Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, yesterday, after We went to
press, the Presidents message concerning the
dismissal of Mr.. Champion, with documents
relating thereto, were read, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Mason I'VE quote from the Intelligen.
GERS report expressed the pleasure he felt
at learning the eonciliatory tone of Lord Clar.
endon's dispatch, and complimented Mr..
Marcys letter as being at once temperate,
calm, and courteous, and no doubt would be
received by the British Government in the
same amicabls manner that Lord Clarendon s
dispatch had been received here.
Mr.. Cass had listened with pleasure to the
reading Of the despatch of the Secretary of
State. He regarded it as q conclusive and
powerful analysis Of the whole case. It
seemed to him that the honor of the country
imperiously required the dismissal of the Brit.
ish Minister, and his only regret was that it
naa not been done long ago. He held that
this suspension of intercourse was yery com.
mon circumstance; indeed, he believed that it
was an ordinary occurrence to inquire of gov
ernmsnts If ministers would be accountable
he alluded to his case when appointed Min
lister to France, and said that he remained in
London until it was ascertained that il would
be agreeable to France to receive Q Minister
England had sent q Minister out of her conn.
try under guard. Indeed he might cite nu-
merous instances of such suspension of in ter
course, II IL was necessary. 1t was no cause
ISr war nor would war grow out of it unless
England was determined to proceed to il. The
document was an important one, and would
be sought for with much avidity as Containing
elements Of history, and be would move to
print 10, 900 additional copies
Mr. TOOmbs admitted that the dismissal OF
| the British Minister did not of necessity lie ad
to the disturbance Of our pacific relations
with Great Britain; but still he could but re-.
greet that the matter had taken the course i,
had. Our Government having been satisfied
| as 1t acknowledged, with the representation,
| made by Great Britain, the British Minister
ought to have been permitted to remain He
thought 1t was in vain for us to saw that the
subject in dispute had been satisfactorily ex
planned, to declare that the apology or expla-
nation Of the British Government was &C.
cepted, and then to remove the Minister who
was the occasion Of tho dispute While he
agreed With our Government that the expls.
nauon OF Lord Clarendon was sufficient, vel
ne thought they had greatly erred, after OBJ.
ioma.s .nat explanation, TO interrupt the din
manc intercourse between the two countr;cs
ne expressed the opinion that The ~ 80. )
ueen pressed to point of pettifooo;n. ratha,
'cah ot statesmanship He aid not Co.,
WIN 'ne construction given by our Govern.
ment 10 the neutrality laws. H. d;d -,
think the British Governmsnt - iu no,
them in any thing which it had don. ''oI MN
that negotiations had terminated h. ,, w az.
occasion to express his dissent from the vis-,
of his own Government.
Mr.. Butler agreed with the Senator from
Georgia Mr.. TOombs) that it was peculiari,
unfortunate that the British Minister SHOULD