Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-10
THE FRENCJT YRE1J,I,


The Alexandria Gazette states, that the Committee con-
sisting OF Mcssrs. Clay, King of c.. Mangum Sprapue
ana alimadgc were unanimous in concurrmg with the
Report with the exception ofAr. Tallnadrc I'VE shall
commence the Report itself in our ncxt--which fills a
ception of about two columns.
Passing over the other parts of this paper there is
one portion IN 1t, which deserves to be met at Mr.
aimaage met IT on tile floor of the Senate Chamber
whenit was strcad, Wednesday, Tile re port attempts
to assign the reasons for the appropriation being rcscdn
the Chamber of Deputies, and adds: The controing
motive however. of the majority, is believed have been
conviction entertained by them that the treaty stipu-
iaes the payment of greater than Justly due from
France Unfortunately we are perhaps not altopcihcr
Tree tom the reproach of having contributed make this
French Chamber" Mr. Tallmados " could NO, cn,nrr
with the report in its views ofthe supposed effect of Mr.
itvcs correspondence the deliberations of the Dcpu-
This part of Mr.. Clays Report is more marked than
any o'her by narrow party views seeks to lay
OF the blame for the failure Of the Treaty at Mr. Rves
door This tallies we'll with the canor which has
been wontony got up and rung in all changes by the
Opposition presses throughout the country that its design
10 Keep up inc war-cry against the Administration and
against its Minister, be mistaken The same note
mad been previously sounded in the Senate, by the other
great ieaGer OF the Opposition, MIR. CalhounThs sa-
gacious statesman is of every device of this sort
1t was on the Both December that he "desrcd 1--WE quote
rom letter IN the ~ Y Times, from Washinato that
the debates in the French Chambers upon the subec of
the treaty. and letter of Mr. Rives which Mr. Calhoun
said supposed have had some agency in prcvcnt
ing fuflnent of the engagements Of France be also
printed MIR. c., however, made motion on the sub
lead IN the Senate in opposition TO the
OF the President on this subject
We rejoice in the opportunity of meeting all this slang
OF the Opposition press and these hints of Messrs CLAW
and Calhoun, by the following able Communication
with which we have been favored. 1t was pcnned be-
fore Mr. Clay had made his Report-and perhaps with
out the writer having seen the remarks of Mr. Cal
houn But these rather add the necessity Of noticing
me suggestonand OF course TO the value of the
Mr. Riyes' conduct ought be set right in this trans
action lie deserves 1T from the press Never did any
Minister conduct negotiation with uitring per-
severance, and mastery ingenuity We read his Cores
Pondence, when it first out, critically carefully and
dispassionaely We laid IL down with n profound
sense of admiration for the ability he had displayed -
Our opinion has undergone variation. The whole
Correspondence is chef daucrc of dipomacv-and We
wish 1t We're in the hands of every man. who has to pass
upon the pretcnslons of Mr. Rivcs:
rnrxc,, Dn ron TIE EvqUlRER.
| .hr Rires Dispatches &c SC.
