Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-19

House adjourned, that the House would r,s ".'
self from dshonor-that il would nn,wo, ~ -,
and the jus, expectation of every America, ,;,;,a,
by declaring that the President should have 49,,
to save the nation and protect the honor and ms,
claims OF ITS citizens from the aggression of an mac
Ient and juggling Power.
Mr.. Sutherland said
we were 10 have any contest with France. he
""h'eo 10 secure Tor this country the vantage
s'oa"o' Inns nc would do, not by pressing
| such question at this moment Ua r,rld
| wait till he received definite information =,
10 her final determination. For efc, MI
France was, and had been our friend and anc;en,
ally lie would speak to her in the language Of
! me PRESIDENT, and he would wait till the yery las,
| hour' ha' ne might give her chance Of saving
~he1her she would not pay this debt He had
been asked, by the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr Ly-
l'e,) whether he expected 10 receive any favora.
BILE Intelligence. In reply he would say, that eve
~ wave carried hope upon its bosom The French
Government nigh, yet send US a message wor-
thy oil France But If not, then he was ready
10 60 with the gentleman from Masssacbuset,,
with the gentleman from Ohio, and with eve.
ry Other gentleman in he House, in the high road
Of honor end maintain the glory of our country.
Mr. K. NJ Johnson said
Il IS doubtful whether those who held back & re-
| fused to take strong measures in cases of injury
dId not DO more to plunge nations into war than
hose who acted promptly to resent and redress vi
o'd'ons OF fath by acting upon the principle ofthe
PRESIDENT to demand nothing but what was Just
| and submit to nothing evidently wrong. Mr. J.
expressed his utter establishment at the conduct Of
France. Here, he said seemed not only to be
wrong and injustice, but r,lf,l and premeditntcd
| wrong-and the question was, could tamely
subnlt TO it For one, he could, he would not. He
would sustain the President in his course. He was
| not for precipitation-he wcs willing to wait for
| the final action Of the Chamber of Deputies +; bu:
ne now believed forbearnnco had ceased to be vir
tue.
! Mr. Evans said
! Before he could give his assent to any thing
like definite course of action. he must frs, know
what effect the reception Of the Presidents mes
| sage had produced in France, and on what ground
the rejection of our claim had been placed lie
wanted 10 know whether the ground was the a.
mount ofthe indemnity which had been allo wed.
He would only now say that he could not consent,
to my act Of ncipien hostility until he got the in
formation connected with the subject He wanted
to see the instructions TO our Minister, and he
wanted farther to see the correspondence between
him and the French Government This WINS not
question TO be decided upon under a temporary
sush Of feeling. II required calm and deliberate
consideration.
MIR. Cambrelcng said
If the other branch OF the Legislature had a,
the commencement Of this matter, assumed bold
cr and frmcr stand, il would have been more con-
sisent with the true dignity of that House and the
| honor Of the nation. Unfortunately the Govern
mcnt was divided. Some gentlemen were in favor
of waiting and forbearing in the hope ihnt such a
course would be attended with tho happicst eonse-
quenccs. For his part, he had been ready,
| from the first, to respond to the spirit and sent
ments of the Presidents message, and either to
adopt the measure recommended, or some other
which would go TO show to the French nation that
this Government was determined to enforce the
rights Of its citizens: for Mr.. C. though, that after
years Of ,nsnl, on the side, and forbearancc on
the other, further forbenrance would no longer be
virtue.
Mr.. Patton said
He wished that the House. in manner perfect
y respectful TO the President should express its de-
termination in spirit of forbearance, and Of firm
reliance upon tho honor of the French nation to
wait the farther action Of the French Chambers,
before 1t should resolve any thing definite in the
case. He was still, as he had from the first been
Of opinion, that Congress ough, TO wait the action
Of the Chambers; that our wsest policy would be
to manifest the utmost forbe,rance and the strong
est desire for conc,liation and to postpone to the
last extremity any Of direct collision with
France. Mr.. P. stool prepared for either fortune
w ilc on the one hand he tell disposed to place the
utmost reliance upon the integrity and honor Of the
French Government, yet on the other he would not
consent to submit to wrong, fragrant, persevering
and unrcdrcssed.
Mr.. Gllmer said
The question Of peace war was an important
| one. II was the grentes question on which the
nation had to pass. l, not only touched the public
honor and interest, but it came home to tho con
Germs Of every citizen. On such question, why
did gentlemen urge the House to oct before il could
&C, understandiogy7 Were they not agreed that
the Government of this country was so constituted
that we ought never to go TO war bu, after the
greatest practicable forbcaraGcel Was no, peace
our avowed pocy7 Why, then, should we enter
into these premature discussions1 The reflections
and menaces thrown on, uader such circumstances
were unworthy of the House, and injurious to The
character of the nation. He had heard much SAID
about the national honor. But, after all, what were
the rules Of this national honor, of which gentle
men spoke so much and so loudly2 BY what was il
TO be regulated 1t might do when crowned heads
ftll out about questions of personal dignity, or in
teres 10 talk about rules of honor, ard about being
bound by their honor 10 resent each sther's acts
But the principles which actuated and governed
this nation, and which he trusted would ever guide
this Government, were not the caprlc'ous rules OF
fnncied honor, but the doctrines of national law,
II war should como, gentlemen would find that It
was no, to be carried on by flourshcs of historic.
Mr.. E. Everett said
What, sir, is the melancholy truth. as to the con
dton Of the French King Government woul
not in wan,onncss say any thing disparag'ngly Of
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