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' I - 7. 4 A' 1 V t x v- - - " - 1 fr , wa . ".. . .AWRTNCE & LEM AY. V JW avian prw p( MwrfiD a wot wet-sat at Jret I M . e4 we paper dMNllM!, apttoa ika ! or, lc mil an. . J.WiMiK Kit mmbJ. art, jaafa4 threw I mum far aal taaatfftr m for avft ar-jUau. .JJ MWKl lWWao Ssftat ,be n i. a :"."-v . -. . . ; TURKISH MISSION. J v TtECM OF MB. UyiNOSTO.V, Of- J.ocisi, . Terra, rirfimi. . ith our oivtenefc u ft nation, Mid M7M1 our iekoJedtent' M wch trpoeV AHthoerr4 men .vbo S)TMrdih birtory of onr diplotascjr, i tbeir career, nd rformed mm of ott imporUAt Mrrlcei ia the ttpcity jfBtt,itb iK poiren,- VankUn, rat'ittinr Utu&T v'1 h Emptm or h . 1 L - . ceo, U tiecxia or ino serrci grni eft tt the mWtiftr- pxjimed to mk rettr, tvd koeoniiKfty. w (he yer Adm And Mr. JefTemn tppointetl im HircUy, who vent to Morneoe nd i ft tr(t7,.tych wt nttified by the (ert ln , '- , . .'. ") tee (nsttneee hew thn een prior to rttblwhfncit sfthe FedertJ Goernnxni,' A Plenipoieutlarte vere kton rtrt Xotice of our owv country m in the t of nttionst ftnd lht theM teeret U were not on Icrel with mcMenjreN, reerrim. of p to whom It h heen joeeeawry' ih rguaent to. ewtmiUte l On tbe36th March. 170J-in tbe receM 8et' by"- teller pttent tinder ih itifaJtealoTiuS United Statet, nd the Mrtfrf Mdr .TfJfen, (that Prewdent g George Wuhingten,) eouritmiyned le 5cretiy bf 8tte, Darid UiimpUrey; ippoinied tmmiulantrpijnipttftiari for itialliijf ft ireaty pf. peace with Airier., frco from: the president he war twA auihoriaed fo employ Joseph Don-' )ai agent le tha Wafneesi fn- May of njneyeiuliedid appoint Donaldson, who I to Algier,- .and-in, September of the ivear ooncludea a treatV with, the l)ej fcivan. .which, , was confirmed by .Hum-! ) at Lisbon, on the ,2Sth Jfovenbar, ,i j ante "year; and afterward ratified by the ite on the '-' day ef 1796, and J tped both,lpuer on.the fjth May i, appropriating a aum 2SjO ,0 dol. j iimvally, for carrying it into effect,' " SH the attentton'of the 5ene to the Df ibii eaaej wUh the ' preriont remark, con,',ruction wliich it fie he tiiutioa, waa made ith eartieat years J'dffi Corernmcnt, by "he man who Jed is the Convention, which made that iirtation, ftctifi with, the fcfice and -hie of the teading membera pf that body, lesb from ju iiscnasioo, men who bad n prominent parte in every flnestion that L- That in the Senate whiefv -ratified it, i( the Hpu6 ofvRopreehtaties which ed U mto'eteeetion, were several mem Inotbnly'of the Convehtsbit when It Waa ed, but.oftbe State Assemblies, where i diacussed, analyied, every hidden de proiight to, light ,every possible "."incon, tncp nrpilintdi "everv construction titr en ingenuity, ebarpenea. by .opposition and feeling, ooirl(l?nceres 'here ame'nd i were prnposed'ttf remedy apprehended where it wa eaamined article by article, bv nbraacnot word,- not ayllable k'm!rthuriniuiaitriarcrutihy. Vet.by i men with thi -peifect vadt fecent 'leg of the CoMtitvion,". acting tinder lemi obligation to preserve It inviolate withuut anv povwible motive to make forget ttieir dutyV fa Jl)iifirst preee seit jwlthoitt aainfele dotjbt on th ond, t wad corToot. without feroteat, withmit remarks . A nrecedeat roine the, full h of IbatVhicU k now wnhesitatingly .Iawle'si,uii6on8tkotional ttsurpationt ng the prcaent act 6tirtl) its parta, and Ime riointa ircin(r much beyond' it.' Lilee icesent ease, it W,a a'ppointment in the !jt a commtilraf with full power to a'treatyi th84 power were -jMJthenti' these were, byjbe aijjnatare of the ..(ant and the GreaVScal ot the Nation. bV, tbaatKe we tr wrw4 agauiat, . wtr,bat to k CoagrrMof pwerw it waa becaa M .eaore pniaN k tomnltu t j t awppnaW b rvily- 4.pVaw -mot bMtrwcttM that a i .Tinned at the waJy true i ageeta, u waa aVarwd, were to act aa depart and enbo Ua fctb b? wUch. are anaa k fjav to ft eaatfedcraJiva geweawaoent, ralbertfta a htioally aavX ' fright not Ihia practical a ad ' aMaWera. Awl te thia . waa tUH iv eetewiporeweowa eonatrwetxia, rw if it atwaj ! alty, at thai Una ftt ra4 to (k wt alone, V craia aoaaa i)A tt th doctfiar! of ereaiiag imv mimm ift the rweeea. berav ww arw.w rehe"entlv ttrgwA t . dopt j laowcr, tNe brat ebiewtli, caewet ftfplyk DngWt ot theasaiRisl f W aalt'mgto, "'' ad the preaioiat IppwiataMat by Mr. Adaaae r, ia mm Baprioi wUJowv w now, for th Uka way the eevtikL, The tj:tm iktn tret time, tdbynewfgfita.fitt4itwr4tg() to the ftaaking a. treaty by eeerat agewte, ag kt it riot to triiaiJ aoase, kuk todulgence ' arboaw itnailwi te ft ent I the SeaaAa for thoae w V fUo Kf , ' ' .