Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-09
POLITICAL.
From tic National MteHigenccr, FEB %,
OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.

OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
A ereo, indiscrciion has teen committed by the
Executive, ir publishing To the world the oIe let
,ers from Mr. Iivingsl our Minister at Paris
Ills Government had already sufficiently commit
ted him. by leaving him TO hear The brunt oil the
Presidents Message without premonon or slmul-
famous instruction. by leaving HIM 90 use his
own lansuagel "ol,ogethcr 10 the guidance oil his
own sense Of duty, under circumstances OF much
difficulty We nrprehcnd he Will hnd himself
under circumstances Of yet greater difficulty, when
his letters of different dates IA November and Dc
rembcr published here about three weeks ago,
shall reach Paris through the public Journals, md
tina, his difficulty vii, not be lessened when Thurs
days Executive communication TO Congress oil his
l.cstv,s IL H. ,ia, may W
arc very sorry for our own part, that the publication
OF these Letters imposes upon H the necessity Of
makins a few remarks upon them.
In Mr. Livingstone Letter Of January IL he
SAYS that extracts from the lntelllgcnccr aud New
York Courier-wo leave the Courier TO speak for
ilscf-hav been translated and rcpublishcd with
such comments as they might have been expected,
and undoubtedly were intended, 10 produce and If
hostlies should take PLACE between the two coun.
tries those persons WNy ilattcr themselves with
having the credit of great share in producing
them" These limitations from Mr.. Livingston
are so much out of place. and we may add, so lit
tle in character for that gentleman, that we have
been obliged to seek for motive for them elscs
where than IN the suggestions oil his own sound
mind Beng without any dispatches i'om his
Government, we learn, then, from MS letter oil the
18th, he adapted his tone 10 the language OF the
Globe and from that Journal appears to have taken
the teAt Of his Letters 10 his own Government, as
well as Of his representations TO Couni dc Rigny
tl.. tytno m
confidence due to that journal tho organ of ibe
Presidents will, and The exposition Of his wishes
and feelings He is therefore happy, he says, to
learn from so authentic source, that his views are
those of the Government But let his words speak
for themselves. In his letter of the 10Th January,
TO the Secretary of State, he says "From the
view OF The motires Of the Presidents message,
contained ~ The aasaoer n The Globe 10 The article
IN the hietitgencer, am happy IN believing thai
the represe citations have made 10 the Count dc
Rigny, as detailed in my No II, Bo@ enter
tataed By TIE G0rerameai, and that have not, in
this at LEAST, gone furthee than txwould have d.
tccted me to DO had been favored with your III
struc,ions."
Finding this direct reference TO an article IN the
Globe, as being, if not equivalent, 10 an order from
his Government, at least regarded as substitute
for IT, VIC have had curiosity enough 10 turn 10 'the
answer of the Giote to the article in the lnelleen
cer,n Of which we had very faint recollection, if
we had ever read il. And really, when we came
10 read IL over, were surprised at the exoctness
with which the Minister abroad seems 10 have re-
sponded 10 the only Instructions he had ttom home
as to 'thc motives of the Presidents Message
He has almost literally followed them Let us
quote passage or two from the article in the Globe
tof Dec. s. replying to an article in the National
inelligencer OF Dec. A. (ihe day afer our publlca-
ton of the Presidents Messsge) Here is one:
"If she fFranceI shall shed Amer"an blood in
this controversy, and push her injustice TO actual
war, the responsibility fr all the destruction OF
human life and Of valuable property which may
ensue, ,ciU justly rest upen III, heads Of Ire Edit
Srs Of The National Inteit,gencer, and those who
speak and act upon the basis presented in the att.
Gle upon which we now commenting"
Well WHIST says MIR. Livingston Why,
speaking OF the very same article IN the National
Inte.igeueer he writes to the Secret,ry Of State
and the Secretary of Sta'e-O. MIR. Forsyth
sends it as Ne7cs to the President, and he 10 Con.
gress-lhat Attif A0stiiitiss should take place BE-
ttscsn The tpo countries, those persons Editors OF
the National Intelligenoer, &c. may latter them
selves svitA having tie credit Of great share IN
producing tAem..
II is fortunate for the character of this journal 70
political discretion, that its comments on the Mes
sage thus siigmatzed by the Globe and our MIN
is.er to France, were little than an antici
patton, in brief, Of those embodied a few days at
serwarjs, 10 the Report Of the Senatcs Committc