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WIMTEiI-APoom.
No more pwuei rr Huiuimt’h glowing rriys,
Inspire iht* M'isr, or elevate her l«j» s
Oh mafloti* now nhr *tempta to **'»&»
While in Into surround, mid vapours clog her ing.
No louver f.hurra, the grove, the mend, llte rtH ;
Tli* <mtiOhom'd vale, or proudly rising hill,
■Where erst, with wakeful eye, at curliest dawn,
1 walctiM the blushes of the ruddy morn,
And, plenaed il* op'ning heauticH to survey,
|lull’d the bright Sun’s npproaeh, nnd hles-ed lii* ray.
lint now, alas! the bli»>hU aeoaon’M dmiitfM* •
And dreary are the haunts when* laio I rang’d.
Hlrlpt of its fbllnge, frown* the gloomy grove;
No more the thrush nliunev the notes of love
No more. aWCfI incense loads t|* /' phyr’a w ing,
lireatli’d from the blooming pro-my of Spiing.
The mead**, where Flora ti inrnpli'd In her hlooin,
A hare and mournful aspect now assume ;
And winter, how ling on her icy enr,
Hums the loud blast of elemental war •,
In vest of fur, with snowy trappings .-proid,
( A erown of hoar-frost circling round her head,)
From Scythian climes, on tempest wing she lla-s,
A ml Ncattert Htorms mid dm knesw through tho sk le«.
AV itli vapours charg'd, the cloud* In streams descend,
Or, hov'ring high in ether, #novv portend.
The rains de.scmdlng, swell the rising rills ;
The soli-wing'd snows with brightness clothe the hill 4 ',
Hide the sad plains, and whiten all Hit’ wood*,
While fro“t coniines, in icy chain 4, the flood.*-.
Shr plumy nations now, with shlvTing win?;,
T)« jected sit, and reape their notes to sing ;
Or, fdntly iwlitering, mnto? the -leci.e plain .
Or, at the barn-door* perk the straying grain.
The harmless red eluims Ids animal store,
And, cautious, see Ik* the hospitable door
Amid the rigour of inclement *l»ic*,
Jly hunger diis’o, to man, lor loud, lie flics.
The herds walk |h»wl t \ o’er the fro/en Ira,
Ami, pensive, ftionti fir rick* of (Vagram h:»\ :
Or, seek in rest In new-lhreshM Mraw reelinM,
At once their food, and Nlicllcr from the wind.
The hung r > (lock traverse the w hile vales o’er,
In vain, the Vales nflord Do fliodfril store ;
One undi-titiguiwh'd wnsU* the fields aj pi nr,
And hills, groVe", plain, one ► killin'? vrMuft* wear.
A sullen silence reigns throughout the fields,
No sound the grove, no sound the valley, yields.
The rtnii, film glimmering w iih a feeble ray,
Boon end* hit race, and with Ids race, the day ;
And the pale Muon, enwrap’d in dusky liul t.
Blow measures out the. long nnd murky night;
Or, splendid shines o'er all the blue •rime,
While star* uiniUmhriM in her train are seen.
W .'me down the sleep of lleiiv’n she bends her w ay,
I he seed* of fro*l in shilling squadron- -tray ;
And, clrt-e condensed, through the lone night de, tend
In hnllirn t pearls, and o’er the earth etfend.—
VVhen J.t.e the Sun nwukcs the shurl-lived day,
The li oiji-frliigM b atu;ties glmei in his ray !
nrighi sparkling vesi the Woods, the groves adorn,
Aral pearls illustrious ban? on ev’ry thorn.
{To be continual.) H
( ContihHiU from our lusf.J
COH (• It JGSsilorV Ali.
mill\ tk iv mi; m;.vath,
On Mr. I'un liurais Muminalion.
No regretted, tlioro will ho found tliroo grounds
ii|ion which wo arc muU assailable, Ixl, in our
too long Mini too tenaciously resisting Iho right
ofGroul Hi itiau lu impose protecting duties in
her colonics;" 2nd, iVe.
“Tho opportunities which ynn have derive 1
from n |>mlicipitliun in our , nhhc conned*, us
Well at oilier non cos of info. maliun, " ill eimhlii
you In speak will, confidence, (as far a* you may
deo,it n piopor and useful so lo do,) of tho re--
pective paits l ikon hy ileus lo whom Iho ad
rniuislrution of this government is now com null
ed, in refill on lu tho cun,so Innelolb.u pursued
tijiou iho subject ol tlm colonial trade. Their
views u; on that point have boon suhimlteil lu
the people of the United Stales; and the counsels
hy which yuUi conduct is now diiecled arc tho
result of the judgement expressed hy tho only
earthly tiihunal to u h(t h tho late admiiiistratimi
was amenable for its nets. It should ho snlli
cient that tho claims sol nji hy thorn, and which
caused iho interruption ol tho trade m i|noslmn,
fravi-ln-cn oxjdicilly ahandoned hy those who fust
nssoilod them, and aic not revived hy their suc
cessors. If ti oat ISi ilam deems it adverse lo her
interests lo allow us to ()iittioi|iato in tho trade
with her colonies,and finds nothin" in tiro exli n-
Himrofit to otlie.s lo induce her to apply the
same rule to us, she will, we ho|>e, he sensible
of the ;.ro|>rioty of placing her refusal on thosu
grounds, To set u,> the no sos the lain udmm
Miration as the cause of forfeiture of piivilugea
Which would othorwise bo eMeuded lollio peo
ple of the United Stales, would, midi r existing
oiroumstanees, be unjust in itself, and could not
fail to excite lime doO(iusl sonsihilily. The tone
of feohns (vhicli a course so nowise ami m.tena
ble is caloul rled lo produce, would doubtless he
greatly aggravated by the consciousness that
t!ieat Britain Ins, liy order in council, opened
Inn colonial go. is to Russia and 1 am e,notw ilh
stmiding a similar omission on their part lo ac
cept the terms olloied by the act of July, I Hr*.”.