vi all the miserable attempts reckless Opposton ~
detract from the wellenrned popularity Of the present
Administration has surpassed in shame and
absurdy, the assertion that has been wantonly made
without particle fevdcnce the slightest colour Of
plausibility to sustain it, that the published cores
pondence of MIR Rves, with his Government had oc-
casioned the rejection by the French Chamber of Dcpu-
ties, OF the appropriation for carrying the Treaty ne
gociated by him, into effect. This correspondence it
is alleged (most falsely will be contains bo1sf
made by Mr. Rlyes that he had orredchcd the French
Governments which boast coming the knowledge ofthe
chamber OF Deputies, they indignantly refused 10 carry
the treaty INTO execution The marked concert ZEAL
Gus industry with which thsaegation echoed and
recchoed by the whole Opposition press from Richmond
TO boston, Is sufficiently explained by the Importance
which the Holy Alliance of NuiliferS and Nationals nj
iach to the prosration of Mr. Riyes in his own State
and especially his defeat in the approaching election
of U. s. Senator for Virginia-an object Which has
been, and continues to be pursued by unng and as
unscrnpuous system of fasehood and detraction as
ever was directed against public man
Now, If this allegation have any foundation nothinr
can be easier than to produce the evidence oft All the
debates and proceedings, which took place in the Cham
Der OF Deputies, the occasion of the rejection of the
appropriation Tor carrying the Treaty into effect are in
possession oil the public They have been carefully cell
lected from the Paris Moniteur, the Official journal
f 1 lhe french Government, in which always pub
liseu, Iu and authentic reports of the speeches and
oher proceedings OF the Chambers and translation of
them, by order of the Secretary of State has been re-
Gently published at Washington, in pamphlet ofI5l
pages winch Is or may be- III the hands ofevery of
Air kves detractcrs. Let them tlcn with these de-
bates and proceedings in their hands, which they have
heretofore appealed with ristic know
ing nothing Of what in them Let them viii tho
record in hand point, il they can single passage of
single speech in which tie rejection of the pnnrd
tion ioI carrying tie Treaty effect was soght 10 Lc
JUSTIFIED by any thing contained in Mr. Rvcs dcsoatches
AeT most attentive and careful examination of Tie
whoe ueDaies take upon myself to affirm, without the
fear Of contradiction from any one who has read them
that no such passage he found.
On the contrary, it is remarkable fact that while
MT iyes correspondence is frequently referred in
the discussion by the friends of the appropriation cr
IS not the slightest alluson it by any ofits opponents
IN lhe report OF inc committee, which recommended and
eoqueny urged the propriey Of The appropriation MIR
I.Fcs correspondence is not only referred to- (sce
PPhe p ~ but he himself is spoken of in the most
respectful and fatterng manner (Sec D. IN This corn
imtec consisted Of niue of the distinguished mem
bers OF The Chamber Of Deputies, and by minority Of
to (SeeP 1867 reported in favor of the exccutio, Of
the treaty The report ITSELF already remarked sews
mat MIR yes correspondence possession of the
committee Here them signal and conclusive proof
tbat the effect of Mr.. Riyes correspondence was not
what has been wantonly and rcckcssy asserted by the
PPosuon press; for with that correspondence before
tneir eyes, committee Of enlightened and patriotic
frenchmen, by the overwhelming minority of eight 10
ono, warmly recommended the passage Of law carry
The Treaty into effect
Of all these who participated in the discussion on the
hoor OF the Chamber, MIR Jay Chairman of the before
mentioned committee and the Duke de Broeic Minister
oil Foreign Affairs, the only persons whose speeches
contain evidence that they had seen and read Mr. Rives
correspondence with his Government This appears ne
10 A jay not only from his speeches the course of
me discussion but from the Report of the Committee
when was drawn by him And the Duke dc BrooIc
us not only to be presumed from his official position bat
Is ctH Dy facts and circumstances stated by him. con-
/ ngnac ministry, which obviously drawn from Mr.
! kves dispatches to the American Government (Scc
pamphlet, P. 500 Both of these gentlemen were zeal
Gus advocates Of the uilment Of the treaty Mr. Riyes
correspondence, therefore, did not produce with them
the effect which has been gratuitousy imputrd
On the other hand already stated none offhose ,vlo
were opposed to the fu6lmcnt of the trentv made
the rcmotcSt reference TO Mr. Rivcs' corrcr ndencc
The most asutc critic may be boldly CHALLENGED 70
point out single alluson made 10 by any of Tie
opponents OF the appropriation. 1t appears then in ti.
result mat all the members Of the Chamber who are
shown TO have had any knowledge Of Mr. Rvcs cores
Pondenee including the Committee to whom the eub-
Jeet OF the Treaty referred were decidedly friendly
70 us execution; while Of those opposed to iisexecuto
u oVos not appear that single had read Mr. Rives
correspondence or il any Of them had done So il is Ger
tam that not one Of them made the rcrnotcst augon 10
u as they unquesonaby would have done if they had