Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-02-02
No. ID.
Mr.. Forsyth to Mr.. Pagcot.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, Dec. 3, 1885.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, Dec. 3, 1885.
SIR:
| had yesterday, the honor to receive
YOUR note of the 1st instant, with the ac-
companying paper, purporting to be copy
of a letter addressed, under date of 18th of
June last, by his ExcelIency the Duke dc
Broclie, Minister OF Foreign affairs of
France, to yourself After referring to
what occurred in our interview of the 1lth
of September, in regard to the original let.
ter, and expressing your regrets at the
course then felt it my duty to take, you
request me to place the copy enclosed in
yoir letter, under the eye of the President.
In allowing you, during that interview
to read TO me the Duke dc Broglle's dcs-
patch, which chccrfully did, you were en-.
abled 10 ava;! yourself of THAT informal mode
ofapprizing the department, of the views
of Your Government, in the sa'l extent au-
thorized by diplomatic usage. The ques..
ton whether or not should ask copy Of
that despatch, was, Of course, left, as it
should have been, by your Government cx..
clusiyely to my discretion. My, reasons
for not making that request ~crc frankly
stated to you, founded on 4 conviction that
in, the existing relation between the two
countries, the President would think it most
proper, that every communication upon the
subject in difference between them, design
ed to influence his conduct, should, before
It was submitted to his consideration, be
made to assume the official form belonging
to a direct communication from one Gov
erpmeHt to another, by which alone ne
could be- enabled to cause suitable reply
to be given to it, and to submit 1t, should
such step become necessary, to his asso.
c;ates in the Government. / had also the
honor, at the same time, to assure You, that
INV direct communication from yourself, rs
the representative of the Kings Govern.
ment, to me, embracing the contents OF this
despatch, or any other matter YOU might be
authorized to communicate, in the accus-
toned mode, would be laid without delay
before the President, and would, undoubted.
". receive from him an early and just con-
tSS ASSSA'o
sderation.
Itcannet have escaped your reflections,
that my duty required, that the clrcumstarl.
ccs of the interview between us should DC
rcported to the President, and that the dis.
covcry Of any error, on my part, In repre-
scnting his views of the course proper to be
pursued on that occasion, would, without
fail, have been promptly communicated to
YOU. That duty was performed the sub.
stance of our interview, and the reasons by
which my course in it had been guided
were Immediately communicated to, dpd en-
tircly approved by him. could not there.
fore have anticipated, that after so long j
period had elapsed, and without any change
!, in the condition Of affairs, you should have
regarded it US useful or proper to revive tn:
subject, at the time and in the form you
have seen fit to adopt. Cordially rcciPro'
eating. however, the conciGatory sentiments
expressed in your note, and in deierence tc
Your request, have again consulted the
President on the subject, and am instructed
to inform you, that the opinion expressed
by me, in the interview between us, ant
Subsequently confirmed by him, remains un
changed; and | thcrfore respectfully res
tore to YOU the Duke de Broslie's letter, a.
| | cannot make the use Of il you desired:
| am instructed to say, that the Preslden
entertains decided conviction, that dc
parture, in the present case, from the ordi
nary and accustomed method Of internatu
al communication, is calculated to increase
rather than to diminish, the difficulties un
happily existing between France and the U
, State and that its observance, in their fu
ture intercourse, will be most likely TO brinI
, about the amicable adjustment of these dill
ficulties, on terms honorable to both parties
Such result is sincerely desired by him
and he wall omit nothing consistent with tn
faithful discharge ofhis duties to the Unite
States, by which it may bo promoted. Ii
this spirit am directed by him to repeat t
YOU. the assurance made in Our interview
in September last, that any official commu
, nication YOU may think proper to addres
, to this Government, Will promptly rccelv
such consideration as ina: D. Cl'c to II