Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-02-26

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pressions-and, above all, to declare, that
France imputes, neither to the people nor to
the Government of the United States, the SEN
tinents and the propositions which their
President has expressed. We only wish tol
see in his Message to Congress, the incon-
siderate act (Pacte peu refechi) of an iso-
lated power and the national honor docs
not the less command us to persist In the
policy which has been always that of the
Kings Government-hte policy of good fnHi.
|, Gentlemen: You will scrupulously weigh
the motives whieh solicit the adoption of the
treaty. 1t will be required of you, above all
other things, that, in examining this question,
YOU will dvest your minds, as We have done,
Of every consideration unconnectcd with the
subject itself. In other words, upconnected
with THE RIGHT AND JUSTICE OF THE CLAIM,
and with the compensation we should offer,
for the commercial advantages which the
treaty guarantees to France.
Il Impressed with these considerations. gen.
tlemen, the government make me It's organ Of
again laying before you the project of the
law which ! shall now have the honor Of
reading to you.
1t has been judged necessary 10 insert an
eventual clause, Of which, without doubt, you
will acquiesce in the propriety. This clause
| forbids the payments to be made on the sum
! fixed by the treaty, until the intention OF the
| American Government shall be made known.
1t is our right, and our duty, gentlemen, to
render that government responsible tor every
act which may tend to wound the dignity
and the interests Of France.
/ The following are the provisions OF the
project OF the law:-
I Art. |. The Minister of the Finances, Is
authorized to carry to the Budget Of each of
the years 1896, 1897, 1888, 1889, 1910, 1S4l, ,
the sum requisite to pay offin six equal terms
! the capital of 25,CO0000 francs, which are
/ due in execution of the Treaty signed on the
9TH Of July, 1881, between France and the
! United States, and the ratifications OF which
were exchanged at Washington, on the I'd
February, 1882.
| Art. 9. The sum Of - 100000 francs, s,whch
the Government OF the United States engag-
ed to pay to France in six annual instruments
in discharge of the claims of French citl-
zens, shall be credited to a special article OF
, the Budget as the recoveres are made
! Credits to n similar amount, shall be opened
to the Minister of the Finances, for the dis
! charge Of the claims that may have been
liquduted in favor of the French citizens.
! Art. 3. The payments to be made on the
sum Of 25O00,0 ,0C0 francs, shall not be carried
| into effect, till it shall have been ascertained
that the Government of the United States
! has adopted no measures injurious to the
! French interests.
4 The question was then proposed to the
Minister, that this project of law should be
! printed and distributed, and the day for dis
| cusson ultimately fixed.
/ This ministerial communication, caused n
strong and general sensation, which lasted
! Tor some time. A miscellaneous discussion
| followed and became general, when Nj. Pellet
took the tribune. Gentlemen-(said hey the
Chamber will readily believe, that do not
wish to anticipate discussion on the pro-
| ject which has just been submitted by the
| government l only wish to require the i'm
mediate printing Of q document, which will
! not otherwise be IN time to enlIghten ON
! opinion. The Chamber is aware, that be-
sides the committee charged with the exam
ination Of this subject last year, there are
other committees, named expressly, to dis
cuss the same question, pa cularly one nom
mated in 1881, and which made at that time
n report on this important transaction.
think, then, that the printing Of these reports
should be ordered along with the present
that we may be enabled to examine the af
fair under every aspect. | therefore move
that the. printing and distributing of the re-
port made in 1881 to government may be or
dered- (secondcd.)
NJ. dc Rigny, (Foreign Minister.) In the
speech of the Minister Of Finances, it wa.
announced that all the documents necessary
for the elucidation of the treaty with the U
States, should be placed before the Chambers
IF gentlemen should require the printing o
any of these documents, the government hat
no intention Of opposing the order.
III nj. lie Prcsldent-ltis perfectly understood
that these documents will be laid upon the
> table of the Ceamber- and not merely before
the Commission
NJ. de Rigny answered in the affirmative.
\ We request the grave attention of the rea
der, says the Commercial Advertiser,) to the
; foregoing remarks of the French Minstcr,or
this important occasion. 1t is calm, digni
fed, and honorabe-evncing due sense o
self. Prospect, on the part of mis- Sovercign,an,
at the same time, expressing a strong ant
sincere desire to vindicate the honor O
France, in the execution Of the Treaty, n
: far as may be, after the delay that has al
ready occurred, to the letter. The insult up
on the French King, contained in the Mes
sage Of General Jackson, he considers in TN
light OF mere personal act of the Execu
tive and it will be so considered and treat
ed, until such insult shall have been sane
: toned by Congress. The ignorance of tn
!, American Executive as to the principles O
D the Constitution Of the French Monarchy, j
rebuked with dignity-and, at the same time
$ in terms not offensive. [Alas. the Frenc
! Minister little knows the ignorance Of tn
same Executive mind, in regard to the prin