Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-01-19

we should i%rlcrpose any obstacle To final success
a rash and precIpitaic measure, on our part, would
moi only tend 10 conlrm rrepossessions already OK
isuns against the treaty, but would probably con
vert some OF tho warm friends into indignan,
opponents to It's execution.
Ihls hrlngs us 10 the confederation of VIVA, has
transplred, since the exchange OF the notifications
OF the treaty, for the purpose OF executing IL.
Tho have deliberately examined oil the
evidence submitted 10 them, to satisfy themselves
whether the Government Of tho King of France
mas alneerely and faithfully endcavored to obtain
Inc appropriations necessary to execute tho s,,pu-
latlons OF the treaty. The statement contained in the
message OF the President respecting tho periods Of
tho meeting, und the termination ofthc sessions of
the French Chamb rs, the presentation of the bill
OF indemnity and the disposition mnJe of it, is be-
neved to be substantially correct, with tho exccp.
ton that It appears that the treaty wns referred TO
II for examination. on the 10th June.
1888, nnd 1t was deemed necessary to colloc, oil the
documents calculated to throw light upon tho qucs-
uon, winch, requiring time, prevented n report "a.
that session. Standing alone, without explanation,
the delay would imply Indifference, if no, culpable
neglect, in procuring from the Chambers the requi.
site appropriation To fulfil n national engagement.
But tho apprehcnsions entertained and expressed
by Tho French ministers, In the progress OF the ne
collation., as to tho futo IL tho treaty before tho
S'"h'ipeisb uppcuI W nhVe pcCn constantly tctb ny
them, ond TO have Influenced all their proceedings.
They profess TO have been dcsirous to remove
all difficulties, by suitable explanations, end by
persuasion and Cancellation, and to have thought
that the support of the Chambers was moro likely
to bo secured by these means, and by time, than by
urging an imTediatc decision.
The committed beg leave to call tho attention OF
The Senate to certain parts Of tho correspondence
which arc calculated 10 e~nlightcn i, in respect TO
the conduct and motives Of The King and his Min
istets. lnreply TO u note Of Mr.. Niles, the Ameri-
can Charge d Ahaires complaining of tho protest of
the draft, aud the non.execulion Of the treaty, the
French Minister Of Foreign Affairs, in u note,
under date the Goth March. 1893 ,says,' II was well
known IN Washington, thu, according 10 n conslitu.
tional principle. which Is also vigorously observed in
tho United States, the treaty Of July 4, 1881, could
not tnke effect IN France, until it had received the
asscnt OF the Legislature in all it's financial par
ticulars. Circumstances, over which The King's
Government have no control, have hitherto prevent
cd 1t from asking such sanction and although the
treaty does not conlnin any express stipulation, az
regards The necessity OF such assent, yet II should
no, the less be considered as i'm lied, innsmuch Ms
1t necessarily arises from the nature Of things,
and tho funda montal maxims Of our public law"
And, IN a Subsequent purt Of the same note, tho
Minister further remarks d" Blu, | can assure you
'Hoi, "''pupH tnclG hlny nc some utlhv IN the nc
quitlol of the sums mentioned in tho treaty, YET
tina, delay which circumstances render unavoidable.
will not be greater than necessity requires" lie
adds, y your Government, sir, will appreciate duly
the parliamentary considerations, and constitution.
al principles, on which they nre founded aud |
''onbt not that the affair will ond by inspiring
them with greater confidence in tho Kings Go
vernment."
There can be no doubt tina, the allnsion Of the
French Ministers 10 circumstances over which the
Kings Government Ind no control, md to parlia.
meiiarY considerations which would be duly sp-
prccIaied at Washington, referred TO the opposition
to the treaty IN tho Chamber of Deputies. This
supposlllon is confirmed by a passage in n nolo
from Mr.. Harris, the successor Of MIR. Niles, as A.
m"flcan Charge d'Annircs, addressed 10 tho French
Minister on the LIST July, 1888, in which, referring
to repeated Interviews between them, ho says
" lie was then assured that there was some oppo-
slticn in the Chambers with regard to the treaty,
but that great hore was entertained of is being
surmounted. The undersigned therefore, employ
ed himself, on the one hand, ogreeably TO tho ,n,i-
Iatlon that h. would do so, IN visiting the most in
f1ontinl members, and setting the principles Of the
treaty before them IN their true light, SO ~ TO
make them comprehend tho whole impor-
tance of the question and, on the other, in transmit
ting to the Cabinet, a. Warrington accounts Of oil
that took place here, rs we'll al the promises and
assurances given him by the French Ministry"
The case must hnyo been an extraordinary one
IN which a foreign mlniBter could have invoked,
or a representative OF the American Government
would have yielded to, such an irregular i~ntcrposI-
ton.
In his answer 10 this note, the French Minister,
nftcr expressing his opinion III, 4 1t WA unneccssa.
~, the Minister france at Washington having
been charged 10 make suitable representations, pro.
cecds, to say, " Thus his Mojesty's Government,
in demanding from the Chamber Of Depulies, during
the fist session. the appropriation indispensable
for discharging the engagements of the treaty pro-
eecdcd agIccably to rule but it evidently did not
depend upon the Goyernmen, TO have such np-
preparation voted in that session and, certain
ly,i, 10 no. TO Mr. Harris that the undersigned could
think himself obliged to urge sush q considcra-
ton.
As 10 the session which began on the 25ih of
April, its shortncss 10 sufficient alone 10 explain
how the vote which was rejected in the preceding
ono should have been aguin deferred aud upon
this point, Likewise, the Kings Government, is full
y authorized to consider itself clear Of al impu.a-
ton.
!" No doubt, as Mr.. Hurts observes, tho Cabinet
at Washington had a right 10 rely n,>on the cxact
fulhlment of the engagements subscribcd in tho
name of France and !, is to be hoped tIas In this
It's confidence has not been diminished bu, i, "
TOO enlightened, ind understands too well the du-
ties imposed by representative institutions, as well
as by the parliamentary system, mol to have jud
| ged that the Kings Government would necessarily
have, above all things, TO preserve The proper line
Of conduct with respect to the Chambers. In fact,
whilst the charter recognizes in the King The rug hi
OF concluding and rnt,fying treaties, it, at the same
time, renders the sanction of tho legislative body