Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-26
we vii! simply observe, before we proceed:

! ,sn' nave wished them they were on the 18TH or
P''' inc Gay o. the passage Of The amendment IN the
ChaHper OF Deputies NOTHING more than the simple e1
'ssi"h OF tih personal sentiments Of Nh Livingston.
S - an observation which did escape his notice.
e wiz dis" observe that by the publication OF Mr..
'lHgsuh correspondence, the Government of the U.
States had excited against him such fcelnp of irra-
ton, that 1t would have been out Of our power even
supposIng that we had considered that correspondence
as containing nothing but wia right and proper 10
avail ourselves o! document bearing his signature. to
res in or tie other of the Chambers the amend
urnl under consideration.
will now proceed 10 the examination Of the explana-
tons which have been Offered 10
MIR. Livingston is right in thinking that our objections
to the Of tke President confined these two
points:
ls The message iripeacles the good faith of His Ma
IcSty = Government.
I'd. 1t threat secure the execution Of the
treaty by the fear Of reprisals.
It's, Irrd, under this double point of view that the
message OF President, Jackson excited in France the
greatest Indignation. The Cabinet Of Washington will
readily aGW! that. tie aHcnn!Um true, the indig-
milton wond bt ass. No government, no people, would
Tor ono moment bear either the direct indirect npu
tion Ut want OF good faith the idea of another 20.
anolr people cndeavoring obtain from it
through mcnac" what could only he granted by it 10
Justice Ii equally be admitted, that when the i'm
preston produced by the appearance of any document
Is general; whcn that impression felt, not only by the
whole nation whom the document concerns, but even by
foreigners, b. interested people, b. persons the least dis
posed TO take part in the Contest the very universally
Of that impression IS sufficient evidence against the &C.
ucSI tenor al The document.
II We examine in de!Gil the message OF the President
OF the United States, that part of it which
llcs to the relations between the United States and
ttancr,) II will pnssIby Ge found that, passing
s!Yrly from phrase 10 phrase will be met with that
cannut bear an interpretations less plausblc
none 81 which, strictly speaking, ii cannot be said that it
Is simple expose Of such or auci fact true in ITSELF
or the assertion Of such such 4 right which
CONTESTS or the performance Of such such obiga
ton imposed the President ny the nature OF his
functions. There will certainly be found several in
which idea Of mrcachng ll good faith Of the French
Government or vi acting upon 1t through menace or in
tIi'dalion, is more Or less dlsavowcd.
ll when the whole succession Of facts is taken into
view; wLru perceive the which seems to have
been taken to present them in unavorabIe light, with
making allowance for circumstances which explain
ID them, without paying any regard 10 considerations
winch The Government Of the United States itself had
previously Admitted; when we see at the end OF this un
interrupted series Of allegations, which have the appear
WRONGS Tor the sole that they made TO
rest Isolated and incomplete statements the uneX
pcclcd proposition, the extreme proposition, to say the
least, 10 upon French property, is impossible at
first difficult alter rclecilon TO escape
the thought that all this part Of the message had been
written iur the double purpose stated above.
it is not so, however; at least we hope 1t is not.
Bat 10 Danish entire such idea, what would be
nccrssary: Nothing bu, what is very simple. We do
here contend about I!s HAT phrase tins or that al
Irmaliu, this that expression contend about the
itself which has dictated that part of the Mes
in PRESENT. Congress statement of the facts
nectrd with the Treaty Of the 4th July, had intention
10 cas-; any u"uDt The good faith Of the French Go
rc!mnrn; iii be true that the Presiucnt % :!e United
Safes proposing Congress to decree the seizure by
rce Of arms of French property, had not the intention
In with regard TO France menaclng attitude, we
how ho could find any difficulty in declaring
it's such declaration really contained in MIR. Liy-
vngston note, addressed to the French Government
the :!.nh of January, in that which the same Minister
! lett his departure the 9th Of April:
We would be equally al loss to affirm deny il;
and for this re:s,n it evident that neither the one nor
the other can b. considered sufficient. The of the
10Th january is intended to discuss, contradictory with
the Frslch Government, the correctness Of facts as
serted IN the message Of President Jackson 1t is in
tended To prove that the vie" taken by HIM OF these
acs is least plausible il is in the ndS. Of this long
dis!usol that two three phrases are incidentally
thrown out on the just confidence which the Govern
incnl Of the United States has always entertained in
the sincerity OF the French Observation-Disclosures
which Mr.. Livingston had always made it duty 10
foster. and which, according 10 him, is not in contra
dIciiuu will, a:y Of the ideas allegations expressed in
The i:lcSsunc. The of the 18th of prl is chiefly
intended To make indirect and patcd examination
OF the amendment introduced by the Chamber Of Depu.
While upon this examination, and with view to
prove that any demand for explanations would in future
be useless in fact aud inadmss bile III principle, Mr. Lv
nstun refers the testimony given by him in his first
note the good faith Of The French Government; he re-
crs subsequent sanction by the President to the
contents of that note; he dwcS on the paragraph OF the
message of the President i'll which all idea OF threals
! he says expressly diSdr0tCcd.
You will easily conceive sir and the Cabinet Of Wash
inetun will, think, understand it also, that such
phrases incidentally inserted in documents the purport
and OF which pOlcmical and surrounded IN
measure, by details OF controversy which IS be-
sides always free from bitterness, cannot dispel sut
iccnly the impression produced BY the pcrusal OF the
message nor strike the mind would the same idea cx
pressed III terms simple posture, Direct and unaccon
panied By any rrcriminanns concerning facts or incl
dents longer Of any Importance. Such - the motive
which, among many Others has placed the french 20
ycrnnrnl in the iupossibty OF acccdIng TO the wish
EXPRESSED by Mr. Livingston towards the conclusion of
his nute of The 21ih April by declaring to the Chamber
Of Peers pro5aby) Mat prcronS explanations gioeH Gy
The Minister IF Tie tnited &"es, and subsequently, ap-
prorcd 6g The President. hG1 SATISFIED =.
The impression produced By the perusal of the mes
SAGE WIS deep. 1t was in France, in Europe, and
even in the United States; the debates in Congress and
public notcrictv sufficiently prove the fact. Under the
wcuhl of this IMPRESSION the French Government did
not hesitate place itself i'll situation to meet the en-
gnycmcnts contracted in the name OF France In Paus-
ium there for the present. and waiting ioE Tue 1ulhiehs
OF those engagements to be claimed or expecting mem
10 be- claimed, terms consistent Win the regard "hca
is It's due afraid OF being accused nor France,
which it represents, of being accused, OF approaching
nnii0lul honor by any numter OF m.htonS mhtfh u
rou'd 'cuhhoid, as compensation TOR an INJURY o.
trr.d 10 H. Mr. Livingston is the first to repel suck
am idea Far from it, the French Government will
consider Us a fortunate day the in which it will
lie able deliver up honoraby the trust that lies in its
hands, but each State has duties TO perform towards IT.
self, each situation has its cxlgences. Mr. Livingston
objects TO the idea of seeing the President Of the United
States give testimony u the good faith OF the
French Government lest such 4 step, reasonaDe ann
Just in itself should not appear to be exclusively acta
h. Justice and by reason. He will not he asonsheu
the French Goye1nmcnt Oh its sde attaches an cqua
Importance TO show that in acknowledging openly ts
climate debt and declaring itself ready l" ~
has exclusively consulted reason anu 10
i VIM are authorized, to read uic Piese"'
u E,I and If he desires let him take copy OF It,