Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-03

can people wLonit represented For forty years, tho
Congress Of the u. States has resisted pavmsnt or
Beaumarcbos against evidence of the business of hfs
claim so pregnant, and against authority from their
committees the Presidents Of the u. States, and
the law officers of the Government, high and I'm
posing, forciby to ncucate the belief that il tcus
not Tie CORRECTNESS Of The elaine they doubted, hut its
amount which they dislikcd to disgorge We say Il
Is forced upon every candid mans belief, tbat they
have been influenced moro b, dollars and cents than by
by the wish of rendering tardy Justice
70 Beaumarchais, than by the fear that their constr
'uer's might dislike the payment of SO considerable
u SUN oil money. Bcaumarchais has been long dead,
ond his daughter has grown old and INDECENT prose-
cutting her fathers claim against Government which
acknowledges him as the most emneu, 81
its Infancy, and acknowledges too the receiving from
him this very SERVICE but to evade psymcnt. condo.
seconds to take shelter in the Illuminating prctext tina.
the service was gratssy, md not one for which an
equivalent was expected The Government of n
millions of free and proud people, claiming a. stf,
what the supposed donor denies was intended as one
We hope the people of the U. States will not Iona
submit to the ignomiuy.
But this is not all. At this very time the Govern
ment OF this country is urging France to indemnify
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Milan DEGREES! Indeed! And dare our Government
send Minister to France witt, this petition in his
mouth! Has 1t the assurance to do SO, remembering
The injustice done Beaunarchaiss Can il be guilty os
the extremity Of impudence of demanding from the
present dynasty Of France Indemnity To orr citzeus
Tor spolations inflicted by Bonapartc, while n doh.
uue To French citizen since 1916, debt of s,,cb
majesty and antiquity remains unpaid by u.s. and has
been 50 obstnatey, cruelty, and OH such trifin,
pretences, evadeG' The French are renowned for
''eir courtesy, but had such application, under
such circumstances, been preferred TO some Kings
that We have read Of, the ambassador who made IL.
would have been turned neck and heels out of thu
Fuillerics.
II is fortunate for the heirs of B.aunmrcha1s.
that our citizens have claims exceeding theirs in a.
mount upon the government of France. Justice,
taFdy' reluctant, shamciully deferred Justice will a.
length DO done them, not for the lore of Justice b,
as matter of bargain and gam we who are crer.
hay Boosting ofotr liberty, viii be exhibited 10 the
world In the attitude of paying fifty years afterwards
ana then not voluntarily, but because VIC make bv IL
th0se foreigners, whose money essentially conc
ou'ed 10 our independence! But let not this bur.
hnS reproach light upon the American people--th.rv
are gu'itiess OF deserving t--but upon their r,-,
rescntati'es III Congress, who were afraid 10 r;s,,,
their pop"d'fty at hcmc by doing national ustce AZ
Washington We are sure that every ,ust and ,-.,o
iui man, will unite with us in The hone. that rho
FRENCH Government will not indemnify our citizens.
VIII not listen for moment to the application until
the government Of the u. States has paid R-ar.
marebais to thcvery last silver.