Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-02-09

Ter lcltn COHJpteHe' Jo' CIV" oPp|e' @'s' ~ W w
made to the new Chamber.
Mr.. Scrruricr, in his note Of the 5th of
lime had incidenty observed that 1t acas
the intention of the French Government to
present again therejected laac at as early peri
cd as our Constitution acould permit. That
intention was real; our desire was sincere;
but it naturally followed from the very ma
ture and terms of the engagement, that 1t
referred to no particular and fixed period that
was left dependent either.upon the different
exegiencies of our internal situation, or up
on the subject which both governments
were equally anxious tie attain.
In the month of August, the Chambers
were assembled, but merely for form, and
for tine sole purpose of complying with the
provisions Of the 42d article Of the Char.
ter No project of law was either present
ed or discussed.
Mr.. Livingston at Paris, and the Presi.
dent of the United States at Washington,
having seemed 10 regret that the oppornuty
of this accidental meeting had not been
embraced to place again before the Cham.
bers the project of law relative to the Trea.
ty of the 4th of July, it was easy to make
them understand, that in acting with that
precipitancy, we would not only have depar-
ted from all established usages, but COM
promitted, instead of securing the passage
of the law.
The same considerations were very ne
turally opposed to the request made at the
subsequent period by Mr.. Livingston, for
special session in the Fall. That Minis
ter must no doubt have urged them with
his government, since the latter showed
itself entirely convinced Of their validity and
justness.
The new Secretary Of State, Mr.. For.
syth, said in the month of October to MIR.
Serrurier, "The President readily under.
stands why this business has not beeen ia.
ken up at the opening of the session in Au-
gust; he can now account for the fact that
the demand made by Mr.. Livingston of a
special session in the Fall was declined.
Mr.. Forsyth it is true, added tat the Presi-
dent could not understand why the convoca
ton OF the Chambers had been delayed
until the last days Of December, instead Of
the beginning of that month. But that OBJ.
servation falls before the fact, that by cor
currence of particular circumstances on
which it would be useless to dwell, this mee-
ting of the Chambers did in reality take
place on the first of December.
Nothing consequently could prepare the
French government for the language Of the
message sent by the President to Congress.
We were aware that that message wonld
contain statement of the transactions con-
| ncc,cd with tho treaty Of tho 4th OF July.
Mr.. Forvyth had on the 10Th of Novem.
Der, given notice Of it to Mr.. Serurier.-
But Mr.. Forsyth had at the same time in.
! formed that Minister, that the President
would simply advise Congress to wait for
the decision of the Chambers.
What must then have been our astonlsh-
mcnt when the message reached this side
of the Atlantic! And could it be expected
that the French Government after having
fulfilled the double duty of satisfying its
dignity by recalling its minister from Wash
inton, and Of redeeming the faith ofreatlcs,
by obtaining from the Chambers the ap-
preparation necessary to the completion OF
| of the convention Of the 4th Of July after
having rendered the minister of the United
States his passports; could it be expected, |
repeat, that the French government would
not wait, before it resumed any commune
cation on the subject with the government of
the Union; and before it renewed with it
the interrupted relations,that the letter would
come forward and express itself in terms
calculated to dispel the the unfortunate in.
tcrpretations to which the message had 81.
ven rise?
Such is in fact and in substance the course
which the amendment introduced by the
Chamber of Deputies has pointed out to the
government such is the course which the
government intended to have pursued, even
if the law had not made it their duty.
Mr.. Livingston fully admits i,s his note OF
the 4th of April, the right Of foreign gor-
e7nmeats to take proper exception to the acts
and language Of the government 'etach he
represents.
Should the President, "hc Observes" do
an official Executive act, affecting Foreign
Power, or, use exceptionable language in
addressing it, through his minister, or thro'
theirs: should law be passed injurious to
the dignity Of another nation; in all these,
and other similar cases, demand for ex.
PLANTATION would be respectfully received,
and answered in the manner that justice,
and regard to the dignity of the complai.
ming nation would require" :"
But he maintains that these principles,
the wisdom of which is evident, are not ap-
plicable to an act by which the President,
sole representative of the nation towards