The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-12

We will also serve iial BY the pub |
liealiOn Of NJ. Ii agslOr's correspond
enee. the Govern eni &c the United |
States had excited sainsI him such a
ieellng Of Irritation. hal IL would have
been out Of our paWr even sRpp0sing
that We had ennslderel that correspond
ence as containing nOihsg but what vas
right aud proper. 10 aTal ourselves Of
document bearing his sic, iinre, 10 repel
IN "ne or the other of the chambers the
amendment under consider ion.
will now proceed 10 The examination
II the explanations which haS, been offer
al =" as.
NJ. Livingston is Tightin In, king that
our objections 10 the message oi The Pre-.
sIlcni are confined 10 these two points:
Isl. The message impeaches lhs good
faith If Ills Malesty's Government
"a. II coniains threat 10 secure the
execution Of the treaty. by the fear Of
reprisals.
II = indeed under this double point Of
view that the message of President Jas,
snn excited in France the greatest ~
dignan0n. The Cabinet Of Washington
will readily admit that ii tie allegation
was real. the Indignation would be just
M nation could for one moment bear,
without degrading itself, either the direct
or indirect imputa'lnn Of The want of gnud
faith. or the idea Of another government.
or another people. endeavering to obtain
through menace what could only be grant
ed by il io justice. IL mast equally he
admitted that when il'e Impression pro-
duced BY the appearance ut any document
is general. when that impression Is irlI
not only BY the whole nation whom the
document concerns. but even by foreign.
ers--by disinIeres,ed people-by persons
the least disposed 10 take part IA the
cnnlest-ll,e very univefsAll'y OF that
impression is 4 sufficient evidence against
the general tenor ri the document.
II we examine IN detail the message Of
the President Of the United States. Il
mean thar par; of it which concerns the
relations between the rniled States and
France It will possibly b. tnugi. thst
passing successfully rom phrase 10 phrase
none will he met that cannot bear an in"
Ierprpla,iOn more or less plausible. none
of wmch. slrIrily speaking, Ii cannot be
said that u is simple expose Of such or
such fact true IN itself. or the assertion
Of sueh or such right which 10 one
contests. or the performance of such or
such an Obligation imposed on the Pre-
sident by the very nature vi AIS functions, n.
There will certainly be found several in
whlrh the idea Of impeachIug the good
faith vi the French government, or OF act.
ing upon it through menace or intmIda>
ton, Is more or les dlsavoTed.
Yet. when the whole succession ol
facts is taken INTO vl.w-whea we per
ceive the care which, seems 10 have been
taken Ia prr>en, them IN an unfavorabIe
light. without MAXI. a!o~snce lUr CIR
cumS.ances whtrh ~ ,,4lh them, without
paving any regard to considerations
which the government Of UalIei States
/. l!srif had previously admitted; when we
see at the end of this uninterrupted Sc.
ries Of allegations. winch have The an,
pparancc of wrongs for the sole reason
ihev arr made TO res, on isolated and IN.
complete statements. the unexpected
propnsulon-ihe cx,rpme prupositon q
saw the least-,o seize hy man force
French property. il = ln.pos>lble. a, The
first asYecl-r IS eyra t.Itlirult after re-
, Fiction. 10 escape the thought, that a!
that par, of thr mo.-.ce had been writer
r C,r the double purpose stated above.
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