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CHARLOTTE, lT ?., MARCH X-3, 18S5.
THOMAS J. HOLTOTJ,
Editor & Proprietor.
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th
.ill nut be attended to.
P.jriiwnt. cn be made t either.
If ruaima.tfcr re .uthoriied to act a. nt.
Sic Tila Such U Lift.
Ailb.e..t endeflhi. ai.lt churehofSl. Ma.!
rr Ovcry, I.oniion U no. . n.onumcr.t, . rliou '
c in.cnoiion e.n.iit. of the fit.t trc,f,
d.;;hn,eprob.b,ii, .to'b.theprodu.t.-uo,
CW -Annal. 0 St. Mrv Or,.,, h IV. 7-1
11. .,t;r..l ...I.;.. i ili,i.-lii
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I
Lik t the dims.k roc you see.
Or llk the blojm no the tree,
'tit like the d-mity flower of My,
Or like the morning ot" the dny,
Or like the iun, or like the eliurir.
Or like the gourd which Jon, had t
Y.i a .0 ia ui.in, whore thread 1. .pun,
litwn out, and cut, and 1. done I
The rr withers, tiie(bloaout hlail'-lh,
1 lie rluwer fideo, tle inormnjF luisttth,
1'he .on rrt, the .li.tdow liti,
The j ound cuasuim t, the man he dica.
I.Ike to the rra ihtt'a newly tptung.
Or Ike the t . It that', jual h-jim.
Or like the bird tltnT. here In. day.
Or like the prarltd d w of M y,
Or like) an hour, or li-r . ap.n.
Or tike the irgug of a .wen ;
E'rn .och i. Juan, who lire by breath !
la h'lr, ia t ier; in life, in d.'lh !
The rr-ea rirrayt the t.lo d.-th end.
The birH ia flnwn. ihe dewa aaerod.
The hoar i.ihort, the mm not b-r-f,
Tit. .w.n'a aeaT dc.fh t man, life ia done !
T.ike to a bobble on . br-trk,
Or in . mirror like . to-'k.
Or lib. . rhuttlr in I he hand.
O- like a writing on t'se a-ind.
Or like a thfiiigbi, or like drrain,
Or like the glidinj of a aticain ;
Kn aor'i ia msn. wtoae lire ia breath,
U here, it thtre ; in liTr, in death t
T' huoble'. burnt, the looke Crgnt,
The aholtle'a dune, 'he wntinj'a blot ;
Ti'e Iboujhl ia paai'd, the dream i. gone.
The water glidta man . lite ia done !
lisccllanfmis:
THE PltETTY ATPLK (illiL
A CINCINNATI STCRY.
Some years ago, when I wa a rambler
through the slice Is of Cincinuaii, for the
purpoia of picking up trifles to interest tho
readers of the local column of a city paper,
I .ftcu purchased apple, nuts and candies,
cf a young girl who bad a stand near the
junction of two business avenues.
She was not handsome in the common
acceptation .f this much nbu-ed word, but
there wa au artlesMiens, and yet a winning
grace in her manners, which convinced me
that her station ia life should be above tint
one she then occupied. She wore, invaria
bly, a close-Cttiug calico drt;ss. 1 felt that
her parents must.pe very poor; and a. I
uw her day after day, iu the same attire,
I had my suspicion that brr -wardrobe could
Bit be very extensive; yet, as she always
appeared scrupulously neat aud tidy, it was
a graat mystery to me how this striking
neatness was aeCured, aud why there was
never suiy variety iu her ippa'el. I saw
that it was tasteful and becoming, but I
knew that ladies are proverbial for a love
of variety ia dress, and I had an interest in
knowing why this simple girl was so marked
as exoeption.
I have always delighted to study. charac
ter, either ia high or low life, and I took it
upon me to iutestigato the pretty apple
girl s peculiarity, i ir fruit wa over clean
-,1 . -:.... T -fl . n n. ..I... '
i4 HI III I'll l"H ui. II ll.ifMW PIUV m , . J
morely for the sake ot torm.ng an acquaint-
.see. At length, known to her a. a liberal
patron, she Lrgan to nave less reserve with
meihan when I first noticed her, an 1 final-,
. - , aa .
lt lit i- i. . r
reference to her family. It was sometime
v..f . i - i r. .. i.. -i;...
v.tuie biiu couTt-rscii iit-eiv, t'Ui, v m...v
r t i i .i i r i
of perseverance. 1 learned that she lived
itb her mother, in a pleasant cottare, on a
qui', street iu the suburbs of tbe iity. I ,
knew the spot-,t attractiveness bad otlcn
interested me, aud I now becamo more cu-
riuus that, ever to hear the history of the
apple-giil in the pink calico dress. j
b ...i... . t ..i - i.. . ;i,,oo '
l ventured to ask r.ci mission to can on
. .
lUUlUttl. ttlllH UIU.Q III! ViU..U.-..i.v,
under the of lovu for bird au 1 flowers. !
with both of which the cottage wa sur-j
o..-.i...i t j-i .1... o,.e...
meut I w'i.be.1. I.,.! .till wa left to hope.
tit at my curiosity might bo some day t
gratified. A obstaeles to my purpose in
prcascd, I became uiore determined, and
I resolved to rhanffc niv tactic. I could
tt,dcrstand the giils disinclination to allow
our acquaintance to become in any respect
familiar, but I kuew she would not dare to
-rent me rudely, and watching my opportu
nity, ono Sunday (Homing, I addressed her,
M she stood at' tho street-gate of tbe cot
tage, and, as I admired oino flowers which
grew in a bed near the house, sho oould not
enpo, politely, from the necessity of iuvi
ting me to walk in (die yard. Accidentally
we. met the mother. I had an invitation
to cuter t.h.9 coitajc qf CQUre I aeccptod
with pleasure, and, fiudini? the mother
lined to le more communicative than the
laughter, I managed to learn tint they
were French folks, although tliey loth spoko
''&"" J " ' " cottage par-
,or w" furnished plainly, hut elecautly.
