The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-26

both Governments" The amendment
was. 81 That he nights Of The cilizrns Of
the United States 10 indemnity from The
Government Of France. stipulated by The
treaty concluded At Paris On the 4lh Ju-
". 1881. ought in no event 10 BE- sacri-
feed, abandoned. or impaired. BY any
consent or acqnIeseenee Of the Governs
ment Of The United Siates:" and Was sub
ssquenlly. after debate. modified by Mr.
Adams. and was in these words: /. Re-
solved, That, IN the opinion Of this
House. the treaty with France Of the 9Th
JULY. 1891. should be maintained, and
is execution insisted on" Y
After various efforts Al amendment and
change. il PASSED unanimously. Jour.
nal 5O0.l The other amendments offer
ed BY Mr. A. we're then Withdrawn by
him The second resolution III the COM
miltse was in these words: So Resolved,
Tha, the Committee on Foreign Affairs
be discharged from the further consoles
ration Of so much oil the Presidents
message Is relates TO commercial resiric-
lions or To reprissls on the commerce Of
France. and passed unanimously: thus
eoncarring With the unanimous vote of
the Senate in regard 10 lhr recommends.
ton ot the Executive. The remaining
resolution was in these words: /" Resolv-
ed that contingent preparation ought TO
BE- made TO meet any emergency growing
out Of our relations with France" aud
this resolution was. on motion Of Mr..
csmbrelene, ordered To lie on the table.
Journal. SOL II Was the I'd March:
the order % Law on The table vas. under
the circumstances. equal n rejection or
withdrawal; fnr there could be- no hope
II again calling iinp. discussing and de-
gliding H. Here. then, 90 the very day
before This extraordinary secuon was IN
,radured into The bull. while q resolution,
whlrh declared contingent preparations 10
be proper. was before the House. The
chairman If The Committee on Foreign
Affairs, On his osn mo'ion. disguised Of
il. and declined taking The sense Of the
House upunl II. Could il have been an.
tlclpated, aiter that, that Congress would
~ called upon 70 place three mllllnns Of
money in The hands of the Execuuve
without specification of oblectsl Did the
committee expect war! ibid they think
France would assail US, Did they believe
legislation necessary! Why then was nos
the sense OF the House taken upon the
question! The Senate had long before
unanimously declared that no legislative
action was ., this time necessary. The
House had jus, before unanimously re-
liesed the committee from all further con.
sidera,ion Of the only recommendations
made BY The Executive; thus declaring
those recommendations improper, or, al
least, the measures proposed unnecessa>
~. And nov the resolution for coniins
gent preparation il laid on the table by
the assent of the friends of the Executive.
Sir. ! ask again. did they expec, wars
No. sir. they knew better. The sppro.
priasion was no. called for by auiicipa-
lion Of an attack from France. m il was,
the friends Of the Executive. the House
OF Representatives. we're greatly wanting
in their duty to the country.
| Look al The only resolution which ihey
did pass. II declares :. that the treaty
should be maintained and its execution
insisted on" And who in this country
has ever held different languagei But
how insisted ont BY immediate wars
Was that the meaning of The House!
Was il war measured Then. more
guilty Legislation cannot be imagined.
60 to war with peace appropriations.
without one preparatory measure by Con.
gressl The House meant no such thing.
To suppose that they did. would be an
impeachment Of something more ,han
their intelligence. They left the guess
lion Of further negotiation entirely open
by the rejection of the resolution which
declared il incompatible with our rights
and honor. and they adopted one which
merely declared that the treaty ought to
be maintained. And had France then,
or has she yet, declared that she did not
consider it binding on her, and tina. she
would not maintain its On the contrary,
she has always admitted its validity, aud
acknowledged that the debt was due TO
Us. She has delayed, and delayed im>
properly, upon insufficient reasons. TO
comply with her obligations under il. but
the resolution Of the House asserted no
fact which France has con,royer,ed. I
do not intend TO inquire, on this occasion,
into the suticiency Of the reasons urged
BY her. Ii is enough, for the present,
to say that the act Of the House did not
render war necessary; that il was not an.
iicipased as speedily, if at all, to arise;
and that those who favored this contin-
gent appropriation can find in this reso-
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