Voil cannot press this new of the subject 100
ea neslly upon the consideration of the lliitish
Ministry. It has hearings nnd i elation* that
reach heyoi.d the immediate ipteslum ttmlor dis.
cuss ton.’’
“i will add nothin" as to the impropriety ot
SulTe mg any feelings that find their origin in
Ihe ast pietensionn of this Government to hate
an adveiso iiiflmincv upon the present vomluel <o
Great B itain."
Sr, I submit lu you, and to the rnndor of all
just men, if 1 Hill tint . ight in saying, licit the
peivadoi" topic, though the whole, is not Vine
ncan lights, nut Ameiivali mimesis, not Anieii
can defence, hut denmiciulion of past /m frnsMi.s
of oil'-own country, rollections on the past ad
ministration, and exult ition, and a loud claim m
merit, lot the udininisiiation now in power.—
Sir, i would to give mistakes; I would pardon
tho want of mfonu.ilion ; i would pardon almost
tiny thing, whore I saw tiue patriotism and
sound Ameiican feeling ; tint I cannot Hague
the sacrifice of this feeling to mere pai ly. 1 can
not ea man in Minting abroad a public agent who
has not ooncci lions so largo and liberal, as to
feel, that in tho presence of fo;oi"ii Courts a
midst the monarchiesolTutope.hoTsto stand mi
10. his country, and his whole country; that no
jot nor tittle of her honor is to come to hatm in
lonium.*; Hist h* is not to suffer olhe.s to re
pioa.miner his Government or Ins country, and
ar css is he htmsel/lo leprnacl, oitl.e,; that 1 „
is to Usenoohjec.s in his eye but Ammir, „
J. r. U ,i * " al is 10 I'orgul himself to lb -
get pa. iy to forgot every sinister and narrow
i? ,! ip h'a proud and lofty attaclimenl to the
Ivepuld" , wtiose commission lie (mats,
■Mr. P osident, 1 have disclia god an ox e. d
mgfy un dnsannt sluly, Ihe most nnnl. as et 1
my public life. But 'I have looked upon nas a
, ' l, y< an '* 11 waß no . l ho sluitinod. \.|d s,r
ho-ever um.n .riant maybe 1i,,, opinion of so
wish
Freeman In the U nted S,,t, l
Minister inj ti eI! i- ,U> ’ , ) 'l' u B ilish
isle, .nd ’‘O'»lin.
'■t.nding h. , , p . ' | ‘I" 3 '.' 1 1,1 while
huh", as sod e niv inrt ... 1 P r "" ul mce my re
on tins ins: . !c , f„ 4et^ lvel ) »* • van, up
hee i sent a ‘ Z‘ nT
♦ns urtv.eed rot «, tn! ,u ‘.-tescntatn.. „f
sjrV Re l'"«ma < ivc of his
——■l II | |"
REMARKS OF MR. CLAY.
Mr. Ci.*v said, after the most deliberate con
sideration, I regret that 1 find mysell utterly un
able to reconcile with the duty I owe to my
country, a vote in favor of thia nomination. 1
regret it, because in all past strife of party, the
relations of ordinary civility and courtesy, wore
never interrupted between the gentleman whose
name is before u«, and myself. But 1 regard
my obligations to the people ol the Lmtcrt
States, and to tho honor and character ol the.r
government, as paramount to every nr vate
consideration. Them was no necessity known
tons for the departure of this gentleman fmm the
United States, prior to the submission ol his
name lo the Senate. Great Britain was repre
sented here hy a diplomatic agent, having m*
higher rank than that of a Charge des Allans.
Wo were represented in England hy one of e.pial
rank, one who had shed lustre upon his coun
try by his high literary character; one whom it
liny he justly said, in no respect, was he inferi
or lolhc gentleman before us. Although I shall
I not controvert the right ol the President, in an
extraordinary case, lo pend abroad a public,
minister, without tho advice anil consent ol the
Krn.de, 1 do not admit that it over ought lo he
iloue without the existence of some special online
to ho communicated to tho Senate. Wo have
received no communication ot the existence ol
any such special cause. This view ot the mat
ter might not have been snllicicnt alone to justi
fy a rejection of this nomination; hut it is sulli
cient to authorize us lo examine the subject with
as perfect freedom as we could have dune il the
minister hud remained in the United Ktales, arid
awaited the decision id the Henate. I consider
myself, llieiefo.e, not committed hy the sepa
rate and liii.ulviM'il act of the President in des
patching Mr. Van Buien, in the vacation of the
Senate, and not a very long lime hcfo.o il was
10 assemble.
My main objection to the confirmation of his
appointment, arises out of bis instructions to Ibo
iatu minister <>f the United Stales at the f.ourt
of (treat lb itain. The attention of the Senate
lias been already called to parts of those instruc
tions; lint there arc other parts of them, in my
opinion, I. ghly reprehensible. S| caking ol the
colonial ipieslion, ho says : “In reviewing the
events which have preceded, and more or less
conli United to a result so much to ho regretted,
lhe:e will he found three gioimds cat which we
are most u yii ihihi r. Fiist, iri our too /nag, anil
too tinariunsli/ resisting the Wg/it ol fire at Bit
tern to impose pmtecting duties in hor colonies;
* • * • “and thi dly, in omitting to accept
11 in terms offered hy the act of Parliament of
July, IK2.'), after the subject had boon brought
hefo e Congress, and deliberately acted upon
hy our tievernment. * * * \on will there
fore see the propriety of possessing yomsell hil
ly of all the explanatory and vtill •oliiio circum
stances connected with them, that yen may he
enabled to obviate, as far as | raelicahle, Ihe
inifivoialile impression which they have pioiluc
eit.” And after reproaching the I.do ailministrii
turn with silling up rlaivis for the .first time,
which they rip/oi// 1/ ahaudoueil, he says, in
emiclnsioii, “1 will add nothing as to the impro
priety of sulfurm" any fichn "* that find thei
origin m the past prch ofioos of this Government
to have udveise iiillnciice upon the present con
duct of (neat B. itain."
