Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-08
VOL. /. NO. II.

tcrcsts cf the highest order, involved in the
condition prescribed and insisted on by
France, which it has been, by the, President,
made the duty ofthe Undersigned to bring dI-
rectly into view. That condition proceeds
on the assumption that forcgn Power
whose acts are spoken of by the President
of the United States in a message TO Con.
gress, transmitted in obedience to his con.
stitutional duties, and which. deems itself
aggricvcd by the language tliusheld by him.
may, as matter Of right, require from the
Government of the United States direct
official explanation Of such language, to be
given in such form, and expressed in such
terms, as shall meet the requirements and
satisfy the feelings of the offended party,
and may, in default Of such explanations
annul or suspend solemn treaty duly exc.
cutcd by its constitutional organ. Whates:
or may be the responsibility Of those nations
whose Executives possess the power OF de-
cIaring war; and Of adopting other coercive
remedies, without the Intervention Of the,le.
gislativc department, for the language held
by the Executive in addressing that depart
ment, it is obvious that under the Consilt,l.
ton of the United States, which gives to
the Executive no such powers, but vests
them exclusively in the Legislature, whilst
at the same time, it imposes on the Execu-
tive the duty of laying before the Legsla-
turc the state of the nation, with such re-
commentators as he may deem proper, no
such responsibility can be admitted without
impair ny that freedom Of intercomnunlca.
ton which is essential to. the system, and
without surrendering, in this important par
tcular, the right of saG.governmcnt. IN
accordance with this view OF the Federal
Constitution has been the practice under It.
The statements and recommendations OF
the President TO Congress are regarded oy
this Government as q part Of the purely do
mes,c consultations held by its different de-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in which nothing
is addressed to foreign Powers, and in which
they cannot be permitted to Interfere, anu
for which, until consummated and carried
out by acts emanating from the proper con-
stitutional organs, the nation is not response
bic, and the Government not liable 10 ac''
count to other States.
Il will be secn, from the accompanying
correspondence, that when the cendilon'
referred to was first proposed IN the Cnam-
her of Deputies, the insuperable objections
to il were fully communicated by the Amer
ican minister at Paris to the French Govern
ment, and that he distinctly informed It that
the condition, it prescribed, could never De
co,nplicd with. The views expressed BY
him wero approved by the President, and
have been since twice asserted andenforcef
by him in his messages to Congress, IN
terms proportioned, in their explicitness and !.
soIemnity, to the conviction he entertains OF
the importance and inyiolabilityof the Pr'n-
ciple involved.
The United States cannotyield tbs frn-
ciple nor can they do, or consent to, my
measure by whichits influence in the action
of their political system can be obstructed
or diminished. Under thesecircunastanceS
the President feels that he may rely on the
intelligence and liberality of His Britannia
Maiesty's Government for a correct estima'
ton ofthc imperative obligations which leave
him no power to subject this point to tbc
control ofany foreign State, whatever may
be his confidence in its justice and impair
tiality--a confidence which he has taken
pleasure in instructing the undersigned to
state is fully reposed by him in the Gosen-
ment of his Britannia Majesty.
So great, however, is the desire Of the
President for the restoration Of q good un.
derstanding with tho Government ofPtunee
provided it can be ceffecsed on terms eompa-
tib!c with the honor and independents ofthe
United States, that if after the frank ayow-
oil Of his sentiments upon the point last
referred to, and the explicit reservation Of
that point, the Government ofiis ;Britaunic
Majesty shall believe thatils mediation can
be useful in adjusting the differences which
exist between the two countries, and IN res
toring all their relations to africndy footing
he instructs the undersigned 70 norm MI.
Bankhead that in such case the cer Of fme.
diatlon made in bis note is cheerfully acccp-
ted.
The United States desire nothing tcqual
and exact justice land they cannot bt hope
t:,at the good Offices ofa third Pawes hieud-
ly to both parties, and prompted by the ele.
waited considerations manifested in My. Bank.
heads note, may promote the attainment Of
this end. Influenced by these motives, the
President will cordially co-operate, SO fer as
his constitutional powers may enable him,
in such steps as may be requisite, on the part
of the U. States, to give effect to the propoa
sed mediation. He trusts that no unne-
ccssary delay viii be allowed to occur, and
instructs the undersigned to request that the