The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-03

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him Sir, allow me to feicate the Senate, too upon
fact never disclosed before few minutes since, think,
and the existence Of which believe had not been AZ all
suspected heretofore in any quarter, that we have at
present in midst gentleman profoundly versed. as
the honorable senator from Connecticut has und0ubted
ly proved himself to be- in all that appertans TO parlia
menary order and decorum and who, whilst he gra-
cousy lectures his associates here upon the gross les
and upon The rdiculoas errors wkck they fromsims
time commit supplies in his own person 90 fine an ex
emPlcaton OF The Wisdom and value Of his profound
teachingsn much, indeed, thai no one could doubt
for instant that the honorable senator s better ted
than any mortal beside TO play among us here the
august and imposing part Of an arbaer ,aorim sgan-
Sir, hold il to be quite an unfortunate circumstance
for the fame Of my honorable friend from Michigan Mr
CAss thai he did not. before he moved in this affair al all
consult the honorable senator from Connecticut IN regard
the expedet proper to be adopted for attaining the
object specified his esolutonthe suspension OF di
plomatic relations with Austria since then be might
manage to avoid that laundering denunciaiion which
have just heard bursting from the lips Of the honorable
say Of the resolution OF my honorable friend that il is
grossly unparamentary absurd and indecent indeed he
has in addition asserted that the only form Of proceeding
AT all COMFORTING with decency dgnify good sense
one matued in his brain, and this momentbrought
to our notice by himself in the speech which am now
y certainly % anfNSas III dTspsaS n SoS az s
conference with the honorable senator from Connectcnt
before he ventued to bring forward his resolutions a. be
might thus have avoided the discredt and infamy in
which he must be inevitably involved under the po
tental nvective OF the honorable senator from Connec
ticut. s..,s sa, ssgi :,
erately brought forward resolution upon grave ma
onal question: neither decent, dgnjed nor consistent
with good sense. hese were the precise words used E
in my Judgment very serious matter indeed; and the
weight Of oboquy will lin this instance, be the more bur-
dsnsome and crushing omthe high extend
ed influence OF the gentleman VINO mas g iomsly pI3
am glad to find ii in the power of my honorable friend
from Michigan to deduce more or less Of consolation
voved, from the circumstance that il at least pos
sible that his fierce and unsparng assailant may not
himself be found entirely beyond the range q legitimate
criticism confess, sir that when the honorable sem
aor from Connecticut gravely asserted IN our hearing
Just now that if any person chanced 70 set into his
hands the Of o ae % coS
vered into charge faares two ideas occurred 70 me.
and. suppose to all Others present first that such
proposition was itself too ridiculous TO need formal rel
utaon an secondly, that the honorable
liar mode of pronouncng the word archives under which
he described the papers referred was not
such as was suited him in his present assumed chaac-
ter of senatorial drbiter morum et esgantar,m For,
sir according my poor recoliecon the word archives
not pronounced by any dictionary that i has been my
recommend the honorable gentleman, before ne under
takes TO play the critic among again. that ne shall q
least learn TO pronounce correctly ms
necticul has been kind enough 70 allow us the OF
Extracting little additional consolation Of similar kind
from his own example the present OCCASION The
honorable senator has fallen into the strange and unac-
counable bunder of supposng that there are two kinds
Of charges known to the Jus genftunIons Of wnc1 ne
calls the charge de facto and the other the Charge de
ege Now undertake say, sir, thatthis is notion
which has found its origin alone the Uranium OF the
honorable senaO and has No. nos Incl IN any any U@
sing part Of the affair for he informs us that
who gets the archives Of the mission in. bis bands,
previous pgo sasSoy sna % Sod hen
his custody, 10 charge de faeto. as dishngeshabe
from etaygS de iege; and that this change d (edo
merely is legally entitled to claim the full pay ofa
charge de isgs certainly TO be hoped that the hon
orable senator will shortly enrich the world with nav
sass prepares, Sy himself upon TIE he. ,ws " s@e
is TO be feared that the civized powers OF tne woua
win remain sadly in want Of nesdfu edicsiion uPoa ell
matters touching diplomatic concerns: The honofooe
senator tells u.s. this morning with quite aiable ex-
hbition Of ssconpLaesaey that be was for four years
connected with the Committee on Foreign kesno4s % IN
been quite valuable integral part Of that committee, and
seems to to be decidedly unfortunate that ms useful
labors there should soon have terminated ,s. 80.
Mr. President did Tor the purpose OF entering
into an argumentave contest with the honorable senator
rom Connecticut; Heaven forbid that shosld manifest
SO much presumption NO, wss %y has ocspsd
his chief attention this morning. Inc wnoe conuose,
sy seems to resolve ITSELF in the honorable senslors
spo,s His aaIk is still Of bullocks The honorable
gentleman has been evidently much absorbed IN that
grand division OF official spos which has been u lively
progress in this republic for nine months past maj Is
difficult for him to think OF anything else this s but
natural and do not at all find fault with the honorable
| senator on this head" MRoR MAcIsl" -,
Mr. President close by expressing hope that tne
honorable senator will hereafter endeavor 10 eat ms Coz
aborers here with little more Of respect and courtesy
| Mr. SMITH Mr.. President, wish to take little
notice Of one remark made by the gentleman who last
addressed you, tMr. FoorE1 l do 90, because = can
notice il consistently with my self respect Ihe genue-
man has gone into some little criticism on the terms
which thought fit TO to designate charge acting un-
der the authority OF Congress, and charge that is act,
ing under the authority Of the President OF the United
States or one under the authority OF the retiring minister
at some court. s. IA, - "a A.
The former called charge de sge; that is, created
by law | do not know that properly designated tne
other as being charge de fddo did not mean 20 say
any one could act in the OF our government ana
for our government, except certain Nicholas lpst,
without some authority. We have known one minister
abroad without power to make ateay without autnoI
| ity from anybody think he may be called minister
de- facfo think that he sent that deporabe treaty neIe
which the Executive thought NJ TO adopt as ms Own,
and the result was that il was ultimately raneo py ne
Senate for the whole land. do not know tnat ,ha1 ~
presson was proper expression, but believe .na every
member of the Senate knew what meant inoee psl-
sons acting in the place OF ministers abroad are
anpointed believe, by the retiring minister now, %
there h no act of Congress authorizing nat 70 oe done
- .srsv the usage of government When the retiring
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