Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-03-03

DErAnrnrsr OF FonrIos Abrams, }

ON; 4 GU have well comprehendcd the nature of the
Impressions produced upon the Kings Government by
the message which his Exccllency President Jackson adj
dressed on tho LIST of December the Congress OF the
United States. Nothing certainly could have PREPARED
MS for it. Even though the complaints expressed in il
had been just they reality unjust we should
stu have had right to be astonshcd receiving the
hrst communication of them in such form
In the explanations which | am now about TO make
cannot enter upon the consideration any facts other
than those occurring subsequently the vote by which
the last Chamber OF Deputies refused the appropriation
necessary for the payment stipulated in the Treaty of
July 4h However this vote may have been regarded
by the Government of the United States is evident
That by accepting (0ccueaat) the promise OF the King
Government, TO bring a second deliberations before
the new Legislature had in fact POSTPONED all discuss
sion, and all rccrminaon the subject of this first re
fusal until another decision should have either repealed
or conhrmedit This postponcmen therefore sets aside
Tor the time, all difficulties arising either Justly or nm
justly from the rejection OF the treaty or from the delay
by which is had been preceded; and although the mes
sage begins by cnumcrang them think proper in order
to conine mysclft the matter in question only to reply
to the mputations made account of subsequent oc-
currcnces.
The rcproachcs which President Jackson considers
himself authorised To address to France may be summed
up in u few words. The Kings Government promised
TO present the Treaty of July 4th aqan 10 the Cham
bcrs, they could be assembled They were
assembled the 3lst July and the Treaty has not vet
been presented to them. Such is exactly the whole
substance of the Presidents augmentation and nothing
can be easier than to reiute it,
may first observe, that the assembling of the Cham
bers on the 3lst July in obedience LEGAL prescription
tai they should be called together within stated pc
Rod after dissolution OF the Chamber of Deputies was
notnhg more than piece of ormality; and il President
jackson had attended to the internal mechanism of our
administrative system he would have been convinced
that the session of 1885 could have really
ut that season of 1854 Every one knew beforehand
that alter fortnight spent in the forms installation it
would be adjourned
The President of the United States considers that the
bill relative 10 the American claims should have been
presented to the Chamber within that fortnight can
not understand the propety of this reproach. The bill
was explicitly announced in the specch from the throne
on the very day in which the Chambers met, This was
all that was required to make known the opinion and
design OF the Government and to prevent that species
oil moral prescription TO which absolute silence wouId
have given authority With regard to the mere act of
presentation solong before discussion could possibly take
place, this proceeding would have been so unusual and
extraordinary that il might have increased the unavor
able prepossesslons of the public already too numerous
without producing any real advantage in Above
all the result which the President had in view of being
able to announce the of the Chamber of Denn
puues m his message would not have been attained
President Jackson expresses his regret that your soil
citauohs (ihSdnceS) had not determined the Kings
government to call the Chambers together at an earlier
day, low soon soever they may have been called, the
Simplest calculation VIII serve To shew that the discus
sions IN our Chambers could not have been known i'm
the United States at the opening of Congress and the
Presidents regret is therefore unfonnded Mornovar
the same obstacles and the administrative
which rendered real session impossible during the
months OF July or August were almost equally opposed to
ITS taking place before the last weeks of the wear The
mead OF government like that of the IT, S. should be
able to comprehend more clearly than an one else those
moral impossibtes which arise from the fixed charac
Ter OF The principles OF constitutional regime and to
see that IN such system the Administration is subject
to constant and regular FORMS from which no specaI in
teresl, however important, authorize deviation
II u.s. then, evident that far from meriting the reproacb
OF failing to comply with its engagements far from hay
ing deferred either voluntarily or from ncgIgcnce tho
accomplishment of its promises, the Kings Government
ever occupied in the design of fulfilling them was only
arrested Tor moment by insumountable Obstacles This
appears from the explanations given; and must
add that the greater part Of them have already been p
scented by M Serrurier to the Government of The II
states which, by its silence, seemed to acknowledge
their full value
1t is worthy of remark that, on the LIST of December
the day ON which President Jackson signed the Messare
to Congress, and remarked with severity that nearly
month to elapse before the assembling of the Cham
hers they in reality assembled in virtue of royal
ordinance, calling them together at period earlier
than that first proposed Their assembaee was not in
decd immediately followed by the presentmcnt of ,ae
to the American claims; but you;
new delay. You yourself requested us not 10 ends1
the success of this important affair, by minglinr its dis
cusson with debates OF different nuturc, their mere
coincidence might have the effect of bringing other in
huences into play, than those by which il should natural
~ be governed BY this request you clearly showed
that you had, with your udicious spirit correctly apprc
cated the situation of things and the means of advanc
| ing the cause which you called to defend And
permit TO add that the course which Won have ,boL,
proper TO adopt this point is the best Justification of
that which we ourselves have for months been pur
SUNG IN obedience to the necessities inherent in our DO
itca organizaton and in order 10 insure as far as lies
IN our power, the success of the attempt which we
were preparing TO make in the Chamber.
However this may be, the Kings Government freed
from the internal difficulties the force of which Won have
yourself SO formally admitted preparing to present
the bill for giving sanction the treaty Of July 1th
when the strange message of December LIST came and
obliged again TO deliberate on the course which il
should pursue ~ -
The Kings Government, though deeply wounded b,
imPuations to which will not give name Ina wing de-
monstraied their purely gratuous character still does
not wish to retreat absolutely from determination al
ready taken, IN spirit of good faith and Justice How
great soeVer may be the difficulties caused by the uro-
vocation which President Jackson has given and bv the
Irritation which IT has produced in the public mind If
VIII ask the Chambers for appropriation oftwcntyve
millions, IN order to the engagements of JULY 4tb
But at the same time his Majesty considered il due
to ms own dignity longer leave his Minister OK
posed to hear language offensive to France nj Ser
rurler will receive orders to return to France
Such sir are the determinations of which | am charg-
ed Immediately to inform YOU in order that Won NAV
make them known to the Government of the United
States, and that you may yourself take those measures
winch may seem TO you TO be the natural consequences
OF this communication The passports which YOU NAV
desire, are, therefore, at your disposition
Accept, SIR, the assurance of my high consideration
~ DE RIGNY.
To the Hon. EDw. LiyIyGsros.
Mr.. Livingston, to Mr. FORSYTH
LEGATION THE II. STATES.
80 - PARIS, Jan. 18th, 1885
Sir: Having determined to send Mr. Brown ono of
the gentlemen attached to the legation TO Havrc with INV
dispatches. have just time to add to them the COW ~
the note which have sent to the Count de Rig5ov
The course indicated by it was adopted after the hest
reflections could give TO the subject and | hope will
meet the appreciation Of the President MY first impress
sions were, that ought to follow my inclination de-
mand my passports and leave the Kinpdom fTha
would at once have freed from situation r. xfren,c-