On mu side, according to Mr. Van Boron, all
was wiong; on the British side, all was right.—
! We brought forward nothing hut chiiois noil /nr.-
| fcwsiiKi.s,-tho British Government assented on
the iit In- 1 hand a clear nnd incunlestih'e rrg/if.
W e on od in ti.o tenaciously and 100 long insis
,ling upon our /irttcosiniia, and mb yielding at
once to the force of their just demands. And
Mr. Me I.ane was commanded lo avail I imsolf
of all the circumstances in his power tn oiitifiolr
mir ojl'inrr, and to dissuade the British Govern
ment from allowing their feelings justly incur
red hy the* past conduct of the parly driven limn
j power, lo have an adverse inUlicncn towards Iho
American party now In f ow«». Sir, was tins
] becoming language f.oni one independent na
tion to another ’ Was it proper in the mouth of
an American Minister! Was it in cmitormlty
; xvitli tins high, unsullied, and dignified character
of our previous di| lotnacy ! Was it not, on the
contrary, the language of an humble vassal to a
proud and haughty lord? Was it not pioslraiiiig
ml degrading the Aiuoiieiui F.aglo hefo: e the
British J .ion?
I.et ns examine a litt'e these jtretentions
which the American Gove nmenl so unjustly
1 t ut forward and so pertinaciously maintained.
The American (■oveiliniont contended that the
i produce of the United Stales ought to he admit
ted into the Biitish West Indies, on Iho same
levins as similar produce of the British American
i continental possessions; that, without this w|ttal
ity, onr produce could not maintain in the Bnt
ish West Indies a fair compelition with the pro
duce of Unnadn; and that Ihilish preference
given to tile Uanadian produce in the West In
dies would draw f.oiil the western part of New
York nnd the noithurii part of Ohio Ame.iean
| piodneu into ('anada, aggrandizing Montieal
• nnd Quebec, and giving emploj inent to Biitish
shi|iping. to the prejudice of the canals of New
\mk, the prut of New Voik, ami Ainuiicaii
thioidng.
This was the idfence of tho Ameileau tioveni
incut; and w« ar» at this moment realizing tin
evils which it foresaw. Onr produce is passing
into ( .'anada, en idling her Capitols, ami nourish
ing British navigation. Onr own wheal is tr ies
ported fiumthe wnstera part of Now York into
('anada, there maimfactnroil, and thence trails
Meted in British ships in the so in *f (kiiiadian
ll >nr. M e aio thus deprived of the privileges
even of maimfictiiring onr own grain. And
when the t tod mm of the United States shi;.j ed
fmm tho Atlantic ports, arrives at the it. itisli
'» est Indies, it is unable in eonse pn nee of the
heavy duties with which most of it is hni theiied,
to sustain a competition with British nr colonial
,| pm luce, freely admilled.
The genciiil mil- may he admitted that every
: nation has a right to favor its own productions,
jhv protecting duties or other regulations; hut
j hUc all general inlcs.il must have its exceptions.
I And the .elalnm m which li.cat Britain stands
| to her <'iniliii. utal and West India Colonics,
! trout which -he is sepioalcd hy a vast sea, ami
1 the II I,Minns in which the United States stand to
1 those Colonies, some of who h are in juxtaposi
, lion with them, constitute a lit case for such an
, exec lion.
It is t ue that the late Administration did au
thorize M-. Gallatin loticut with Great I! itain
"I fi'« basis of the rule « hie li has been stated,
hut it wig! with t!io express mnlcrslatnliog that
some competent pun isimi should he made in the
j licaty to guard against the British nionopolv of
lint liansj ortaliou of our own pioilitce passing
through Caiytda. .Mr. Gallatin was inlbimcd
“tli .1 the I mted Stales consent to iroirr the tie
■ mand which they have heretofore made of the
j admission of their proihietioiis into Biitish Colo
meant the same time, and no higher rate of duly
■ as siviilar prodnelions are chargeable with when
iinoorted from one into unolher B ili-li Colony,
irith the rxcriitiou of our /iruilurc ilesci uiliim tin
j St. Lairrcnet anil the Sorrel,"
| Thoie was no abandonment of onr right, no
condemnation of the previous conduct of our
j govorunicnl, no hnmiliatm" admission that we
I o ;| d pill forth, .and too tcttacionsly clung to, mi
,-sustnin;dile pretensions, and that Gteat b!itain
had all along been in the right. Wo only for
ooro, for the present, to assort a rf"At, leavin"
u’r V.' 3 ‘I 1 . 1 '. 1 ;" 11 .' ’ subseipu-nlly, |„ resume il!
Ml at Mr. (j.-dlatm was authorized lo do was to
| make a tenit.o. «ry concession, and it was pro
| posed \\ ith this preUmiiiary annunciation—“ But I
1 "“ t «'"lislamJ.og ou a full cunsi leration of the I
, txholo suhyn-l, the Resident, anxious to give
I st '! ns I' 100 ' Ui Btitain of tho desire of
he Government ot the United Slates to ana,me.
this lung contested matter of the colonial inler
comse, m a ni.ainier mutually satisfactory an
lfllHi7.es you.** *Vl*. An.j Mr <*»[.-• •’ ‘
gawManMM————lmrß—
eipirtation to meet, in the progressof your nc- '
conations, with a corresponding friendly dispo- i
silion.”
Now, Sir, keeping fight of tho object which
the late Secretary of State had in view, the o
poning of tho trade with the British Colonics,
whichwas the best mode to accomplish it 1 1 o
send our minister, to prostrate himself, ns a sup
plicant, before the British throne, and to say to
the British King—We have offended your Ma
jesty ; the late American Administration brought
forward pretensions which we cannot sustain,
and they too long and too tenaciously adhered
to them. Your Majesty was always in the
tight. But we hope that your Majesty will bo
graciously pleased to recollect, that it was not
we, who are now in possession of the American
t ower, hut those who have been expelled from
ii, that wronged your Majesty; and that wc,
when out of power, were on the side of your
Majesty. And we do humbly pray that your
Majesty, taking all mitigating circumstances into
consideration, will graciously condescend to ex
tend to us the privileges ol the British act ol Par
liament o('lf‘J.'>, and to grant ns the boon of u
trade with your Majesty’s West India Colonies !