-..: , . la, 1 repeat, a aer bjoetkm aavle o aa) Will H be ftaid that tbli eaatnpl doea pot t lttvrd, aad, aa 1 baiirve, a perfectly f appWf - Let the Ui3reK be painted ontiiaiiltioftal praottee.' The cWcUoft ia ftrw, end wWete tbvUir!ar ihf esmpl eet bv r bj H oay yet be PbumUd, ehbmght Kaahlnfrtnat witt Ha fonnd wiore at war wiik :tanitot perceivw tt foroen emd wot perverting the ftriwetpie laid doara by the Senator frara ! it. iat bf permitted" vt think H fiaaaiiig ir jinia than tbt acta which be now detowe i atraitge t!iu it neve Heforw aoorred te wnt era aa uncuuaii'ttt'-vnal. . - " t iN (iinglalftdi'rijHaJtrhcihajevef apreaaedbia Win be rtfet ajfaia to the waeoitetinr' of"-) the aahjeet, a far aa mr limited f mtj ake wck ta irnte&t Far ttefetialioa urt, cat b net make t iftni!r ppwnrntmt fw a aerju'ntioa ( be tarried o in Cantntirp!ei t If thlttf ia foabitlde. wfter it the cUlte that thariftc Uie former? If, the former 1 ttW mtrt U the clto that tsctudef th Utter? Art ftot both Bleb bia wak cotrrphrtte, (a I thick We calif 4 it,) tbat ahoft'd rxprrat Via Ule without tTnc. Fir be : frooa m! Far trtm n tb (mesa Uoa ftftneiewhof Urtt train the o U ftpiHt f ivUtnJet tU tltt sni- a ft ft .ft outrft ttMMa wnw eaate lAe auiMtioa. loitered at tt by thi iflrse f ct power, andPtll the treaty with Alirieraan ermiatice' Hie treaty itaelf reoliea to thie anawtr it ia treaty of commerce al weU aa or peace. . - . .. '.But thia W not aft .inenlared Cftae. 'Intbft wry aamwyaar, mi the aun day of Re year, the 20th March, 179S, navid Muaiphr)t re eeivedCnotber eommiaaien by letter patent from Preaident Washington, authenticated In the tame manner, conatiUitjng bint Cwmmia aionrr Plenipotentiary for negotiating a trea. ty of peace, with the moat, illiiatriou the Oaahaw. Lc:da, and C.oernorf . of the City and Kingdom of Tripoli," with, like power of autytitutton. Xrt the 10th Feornary, 1790, infonnatian rnra. Tftarft are two ether rreakleetft. whoae acta mod ornmooa ea thie eojiject we hrr te tx mine, in order te complete the eerie. ' On Mr. Moaroe'f aececaion te the Preai dency, he found or peace aacnred with the Itarbary powerat be had, therefore, no Con mifttlonera t appoint to than but be had partieipated, eatbe bead of the Department of State, in thoae which had been aent by Mr, Xadiaoni and we mar therefore, fairly bob pone, that; if the occasion had offered, he would, bave followed the aamecourae. Bat, during bia wlminiatratiba, and that of bis ana eeator, it waa found convenient in the eter he transferred hi power t Joel Barlow. cite of the aameconatitutionalrht of making IRtimphrey'i iwi, an originat appo ,iiL 'tbwefore.1 accordinsf "to the i omt iL Hberef&re.1 according to the new Ifitre, (npre .objectiopable wo ,sMmister fig netote ;bee apporruetjw troai to jenu " Whereas, ia ttua a, previous niwinii had Jhaen'I iriveii bth- Ml Adams; ; wa vacated bv the recall of the first and the appnfntment otTthind, Offley lHddl.':frA went' ihrimtelV'farthefc-.thart iin jrivirtg d the" Minister: Ibe1 authcritr rPpomt, ":;ubtituie, na -taine ;.acv t!e , lubstitute tiesoltated ; and. made "ry-.the Minlstei remVtningria Lisbon, '"naldson goinj atone ; to Alpara where eatv .wa con-sluded.' ' Mart too," that ainiiussion to Ptumphreya i dated only eeks after the adjournment of the Se n Marcit: that Donaldson was employed I'yi and that neither Humphreya nor .iluwii were1 ever nominated to the Sc. j althjugh they ; of -courie met in the ,bir followinir. . Look, air, into .the pitive Journal before Volt. No nomina pf Humphrey a uqder this commission IVHableaaid of Uonaldaon, Iet,v,when "ty came, it waa ratifiedyet; both passed ft law for carrying naatm' 7 treaty intoettect no. squeaniiwi. Joutthe nhraae under which the appro ' should be made-nothing hidden , transaction the-Tnode of itscxe- "tbe agenta by.whotn.it waa' effected, I seat aiidalU the" appellation of the :t Commissioner Plenipotentiary," which offensive, all spread before a Senate, ed of men, four-fifths of whom I may, wy, had either aided, in rhakine-th 'tution, or deliberated on , the propriety doption,end thi treaty weat. to them ertre Washington.; -r Yet, with ell these ' of lawless, unconstitutional usurpation ' back th Ironiu .t'iPpd the lauf ; So grave : Senator,'- no independent ( wntative , rista to oppose , ttV : groaa Sob. of poweri ; Did patriotism aleep posti. Whti were the watchful, the j" guardians of the Constitution, thus pal, f violated? Whwe were the Senators, ''oflheV rights? Where 'the 'Repret "ivea of the- People sent to guard the im of their liberties? : AH silent, not a ! 