Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-10
aSiclaialOanei, Ts,csday. Nsarcls 10.
THE SUPPRESSED LET'TEP

Several of the Northern prints have bcen ,h
contents OF the last Letter which Mr. Serrurcr address
ed TO Mr Forsyth The u s. Gazette (of Philadelphn)
believed by same other Opposition Editors TO have hi
the nIl on Tic head IL states on the authority of
ono OF hIr . friends that The letter which MIR Ser
rurier sent, so lar from attempting assume any hny
on account of the writer commences we believe with
ic customary phrase, 81 Instructed By my Gorrn.
neRf And what instruction does he declare liza, ho
mas received: Simply thisto assert shat France not
witlstanding what has passed. notwithstanding Tie me.
aces publicly uttered by the Executive, has full conf
urcc IN the wisdom of the Senate and in the wisdom,
ana discernmcnt of the House of Representatives of the
congress OF the United States This confident reliance
IL VIII be perceived, does include the Presidrntbc
mas gVen ms opinion nlrcadyand the French Govern
inent, through its Minister al reiterated Tho
sentiments uttered by Mr. Human, in the Chamber at
Paris, &c, &c.
= The ~ Y. American (Opposton) blamcs the French
government TOR having authorized such letter To be
sent 1t lays down as a general rule that % we arc
averoe to entertaining any thing, that may seem like am
appeal by foreign unctionary from the Government
or any branch of it, to the people of this country No
foreign government, and no officer of foreign Go
vernment can or should, have any relations with the
people of the United States except through the Gene
fa, government The same considerations which es-
uonsi TINS conclusion regard any appcal
(Which, however, do not understand W. Srrrr,,
r'er as making in this case0 by foreign Minister
to the people of the United States apply we think
TO the note which NJ Scrrtrior was instructed TO
deliver 1t was quite competent and very expcdient
moreover we doubt not, for A. Ehiinanr in presenting
anew TO the Chamber the treaty of indemnity to seek
TO establish that the offensive language the Mcssane
was that of single and isolated power and to urge on the
oil tue treaty by the
mat the Congress would not sustain the President In
this, which in nowse addressed TO us we could moi
ma any cause OF offence. 1t is otherwise however
when the same distinction is taken in an official commn
nlcatlon from the French Executive TO the American
executive IL cannot be sanctioned by any portion of
TINS peoplc-however may choose to differ amonp
ouIselves-that third party shall in and found
on these differences, its line of conduct"
Inc National Gazette (anohcr Opposition paperO re-
marks upon such letter coming from the French Min
ser that the nvidous exclusion of our Executive in
le Letter. as stated whether made by the French Co
vernment or its Minister what American citizen
should approve IN foreign official quarter We should
all remember and feel that President Jackson is our
Cef Magistrate and chosen by the peoplc-that he is
our constitutional organ, and part of the unit of our
Government The instance of the wife who turned up
on the stranger that nerered TO attack her husband
when they were in conjugal battle-however old and
ho,neiy inc anecdote-iurnishes good moral f'r po-
cal parties, even in Republic There is this enhance
ment moreover, of the moral that when the foreign Co
vernment or Minister injurious reflection ON our
Execuhve 1T is not out Of Kindness and with the nten
uon oil aiording relief TO country. When the wis
uS OF Congress is urged by conradistincon the object
OF aislnnction and dsparagement is plain"
The Administration has done right i'm asking cxplan,
ton of so extraordinary a letter. from the Fiench Go
vcrnment itself.