O*. to have presented himself before the British
Monarch in the manly and dignified altitude of a
. Minister of this Republic, and, abstaining font
all condemnation or animadversion upon the past
conduct of his own government, to have placed
the withdrawal of our former demand upon the
gi mind of concession, in a spirit of amity and
1 compromise I
But the laic Secretary of State, the appoint
-1 ed oigan of the American people to vindicate
their rights with all foreign powers, and to ex
pose the injustice of any unfounded demands
which limy might assert, was not content with
, exerting Isis ingenuity to put his own coun
try in the wrong and tlie British Government in
the nuht. He endeavored to attach to the late
! administration the discredit of bringing forward
i unfounded pretensions, and, by disclaiming
, them, to pro iliatc the favor of the British Kina.
Ho says that the views of the present adminis
tration, upon the subject of tho colonial trade,
“ have been submitted to the people ol the Uni-
ted States; and the counsels by which your con
duet is now directed, are the result of the jndg- '
incut expressed by the only earthly tribunal to ,
which tho late administration was amenable for
its acts. It should he sufficient that the claims (
set up by th'in, and what caused the intermp- .
lion of tile l ado in question, have been explicit- (
ly abandoned by those who Jirsl asserted them,
- and arc no! revived by their successors.” The
late Seer dary of Slate, the gentleman under '
, consider!) inn, here makes the statement that
the late administration wore the Jirsl. to set up (
the claims to which he refers. Now, under all
the high responsibility which belongs to the seat
which 1 occupy, I deliberately pronounce that
this slit einent is untrue ; and that the late Secre
tary ci her must have known it to be untrue, or
lie was culpably negligent'of his duty in not as
certaining what had been ilnno under prior ad
ministrations. 1 ■ epcat the charge—the state
ment must have been known to bn untrue, or
there was culpable negligence. If it were ma
terial. I believe it could he shown that tho claim
in . nesiinii—the right to the admission into the
lb ilish West Indies of the produce of tho United
Stales upon an equal footing with similar pro
duce with the British continental colonies—is
coeval with the existence of our present Consti
tution; and that whenever the occasion arose
for assorting the claim, it was asserted. But 1
shall go no fuller hack than to Mr. Madison's
administration. Mr. Monroe, the then Secruta
i ry ol’Stale, instituted our then minister nt Eon
• don. u; on this subject; he negotiated with Lord
Casllereugli in respect to it, and this very claim j
prevented un adjustment, at that time, of the
colonial question. It was again brought for- I
ward midnr Mr. Mumoo's administration, when |
Mr. Rush was nor Minister at London. lieu*
pencil a long and protracted negotiation hi on
tins and other topics, which was sns/irnileil in
- the summer of 18*24, principally because lire par
ties could not agree on any satisfactory arrange
ment of this very colonial question.
Tints, at least, two administrations, prior to
' that of .Mr. Adams, had brought forward this
identical claim or pretension which Ids was lire
; 1 first to assert, according to the late Hccretnry of
' Slate.
The next charge which the late Secretary of
State, the ollieial defender of tho rights of die
American people, preferred against his own
government, was that of “omitting to accept
the le ms nlfored by the act ofl’urlianient of Jo
ly, after the subject had been brought be
fore Congress, mid deliberately acted upon by
our government.” Never was there a more
unfounded charge brought forward by any na
tive against bis own gove niiient; and never
was there a more unwarranted apology set up
for a hue gn government» and a plain historical
nanatiyo will demolish ate the truth of both these
i propositions,
I It lias been already stated that the negolia
i lion of.Mr. Rush, embracing the precise colonial
’ claim under consideration, was suspended in
i Iwith an understanding between the two
governments that it was to be resumed on all
points, at some future convenient period. Mar
ly m July, IS, 1 ,), noil Iter government having llreii
I pro- used a resumption of the negotiation,the liri
lish Parliament passed an act to regulate the co
lonial trade with foreign powers. This act was
1 never, dining the late administration, either at
London or W ashington, officially communicated
p v the I! ilish to the American government; and
j we only obtained it through other channels.—
| Now, it it had been the purpose of the British
gove ninent, by the passage cf that act, to with
-1 draw the colonial question limn tho negotiation,
I it ought to have communicated that purpose to
I diis goyermnent, and, at tho same time, the act
1 j ol 1 iiliament, as supplanting and substituting
I the But it never did commnnlcatt!
I such purpose. Ihe act itselfdid not specifically
embrace the United .Stales, and offered terms"
which, upon the face of the act, it wae impossi
ble for the United States to accede to. It re
paired, lor example, that, to entitle powers, not
possessing colonies, to tlie benefit of the act,
1 , y place tho navigation and commerce
ol Great Britain upon the footing of the most fa
vored nat inn. To ha, o done this, would have
admitted British shipping to import into the Uni
ted States on the same conditions with native
shipping, the productions of any quarter of the
(■lobe, without a reciprocal liberty on the part of
|lto shipping of the I 'oiled Stales in British ports.
