The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-10
For THE ENQUIRER.
TIRE ATTY WITH FRANCE!,,s

We have had several rumoss. by way Of Lon
don, Of Conventios being formed between MIR.
Armstrong and the French government. Ofthosc
who heard 1t, some hsve supposed the objects of
such ~ instrument would have been confined to
some arrangement respecting the French DEGREES
But these were ignorant that it might have Ia.
ken atnuch wider scepe-that it might have cx.
tended to all the points in the relations between
the two countries-that we have, Sc tbs ti,,,e no
treaty with France-and that Mr.. Armstrong, be .
sides tie important su5jec of the French DEGREES,
may be ht this moment employed in passing the
yenerailn interests Of the two countries, in review
before him, and reviving, modifying, or expand
ing the sxpired Convention of 1901.
That here a. nc treaty between the United
States asd France-will appear by the following
extract ffom the Charleston Gazette:
Mr.. rHoMAs-It appears by the answer of
the House OF Represent ativcs, of Newly York, to
the Governors Speech, published in this paper of
Saturday the 24,h instant, that the JGeksoniGas
have gained temporary ascendancy in that body
by slender majority. TO enable the public 10
Judge OF the enlightened and well Informed state
of this new tiedged faction, take the following
specimen, extracted from their address:
Speaking OF France, they say" The people
" are utterly unacquainted with the state of the
negotiations between this country and of
!" the belligerents, with 1phonl Spe kave SUBJ
SlSTlNG TREATY" Now, every well in
formed citizen must know, that there is NO
TREATY subsistlng, a. present, between the
United States and France our Convention or
Treaty with that nation, which sigued 30th
September, 1900, aud ratified list July, 1901,
Containing valuable clause which limited It's
duration To The term of eight years) expired on
the 3lst july, 1909 The fact of our having
subsisting Treaty with France, has, however,
long since that period, been with the ignorant,
perpetual ground OF aggravation OF French spoil
atoms. But IN this respect we stand on the same
footing with both belligerents we have no SUBJ
siatnS treaty with either Renceforward, we
hope the Jacksonians, profting by this hint, will
cease to rely SO much on our subsisting Treaty
with France.
CORRECTION.
% For the satisfaction of the reader, the FOL-
lowing Extracts from the French Convention, are
subjomed:
The I'd Article of the Convention, as original.
y draushted, was in the following words 1t is
quoted tor the sake of shedding light or the sub.
sequent extracts
i" The Ministers Plenipotentiary of the two
parties not being able to agree present respect
ING the treaty OF alliance of 9th February, l77s,
the treaty OF amity and commerce of the same
date, and the convention of 18th of November,
1888, nor upon the iHdemnities mutually due or
Claimed the parties will negotiate further on
these subjects at a convenient time, and until
they may have agreed upon these points, the
SAID treaties and conventions shall have no ope-
ration, and the relations of the two countries
shall be regulated as follows".
Here }oilovs the regulations.
The respective notifications of the two coun.
tries are suoJoined to the Convention, and are as
follow
"Whereas the Senate ofthe United States did
by Their resolution, on the third day of this pre-
sent month of February, two thirds of the Scna.
tors then present concurrlng, consent to and adj
wise the ratification of the said convention Pro
vided the second article be cxpunged, and that
the following article be added or inserted ." it
is agreed that the present convention shall be in
force for the term of eight years from the time of
the exchange of the ratitications'
Now THEREronE,.I John Adams, Presiden,
OF the United States of America, having seen
ana considered the convention and additional ar
ticle above recited, do, in pursuance of the a.
foresaid advice and consent of the Senate of the
said United States, by these presents accent.
ratiiy ana confirm the said convention and addl-
tonai article, and every clause and article there
ot as the same are herein before set forth saving
and excepting the second article ofthe said con.
Vention, which hereby declare to be expuny
ed, and OF no force or validity And do more
over hereby declare, that the said convention, sa
wing the second article as aforesaid, and the said
additional article, form together one instrument
OF America and the French Republic, made by
the President OF the United States, by and with
The advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
6the CITY Of harrington. this eighteenth fay of
Fe1rna,y, IN the year efov Lard, ore thouiaga
eight hundred an one.
AND WHEREAS the said convention was on
the other part ratified and confirmed by the
FIRST Consui OF France IN the form of which the
toiioWihS IL translation from the French Ian
Suage, TO wit:
Bonaparte, First Consul, in the name of the
french peoPle-the Consuls of the Republic,
having seen and examined the convention con-
GUIDED, agreed to, and signed at Paris, the 3Oth
OF September, 1900 by the citizens, Joseph b.
naParte, Fleurieu and Rederer, Counsellors of
state, IN virtue OF the full powers which have
peen gwen to them TO this effect, with Mes
seuts Eisworth, Davie and Murray, ministers
Pien,petentary OF the United States, equally
furnished with full powers, the tenor of which
convention follows :" Here follows a eoby ofthe
ConVfnhoH IN the French language
Approves the above Convention in all and
eacn Oh the articles which are therein contained ;
declares that it is accepted, ratified and confirm
cd promises that 1t shall be inviolably obserY-
ed.
Inc government ofthe United States hay.
ing aaaea M its ratification, that the conven-
ton. should be il force for the space of eight
years, and having omitted the second article the
government OF the French Republic consents TO
accept, rstliy and coafrm the above Convent
on, with the addition importing that the conven-
ton shall be IN force for the space OF eight years,
and with the retrenehment oftbe second article ::
Provided that by this retFenchment the two
states renounce the respective pretensions, which
are the object of the said article"