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Ae rem~arks gontained in the Ameri.wt papers upoh one subject are curious. The ratifliation of .te conventionith this eountry for th, furt]ier s;ppress6n .of the Slave Trade was carried but by a snall majority abore the e4nstjtuqionaj number in ,the Senate of the United States, and thde Adissn, tients take-eccasion to,abuse .Mr. C,ix0;jhavi'pg-ovQr- meFaceIed,ox been. to aoweMrn lAANMua apon this point, hTOW if r n Jd gained a matter.o? national .interst fromn the PREsIDENr of the United `Stidte` the reproaches might have Veen just; buit n-a&vantage Q1itaiined n fayon .of.huiimaity is, we. think; all k&ehonbiug le to hi-% who concedes and to hiia to whpr m it-is. conevdel, -The words extracted 'rom this subjectiuitjierAmericar pa,pers are bat few, but they'are inwrestieg, htlh ftroih Ateir relAtion to the topie to which t.heyiruniediatelyrelate, atid from theirconnexioni, also, with, if possible, a more delicate question-the right of search. The convention itself was inserted in ourpaper. of yesterday. The following is the paragtaph of the Atnrei- can journals to which we have allud.d:- " NEW YORK, MAY 29. "The Vaxhi4ngtog, City Gazette, of May 25th, contains an ar ticle on the subject of the late treaty between the United States fd Great Britain, relative to the more effectual suppressiorn of the si"ve- trade. Speaking qf tbe treaty, tite vriter says-' It i6 as abwolute a surrcnderof the right of searchl, as a nation could, without compul- sion, wiilt any coleur of plausibility, make and what is monstrous is, that it is made in the face of the most cogent arguments written by the same John Quincy Adams, who wrote the instructions for the surrender, against the measure.' And after- wards he adds_' AIr. John Quincy Adamss bas been complete- ly overreached by Mr. Catnniing; who, after baving exhausted his wit and satirical humour in ridiculing and reviling the United States, has, to suit the designs of British policy, resorted to flattery, in which, it appears, he has so far succeeded as to cajole Mir. John Quincey Adams, who possesses all the sublimated vanity of his father, out of the right of search.' Of all the cunning back-hand- ed attacks upon wa candidate for the Presidency that we have seen, this is one of the most remarkable. rtlr. Adams, as Secre- tery of State, draws up a set of instructions for one of our Fl. reign Alinisters, who is about to euter upon a negotiation on a specific subject, according to the views, and under the direction, of the President of theUnited States that 111inister concludes a treaty, whicl is sent home, submitted to the Senate by the President, and by a constitutional majority of that body ratified; and lo ! the editor of the 117ashington (City Gaxette, who is Mr. Crawtbrd's ' Bob of l,iscoln,' works it up into an objection to illr. Adams's fitness for the Presidency."