Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-22

period OF the new Presentation Of the rejected
law"
In his answer 10 thu, note of the French Minis
ter the secsehry Of State expresses the etptotion
OF the President, that the King will enabe him
when preserving the subject 10 Congress us has
DUTY will require him TO do at the opening at lhcir
"ex session, to announce at that lime the
result of that appeal, and of his Melesly's ef
lor's Tor ITS success. If tho French Minister
"ou' IN reply to this note, assembled To the
expectation of the President, there would have
been positive aud explicit engagement, und the
subsequent omission 10 convoke the Chambors IN
| Time to admit of the communication to Congress
at rs present session. OF the result Of their debe-
atoms. would have been an indIspulable violation
OF but he made no reply, or he did II has not
been communicated to the Senate
AT Paris the French Government was strenu-
on'iy urged by Mr.. Livingston, first to submit the
appropriation To the Chamber of Deputies, which
assembled on the 3lst July and that not beng ac-
| ceded TO- SECONDLY, that they should be specially
called early IN the autumn Tor that purpose. To
lhesc demands, Admiral DE Rgny, the Minister of
Foreign Afirrs, NJ first, replied in his note of the
3lst OF July. 1884 to Mr.. Livingston.
The Kings Governments, do not hesitate to
repeat, will eagerly selze the first occasion again
to submit to the dcliboalon of the Legislature The
bill requisite for carrying into effect tho conyen-
ton OF 1881 and will every cxcr,on IN its
power to obtain an issue 10 this important question
coniormabe TO the wishes of the two cabinets
But certainly II viii not be requisite for TO ex-
PLAIN the reason which will prevent the sub
Iccl from being brought before the Chambers du
ring the short session which the X ng will open
this day.
" This session, the only object of " hich is TO
give the Chambers an opportunity of organizing
themselves, will be almost Immediately profogued /;
and will be needless to demonsira to you, sir the
'mpossbhy of keeping Legis latule Assem-.
bled, al a season Of the year. during which, in
France, as IN the United States aud in most
| countries under u constitutional form of govera-
ment, parliamentary labors IRE habually sus-
pended
'" regret, than that on this point his Majesty s
Government is unable to aceede to the desire which
| you have expressed to me. As TO the demand that
| tho Chamber shoulI be convok IN the autumn, IN
order TO deermne on the subject OF the bill which
was presented during the last session would be
quay impossible for the Kings Government To en-
ter upon any positive engagement to that effect
But AS soon they can be assembled you may be as
surcd hut among the subjects first submitted To their
deliberations will be the treaty, all The supua,ons
OF which we sincerely desire TO obtain tie means
| of executing"
u,
lha, the President could not avoid laying before
Congress, nj the present session. a statement of the
position OF affairs, nor under any circumstances
permit the session to end on the Sd Of March next
as It must, without recommending such measures
us he might deem that justice and the honor of the
country should require, Admiral DO R,gny ex-
presses the hope, that If the President of the u
nted States should not consider himself ut liberty
| to dispense with calling the attention of Congress
to the state of this affair." he will only do for the
| purpose of communicating the reasons for his
confidence IN the honesty ol our intcnllons and Of
| contracting any tendency TO the adoption Of inca
sures, the more likely to be regretted, they could
only impede the settlement Of question, from
which we sincerely deslrous to exclude any
new difficulties"
Nj. Livingston having again. in his note Of the
third of August urged, with great corncsiness and
force, the ioin.ent Of the pledges gwen 10y NJ. Sc
iurler,at Washington, us he understood them, Adj
n.'ral DE Rgny, ~ his reply OF the seventeenth Of
dat month, finally says ION reading over Mr.
Seruriei's note, | am unable, confess, to find in it
any engagement or expression which is at variance
with what have had the honor 10 communicate to
You myself.
" The Kings Minister Mt Washington has said
nothing inconsistent with truth when he spoke OF
our disposition to do all that the Constitution
presentation of the rejected bill. But you are a.
ware that the execution of this plan is 81 bordinac
TO considerations not to be lost sight OF, for the
| sake OF the very cud which b 9TH Governments arc
anxious to attain; and NJ. Serurcr cannot have
mean any hing else IA the pat of his note which
has thus been particularly regarded at Washing
ton. You know, sir, the motive which would pre-
vent the presentation to the Chambers OF the pro-
Jet de III respecting the convention OF one thou
sand eight hundred AMI thru, one, during The scs-
sion whlch wal be Immediately prorogued Reasons
equally clear would forbid assembling the Cham
bcrs before winter for the special purpose OF voting
on the question: and il is with regret, repeat thrt
| VIC find ourselves unable 10 ncccdc to the desire Of
| the President Of the United States on this point.
| Bur, besides the impossblluy ofkecping the Cham
bers together at time OF the year during which
parliamentary labors arc habitually suspended, and
when The deputies already appear impatient TO re-
tuin to their homes, there Is another consideration
applying to the treaty Of one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty one, the importance Of which can
| not have ESCAPED your attcntlon. Placed as you
are, in situation 20 Judge OF every thing
here which could have relation to the qncs-
ton, you must have been convinced with what
clrrumspecdon (menagemens) it has 10 be trea.
ted before the legislature and the public and
your own observations this point must
have enabled you TO appreciate the system
! oe prudence and procrostlna,ion (adjournemen')
| which the Kings Government had prescribed for
itself These precautions are equally necessary
and proper al present, and without entering here
into Details the want of which your own penetra
lion may easily supply, II Is TO be doubted mus
saw whether 10 the actual state Of things, untmey
(an,cipee) assembling Of the Chambers, for The
purpose of securing, by their assent the execu.