04 of positions not ft whisper .ofidpubt. . ins violation, gross, open, palpat And on the 3d J. 1777, Mr. Barlow made a treaty with the Baahaw and lis iHfani which wat in like manner with the former,, approv ed by CoL Humphrey. at Liebon. on the 10th February, 797, and', Wa ratified by the lenate the following Session. .Here we fiad tlwee SeaaSons, after the eommiaaion, pa be fore the treaty ia presented to the Senate for Ua confirmation, during all which, no nomina tion 4f cither flumphreyl or Barlow was made. Surely 'if ft doubt bad crossed the mmd of the President, that mind of .which the eminent characteristics ware deliberation and prudence, if the, ahadow of ft 4dubt had passed over it, woukl not the-aame regard for the C9naiitution,fnr which he. waa equally remarkable, have induced hi in to consult bia Cabimrt,to consult, as he frequently did, on other and lea important -occasiona,. the Se- nate. Sir, be had -no doubts the greatest and "jejt, and moat prudent man in the conn try, had. no -doubts, - Hia adviitera had none the Senate had none. The House of Representatives" did not hesitate, and the? nation, fitted with men '&oe mind wer nliphtened bv continued discussions or ur Constitittktn, approved. Yet we doobt. N .y more, we decide, and admitting no commie. ty of opinion, atigmatiae that very conduct has pursued by wastiingron, as iawiesssur. pation. That great mao, very soon atter th:, retired from tHiee, carrying with him the benediction Of hi fellow-citizens, and little suspecting that this wise ,nd upright, act of hia administration WouLJ, draw down on those who copied it,' the reproaches we have heard. John Adams, wno, oesidea the great share he had in fdrminjr the Constilu tion, was pre-eminently qualified to judge on every question relating to foreign interooui'sej ho might be sty led the founder of American diDloraacv'- John Adams .succeeded -liiro. Aod he, too, strsnge as it may appear ne, too. fell into the same fetal error; or (if the case is as clear aa sitnhosedV wa guilty of the same itnpardonable; fault.1. He, too, en thet8th efvliecember, 1798, put hi signa ture, and the area brtnd Seal of the nation to a pHper, caiuj "."nvy,, ......... Eaton and James Leander Cathcart, witlt tun powers' to negotiate with the Bey and Regen, cy of 7 urns alteration in,.cwm ircaiy made in the year 1797, by Joseph Famin, Who calls nimsou a i reucn. roercnani rcsi dine at Tunis, fend Charge d'Affairea vf the United Statet. These gentlemen make the neur treaty, on the 6th March, 1799:' yet nei ther the nomination of the French merchant. who made the first treay, (which must have been -in the tune of. General Washington,) nor of the three other commissioners, was everubmitted.to the Senate.: And it iar.re maik'able thatthis last appointment ww.made on the J3lh DecerobeTrwliert the Senate vat v"riun the administration of the iext Pre- sident, Thomas- Jefferson, Only one twaty with 8 (Bafbary powers, (that tyith. 1 ripbii, J was madej' but as the negotiation; Was earned on'by Hr.Leftr.the vptiblic;mniister of- the UuMed State at tUat piace. notmng can pe inferi-ed frmji this1 tronsaction'tbat bears on the onestiom but Jefferson's t.oneratSon tn the 'twa'aoooihtments, Which t liave nio- tea, by General Waamngton, waves; no coudi yi cui.rvivwii wi incwwuiuuwiii . -. -i .were we nave me' practice o? asinnKiui, Adams anit JefKn-son"titiirrolyj the time, aanctianlmrTeverv Dart of -the conduct pur- sued by tb present Chif Maglstfatei and, in aomeipstancei, ai 1 have ahown, pushing the Construction -further tlian he lias found it necessary, t. go, nm tnja .."" .!? jumoo cornea next. ny; vow; 'i yo treaties, to employ other agents than "Am . bwsaadora or publio Miniitera, to form trea ties with F.uropean and Christian powers, as had been formerly done with the Mahometan states