KugliHli rcmmkably veil. The cottage par-
I.I .
There were upon the wall several pictures,
and on the mantle a number of delicate
8rt' Bljltl1 1 as atiCu1 .c0.uld
" . r' "J " "
limited
earnings of an apple-girl
J0U"g 'rl. ''0 'Ved n
cottage, with Such evident taste and culti-
vatiou, should invariably wear a pink calico
dreSH Blld sel f U t , I di
, "" " -"
Jto trect, wm to nie a perplexing nijatery.
lhere was a web of romance weaving a-
round the Iuylciious apple-girl, which be-
cuuie more aiiu more interesting, atiu every
day .my resolution to unravel it became
atonger. There was such uiodebty io the
pirl'tt bfcrin;,' at the apple-Htand she seemed
so much afraid of .cuudul, should any one
converse with her longer than was neces
sary to mako purchases, there was no way
left for me to solve the mystery of her life;
but by visjiiug the cottage. Again I went,
without an luvitattpii, and boldly made
known the curiosity which led rue to force
myself upon tin: if acquaintance.
1 be daughter laugneu heartily, an-l said
caily " We have been as much at fault to
understand Tour curiosity, as vou have to
reconcile oor circumstances with my cm
w -
j.Ioytnent.''
J lien ni! should be mutual eonudants,"
I oWrvrd " I have been verv frank with
you, and I hope you will reciprocate."
liut our relation are .uot siuirfar." fbe
ird.1,...! tirr.l.K- 11 W p nr.. nrtt ri-.-iriiu .1 !e
fur vonr curi '-ity you jiifi Ijr ours."
llo so !" 1 cried. '
" II was f.ilCf'i Upntl US. ,
luii.v ii- un 1 wni not m hp force d uron 1
1114et.11 , an 1 was u i nunc iorct'1 upon
tn e, 111 such a niacin r, too, as let me
.'choice but to ffek out the inyatcry !
A :
I truce to this bandy iug of words; you will
-not t.ikc advantage of frauknexs tor any
! other purpo-e lluu to icward it with full
( eiplauutions.
She looked at me a momei.t, as if ques
tioning my apparent honesty, and then said
.'pleasantly
I " , ell, as you have been n good a patron to . hold a meeting two evenings m a week Ldic5n5fm wllich th( . )tood before that act ovruincnt of the United State, to become
: of n.y..pplestand. and bare taken much i with this object in view. .11 you join-. lof rap:,citV) assuffJ tLis Government that a party to any such agreement ?
I pains to know the romance of my history, if, I , afraid I can t. I should be oblig- : ,k . .jj ,;,)t x iu futur, to talie pov Mr. Clayton. No, sir. The note was nev
jyou will promise seciery I U tell you 1 ed to neglect my own children, as I pre-, . cf (ifn ,(j joted Bj our appre- er repudiated or disapproved ly this Gov-
( -III accept -my coudiuous that I can sumo will be tbe ease with some of those . ,-,:, Iu lLe cor'. eminent.
i fulfill," I answered, eagerly.
j "Walk with ine into the garden, then,"
' said the girl.
j We had a pleasant scat under a rustic
arbor, when the lady remarked
I ' Mother t-.'.d yon that we once lived iu
; a village near Tarn !
"She did;" I au.swred, "on my Ci st
"We were not rich, but we had a pretty 1
cottat'f, and an ineome aufiieient to support
us. father uied wiicn 1 was a little girl. 1
Lad no brothers, but I had a phymato who j
wa desrer to no than a brother. As we
' grew older, bi parents, who were rich, for-
b.rle him to visit our house. We met in'
tb. fields we loved each other and would
not be epiraed. 11 Ts father learned that
; we still met. and he was verv anj-y. Ho
told his son thit if he vi-it-d. me, be .-.hoald
not Mt at hi home. Our f.ithi r h:d
been Litter enemies j but wo could not nw
der-tind why thut -hould make us ei.emi-a,
when wi loved each olh"r; and Kmilc d''
rlired be would not ti;lect tnc, if bis fath
er did not shut his doors against him. One
dv hf ssid to me, 'I nm poin? to run
awav. but not from you fr-m father and
vou shall come to me, and then we .ball
never be parted .gain." It was hard for
me to ron-eiit, but Kmilc insisted, and W()
took leave of eich phcr, and he did run '
... .- 1 r 1 .1'
away. It was a long tune nriore wp n.'ar'i ;
from In m then we got a letter v. Inch to. t
us In was in America. I had disused very
much ".inco Kmile's absence, and mother
was afraid I would die; I coated her to
take u to America Kmile told us in the
letter he lived in Cincinnati. Whenwenr-i
rived at IJoton, we inquired for Cincinnati.
.ml were direet-d to this plnr. Mother
Louirht this eottaer4. nd here we have lived,
expecting to meet Kmile."
"Have you never heard from l.iin ?"'
inquired.
"Only once." she answerrd.
" Po yon know w hero he is now ?"
" No, indeed; if we did, we would not
,1,, b-rp lrn-r." i
IIsvp vou never written to him.
i .- ... 1 1.:. ir-
ne n net n. no. ..,.,.-. ....
eli-n"rd it. r-h told us in his letter, but
, ' ' . " ,, - . 1 - '
he neglected to toil us w uat name he now
im iiiirirriiu iv -n
i""' .ft 11 . r 1 ...
1 n,j vou tlnnV vou will ever find him I
l". j mi ui'n ; . . ..
. ,
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.... . . 1 , 1 . 1 J 1. . 1. .
