The Washington Union from Washington, District of Columbia (2024)

February 23, 1843

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The Washington Unioni

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Washington, District of Columbia

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Thursday, February 23, 1843

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JUase of violation of our own laws and wo are under obligations to those lavs to prevent their violation tats i tte't fa? d7 or 4i rft tat he i bob fther ihatj by a i onldt re tat aney: HHt Ba abler aerea bMstfls 180 ioas Imit i tboi i the eoafeJ ioTr timai' ways thatsjajl ddeot' aa fthe Med mot tap leaf' tame tiotre tpiax i Ns i svstl "Hi Tk WEwimto of ouUMdias appreprioUoooM th 4th du of March 1841 aad oa th 4hdy of March UM Second The unoant of Meltable muna in the inanity a Meh of thou deye to meet rath appropnation Third The eaoo nt of mean need to defray the expwlM Of the OoTtrnroeot ovk eel eboVe the ordinary leveaeM of the OavennMatftM eeaoxee aadtb pebtie tindafe th fear IMWew awfcr Ofor idhffiS Jets Ti ra i foert ohke herr' fin bt'V rfed 1 rweiti of ttew'S fro rabtevj rmaw isterr saffs jest saaayr5? ot taJ to ttf 'j 2 man Wftfc Imf5 the aad iaadj thoaT rob staid' ijoert? Eu pwdo van aue assasw ifth The amount of appropritikma for each you from the 4lh of March 1829 to the th of March 1843 exatafro of the public 4eblan4 tract fondant 18Uaadn the feh day ofJMareh 180 Mr PIfiKENS fro the Committee of Waysnd Mram refused Seaala bill for theUof of Ao Ptaamra Bank ofMtoatorippl and the Africa rural Banktof Mississippi vita ayeenmuMndatioa 'MUM OUT ware anoyeau tO'tt Jectuudeisisod bf (M NgotiUbfo iihiftM from the foot of lzwd Ashbarton being sent here 5 adj art the principal difficulty which eould notaajsBtedOihvtoelnonquefeoeof the British government insilting on the right of visitation What was the object of bringing the subject to the view of this Government at al I if it was not to in duce some arrangement which would admit of a sunention of the claim of the British Government to me right of visitation on board our vessels on the coast of Afrieal Lord Aberdeen had refused any eoMeesion It was not the right of search that was claimed That had ben unequivocally riven up' It was the right of visitation and that was what gave rise to the principal difficulty so hard to adjust' between that Government and this Washed declared JtbaHwe could not and would not concede the right of visitation on say terms The miseondact of British officers ttider pretence oL ascertaining the validity of the American dag on board our merchant ves se Is had been the subject of constant complaint It had become intolerable and we eonM no longer suffer it Here then was a direct point of collision end that was what bought Lora Arsbburton to this country with a view ef adjusting the difficulty There was no longer a question as to the right search for that bad been given ap long ago The thing to be settled was the claim of the right of visitation for the mere purpose of ascertaining the validity of the American dig when hoisted by nny ship on the African ooast' Even the inviolability of the American dag if a ship properly entitled to cany it bed slaves on board was admitted The British Government declared that in such case they bad no right to interfere But such would be a lator vfei rtbe whari lead tend td ihSfc: nays had not bee tiwaairelllmown that 1 he assented tothe treaty whole bat opposed i the part now drawn into controversy and his pres ent vote might be misunderstood it he made no explanation Bai hei would detain gentlemen only B10016BL fc tit had apprehended by some that the English prime minister did not intend by his speech to lake any step in contravention of the 1 treaty as understood by us and by the President Though that minister is reported to have ex pressed amaterial difference tn his views from the message of the Aaierican Executive yet it may have beep only a theoretical or abstract difference The extract of the recent letter from our ambassa dor at the court of Sl jnst received and read by the chairman of the Committee on oreign would oa rexamiaatioabe found to fortify this inference The extract wu before him and iriiile it appears that Mr Everett was present ia the House of Commons during Sir Robert speech not a syllable is said concerning the remarks of the latter looking (to any practical conflict ip views between him and the President It is to be presumed that we have all of the let ter relating to this subject and if nothing has been withheld Mr Evereit'i heard nothing from Sir Robert Peel whieh surprised or alarmed him on this point though be was surprised that the minister supposed no answer bad ever been given to Lord letter of December 1841 The site noe of our ministeron this point famishes astrong presumption that Sir Robert re marks on it were different from the newspaper re rport or were a mere political flourish on an ab stract right to inquire and visit on the ocean not renounced nor intended to be renounced If it went farther and looked to any practical differenoM concerning the treaty it was the duty of the minister to have said so and of the Executive here to have laid the fact before us But this provision in the treaty though in Mr view a humiliating one and opposed by him on its ratification ought to be enforced by us till violated on the other side Mr thought in August last when the treaty was under considera tion and still thought that it was derogatory for us to engage te England or any other power that we would do what it was our duty to do without such an engagement He thought it placed England in the attitude of a guardian over us He wanted for our country no protector abroad He would wil lingly submit to no national surveillance or tutor ship Snch a provision if not intended for one opens the door to one and without any spirit of prophecy it was easy to foresee that the manner of enforcing such a s'ipulation in a treaty wu likely to lead to constant complkint if not col Whenever it might please England to insist that our cruisers did not exercise sufficient activity