New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-07

w.r.r, ar the Committee ON Foreign
A6airs-Inseresting H"'or'c"'
.sry-TAe Presidents As".~ps'sn '.a'
Ne Alone Has Authority 20 Recognise
W. states Meet Raeetualiy Befutef'

Me- states Meet Raeetualiy Befutef'
The Committee on Foreign Affairs directed
~, Henry Winter Davis to make the following re-
port
The Committee on Foreign Affairs have examined
the correspondence submitted by the President relative
10 the Joint resolution Mexican affairs win e Pr ~
found respect TO which it Is entitled BECAUSE VI s
rraytr Of its subject and the distinguished source from
which il emanated ,,,o IN ,,.;so,r
They regret that the President shond nave SO wIas
departed from the usages OF Consttutohal uofelh
ments ar make a pending resolution OF so grave ana
delicate character the subject Of diplomatic explana
Thew rerret st more that the President should have
thong6t nroper to inform foreign Government OF
radical and serious conflict Of opinion and jurisdiction
hetween the repositories of the Legislative ana EA
ecutiye power OF the United States:
right OF Congress constitutiona TO do what TINS House
did with absolute uRanmity other than derogaory 10
They learn with surprise that in the opinion OF the
President the form and time Of expressing the
Of the United States recognizing monarcmcn
Government imposed on neighboring kepuonc rs
a"purely Executive question" and the decision OF IL
constitutionay belongs not to the House OF hepre
senayes nor even to Congress- but TO the President OF
The assumption is equally novel and inadmissible.
No President claimed such exclusive authorify
no Congress can permit its expression 10 pass with
out dissent 1t certain that the Constitution nowhere
confers such authority on the President
The precedents Of recognition sufficiently numerous
IN this revolutionary do not coDnteDance this view
and there be not inconsistent with It, the Commit
tee have not found it, questions OF recognition nave
been debated and considered grave questions OF Ma
tiona policy which the will OF the people should DC
expressed by their Representatives III oongrsss as
eernbled and the President the proper medium OF
foreign intercourse has executed that Will II ne mas
anticipated its expression we have not found inc
The declaration and establishment Of the independ
ence of the Spanish American Colonies first brought
the question OF recognition Of new governments or ma
tiOns before the Government OF the United STATES
and the precedens then set have been followed ever
since even by the present Administration The cor.
respondence now before us Il the hst attempt 10 uepar
from that usage and deny the nation controlling, de-
Lucrative voice in regulating its foreign policy
The following are the chief precedens on reeognl;
tion Of new governments and the pohcy OF the oheo
States Government on that topic:
On the 9th of February 1921. Henry Clay moved in
the House Of Representatives 10 amend the Appropria
ton bill by the following clause: For an outfit and
one years salary such Minister as the President by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate may
send to any Gorernssi of South america which has e.
fabhlsd and is maintaining independency Of Spain,
q sum not exceeding els CO.," 1t failed
On the 10th of February he moved " That the House
Of Representatives participates with the people OF the
United States in the deep interest which they feel for
the success Of the Spanish Provinces of South America
which are nggns for ,heT liberty ana 10
the President of the United States whenever he may
deem it expedient TO recognize the sovereignty ana In
dependence Of any of the said provinces"
A motion 10 amend by the proyiso That this reso-
futon shall not be construed TO interfere with the indie
pendent exercise Of the treaty making power" and
heretofore pursued by the President Of the United
States. with regard to the said provinces were mega
lived.
The resolution was adopted and Committee ap-
pointed to lay it before President Monroe.
The Committee, on the 18TH February. reported
common with the people Of the United States and the
House Of Representatives, he felt great interest in the
Of the Provinces Of Spanish America which are
struggling TO establish their freedom and independence
and that he woud take the resolution into deliberate
consideration with the most perfect respect for the
distinguished body from which it had emanated."
So the House OF Representatives took the initiative
toward recognizing the new Republics. The amend
ment 70 the Appropriation bill was legislative recog
milton; the resolution formal statement OF the
opinion Of the House the President which he did
not think beyond their constitutional authority:
At the first session of the next Congress the House OF
Representatives motion Of Mr. Nelson OF Virginia,
Thai the Psdn. Of the United States be requested lay
before such communications be in the
session Executive from the agents Of The United States
declared their ndependence and the 1m
Secretary Of State as tend to show the political condition
those Governments and the state Of the war between them
and Spain may be consistent with the pubic interest 10
President Monroe answered the application on the
eth Of March in elaborate Message Of which the fol-
lowing extracts sufficiently show that he did not think
recognition "a purely executive question and that the
decision Of it consutionay belongs not to the House
Of Representatives, nor even 10 Congress Dut 10 inc
President of the United States:
In rHnsungto the House Of Representatives the docu
called for by the resolution Of the House OF the Jh OF
January consider tiny duty 70 re the attention Of Con-
sres very important subject and TO communicate the
snsr sentiments there be such cooperation be-
tween the Departments OF the Government their
spective rights and duties may require"
THIS contest has now reached such stage and been ct
merits the most profound consideration whether their
tight the of independent nations with all the ed
yantages incident it, IN their intercourse with the United
States, IL not complete"
Amer narrating the facts he proceeds:
When the result Of such contest is manesy settled the
new have a claim to RECOGNITION BY other pow
Nhenx NJ tim mis-
war prosecuted the complete which has at
tended the Provinces e present condition Of the
parties and the inability Of Spain 10 produce change
Ia H. compelled conclude that settled and
Provinces which have declared their independence
and are in the enjoyment ught to recognized"
an preparing his not contemplated TO change
either Of the parties"
Is in strict accord with the Law Of Nations that Is Just
and night the parties and that the United States owe to
Their position and character In the world, well as to their
sentisl Interest, to adopt It."
Should Coagre concur in Tie rtr herein prented, they
viii doubtless see The ?r9pe, Of making necessary appr0
1t Is quite apparent that President Monroe was far
from countenancng the opinion that the form and time
In which the United States would think 1t necessary
express themselves on the policy Of recognition is
purely Ezecutrs question and he did not think the de-
cson Of eonsutonaiy belongs mot to the House Of
Representatives TO Congress- butt 10 the Presi
dent Of the United States TO the exclusion Of Congress-
Had be so thought be would have refused the produc
zion OF the papers President Washington did the
diplomatic Instructions relative to the English treaty
he would have announced Lis purpose to recognize the
Republics and left it to Congress 10 provide for diplo
matte intercourse with them.
Far from that he proposes their consideration the
policy OF that recognition and II they in that
asks them 70 make the necessary appropriation TO carry
into effect He consulted the ptu Of the nation OF the
mouth OF Congress and proposed 10 concur In ts exc
eution. So Congress understood him. for the papers
and message referred 10 the On Foreign