I lie act ilseli was differently construed indiffer
cut colonial ports of Great Ihitain; and an order
o. the local gov eminent of Halifax, closin'- that ,
port against onr vessels from the bill of January
vv-as subsequently revoked; llterchv confinniim .
the impression that the act of r ufiamc.it was !
not intended to dispense with tho previous tie
gotnitu.n. And to conclude this part of the nar- ;
ritive, as laic ns the 20th October, ItVtl jj r ,
\ .nigh,in, the Ihit.sh minister, upon being inter- ,
‘Voted by the then Secretary of Stale, was t„. j
- llv instructed to allord any information as to ,
the meaning or intent of the act of Jnlv 18°j p
Meant tine, in March, 182 C., more than siv
mollt'M*r''v :l(;I o| ' o, ‘ a
' «"« , ';tt< nouhc.l the deem Intent of •
• ale, that he had “received institutions from |
' Majesty s (.c-vernnient to acquaint you that (
l ,roco ‘ , ‘ l with the important
"f between that country and the Un ■ I.
tut Mates now placed in the hands of the Anic- i
r can minister in London.” • * “Them., a
Itnmsw.l'hero.brehe forthwith "
exceptionof?l,’p ! r? M -'r , “ 8,,0lc ‘ !n ol ’- " ill,oul s'
SS r.hcD, co, i , f S rrr ,h “ u r im -*
!v||i„i,„,,.,, , ' V ll been itilonded to tl
! Mtabo’ n ° 'T ltfvul.ee., more c
''t , n, "‘°"" ec " l ' !t intention ; hut no such f p
aim incMlmn Was mtWe. Mr. Vaughan was j„
J ■ mod that we also Would prepare for the nego- i,
li.' \ (mi; 't ,tl ' n ?: o r«'U | sc, ihe colonial qm-s- v,
i m,) and Mr. Gallatin was accordingly shortly p
anfirdil'c, 0 * 11 'V U ‘ full I owe,s an<l iiHtruction* I
amicobl) to settle that question. On his arrival
* ll n 3 luud > «»t!te summer of 1830, h e was told y
by the British government that they would not
negotiate on the colonial question; that they had
made no their mind from the passage of the act
of July, 1825, not to negotiate about it .and He
was informed by the sarcastic Mr. Conning,
that as we had failed to accept the BOON, which
the B; ilish government had offered, wo were
then too late I , . , . , .
Such is the state of the case on which the late
Secretary of State so authoritatively pronounces
judgment against his own government for ‘ omit
tin" to accept terms offered by the net ol 1 orna
ment of July, 18'251” He adds indeed, ‘ alter
the subject had been br—iglil before Congress,
and deliberately acted upon by onr own govern
ment.” It was brought before Congress in the
session 0f1825-f), not at the instance of the A
inoiican Executive, but upon the spontaneous
and ill motion of tlie gentleman Irom
Maiylinnl, (Mr. Smith,) and Mr. Gallatin was
informed that if the bill proposed by that gentle
man had been j assed, it would have beenunsa
isfactory to the British government. ,
i have another objection to this nomination, i
believe, upon circumstances which satisfy my
mind, that to this gentleman is principally to bo
ascribed the introduction of the odious system ol
proscription, for the exercise ol the elective Iran
cliisc, in die govei ninent of the United States.
I understand that is in the system on winch the
party in his own Stale, ol which he is the refu
ted head, constantly acts. He was among the
first of Secretaries to apply that system to the
dismissions ofClerks in his Department, known
to mo to lie highly meritorious, and among them
one who is now a Representative in the other
House. It is a detestihle system, dravyn from
I lie worst periods of the Roman Republic; ami
if it were to he perpetuated; it the ollices, hon
ors, anil dignities ofthe people weie to lie put
up to a scramble, to he decided by tho result
of every Presidential election, onr government
ami institutions, becoming intolerable, would fi
lially end in a dosjolism as inexorable as that at
Constantinople.
Sir, the necessity under which wo aro placed
is painful. But it is no fault of the Senate, whose
consent and advice are required by the constitu
tion to consummate this appointment, that the
Minister has been sent out ofllio United States
without their concurrence. 1 hope the j uhlid
will not ho prejudiced by his rejection, il he
should be rejected. And I feel perfectly as
assured that if the government to which he lias
been deputed shall learn that he has been reject
ed because lie has there, by his instructions to
the Mr.McLane, stained character of our country,
the moral effect of our decision will greatly out
weigh any advantages to he derived from his
negotiation, whatever they may have been in
tended to be.
REMARKS OE MR. HOLMES. ■
Mr.president: In offciing these resolutions,
[proposing an inquiry, Arc.] I am governed by
the expectation that the inquiry proposed by
them will load to disclosures in regard to trans
actions which .to still involved in considerable
mystery. Public opinion is not yet settled down
as to the true causes ofllio late explosion in the
Cabinet. That a Cabinet of the President’s
own selection, and whose official duties had, by
his own admission, been performed to bis entire
satisfaction, should so soon bo dispersed, is an
event so extraordinary in the hisloin of this
country, that the ) uhnlq arid especially the Sen
ate, have a light to he informed ot the causes
which led ft), or operated in, producing such a
strange result. The people, whose money Ins
been squandered to derange, and re-organize
this Cabinet, are interested in this inquiry. If
the gentleman whoso nomination is now the sub
ject of consideration, has in any way connived
jor orn‘l ibnie.d to b ing about tlie event, it would
go far to disqualify him for the office to which
j he lias been nominated, and if not, it is due to
him that the inquiry should he had. Suspicion
io.-vb heavy on him, and, when that is the case.
It IS alvvay.- gone) -round /tn Investigation. I did
cx| eel that his fiienes, instead of objecting,
would Ii tv c consented to, and insisted upon the
investigation proposed by Ihe resolution. Is it
because they fear the result 1 They say not—
hut the inquiry proposed is not in terms what il
should ho. I, Sir, have never insisted that tho
form of the resolution should he preserved. If I
I can obtain tho object, I will put them in any 1
shape which may he agreeable to a majority of
tlie Senate. That this must be an ex parte in
quiry, and when Mr. Van Huron is absent at such
a distance that lie cannot ho informed ot* the in
vestigations which affect his character, lean on
ly say, that if a man will consent to take an ap
pointment in the recess, knowing that the Sen
ate must pass upon him in his absenae, he
lakes the hazard of an ex parte Tivesligation, or
is willing to trust his case in tho care of his
li‘lends. Sir, if it be otherwise, the Senate is
entirely precluded fiom any inquii v into his mer
its until he chooses to return, or the Piesident
is pleased to recall him.
for myself, Sir, I am opposed to this nomina
tion on oilier.grounds, and 1 propose this inquiry
rnllier to satisfy others, although on this point I
should prefer to be satisfied. lam against him,
because he lias humbled ns in the eyes of foreign
nations. He has surrendered the rights of this
country to Great Britain to sustain his parly. It
is tlie/rsf time this country was ever thus dis
graced; and I would it should be the last. And,
it 1 had no other reason, his appointment in the
recess, to fill a vacancy created in the recess, is
enough for me. I have always disapproved
sending off a minister in the rcci ssofllic Senate,
without the most imperative reasons. It is
compelling the Senate to approve the appoint
ment, or subject ns to the loss of tho outfit. I
would at that expense, breakup tho practice, it
would be an essential saving. Il is moreover,
evading that constitutional check which the Sen
ate were designed to have in the appointment
of Ambassadors, and in unr foreign negotiations.
