to extend TO this country the benefits Of
trade upon equa! terms with Great Brit
an. lie pu, i, to the good sense OF
the honorable Senator from Missouri,
how he could reconcile it with his
ideas OF Justice TO this country, 10 throw
obstacles in the way Of ctfectiug an obj-c.
so Gesirable2 The expense would no, be,
in any considerable degree, greater than
that Of establishing intercourse with 9TH
er nations. There need be no appr.hen
sjons on the score Of a misappIlcation q.
the money. II was not 10 be in tho char
acter Of an ordinary mission; it was nn
extraordinary mission; and in considera.
charar,e. al the Government, it would be
necessary that IL larger SUN should be
appropriated Tor its expenses than was
rana aired Cor ordinary missions. The
Senator lnust sas that the mission, IN IT
sell. was a ,na,r.r o ..reat Importance;
aud, If successful, wnul,. result, - The Ut
,aip.ncnl OF grsa, adyan,ayesso this coan.
try.
Mr.. DEN'TO ,i.oag h, they had enough
to do, wiis:ou. mcudling with the Cciestia!
Empire.
Mr.. lsAYARD nio.ed 10 lay the bill
upon the sable.
Upon this motion, the yeas and nays
were taken rs .uilows.
YEAS-Msssrs. Bashy. Bayarsi. Benton. Con
rad. Cu.hbert. Fut,n. Henderson, Linn. alcRob
erts Mansuu,. Miller, poncr. Sewer. Smith OF Goa.
neciicut, Sturgeon. Ia'pan, " ase, atll Wright :
Is.
NATS-slessr, Archer. Barrow. Bates, Eeriisr.
Enshanan, choa'e. Clayton. Crssss Gfi'traa'n.
DAYTON. Evans t,ra,a.., Huntington. Kerr. More
head, Phelps. i,ises. Snls:,ons. Smith OF i,di
sprague. / a.i.uaLse, Noa,io.is5s. a.d Woos:-
bar. --2!.
Mr.. BENTON hen moved 10 strike
OFT all after the wo i "rcciproci'y the
effect Of which would be 10 leave the up
preparation without any restriction.
Upon this motion, the yeas ana nays
being takus1, resulted as follows:
YEAs-Mes.rs. A,le.,. Ba;sy. bay ard. Benton.
Cu,hb,rt. fnl,on. Henderson. kt,s. Linn. McIsa:,
erts. .langnn. Miller. Porter Sewer. smita Of
Connecticut. Sturgeon Iappan. White, ana
Nright-.l9
NAY>-.Me..-s Archer. Barrow. Bates, lserrien.
Buchanan. Choa,e. CLAYTON. Conrad. Crafts, Crit
ten.en. layton, Evans Graham, Huntington. Kerr.
Smith Of Indiana. s.srasue. rall..algs. anl Wood.
bfldge-24.
Mr.. WOODBURY. said. being himself
friendly To tie F;ssase OF the bill, he
wished TO see il coa,aii certain li'nltn.
,ions;-,hey could, a, nil events, do no
harm. Que which he woa,l purpose was,
to provide that the compensation to be
given " any oac person Should not cx
coed $4,000.
MIR. ARCHER said he SHOULD have no
sor. Of objection 10 the Introduction OF
snch an amendment, except that il would
lead TO the necessity Of sending the bill
back 10 the House of Representatives,:
and, il tic gentlemen would refer to
the act by which These appropriations
were restricted. lie would find that his
object was already attained by the bill as
it stood.
Mr. WOODBURY. sail tho reason why
he thought i. better 10 introduce into this
bill the specific provision, was. that the
act which was referred 10 hadexpircd.
Mr.. WALKER said there could he no
possible difference whore reference was
made TO a particular act, whether that act
had expired or not. THO provisions OF
the &C, referred TO would apply by what
ever name tho agent might be designa
tcu;-Whetncr nc tlSRt De Calltu com
agent, or ambassador, the pro
visions Of tho act would apply as strictly
as ii they were embodied III tine new act.
MIR. ARCHER said this was precisely
his view, and lie did not, therefore, con
cciyc an amendment; to be necessary. If, !
however, i. was thought requisite. no had
not the slightest objection that it should
be so amended.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. BENTON said tho language oft.no
bill was studiously ambiguous. W he,h-
err the person to he emp.oyed vas 70 be
a charge, o. an agent, was
not expressed. lie now desired TO know
whether !, was to 80 understood tina, the
person or per-.ons 10 be apl oin,ed, were
70 be appointed by the President without
the Consent OF the Senate.
AIR ARCHER said he had t. answer
to that. tina, the gentleman himself was
just as co,npe,en, TO inform tho Senate
upon this point as he (Mr. ARcHER) was
Ne bud no information regarding II; bur
hs would put il to tbs. honorable Senator
s say Of what importance the designation
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