or Atrtca. Differences had existed evet since the treaty of 1803, with Spain, not on ij oi Dounoary, out oa ftccoouot oi claims. to vast amount. ,Tna aettlement or the a v'd:iig line between the United States and Mexico, would take from or add to out tern tory an extent sufficient for the establishment of several states. : And the acquisition of Fto rida had always been considered as a matter ot primary importance. IL then, tne maeni tMde and importance of tfts objectaj if the rank and dignity of ah party; required, that (ne negotiation should be conducted py pub lio' ministers, and that their nrOintmenl should be confirmed by the Senate, here wa the case. Here wa not even the plea of the recess. ' For during the session of Congress in 1918-19, Mr. Monroe gave to Mr. Adams plenipotentiary powers to -treat ' with the Minister of" Spain, and makes settlement of U these important aaailers, V He- jrrve these power by eommiaaion under the great seat, tie never .communicated tne appoint merit to the Senate, although they . were in session.. The, negotiation was carried on In the very place where t aey eat,- and was eonclu ded befori they adjourned, by treaty, which purchased the two rlondaa, settled our bouh dary, by abandouuitr 'oiir clairftsto. the im Biense eatent of country-bet we en the Rie del Norte and the eabine arid made charge on our treasury of five nuUiona of dollars, . Yet, air, tiiis treaty was ratified by the Senate, and not one word of reprobation, not arf accent of doubt uttered, at to the- irreguiantv of th comm'iAsioii by which it Was negotiated,' and both houses concurred in passing laws for car rying It uito execution. , Airain; when Mr; Adams came to the pre sidency,he, in like manner, in the year 1826; commissioned HrF,ciay to - treat or and ceo elude treaty of commerce and navigation with the Minister of Denmark, ' which .treaty was signed on the VOto. April, the aame year, duiinr the ttttinr tf tlie Senate, and in like manner ratified by tiem,; although .the appointment of Mr.' Clay ; was 'never,' made known to the Senate, and vf. course) was not confirmed by them. And w, air. w our; selves,- every one ot 'tH.rhQ ,itow hear or nuke these denunciations we. have ratified a treaty made with one of the greatest pour era of Christendom, by ft plenipotentiary commissioned under the great seal, vtrhose appointtrtent was nevr sanctipned or ent to the .Senate for its advicej and that, too, ; power With which before we had n dinlo mitic Intercourse with. Aastris-made by tfte present secretary w State, under, a? special i appoiatment by the President. - SU04IJ jl be i said that tiii practice of employing . a special , minister at home to make treaties .with a to reign power,, is of modern jdate; hat if does not, like the ease of the Mediterranean com ' missioiis, run back Xn the- early -pirt. of our diplamatld history 1 .would anawer tbat this, too, is an error, and that hiy construction is iftptioned in this alsottl by the; practice of Washington. Aa early " is the year 179i$, some dotibt$.hving arisen as 'to the opcritidi) of Jthe third article pfr,: Hff treaty ?Mr, Pictering was commissioned Jto. negotiate art ekblawrtorr article, which: was agreed- to. fsubmittei to the Senate, and ratified Without any nominatibn ofthe negotiator to the Senate. irk ilotsr hot thia uniftirm; this ttaiaettnrd prftciftco, i-arrifi4hrou2;h very preslflenoyy frtuji" thiit of the jh' t&ef oi lis, Country . Jo ihat of th jre- seni incumoeoi- is t noi Btrungiy per-. ireia4 W th ftatna tettstUationaJ! rte, od itreftrNteord by kstirs ef ajiiborittf -AVht. tkenL "Mtetieti tbel frecderael SDtwch. ; Farfrooiasethara b tid Jensoncft th other?.-. Jt r-f aitw. of tMokinc tKt fpy phrase that 1 pearl t me that a. Sfttisfactery ftniwer j coold effer wowld b ACCeptftM ft to the. qstriet wrmtd be tliEcslf.l lSe .-bick.th Sccator: doty rsqair errt to tbe. injmoi'y ef tK snovrr r.fjd, and hM en4 f rmpHefy hit iints th ameadmeat: ind that tt wnId bt tioned. 1 ait at 1 title cnrrrunt Uh somrwhftt df3rlt far stitt to liiow ttCorU If citksr ef. the Sttatort," i, irTH-'rtr-" t i f " i i:..-t tfff 1 , lif tt .',n f i !j 1 t rs tf tle i ft ' tv.C ' br Vitus il ' Thst iretul 1, pi - f formW trm t? f , i'rt r, : 'ti.