KTPrT 1 1 I (' 1 1 L. X. H ! .). ' -
- .r n
1 ireni nA 1 j nnr r i h 1 n mi 1
- ; Lim
1 g0 f onfi,ent tJjat
,. , . . . , '
f " ' . . .. -
' cxplr uaf.on of o drcs and
applo-si liiiis mystery
Shrt understood my
- . . . .
lo.k ani" tone of curiosity, and answe
,n 'K ""' luUD J
pleasant. y :
" That will explain to you the romance of
my . rcy - an' "j '
and I played together mt rancc, i ouen
wore a dress very much like tins one. If
ho .O.ould ace mo anywhere in this dress, h
woum um- ...... - - .
', .. . 1 .. . I . - . n,,1 .1 roo.T., . jo n... ft.KJli.
boow l.im. but he would rocopnise me
m-.. , t , Iff
would not dress in any other style, for fear
wo might miss each other
Hot w hv se l rrpples in the street? snid
I. with a look of admiration for her o.vo-
tion, w
Lirh he could not mistake. " 'I here
. - , . .1...I n.. alto. .1.1 lie
in certainly ro neei-nnuy iu j
so occupied."
" Yes, there is," she answered naively,
' I must be where Kmile could see me, if he
were to visit this city. I dare not be on the
street, all the time, unless; I was occupied,
and I never thought thcro wai) any disgraco
ill selling apples."
"Certainly not," I exclaimed, "but all
who know your history will honor you.
Accept my sinccrest wishes, that your devo
tion to the lover or your youth may be fully
rewarded by an early meeting nd happy
re-union." .
ThauV yaq lhanli yo'i lu ha i my
in-'lover now. as much as he 'wis when we
were in France, an J I know I am 1:01112 to!
see Liui soon. I'll show him to you here,
before winter I know f will. Motl
ucr says
I'm foolish, hut sometimes tells me te Lone.
i in lor.jiah, hut
and I do hone."
I . v . .. '
! "May vou uot be' disappointed," I said,
almost involutarily.
A few day. after this interview, I missed
the apple-girl in the pink d ri se, from her
iiccu-ioim ci stauu. i cann that she inielit
be sick, I rnsolved to call at the cottage fu
the evening. When I went to the boarding
house, at supper time,' a note was handed
to inc. It contained these words :
"Dkaii Km: Come to our houso this
evening. We have something more to' tell
you about the romance, (as you call it,) of
my humble dicss aud occupation.
Tub Awi.E Gna. ,
I went tho mother stood in the door, to
welcome, but the daughter ran to meet me,
and taking both of my hands iu hers, iu al
most a delirium of joy, she ciicd
" lie's come he's come !''
In her pink dress, at the apple-stand,
sho Lad met Fmile tho day previous.
I stood that night as a witness to their
union, and a happier weddin; I never at-
ti-nil.J
l he devotion of the nmpic-heart"d
T .Wa, rewarded her faith was not mis-
! f,i,.fii,, h..n.l -r,..M . ,P1',
. 1 '
;VIIV.
tup r inv putt vrti vaviv
tin. L...UI ititji.uiiiuui tai.
WM- ABies was sitting in Oer Iront room,
1 11 lien she saw approaching Mrs. Arnistroug,
t; . ;.;...J ..,,.1,
" re or,, and benevo.
leut "'"p.Hcs, especially tl.o.-e uudcrlas-
f D lor people ai a ai.-iailCC.
w 1 m 1 1 1
M Y dear Mrs. Ames. ' she cCTr.menced.
' . ..... '
, , "T T fS" , Ju' -
- j - ,
j vide suitable ci'othinj for the children in Fa- I
oih.ng tor the children in la -
old that they are in the il:'.t"t
in a state of nature, which
' taeuiiia. I am t
of going about
lym know is dreadful u contemplate.
I ' f'-'rh.ps they are used toil. .
I Hut that is no reason why wc shouldu t
; improve their condition. So we have agreed
.ho atttiid. Look, for example, til that boy,
in the street. He has a hole in each elbow,
and Ins clothes are covered with liiud. I
presume his mother beloug to tome of
these benevolent Associations, aud liam't
time to attend, to her own children. " .
! " Mrs. Ames!'' asked her visitor, vising
1 indignation, " do you mean to insult
1 me ?
insuu you . was ine nsionisneu re-
P'jr j " of course not. What macs you
" I'" 1" wfao that Loy is of whom
J"J - . . . 1
" No, 1 don't, hut slioubl like to."
" 1 ou would r e.i. ma am. your cuno-iry
hw s;ratitied. lie is u.y son George
1 Kington Jackson Armstrong. hat
have vou to say to that V
" Say ! why, nothing. Op'y it is unfor
t iriat'? fer the puor ooy that he wasn't a
i'.it..gouian.''
Mrs. Armstrong, without a reply, swept
out of the room with the majesty of a
queen.
She ia, slill canvassing for the sewing
circle in lo-li all' of the youthful I'atHgouian,
while Geurgti Washington is permitted to
roan, at win tnrougn me streets, on con.ii.
t'ou that be will not veutui u wif. iu sight ot
rs. Auie s window.
TllE lit. liKsT Si.1.1. vi: til lU.AHU oV.
The U
,,- . . . . ,. , ,, 1 ,
Wc Lnd an account in tlie- hast rooklyn
mJ
Times of a n. v method of ' raising the wind,'
as well as dead, in that city, which takes
don 11 an vthiu i;i the didd.iii T line of the sea-
a.
, i;i;"i,. ii..,i, i..nf
' ' ' , 1, 1 .
