The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-05
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message from the President of The Un,.
ed Sla'es. concerning our relaiinas win
France. having bern received ara read
Dir. CLAY moved that the messages.
With the accompanying dneninen.s. be
rtieTred Ia ilie CulBmil,ee GA Foreign
Relations. ''heseUpon,
Mr.. BUCHANAN said that he had
been So much .Faliiiesl with the message
which had jusl ,.eea Rad. t.,ai he could
not. and hs Iloashl h. Oashl not. al this
Ii'e very tirsl moment, 4. refrain from
expressing has entire sppre5alioa Of il
general tone and spirit. ia had watch.
ed with Intense snxicIy lee progress Of
our unfortunate controversy with Frame.
lie had hoped. sincerely hoped. thai The
explanations which had heen made by
Mr.. Livingston. and olfieiaily approved
bv ihr President Of the United States.
would have proved satisfactory Ia tie
French government. In this he Rad
found his hopes To he 10 VAIN. Afer
this effort lad Jailed. he itlt degree Of
confidence, almost amoaniiHg To moral
assurance. Thai The last message to Cln
gress would have been hailed by France,
- !! was hl the American people. as the
, nllsc branch which would nave restored
! aHliiy anu enod understanding hglWeen us
! and our ancient ally. E,ehin thus. he fear.
ed, be WIS again doomed iohr d'sapp0inl.
I'd. The gnverumert uf Franc. unless
they change their deieTmInaiinr. Will MT
consider this message a. :. fi"lent. We
have the terms clearly prescribed by the
Duke dc hT0glje. upon which. aud upon
which aionr, ,tt l'reneh government will
consent 1" cumpN sIih the treaty. and
o paw The live lnillianssi ialars 10 nur
injured lellow-ciuLens. Speculation il
now at al cad. The clnads and dars.
ness which haIe hung "'eg iins question
have vanished. IL Is E1w made clear a.
a sunbeam. The money - i'll nut be paid.
says The organ 81 tie French government.
unless thu government If The umIed
States shall address it, clam officially in
writing 10 France. accompanied b. what
appeared In hun. and b. believed would
/ appear tn the whole American people.
wiihont distinction uf party. 20 be- de
grading apology. The striking f,-...I.-
arlly Of the case. the one winch he a"uld
undertake To say distinguished II from
any other case winch had ausen in mo.
deru times, in the intercourse between
independent nations. vas. that the very
terms Of his apology we're dictated tn
the American government b, the French
Secretary for Foreign AiTnrs One al
these terms was. that II had never catered
into the iniealluu, Tpsssee,J the thought
Of this government. IT, rall in question the
gD0d laith ni the government vi France.
But tin FIeuch government proceed
still further. Upon the refusal To make
this apn5oJy. winch hey ought to have
knnwn we, ID hetcr be made--couid ne.
yer be- m1dc--ihry are nol conrnt to
leave tiI question whrre IL then was.
fhey have given Us notice in advance
that they will consider our refusal Ia
make this Degrading apology an evidence
that The misunderstanding did not pro
coed on our part from mere, error and
mistake. r-
In addition To all this, the last note oil
the Duke dc Brnghe To Mr.. Barton de.
rlars that the government Of the United
States knows that henccfOrward the ex.
eculOn Of the treaty must depend upon
itself. They thus leave us TO decide
whether we shall make the apology il
. the prescribed terms, or abandon oul
claim 10 The fulfilment Of the treaty.
lie would not allow himself to ex'
press the feelings which were excited ia
his mind upon hearing these letters o
the Duke de Broglie read. Mos. sim
cereIy, most srdenlly did he hope tina
. the French government, when this mes
sage reached them, if not before, nigh
reconsider their determination, and tha
. all our difficulties might yet pass away
} But their language is now clear, specific
incapable Of ambiguity or doubt. /
,, would. then, become our duty calmly
, but firmly, to take such stand as Ia,
interests and the honor of the country
NAV require.
Mr. b. had already said much NOR,
. than he intended when he rose. LII
) would. however, make another remark
. before he took his seat. He felt pro-
per degree Of confidence, he might add ;
great degree Of confidence, in the Presi
den, Of The Bniled States. He knew
: him tn be honest and firm, and faithful
To his country; prompt to resent its III
iuries and avenge its wrongs. He con
iessed he had anticipated message of
stronger character. He had supposed
that general non-intercourse will
r France would. at least, have been recon-
. Emendtd. But the recommendation wa
II IL H.