--: it tJ ..crrJ rrc porii j rrpointmrtt ; b ty r:lfuMy to f t..f m ta tht UQt.omiT conej - thrt it ny n of the tiuoitrcnirncM ad daor whicK bo ipprtbt-nds, from tnfr- ippotntroeBt o commijviontr, with full powertv,-geing; t foreign coantry, tbftt eJoeti not attach t nrfro. tttion;bj aptcisj 1 tjnt t .home. Ubt these danrer are fmit intrr in both case. Nnthiaj cither . of xbetn eat da bsi any fr-e orrtil we aanetlnn tt. . jvdh in refjumnj tne f stent 01 iwo thirdvof tht Senate .to trery trtatj,. those) "who mde rmr form - Of' ivern- meat thought vthe tniht aafelj1 trust tht) diir.rrtion of the President in. ae lecting tha agettt for rmkint; it.- '- r -, s Hut to temove all ground. for the dil- tioctipn, tyke . anlv instance from ' the tame collection of trfttrca which I have before quoted. Io'the, year 1818. Mr. m II ' .S r-. ,r uaiiauo, men oar. MiDistor.tn r ranee, wat commissioned, viotatly vrtlV Mf. Uasli,' our lioitter afSt.'JaueV, toJ nezotjate a treat? with England, in the same .manner that; the S?cretanet -of oiatt went comiDisimieu to nrjonate at Washington. This nominat'tua wai never , submitted to. th Sennter Yet m moat imtKirtant convention, mida un der that : anpointtn,ent,..w rttifierl bj the Senate; an that hee wo have com-1 tnitioDert appointrdat home, abroad. to Christians as wefl aa Infidels, In e-i err Jorm, "w eterr character, tn which .t 1 1. . j. :i ine pswrr can. ue .ricrqisruj bqu in ere tj form acknowledged by the .cp ordi. nate' branchfvfi Government, to be Constitutional and tight! ,'abrl yettir, 'W wuow undpriaKen to arraign ann. ne ttnunce it at a'ygorpationv.Tho ae cond cround f ; a-.cus Wion, that the nominationi 4hougI madev in -' fecest," wat not Bubmuted Jo the enate. when they .met,' has boeit aoticluatedV 'It too, am a repbikao; I, tao, thaogh not born obdey a tnthern inn, am in the1 habit of botv'I expretiing nit rhoujhUsl and whet 1 ar chirgca f.th most serieut natartj that -tao .bo made, ex pressrd in theMnntt aorqualified tan- i coage, and X think-thoso thargea no fianded.'I tnuit take the libert. to Uj Yes,.iir,"and the mora unaccepta ble liberty of pro-rioe it, at I trait .1 have done. Theogh tenrdt art thin$? the are aot the wordi of the' aeensa tion.that 1 Warn: it it the erouodlesi accuiat'wn tttelf. It it the intolerant denunciation of all who cannot, tee ob- copsntutiomutj or. uiarpatioa to the aett complied of. I aiid, tir.'that the objectioot now raited were newj that tor tne jurti time tnit cnarre naa oeen made gainst a, practice aod a conttnicn tion that wat aa old at 'the govern men t itteir; lnie juenietlj and the le batea on the Panama Million are refer ret ,to ' Sir,' anticipated this bjec ("tun, led have thoo that the . obiecj tiona thes were twoto the nature xf the mtssinn to tVe part in tht debate! ot. deliberative assembly; wd t. an appointment of i pubh minuter, on new mission.-, w'tthout cooaulting . the Seoatet and I im warranted 10 repeat inr that the present-accusation, pro ceedt from a new light '.that never be fore shone, pn -the- ntind of fcoy of our prvdecefiart; : btjt, admit the . rnoama debate , to be an exception, it U bovei Of jesferday compared y tin the eanc tiona of th contrary practicei .. Arr '! ' M tr xo'n'ttVuction'bf the! cobttltatlfth, ' ''.If.- - a2'A t ' a ' " 7 - ai to cne PQWf r.oi ii?poioune in me re tht if is bolttfmtd on ad ncrvaLivtift a .... . 1 w 1 1 ;. may be iuatined 00 teveral jjroundtslMmearsruwn wh(cn wee those tjrhicb actuated the Not ov It ttahdioto ttronger President, ei am. not. in. nit counteit, 1 g,"uul!,,'f "; v',"v ,..wmV v, ... I dVtkot know. It mar be juitified onifram,;r8f iheCoosutution-the coteni the pece9itr of koeplng the. mission a poraneout wpotUioor tJift umnterrnpt- secret ttntii the result wat Known; on hit conatiiulionat power; of originating a secret mission without the co-opera-tion of, the Senate;, and on, the inutility, of naming person to-e confirmed in offices vhich were temporary, in their hatiire, 'and rwhich ,must,espire;J)oforej the c.oi;urnatoO Jb. th Senate could be made, pr at any rate before it couid reach tbetn Thus th? treaty vith-the Porte bainj been completed before the' adjooroinent of Congrest . atvthe" jast session, it would have been useless to t confirm th "povert of the negnciatori.' 