Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-25

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Is ,,, If ,n,rrs The british Government Is r."
>, ,L,nL liza, . rood "i,s Ut ih!ru rover ef""t
the friend vi France and OF lux u''' i st '., |
prompted IL, Considerations ''l '''y s ~ % ,E,
tj, f., wIsl,tor the cDntlurncr "l "'"c", n''"n'
Ii j., r,,,urinE guud understanding between Inc
, arr,r u li,lrg cons',rnt with The HIcest lrr'-
mars of national !ulur III H"ti .
III. UNDERSIGNED has, therefore, been instructed Ivy
His M,,tys Government formally To tender to the S"-
vcrnucut Ut tr CnIic States the mediation OF Great
Britain fur the settlement oil The dlcr between the
nj ed States and France and 10 say That's mote, precise
" similar The present. has hCrn delivered 10 The Fcc
Government by HIS Majesty ambassador al taris' nc
undrTsgn ned has, at the time, t" express ht conn
dent hope Of lis Majesys Gnvernlncn that II tr '"o
parties w@d agree to refer to the Grlt'Sh "fei
The settlement vi the point al issue ocl"ce" ''e',
to ABIDE b. the npinun which that Government me-,
after due consideration, communicate 10 tee Two P
1nrleluu ,nraus ighl be found to satisfy Tue n"ho' W
each, without ucurlmg tIusc great anu I'a"'."u ;,
winch Il ruplur between two such fo"cIS "uS' '"e
tally cmta4! upeD bolh -. A. H.
Tin, ,lcrs,rued has the honor tn renew 10 MT. fnr'
svth tho assurance u LIS most distinguished CONSIDERS
Inn CHARLES BANklEAD.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Hashinston tGb. ), 1886.
The undersigned, Secretary Of State OF The United
S,a,,s las a the honor to receive the not" OF the 2'h
nI,,, OF Mr. Charles Dankhead, His Britannia Alaes-
,-n d A,,ar.s Offering to the Government OF the
limited States the mediation III His Britannia Majesty
liuycrnurn, for the settlement OF the dIi1crncEs nnha
,Iv ,yisi.r I,wcen the United States and France
Ji,, having been submitted tn the Pre-
s,dcnt and considered with all the care belonging TO the
mpotance of llr subject, and the source from winch II
euuuad the undersigned has been Instructed to assure
Mr. Iytnkhrad that disnterescd and honorable mo
tlves which have Dictated lie proposal, are lu'y appsc
Cabinet and tlc efforts to heal disscnsl"ns arising
amunn ua,!,ns worthy of the character aud COLI
mandI,G riluepce OF Gcea Britain and the SUCCESS
of those cholis is as honorable the Government
nj; ~ 4 hlFn
beneficial to the parties snoc immediately interested,
and to the world at large.
The sentiments upon which this policy is founded,
and which, orcby displayed IN the Otter that has
L,n made urr deeply impressed upon the tnnd ol The
t,sdrn They conscnlul with the institutions aud
runcll,S as we'll with the interests and abIls oil
The p,cpt Of the United States aud II has been the con-
sta nj aim of their Government, III It's conduct towards
other Puaers observe aud illustrate them. Cordially
approving the general views Of Ills Britannia Majesty
Government the President regards with peculiar salsiac-
ton ll. enlightened and dsIntcrested SocIludc mani
Tested by it, Tor the welfare OF the nations to whom It's
good offices rendered, and has seen with great
.enskil.r the exhibition a. that feeling, the rec"gni-
,on of That community Of Interests aud those ties ut
kindred ty which the United States and Great Britain
are united.
circumstances did not render il certain, it would
hay, been obvious from the language OF Mr. Banklelds
not. 10 the Undersigned, that the Cover nIient OF His
Britannia Majesty, when the instructions under which It
was prepared we're gwen could not have been apPsed
Of ali the steps taken in the controversy between the IT, s.
