South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24

/ Declining, as i, does, under existing
circumstances, to ratify the rash meas
ure recommended to Congress by the
President of the United States, we may
reasonably hope that it will have the
effect TO do away any irritation created
in the French Chambers by the mena-
cling tone Of the President, and obtain
justice without a resort TO war with our
ancient friend and ally.
The proceedings Of the Senate on
this subject yesterday, will be found
at large under the proper head. The
reader will there find that Mr.. KING,
OF Georgia, CATER bearing the strong
est testimony to the candid and tenn
perate character of Mr.. CLAWS report,
moved 10 give the resolution reported
by Mr.. CLAY, such modification as,
without changing its substance, would
obtain for it unanimous vote. MIR.
CLAY accepted, in part, to Mr.. KINe's
amendment, but objected to other
parts of 4; when Mr.. WEBSTER sug.
gested the form which the resolution
finally assumed, and which ultimately
obtained the unanimous sanction ofthe
Senate. Thus, while Mr.. CLAWS O.
riginal resolution proposed only to
withhold the pacific measure recon-
mended by the President, the resolution
of the Senate goes further, and declares
that it will not, at present, adopt any
legislative measure in regard to our al
fairs with France.
Considering, that, by the vote of the
Senate yesterday, the question coucer'
ming our French Relations is for the
present put to rest, we shall refrain,
ourselves, from any further discussion
ofit, unless it shall be necessarily res
vived by some new incident. We hope
we have so discussed it, in what we
have had occasion TO say, as 10 shew
that we have been influenced inregard
to it solely by public considerations,
the dictates Of which it became our i'm
perative duty to obey.
o. The following remarks Of Mr..
BUCHANAN of Pennsylvania, in the Sem
ate of the U. States, shows very clearly
the views entertained by the President at
the time he communicated his last mes
sage to Congress. How this senator
could for momeat have INDUCED the l.
dea that France, whose warlike attitude
among the nations of the world is SO well
known; whose vast achievements in the
fields Of warfare, and whose known sem
sitiveness under wrongs or THREATS of
any kind, or from any quarter, would
cover under the influence of menace
from any government on earth, we can
not conceive. We, therefore, mast sup.
pose that such views were entertained
by the President, and that the remarks
of this Senator were intended merely to
sooth his feelings under the all-pervad~
ing influence of Mr.. Clays report. The
remarks of the Pennsylvania Senator,
however, were well replied to by the
Senator from Virginia, Mr. Leigh.
MIR. BUCHANAN, said there's point,
sir, in the intercourse between nations,
at which diplomacy must end, and
nation must either consent to abandon
her rights, or assert them by force. Az
ter having negotiated for quarter Of
century to obtain a treaty to redress
the wrongs of our injured citizens, and
after the French Chamber has once de-
liberately rejected that treaty, will not
this point have been reached should the
Chamber again refuse to make the ap-
preparation 7 If this be SO, is it not
right, is j. not fair, to present the al.
tentative to France Z Would she not
have Just cause to complain if we
should not adopt this very course
To inform her frankly and freely that
we have arrived at this point, | am
solemnly convinced is the best diplo-
macy to which we can resort TO obtain
redress for the wrongs OF the injured
claimants. France will then have the
alternative fairly presented; and it will
be for her to decide whether she will
involve herself ia war with her ancient
ally, rather than pay those claims
which the Executive branch of her
Government have determined to be just
by solemn treaty. Such an attitude
on the part Of America will do more
for the execution OF the treaty than "a
ny temporisiDg measures OF policy
which we can adopt. l never was
more clearly impressed with the truth