Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-03

message was received from the President. (Which
VII, DC found IN another part of this days paper)
lhe reading of the message and documents hav;n,
oeen begun and concluded being heard with profound
MIR. Canbrelcng, chairman of the comp;,,ec oe ~.
reign Aiiars,) presented the following resolutions bv
the WISH as lac stated of majority of the members of
at committee, and moved that they be printed; without
however any wish that they should be considered
hcsolsed That It would be incompatible with the rights
ana honor OF the United States, further negotiate in
relation to the treaty entered into by France on the 1l
Of July, 1884, and that this House will insist upon i,s
execution, as ratified by both Governments.
Resoired That the Committee ON Foreign Affairs le
discharged from the further consideration Of so much of
the Presidents Message relates commercial rcstrc
ions, or to reprisas, ON the commerce of France
RcSolred That preparations ought be made TO meet
any emergency growing out of relations with France
Mr. Everett OF Massachusetts rose TO inouirc in what
form the message of the President with the accompanv
ing documents, had been disposed of.
Being informed by the Chair that they had not vet bcen
disposed OF in any form,
lie moved that they be referred TO the Committee on
Foreign Affairs lie said that when the resolutions
moved by the honorable gentleman from ~ York (Nir
Cambrecng) read, he understood them as HAVING
oeeh offered by that gentleman in his private capacity az
member OF the House, and not resolutions of the
called together. no ~ ~
MIR: Cambreleng expressed his hope that the gentle
man from Massachusetts, would withdraw his motion for
reference of the message and papers The gentleman
would observe that of The resolutions as Tor the dis
charge OF the committee from the further consideration
OF The subjects that might be in The hands of the House
lie had moved the resolutions he had stated ON prs
senng them, by. the wish of a majority of The members
composing the Committee, and not a measure of his
own. - ~
MIR. Adams, of Massachusetts, offered the following
resolutions, by way of amendment the resolutions
movedby MIR. Canibreleng:
ReSoiecd That the rights of the Citizens OF the u
states to indemnity from the Government Of France
stipulated by the Treaty concluded Paris on the 4th
OF july 1881 ought, in event, to be sacrificed aban
dohea or impaired, by amy consent acquescence of
the Government of the United States
< Resotred That if it he, in the opinion the Prcsi-
dent oil the United States compatible with the honor and
interest OF the United States, during the interval until
the next session of Congress- resume the negotiations
between the United States and France he be requested
so to do
3. ResOlred, That legislative measures of hos,.
character or tendency towards the French nation is ne
cessary or expedent at this time
MIR Cambreleng moved to postpone the further cons;-
deraton of the whole subject until tomorrow
, MT Everett said, he should not delay the action of
the House further than its permission since The
gentleman fom New York at the head ofthc committee
on Foreign Affairs had offered three resolutions ex-
Pfessive OF the views of majority of that committee
although the subject had not to his KNOWLEDGE been
yet acted upon IN the conmittee that he together with
two other members of the committee might send 10 the
mar paper containing their views also; and that this
might De printed, together with the other resolutions
MIR Cambreeng hoped they would be printed
There was much sensation in the House: MANY cres
oil NO No! and others of Yes, tainly print ~
Mr. Archer Observed that this mode of proceeding
even according to the respective avowas of gentle
man from New York, mir. Camlrelengl and the zen
eman from Massachusetts,. [AIr Everctt was entirely
Irregular The gentlemen respectively IN he
House the embodied views of majority and also of The
minority of tho Committee Foreign Affairs request,
ing that they might be printed vet In the same breath
they informed the House had been no action in the
COMMITTEE and that the subject had been consider
cd in it,
| MIR. Cambreleng explained The Committee had had
the subject under consideration for than a week
past although the presentation of the resolutions he had
offered had not been determined in Committee but
bers. - f'cih-
Nj. 4Fcfef sd not Inc r1sr Doubt that the subject oe-
morally had been before the thoughts and consideration
OF the committee all the session. but there had been no
definite action OF the committee in relation to it, lad now
resolutions agreed TO by members separately The
in Ia Uhp don
gular and nc thought that of the resolutions nre
sented under such circumstances ought pnedb y
the House Let the message and documents be referred
to the appropriate committee and tomorrow let the
House have such resolutions ID committee might
dignity and great national import ice the ordinary foms
OF the House should not be dispensed with lie was
desirons OF no delay The committee would certainly
meet IN the morning, and then the House would receive
thelr matured views of The whole case further illus
a.ed by ne and documents just received This
was the proper, the appropriate, the parliamentary and
inc dignhed course OF action and lac hoped would
ad n, d;,n,,- -,
OF the honorable gentleman from Virginia. His only
object had been the saving of time, inasmuch as there
were now but few days left of the session The com,
mitee have had the general subject our relations with
France before their Consideration during the whole ses
sion ana 1t was but week since they had instructed him
to report substantially the resolutions as he had
now offered to the House. But, on the same day o.,
which he was to have performed that duty importantn-
elgence had been received, which had rendered delay
IN the presentation of the report The committee had
waited only for an official communication which having
dlcd, had been, by agreement of aorty of the COM
mittee, laid before the House Mr. c. moved thnt ,b
message and documents be referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs and that the resolutions as well
those offered by Mr. Everett by himself might L
printed.
MIR. Adams said, that the chairman of the commit
tee had assentcd to ceoursc indicated by the honora
bic gentleman from Virg2a (lr Archery he had TO re-
printed with the other -
Mr. Coulter "a member of the committee considered
the course suggested by the honorable gentleman from,
Virginia (Mr. Archery CERTAINLY TIC most orderly and
parliamentary and the most proper way in every view
OF dsposIng OF the papers from the Executive But Mr.
u could see no necessity propriety in printing the
resolutions which had been offered and for this reason
as the subject had been sent TO the committee was inn
possible for the House TO say officially TO anticipate
what the result would be Of the committees dcIibera.
tons. 1t was indeed very likely that the resolutions
which had been offered, something very like them
would be adopted; bat appeared to him wholly irregu-
lar and anomalous To print resolutions offered beforehand
when the subject TO which they related had refer
rcd to committee. lie thought the whole of the docu-
ments ought to to the committee, and there was no
question but what that committee would report without
loss of time.
He would add one word the course which had
been pursued in the committee There was no dispose
with what had been done by their colleagues ali thnt
bad been done had been done in spirit of harmony and
mutual good understanding But at the same time the
adopted by the honorable gentleman from
Massachusetts, (r Evcrett) was the only course which
circumstances left to him 1t very true that three
days since, majority Of the committee had agreed to a
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