Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-12

~ s ie'"''ohs ana intercourse with France
us "ono be absurd Something further mus, be
oo"o Vi .ae money stipulated by the treaty (,be
-, VI o'saStecment and rupture of relations
aoaa.e " p'', II were rs well lost by quiet acaui.
esceoce IN the rejection OF the treaty nc in ~.
mode What, then, was to be donoa WI, .,''
10 'oiiow Ills inhibition of neeotatlon1 I, u,ha,
measure result was it 10 eyenna,a7 Irn," -.
'oSs of The money was TO be submitted to in this
mode, there could be but one of Two snccos.;..
supplemental results; and thfse were reformation
OF peace, Or interruption of trade between ,h.
countries Renrlsols, that is to saw. vnr in soma
.''m or>tie introduction of commercial inte,co,rs.
I'll song fditn Or extent. Mr. A sud he would tho
" S'liee ~ tae character OF these alternatives md
'"' '"aaetee "hch the adoption Of either was
! 'N y 10 exert on our Condition and affui,s
ne %o.aa axe the wors drst-war: for q resor,
! "'''ft'snl' every body knew would DC wpr and N
inc foin most calculated To aseravae and provoks
IA "hich II could be commenced What wo. tho
''he oil our preparedness Tor war he would M,
inquire. 1t We we're prepared, he would no, boss,
Il we were not, his should not be the hand to drnw
away the vel, and expose the deficiency. But no
mater what might be the amplitude of our nreon
't"oess, had gentlemen adequately nsldered the
'"a'ac er @hd resources of the Power with which
we were 10 be engaged in conflict 7 He had taken
some pans, as was his duty, since this matter had
ing yea SO much attention. TO inform himself on
TINS SUBJECT. This h. had been enabled to do from
very good sources and he would therefore take on
himself 10 give the committee some view of the
maritime and military resources of France She
was Power with which war was certainly not 10
DC considered as amy light game Three hundred
vessels OF various asses and comnrehcnJing eperu
cI'Ss composed the military marine Of France -
foftY-inur were of the line, II his information WINS
accurate, about forty frgaes and inferior vessels of
MI Kinds and denominations, prod gIous marine
'o'ce employed ~ these vessels He had II from
various aad undoubed sources of information, thnt
h'Sher desfceot attention had been paid since he
last peace by the Government of France not ONLY
to the restoration, and enlarg mcnt Of It's marine
force but 10 the object Of rendering eff Give than
perhaps had been done by any oher Power He
had made II his business, since room had first been
presented for apprehension of wa TO seek lnfoIm
ton from every naval officer of ours he had me-
with, on the subj CT and he had a concurrent ac
count on all that the soiciude Ffancs to n-
prove her system Of naval discipline and to perfect
It by rigorous practice, Tad been most exraord-
nary. These trave men, never disposed to over
rate any form OF danger, but proapt to render JUS
tee, even TO what might become rival arms, all
concurfcd that the enc )untcr Of no Power could BE-
more Formidable III IN thai of France ON the ocean
Bat what WAS the land military force Of France
Not f,wer than 100000 The late war had not
passed away so long, but that retained lively
recollection OF ITS embarrassments. Not our mari
'ime cities orly were exposed-scarce a pig or our
poultry were safe IN the large region made acccs.
sibie by the ocean or our streams. Great Britain
had a military 'orce not amounting TO third, he
believed, of that of France. This force Rad de-
m 'ndS on II for the maintenance of her settlements,
extending rs widely as the Globe. There was no
region IN which it not required that this force
should be distributed. If with this force, So uno-
quail from proper amount and from dispersion,
Gfcst Britain able TO harrass SO much our ma
r'tIme frontier, " hat was the annoyance VIC might
anticipate ton the 800 vessels and the 400 600
troops of Frances lie did not speak OF our power
to rePe aggression in any totm, from any quarter.
That, he would he the last person bring into con-
royerSy Bat that was not the question. We
ought 10 measure aggression when aprrehendcd,
however great our capacity 10 repel II. But the
question was, on the proprety and policy of incur
ring IT, And, IN this view, the magnitude of the
probable aggressng force formed essential Gle.
mcnt Of consideration. Il mig ht be nects ,ity or
a duty, 10 disregard this magnitude, but IT was no
less duty of sober mi nded men 10 consider il.
But another welghty consideration was TO be
aided when, how, was this war, If It came, TO
end France could not subdue us-we could moi
subdue France. Gentlemen were disposed to
fuse oil negotiation to prevent war but they must
have negotiation before they could put stop TO il.
Would the two nations be better prepared to neso-
liare, when feelings hal been exaoe,baed by con-
fl CTS on the ocean, by descents md desolatlon on
the land When oceans of blood had been shed,
and millions of money sacrificed, would the parties
be IN any better CT cumslances 10 negotiate than
they were at the present day 7
But he would dismiss tins par, Of the subject
which he had only been regarding as one alterna-
tive. He would suppose that were to have no
war; although, if he had understood the gentle
man from Massachusetts Alright, this Government
had already not declar ed, but actually made war
Tic understood that gentleman 10 say dis 'n;tly that
the withdrawal Of our minister from the Court OF
France was war.
NJ. A Iams here rose to explain. The PresI-
deaf had not vet given the order: he had made II to
rest upon a mere Contingency What he had SAID
was, TINT, when such order should be gwen, 1t
would bt the last act preceding war, and would IN
effect be equivalent 10 II declaration of war
Mr. Archer resumed The only difference be-
tween his statement and that OF the gentleman as
now explained, was that the withdrawal OF our
minister, which was ttntamount 10 a declaration
Of war had not been made positive but only con-
TIN gent, and had been suspended on contingency
not unlikely 10 occur.
But he should pass over The subject OF war, nno
would suppose that he suspension Of diplomatic
intercourse was 10 be followed by a commercial
non intercourse, the second of the alternatives, and
what would be the character of that course OF pc
hcvl Would honorable members adopt this hll En-
native without frst rejecting matprely on The ad