Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-09

await with calmncss in hospitablc and fire., co,,,,r,
that the people recall To their those h i, lsi
twelve hundred thousand foreigners banshed III. ln.
OF one duy serving France citizen and soldier IA.
vgorates my soul, aud is worth in my estimation all
Tue Thrones In tho world. | am, &c.
NAroLroS LorIs BoSArAhrn.
Arsnburg, Dec. ia, 1895.
grand council of war held at Onaie Dec 10th
at which Don Carlos and the Calalonan chief uerguc
were present.
Dec. a3e.-The French Funds have fallen slightly in
consequence OF the extensive naval being
made ut Toulon and Brcst.
The Budget for 1886 for France ready and will be
presented to the Chamber Of Deputies the discus
sion OF the address The Budget of War will not be re-
duced, nor that of the Navy be augmented
The Deputies of the French Chamber had nearly all
arrived ut Paris Dec 18th The fullest ever
known will grace the royal sitting The process nonstrs
a., Is presumed, will consume months time of the
The departure object of the Pantaloo hsig docs
not appear to have been known in Lond innnn
however, positively known at Paris, Dec. =
french Government would not refuse nleo eli OF
fered.
From The London Morning Herald of Dec 22)
me question at issue between the United States of
America and France when stripped of the co,nnl;ca
TONS with which crooked and dishonest diplomacy has
surrounded II, lies in very compass. IL is
when reduced to its real when pared of all par
nsh and bombasta creditor and debtor transac-
uon, with an account stated side-a promise to
pay the other and u violation OF that promise rnon
payment being called for. ID
ii war should arise of this question all the re-
sPonslbity OF that fall the Government of
France-the justice of the is with America Let
us see what are the simple facts.
When the revolution the barricndes'' and the sim,
pcity of Lafayette had raised son of Epaite to the
throne under the title of Louis Philip, America appIi
ed TO France for the settlement OF old pccunary
can which had been pressed without effect upon pre-
cedng Governments. The demand led TO much nrro-
taon and at length the French Government Offered
sum In iuii OF all demands, which America refused to
accept This led TO negotiations, which were car
RED on during space Of nearly three years. which
only necessary to know the result order to un-
dersand on which side Justice will draw the sword i'm
case of war between France America The result
was, recognition by the French Government and the
| OF fran hs-
ing duo TO Amercabut, upon Amer demanding the
sum thus acknowledged 10 lie due to her (Which is con-
'deiaby short of the original demand French Co.
vernment refuses O pay.
II is true the government of Louis Philip, though
withholding the payment Of this just debt fact does
still make conditional promise OF payment the cond-
ton being that the President of the United States shall
Withdraw, or apologize for xprtssons offensive
TO the dignity of France which he used during the pro
tracted negotiations the claim consequence of The
| cabinet
The legality ofihe debt being established, what ght
we ask, has France TO any condition the pay
ment Let her pay the debt first, and then settle the
point OF national honour afterwards. 1t is strange
way oil indicating the national honour TO refuse the pay
TO vndicate his honour his conduct would he considered
very shabby and dishonourable. Suppose debtor to
say to his creditor, 81 acknowledge owe you oO0i Ii
was very difficult TO make acknowledge that owed
you anything l kept you out of il a sufficiently long
time to put your temper to the test length you
ened 10 have recourse TO haIsher paid;
fear did what honesty could not induce do, and
promised TO pay, but at the time, declare you
a ou
apologize for your threat -WGat would be thought ofa
debtor who spoke in this way, Why, that there was n
portion OF the fool but still more of the knave his
composition Such is the language which France, the
debtor, adopts towards America, the creditor IL is
language worthy Of the political morality of the Dc
trinalre ministers and THEN Citize King
When the American claim formerly rejected in
the Chamber of Deputies, aud before American Pre-
sident used the threatening who can doubt
that rejected by The conivance of the French
Government itself? Whatever pomp and parade of op-
position there may be occasionally made in French
/ In tho of fha ,I.o H.
there IS real opposition, least effective cp-
position to the Royal will in that Chamber and never
can be- while France is governed by mock representa-
tive system, which is in fact close Corporation The
whole constituency of France for nation of36 millions of
population does than third of the
electoral body of England under the erng
system, with, including Scotland, above half the po-
Puaton Well the Chamber of Deputies which has been
ever since the GLORIOUS days of July the passive nstr
ment OF the arbitrary policy of Louis Philip, and which
goes with him all lengths, TO the adoption of the
arocous FeSchi laws, in his but successful endea
yors 10 ensave the countrythat Chamber rejected in
The first instance the American Claims. WHY so p
The Chamber undoubtedly understood ii would be agree
able TO the Court TO do so, they would have dared
10 reject it, Is it TO be supposed that tile influence of
Louis Philip irresistible in the Chamber all tyran-
meal purposes, and that the Chamber only opposed him
VIII effect when lac anxious DO Of Justice?
Credat JadGus, Louis Philip had desire to do JUS
hce, but he wished TO shin the responsibility Injustice
upon the Chamber of Deputies. Ii is true the chief of
The Docnares the Due do Broglie his colleagues
could step back again whenever they pleased-ihat re-
slgnaton was necessary to appearances. But the
American President to be- thus iricked. He
did not oppose Louis Philip with his diplomatic
weapons lie did not meet trick by trick and chicancry
by circumyenton. He did address the Citizen Des-
pot Government did the Northern Autocrat "with
bated breath and whispering genteness" lie spoke Of
the fraud committed upon America in language to
be misunderstood, and denounced The dishonesty of
France.
The threat brought the Chamber reason or rather
the Government that inspired the Chamber After five
years shuffng and evasion the debt acknowledged
but Louis Philip and his DOcinGire Ministers still wish
ed staye of the day of payment The Citizen KISo
has long had the credit Of being rather the
ma kim Of mine Ancient Pistol, that q base is tho
knave that pays; but President Jackson resolved
TO make an honest man Of him, compel him unfurl
the tri-colour in of petifoggng injustice against
free State after knocking his head in the dust before
the Autocra of Russia, and leaving Poland TO its fate
In Tie question now at issue America las right and
justice on her side, aud the French Government while
pretending 10 be sensilivey for the national
honor, anples public faith and honesty under
loot III General jackson allows himself to be bullied
by Government which has borne contumely insults
patience and resignation the stern republic must the
iuure "hide its diminished head in the Of
ylized world.
From the London 1imes)
PARIs, December d. There is no further news from
America. il was stated yesterday in n distinguished
circle, that Lord Palmerson had decidedly offered off
cially, the mediation Of England to the French and
but what tell you for fact is that The journals
which assert that France would refuse it, are ignorant of
the feelings Of the cabinet
The MOSEY MAEKET-C ifY, THesdav Ereni,e De-
eemter 23-The French Funds fell Saturday though
not to The extent that might have been expected consi-
aerng the extraordinary naval preparations making
Bres and Toulon but the spectators at the Bourse
Ia de