.thchard tunes. A female called on a lady
cf some influi nee 111 lirooklyn, an I told a
1 ....I ,,," that her LiTshai.d had mst
,. , .- Islands, as I hate stated, we too, at last, ' ovcrnmejit and Gn at bi it nn in refer
died, and that she lacked the means ot a uaile a lreo h ackuowi,dgig ence to Central America. Like the Senator
decent burial. Her tale of woe so wrought .,........?.... . ..." J!- f-n, m;,.,;, I lol,.,.l nwh .,.i. ;.
I 111. 1,1 A i t ' t
" . ,. 1.1 ,ic 1 t
.v v ... v.. . -s
was no imposiiion. On eiitenng the apart
t.-.'hietit sue
ment she beheld tho coflin, and was satis-
, ,i ;.:,,,..., 1,.,.
uu" ," "-" "' " "' "r
row the ficlm; of tho bereaved woman,
, . , , , .
t.ft her a considerable sum ot money,
and. immediately departed. After passing
,11 1 .1 j n-
...-, nm l.r.. l.lnoks trrttil tho dwel inir.
. v, ... . - - - ,'
ttiiriKintr n n.
.mj or Hie Jilllk;U 1
w
a 1 -
plcxions to which v o are lii-hle, she missed
:iirr pocket handkerchief, and returned to
I :? if sl' M mi drIT'",1 1' T7:
1UC ftians weic ii-vi inn ........j, - .....
room entered without much ceremony, wlipu
w,iat M sllf u.hj jlllC W0I1,
an s husband
sitting up in the c
ofliu counliug over
the
- - ea
Imprisonment for
Deut. Diko
IN
j,.A person named John Dunn, a deb-
...t... , . . ......
tor who has been confined . in jail for the
greatt r part of the time since Kit), died
,,.,, ,., exhaustion ot nature, i here
are others confined for a great length of
J
. n 1 f , 1
time, whom it would bo well for the credi
tors, to take iuto consideration before it is
too late. llnmilldH (Otnuihi) Cozrttv.
We say, and say it boldly, writes thelliif
falo Kxpress, that the creditor of Join
Dunn is as much of a murderer a Cain or
the three Thayer ever were. We do not
believe he has a right to plead the law as
au excuse for no mail is bound to respect
an enactment which is oppressive and wrong.
Think of a poor fellow lying in jail for four
year, because ho owes some Shylock an a
mount beyond bis ability to pay. Suppose
tho creditor bad allowed 1 hi nn to work for
those four years would not the debt have
been discharged by this time T When the
inquisition for blood is tuade, wp pity tho
ereditur yf Dunn.
SPKlXII O" 'ili. CLAYTON,
tii'lthiVAlir.,
' On the Inlcrji -r,i.v if Lurupcan Yuuers
tn ihc j)j)titi spj jltis IsUttUitevl.
.Tl esiiaV, tebrunry '-40, lti55.
Mr. Cass and &r.- Mason Laving ad-
dressed the Senate (as before published)
011 the hllegcd decimation of the British
. and French Governments that they had
- come to an understanding upon all rjuestious
01 j.oncy iurouuoiii 1 tie cioue
Mr. Clayton said:; I did not expect this;
course of disuuasiuii to-day; I Lad no idea
hen the honorabld Senator from Michigan!
commenced his acfl'iC8 to the Senate of
saying any thing the subject; but,
sir, the remarks wbinti'lhe honorable Sena-
tors hate made secjito impose upon me
tors hate made seem to impose upon me
the necessity of addia few observations
to theirs. I do tm,.4,'or the purpose of
opposing their views generally, but 'raticr
to prevent tho conseoueuces of a iniscon-
ecptipu of the facts they lave stated. As
I do not speak at ill frcm preparation, I
tiike as first iu order theubject n hich seems
to me to be the most imprlant. I refer to
jtbat Ifas been said in rcgird to the Sand-
wich Islands.
The honorable Senator from Virginia
lias read extracts taken' ficm Darers on file
in the State Department to thow that tho
I (ioveriiments of Great JAitain and France
I have rntcrposed to defeat a treaty of an-
1 ..
ntxation of those i.-lands te the United
out doubt, nr, that both
ori.at Uritain and France have in conse-
nuence of some r-:it tiaosictions Willi us,
earnestly and 111 xion-iy inn rposed a;aiti.-t.
iur aeirusition tt t..e 1 . .n.Js j apartot
j the L'nited St:;i!s. Lit -.; g back to tho
; yju. ,,,,, ! u. :xdministratio of
j President Tyler, when MrLpshur w. Sec
reinry di ciaie, jjora VL-uigu x au.ct, ill
; coiuinau'i 01 a Lirtllsn m.n-oi war, aciua: y
: - , ., . , , , . . , 1
seized ti.o-e i"ianas, ciannng inein as a pari
!of ,ie Uriti,!, Krupire. fbe intelligence of
this event, when reeeid in the United
!St en;at ilfjgnatioll . an(1 our
! pcot.lo as null as our Government, did not
: he.:lte t0 cxpi.ci1J tLat indignation. Tho
. .. . rlnfl.ulBtio lU
; r,.,.ion th lLeuritiU GovemmeU
. (il;,aV0WC(, ,Lo act of iori icoT.,0 lauiet
.,. ., ., c ij.aA. .)..
pondence betweei Mr. Upshur and tho
then IJritiMi Miiriter. Mr. Fox, vliich was
published 111 tU.i papers ot that clnv. vou
will tin !, while oo the part ot both t ranee
and FnglanJ asuvnices were given that the
iudep.-ndcucecf tlitSandwich Islands should
be maintained, wesssurcd the Uriti-.li Min-
icU.r ,liat t)j0 (Vov.nimeut of the U. States
' never intended t-t tike or claim for its citizen
anj , i:,lt) bem fits, r ad vantages iu thoie is-
aliis - ,iith tiJ0U;,i ,,t uc conceded equally
as the subjects or crzetis of oil. er eouutries.
