Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-23


was Inconsistent with The honor 81 ms Co ,ar;ca
Bul certain statements put forth III h ~, rnn,
lad been renorted 10 have been maue " .''I
oress If the United States, which niaue ;, ~ ,he
bIe that some explanation should De S.';tan, ~
snt,ac, us had thought that Inc rieN,;ans
,bs I,o;,ed States had last year maze cor
10 CONGRESS on this subject WHICH VIZ. ,r;es or 10
,nrmable 10 the rses Of civilized s,,o,as bnt il
the friendly relations OF tie ronosilion for a
would appear, however, lha' ~ iha President
comnromise had been made rom W ~ or,J John
- hir Wa;esty's Government, and he Lolu 'pnD
p,'ssa,n conceived that that proposi''oh nav
changed the state OF the question. ,;sf.c,orv or
srss nrnnostioo itself might be saisiac'o.y,,i
-, ss,s fnc,ory. bul, having been maze, Il - u.a
annear 10 him 10 require slateien' "or, an
in authority in this country, u .i,e ~ mos.
which they would be satisfied 10 se'tie sn,o h.d
lion. That proposition, as nc umu. hut
h w.. hsan declared 10 be totally inadmssioe oy
nnr Minister in America. He (Lord John nus
seN confessed he thought this was nasty pro
ceeding on he part OF The representative VI ne'
Majesty in the United States. o,br 10
Rnt ,yhat he wished to ask was, whether the
,oaoiisiions had recommended, or were gong
on7 He was not DESTROYS that the papers shou"l oc
presented 10 The House; he was Wiling 10 iedse
The negotiation in The hands oil her NiaJes9
yernment, until they could stale lhai sd''1 l
tory result had been attained, before ne dehe" ~
any Information OF the particular sIa'e Oh 'ne NJ
golialons. L.3 fallen from
~ movable member from Monrose. Tier
Majesty required the attention OF The House -
,hs increase in the estimates which provided LOT
The efficiency OF The military and naval service.
HI could well understand that with ihe IN
creased nossessions OF this country abroad, ana
The consequently increased demands on The SET
vices oi our military and naval forces IN every
mari of the world, there might be reasons 'oi .'e
! increase Of the estimates even al seaSo', u P'o.
found peace, and when nothing threatened On any
| .l4. and he trusted that it was on these GROUNDS,
..I no, an account of any thIng in the aspect Of
| affairs. with reference 10 The Unileo S'd'es. 'nd'
Her Majesly's Government had mace 'n'S M
crease 49,. ,.h,
lie for his par had for some time thought
that lie efficiency OF the military force oil ms
country al lis present amount was 100 inuch !f'ed,
| and thai 100 much was demanded from that force.
! His second question was This. Her Majesty
stated that for several yeats desolalnS ana
saneuinary warfare had afflicted The States oil liie
Rio de la Plata, and il was farther stated mat
her Majesty was endeavoring 10 enect Inc pacl-
hcation OF those States.
| enupayOT 10 cIIeCl . 49, -"
ruled Nv means of warlike measures, ana ne
somewhat doubted whether that was the Tgh'
mode of proceeding. II was lrue, II was stated
ina, The commerce OF all nations had been inter
ruped. But il was farther stated that "acls OF
| great barbariiy had been committed unknown 10
the practice Of civilized people.
Arls Of barbarily were certainly very dreadful
thines bu he doubted whether twas wise 10 Her
hjaiesys Governmental state that a. ground u
= forcible intervention. They had heard-thouSh
he would mol name The countries IN "hich they
had taken place but they had heard oil dieaoiu
acts of barbary in other parts O. The world ana
certainly he had mol heardit proposeu ny any VIZ
statesman, that there sAou'u oe any 'i'si 's"'0"
in those countries.