or vigilance she would exercise her abstract right or visitation she would make it practical and push it into a right of search as heretofore But let her push it while this treaty remained in force or let her even push it beyond mere inquiry and visit ation and then a case would actually have oc curred for belligerent measures on our side Till then however Mr wu willing since the treaty had been ratified to vote all reasonable ap propriations to enforce it It wu not that he liked any doubtful part of it very much or this provision at al) but because this provision took away all pretence for outrages on our trade and merchant vessels under color of mere inquiry or visitation How this mere inquiry and visitation for certain purposes bad abused be possessed some means of knowing in this very etas of cases for merly Our difficulties had arisen not from the fair exercise of suoh a right only by British cruisers bat from the abuse of dram ptubing it to a right of search from entering our vessels overhauling their papers insulting their officers detaining them on their voyage and causing actual looses to those engaged in lawful and honorable commerce This clause wu what we had protected against Thia wui what Americans never would tamely submit to This was in effect carrying on the old fashioned right of search under the name or cover only of a visit a right of search now disclaimed by the English minister in time of war So Lord Aberdeen bad abandoned any right to detain our vessels but still they bad bun detained and they had been searched and both by violence and this we had denounced and would resist Bat the mere right of inquiry or even of visitation Mr for: one had never questioned under proper circ*mstances on the ocean by any nation Bhips of war were often a species of police force on the great and common highway of all nations When war existed the parties engaged thad a right to inquire and see that none travelled under false ooIob to escape 4heir enemy' But even then we bad always denied the right to cany this inquiry to a search of the cargo in a neutral for our motto had been ru tMft make fnt fMdii" much less bad we recognized the right to search the muster rolls of the vessel find her decks to impress any supposed foreigners when peace exiiteq 4 If pirates were common in any seas the right of ipquiryand visitation in case o( much doubt existed there in order to detect disguises and frauds and prevent escapes So in case of smug gling on the coast of any country: if it became frequent the right of inquiry prevailed there and was exercised by us as well as well as other nations So in cave of ihe slave trade on the coast of the worst species of crime if hot technical piracy But the rights growing out of special lo cal exigence? did not justify officious vexatious and constant slu*ts to vessels everywhere and on all occasions by a dominant power and detaining thns vmmIk useless! or maltreating their officers and crews The favorable view of this part "of the treaty of 1842 as to our keeping alarger naval force on the coast of Africa was that it took away all occasion from other powers either to claim or exercise any right to overhaul in any way our ships It thus should prevent the danger of abuses of any kind with their inevitable collisions ending in war If it did not and in fact England should still at tempt with force to visit our vessels there or to push visitation into search none wouM resist it quicker or longer than he These in brief were the views be entertained on the topic and on that account he should till some actual wrong occur red on the other sfde vote for an appropriation tike this and not for a recommitment question was then taken on Mr Beuron'Sproposition and decided in the yeas 4 nays 36 as follows: YBXS Messtv Allen Bcmm Usa ix! taiih et Coe 4 NAYO MMUn Areher Bernw Bum Bsysrd Benton Calhoun Chaata Clayion Conrad Crsfta Cnueooen Culh ban Dayton Bneaatten Hmderaoa HunUngWo Kerr King McDufia Mangum Marriok Millar Monluad Hulpa Porter Kiraa Serier Smilh of Indiana BnraguaTellinadga Tappan While Wilcox Woodbridge aid 38 Mr BAGBY made an ineffectual effort to pro cure action on the bill permitting the not of the State Bank of Alabama to be received from pre emptioners in payment for lands sold tn tnat otaw on certain conditions Several bills from the House were then 'taken from the President's table and referred to tppro priate standing committees 'Mr SEVIER here made an ineffectual effort tq have the joint resolution from the House author izing a survey of the harbor of Memphis Tennes see with the view of establishing a naval depot and armory there tauen up ana disposed or i 0n motion by Mr BUCHANAN the bill for the relief of the West eliciana Railroad and the Grand Gulf Railroad and Banking Company was taken up for consideration Mr BUCHANAN remarked that this bill was laid oa the table at his instance with a view to enable him to get some information from the de He had procured that information He fouad that the department bad yielded by its decision on thoremission of those duties on railroad iron the grounds which formed one point of bis objection te the passage of the bill and if it wm so amended as to strike out the second section the bjll would not at all interfere with the principles he had entertained concerning the remission ot duties on railroad iron (to motion bv Mr HENDERSON the second section of the bill was stricken out and there being no farther amendment proposed the bill wu report ed to the Senate and finally passed Bo mnchof the title as related to the Grand Gulf Railroad and Banking Company wav stricken out On motion by Mr MERRICK the Senate then proceeded to the consideration of executive bust nest and after some tine spent therein adjourned 4 HOUSE REPRESENTATTVER Mr McCLELLAN presented the several petitions of Maria1 Evrit of Hudson and Polly Thomas of Claveraek praying aa extension of the widows pension not iMr BOYD presented toe papers rare UNtnty Clark asking to be allowed a pension: retirred to the Committee on Revolutionary PsusioMs jOa motion by Mr KEIM the Coaitteu'of the Whoto was diahuged from the fonher eentidero Oaibe