1 p over the argument, to 9now wat, although the letter of MrOiile- parti o atarljr. states ..thai he "ttgncd tjie Ire Uj on Suntlay, jet he Mtust have been mitt taken, because na Christtian in a oun try ot Infidels would be: feud tr . ou a breach :.'pf the ChristlanvSlbbath, 14 pass .that, over vith asking how. often ed' and .' unqtie$tioned.?practiee';:?,Tbe force of that, practice, to Jft teveral df visions, hat been attempted to do wean- ened.-i-L ;' A to th treafiet made bjf the Secretary of State, by saylnr,1 at 11 most unduubtdty. true, but it most fa? tal to1 their, ariruhient. that they ,vere matte tlnder'ltho.poweri: which the Pre. tideftt Jiat to make jrewiet.&lr, that is the terf bowfr to whicVwetefer to Justify the appointment of the commit " . r . ' ' I 1 ' ..i. ' .. . '.. sioners.vAje,' va aay.tiie genuemeo, he may appmnt the tecretarjf of State, but : not' eurrimitsibneri VTij-ba cai.9e:lJieaScteajry:? of taterad they are cemmissioneri' This may be a atisfactory . argument lo thriie who Ut'fc .it,tboi,I. rriugt be perinttted to tik and to tay, that it appeact ratner ibcoq- clusive u 'rheSecre tart -of Slate ''hat the management, dtar foe eign negotiations, unuer tne- uircction . t - -...IA. . iWAAi.i . nil, mrnnnf mar n,. fiiirtoivpa..urhiT ftu r v renutron, tn v iiMiuu,t hiuii,ui.iihi hay e, 'Ott 'at hd ? deliberated LitWn j rection, in the lorm ot . plenipotentiary these very -walla on, the same Mcred commtssion, ne nat no right to mantr a fljsoueuionce to. any f r--v., , ....-......-.,. .- --j - navt ami wnetner of hue legal actn done at euctt a time,! W .".. " ;- vtuid be etcuseil on, the-allegathm Tftyr. inetttrWiCwmptJ1 in- impossibility of our having been guii- wtb; - a foreign; mitfiater A It ; w nide tv1 if th breach., i,f;iV-;fe1.o- form-afid from U be derives bit V tola a ' ' . . ' nil . 'a .. FlnPW 2 J-Mrr HiimhUriwa" whir Iv t n lint pd W .W Deginnto rot s tnis aeoate.; ne wai n Itiwtest V P'en,potennarT, tv t Mrmg i i..,:i.a..t riun k.i.' ? ri i-.iruil. m'i much iui ui iB -f p, ?t a,.,: .0 . i Federal; , Compac , l,ftm luu- ia iform.l tr, allP.riecta called the oracle of the Cpnatilotiooi iti Jiwi 4 auaai vonf (lie f-orrwtnpaa of that 'coh- ,f any practice uider it tn bemed oid 'eonhiWt.'l the ' President rdd?,He followed precisely the WhteiA whichl be tnadceW it pedi?nt py a special hiti)reaeee9rt trodvf ia tnetyear.iaij, i agcqi,. 4iiveau 01- a iiuuuii iuiuiaier-w triers, he commissioned WilHatn' Shaler Md the -gallant & lamented Decatur, to negotiate with them. They concluded ft treaty on btard iht lftiited Statot -ithif. fhmrkn.-; But he never nominated them to the Senate yet the treaty, like the ' others, waa ratihed . by tne Senate in the succeeding session. wiuiou a question as t their right to co-operate In the appointment.1 ' He it was," too, who," in thfl recess of the Senate; sent the commission which made th treaty of "peace, with. Great Britain.;: -ffi- -i&'i fev ? - s i A ir aim Aifficult'ea havint? ftnsenv as to the execution of the treaty with Algiers, another Commission watr issued oit tbe 24th of An. gust,- 1816, lt IVilliam 8baler ; and Isaac Chaiineey, who renewed the former .treaty. with alteratioiis, on the aad iwcemoer, 01 uie same year, And Again the Senate yere kept in ignorance tf the appointment, until the treat wa sent to, them', for ratification, Thls'i tbe last ttea with any of the powers profeasing the Mahometan faith, prior to the one that has given rise to this dUoossion. And in forming- this, the President,' With stronger veaaona for secrecy than any of his Mkrl.i-aunr h,r1 XS nnlv. BS far a be hsS gone, followed .their example-fbllowed his own and their construction of the Constittt :nn.n1 vr-;frl nn novN that had not for forty yeftrabecnuniyersally acknowledged to be legitimate.:. 1 Onng tne acquiescent down to thie moment, because, the qucstions raiaeilfnthe Panama minsion are; not those m whieh thia : transaction 'Hives' fise Tbee. the objection was to ao .appolptment of a ,i trtch apeclal agents Ihd to httiit potc-' inatine ? hini To the fSiaiti t weKM .I- - I. . . f :H 'Ia I.' i'll'.l.i ,t. minus properrv..T itt.t peauui un tun. instances i have lait mentioned dtf hnt apply,' because the Secr'etatj hf Btat was the asentf 1 But he waa the ageiif, 6nly by the special commission given to him by he President" i coinmiasioft, with 'id t which he cou.1 d ao h a ve acted which; as; his full powei he ,'wa obli'red to'interchanEe with the minis ter 'wiih' whinn hS treated, before the negotiation could begins ICji Secre- hary nf State.' tho duty otd have been uone.'