Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-16
93l Consress-2d Sc sion.
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DEBATE
y THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
on ou1 relations NTH France.
SArrKpAY FEn. ., 1888.

SATURDAY, Fee. %, 1888.
MIR. A0CuER'5 REMARKS Coacludedl
Nr ARCHER cantnne1-iIovng row stated
he croativo pre-. rutrd TO the country, III case all
400 iation be discontinued, viz: the annhlanon
e our lrale, or war with our ancient friends ard
g,flrs, aIly ne proceeded to inquire why this state
,fltjngs vas Ia be encountered What was the
eaa,ilera,lon held out to us} For what must all
ihese ,ies Of 10 ercst aud of sympathy, which had
Tor so macy years bound the two notions together
be at once rupturcd and all the blessings Of peace
and mutual intercourse put to hazard lie was al
mos, ashamed to utter the reply 10 these inquiries
# was for tho sake cf five millions Of dollars Ie
to parlion of our eli zens-an Old debt long since
considered desperate 10y It's owners, and much of it
transferred years a.o from the original claimants
for IVA OF three shillings in the pou IT. 10 insurance
ei6ces and Spectators. Yes: II was for such
debt that all The high responsible lis to which he
had alluded were to lc incurred! we were nvok-
ed 10 enter into concs, which would put our Go.
yernmen, in the attitude OF a sheriff or a marshal
who backed a witt lie insisted thai, IN this view,
sub an execution ca h,, on motion, to be 41tasied
Because France did not refuse payment Of the debt;
sne disputed only as to lis amount. She was rea-
Jy and willing TO pay three millions OF The i've
Ii was. then, Tor this contemplate balance Of two
millions of dollars that Congress was invoked TO
llonge the country in'o tho vortex of enormous
commercial siclalccs or war Now, Mr., a. would
lake il upon himself to assert, If war were to fol-
bg thai there was ot TO he found IL all the records
Of history blotied aud smcared those pages
we're with blood (indccd they contained little cse,)
aslnge case where Il wnr, involving such extensive
andcaamlous conseq Iences had ever been incurred
for rause so widely, 50 UNNECESSARILY, dlspropor-
tomato to the effects which Were To follow 1t. Should
such result occur we should certainly have pecu-
laly in the annals of our Republic, 10 CRAFTY the
oycrto.lug z,a Of the gentlemen from Mas,dchu-
sets Mr. Adams for blows. But, save IN the an
nails Of romance-the records of such contests as
those OF Sir Lucius o Trigger, who won't to war
not to end msunde standing, but to pFercm 1t, this
war would have no parallel in the whole compass
of civilized life.
And the House were invited to risk the provoca-
ton Of war suc! as this, comprising, he had almost
sald the rdculG of mock with the tragic serious
ness OF Iea war, in achat name ln'hc feVetcd Inc
sacred name OF the NATIONAL HONOR Mr. "A
would make no professions OF readiness 10 sustain
tho honor of his country, any more man 10 vlndI.
cate his own he should leave that 10 be inferred
from his actona: he chose that the readiness of the
country to defend It's honor should rest "fon me
same rronod Let it rest not in the zeal with
WHICH |. was at1ltnleu, Eut III N''NN'~S - '''N'
ry: not in legislative results, but in deeds. He
was willing TO put that question on the evidence al
forded hy the last war But if that were lnsuth
clent evidence, he might mount yet higher-he
might rcsor, to the record of the contest for our IN
dependence- none brighter IN the multliafious an
mails OF the worlds historv-to the hgh anu Isoa-
ned tact, that these States when IN their colonial
condition with all the bonds OF hllal ana colonial
dependence and attachment, all The near ties OF
consequently and common origin, bound ABOUT
'he'r arms and what was more ABOUND 'he'r hearts
entered into Il war with the greatest Power IN
'he world and that Power their mother country,
ior what was then thought 10y many VISION, an
abstraction; but with them was a question OF hoo-
or as well us liberty. These were the records 10
which We might foint, and point securely, to wa
olcaie the National Honor itom reqahinS the'e
small and meagro Resolves to authenueae !" 1n"
was there, after ALL any question OF Na"on'' non
OF involved in the present case $50 tar, ne meant
as things had already gone Z MI A. SAID ne per-
'ee'lY well knew the foods, the storms, the 'en,.
pests OF denuncation to which he exposes t'msc'''
""ah nc asserted the negative. BIT nc SlennlA. no
aoa himself worthy the name of Il defender Oh INC
.'u''ona Honor Ga large part of when Jay III oo'
'aseJ did he shrink on that account from the assel-
uon OF Truth. He knew, that in taking suen
ground, and encounterng such hazard, he shou'd
,' az least one esteemed and honored coahJu'ot
"'a mend, honored in the region from whence nc