T,(e , ;ovtr,lllieu France and KnJ.nJ
did not besitute to recoiruise ;hc indepen-
deuce of the SunJwjh Islands, and the Pre
sident of the Unit. I States, in a message
to Congress alter tio-e events, desired th:it
iheir indepeud.'i.j uil.t be also acknow
lodged by Con jor.
'1 ho un.iersta-u,,.t bctwee'i the Govern-
mcnts of France. J.iL'iand, nm; the United
States, in the dip, viatic notes which pass-
ed at the time, was l.at those islands should
remain neutral teri'.ory, and that neither
one of the tlnee gtat I'owers should an-
net or disturb it r attempt' to iutcrlere
u.tl. it I,..). II.')) .q.m ah, ,1.1.1 l,ivtUr,riri.i
( , r,'in ..!. co,o ; ;,
s. TLe jay wil DCV(,r comc nljell we
. thM cr,nl,nt ,hat a,y oTQ-ifiU U3liua shM
take possession of those i-lands, so as to
jeopard the great naritime interests of the
. t, -,. 1
, C tiiteu ."taies 11 tie 1 aciuc i.'ocan. 1 re-
sidet.t lavlor distinctly declared, iu his
, J . ,. J , , ', ,, .
iinnual message of December, that
tl)e rnitCli States coild not tolerate the an-
nexalion of tbesi i-lands to any Furopenn
Toner, a hat, I hold, is now and ever will
Power
reuiniu the sctttd policy of this Govern-
rueiit.
n rr!iUnr;Ce 0f the understanding le-
twem their (io'rnmcnts and the United
ledgcil the ii.dcp ndcncc cf the Sandwich
llltIOIrni'. ,? c UlUUV H UVill I Ol
conuiisrce and mvigntioti with them, em-
tractnc a postal teatvand a treaty of extra-
diiion. .Now, is k to be wondered nt that
the ( lovcrnnieiits ot trance and J.ngland,
lidding us, afteriiU treating for the annex
ation cf the islam, and recollecting tho
pledges given bvMr. Upshur iu one of his
licsp.Uehes, shou d have felt sonic little por-
lioy nt" that Salll'1 iv'!'ev'iti,in whi.-h pn
... st'i ui..... .0 1 tn' nei n! up-
es.;idof Lor(i v.eorje Faittei ?
- I l.t -v lit. Smalor from lel-
.ware will allow to ask bin. a question
on this point, anH desire to iisk it for iu
formation, hecausv I have a tort cf indis-
. 11 : 1,.. lI.Iu ol' .Ij fli.l
ll ll i v I eeoiiveii-u m.. . ....... ..... -
exist similar totnose to which I am about ''"'""tion that the great r.nnoi. ot brance
to allude. Was turc not a convention fr:1,. and Lnglai.d were about to net to con
cd between France and Kngland, in which '"10".. 'tcd by the same views and
i, was stipulated -hat neither party should tho same intentions, ... r, u-retire to every
ever attempt to exercise exclusive control ' ""S that was controverted ,n his hemis.
over these islu.ds! And was there not a ' l'heri as wel as in the other. In addition
vigorous effort made by the Government of, " hat has bee. .aid ot. that subject by
, , . . ., , i -,. i , ,,r others, let me add that there was in the
Kiioland to get tho I nited States tot irin , ,i , .
" - P .. a .i i mi lanL'Ua.'e ot Lord ( laivmlon, in that dos.
a spun v in tnai suioeiiuuu i auu uiti ni.
l.i . ... .. ,f i, l ttn
l B Utfliatlllltlt. ui . ui.t.. .....i.e... , . , . .
dily refuse to bcome a party to it ? j Ir; Cr..uPton to Mr. Marcy two year-
Mr. Clayton. There was some conversa- h.ch was the topic ot dis. ussio,, here
tion between the ministers of the three na-! on a fornmr occasion , mnch thatwa.- excep
tions at the time, and I think a diplomatic tenable iu the highest degree. -correspondence,
too, in which the question It was a declaration seemingly intended
was agitated whether a tripartite treaty be-j as a kind of curtain lecture to the 1 resi
twcen"tlie three Governments- should be dent of the United States immediately up
made; but, instead of entering into a tn-' on bis coming into oflice. which would be
partite convention, we gave Great Britain j interpreted iuto nothing but a threat in the
the assurances 1 have mentioned and the event that one of these Central American
diplomatic note of Mt. Upshur. I can show
this note to the Senator' from California
. . ' . . .i . l.- f...i:f.
whenever be wishes to see it a note which,
iu my judgment, pledges tho faith aud hou
or of this Government, so far as the Pre
sidcft could pledge it, not to annex or
..i of ibos. Ul.n.ia The hon-
or abb' Senator will put his own construction
Vu the IcUvr.
Now, bir, in the cause of my country,
when I think it is trampled upon or injur
ed, I t-L all probably be as prompt. to quar.
rel as any man here, but 1 want no unjust
quarrels. I desire the nation to nvoid all
unjust warfare. I am opposed to- the an
nexation of the Sandwich Ulands to the
territory of the United Stabs. Whatever
j advantages might be conferred ly the an
Delation upon the commerce of the country
wouiu ne coutiterUalanced and overba uiiced
a thousand fold by the injury inflicted up-
011 ,no honor and liiith of the country.
Mr. Ucnjamin. Will the honorable Sena-
tor allow me to ask him a question ? I am as
much opposed as he cau be to the anucxa
t'o of the Sandwich Islands as a measure
of public policy ; but do-1 understand the
01 P"lj'i poncy ;
honorable Senator
si.l!ou. that thc-Sec
d.;-'.omatie cor
iitor to lay Gown t tie propo-
aecretary ot Mato can, by
correspondence, liledi'e the
'auli ot this Uovernment in relation to Us
puhlie policy for all time to come ?