. mere instructions;' wouiu 4nye sufliced-iTrto tommiasion 'Would 'Jut been; oecssaryi - Buti In ;every ? in stance, cuintniHsions weHP delivered, n the tame forrt.ai.to powers, that are used for ministers going abroad, ? Ta President might have selected any oth er individual, and the case as strong' (y ja point s. if hi had. Will the gen tleman Doint not the diflerfcnee between these case which he;'joit1r' with all of 0s.; has: aonroved: and, that which he now so violently reprnbtes? A If ' the .President may .appoint a special agent to niake treaty . with , a nation with whom we hiad none belre; withOMtpul) have endeavored; to iihow; that 4f he nu;.wnici -.if- jenuuiifcci,t - usurpation, ampepft.lebest;aod1w! FlT??FrK Senate et ministerIPorfugal-ut hot fclm'-;..; t0 lgiert.-r:Why? Becatlse- thtf first frm practice .of .everrrtident;-,,.- '.u ,... nn,,B. r eyert,?eate. anii;very 'lja,e ri . i .' ' icrsf. hewas a Dubli minuter- in the last, Tinly a secret agent with full pow e;rt ;:. Because the President had a righi t,o give yvhat charaetr-he chose- to b,is agents.'lnd choie to call him in one a public minister, anr nominato hire as Renreseelatives since the institution of i oer government tneso are to-weign; against the denunciation of the Senator, front Virginia', then the icxusatuihiatW :ile .has nrged 5t Uh vehemence nd SftAWnr mA fpr"itfaetory reatons made ?m,J"(7,rd,nS 'hirnyirj the other,'Ws mission to-Al ertahd.'did hot nominate; him, "JBut, (ri put arr end to all cavil, on the ground thrt lvr Jtri1irmlit thai. ..... J n .1 1 ' T ' t . . mo, i must may he has ojj tapported tt by a single preofi jftjtlv Both the Senatort from Virginia have thought it -extraordinary that any obser vations should have been, made on the terms in which it was deemed proper to stigmatize tha conduct of the President of the United States, and by anticipa tion ' that of those who should aopport himtcrmi which .they lay' ytia occa ion justified,-end which the frank, in' dependent' discharge of duty ' required. They are inspired. they; tay, by the weniar.rarmth of. their southern tun,; and- accuatomed by the habits Of their country to 'cell thing! by'jtheir; nanies, and iwhen they see. -usurpation, they must call -it by that name. . And the gentleman who last addressed you (Mr. ?:-v";-w , T n.- mat tne appointment or tne secretary y)n the 24th of f ebrusryi jV, f State, at a plenipotentiary wat not to ingston replied toMr., lyler and Mr. be governed bt the sarae-rulea that ap TazewelU follows! py to the tpnbintment of other peraont. (r. V ... 'M . ' -weft - ft let us Buri-j the strong case of a law declaring that, ia (,!l treaties-with for eign powera made in t!.2 United States, the secretary " of otate tuouli be the person employed to wake them) nnuld the' Presitlent't constitutional ri,'.t to make' treaties,' and name agents to make thetn, be a fleeted by such a law? Could the Secretary of State under it, without tV Special commisnion, make any trety? And if he were nominated to- the senate to perform that duty, would 'not they, notwithstanding: the law,', have a. 'right, to ? reject , him? The ; law cannot control the ' Con stituion. , The uice' f Secretary is by tht n a ir-Te : tat ; tit tice pre t" 1 1 of "ort -,7M Tnadi : t fi.- i.ma; -n a. a ptoaie. it tut ivh uQv.omiv in nescuL ns et Honr, ana, u 1 to- dertUod t - H jort'emrO, . fifchtfuMy .' -donr; but -h ..'-out t; a stighteit rtasoa" : for the distictun, they taj it cannot te done abvotdv Jiat, tthrn Hake the . abonnr oar. and Jmv tbe tarae cni- ' ' forta practice in mitsiont abroad, how ia I repelled : , ; . " .Tint, In caie tf PlenipotentiarKt t4 treat of react. Thit it ushered ... bv is eneonttom front the i . nator lat addressed jeo, ee the diploma- - ''v oCnationa, aJ he lauds it part: ' for a character which I never U. - 3 heard attributed to 4t its great rer- tainty and precuuon. "I had t Bht that.. on the contrary, there was much ,.- , contrariety of apinlon, at to many of f ''. its provrsiooi; tliat at it wit made epV -' . . .a ... '. . r aa ot usages. 