Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-07-09
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self II is there expressly disavowcd and the
power and higl character Of France appealed
to- to show that it never could be induccdb by threats
10 do what its sense Of Justice denied. If tho mca-
sure 10 which have than once alluded should
be rcSortcd 10, and the humiliation attending
compliance with could be endured, and if il were
possible under such circumstances, 10 give
PLANTATION, what more could be required than is con-
tanned in tho message ITSELF that it not intend
ed as menace II the measure to which ! al
ludc should be adopted, and submitted to, what
would his Majesiy's Government require Tho
disavowal of nm intent To influence the councils Of
France by threats They h,vc it already. II
form, part of the very instrument Which
caused the offence, and | will not do them
the injustice 10 think that they could form
the offensive idea oil requiring more. The ncccs-
sy ofdiScnSSng the nature of the remedies for the
non-cxrcu,ion Of the treaty, the character and spirit
IN which it done, explained in my letter so
often referred To, aud pray Your Exccllcncy 10
consider the concluding part of it, beginning with
the quotation have last made. But il wanted
any argument To show that no explanation OF this
part oi the Message was necessary, or could be re-
quircd, should lind in the opinion, certainly
Just one, expressed b, his Majesty Ministers, that
the recommendation of the President, not having
been adopted by the other branches Of the Co
ycrnmcnt, II WAS not IA national act, and could not
DC Colnlhlineu ol rs shfn. Nay, IN Inc nOtc pre-
scented by Nh. Serurier To the Government at
Washington, and the measures which il announces,
(hiS recall and the offer Of my passports) the CO.
vcrnmcnl of his Majesty seems to have done all
Tint they thought lis dignity required for they, at
the same time, declare that the law providing for
the payment will be presented but rive no ntimsl
ton of any previous condition, and annex none to
the bill which they present. The account of dig
nifty being thus declared, by this demonstration, 10
b" settled, it cannot be supposed that II will again
be introduced asa set of against an acknowledges
pccmiary balance.
Before conclude my observations IN this part
/ OF the subject, II will be well To inquire in what
light exceptions taken to thi, part Of the Mes
i sagc-whciher IS menace generally, 10 the
particular measure proposed. In the first view,
every measure that n Government having claims
on another declares il must pursue il those claims
arc not allowed (Whatcvor may be the terms
ployed,) is menace. II is necessary, and not
Objectionable, unless couched in offensive language
II is fair declaration OF what the party ma
King II intends 10 pursue, and except in cases
where Irrteyts as, .aI;cd t.g 4 rapture, have
rarely been objected 10, even when avowcdly tho
act Z" the nation ; not aS in tins case, a proposal
made by one branch of its Government to anoth-
en- Instances OF this not wanting. but need
not be here enumerated. One, however, ought 10
be mentioned because it is intimately connected
with the subject now under discussion. While tho
commerce OF the United States was suffering under
the agcrcsSionS of the two most powerful nations
OF the world the American Government, in this
sense OF the word, mcnaccd them both. II passed
"A law in express terms, declaring TO them that IN
less they ceased their arCrcsSons America would
hold no intercourse with them that their ships
should be seized if they vcntlrcd into American
ports thai the productions of their soil industry
should be forfeited Here was Am undscuised
measure, in clear uncqnivocal terms and of course,
according to the argument against which contend,
neither France nor England could deliberate, I'M
der its pressure, without, dishonor. Yet the En-
pcror of France, certainly an unexccptionabc
Judge OF what the dignity of his country required,
did accept the condition, did repeal the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES, did not make complains Of
the act as threat, though it called il injury.
Great Britain, too, although at that lime on no
friendly terms with the United States, made no.
complaint that her pride oIlendcd--her Minis
ter on the spot even nude declaration that the
obnoxious orders were repealed. IT Is true it was
a dsavowa but the di,rNowll accompanied
by no objections to the law threat. Should
the Objection be To the nature of the remedy pro-
posed, and thai the recommendation of reprisals is
The offensive part, il would he 10 slruw that il
stands on the same ground with any other remc-
DIV that it is hostile in its nature, that it has
been rcsorcd to by Franco procure redress from,
other Powers, and by them against her, without
producii,- war: hut such an argument is not nc
rcs>arv TIN, i, not the case of national n,ea-
sure, either OF menace actinn--it is rcconl-
mcnd,on only OF branch of Government 10
another and France has itself show that Il propo-
81, Of thi, nature conllnot be Oticc rs an offence.
Ia til" wear 1903 the Senate OF the United States
annexed to the bill Of non-intercourse a section
which not only advised but actually authorized the
President to issue letters OF m1rque and rcprisal
against both France and England, if the one did
not repeal the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, and the
other did not revoke the Orders in Council This
clause was not acccdcd to by the Representatives,
but it complete the act Of the Senate /; yet
ncithcr France nor England complained oft as an
indignity-boil powers had Ministers on the
spot and the dignity of neither seems to have been
offended.
If tive view have now taken OF the subject be
correct, have succeeded in conveying 10 His Ma
icSyS Ministers the conviction | myself feel, that
no right exists in any forc!n nation to ask expa-
nations of, TO notice, any communications
between the different branches of oar Govern
mcnt and to admit it even in single instance
would be dangerous precedent, and derooation
from national dignity and that in the present in
stance an exclamation that ought to be satisfactory
has been voluntarily given: | have then demon
5.racd that any measure founded on such suppos--
ed right is not only inadmisblc, bur is totally I'M