Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-23

n OF The obstacles he encountered or of the oropress
which he made; Can an Anne rican read sucb d,srs
pu'aoie developments of an American Minister catch
ing udngs OF co-ambassador. of what wos ,,,ns,ir
ng ut the national domici in relation IN 80,
national Government, without feeling his cheek hn,n
asain' win Indignation and shame On the ODD or
october, The French ambassador has tidn,, NJ tb.
a % Tue american re goa'ion up the 5rh of Sep.
temoef, whie the American Ambassador had IN d,o,
MS neao ~ chagnn and shame and own that the last
ohcia tdings which had reached him from his Gov,ro
ehl were saler oy near five months actually bearing
date date on the Goth April preceding The despatch of Mr.
now COPIED, IS numbered ainetv fomr and am
quite confident that least sxty of those desn.tbe
were receivedby Mr.. Adams during hi, Secre.,,rshr
rom the 4th of March, 1917, 10 the 9od of October
i0io.say ~ months; and pray how MANY desoatches
u WI ~ "f'te IN reply, IN the same period sipnal-
ps was by almost ncessant negotiations Just
exactly T@o-one on the lth Of November 1917 snd
the other on the 10Th of April 1873 oil ,old-si -
And he was so specially chary Of these ubo,ob ,bs
letter quoted IN my last epslle was of the greatest i'm
pofaneel tnat' up to this hour, neither Of them has
ever been IN print and, what is more TO the purpose
and more disreputabie, neither of them evs, can ,ba
Senate Chamber %" VIC
mus receiving some sixty dispatches from Mr. Err
ving'-and though he dire need the while Of Nil
r' eAeiuons "th fIzatro TO induce him to enlarge
Don ohis Observation-Disclosures he pressed him for
fesh powers-apprlSed HIM of Pizarro's solcitude Ia
treat al naorid-ot his most conciia;ory DISPOSITIONS
aho OIL ne cheering auspices, full of promise of lar
ger cohce ssons and pfomp.er results Mr. Adams
uesneu % "f'.e nm but TWO dispatches in NINETEEN
concealng his orn proposas 10 Don
on's oil Hestera boundary from MIR Ervino-and
"hen 'ne negotiation at Washington was actunIlu ,u,
pended, Tor The want OF instructions To Don Ons IN ,c
cepe -hf ADAMS boundary of the Colorado Ike pit him
profoundly ignorant both Of the fet and the eanse Of
that suspenson-leovng it to blind chance whether he
shouio erer know tor perng the dignity of his DO
shon, by ccepting from Foreign Ambassador humi.
atne reveiatons OF moment2us State secrets,
plhg ~''nIn the very curage of The American Cabi-
net. AND yet MIR Adams maintained and insisted the
while, that Mr.. Ewing was fully empowered to nsoo-
Ha!e ana conclude Treaty with Pizarro-subjectinp
nIn If he did, to the perp!exng and perous odds Of
oeaing with one, rife (throueh Don Onis) with all
knowledge OF the siatao of the WASHINGTON Nepotia
ton, and skilled to WELD to an adversary 9 dsadvan
taae, and the Kings behoof-wh,le the American Mi.
MISTER would be lett to gope his way out of these dark
movements, without one CLEAN of light whereby he
might SO doVetaIl his demands and concessions TO fit
those which might have been made by the American
Secretary at Washington,
80. have stated that Mr.. E received but tmo des.
patches from Mr.. A from the 18th of March, 1877.
when Mr. became Secretary of State) TO the 22d Of
OCTOBER 1913 the date of the above letter These de-
spatches (Mr Z. informs us,) bore dates the ll,h of
November, 1917, and the Goth April lclS What were
The contents OF the first one, he has informed u.s.
and do not know; and all know of the contents Of
The latter, communicated in my last letter, and de.
rived all my knowledge both Of IFS existence and con-
ents from the Erving Summary. What! are they not
published: Not they .7u contraire they We slumhered
obviously in the Sa'e Department these sir and
twenty years, and no part OF the contents of either
ever gl'slened in PRINT this passage Of the letter
which encountered the increduous stare of multiudes
in tbs mornns's Enquirer:
- our authority and instructions amply sufficient
Tor the conclusion Of treaty, and no alteration Of
them IS deemed necessary. |, is however, to be re-
Marked that The impression Of the public opinion of this
country Of our unquestonable rgM to The Rio Braro,
as The bestrn boundary, from day 10 dag becoming
stronger, and you will give II very distinctly 10
be understood, that IN offering to agree by Treaty
to the substitute Of the COlorado, the United States wi
not hold Themselves hound by The same offer at anu future
time
Surely despatch of This Importance was submitted
to the SENATE, Eh ? No sUoH THISc-SEirmER
ONE SoR THf OTTER! For sthey had, they would have
been found IN Louvre and Frankn's American Stale
Papers, with all the other documentary evidence trans
united with the treaty-and they not there II
to De notsd, too, that this despatch not addressed
to the adversary n,sotiator No. but TO our own. Mr..
