Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-02-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATIRnAY Eehruaxu


The President Of the United States having
to the House of Representatives on
the 9Th CT ebruary, a message, including sew
eral letters from Mr.. Livingston, Minister Of the
United States at the court of France to the Sec
rotary of State, on the subject Of our relations
with that government; Mr.. Adams Of Massa-
chusetts, moved to refer the message and docu-
ments to the Committes ON Foreign Relations,
with instructions to report forthwith on the SUBJ
ject.
Mr.. J. @. ADAMS said, in introdue-
ing this resolution, his purpose was that
the Committee on Foreign Relations
should be instructed to report forthuiat-
he used the word forthwith in order 10 as
certain whether that House thought It in
consistent with their duty, and the inter
ests and honor Of the nation, to leave this
great subject any longer without action
upon it. And as the action Of the House
must depend upon the report to be a.aae
by that committee, there was 10 other
mode of arriving at that result than BY in
siructing the committee TO report forth
nth. lie had no objection to any amend
meDt which the honorable Chairman Of
the Committee Of Foreign Relations, { MIR.
Cambreleng, or any other member, ra,g ht
propose, VINO thought il necessary to al
low that committee further time to consid-
er the subject; but he deemed it important
that, as we were then within a short
month Of the termination Of the session,
and N from the correspondence lust read.
as well as from the reports in general
throughout tho country, he
thought i, exceedingly doubtful whether
any thing more de Unite would be received
with respect to the action Of the French
4 vernment upon that treaty. The let
ter from Mr.. Livingston Of the 9Th of De-
the day after the new French
had obtained what thst gentle
tleman called a victory, speaks in very
terms Of the proba b,ii,v of the
Chamber Of Deputies passing the bill Of ap-
But what oid his subse-
quent letter, dated fifteen days afterwards
say? He tells US that the new ministry
were far from willing to hazard their popu-
|arity upon proposing the bill. Well
then, MIR. Livingston concluded with saw
ing that he was by no means sanguine i
and other reports. from Paris, and from al
most every other source, concurred In
stating that there was no prospect what
ever. that the French Chamber would
make any appropriation, 10 prov ide for the
pau menf Ok lie Geot. / hat was also the
general ,er.sr o. all the private comnun.-
from Paris. Now, under these
he thought ii time for that
House to- ke tie prop. ositto1 ct ne Presi-
lent OF the United States at the com
ssencesnens oi the present session; to take
/ up. aud see whether that House would
% what the Presiden. proposed upon the
OF a contingency, which NJ. "A.
considered as scarcely longer a contin-
sency- lie Considered the SUBSEQUENT
despatch Of Dir. Livingston as equivalent
o ascerta:nlng the fact, that the coniin,
.encv contemplated BY the message of
he President, would lie tarred into a re-
liay; that Is to say, ascer;ain,ng the
French Chamber Of Deputies would dol
Hf. i. dad not underta xe To saw
hat what the President had recommend
d al the commencement Of the session
would be the wisest and the most psoperl