Mr. Clayton. I say 'that the Secretary of
tate i! the organ of the Tinted States, and
President U the Kiccutive of the na-
t,on entrusted with its foreign relations,
that, if he enters into an arrangement
l,y diplomatic notes through the Secretary
f State with a foreitn Government, and
the other branches of tho Goreriimetit do
hoi repudiate that arrangement, but stand
contented with it, and receive all the bene
fita of it from the opposite party, foreign
ruwems nave a ngnt to repose conli-
(icuc.e lu the assurances to given by the
1,Pp''lcllt the Ltuteu ctatcs. i he hon-
'ahu Senator will observe that this note
Hsuur 13 merely tne language
cf tlj0 Secretary of State. The Seero-
tary write under the order of 'the Pre-
''! the 1 resident- of the Cited
uvam vi mm 'j ui e ru-
"" m iu niauuu iva finestiou or ini
,..(; ... .1. . r ... .t. ..: .- , ..
- iuji, i-ji iuc iuiuiioii 01 an ai-
rangen.etit or understanding between Lin,
a"u loreign nations, remaining for vcars
undi-turbed, and never repudiated by any
other branch of our Government, tho honor
of the United States could not escape on-
stained
Mr. Weilei1. I wi-li to a-k the Senator
whether he does, not consider that it was
renudiated l,v tl, snl.s..n,iot -..f,,...l ,.r
Mr. .Mason. I think it would bo better if
'he note were produced.
.Mr. Clayton. Sir, on my motion the Sen-
oie a year ago maue a call lor that notti.
answer was ever returned to the Senate
lu public session. The response to the er.il
w couiuiuuicated to the Senate by the
Fresidcnt in secret session, aud there it
has slept ever since.
Mr. Douglas. I must be allowed to ask
Ly what author-'y the Senator peaksi of
that note, it I.us never been couimunieited
to ;he .ublio ? 1
Mr. Clayton. I stated that it was pib
lNhed iu the papers at the time of tnc cir
respondence ; and I speak frm my own re
collection of it, about the accuracy of wljicb
there is no mistake.
Mr. Uiuglas. Then it can be produce).
Mr. Clayton. Certainly, whenever you
really wish it If. id before the country. If
this debate fchou.d bo protracted, and anv
Senator should desiro it tube produced,
that de-ire may be promptly gratified by
the publication of the correspondence in
the possession of the Senate.
Itll'sife to f..'ivbllt little nt tl.iatiti.e nr.oT.
the nrnnrietv ami runedlenev r.r
laands in the middle of the l'acifie Ocean,
(or at least two thousand miles wet of the
western extremity of the territories of the
Uuited States) to the United States of Ante
. .w. ' T . . 1 . J .
" ma um j'cooie ueici nunc ine propn
cty 01 nuking those islands a part ot the
, . c,,- e ... 1 ,1
L nitcd Slates of Ahtcnca when they are at
least two thousand miles from Amn ica.- I
say nothing now about the constitutional
rignt, to annex such islands, but leave every
ffcuator here to form his own opinion iu re-
gurd to those subjects.
Iconic to another point which has been
touched by the honorable Senator trom ir-
itiia with his accustomed ability. I refer
W the controversy that exists between this
- . .-'v..... .-i.L. nv-
rest to tno - declaration pt J,ouis npuieon,
"t the t.tne he made it. to the Irench
(. huniber, in which he spoke of an alliance
and connexion, or union of views and m-
teiitions, between Great l.i itain and France
animating them both iu every comer of the
Globe. I reflected that, at the very time
he made the declaration, n discussion was
e"T" 'V between tlip American I '. initer
in Jjomlon and J.utw r-m. .., .... .
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in reference
to that very master of Central America. I
thought 1 ur.lerstoo.l what the points of
difference between the two ministers were,
ami I therefore I'eit some degree of anxiety
1 will n t say alarm when 1 saw the
, . c , . . ,
patch which wa read and communicated
j ltrpubl.es, with which it wa understood wc
were, if iiot in alliance, yet certainly ou
terms of the strictest amity, should attempt
to interfere with the rights of that Indian
King whom 'Great Britain had undertaken
j to protect, and ut-carca tt e tne n.onarcn
i over the country, it would do it at its peril.
j This was said to ,eir, not to Nicaragua. It
lluswassaia to,.r, noiio.Mcaragua. itiueu ,u .. -
was wvitvea to the linirtor lere to be read lias been before it. .At the umo of the. Jo-
'to the Secretary here and to the President
lure It was a word in the ear of the A 1110
jlican Executive upon coining into office,
and, communicated as it was shortly after
: his inauguration, it struck me as a response ; iuto power originally on the piinciple of
to that part of h's inaugural address v. hich : opposition to tho Monroe d.u-tiiue and tho
j cot t.iiued an enunciation of the Mor.roo doc- j Vainima ini.,siou. Vou cannot show n singlo
J trine, to which the honorable. Senate have ( in-iance iu which cither branch of Uongresi.
