Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-03

49, 80 ~ w icCSiNtI ,nt ut ,ai1,tuIIs vi tu.i a. .,I u. 49,
s"r., ~ iIto, with regard To tine military stores furnished b,
nn- oessunatchas, as conclusive: as, in iTS.E we aekno,rIeJ,.t
evidrnce OF the Gct than tue DECLARATION of the Fn.nch s,Sern
az VI now that II is disclosed that MI. Beaumarchuis Va N,
ceive aeir declaration respecting it. and corsidc, him a ~ ,n
onaIseable with this million Fol, fthe lrc,,ch government i
mSn, .nen we owe the money wi,hou, a question; aud, if it il
mistaken. then, IN paying the rnouey, we merely reiur,, a uMr
= u gH We received, rather than Insist m appiyi,s n, 10 a
i'auon IN taAins this course. as we thereby avoid the 1i.ar,
~ of -. ,,S"r ss.nssee always in,piies) of injustice to the fam.
eising. "''i ~
LNtracr fnm the renou If = ,..a,
"a, '6A3, on tho -ah,ue subject.
lie committee aie of opinion. that ta.o qasxiogs only arise
:" "a q a ~h'ch are necessary al this time to bc Considered
'n.i dac'de'i' tho hrst is, whether the one million of Iiy,es ad.
mattel tn have bern received hy BsaualaTsi,ais. in ,re. l77;;
I"en''onsd IN inc con'rac, Of 1888; ana, secondly, iiso. whether
rvs received by besunasciiais, as the agent Of tie Ursfed
.S"i@s' atu used by him III procuring the arms and .,ui;cy
FURNISHED to the United States, and charged in his srct"ai
Az the amount of Braumarctni,, accoun, i .,.,i,,.i m ,s
l'sl, by tie settlement at the Treasury, in i8oJ, ,nis Gorc.I-
t"iore it can rish,iis,l II dise9ya, 1 s;ns m m,id kS,sss az RT ape 81 10 IS
.".S'ng good tas diseonnt, it fellows, tina, enc million is still due
20 nshs o tsi"'narcaais, and ought to I've ,aid.
Fine first point is very clearly made out, in The opinion Of the
,"nnnn.ce; They are satisfied tina, the million of iv,es paid to-
.,fii'ans ment'"ned in the preamble to The contract OF 1883. aud
W.. ~ was Iece..edfy heae'narchais from the King of France,
- ~ osen IN S"ue ecret service, connected with the interests of
Erltain.
me testimony and circumstances in the case, establish con.
'!lsVeiy these facts: but, upon the second point, If is equally
S - o YOUR committee, that the evidence docs not warrant the
OPINION, ina II ncSs used BY Bedunarc&ais, under n oblipa.
,.n OIL accounting for it to ,S, or for the purpose of procurina
.m ~ n tins an' supplies furnished by him 10 the Quilted States,
a'"' "afgen ID ms account; on the contrary, they IRE satisfied
.ua; inns million was paid by the French Monarch to Beaumar.
e',d's, . IS h's coa{hhsstinta agent, for sospes secret political purpoSe
con"cc,ed no ddabt with the American cause, and in,snded ~
ne oPpt'eA secretly, and in stich manner as he should direct. ,h,,
um q accordingly done, and in a short period Of lime after is
'rcr,rt
That this million was not received by yeaun.archais, as Rs
"gS@2 inc Cn,'ed States, but as the secret confidential aueni
ofMs French Gore,aneut, your committee canHo, doubt. tbat
lie was responsible only 10 hs own Gaperxrnpenf, and NOT nc.
w,,h VIVA, Prnprisiy or justice, this act Of confidence, on the part
ai I-oa,s the 18th, can, or ought TO he seized on by this Govern
.9as.a; and made an act Of ruin towards this generous and dis
'hS~soen ioIe'sner' or his orphan daughter.
q en,m'n'se are therefore Of opinion, that tine American
nenoe. both t1sn, legal and equitable principles, no, only falls
short in sustaining this right, bu, it is wholly insuAeiep, to
tttne even n well founded presumption, that it was used by
tsa"'narehas IN any way 20 authorize this Coyc7lunent to dehi,
nm" win the arno'nt, or hold him responsible tor lis apilica
This opinion OF vnur cornmi,,ee has 30, hecn hnsflv formed.