motion of Mr WW IRWIN a reo 1 xitag himself tbs conduit fa inevitable the! olution wu adopted directing tbs Secretary of the I bs voted fat the treaty merely to take the trouble of Treasury to communicate to this House the report 1 visftatldfr off thrfisids of the British andsavte of Colonel Robinson the eommimioeer sent ttodreduton submitting fit ttorith British crre 6 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE I pJOBtoue their visftmkBS Mr JOHNSON agaiu submitted bbL lhe resolution (which is published in an earlier part of lnSi the harbor bill was laid on the this proceedings) calling upon the President I nays 87 Previous to that vot the Committee ox of the United States foCeertain correspondence I the Whole na rising Tntei large ma with the BritMhGovernmenu Ijorjty to report the bill to the House with a rwom Mr MeKEON rose and submitted his intention I fC tp submit the following as an amendment thereto: I rtleted' AND THE UNITED STATES IsaMnpalible with lbs pablM JsisrMla) a or Um dMpuch Ik MAKE COMMON CAUSE AGAINST THE tarintt ito Ot 1 V1S1T0RIAL POWER ENGLAND AnMneuHSssta: I it fa honorable to rance and to the United States 5 Objection was made and the resolution was not the countries resolutely resist receirect 'y supremacy which Great Britain would acquire (to ft cmranmn a Jt two cabinet ministers (Guizot andWnenn) are ready to yield to it Sir i I Pact In his speech at th opening of Par liament from? which we quoted yesterday thus tfon nftbe billfor the relief tf John PSehay far affid the same having bcenordered to brengrosred was read the third time amt passed 1 I Mr BRIGGS asked leave to submit the follow ing resolution JWhenu all UM pasM by tM Govsmor sad UsWMlvs Ceendl of lorida ar in full Mm unlit dmpprord by Cow grow: lhenfer i aMfed That th Commtuoooa ih JadMary bo IwKraci od fenhvkb to report the feUowtof bilk "i 5 Be tnaeud by tAa SnoU oad IfoM Ma IMtii Stolu te OMfreee atooiMtd That an act naaod by the Governor and LeaWaiiTo Council ot tea Terriiery of lorida approved by tee eaid Governor on tee feh day of March 18tentiital aet to Parent the fetor migrauon of fraenegroee or mulattoea to thiaTarrliory and tor otter te and tte mim to terooXt dMppforWytMihall teoedona te pf do fores '4 5 Mr JACOB THOMPSON rose to privileged question JHe wished to make ran explanation personal to himself and hoped the House would extend lhe usual courtesy to him a The SPEAKER requested the gentleman from Mississippi to suspend hip explanation till the de cision of the House on the question pending Mr MERIWETHER objected to the reeeptioa of ibe resolution Mr BRIGGS moved a suspension of ihe rules Mr ILLMORE believed that the subject had been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and he wished to know whether they had reported unit The SPEAKER said that they had not 'This resolution was to direct them to reporl forthwitb The yeas and nays were ordered on lhe suspen sion of the rules Mr JOHN CAMPBELL to avoid tbeconramp tion of time moved to lay the resolution on the table Mr MERIWETHER said that the resolution was not yet received Mr PICKENS appealed to the House to allow the gentleman from Mississippi Mr TiosiMon to tike the floor He wished to speak of amatter personal to himself and his State and eases permission was always given as a matter of cour tesy C' Mr THOMPSON of Mississippi me and Mid he desired to take possession of the floor but for a minute on a matter personal to himself On lhe day before yesterday while he was proceeding with his remarks on the resolution of Mr Iwata sonn he was interrupted by the gentleman from North Carolina MrABxTMza The rdnafks made by that gentleman were imperfectly heard by him bat be had been informed by others who heard him that his remarks were susceptible of an interpretation whieh disparagingly and injuriously upon the State of Mississippi as well as upon himself No report of what passed has appeared in the papers On yesterday the gentleman was hot in his sest and as he now saw him in bis seat he took the first occasion lo call his attention to this matter and inquire what was his intention in those remarks Mr RAYNER said the reason why hie was not in his seat yesterday was that be was detained at bis room by indisposition The gentleman from Mississippi said he did not hear his (Mr Rfa) re marks and be (Mr R) knew not what it was that the gentleman alluded to It seemed some busy body bad persuaded him that he (Mr R) bad mid something which might be construed as personally offensive to him Mr Tj and that was also calcalated to reflect upon the State of Missis sippi Ab to the State of Mississippi Mr said be had mid' nothing about her and he did not therefore feel ealled on to express any opinion now as to the course of that State If the gentle man from Mississippi asked this explanation in good faith (as he Mr was bound to suppose he did) he (Air R) hadno hesitation in saying that he meant nothing offensive to Mr The gentleman Mr had given him (Mr no came of offence and of course he (Mr R) could not intend to be personally offensive to Mr He owed it to himself to my that be did not wish to be considered as having gone put of his way to offend any one without cante 4 Mr PICKENS geld as he bad ealled the at tention of tbe'HouM 'io the explanation' of the gentleman from Mississippi it might be supposed that the gentleman fro North Carolina bad al luded to him as the informer of the gentleman from Mississippi Mr Thomfsom On the con trary he had not said word to him as to this matter 4 Mr THOMPSON here interposed and said be had held no conversation with the gentleman from South Carolina on this subject Mr BAYNER replied that be made ho alia eion whatever to the gentleman from South Cap line' "S' a The question recurring off Mr Jon Camp mix's motion to lay Mr Batoosk resolution on the table Mr withdrew it "i The question wasthen taken on the notion of Mr Batons to suspnd the rules and itwaa decided in the yeas 66 nays 104 as follows: YEAn Naam Aduw Alien Bherioek Andrew Balter Btroerd Budaeva Blair Boeidman Borden Brewster Brim Brockway Bronaoo Jeremiah Brown Chllde Chluendee Staley Clarke Cowen Cranaton