'treaties; and the Shan- rg f , opinionf of writers, that it waa not only . - nncertaio Trent tt nature, but that t' a prinolplea moit. generally ackBowled,;-' l ed were undergoing a daily change, ' ; with the advancement ef civiliialionr " " and the new political arrangement! of the world,; J thought to but thie wat r ewiBj; to tny ignoraneer for . the Sena T tor tells you that altough it may appeat. t to be the caie to superficial, Observers, ' ' tne oraee ana beauty, . 7 and-bbye All, .'' , ,. the certainty f the tysteni,1 open them-' telyei to those who ate prottrrenta i ,v, the stience. v I am not advanced to this v degree of perfection; -the Senator ini . l and W what frutht In the system it thit encomlom - the . prologue? What are .fPh the certain maxima he has fouud ape''.- 4l table to the pretenteaie, in the ptee?-l . pageiofttoUawf First, af&ifirmi-- -i tion of b,?a formei' assertion, that plenlv - u potentUriea lei treat of neace - were but , . ofiicers tent to trgulate the terma of afi' - 1 armisiicej ana tnat wnen tne rresicient - . . sends tuch ministers he does it as Cum mahder-in Chief oftbe irarmy; that 'the v -Jreatyinakingr power hat nothing to; do wnnit. r JNow;Sif,Tmu8t tay; that, ir 4 , thU be ihe . best prqof that can be fur . aished, of the certainty nf the ode of , nations it will fare ill with ift reputa tiott'in this'reipecf, for not a tingle trea-' tyofpeice, since wart first began, ever contained a -ttipnlationVfof ;an armia " ' nee. . : t npy are contradictory terms, an ir arinistitit isa Oessation;f hostilities for , ;-"' n umtteu term; a peace it a stipulation . ' lhat bey shall cease jforeter an -.arm it-'' , " r ttct.contempUtei a continoance of the v' - wars a peace Iputt an end to it forever. -- Somettimet an . armistice - brer.edes f M . treaty of peace, and provulea for a re- ' f newal iDf.hostilitis,tf ,'the4rw-gotiation , should faiK'tnore frequently the pleni v . 1 ? potentiarjes meet, according to the Sen- Y ? ator- apposite jplirase, 'flat(Lrtehe!lot iu rviub iicauii tyif iwrj,- ana-wunoui ,v any armistice, the war it ended if they ' agree w0a, the conditiont -of' peace, or continuea if the conference it . brokerf f oK iulioolu into "alt buVtreatiet of peace,-examine thoie between other nsv' c lions and: wnatdtf yott? find?. ettlen ments of boupdarye provision for muttt J al claims; all the end less, variety of ar- - " ' rangement .ta.;:nettlti :;th".'disiputes ' -be- ' tweeriCnationt, tVVho, evert heard of-J these in an' armistice? Who : cvei1 , tboughtthe ower to jmafce them should U1 be arranged Tnhdeftlie'he feiilitarv rather than the civil head?, If the Pre; tident bad'the powet to conduct .our'r wari nly,'and anothef Departn.eatjhc". Senate for exarpple, that of making trea- tiei, eoold any treaiy f peaces such ts ' 1 . we Jjave made, have beea concluded , but.by them? , How comet- it, too, if , thia doctrine be true, that all these trea : tietare ratiBed by the Senate, ,if they- are armiiticet onfy? Became though 1 they hav nothing to: df with the Pre- v A titjent's manner of making war.-! or. ia- terrtipting ; hostilities he can make no treaty without tjbeir assent becau-' ia finevXlfeaty of, peace1, fn offentl. to" the certainty dr the diplomatic law) it' a treaty, and not an armistice.: i S AVbther certain rtioc' trine of tnit ter tain law Which it to destroyed idt air-. gument Is thiat That, in a state of" war, 1 every Individual of one belligerent na- " tion li' in hostility 'to every indiv'ulual ' of the'; other; ; that in this situation tjf t things,, no Minister of one nation could " be aent. to another; that his personal safety , iyould be endangered . frn the' ' first man be met; and it never j tt cwat kbownsayithe Senator, very empJiati- Callj. t that a Minister was tent by a -Power at war to its enemy," flagranti 7 bello; and therefore he. concludes that Plenipotentiaries to treat cf peace are not ;iJin8ters. , If,, by this, is meant :.!... ...:tui 1 miK.vis rcnuLiu, no one ever conten - ' created it; law of Congress that 4' t' (1 hat they "were; but they are 11 U--5 word calls them, Mim-fors I ! 1 ipoteu. cy, -1.1 they may" La,-... lone, and t'.f k need not be tir before they arc it ts tonccJ - "t bV the IV ' have cot I .t -ed to tV' A? St 1 t lie law, on this ed my ignorance, 1 u. sena't to deciue, wlieii. and ia i;v; jual -t t nd ' U'ave 'it to ut "iitstat ef ,r'ire is bo- 4::
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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