Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-01-11
From the. New York Times.
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Sketch Of his Lie and PmbIic GaFeeH
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sketch Of his Life and Public Career
[cosTINUED FROM ouR LAST.
sii al ,aRasHENi paf@nL-ff9I MsN eaJ Z
ssi sEafiyainth6 sunmerofsiS iS4fpMEsWeb-
ser re- opened the Question diathe North
oEes.ep Boundary, Inviting sthS British
tkoseththens.so negohaleiup eiupopdheanewEbal
sis Ola conyentiohell lineas The proposition
ipasrefeired afbondonRf the inOnent when
lhe Melbourne Ministry was about iogelial
qush Office; and 1,iiqmet Rithrno5response
yhn,iLahal following Decembery when bord
hAbeniden, ForeignlS lSecroiqryinihe Cabide;
spfhSir RobefkP PeelsacqlA qlAinieEbiAsg Esepest,
our minister ht ST. James, ,f9iIhlhe ihientio6
Of, Her Majesty's Government 10 send d
special envoy 10 The United Sldos, ia order
10 adjust all unsettled questions, Lord ASH
sburlohp psle agent seieesed, was recommepdi
ed not only BY Ms acquaintancc with AMER
-icsn chafac,ef and affairs, ,sbutby His person
al ffiendshipIor Mra.lW ebstef, formed during
sthe visit Of the latter ID Englan in 1889.
Lord lAshbufton arrived la Washington In
April, il842! Mr. Webster had already DIP.
nplied 10 the governments of' Maine and Mas
sschdseus 10 appoint commissioners who
should parlicipatefih and sanction the nego-
ttieiiohs and ithe Question, with all ths col.
lateral issues, was al once entered upon.
The State papers which ernanated from Mr..
Webster, ip, the course, of, this transaction,
are among The mosl lnaslerly productions Of
American, intellect, They embrace, ,lbe
whole rationale Of lhe subjects they success
lively treat, stated 10 terms SO lucid, andwilh
Judgment 80 correct, as 70 form q new, era in
the history. Of international law The treaty
itself, undoubtedly, accomplished AL that
could be accomplished al the lime, Lord
! Ashburlon, was NOT, prepared 10, emer upon
Jhe subject Of the Oregon boundary and
yihAi was The only question which the Con.
ysnllonle(l Hnseiled. The boundary upon
the North east was fixed upon ahes basis Eof
Conventional line, approved by the Com
amissiotiers- Of Mnine and Massachusetts
the parties more oimmedlaiel y interested.
1.-The Right of Search was sddislrdnchised;
and as substitute, bolhna,ions engaged 10
sustain sufficient squadrons on lhes African
'coast,to repfessdhe slayesrade.o Anagr6e-
ofieht dor abe reciprocal surrender of fugi-
.a,iyes from Justice was framed; and aheI mi
nnor questions, ,relating 10 the capture Of the
Caroline, and the case Of ahe Creo.e, we're
1.-THE subject of highly ysarisfaclury correspond.
enca, which has effcclualIy prevented, ,nnd
will always, it was imagined, discourage a
recurrence of similar transactions. The
IabQrs OF The negoliators were terminated
on The 9ih Of August, l842, md I'VE days
MFR <,Iie treaty eizzl liis bgfilt m Q91ning
BE COMMITTEES upon Foreign ReIaiipiis, Of
which Hon, William G, Rves was Chair.
man, reported il on, the 15lh, without amend.
insns; and onahe Solh, ihe Senate assenled
10 The treaty, lnamended, bya vote Of Yeas
SO, Nays O., Among. The affirmative votes,
we find ihe names Of Messrs., John G. Cal
s.houn, Rufus Choate, John M. Clayton, ]. J..
1Criitenden, George Evans, William R, King,
Willie P, Mapgum,, William G. Preston,
W Rives, n. p, TallmadSc, Silas Wright,
Lew Woodbury.. In The negative, The only
onolebIe names were those Of Messrs. Ben
laon'and Buchanana naglis9iidpT edi 'asT71q
tlThs treaty Of Washinglou, .iho ralifco-
iions or which were presently afterwards
exchanged id Londbn, Glasses with The most
remarkable Stale papers Of the time. The
Squintuple treaty between the FIVE great pow
crs for the suppression Of ihe slave trade,
which was signed in December, l84l, fell
10 The ground, In the presence Of the better
suggestions contained in the American doc
spment. Tho clause relativeitog the surren-
Ter Of fugiliyes, has been reproduced insev-
eral conventions lpmedfor ihntspecifc pur.
Dose, between the various states of Europe.
Disputes of tedious duration were laid 10
frest by il; others exciting an exlrayagant
l.,popnlar feeling, and promising to end in an
flgill-ilmed resortto arms, were foreveTq quiet
ed. ltis 10 be regrened that seyemlpoints,
(which Mr.. Webster deemed satisfactorily
adjusted by the correspondence between him.
self and Lord AshburIon, had moi been more
, definitely secdrod by articles in the treaty
The seizure Of The Caroline, and ,he'areat.
iiment Of the crew Of the Creole, both in.
isvolyed questions Of International right, in
(which the ,honpruf our haglwas deeply In.
terested. Lord Ashburlon, il is true, con.
ceded the irregularity Of those acIs; and SO
long as the correspondence is remembered
il may prevent any repetition, But there
would have been stronger assurance, if The
treaty itself had embodied the understands
ing, Il wass Of course, i1e LoIicy Of Lord
Palmerston and the English opposition, 10
sdenounce The lreaty,as sacrificing the inter
esis Of Greps Britain, The subject led 10
an animated debate in the House OF Com,
mons, and ihe Ministry sustained a severe
shock in ihe encounter, But .ihe Whjgs
failedil 10 prevent lis ratification, Al home
and abroad, Mr.. Webster was at once recog
usnizedias one ofahe (oFemos, diploma.is,s O
the dnys IIisrePmaiionbecame o European
one; and ifJ The expyessionaof Satisfaction
.gthroughoutlhis country, was less yigaeionl
athandmight have been anticipated ,Ibe fac
sniusi be accoppted loro BY alhe0onPoPlilartj
sofshe administration with which no wat
connected; Gen. Harrison having died, ant
been. succeeded by John Tyler within
month after hisiinaugdratoh. 'h's sHi
ssiWhile the Negotiations viii Lord Ash
burton were pending, other Iexlerdal quss
tlons dlsided'lhe attention ofhhe Secretary
Of sIdse.l Oafrela,ionsl wRhi Mexico were
prgeariouss While on the Ono hand oh
G6vefhfneht was pressing tie liberation %
several American citizens, who had attend
6dlhe unfortunate Texan expedition ag6ins
Santa Foy slie Government Of Mexico ap,
pealed 10 that ofpWashIngsoR 10 req, sss tIlt
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