Cravet Richart ID Davie John Edwards Everett illmore Gates Patrick Goode Hall Halstead Henry Hudson Hunt Joseph RelttersoU James irvin James nnsrew nenneuy Marchand Mathtot Ma tocka Maxwell Mavnard Morris Os borne Ramsey Benjamin Randall Randolph Road Ridrway William Russell James Russell Saltonerall Sanford Stefe Stokely SurattM TilliMheat Toland Tomlmstm Trumbull Wellae Joseph Whke Thomas Williams Winthrop Yorks and Augustus 66 Messrs UrtrfW Andrews Arnold Arrington Atherton Barton Bidleek Bott Downs Boyd Aaron Browejorke WUtaut Butler William Butler Patri Caldwell John Campbell William Campbell ThooMs Campbell Caruthers Carr Casey Clinton Coles Cross Cush ing Danlsl Garrett Davie Dawson Dean Deberry John Edwards Charles A loyd Romance Gamble Gentry Garry GUmertwIn WUliam Goode Gordon Green Gwfa Bar ria Hays Hopkins Hooek Houston Hubard HuMsr Charlee Inrerwill 'William Cast Johnson Cave Johnson John Jones Keim King Lewis Liulefiold lewoil AbrahamMcClel Ian Robert McClellan McKay MeKsoo Alfred Marshall Meriwether Miller Mitchell Moors Owsley Partridge Payne Pickens ope Powell Randall Raynor Reding Reacher Reynolds Rhett Riggs Saunders SewellShew Bbsppsrd Snyder Bteenrod Alexander Stuart JonrvT Stuart Summery Swaney John Thompson Richpra Thompsoa Jacob Thompson TripleUjTrotU Underwood van Buren Van Rensselaer Watterson Welter Westbrook Rd ward White Christopher II Williams Joseph Williams aod Wisf lOt Mr WM JOHNSON submitted lhe following resolution: Jtssetord That th President of the United States com municate to this House all the correspondence between tee min isters ofihe Untied States and tbs British government and the correspondence and instructions of this Govarnnaent with said ministers lo relation to whet has generally bean ealled the and case not hsretofei oommunKa ted to this House if net Incompatible with th puktic aer yiefl p1 Mr CUSHING and Mr ADAMS zimultue oasly rose and addressed the Chair Mr JOHNSON id be had not yielded the floor He bad another resolution which he wished to submit i (Cries of other resolution is not adopt ed" Mr UNDERWOOD ealled for the regular or der of business' 1 Air ILLMORE said if debate eras likely to arise he should object to the reception of the reao 1 alien Mr UNDERWOOD objected peremptorily and called for the regular order of busine 1 Mr J0HNS0N withdrew his resolution on a suggestion being made from tbe Speaker but he eaid hewould ask ihe courtesy of ihie1 Hooge to illow hi to' make a report from a seleet eommit tee i fts 4 "i i Mr UNDERWOOD ealled for the presentation of report generally 'u Mr ILLMORE alee appealed 16 the' gentle man from Maryland to allow that order of busi ness (the calling for reports) to be adhered to and tbe genitetaan would tbea have an opportunity to present bis report without obstructing any other business I 11 The SPEAKER then ealled eommitte for re ports and many were presented i is THE INANCES Mr! ILLMORE from the Committee of Ways and Means made a report which was laid on tbe table and ordered to be printed It was a report on a message of the President of lhe United States of the 13ih of ebruary instant with a letter of the Secretary of the Treasury accompanying tbe same on the subject of tbe finances' He then offered the following resolution which i vu kdoDicffi mseift hwt Mhatfsi He also communicated to the Hmsse copies of a Mr CU8HIN0 mdd ho merely desired to auk cmrespondeMO in relation to the bill whieh was a statement denred fro a tester ordered he Minted 4 I Mr Everett an extract from which be would read Mr COWEN made several advene reports! Mr GRANGER If it to a ietier form Mr from tbe Committee of Clais which wure laid on Everett let it be sent to the Hotwe from the Prcsi th (able and ordered io be printed a tags officially Mr WINTHROP fro the Committee on i The House then proceeded to vote upon tbs imo Commerce reported a bill amendatory of an aet tion to suspend lhe rules for the nurpose of Beu for the relief of sick and disabled seamen which I ig Mr CttsnafflB statement result of tbe on his motion was allowed to go through all its vote yeas 89 nays i fio stages and to be passed i I 80 voting in lhe affirmative) the Mr KNNnv id he wm directed by were not suspended tbe Committee on Commerce to ascertain if there Mr CUSHING intended to toM tg wm a disposition in the Hou to take ap the extract from tbe spetoh of Robert eet ot warehouse bill during the present session and bo SII of ebruary 18 that from a letter with that view he should move that that bill be of Mr Everett miatster of the United States tn madp the special order for Tuesday next i London whieh foUow vis: I Mr CAVE JOHNSON and Mr ILLMORE kik air Il wlltb mydaty in th lcaf thepamie einar I deep regret thM (hen Aould pper to i The SPEAKER apprised the gentleman from urrencof opinion on un topic explicitly to deciare that Maryland that hie motion now would require a wtav not ratodoMprih prineipreoontMdto (why my wnnld ba to saner Do Kri of Aberdeen) la kl despetchof Decern Vote of two thirds as its effect would no IO super 1 ferttor jay doty to declare ihal that jdea gede the regular order of business 7 Mich baa maaiMd te iM prast hour treanewered by th KENNEDY tinder the elrcum Bwerementof tha Uaitad Btataa I know I think too well jur Atuvniu1 ua lethe ability aad what tbo kaennere of a Secretary of stances withdrew bis motion I State la the Uaitad Btaua to believe that if doctriae to Itb JiMrdCHAPMAN from tbe Committee on the I nortamaathaM advanced In the despatch could bo queetfoned mreiknod had bam thought wto to I city WASHINGTON dm ouisbe rance to imitate our example and ofihe Whole on the state of tbe UmoAfrom the I jonu the principiee" i Trnrrtiaai further consideration of House bill No 788 pro 1 £reafrmfcaiefrm'MrwjttiMr' I viding for the payment of the two cent fond 4 tere of cimmon THURSDAY EVENING Efl 23 1843 I much covet Sri ItJiaiT says Hon 1 Ibe! ifiii) which kowever unimporunt wss iritotafctadto op to day on motion of Mr Benton to recommii of Iht iMM wi 4 SPEAKER informed the teaitemaa from Mr ox by Lord theMTal PPprMuion Ml lo strike out somaeh twUww Ul fit thiied Ma Alabama that hia moUon would require a