A then must have spoken wllhon, reserve and have
spoken the very truth. II have been true them
that The "publc opinion or orr uSQuEsTIoSAaLE
RIGHT TO THE Rio Bravo, was "trom day ~ day be-
coming stronger And II that account, doub.-
ss. that Mr.. +. was explicitly instructed, that 'the
United States will not hold themselves bound to the
same Offer THE C0ioradol cat any future period I"
Hence after the drspaich OF Goth pr ISIS came TO
hand, and the Coiorado offered as a boundary and
reject d, it IL clear TINT MIR. left with the RIO
Braoo as his Wfinatam II was right that il should
have been, and surely 1t right OF The Senate 10
know II; and knowing it, it would have been lis duty
and II mould have demanded of MIR Adams how he
dared to face down that "puBLrc oPISIoS," how he
dared TO surrender that "uuquestonGe right 10 The RIO
Brdro, TO which he had made such solemn and impo-
sing reference, and 10 the unvaryng and tenacious
serton Of which, he bound Mr.. Ervng upon his Off
al responsibility 10 the stricest Observance But bo
II Observed lastly, that Mr. Adams in suppressing the w
dispatches, fairly acknowled that they could not
bear the light, nor encounter the test Of Senatorial
scrutiny that the purposed dsme mberment the treaty.
his own reputation, must have been mminently peril
led by such disclosure" By all that's good nd true,
agree with him perfectly So would have thought
the Senate and The people of lS19 and that these
dispatches have come to light, what will the Senate and
the people OF lS44 think OF hem and say Of hem and
do with them, with their AUTHOR, and the dsmemLertd
territory, which, under the Providence of God and the
most glorious auspices, is pressed upon re.nccep
ance by every al entreaty, and the strongest nation
al solicitations Prene gards, nssieurs PrSne= garde,
THIS letter informs US, TINT the French An,bassa-
dor had received advces that the American Spanish
negotiation was IN suspense a, Washington the 9th
of September ISIS The diplomatic history afterwards
published, showed that this strictly true. But II
is also true and pertinent the discussion state,
that that suspension had continued without nterns-
sion, from the month Of March preceding. Yes, the
suspension existed when Mr.. A. Ind,ed his despatch
OF the goth April though 1t does not appear that MIR.
A. apprlzed Mr. f. Of 50 important fact Well, what
suspended il The letter informs us: "The impossi
bilriy in which Mr. onis found himself, to accept III,
Irtstern limit proposed By you" Well, what Hester.
limit is meant? Why the Colorado-proposed in Mr..
As letter TO Mr.. o Of the I6 h Of Janucry 1913, as
elresdy stated. Now, Mr. o. despatched courier to
Madrid in April for instructions, he informs Mr..
Adams in his letter of the 9th August lSl5-and which
he closes by the remark 81 have doubt that
shall be able to TO an understanding By means
Of my nep Institutions, and agree the basis OF
treaty mutually salisfactory."-( See Louvre IL Frank
N a
Now, mark the statue of the difficulty. The Colo.
r,do is proposed. Instructions needed by Don
Onis, and sent for To what end? To reject the Co.
orado' II needed no fresh instructions 10 do that
Then it was to accede to it When? As soon as they
arrived Was Don On,s willing TO accept of the Col
orado, Yes-or he would not have sent for authority
10 empower him. Did Mr. know that O. was will.
ng' Yes-for that the object OF the suspension.
Had O. confidence in the RESULT Yrs-and informed
Mr.. A., on The 5lh August, he had no doubt, &c.
But have more satisfactory evidence still later,
10 w.t. on the 18th Sep,ember-for, Mr. f. tells Mr..
Adams, that he learns from the French Ambassador.
{" that Mr. Osrs, and NJ. Hyd. de Melville, AS WELL
As YOURSELF, trusted that the next instructions from
henoa WOULD ENABLE Mn, Mr.. OsIs, TO AccEDE
YOUR PLAN What is your pfan' The Colorado And
all three Of you trust that they will? Yes-.nr Ons