Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-12
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DEBATE
IN THE HOUSE Or REPRESENr ATlVES,
On ou1 Relations Nth Ftan1e


SATURDAY, FEB. %, 1885.
The House helng resolved itself into Com
mRco OF the w nole on the state of the Union, and
"ycra Resolutions having been moved as suggest.
cd
Mr.. ADAM of Massachusetts, addressed the
House, and his speech was published in our last
After Mr.. A lams conclujcd--
Mr.. ARCHER of Virginia, Formerly Chair
man OF the Committee of Foreign if.irs.) rose in
rpy; and, after adytrting to his own situation as
an old member of the House, and to the interest
felt by the portion of the Union which he represent
81 the question now under discussion, promised
IN as brief manner as possible, 10 present his
VIEWS ard opinions in relation It,
lie had thought, when he Fl st read the resolu-
tons which had been moved in the form of amend.
ment by the gentleman from Massachusetts MIR
Adams that they were nm improvement on those
of he gentleman from New York, Mr. Cambrc.
eng) lie regretted to discover, however, from, a
more attentive examination, and the remarks wi ch
hd Just taller from that honorable gen leman thai
he had been mistaken, and that there was, IN realI
" no substantial diversity of import between The
Plans they respectively recommended. The gen.
Ueman from Massachusetts, indeed, in the speech
ne had no" addressed to the House, as well as in
MS second resolution, had dacd muth on the
anxiety he felt, (and justly felt, as Mr. Archer
mouSht) that negotiation with the French Gov
eminent should not be broken off, as was proposed
oy inc resolution offered by the gentleman from
view ork, at the head OF the Committee (Mr
O'moTeIeng But why was the gentleman thus
aoS'ou' For the manifest reason, that it. by re-
s"uton OF Congress, all negotiation should be in
NOTED, whatever disposition there might be on the
part OF the French Government TO come to terms,
IN rr,,tI 81. n
MIN perfectly well know, that when once neeotia.
Won n'i been thus broken off, the principle of ma
lcnai pride would prevent that Government from
making US any proposals, even if IT were ever so
well disposed 10 do so7 All diplomatic intercourse
neos broken off, there would remain channel
through which its good feelings, if they did cxls'
could be ntimated 10 us. Wha; A ter We 10y a
'o'mal concurrent act of all the members of our
government, had declared i, TO be our peremptory
W.T. That negotiat on should not be continued did
,"y one suppose, that were every member Of the
'fnch Execu i've, and of the Chambers ever so
MOoushy convinced tina, we were in he right, and
N-y IN the wrong, France would tender to US any
WIS VI reparalion II would be futile to expect it,.
y ne hrst resolution of the gentleman from New
tOTk declared ageinst further negotiation. The
U.S. OF he gentleman from Massachusetts, that we
sOuo accept of nothing shott of the complete full.
'"."' OF The treaty; on which basis however, he
tho lung 4 to admit, nay, is anxious to keep open
A. "OOt oil negotiation. Now, where, said Mr.
't.. Is The real difference of these propositions,
oh, O"e should be hid up as substitute for the
,no anu our time employed in deliberation be-
.t "en The former was indeed consslen'
IN, . "Se' The latter admitting, and even lnvok-
sal. continuance of negotiation, yet prechdes the
rs,. SOUND and subject of it, by preliminary and
win inhibition. After declaring hat we
,b,,. "a'e nothing blu, our full demand, without
Ash ,hs Vi tli'le why talk of negotiation Z
vb,, resident TO continue it Continue II! TO
,bs4o '"u Negotiate! on what subiecl1 Was
ryou.oI' ohtr relation to which our opinion was
Which, 'u' out that of the treaty and its sipula,'ons
tim wy, 10 remain unal,eroblc by any negota,
wn, ,h "ha' Mr.. A. meant, he sold, 10 illustrate,
which nose two schemes of proceeding, between
fer,n, S' oec'sion was invoked as something diff
not ta'ne technically TO the same result-wcte
was f,r merely, but the same thing And, wha
hne. INV ao'e important, that either was very bad
slon,ed ~. was to say, preclusion, would be- i
nonion. ,. oh'y avenue to the restoration of hur
'''a''on' with this country and France