The question which he had 10 submit TO The
! P;oht Hon. Baronet was, whether he proposed
IN Law on The table anv papers explanatory OF the
gron1d upon which Her Majesly's Government
thought il necessaryto interfere win Inc WARFARE
With has occurred in the States OF the Rio de la
Plaial as
Sir Robert Peel With reference 10 The q,les'
lion Just put by The noble Lord, beg 10 say 'ha.
no, loreseeing that he would put II, ail no. d.
present prepared 10 give him ananswer' hnd ""s
| therefore 10 crave that he will postpone MS que
lion mill another time. On The subject Oh INC
! OREGON territory, ] have 10 state that proposal
was made by Mr.. Buchanan, with The autnority
oftbe President OF the United States, 10 Mr.. "a
| kepham, and The proposal so made suggested
| division OF the territory.
| Whether or not that proposal ought 10 nave
been accepted, ! cannot say; Mr.. pakennam
thought that The terms proposed were so i'tle !'hc
IL 10 be acceptable, that ne did mol leei hlihse'l
warranted in transmitting the proposal to The 10
vernment al home; and on signying this TO Mr.
Buchanan, the latter Immediately stated that The
proposal was Withdrawn.
This is The state Of the negotiation al present,
50 far as am informed, respecting Inc proposal
submitted by MIR. Buchanan. ! have Inc hlghesl
opipion of Mr.. Pakenham; have The greatest
respect for his talents and the greatest confidence
IN his Judgment. vet must say that II would have
been better had he transmitted that proposal 20 the
home government for their consideration, emu u
found in itself unsatisfactory, u might possibly
have formed the foundation Tor lufther proposal
(Hear o,,
81 10 the United States their offer OF referring lie
mailer 10 arbitration, butno answer has yet been
received TO the proposal SO made.
With respect to the proposed increase IN ne
naval and military estimates, IL IS Impossible or
any one to see the progress oil steam Navigation,
and The continued increase OF our colonial posses
sions. without al the time seeing the necessity for
an increase in our naval and military establish
menis Within the last few months Inc colony OF
New Zealand has made heavy demand upon us
in this respect; and the continual drain maze up
on our troops, on account of The necessary refers
in our other possessions is so great that il is al
most impossible 10 fill up our regiments
Think that even while we have Tie utmost
confidence in the intentions OF foreign powers,
we would not be wise 10 neglect The deences
OF our country, and TO render it secure against
any possible contingency. Hear, hear. say,
then that the proposed increase 10 The estimates
may be entirely justified on purely defensive
grounds, and that her MaIesys Government.
have felt il their duty TO propose an increase VI
The estimates loT our naval, military, ana ot9.an.e
establishments, without reference 10 me dispute
with The U. States.
IJs,rgp STATES Tariff Secretary Walkers
Renori-Iord Mon,eage inquired whether there
would he any objection 10 the production OF 'ne
repor, Of the Secretary Of The Treasury oil The U.
States on The subject OF The Iarlfl.
The subject was one oil general importance ana
he hoped there would be no objection 10 The pro-
duclion Of The document. He had thought itrisht
10 gu, this question 10 The noble earl in the hrst
instance before moving for The production oil nus
report.
The Earl of Aberdeen said il was unusual TO
! move for The production OF documents similar 10
| ina, alluded to by The noble Lord, and il such
! practice were adopleh II might DC dueNueu WI"
/ great Inconvenience.
| Atthe same lime, he was not disposed 10 dc
prive their lordships Of information which might
| lie really valuable and important, and which he
could communicate consistently with his duty.
Re had certainly received copy Of the docu-
men. 10 which The noble Lord referred, and was
ready 10 admit thai il contained matter which
WAS very we'll worthy their lordships' attention.
Under the circumstances he would not object 10
its production.
Produce Of Ho. il Great Britain.-Of the
quantity OF Iron, South Wales produces 219 hou-
sand tons Slaffordshire 2l9, Shropshire 81, Scot!
lard 81 Yorkshire 80, Derbyshire 22i, and North lh
Wales %. The quantity has increased loo,ooo
tons per annum.
Duties on American PrOdnee.-Wilmer x
Smiths European Times il abiding 10 The pro-
posed reduction OF duties on American produce
says:
"There seems great Inconsistency in admitting
american bacon free, and charging hams Qhe
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