Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-23

I'm, :, small portion of what he had seiz.
w. and appropriated 10 his usc and that he enters into
= contract with the inju'eG party, ny winch he engages
,fupd that portion al designated time, OIL condition
rh,vnr bestowed upon han! Certain privileges by which
b. viii be materially Ucnei,ied-lc suppose that when
,s Time fixed for the payment arrives, he having in the
interim ycd all the privileges Indicated he Will not
a.em his pi dye, but ruuvucaies, and IN fact refuses
- p,ylrt Us suppose. That ich the credtor coIsults
h his friends IL lie best mode OF obtaining his aS
demands unGrr the circumstances, and IN dung so sug
rs certain slrp& and Gel tain phrases in way which
r :: b.or having Heard nI-,,uugh lie had business
"a knew anv .;ling about them whatever us .hy were rot
addressed 20 :.-Lc chooses To- consider uiI,:se insult
cd and that he w:i not fulfil his PROMISE at all,
less lis l.l'rd prize IS previously salisicd 'ho Loo,
IN ,he ,e:r ulCutln WINCH lie Le Insult
inv all ;nlru,ion Of tcsknd is positively discained
Ius sGp,sc IL! ,!ls-and We have made suppostion
which IS Eut aGundant!y warraned-lel Us suppose all
,Is AID VIC ask whom would every person of
sense aad ,;uiy honorable sentiments regard as the
i,n..t, the asgricrsd, tie inSG'td man: What Opt.
non also would such persons entertain Of the Gcbter
he should deem himself satisfied iGT The insult which
he SAYS lie has received, ~ retaining the money he
Id uiaw!Giiy got: And IN case he were TO de-
!:nL honorable satisfaction" US Tie world entities 1t,
,,uud lie c!er te justified, by the Soi.Gt-
>a. code OF honor in refusing TO accept his challenge
as lcns he kept himself out of tic pale Of honor,
Gr dong what no one aspiring TO be thought gen.
,caan ever can Go-brcak his VOID and refuse TO
r7y lis debts: If in that the debtor were 10
.aAc restitution for the purpose O! obtaining revenge,
he other would rtrainy be considered quite Tree 10
whatever lie might have said 10 offend him, aud
ing about that very result, without suIectng himself
IL uncomfortable viiiuuS remarks. The individual
having a, length. acted honoraby by dschargng his
debt, The creditor could have wish necessity to
involve himself i'll contest b. adtering to the char es
he had prr.trrcd. And TOO with France-it she
would give money ample explanation oil what has
Teen uttered would Ge thu easiest thing mag Unable, and
the honor Of both parties would be rendered perfectly Sc
cure.
TIE true course indeed for Franco TO have pursued,
was pay TIE debt which she had acknowledged 10 be
Luc-for her honor as much concerned in its pay
ncnt it could he III any thing else, her word having
Teen pledged und the udlment Of one word being the
primary c.cate e.! honoEer true course we say, was,
70 uuy this di of k0noy, and then demand sxpana-
ton or apology, the might rcquire and this
lad been refused TO cxer: all her formidable power for
cL.a;n:ng the requisite satisfaction. She might then
have uS,tiab!y threatened with her strong
liz, how will her honor be satisfied if she has been
iasu!ed. US she preIrnds, by keeping the money
which she acknowledges 10 be ours: is honor 10
b. bough, by gold And would not this be
10 sucn purchase? Would 1t not be rating her honor
=" twenty five millions of francs and virtually telling
every ration Of the globe, "fru may treat with in
dignity, if you will pay ME so much money: Would
10, such u compensation for his wounded honor, be
secuted at with disdl!a by every individual among
h.. gallant sons Would any Of them consider
the stain thrown upon his escutcheon by impu-
,aon of violated faith sufficiently wiped away by
sill Withholding the saDl the undue retention OF which
lad caused the chargcby STILL in other words contnu
iay 10 violate his ta.ho We need scarcely answer 10.
And why is such insult to lie deemed repaired in the
case Of his government by mode which would degrade
ir still morc II France persists in esteeming herself
insued, and keeps our money satisfaction for the
insult there is no Of honor which tho world could
Institute which would not deem it incumbent to deprive
Ter pt all The insignia Of chvalry which she has long
and gallant! borne? Even, however, il she 10
,ske ether for removing the disgrace Inflicted
T., tie Insult she could relieve herself from il
las as debt remains unpaid However She might
eek for honor at the cannon mouth, there she would
find it rs long the blot Of broken faith, Of
redeemed p,cGge lecd and darkencd the glorious ban
n,r which she her soldiers head
Blu, the article ofthe journal on which we have thus
commented false it is in lis assumptions and deLuc
tons yet ola pacific to be exceedingly well
shows that there is disposition the part of
III" French Government TO plunge into that Of blood
III which it has been accused Of desiring to wash away,
i possible. the stains which affirmed to have fallen
uavn is cscutclienn. 1t shows-cspeciay when taken
in connection with the Article Of the Moniteu recently
pa5I;shed-tnal the Message of the President will be
srucd favoraby it be- for the purpose Of avoid
ng catastrophe which all consider less pre-.
poserous than fearful and that may look forward
with confident hope to the culture Of tie olive instead
Ct lha; of the laurel"