New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-16
L. s. SENATE-Specinl Session.

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| Tee pro ,smaton of the P.esi lent ccnvening the
| extraordinary Session was read, ard Committee sp-
pointed (Messrs Allen and Sewardl to inform the
Presto quoi I'm as assembled and the Senste
was ready to receive sry Communication be may be
| pleased g. mske.
Mr.. ALLEN R. H. subsequently, reported that
! they had rsTtpru ed that duty.
Mr. GkhEN no. presented tie me2?I.Al Of Ben
| iau in w Perkins cf Worcester Ua3s. 10 which he
.,ates that L JuLe, 1870, he contracted sth the Rus
sian Government. by lis accredited Minister 8: Wash
iDg'on for tie puIcGese Of $50 Gns d: powder and in
January, 1896, for 80 stand Of AIMS. These were
promptly delivered but tde cOrtfscL wss violated by
the Minister Mr Perkins asserts that ne 10 wholly
rvueG aLd wants $685. $50 densgc,, ana K the
Ssnste f. relief against tie u, aud Oppressive acts
Of a foreign Government.
MI GREEN offered resolution which w.4 re-
kireG 10 the Committee FOreigG R.a iOns calling
IN he 2 es.deLt 10 oomnu, icse whether any m.
pisiLi Las been made TO tie Government n relation
to the alleged breach OF contract Xitnou. under
taking to express al opinion, he thought this
which demanded the attention of our Government. l.
may tuIn out that tie meme railt Il mistaken bat the
pepe. cams before TIE > nae "a plausible shape
NJ. MASON vs. called . . the resolutions hereto
fore reported rom the Committee on Foreign Reli.
toLs IN regard 10 the question o Bitish aggressions
liz seen cd 10 hm mater CT moment tnat the Judgment
Of the Sruse st0ud De passsd upon tGem 5ecs1se of
tie probable bearing tney may nave any Dego,is.
tiOn pecdiDg. We lave evidence since the inlo-
duction q tie rtsolutn that for cSuse or oher
theie sane sggreesions cave been continued 10 the
Gu1 If Me X'cO and waters by British cruisers
We have TO belle that the visitation and de-.
tenion e our vessels is not in c usequsnce Of any
rev orders. TIE probability s that Trey are acting
without, or fIOm pLdue peIyersior Of existirg au.
bnrty. He thought when tn, sutlsc. was brought
To tie at htiOD 1t tie Brit sh Government that she
woald d.-caiIn Il e.s acts. But the resolutions d.
riiciy presented the question between the two conn
tries, ard hence it important that the Judgment
OF tie senate b. pronounced advance OF negOtil-
ton.
Mr.. WADE lOsiol wished to iIqpire Of Mr.. Mason
wheiter these sggIsssi hs bad nor been committed in
81 Effort 10 put down the slaye.trsde, whether our
flag las net been used to this trade and par
ticulaily whether there real any difficulty between
tie two Goyefnmepts w lch may not be settled by
treaty IL way honor TO al parties concerned 10
preventing the s.aye-trade, and cur flag from being
used IS screen. There seeued to him no difficulty
While re in malner justified the Brtish proceed
Egs, yet he believed tls trade abhorrei by both
parties, VINO wish to preys nt Il. England could have
10 motive for insulting Hsg. There is no inherent
difficulty.
MIR. MASON replied that il was en- undoubted
fact IL at tie Brtish ,vernment had been trying for
many years 10 obtain from al maritime nations "a
agar 81 the slave trade the mutual right of search
and vsa,ion. and hss obtained it from the principal
Po~eIs CT Europe but the United States have always
denied it, He would not say tast there may be no
practical mcce OF final disposition of the question if
Cheat Britain claims ths right Of visit for any pur
pcse, yet Re did not see how it could be done.
Mr.. BENJAMlN LA. trusted the resolutions would
be adopted before tie Senae adjourned. He had hoped
an oppeituni'y would nave presented for deliberate
d. cusson and that such would be taken as
wtu!d have forever put stop to the prstensions of
Great Bi,ain. Tie Senator from Ohio said that hs
hao 10 doubt that the motives OF Great Britain were
goad. and thai the actioas Of her officers were suds
bly, cuected.