I would protect the exorcise of this power by the
Somite, and never surrender it.
It is ohjifctcd to these resolutions that llw-y
are not sufficiently soeeifie, f'lr, it is not ex
pected that a motion for inquiry will bo drawn
with the same precision as an indictment. If
yon can designate the acts precisely, there is no
necessity for inquiry. It is for want of a full
know ledge of tlie particular act* that inquiry bus
become necessaty. Wc know full well that the
political movement referred to in the resolution
mis been differently explained. Mr. Van Huron
Imnsell could nut remain without a ilisfrancliise.
meat. What particular disfranchisement that
was, the j üblie lias not yet learnt. We would
like to know what privileges of a free citizen lie
was compelled to surrender, as the pi ice of his
office, and whether that surrender was any wav
connected with the removals and the other re
signations. Will any one say, or pretend, that
tfio participation m that extraordinary affair
would not affect his qunilificatiuns as
•-ir, whoever brought about explosion, is unfit
lor any office. The whole of that nation w as eon
vu.sod fiy it, ami a stain is cast upon this admin
istration winch can never bo effaced. Tlie ex
efiango ol ollices, too, by the late Minister, and i
he appointment of Mr. Van Bluer, to succeed
finn : and so soda after this explosion, furnishes i
a sufficient ground for inquiry. The late minis- ,
•cr had been out but a short lime; he had scarce- I
ly become acquainted at the court where ho i
was sent. There should be strong reasons for
recalling a minister, and snppKinc his place with 1
a new man, and the expense should never be in- 1
1 l,r , '"ness the public good manifestly do- c
maimed' it. This looks much like making pro- i
vision lor a man who, fumi mysterious rircnm- I
stances had been compelled to quit the office ■
n huh he had held: and I know no principle in i
fins government, which will justify creating offi- ,
CCS or vacancies to provide for favorites,"or to i
reward a partisan. j
Do the L tends of Mr. Van Bin en object to the i
mqmrvl 1 hey say no; it is tl, o resolution to .
winch they object. And yet their reasoaMV* ,
goes against any inquiry. But if the objections ■
vs to the niu.nuer or extent of tire inquiry, why .
not propose to amend the. resolution, or offer one i
w their uw n! Indulging in objections which gsA ;
«acmr—iii !■ tmiHMjqiamrtxi
to 1 tlio form, and which seem lo be captious
withal, indicates strongly a wish to suppress all
inquiry. It is objected, that the investigation
proposed may disclose impeachable matter. —
This is always the bugbear lo frighten ns away
from all investigation into the conduct of any
man, and to place every officer of your govern
inent beyond the reach of responsibility, Biff
really it seems to rno to bo exceedingly out of
place here. Wo may find matter that would
impeach Mr. Van Huron! How? In w hat office
would he he impeachable? Not. us Secretary ot
Stale, for he is out of that office. Not as Minis
ter to Great Britain, for in that office, ho, as yet
has done nothing. How, then, I repeat, can we
possibly bo in any such dang.,r'l It dons appear
to mo, that this is the weakest of all objections.
But one word further, in answer to this hack
neyed objection, as to impeachable mat er.—
The Senate have a present executive duty to
perform: to ascertain whether Mr. Van Bitten
is a proper person for Minister to Great Britain,
in order lo determine whether we can give the
President onr advice and consent to his appoint
ment; and in this we are told that wo are res
trained from inquiry, lest tins executive duty,
which wo are now lo perform, shall conflict
with a future judicial duty which we. by possibil
ity may Anrttto perform! Sir, it is enough to
slate the objection to show its manifest absurdi
ty. And where does litis argument of the gen
tleman lead us? It shuts the door of inquiry for
ever, and every man, now in office, nominated
for another, must be “taken and deemed” wor
thy, lest the S6nale should stumble upon i«i
peachablc matter!
1 find, therefore, that Senators who profess
to court inqui y, urge objections, which would
defeat all investigation. It must he impossible,
then, to frame any resolutions, which would
moot their views; and why should I further mo
dify these lo please them, when they arc deter
mined to he satisfied with nothing?
Sir, as lo the disgrace attached to these revo
lutions, I allow no man lo judge for me, what is
honorable or disgraceful. That they refer to a
disgraceful transaction, I readily admit. Bull
have yet to learn, that, if the administration as
cend to scandalous transportations, that it is be
neath ;he dignity of litis Senate to call them to
account.
Kate. —lt is perhaps duo to the public that 1
should, to prevent false impressions, explain the
reasons why the resolutions which I offered were
laid on the table, and not afterwards taken up
and tided on. Thu resolutions wore objected
lo by sonic of Mr. Van Huron's friends, and the
form of them by some of those who eventually
voted against him. Bui several of his friends
had, in debate, n ged arguments which would
go greatly against any resolution of inqni y up
on this nomination. Snell us the absence of the
•‘persfm nominated, and the danger of finding im
peachable matter, &c. To these Senators 1
readily perceived that no inquiry would be ac
ceptable. Os those who finally voted against
the nomination, sonic wished the resolutions mo
dified. To give, time to frame them, so as to
suit all who wished inquiry, 1 moved to lay the'
resolutions on the table. Whether any resolu
tions of inquiry could have been framed that
would have met the approbation of the tVicxids of
Mr. Van Bu.cn, is not lor me lo say. After this,
I was asked by a member, if I intended lo call
up the resolutions, or “bill of indictment,” and
if 1 did, when ? My answer was, “Not till the
grand jury is full, if at all.” Then, turning to a
Senator from New York, I informed him dis
tinctly that i would let him know to-morrow
whether I should cal! up the resolutions or not;
and, if it should ho my determination to call
them tip, he was lo move to go into executive
business, for the purpose of discussing and de
ciding them.