vote of I the appropriation as was intended co provide for I were among the jtrttto ftrv twohirds 'v I opportaoity of nakiaf sons rsffisrtjcn ths sery Imwrunt I Sendink a'sodadron tothe coast of Africa in IA Mr CHAPMNN Mid that he had made this conformity wifo the eighth article of lhetreaty Mr lit thte 'igtthb British Pemfef has refer reecntdecla inceto a convention peeing to th xifbt to entlemen cnnld tai maria to understand the I toetrueuon which yon hod informed me i might ration of the British made through I certain seas signed by Mr Run tn 1824 provisions of the bill they would not oppose 2 pSfoereeor it ifa Prime Minister tof arliament that lhe Presi 1 treaty wm rejected by tbe Senate of the United it and therefore he would give aivety brief iwremy duty iowit Such I dent had misstated the treaty in representing'that 1 8tatess That England ban panned that 'object explanation although as much opposed as any mMon hd been de 1 the Tight of visiting our ships on the coast of I ever end failing lb otiato it ty treaty ndw the comp ct between th? Breof Albama and the that ienccforlb force of der tlwjhtpL vnitatiw aixtpf the United States two per cent on tbeproceedsofrhe I while for to continu th empmdaocsninurii I each nation "wort to tut itparoU oad apart wider in 1 law ot proves conclusively of what vast sales of lhe public lands within that Stale wm to Straw drucliem from their reepeaive Governments for the I importance she holds it But that shn looks npete be expeqded by the United States in making roads I pTOp? mk on ay bjet that pdmg th negotiation I enforcement of their respective laws and I it a great stake is not left to inference from lhe Slave trade Mr Arcbm as will the perseverance with which "she hM played 'fof faw Ihfa reo percent fond wae ro he debate chairman of lhe Com It SirRonzaTjMu in the late speech puts Its linquished to the State and the Treasurer of the I piecoi a mod of dealing with and euiing the question wa I ntfttee on oreign Affairs doubtless representing I importance in bold relief Me says United States required te pay ft over one half the Mr views) denied that therewas any the" 1st of May and tbe other tue 1st of May next from the moment the special mission wm annoancedglconsid 1 difference in the construction of the treaty ia At tbe late session of the Legislature ofr Alabama thadwcumion at an nd and tiul to ratnfo" irf4n a sir va1 I that are contending for a right which is thhontf' resolutions passed accompwying a memorial to th boandmy or th Cuo president mesage and Sir £obit Pszla speech grosssst ahwn asking the passage of an aet authorising STEAMBOATS I insisted that the Britan Pfeipier construction I parties interekad in vtigiitous traffics con the receivers and registers at the several land offices mikl uh ftommhl was right and that of the message reconcilable to I nderingthatwe arc now the advocates ofaprwfi give the whole context of the passage read oTOteof that commiuee that tbe Committee of I by Mr Aacaca from the message that the public Commons Ml the dairttothat' Puwoen onboarlof PropuHed bp! oScifaMe with the principle of hutaanity and jus 1 that lethe principles laid domain the despatch of navmonf oTthed Prt PProwd jB'y tie? ud whereas tth hh Majesty and the United Lord Marion siadherf at this mmnent fctoere tei motion agreed to and the bill wMlgmtes are desirous of continuing their efforts to I from both sides of the House fond The bill provides simply for carrying this I I pf0moleiteenUre abolition Aitfa hereby agreed that I Ho fa Great Britain far the wel into operation Mr ILLMORK moved that the third action both the contracting parties shall use their best rMi right Mr said be preramed it was known to most itegfnboaw propelled by CndeavOTs to accomplish no desirable an I of the members on the floor that the Bank of the from lhe requiring steamboat to be 1 fn the enforcement of the laws and treaty ttipula 1 notpeddiar to England but anecestay Jor the State of Alabama aod branches belong exclu eggiKkeufand engine bestricksnlswoGrearJJrfrmn araerfee AodMrearenrair linZeredr andsemmty of all mantima avely to the State whose fanhwas pledged for the growuponthcpartofitecnrioere of subjecting Here it will be seen that it is not insisted upon ItodTmratrletiw Mr UNDERWOOD oppoeed ibe motion and Inmtuton ships uMag under the American flag I for security of Africa but the interuU ducing the circulation fost possible In that I Mr WMoppo4d to ibeexei piton A Mily increasing anrfwAtYAre l1 palpable thM the suppreon of th uhIm I uuy nd of steamboat machinery from the op I'tuireif the fostering tare of the Government I slave trade a mere pretext under which England tin rtrlmilrryjjhfinrd uHhatete he inwut Ipw to which others wfe subject JtndaMj4 Lord Aberdeen in hie cerrespond 1 would familiarize lhe world to submission under' The question wm taken snd the motion to strike mithths American envoy at Dsndon ex ber naval sceptre to have the jurisdiction at fodfr 1 te dt I IwRt BRBW8n moved reconsideration of couU ot well be discerned by the Executive sf I sacred from tench violation NMure madei the 1T I the vfitetiy which the clause exempting boats pro 1 the United Slate how such visit andinyuiry could I ocean like the air free to alh the 'Pattons of bama addedtothepreMnWthetaeZ and the Pufal PP1" f'0 fie made without detention on ihe voyage'muflthe earth power thM the bright low prices of produrewd property of every kind arrest detain and wit ships beyond its own there were a greal mSuy £Ucould not without jurfadiction to carry into aaycon toheat and rihy oecudante and cnlivatoS 1843 enterprising citizen of message to Congress that ire such I upon itself authority to circ*mscribe foe UberUra of the soil but more 'land will be sold and an ebneeman could befmade ndthat 'the Uniiedltf the seas' and if if may do thfron one preenco1 easier mode provided for paying over to tbe State l'adhh thewiUand the ability to enforce I whSch suggested there is no Umitation pj wbat is due by this Government the tendency of Mr own laws and to protect their flag from bang I lheusnrped dominion Even Then this power has i NErC TkSdtet a foe rtf the leads in