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same Minister left at his departure on
the 81 of Aprill =.

same Minister lett at has departure On
the 81 OF April.
We would he equally at a loss to
affirm or deny it; and for this reason
it is evident that neither the one nor
the other can be considered sufficient.
The note of the Goth January 10 in
/ tended to discuss,contradictorly with
the French Government, the correct
ness of facts asserted in the message
of President Jackson. Ii is intended
to prove that the view taken by him
Of these facts is at least plausible
1t is in the midst Of this long DISGUISE
ton that two or three phrases are
thrown out, on the just confidence
which the Government of the United
States has always entertained in tho
sincerity of the French Government
confidence which Mr. Livingston had
always made it a duty to foster, and
which, according to him, is not IN
contradiction with any Of the ideas or
allegations expressed in the message.
The note of the 25th Of April u chief.
ly intended to make an indirect and
anticipated examination Of the o
mendment introduced by the Cham
Der of Deputies. While upon this ex.
animation, and with a view to prove
that any demand for explanations
would in future be useless in fact,and
inadmissible in,principle, Mr.. Livings-
ton refers to the testimony given by
him in his first note, to the good faith
of the French Government: he refers
to subsequent sanctions given by the
President to the contents of that note;
he dwells on the paragraph in the
message of the President, in which Ill
idea ofthreat is, he says, expressly
disavowed.
You will easily perceive, cir, and
the Cabinet of Washington will. We
think, understand it also, that such
phrases incidentally inserted in docu-
ments, the purport and tenor ofwhich
are polemical, and surrounded in some
measure, by details of controversy
which is besides not always free from
bitterness, cannot dispel sufficiently
the impression produced by the peru
sal of the message, nor strike the
mind as would the same idea express
ed in terms simple, positive, direct,
and unaccompanied by any recri,nin-
atoms concerning facts or incidents
no longer Of any importance. Such
is the motive which among many 9TH
ers, has placed the French Govern.
ment in the impossibility Of acceding
to the wish expressed by Mr.. Livlngs-
ton towards the conclusion Of his note
of the 25th of April, by declaring Ito
the Chamber of Peers probably that
previous explanations given by the
Minister of the United States, and
subsequently approved by the Presi-
dent, had satisfied it.
The impression produced by the
perusal ofthe message was deep. 1t
was SO in France, in Europe, and g
ven in the United States; the debates
in Congress, and public notoriety suf-
ficiently prove the fact. Under the
weight of this impression, the French
Government did not hesitate to place
itself in situation to meet the en-
contracted in the name Of
France. In pausing there for the
present, and waiting. for the fulf;ment
of these engagements to be claimed,
or expecting them to be calaimed, in
terms consistent with the regard
which is its due, it is not afraid Of
being accused, nor France which it
represents, Of being accused, Of APP
preciating national honor by any num-
Der of millions which ii could with
hold, as compensation for an injury
offered to it. Mr. Livingston is the first
to repel such an idea. Far from II,
the French Government will consid-
or as a fortunate day the one in which
it will be able to deliver up honora-
bly, the trust that lies in its hands,
but each state has duties to perform
towards itself, each situation has ~
exigencies. Mr.. Livingston objosts
to the idea of seeing the President q
the United States giving a new testi-
mony to the good faith of the French
Government, lest such step, reason
able and just in itself, should not ap-
pear to be exclusively dictated by
Justice and reason. He will not be
astonished If the French Government
on its side, attaches an equal impor-
lance 20 show that in acknowledging
openly legitimate debt, and decldr-
ing itself ready to discharge it, it has
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