The next morning I drew a substitute for the
first resolution, as follows.
“That the nomination of Martin Van Buren,
its minister to Gm>«» H-li-i.., 1... ~.c, „,i ..
select committee; and that the committee he
instructed to inquire what wore the causes of
j the removal from office of the late Secretaries
of the Treasury, and Navy, and the Attorney
General, and of the resignations of the late Se
cretaries of State and War; and whether Mr.
Van Ru.cn had any, and, if any, what agency in
| biinging about the change of the late cabinet.
“And, also, to inquire whether Mr. Van Bu
ren diil resign his cilice as Secretary of Stale,
under a promise, nr understanding, that he was
to he appointed Minister to Great Biilain ; and
will) a further understanding with the late min
ister to Great Britain, that he was to he provid
ed with the place which he now enjoys.”
I showed this to several of my friends, who
were satisfied with it. But others preferred the
° ! igtnal resolutions, and, believing no form could
bo devised by mo which would bo acceptable,
and that the facts sought to he disclosed by them,
might be ascertained without the intervention of
a committee, 1 informed the Senator that 1 should
vot call them np, in these words, which I wrote
down at the time ; “1 am satisfied that the facts
to be inquired into by the resolutions which 1
offered on the nomination of Mr. Van Bitten,
can ho ascertained without a committee, and,
therefore, I shall not call them up.” Tims lea
ving the hiends of .Mr. \ an Buren to prosecute
the inquiiy by a committee, or to permit llie
facts to he ascertained by each Senator Cor him
self.
J. HOLMES.
REMARKS OF MR. FREEINGIIUYSEN.
1 beg the indulgence of the Senate barely to
state the reasons of the vole that 1 shall give on
the nomination before ns. In this, 1 regard Mr.
Van Buren as a public man, and my teasons for
withholding my advice, anil consent lo bis nomi
nation are piddle reasons. They are purely na
tional, in which neither party nor prejudice have
place. 1 feel the weight ofiill the responsibility
to he increased by the important measure of re
callin': a foreign minister for causes th.L iimili
cate him in public censure ; but I also feel fully
sustained by the considerations that thall in"'-
cnee my vote. ""
Sir, thti true interests of the nation require a
minister that, will represent his country, and not
merely adyanet his party. Wc want a minis
ter ot that lolly character, who will, the moment
Ins mission commences, drop the habiliments of
party, and robe himself in the pure and loyal
vestments of his country—his undivided coun
”>’• -desire such a man to go foith, forgettfm>
all the strifes at homo, and icmembcr only ilia”
he is an American minister, and to act upon
American principles. But, when we perceive
the gentleman, now before ns, deliberately at
Ins bureau, instructing our minister to a (b.oi"n
court to call lo his aid in conducting our neg”)-
ttulions the results of our political contests, I
have good cause to fear that he does not possess
those elevated principles, that will dispose him
to reject the counsels which he so freely and so
anxiously communicates to others.
In the instructions prepared and given by Mr.
Van Buren to Mr, Mel.ane, we have evidence
mu to he mistaken, ot Mr. Van Ilm en's policy.
Audit is so purely selfish, as lo absorb all con
siderations of country. It is so devoid of Ante
i lean spirit and character, that 1 am compelled,
by a high and solemn sense of duly, lo bear u
decided protest against it.
VVhat is the scope of these instructions? As
I undoisla.d them, they distinctly direct onr
Minister to employ the influences of parly, and
of his party too. 1 hoy cum mission kirn to ap
piize the Bi itish court of the character of our po
litical collisions, and especially lo let him know
who triumphed, and who wore defeated. Sir, it
is humiliating lo think ol it. These instructions
urged onr Minister to j ut his party in the ri"ht.
i"VI the country in lire wrong; to refer the I?iit
ish Minister to the results of the ballot box here,
and tn press upon that cabinet the vicissitudes of
our political controversies, our own domestic
differences, as motives lo persuade them—to
what, sir ? VV by, plainly to grant that favor, to
extend that privilege, tohis now dominant party,
that was refused to those in whose keeping the
arrangement of Araei j-ctyo interests had tfcciets
r i-*iim ■ ,-x..Vr«t l iSfci i n —.rm iiyw- u^...
fore been confided. This is die (1,-,
m our diplomacy with foreign State?
rate. Administration of the count™ V 0
country. How wanting in all iustio. ” lilf
as magnanimity was it, to make this V as ' nil
and unwarrantable assumption a r,l» <
foreign court ? Sir, who is, by our con!',",' 1 .«?
who alone can ho, our public or nL ’ u,,0 >-
' Administration?” And yet b, c
these instructions. Mr. Van Burenre^lb?"’
; the point; “to set up,” h„ proceeds 'ot 8 ' 1:
; ol the late Administration as the nu L
tnre of privileges which would olherwj
. tended to the people of the United SiatJ.,
! "“'llf ® x,sl ' n S circumstances, be uniim a
sell, &-c. &c. Wherefore unjust mule
mg circumstances? Because, as
■ stated \vc—that is, we, the new nie„‘
- power—-did hot participate in the actsofflju
i administration, and therefore, we
1 «l'«l wo may he spared thefofitu 3
vileges. This, with other ponioMti-'
ordinary document, is so humiliating to
.tonal character, that I cannot consent
le nance it by advising the IWulent ton. !t
Mr. Van Buren to the very court at wind, K
: humbled us No, Sir; let us milter mea t
• case at the threshold, with cm unqualified'
' approbation, and never suffer it to grow im o ,i
• authonty of precedent by our acquiescence
Why, sir, the consequences of such cotr,
• ol diplomacy would he most disastrous I; w
perpetually distract our public counsels or. cv t u
change of administration—nay, on o\ciy tvi.'