and France twas necessarily gn"rant The tenor othe
TWO recent messages OF the President to Cuugrcsshe
first communicates the commencement OF the present
session. under date of the I otDecrn6er lc, and the
SECOND under that olliic 18th of january, 1oG. Could
these documents have been within The kEuwed re- al Ills
Erlau,c Aajrs.ys Government, thu President does not
6nul tina, j, would have been fully satisfied, that the
disposition OF the L. States, notwithstanding their we'll
grounded and serious OF complaint against France
to restore friendly relations and cultivate good under
,tI,t nj nj
ninsed and That all had already been done. on their
part that could in reason bc expected oil them, TO secure
that result The first ol these documents although 1t
rave such history Of the origin and progress of the
claims of tic United States, aud OF the proceedings OF
France before and su,c the treaty OF 1851 to vlndl-
cate the .atc,::rnts ard recommendations OF the
sage Of The Is, Dec, l5I yet expressly dlscaimed The
nesye Interpretation pat upon II by Tile Government
OF France; and while il insisted on the acknowledged
rights of the United Statcs and the obligations Of the
treaty. and maintained the honor and independence OF
the American Government, crlnced an anxious desire 10
DO all that constitutional duty and strict justice would
permit: to reiorc every OF irritation and excite
neu: The special message Of The 18th January last,
being called for by the extraordinary aud inadussihc
demands Of the Government OF France defined in the
last olica! communications al Paris, and by the con-
,nucd refusal OF Fcancc to execute treaty. from the
faithful prrio r,ance OF which by the United Suites, It
was TRANQUILITY enjoying Important advantages, 1t be-
came the duty Of n: President to recommend such inca.
surcs as might be adapted to the eSg"ncles Of the occa-
!
Tor honor and intelligence could have determined per
marn,y to maintain ground so indcIeusblc, and anx
ous still to leave open the uoor OF reconciliation, the
President con,ened Inns, II with proposing to Congress
the Idcs Of the remedies gwen ny the law and prac-
,c of nations in with such propositions Tor
defence as wcre evidently required by the condition Of
the United States and the altitude ASSUMED by irance
In all these proceedings, as well as IN every Stage oi
these difficulties with France, 1t is confidently believed
TINT the course Of the United States when duly cous
rod by oil world,
found TO have been marked, NJ" only by pacihc dis.
poSition but 10y spirit Of orbcarancc and concllIaon
For further illustration of this point, well as for
the purpose Of presenting lucid view "t the whole
subject the undersigned has the honor TO transmit to Mr.
Bankhead copies oil all that part o the message Of Dec
T. lS}3 which relates to IT, and ut the correspondence
referred therein and also copies OF the message and
accompanying Documents OF the 10Th January, 1850, and
auolncr message III the 18th Il" the SAME m"th, ras
mur a report of the Secretary Of State, a.d certain
doc uInrnts connected with the subject.
These papers, willie they bring down the history Of
the misunderstanding between tile United States and
France the present date will also remove crrone
Gus impresslcn which appears 10 be entertained by Ills
Britannia MaltSiys Government. IL Is suggested III
Mr. Bankilcad uotr that there question vi nation
al interest at between France aud the United States,
and thar there demand OF justice made by the one
party and dcned by the other. This suggestion appears
TO ht founded on the facts that the claims ct the United
States have been adIltcd ~ treaty concluded be-
tween the two Governments aud that the money due
by France has been provided by the ChanhcrS and phc
cd AT the disposal I" the French Government for the
purpose OF beng paid 70 the u. States. But tits to be- OBJ
served that he paynen! of the money thus appropriated
refused by lie French Government. uurss the United
States viii first comply with condition NJ! contancd
the treaty. and not assened to by them This refusal
to make payment ls in the view OF the United States,
denial d. Justice, and has not only been accompanied By
acts and langusr os which they have great ~
coriplad, bl hE delay Of payment is highly Injurious
to those .tncrsaH citizens who entitled to share in
the ndennhcfinn provided by The treaty. and TO the
interests ct the United States incsnuch the reduction
OF the duties levied French wines liz pursuance OF
that treaty, has diminished the public revenue and has
been an;i yet is cnuyed by France, with all the other
benefits or il,a trr.y, without the consideration and
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