I referred. It looked very much like snap-1 ever-sanctioned it. It never was any thing
ping their fingers in his face, and telling him ! More than a rt commendation of the Tresi
,"That for your Monroe doctrine." I con-j dent of the United Slates a recoinmenda-
fess it excited somo resentment in me at the ' lion of tho President iu his incssaue to Cou
time 1 read it, and I expressed it afterwards gress tliat Colore. s should iiiake"lbis dec-
on the Moor ot the Senate. ' laratiou, and Congress always refused to
15ut, sir, there is one fenturu in the ccr-jdoit.
respoudcuce between too Frilish nd A'me-1 Mr- Mason. I think the Senator Las ut
rican Governments in relation to the liiitish ' telly miseonstrutxl the matter. l)o I under
claim of a protectorate iu Central America stand him to say ihst it w as a recommend a
vthich is very remarkable, and that is the j tion by 1' resident Monroe to Congress to
utter inconsistency that exists hi the notes ' make the declaration ?
of the different mini.-tcrs of Great Jiritain Mr. Clayton. I say so.
upon the name topic. Jrt'any man take; Mr. Mason. Frc-ilent M-ouroe, n the
tho letter of Lord John Ifu-Jell while act- contrary, distinctly said thut lie had availed
ing as Secretary for Foreign A flairs iu the hiius-lt of the negotialious about to be en
month of January or February, before I'itt- tcred into between Kus'-ia on the one part,
siilcnt Fierce was sworn into office, a letter England on the oilier, and this country oil
written to Mr. Fveretf, and subsequently the third, in regard to their possessions ou
published. He Vtill tlieru lind that Great the noi thw est cast, to iusi-t upon that doc-
1 Britain as then perfectly satisfied with the
American construction ot the treaty of l.!iti, uisru.sioii..
thatLcrd John Hiiell npsnled the British Mr. Clayton. 1 know that, perfectly ; and
protectorate as a sheer "fiction,'' and ha I know, too, that.in the se'venth annual mes
callsit such. sage of Mr. Monroe to Congress, which 1 can
Hut, urjfortunati ly for 11s, and as I think show the honorable Senator in a few min-unfortunati-ly
for Gieat Hi itsin, Lord John u,,'s be states the facts, aud rccouiuieuds
Kuse!l left the place which he had tempo- the declaration to Congress as a measure cf
rarily occupied, and Lord' Clarendon, who policy for the Government, but Congress
hadpribably never jtiven this subject his never responded to it. An attempt was
attention indeed I think he confessed af- made v Mr. Ciav. vho was a great friend
! terward that be never badcanx) into office,
land wrote or signed that most extraordinary
I despatch which was sent here to the Senate
I c-jilainiii'' the menace to w hich I have re-
jferrcd. Now, take those two de.-patel.es to-
i gel her, that of Lord John Kusscll mid that
I of Lord Clarendon, put them side by side,
j 'n parallel column.?, and you could hardly
; believe, unless you were assured upon irre-
jsistihlc ewdetice, that eai'h of them ro-
, cceded from a lii itish Secretary for Foreign
'Affairs. They areas contradictory as any
; letter of our Secretary of State and anv
letter of their Secretary in reference to the
j same subject. .
1 Since that letter of Lor-I Clarendon was
wiitteu what has been done iu reference to
i this controversy? I have no oflicial intima
jtion; but I do not doubt that the tli-tiu-
j guished grntlenian who represents this coun-
i try as Minister to Kne'land has well and
i ably vindicated the honor aud interests of
; his country iu reference to the treaty; but
I have uot tho correspondence, and J am
not authorized to speak of it. 1 ho question, Jjl lta!" or any other nation lias made a con
as I understand, remains unsettled ; ami tract with us, as she did by the treaty of
probably, sir, the difficulties in reference to 1"-jO, neither to colonize, to occupy, fortify.
Central America have been iuerea-ed bv "r exercise or assume any dominion over a
the attack, referred to by tbe honorable country, then, if she violates that treaty, we
Senator from Virginia, on tbe town of San have tr good aud substantial coins he,h a-
Juati de Nicaragua by one of our ships of gainst her which Congress could not disre-
j war. ganl; but, without a treaty to prevent it,
Sir, it is a very easy thing, if Franco and wc hive suffered foreign countries to inter-
, Kngland desire to get up a quarrel and to fere cnustautiy upou this continent, aad
tinake war upon this country, to find ocea- never have been able to carry out the Mou-
sion for the. purpose. They cm find that roo doctrine.
occasion in Central Ami rica. if they choose ; I beg the houorable Senator from Virgi-
! aud this lends me to consider tho declara- Irt 10 understand me as denying that a
tion of the honorable .-iritor from Vir- possible case may exist where the Monroe
giuia. in the comluM.-"., of nis i .-marks, that doctrine might be well applied. I have al-
the issue pre-or.ted by the facts w hich be W !).T s thought the principle it announced has
stated so luminously must he speedily made been treated with too great ncgl ct, not tt
up and met. IIoiv is the issu'e to be met? fay contempt, by the different branches of
Iy threats, by diplomatic correspondence, the Government; but, sir, I have been coiu-
by debates in Congress, by a declaration of polled to look to the fact that Congress, over
the Monroe doctrine, which has been treated ur'd over again, refused to endorse it. Vou
by foreign Governments as a mere hrulmi can never prevail on Congress to go to war
fi'liiieu lor more than thirty years? Is this with a foreign nation for a violation of a
the way we aie to meet the issue ? Sir, re- principle laid down in the Monroe doctrine,
fleet upou the unprotected state of our own Vou cannot get even a respectable party in
country. What is the condition of its for- tither branch of Congress to vote to go to
tificotions? Tbey are mostly in a state of war "Poll that ground, You must bare
dilapidation and t'e 'ay, and utterly unlitted something more substantia than that, or you
for defence iu case of war with any great W'1 never go to war with any foreigu coun-
maritiu-p power. There has uot existed a try for interference on this continent,
period, r.l urbe roufita, when we were less' Sir, the deelaraum cf an American Fre-
prepared for war than we are at tlie pre- sidtnt is not the declaration of the Anieri-
scnt moment ; and are speedily, in ti c Ian- ran Government. My honorable friend from
guagc of the Senator from "Virginia, to Virginia would never contend for that. Hp
meet the issue he refers to at this time? too good a republican, too strict a cou
We are bound to look at the wretched con-' rtructioni-t, too sound jurist, to contend
dition cf the defences of the country. Who for a sin-le instant that the FnVidetit of the
is to 1 lame for their coudition? The atten- , Cuit. d States forms the Goternment of the
tion of Congress ought to be called to that, country. No, sir; I a'rec entirely with the.
