Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-02

Icu81oA when " th tAte place hctc All shbshoSS''s
that may be asked viii be given oil tho documents
1 Gill Be laid on your tsbic. General Jackson has
misapprehso3cd the sx,cn, of the powers conferred
on 10 by the Constitution. But il he has mistaken
the laws Of our country, viii not fall into the
same error IN rtspsci Of American institutions =
The letter and the spirit of those institutions aa-
,bossc Us 10 consider the jocumcntio which have
referred a. the expression merely OF an opinion
wholly personal, 90 long as II shall not have re-
ceiveJ the sanction Of either Of the other two pow
er. OF the American Union. The Message Is an
act of Government yet incomplete, which cannot
induce one Of those decisions by which France
| usually replies TO . menace or an insult.
| wo might have awaited, gentlemen, Tor Inc
| course OF Congress- IN order TO regulate our own
| Blu, a ,cmporizng system had neither I'M advan.
,ure of restoring security 10 our commercial rels-
,ons nor of placing them eventually under the pro-
lection of rerrisais Moreover, by such course
the Two Governments would have waited the ono
for the other and at The distance at which they
are, tho legislative sessions Of both might close
leaving so important question still unsettled AMI
irrtsted by new delays
In ihis state of things, the Government wns
bound to iej ct the system Of lemporzng The
question OF national dignity was first entitled TO lis
attention You ore aware, gentlemen, no" thhi
has been disposed Of But rs the treaty Of July is
not on tina, account less just OF less polite, us The
proceeding of the President, OF the United States
could no, enfeeble the basis of equity and reason
on which ,hn, Transaction rcposcs the Government
has perscvefcd in 1t, resolution to pfeseo, II anew
for your consideration. The engagement beng en-
tered into the honor OF France requires that II
should DO fulfilled
In this important doliberation, the Chamber, we
DO not doubt carefully watching over the nation
al dignity, will still bear IN mlnd all the sentiments
Of good will and fficndncss which for more than
sixty years have united the French and American
nations: II will give due weight TO those high con-
siderations OF commercial power and mercantile
strength force merebande) which have caused an
alliance with the United States 10 be looked upon
az one OF the una,erable rules Of NATIONAL policy
In holding this language, we desire only TO rem
der homage TO truths of all iimesto oppose these
to ,ransnory impressons--and especially TO dc
clare tina, France does not mpute either 10 the peo
pie or to the Government OF The United States the
sentiments and propositions which the President
has expressed We wish only TO see in his Mes
sage to Congress an act (wiihout due refleclon) OF
a single power; and national honor does not the
less require us to perseycrc IN the policy which was
always tina, of the Kings Government, the policy
Of loyalty to engagements.
You will scrupulously weigh gentlemen, tho mo
,ivcs which solicit tho adoption of tho treaty
What we specially ask is, that you, in exam'n-
ing It, as we in proposing II have done, should Tree
yourselves from all predisposirions foreign 10 the
question itself which is the right and justice oil
the claim, and tho commercial advantages gunran-
tied 10 France by the treaty.
Penetrated with this conviction, the Government
lays before you anew, through me, tho project of
law which shall have the honor Of reading. II
was thought proper 10 insert a conditional clnuse
therein, of which you will doubtless appreciate the
fitness. This clause IN erdicts payments under the
sum fixed by the treaty, un,ll the intenlion OF
tho American Cove nmcnt shall be asceriained.
Ii is our right and our duty 10 render that Govern
mtnt responsible for any Of it's acts which may
wrong the dignity or the interests Of France.
The following is tho text OF the bill;
Art. |. The Minister Of the Finance, is au,ho-.
rsed 10 carry to the Bulge, of each Of tho years
1896, 1887, 1888 1889, 1910. and l5il, the sum
necessary to pay OF in six terms the capital of
25 900 000fr., in execution of tho Treaty signed
the 4sh of July, 1891, between France and the Un,-
ted States and the notifications Of which we're
changed u, Washington the 2 Of February
1892.
Art q Tho sum Of | 500 DOOR which the Go
vernmenl of the United States has engaged to pay
TO France, in six annual terms, in discharge Of the
claims Of French citizens, shall be carried TO The
credit side of a special article of the Budget, in
proportion as the recoyeres nrc made. Credits to
| a similar amount shall be opened 10 the Minister of
the Finances for the discharge Of the claims that
may have been liqulJaed in favor Of French cu.
| zcns.
! Art. ,. The payments TO be made on tho sum of
25000,00O IF. shall not be carried into effect I'LL il,
shall have bccn ascer,aincd that the Government of
the United States has adopted no injurious
| TO French interests.
The reading of the preamble and of the bill occa-
stoned considerable sensation in the Chamber md
after the Minister had quilted the Tribune several
Deputies formed groups, aud entered into close and
| animated conversation.
| The bill then ordered 10 be printed, distrib-
utod, and submitted for examination to The Standing
Committee tho discussion on it being reserved for
| a future sitting.
| NJ PELLET, dc la Lozcre, demanded that Govern
! mcnt should order the pratng and distribution OF
all the reports of the successive Committees which,
since, the year, 1881, had been charged to exam
inc tho American claim itself or the bill relative TO
1t.
| The MINISTER ron FoReioN Abrams replied
tina, all the documents relative to the American
claim would be LAID upon the table of the Chamber
and that such them required publication should
30 printed and distributed.
The President said that il would be more rcgu-
| lar if all the documents in question were not only
submitted to the Committee, but also laid upon the
Presidents table.
| TnE MINISTER OF PsBLic INSTRUCTION said that
there was no objection to that course
| Prtvate Correspondent Of Tie Harre Journal Of
Jan II
There 10 great uncertainty as to the fate of the
law yesterday proposed by NJ. Humans Ii is cv-
ident that the result ofthc vote will depend entirely
hppn The Intelligence ritth the Intermediate arr.