The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-05-04

aerlioni did semi monthly the snme Us new ones
the eveut,of such an attempt being
made by the powers Of Eurbpe, we
would be compelled to take the most
active and efficient part, and to bear
the Drunt of the contest" "-Mr. Poin-
set to. lMr. Clay, 2SM September, 1926.
And:you will find, i'll reference to
tic Panama Congress, to which shall
presently come, that one OF the Objects
for wltcli that Congress was convened,
Was for settling and determining by
treaty stipulations between this co,,ll-
try and those republics, the extent to
which thus stood committed. 1t was,
then, committal Of this government
t9the purpose of preventing, by armed
resistance if necessary, such hi inter
vention. Yet the expression used was,
that it would not be looked at with
'"si,di6ere"ce."
~ The last epoch to which shall adj
Tert III this very tedious review, is the
Occasion Of the celebrated mission to
Panama, during the administration OF
John Quincy Adams. In his message
Of December, 1926, he informed Con-
.gress that the. government Of the Uni
ted States Ind been invited by several
!; OF tlc South American republics to
unite with them, through; representa-
tives, in a General Congress-. at Panama
for certain purposes Which were set
out in the ih'Sitation; that the invitation
had been accepted Oil his part, aud that
ministers would be commissioned. Sub:
seauently, when he sent to the United
States the names of the commissioners,
for their advice and consent, he submit
Ted to the Senatc--,ls on the occasion
of appropriations would necessarily
be submitted to the lTouse-thc policy
and expe1icncy OF such Il mission. 1t
would seem that this project Of gen
eral' A1nerican Congress, to be held by
rTall the South' american States at Pana-
ma, had originated With Bolivar, Presi-
dent, of Columbia; and in treaty stipu-
lations between several of the South
American republics, it has been ar
ranged by them, that such u Congress
should be held. The parties TO these
treatise invited the United Statcs to
mectTsn in that Congress .Ald f'resi-
Gent Adams $cccpted tile Invitation.
Ths' nominations Came to the Senate.
They were Richard G. Anderson.
of Kentucky, and John Sergeant of
{ ,Pennsylvania; and their title "Envoys
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipo-
ttentiary to- the Assembly of American
'aNations at Panama" The nomina-
Etiohs were referred, with the message,
to the Committee on Foreign Rcla-
tions. That Committee made report,
from which l shall read few extracts,
for the purpose Of showing to the Sen
ate, first, the opinions entertained by
republican statesmen. Of that day, on
expediency of forming political con
nections with any foreign powers, even
QUE own neighboring republics; and
second, the jealousy and distrust with
which they viewed any departure from
| tne'well established policy of isolation
in our foreign relations. And call
the attention Of the honorable Senator
from Michigan Mr.. Clss] to the fact,
well. known to him, that Nathaniel
Mhton; of North Carolina, was the
chairman of that committee, and made
tho reportI-a man second to. none, cx-
cept Jefferson, ih' the estimation Of the
Republican party Of the country
There they recognize, that there was !.
course of policy uniformly and happily
pursued by tn, United States, from the
creation of the government down to
that time.
The committee held this language :
''l'he first question which suggested
sitself TO the committee, at the very
threshold Of their investigation. was,
whas cogcnt reason now existed for
adopting this new and untricd meas
uro, SO much in conflict with the whole
course of policy uniformly and happily
pursued by tho United States from al.
most the very creation Of this govern
ment to the present hour? BY the
principles Of this policy, incalculateL
by our, wiscst statesmen in former
dhys,t and approved by the experience
OF all subsequent time, the true inter
est of the United Suites was supposed
to be promoted by advDiding all ell
tangiing connections with any other ma
. tion'whatsoever"
"And to maintain With cnch rela-
tions of perfect amity, and Of com
kmerce, regulated and adjusted by rules
Of the most fair, equal, and just re-
ciprocity, the United States have hitl.-
erto' 'scduously abstained from assoca-.
ting themselves in any other way, even
with those nations for whose welfare
the most lively scnsibility has been at
all times felt .and otherwise manifest.
ed:''
..ghring tho conflicts for freedom and
Independence, in which these new
States of America were so long en-
gagged with their sovereign, although
every heart in the United States beat
high in sympathy with them, and fer
sgent aspirations were hourly put up
,sSfur their success; and although the re.