foe go throagh that eanal these ykbe mresage hisletterof insuctionsour I taost guarded it has led to foe Cherokee conntryare to take place in April and I flentlemen togetherwith a number of other citi lhrt minister atParts felt himself required to as 1 most shocking abuses' and tyranny on thfi part of May next the House excuse hi for ibe? PfofoBd Congre font the yeeseta of foe same the same ground in a remonstrance which he I her crafters This has led to the determination On ac 1 I the iimt of foerench nationto pMma ftdtothe 1 MMffiMltiMheES 1 wtoX tern culled quintuple I limited power conceded to England on this subject kZ nm I ntMitional boats and fire engines on th? ground conduct in this respect met with the approval of I some years since and more recently repudiated in I that they were intended solelyrorfreiahUbaMe and this Government the extending it and this fatte Mint JS Lot for passengers In the yM 1838 whefflhis tn close conformity witlHhere views the eighth A lhe a law was first enacted nurowtine to be a law to article of the treaty was framed which provides I rench pilicywiilcncatiedlonnine admonitory The bill was teken op read a bird time and tbM nation shall keep afloat in the African I remark to the rench people in Sir Romst Px passed i Be Mrt H) wT prelid in nw insurance a force not less than eighty guns to Mt I speech which we have extracted above a ThM he CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL I company and the question arene wbeihertbie law arateljr 1 reason to blend rance inhfacomment onthede Mr UNDERWOOD from the Committee for vM calculated to effect fob object ia vie Srir Jtive law fed I termination of thljpecple ot this country to rwist 1 the Pigtrici of Columbia repotted tire joint raolu authorize them to diminish the rates of insur a grmtnd asmmed in Ise I the visitorial power aseerted by him for lion authorising a transferor thestock held by lance and after foil debate this question wm JLj iir fin folio maintained at the wail ju 'k the United Slates in the Chesapeake and Ohio I decided in the negative The question wm then fMjoftM treaty of Ghent I canal to the State of Maryland and the corpora 1 agitated whether the rate of insurance should be 1 carried out in good faith by the twocoun Iwhichwe take fromWAiMi leuerinuusmom tions of Washington Georgetown and Alexandria I raised and this question was also decided in the Itriet and that all pretence is removed for inierfe 1 National Intelligencer on certain conditions 1 I negative prevalent opinion of lhe board how jrence wilhour commerce Jor any purpose what 1 Mr Wsta says: st Mr offered fin amendment which he moved I wr was that the law eo far fro diminishing the wr Jy a foreign Government While therefore I The following naaeaee of Canstithtidnuel be printed and together with the resolution refer hazard Of human life increased it As however the'United States have been standing up for the I raT J7Xorea rfigrThiers and red io the Committee of lhe Whole on tbe state of the opposite opinion prevailed here he would not I freedom of the seas they have not thought preperli 7 jjij ggealto the settee and intent ef the I object lo the lav thoagh be thought hecouldsho I to make that pretext lor avoiding a fulnlment of I ft Centre show how the subject will be man Mr MASON hoped that the resolution I that it did not accomplish objects it bad in their treaty stipulations or a ground for giving I would notbe referred to the Committee of the Ljew He approved Of the motive which induced LSbtemhevrea trow era! ratuxl nvoutlon owupira th mind rftbe Whole where it might not be taken up but would iu pasMgeRsit appealed to the best feeling of the rrJ tee I pub "I11 be suffered to lie on the Speaker table for the heart but XM early action of the House I their feelings they should also have some regard to lnJn th msriiimeeode We mav be rer 1 tinnnvr ih ienf taisiMete tiratw arasenta Mr HOPKINS objected to such a course andreson The bill required that lhe steamboau Xd to horeXtlhS example thus willbe I 7 contended that the resolution must go to the Com should be licensed and wbo were to give 'hel folloby ifnotbyaUrfthem Wehercby lore2SZ mitteeof the Whole inasmuch it made snap licensed Why lhe inspectors who were to be ex Ljso afford suitable protection to the fair trader in I rucSor sod ratao of Loodoo nd ku wvrabe an absolute gratuity of a million and I tnjned to their qualifieatioM to give them I those seas thus fulfilling at tbe same time the di I a half I But who were to examine tbe examiners! In bin I tates of a sound policy and complying with the I ty bs its solution win not cu soy taunmi' Mr UNDERWOOD explained his amendment' opinion just eo fu the respoMibilitywM removed claims of justice and i siiaptei btwa to wo coon'J1 howvr sranty th which wm lo extend the provision of the resolu 1 for those immediately to I Mr Aacuza undertook to prove that the treaty I thuSnfion tion to the stock held by the United Sta'es and lhe I boats so far would human life be endangered In I I paper do not think that our chambers ought one Uuiwille and Portland canal oonclwion Mr appealed to the House to per: only intended to provide an armament on ornUrt poiftyof Boxtofl yy prindpt ay rftb The resolution vu then referred to the Commit mil those gentlemen engaged in the carrying trade on the coast of Africa to save the necessity of Brit 1 EftiSSJl tee of the Whole on the state of the Union whose vessels weie intended solely for freight and ish visitation but that no inference waste be drawn I experience shown ibatfc has bmttmMwiihexoMriTandAa Mr MAXWELL from the whicll thence that the English cruisers might not detain fa? jSL JudiciMy reported Senate bill to alter the places of and Tisit airships He insisted that there wm I ddtu th rizterere for the district of New Jeieey with an amendment: theburdeu on this itiew of the matter WttM there was do report 1 the carriers of produce would it impose burden on ground for foe assertion thM foe construction put fornvLta tbemte i thePresident stoessageonthisarticleofthe Private Land Claims moved that foe House lake Mr ILLMORE raid that inhis motion to tMaty Conflicted with