."e irserestns ant important charact,r OF the riain. orje;na,ip,
~ transactions Immediately connected win cur Revolutionary
stosgls ana independence, and attended with suci, peculiar
circumstance, induced your committee 20 give it a patient aud
faoroHgA Investigation: and ,hey feel all ina, confidence in Tie
result OF their lahors whchti,s most ,iiiszni exaninatio; and
''nIaillai consideration can give.
.hey, therefore, recommend tia, provision be made bv law,
if mo paymes' of or million Of !;cres, with interest, 10 the
80 report a hill "' @"N ~''
7S fhe Stnats and Houee Of Represcp,atjr s of The United srutc,.
She tavoy Extraordinary and Minister renino,en,iayv Of Ills
Most Christian Majesty, having renewed. unde, sreciaI irSrnc
IONS nom as Government. the Claim of the representative oi
tsnnn de BeauInerchaiS for orc million OF livres. which We're
r.oi,ed to him in the settlement of his accounts with the United
YATES, lay before Congress copies of the meInoir on that sub
%ct, addressed by the said EsvOy To the Secretary of Stale.
Sois'derns that The suu' of which the million Of Ivres in
a Eassn mare a part, was a srauiitous grant from the freach
sa'vezmanen', that that part of the grant was nut in the hands OF
n,s.d e beaemarchais as its agent, NOT as the agent OF Inc United
la'es u was duiy accounted for By him TO the French Go
verninent; considering, al-o, the concurring onilions Of two
", General Of the uni'eIi States, that sMc said debit was
nol legally sustainahie in behaifo the United States, recon-
snend the case IN the favorable attention of the Legislature.
whose authority alone eau finally decide OIL il.
january 81, 1877. JAaIEs MADISON.
.ahnYaeturcs.-The distress among the New En-
grand manufacturers, has supplied the enemies Of nro-
LECTION with a new aud imposing arguments; but an
argument IN fact, merely imposing and plausible. 4
lew reflections will demonstrate this position.
In England tine distress among the six weaycrs,
Is still moro severe than it is in the u. States amonr
t!fe cotton n:inutactu:e rs. Ihere those manufactu-
reJs ascribc 1t to the effect OF AIr. IIuskisson's free
Trade principles, and to the reduction OF the duty on
t6regu silks. Here, our advocates Of free trade and
LIBERAL principles, rs they call themselves, ascribc the
distress to the Tariff, TO the Duties OH the forci1u
fabric. 30 that III England, the same effect is a ttri
uu;ed to one cause, and i'll the T.. States. to the very
opposite cause. Now it is impossible that boil, eau
Ire right, and it is Iuucl more probable that the Spit
HiIeld weavers know the cause OF their own rnisinr-
unes; than that Nr. Cordy Rag,rst or DR.. Cocper
should know the causg of the distress in Nassachn-
sets and Rhode Island.
But grant that The Tariff is indirectly the cause of
the distress in the y. Stutcs-that it has induced the
sudden embarkation of too much capital in manufac-
lures, and that thereby the supply exceeds the de-
mand, and the price falls below a profitable or even II
saving point. Is this any argument against this sys-
t@n? Is tlis a principle, or OIL incident merely,
IS it a permanent aud u,scparablo feature of the
protective policy, or Il it u sheer accident re-
Aulsing fom tie too %sanguine expectations and
calculations of capitalists, which time ai.d ex-
periencc, will immediately corrc.ts We Should
t1ink that there could hardly be two Gnsycls to the
Question. Ovcrtrading is incident 30 oil trade, aud
80 infer that because the manufacturers at tho North
Rave ovsrtraded, the Tariff is therefore wrono or