Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-18

cXiI6CfGinaiv lnttSt PITT 80
lniaee be wetn s1r goyeTt ntIt ano tke
! Frersh minister. He wopsc cot describe
;. he na,ufe Of this Correspondence, bus
.ro ,,ld read come xsrac,s from II TO shew
TIA, there were differences exis,iug with
France, which ought 10 be known 10 inc
lep;sla,use. There MIR. Quincy read the
.esnaetsl The only use which ne meant 20
make ii these quotations YVES, 20 sneW 20
The house that conmGnicaticIs had taken
place between scr. A,msirong and the
French government at THAT time, snd that
ihat ra,ion was nor ipa,senive 10 us IN
,eres,s with this eount,y. i3e would cot
stop 70 remask on the tenor and lotce OF
4he lapguaee used by The minister @. that
government. Il hsd been lug koown that
their mode of supplics,ion & demand were
go exre mely alike, that they were DOT ca
silly Distinguished, The residue Of the IN
formation given ha, session would be IN
very barrow compass. There was enough
! e the suhj<c, Ct cur relations With Great
Britain ard Spain: but the only infoyma-
tion given .sls.ive to france WIS on call
otthe senate relative. tos some principles
iuserpola,ed into the law Of patrons No
into,ma,icn w2s given TO the kouse whe.
,her corresponding had ever taken place
on shat subjec, bstweeu. geE. A:mstrorg &
the French government.
lie would now proceed to second PERIOD
of executive communication: add examine the
message at the last session. Ii woI die iouna
to lear the same Characteristic marx. They
were there told that hopes were entertained
Of a favorable issue 10 cur Differences with
England that Spain had violated cur terrific
ry but not a word was said on the subject Of
cur relations with france. Had It not been
that her n9me incidentally occurred in mensi-
oning our relations with Spain, they would
not have known from those two commu.lica-
tons, that such nation as France existed,
though tie Barba1y powers and our Indian
neighbors make conspicuous figure in beth.
In communication of the 10th of Febrra-
ry, 1907, something was said on the subject
of our French concerns. He would read a
part Of that message. as he should found some
arguments upon it. Itwould be recollected,
that the French decree OF November 1906,
was subject to two constructions, che affect
ing, the other rot affecting cur commerce.
General Armstrong applied to the minister Of
marine for an explanation Of that decree
That minister gave the following answer, to
which lie would solicit the attention Of The
house.
T Mr.. Qse;7srp here read tie answer Of the
minister of marine and OF colonies to general
Armstrors-l
MIR. Qmnccy begged Tie house to rccollect
tie reference, While he preceded on till the
commencement Of the present session. IN
the ccmn,unication which was then made, the
president Informed tie house Of lection Of
a ce,tain treaty which he'd hcen made with G.
Britsir-of the attatE On tAc Chesapeake
that our differences with Spain remained IN.
settled; hut in relation TO our connexions with
France, not one word was said, except under
the general expression that in our relations
with the other haticns of Europe cur halmo.
ny has been uninterrupted.
Whether this was sufficient or not, the
house must determine Sc much for public
| information.
With respect to private Information, he cid
not know that there was cry jnplcpriety in
/, stating What 1t wac--at least t.iere could be
no impropriety in stating TO the house what
it had not they had not any communicate
On from general Armstrong as TO the conduct
Of the French government towards cur COM
merce, or his opinion Of tier dispositions to-
wards US. He supposed that in the late Sc
cret message Of tie president, in which he
said there was no Improperly of talking OH
the subject Of any CT the documents there
with transmitted that he meant they should
be argued from On that floor. He would
/ therefore notice some of those documents
a ,tter from gen. Armstrong, of the 18th
CT November, and letter from Champagny
to bin, was the only information given, ex-
cept the decree OF the tribunal at Mo.!aix.-
The first in order was the letter Of Champag.
! nv. which was written in answer to one from