foe declaritioh of the British I urwitedraw from tbaccompuhmntrf teaary wM up the bill for the relief of foe legal representatives strike out the section he bad no reference to th I Ministerthat our Government hsveno" right to 4 of Antoine Cruzat and other commerce of Oswego where his friend resided nor tu enfmA into that irealv with any I odiy wjrarf liwafeqi aadkmy ba smSk 1 The motion was agreed to and the bill wm to the insurance offices but be did not hke to sen I tCuftlnc wiiironta aU tadlgntiy wsbom Magaey pee ff reada third time and passed one ch of steamboats exempted from foe re ur baker fmm thw Committee oa Invalid I Mnclioos which were imposed oa lhe othen tit contended that the Powi 1 thbpuhefthereltnotfcraZ a PensionsSed Senate biUNo 135 gram fa*g ws well known that Ml MeamtoMa dent was not to be understood as affirming whatjhe IgS pension to Wm McPhersons referred to the Com British Minister here controverts assuming that I Monsieur Patilnoticed above? wu mitteeof the Whole House 5 1 I the President had put such interpretation upon' foe rconclUded metrical efftteion of Lucretelte 1 Mr STRATTON from the Committee oh Ray I IwtJ kodfo I One of the lines fa this: if break foe ojutionary Pensions made an adverse report I freight boats because they could 8 I British si von bntex trident BRITISH CON8TBUCT1ON THE TREATY expense It was toproteei No sane mancan read the Pridenl message Parllcolar elBphMil w4slsid it on oreign Affaire wm L'eliwsol thnuerou clue that be iboaght (the word of which we have quoted) without per Ibythe reader and general no plaudits followed 0 i the restriction should be imposed onlbe freight I coring thM he xprely proclaims what foe I The practicM politicians Igugbedm their Mr CUSHING roan and asked permission to y1! the passage boats If the geatte1 minister auribates to him There was not I correct a grave error contained in the lat speech another Senator "who took the ground that foe I A isa at Wedaam by a slip from voteMHearhfai a conditio ttafe skSnlf beproUted Presidenfstid ir meant to ray whm Mr Aacfta fcXwnftS cffiJfoZl fanaMI if objection from carrying passenger he would agree to it interpreted his words to import So far from this dt on th8 roorning of the 17th and extended to tha itt ne BPiMUMbK inqu The question wu then taken on the motion for every Senator who spoke tp the point admitted not I surrounding buildfogs Mr Chorte loscabooU MnCUSHING to Mate I reconsideration and rejected and" the President cdhstTued foe treMy 1 85000 wjifch wu covered by insurance Alfred hall 1 Mt WM COST JOHNSON from tlw Select bich were not insuredTbe total kxw iaaboiKi BRIGGS footed thatVave be given 7 Committee on the subject ot a National baadry bm fifteen thousand doUar kf' Mr CUSHING said he should not occupyfive reported a bill to (atoblifo a foundry for the fabri 1 wayTheysaid further that they had voted I 7 The fact which be wished to state came cation of cannoa fortM a ot the army and navy for the treaty Jtheouelves under the absolute con 1 nn Solmm General Robert from'Mr Everett 2 of tha United State which wm read twine find viction tbM this wutheprecise obj'eet of the seventh I Porterfield one of the few remaining soldiers of tha Mr PICKENS Mid if foe statement came from referred to lhe CommiUeC of the Whole on the 1 Mri Kisoof aihm emphatically I Bevolntiom and the oldest officer' of Mi rank per Mr Eeveretlit wu what be wanted to bear' atate of fl UMaa 'Vvx rdAsramTOK thus ex 1 haps left in Virginia died Augusta on foe 13fo 1 Mr CUSHING moved that the rule be i sus Mf tariby instructions of the committeevBoXnurnort rfthe trcnded for tbe purpo of besnng his statement' that the Home should g0 1Dt0 plained to him in conversation th ptUTortafthe wof ibe Revolmicm Mln enugmand nat 1 Mr ANDREWS asked for the yea and Commium of the Whole on tbe above bill on ri TV rank of captain nerving jwrt of the nays on the motion to suspend but they were not next and report lhe same to foe Hou in half i But if MrAaota fa right in his exposition of time ita foe smith where Mf altogether our ground against ftd havp com kToS come of the statement gn finned by our own act fo British doctrine on I fot on Sifter Alvear hu received an Several gantttteu eauea jor a awe meniw me Mf gUMMERS from the Oomaitte on Con tfualucC If no other map' in the Senate voted unconditional pardon from fae Preajdent' SPEAKER etateffli to be i motion to so and ibe rule for lhe parpose of allowing the tea lBbe ri ts fov iirfm ly her of stopping and visiting oar ships 1 JnT tlefoan from Massachusetts Mr Cusaraaj to make I ELECTEQ MAdNETIC TELEGRAGH sL high sess Mri Aacua Is estopped from say 1 1 Stronmt a Well known a statement in relation to Sir Robert speech 1 1 0 'motion Mr X'P KENNEDY the Ml I jp not vote for the treaty with thM commission irc)tO(MowmJm dd WWtfarW foe' treaty wu I search bring imK wassitijJgiD rhvfft wjll reduce his propositionto writing i ajp9Nn83' foe trtffaifeandhs voted for it with foil tihiej chajrjM his aaitin go4 sf' obligations to those laws to prevent their violation It ess therefore proposed by this Government to adopt a course which would supersede' the neces sity of British visitation to ship bearing ottr flag oa that coast by keeping 80 guaa afloat there to enforce oar own laws on oaf own vessels aad to execute the right of search ourselves in relation to vessels hoisting our flag Tbe8th article of tbe treaty proves that the arrangement wu thus ac cepted byLord Ashburton av npereedinglhe ne cessity for the British right ot visitation for it points ont the very mode in which vessels shall be vis ited I He did not pretend to sav that a newspaper re port of Sir Robert Peel's speech could be taken as a correct version of the speech itself There were evidently obscurities in the version read by tbe Senator from Booth Carolina He (Mr had seen tbe version in the London Times and he could not help saying that it wu more likely to be correct but in thM version it appeared to him that Sir Robert Peel took still stronger ground than that assumed in the other It bore the impression that he maintained not only the British right of visitation in foe general