Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
FRANCE.
Ngw Yoak, May 4.

1
ofthe Commercial heve Pam, papers down 10
March 3isi inclusive with letters from their lnieII'
| gent correspondent To the same date. We insert
the later to- lay, together with such fsnsaiiors M
| VIC have had tine 10 make. II will be seen that
although the Indemnity BIl has been introduced in
to The Chamber Of Deputies yet the prospect Of lis
speedy and unobslrueicd passage is n shade darker
than per last advlccs Mr.. L,vngs,ons dispatches
have returned upon him and have revived nnples-
SAINT feelings. Their effect has been just what any
man Of t~n grains of common sense must have anti
ciraicj. Delays spoken Of, aud hints at
requiring explanation, hch how that matters are
| not proceeding smoothly.
| In the Silyic dc Grnsse came passenger, Mr..
S,srle, bearer OF dispatches from Parsto Wash
! ngtop.
Srrespondenee ofhe Commettiai idrt,tisor.
Pans, March 30h.
| The proncness 10 believe whit VIC wish To be
true, may have Influenced the opinion have ex
pressed to you TIM, the breach between The meri
! can and French Governments would not extend
| to open rupture between the two countries. Yet
canno, yield that opinion, when CONSIDER the
powerful motives for preserving peece, though u
| is occasionally shaken by the nspec, gwen 10 the
subject, will not sny by bud temper IN its dis
cussion, but IN the Ill advised publication Of wha,
Mr.. Livingston hid said III certain letters, which
our Executive deemed 1t" consistent with the pub
lie interest to transmit 10 Congress the 10th Of
| February.
| MIR. Livingston may with great propriety hold
n language official, and language CONFIDENTIAL" in
| corresponding with his Government and he should
not bo held responsible for the made of his pri-
| vatc views 10y the Inter.
| From the opinion which Mr. l.. is known to en-
rcrtnin 10 the course best calculated TO obtain
fulflmen, OF the five million treaty, 1t is fair TO sup
| pose that II Yves upon his previous representations
,I, De-. Il. I'll L.,
soncd as no, to be rrshed by the French people,
nor by their Deputies, who had yet to pronounce
| upon the affair.
| Mr.. Livingston hnd every confidence in the
| frcnJly disposition of the King and his Ministers,
but he feared they would not be able to prevail with
the Chamber OF Deputies he thought II the art-
lery of Gen. Jackson could be brought to bear upon
the point, it would aid in carrying the citadel
| Ono motive for delay with Mr. L. was the
| pecta,lon that the message would arrive before the
discussion in the Chambcrs) and that it would con-
| tam something 10 show strong national feeling on
! the subject. F,om all this, yon may imagine the
anxiety shall feel for the arrival Of tie Presidents
| Message o. ,ts tone will d,pend, very much no,
only the paymcot Of our cln,ms, but our national
reputation for energv. shall be much aided, If Ivy
The tenor OF the Presidents Message IT IN seem thai
we shall resent tho breach Of faith they have con-
templat.d' &c.
Such was the language Of Mr.. Livingston, which
10 laid before Congress, md finds its way into The
newspapers. The Message Is received at Paris
during the sitting of the Characteristic character
had preceded n-and its gIvIngs out were ambi-
guous Can any wonder that the French
lha, micn "sqa,s its tone I Did i, not wcar
like that feature lis character Will if6meH to
Cd thai ought to have been looked upon different,
~ IN France II there be any meaning, in The old
| N -
would seem to suggest, wha, is equally important,
| NAV t'cfc should be policy IN the mode of avoiding
| 'h"' calamity a good cause is equally weakened
ny '"iscfehon IN It's management; and # the pre-.
sent unhappy controversy shall lead to u war its
history VIII compel US TO consider how far That re.
SUITS ,ob9 osc,,bcd to disregard, on our part of
considerations that beleng To subjects so full of diff
Guilty, or that could affect its issue
The facts IN the all on our aide. exhibit
| ns the business Of our claim why, then, imrai,
her force by diplomatic ,uu de guerre, the le,cc
non OF which might furnish pretext to France for
refusing a compliance with treaty stipulation the
execution OF which had been assured to our Minis
e' ny Louis ihlppc, " not only MS king, but as
an Individual, whose promise will be fulfilled" In
view OF the difficulties then, TO be ovcrc me WINS
u Po"cg IN the representative Of the American
character mud interests, toregard n branch of the
'fe"ch Government as perverso body to whose
proper action the application of whip aud spur was
| necessary
am not ccnsuring MIR. Livingston for nnv opi
| "'"hs he may entertain of the motives that govern
me French people, and of how far the fears of their
! deputies may be operated upon. nm only re-
S'ene, thnt IN invoking an expression of " st,ong
| national feeling" from his own country the do,
| nonemem should exhibit little of the genuine
SORT, and SO much OF something tina, resemble, gas
| c onude.
|
bus much Of the pns 1t is from, the present that
we must Judge ot the future. Unfortunate as nr.
me circumstances, and the mana cement of this
o"s'ness-excied as are the feelings of both PAR
lies, and serious us IS the interruption the rcla
'""o"s between the two countries, there are strong
reasons Tor the belief that hosities will not take
| pace. The late of the measure on which I'M.
seems 10 depend, will now soon be decided In the
Chamber of Deputies Saturday last, the report
OF the Committee on The bill relative to The Amer
can claim Of twenty five millions of francs came I'M
as the order Of the day.
NJ. Dumon read the report (hough not at
lcns'h) which was very voluminous and psrticu.
lar, aud introduced bill providing for the pay
mcn' OF the mon y lie made some remarks in ia.
vor of adoption, and upon the importance of
MAINTAINING friendly intercourse with the Uni.
ted Sta'es-spoko Of the offensive propositions in
the Presidents Message which the Committee re-
saded as having been disa,owsd by Congress
and had felt that France would refuse to threats
whit she was disposed to yield TO jnstioe kIe I'D
led, that wnS TIC intention If the commlitee
propose nat The execution Of The bW Sioull be suS-
pe""ed "nhifhe eteaded dsmby@ france had