Who or what party, 1 repeat, i., to blame honorable Senator who interrupted me not
for be neglect of the defences of this coun- 1"? since, that the Secretary of State is
try? Where is the navy with which you are hot the Government, nor is the Fresidtot
to meet the powerful nations of France either.
and Great Britain? M hv is it that you go un- Mr. President, there nr? other .subject
, armed when vou admit' that vou" arclailv which were touched upou by the honorable
lin danger! Why is it that vou are unpre- Senator from Virginia. There were seuti-
1 pared and yet threat, n, or at least asythat nicfits expressed by him with which I bcar-
Vt.li are ready tonnike up aud meet the is- tily concur. I have retrctted, and deeply
SUP? regretted, to see the effort made by Eng.
i Sir, you cannot go to a single port in the land and France to prevent us from getting
: United" State w here a fortification exists a depot for our commerce in St. Domingo,
;" ; . . . -...I l...ir interlelamcp iu OtllCT plllCC tO
ing that it-is detective and unfit tor a state which ho adverted. My sympathies are all
of war. There i" scarcely -T, It.nt gU with my own countrwucn iu those matters
mounted from tho capes of the Delaware to - i ,.,., .1C t eontrovcrsy w hich i
the citv of Philadelphia to defend ail the going on. w if A v.. . .
beautiful and fertile country which lies on'sp-dily adjusted. I trust tViivW
'that noble river. I oi.lv speak of that as the United States w i.iavail l.iniscU ot some
an example. Why is this ! Is there any early occasion to mttily the Lrit.sU Govern
fortification bill now before Congress to ' n.ei.t that when it has made a treaty with
I build up or repair the f ..tiSoations ! No, this country that treaty must be observed
! sir The walls of Fort Delaware, which , aud faithfully executed ; and I would go as
were burnt tc.,tv-five years aeo, have far to sustain the Ex, eutive of the country
'carce'v risen thre'e feet above l.iahwatcr ; iu vindicating the honor and maintaining tho
! mark " About ?-'(lO,Oti(l have been appro- i rights of the nation, by eutoicing the obser
! printed to rebuild a work which will require j vance of treatn-s. as he who dare go furthest,
la million to complete it. If we are really F":. ir. while we on our part are jcal
:! peril of war. it is well that tbe people I one to maintain t.ic honor ot the country
! should understand and reflect upon their by insisting upon the performance of all
unprotected condition. What navy have stipulations coi.ta.ncd it. this and other.
I we' Why. sir it is sear.-elv Superior to 'treaties with Gr.-at I.nta.n and other low
l.i... f i:.:i.. iv l- ,;,!. ..'..I.. ..e t.. .rs. lit us reflect -bow important it is that
maioi ion. i-rii...... i. ..I... rv...v
or three million cf people. Our army is;
composed of some eleven thou-and men, for,
the defence of twenty-tive inillioiis of peo-'
.1.. .! - tnerllorv lar-er lli.'ili ltiat nl the !
Koman empire.
With regard to the Monroe d?ctrine,
which the honorable S.-nuto. from YirV-ii ia
said no statcstnan of this day would deny,
I think his declaration ou that subject must
be taken cum srano sa.'is. If you will look Secretary ot State, to Col. tsinnet. ice
back to the history of that declaration you ' 'principles laid down in that Utter meet,
will find that the American Congress never ; will, my entire approta'tom It Col. Mnwi
sauclioned it. Congress has invariably re-, i g"i"J will, bis cxpcdit.'-n to I eiitral A
r i )h o ..-'s.Ion ' nierica for pa. il'c purposes, with tbe cosisei.t.
Late on th; Fanfuia mission in tlie House
of Jttprc.-tntativcs every Democrat in the
House volt J against it. I lie party ot the
Senators fpjtu Mielii,-an and Yiniiuia came
trine being advanced and admitted in tboe
ft Mr. -Monroe's adtnii.istraiic.r-, to getscuie
liinl of an endorse mm, by cue or other of
the two Houses of Congress to tlut dcciuia-
tion, but he utterly failed. He did Lot even,
held as he was, dare to come upto the dec-
lsration and ask Coii.rcss to endorse it in
full ; but be drew up a resolution, .whieh ho
ollered in the House of IU-prc-cutatives, and
which pa: tially dodged he question; and
even in that weak and diluted torm i.i hich
he presented it it never could pa.-s the House.
It was atrci wards seollcd and sneered at in
the Senate by every Democratic Senator who
took pari in the debate on the I auaina mis-"
siou, urd it then found uot a single adocate
on -'lis floor.
Sir, you may try it to-day or at any time
yo i plea.se, in cither Hou-c of Congress,
and vou caunrt prevail upon cither to snuc-
tion the declaration. 1 thercfoie must be
-permitted to differ from my honorable fiiend
from Virgin!-., who averts, with eu much
confidence that even Anieiicau statesman
agrees to this declaration. Sir, when Great
.
we si.oald lo t m any way gne rise to
charges ag-ntist oursihes; charge against
ourselves lor vioh.nng the same treaty;
i h ar. s ngsir.st oi.i seWe for indulfing in
that lawless species of aggression called fii
libi.slerisiii. which, I am buppy to perceive,
is now sinking rapidly into rlisi-raee. .jr,
1 rend with crest pleasure a letter, publish
ed a few day ago, from Mr. Marcy, the
. r' -..?. -.. ,-- t I.-: Tb.
j - , . , - . ; , , v , j ,
Uow.edgc, and at p.otat.ou ot tbe