Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-02
LATER FROM FRANCE
TT 4 11HN 4 HNNI4'I II INIiINNT4.
r,,p ,,,r,,o NEw York, May
BY THE FRENCH CHANGERS. PRIMO

THE AMERICAN INDEMNIFY BILL PASSED
AND INTEREST ~
ihe Bill oil indemnity is at length passed principal
interest," and all IN exact compliance with the Treatv
uu accompanied with condition, which, if it be any
thing more than mere French gasconadng puts she prog
Pect OF restitution to this country for the ouraees lone
since committed on our commerce further off than ever
me iresdent OF the United States, il will be seen is
10 make an apology 10 France for the terms Of
ms last annual message, before be paid our lust
and too long deferred debt He is TO offer s,t;sf,,
~ explanation lie TO refine away all that true re-
publican grit, which it made his communica-
uoh 10 Congress too rough for She delicate nerves Of
fIenchhien lie IS to emasculate his proposition of
rcpTisals oil all its vIrility and 90 on his knees aud
peg pardon Tor daring to intimate that if further in
suu oy france again refusing to perform her viola
yea promise, IT would become the duty of America TO
take the redress OF her grievances her own hands
ana pay herself her admitted Slain This is the arrannd
on winch inc French Government demands am eXuann-
oh oil the PRESIDENT of the United States as the condi
ion on W which she will pay her long deferred debt
Ii Cen Jackson complies with this condit,on 100 ~.
mach mistaken the character and temper of that heroic
man And we have much mistaken the spirit of the
american people, If they would not him of from
e'n affections Tor doing, deeply fixed as he is in the
E T % ms counlryinen. The very proposition by
France is an additional insult, compliance with Il
Woe be degradation far greater than would have been
year ago. the oalTemssion of the debt due from that
country. ~
But the slightest re ason TO apprehend Tint
this insoent demand " any degsee be complied with
II the PRESIDENT makes any communication at all the
subject, it will be which France NAV conSi5isrr NJ
apology or explanations if she pleases, but which will
S|ec very Interpretation all Of
inc world The truth 49, no explanation is expected
The whole proposition is last eectua SPLINTER
70 Urn attention from the sorry attitude in which the
french Government has placed Itself By lis bad fifth
and by lending too creduous the feprese paiions
OF M Serrurer and others that the United States mih
DC fobbcd OIL from time time lonp as il suitpd Ib
pleasure of France temporise The enerocfic roas
1870 OF GeneralgrcSson rudely awakened that Cnvern
meh from It's delnsion They suddenly fo-4I,ar irev
were oealng with an Administration which woud .snsk
nothing that clearly right and submit to no
.hpg mat was wrong They saw that his Adrninstra-
ton possessed the unbounded confidence OF vast ma
Jory OF the American people, and that its noble rae Of
action IN ITS foreign relations with their cordial an
proval They saw that there a fixed determination
On ue part oil ts government and this people to obtain
our just and acknowledged debt from France peaeea
bly, II we could, forcbly If we must" Seeing tb,s The
tone OF France wonderfully lowered and ill.,,
SHY measures OF bravadO that Government has adopted
10 hide ITS real sentiments and motives of action do bu
ada TO the righteousness OF the unfortunate posture i'm
winch IT has placed itself The United States will oct
the indemnity, principle and interest in full ACCORDING
TO the Treaty negotiated by Mr.. Rves; and France vii
get no apologynothng bearing even suci remote re-
semDlance to one that IT can be palmed off upon the
world such by all the Wanting and gasconadino of
sPutering Frenehmen. To such luckless straits ma
on IS reduced that has not enough of right TO re-
deem its faith might enough to maintain It's Dcr6dv
Inc BIZ OF Indemnity, it will be seen, passed by
The of this event is brought by the nacke shin
NAPOLEON, Captain SMITH, and by her we have copous
files Of English papers to the latest dates those from
66lverPooi 10 the 10th, her day Of saling-N " Er.
From the Times.
III TIE fIchch NhdnDer OF deputies on Thursday last.
there was regular debate for the first time since the in
PRODUCTION of the amended bill relative 10 the American
claim. Nj Theirs, the Minister Of the interior smoke
at great length in TO NJ Benyers speech Of the
previous day NJ Berger replied and the Duke dc
Broglie undertook refue some Of the arguments aed
by M Berrysr in his reply. Other members took part in
the discussion, which, Of the exclusion Of
written speeches, was unusually animated and protract
ed till the late hour Of T.
The ground on which NJ Berryer had taken his atapd
was not such to prove icnablc, Notwithstanding ali
that Isis powers Of oratory had been able to make II il
and the patient hearing which the Chamber most neon
sstcnty with its restless and peulant habits gave him
Tor three whole hours He had out with the assunp-
ton that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES had been rem
dered unayOdaby necessary by tbc force Of circun,
stances; and that being, he conceived sdmittcd he
rcan claims under consideration did not originate in
violation by the American vessels of the pfovisiona Of
those dccrees NJ Berfyev abored to show that they
dad originate, by going through the history Of several
eases, which certainly justified his view of their merits
but he ctt out very great number Ofother which were
unquestonabiy entitled 10 indemnity. No Government
in France since the claims brought forward ever
is that the amOunt indemnify from nearly 100000 600
rancs that the original estimate q the losses had been
raised tO has undergone reductions almost every ex-
annaon of accounts, and ultimately fixed NJ one fourth
which the lowest value that the United States Co
vernmcnt thought itself justified in ossenting TO-
The debate Thursday REFEREED entirely 10 the par
hcuaSs Of the which were admissible or OUGHT TO
be rejected Very few material facts therefore were
brought 10 light besides those wkeh we're summarilv
stated in The committee report which give abstract
days ago.
We have moro than once had occasion 10 advert 10
the motives BY which certain parties in Ffance are sc
tue,ed ~ opposing the bill whereby is proposed 10