The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-02-28
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CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
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The order OF the day was the co""u,
piestion OF the Government, snnooneea
Yesterday ia the Moniteur. ne'o's 'ue
aoeuing OF the Session, hxsA sof one O.
.I,cL. Marshal Nioiier, Presidsnt oi inc
Couneil. AMI M. Humane, we:e in the
,n,o,stsri.I seat, aod a number of DePu-
,;.s were present. NJ DuPin took tho
chair AZ Que o'clock. Alter reading Of
an. u,ocess verbal, NJ. nj. Simperne,
Mood and Blanchard, recently elected
D,,nut,es. delivered tho ratification at
,he,r mowers and were admitted IL their
x.ats-at this time the attendance was ex-
ceedinyly numerous.
The President gave the word to the
Minister Of Finance. A profound silenee
immediately ensued.
nj entlemen--Faithiul
70 the accomplishment Of its duty, the
covernmept was disposed to submit anew
IN your deliberations the measures neces-
~ fur the execution Of the treaty of the
am of July, 1881. II had prepm cd it.
Lii IN defend them in the name ol justice
and in the, name iof the political aud
,.onm,rcial interests OF France, and II Id
houed ,ha, you would partAcipat" III The
conviction upon which they acted.
The Message Of the President Of the
limited States ut the opening ol the Amer
can Congress, has suspended tho excc.-
49,, of tHi. design. The Government
had, from that moment, 10 examine "ne'"-
er il still remained under the empire of
The same duty-whethcr the dignity VI
France did not demand different line
of couduc,-or, finally, whether there ex-
;s,ed any me ans OF placing the imnutablc
laws of Justice in accordance with me ie-
c;,imate sentiment of the national honor.
The Government Of the King, gentle
man. need not Justify itself before you
,rou the reproachesI,w which the President
ofthe United States has lavished upon !.
such a controversy would be alike with
out object ,sand without dignity. Never
,be,ess. iu the debates which must ensue
before YOU the necessary explanations will
la piyen and kall the. documents which
=, M he required will be submitted 10 the
Chamber.
as to the erten! Of the Po'osrs sc'1'ch The Con-
,f;tu,ion of the Stale coWers upon US. But
he is ,..istuken with regard 10 the laws
of our country, WE WILL NOT FALL INTO
A s,MlLAR ERROR ON the SUBJECT VI TIE
CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA.
The spirit and letter Of that Conslitu-
ton, ALIKE torbids us TO r'es the document
10 uhieh Iharc referred, IN any other light
Moa as The opinion Of single '"diridaaI,
so LONG As THAT OPINION HAS NOT RE-
cr,yrp THE SANCTION OF THE TWO co-oR-
pty.rR POWERS OF THE AMERICAN UN-
ION. Tho Message is an act Of Govern
ment as yet incomplete, and which can
not therefore hurry us to any OF those de-
teruinations be which France usually re-
plies to a menace, or an injury.
Gentlemen, we might wait until the res
olution Of Congress should arrive to pre-
scribe to US our conduct. But a tempo
rizipp policy would neither have the ad
vantage of ensuring the security Of our
commercial relations, nor OF eventually
p,acing them under the protection Of re-
prisals. BY the adoption, likewise, Of
such a system, tho two governments
would be compelled io wait mutually, (up-
on tho proceedings or each other)-and
from tho great distance, by which they
arc separated, the legislative sessions,
both at Washington and Paris, wo.ld
probably terminate-leaving this impor-
ant question not only undecided, but ir-
fitatsd by fresh delays. In this state Of
things, the governmen, has rejectefa tenn
poriziug system.
The question Of the national dignity
has a right to its first solicltude. You
arc aware, gentlemen, how it has been
provided for yet, as the treaty Of Jolly
has become neither less Just, nor less pol
i,,c than before,-as the proceeding of
the President OF the United States has
not availsd TO weaken the basis Of equity !
a..; reason, on which transaction rests
the government has persevered in its de- !
I, termination 10 present the subject anew
TO YOUR examination. This engagement
has been made the honor Of France de-
mands that Il should be fulfilled.
la this important deliberation, the Cham
her. we doubt not, while watching vigi-
lan,ly with US over the natural dignity,
u,u keep in mind all The sentiments 81 good
will aud GIendsL;p phich for sirfy years
haze united The French and the american
Nations. II will recall to mind those high
consider rations of commercial power, and
OF maritime force, which have ever caus-
ed our alliance with the United States To
be regarded as one of the unalterable
rules Of national policy.
In holding this language, we only wish
10 render homage to those truths which
are Of every time-to oppose them to tenn
porqry impressions--and, above all, to de-
clare, that France imputes, neither to the