sense but in a sense which would extend ft to the coast of Africa: If it should turn out that such wu: hi meaning it would be a subject of infinite surprise to him for he would consider it a palpable violation of the treatyjWe had agreed to do what as an inde pendent nation we were bound to do Mo carry into execution otu own laws and tberefore there re mained no longer a pretence for England to perse vere in her claim of a right of visitation Had he not MMidered Ibia point clearly settled he never would Aave vpted against striking ont that article in the treaty He firmly relied on it being a suspension of the BritisK claim nod that ft wu so stipulated by Lord Ashburton He wu nlisfied of this because be so understood it from Lord Ash burton himself There wu a bare possibility that th mw Mate of 'CircamstancM in England aad in th intoxication resulting fro recent successes Sir Robert Peele in his speech had givn way to the natiaaal excitement and expensed himself in a manner not justified by the original undentand wvvi i Mr CALHOUN observed teat if Great Britain should in lhe face of the interpret the treatv in the manner supposed aad shoold act Upon that interpretation we would in' contesting that point with her have the advantage on nr aide not only of befog right aad having the sympathies of the wprld with us but we shonld have all tbe benefit of aa appeal to the law ef aatfoaej Mr CRITTENDEN said it seemed to him not a little strange teat gentlemen who seem to be most aenaitivaonttee subject Of British aggression or the ocasUff Africa and everywhere else should be tba fim to ove a oartailaeat of appropria tions for the only force we have at all upattic cr Keeping tn'ctrentut to aggressioaj If he (Mr C) had the belligerent BDnrehensions which ble Ibe gratis opposite if he had thought they did that GreM Britain meditated all sorts ot encroachments on this country if be had ade np bi mind they bad done that she was bent upon ravaging our merchant vessels on the csast of Afri tbe last thing in tha world he woald have thought ot doing would be to vote down the naval appropriations These would have beta ample considerations father to induce him to vote for in creased appropriations The gentlemen fear Brit ish aggression oa ou merchant vessels on Um coast of Africa yet will aot vote a dollar for tbe protec tion of our vessels i Wbat a strange inconsistency this is between the sentiment they expies and the measure they proposel The squadron at the coast of Africa is to effect these good parpoues first to protect oar merchant vessels In that region next to fulfil our just obligations under a solemn treaty which we are boand tocarry out in good faith Mr proceeded to point out the solemn obliga tion of foe treaty and the necessity of disregard log ihe jnsofficient evidence of disposition on the part of foe British ministry to violate it He con tended that a mere speech ia Parliament like a speech in lhe i Senate inti altogether a dif erent fofog from belligerent act Sir Robert Pee) might ba allowed if he fell so disposed to make a flourish of words before a British House of Commons which bn would be very far from carry ing into effect it the ace of our squadron on the coMtof Africa Mr BENTON said the discussion had taken a torn which he did not that of a Question as to the correctness of the report of Sir Robert speech' True there were foe usual varia uom in tne ceiaus or me reports nut mey agrcca in foe main point and all America and all Europe must serf that we had received a slap in foe thhtfoe message was flatly contradicted principles avowed from which collisions must nrue Th difference of opinion Amounted to tfeaty or no treaty on tbis point 1 Tbe difference between th two Governments nullified this part of the treaty and be fooaght it tbe part of common prudence to atop now and remove foe difference before collisions resulted Tbe treaty wm ratified in'ihis chamber upon the President's view of if Senator voted upon that view they now de clare aad we bnow and now if there shqjl be My attempt dn me part of the Administration to equivocate and to reconcile the mei sage to Sir Robert speech by making the message yield to tbe speech itwill be a fraud upon the Senators who voted for th ratification voted for the treaty ray tf the British aet upon tbe deelaratioaspf their minister they will go to war and this is the state to which thepeaca treaty hMbrough us I Tbe seeds of war are ia it! for they buy reft assured tbM the min ister spoke advisedly and all report of his speech show foM irwM cheered as often hededared hi determination to adhere to the right of visit 5'Mk RAGRY considered that the true under stMding of the treaty when ratified by the Senate WM th only correct interpretation of ft and that any attempt to force upon us a different construe (jon would be st dishonorable that words could convey hisideasof its enormity Mr commented with great ability on th position in which foe British Government bad been placed by thfr speech'of Sir Robert Peel and maintained that both th motion of foe Senator from Missouri and hi amendment were petfectly justified by th dec laration of the Britirti premier 1 Mr TAPPAN called for foe reading of foe part proposed to be stricken out by the Senator from Missouri Mr EVANS replied mat there wm ho such part in' tbe bill find the Clerk need nolbe running th bill over for tbe purpose Mr TAPAN then called for foe reading ofihe resolution and they were read Tbe qecstioa being on1 foe amendment proposed Mr Biaav to tbe instruction moved by foe Sen ator from Miwori it wM pul and decided on yeas yeM 5 folew: YKAB Mmw Alim Bytiy Bratefe Mcjtobw aad flmifo of CmmcUcMf 6 HlYfl Mira Aiehr Barrow Bora naran Buahaoas Calboao Choata Conrsu CnfaK ChiKd Dy toaTEnak utlokjtrnqefakHuiSmw Karafeft If McbufflfcNihMm MarrleK MUte MfeMd MjJPA te? Klr ttevtar? emMk of IndiMW BmnraUafadn WUui WBeox aU Waodtazy AS Th unrathm reearrine on th jnotiM and InJ straeiloosof Mr RftTODrfaf A Mr called for yt and hay which Were oedrL Mri WOODBURY Mated drat he wwald bare vary propensity indulged in all seemed te tron.

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