■ poet of n chahgc— on every commntiim mlb
country that might indicate it, wc should befc
1 > n by such measures, to entertain
jealousy of our diplomatic rtmciionarii-s abro'r
than of the courts and nations to which lb
were sent.
Arc wc prepared hi say, sir, and have it urt ,t cr
stood, that out political conflicts are to leave w
<»vn shores, and cast their influence ahma.i'
That our ininislois arc to become the ngcnlj-*
i a party, and diivo its purposes in such niainu; I
and bv such means as they deem fu? |
not. Let us preserve the honorable and inaiil-. I
character ofour foreign intercourse; and ex. r ; - H
and require that onr ministers shall, in tlicirW
i cussions nnd conduct, act fur their country:ani ■
not to make a foreign court the arena (m'uhi
to play off' the inti igues or push the interests a
party.
•*» « ••
We find the fallowing letter in (Wel.M
number ol' the ISanner of the Cuiidihitim-
Thcro are purls of it with which we can
, not nsrree, but we arc glial to gee the An
li iSubntission pot (ion of it roining Iron; ,1
llio I Inion ranks:— -Chur. firm. iVt
Dear Sir —Our cause 1 hope is destine.! ■
lo triumph by peaceful means, ami that I
speedily. I belong:, myself to what is I
■ called in this Stale, “the Union Farly -1
| we are disposed lo make every ttliott I
■ anec for papular errors in regard lo tin-1
! policy and the justice of the I’nitrclm I
Mysiciti. Hut for one, and 1 believe IH
7 nmy also speak for Hie majority nfiiiß
party associates— ire, Isay thee, ttlil i h
I submit (piirlli/ lr> n sj/slrin of pcnnnetiil Im g|
' lion —imposed not I is - the legitimate put- H
1 pose of a National Hcventie, hut ftrlkß
1 benefit of particular classes ol'men, vviili ■
whom we have no affinity of iitlcrKH
wbieli can compensate in tiny mum p
if .r the injury we sustain Let its tttlw-1
cates disguise its objects as they nta; I
tinder whatever specious pi'etqnees; it H
snslnn Is. in li*et, hostile to the dmrnrlws'B
a Oonfedcrated Cjovcrnmcnl, like lltiil
nttder which welive, and cannot he tn H
dared longer. The ox'tui lationol itsa n|
liiniary aioiinlonim tit, affords ratio;:: B
. motives for present .forbearance. Vo B
stand on this subject entitles yon topu 1 P
lie gratitude; mull trust yon will lire t.H
see (be day, when your distinguished sc H
vices lo year country, ns the conehMn
advocate ol' l-'ree 'J'rnde, and tiiealilec
pounder of its rloelrines, will he nW'jaJ
generally tippiccintcii than they lia'-H
beretofore been, especiolly in your muH
neighborhood.
■t r>wui -wcaßaigio ■ni[< ■ i_—.
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HVrVKDAV, I'iHHH VRV 11, IS3I <
“ Hr. j'js!, nnd ff.n r nal
NEW THKATUU.
Wo had well nigh forgotten to rent a: M ,;
we understand Mr. I)n Cxair's New Tbeatr*.■ -a
G: ecne-streel, will be opened on Monday l ’"ia
ning next. It is much more neat, coavcitttf-B
nnd cornfortablo than could have been expect.-1
laiin a building hastily elected, and fur a scl '‘i3
only, and wo doubt not, will, under siicnca
cumstances, more than meet the cxpsctatioM y,
tbo public.
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rOMMKIOTAMI VVK OF M U OV.
On the Glh inst. Messrs. Thomas M. lie®
E. J,. Young, J. IE Junks, Ai.fokii Ft.or: ml
Jamks Goddakd, W.m. Cuokk, Gko. Jewnr-- 1
R. Frkk.iian, and Thomas Tavluk, wcicm j
od Directors of this now institution, fur tin l g-y
suing year. And on the evening of the
day, Dr. Ai.fohk Ci.oi’to.v was elected i“ : -
dent, H. Hi.aik, Cashier, and N. liKU'-. k
keeper. ■■ ti
CH.tHitHA SUGAR.
VV e saw, a lew ago, in the bands ot C
min Giikkn, Esq. n beautiful sauij le of ' ■ 1
made by him last year, on his j.lantalion, in '- J
ven county. Tito grain was very tie l ’, <*-■-
and clear, and the colour very liandsowc*?• M
senting, nliogelher, as fine a sample ol tin' -
cions wo li.no seen fur u long xvliiie
quantity majo by him this year, allot* 111
quality, is forty barrels, which sold in w |ra 1|
ket, at It) cents per pound. Wc leant
Mr. GKi.es, that his noigitbor, o*l. A. b* k l ' -
® ’ i 1 _]
made about eigltly barrels of Sugar 1,11
year. May the tlio utmost success tiltfit |
enterprise of both, Si» valuable as it is ' -
welfare of llie Stale.
COTTON tt VKb
F an al cf lin.p J ■
liah, - have ei ice.- hem 1
Docc'v.hor. Tltet c h id'lucti■ i
alion in tin. f.'otton inarke;, and
! Week woic bet i» rate
•lr2,Uedbu'e-, lei, I’. ls, lu,)’. d oui«>.
Wo give tin: following extracts cl Id
ted Liverpuei, v-tffi December: “Therer - :
only a moderate attendance of buyers
week, and l!m market has presented a ■
live apjtearanee than during the two ary
proceeding weeks. In American kind*- -
immd lias run largely upon Uplands, " 1(
though rather heavy of sale, maintain la-- 1
prices, and a few hundred bags of lit# Cl •’
been sold, principally atCjd per lb.
“'l’mg fuw j’arecls netc Ijdauds n - t: -'
arrived, being good quality, have bee t
landing, principally at CAd. aided by d
os good Orleans. '