The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-05

Ersi instalmrnl hefars he appropriation
was made. and brigre. of course. y could
possibly he paid. A protest neoessznly
followed. accompanied with much lrFiia.
ton On bah sides.
With Ihesr obslsries. created By our
eva aris. The treaty was Submitted o ne
Chambers. Every efors sas made 70
obtain tae appropriation. The Minister
displayed uncommon zeal and abilities in
defence &C The upaEy; boz in vain. under
sbese multiplied difheallies. The bill
was rejected by . majority Of eight votes:
q number 30 small. IN 30 lsree . body.
thal II may be fairly presumed. without
any whence. that. had not Mr.. Rises's
Ieller been published. and The drah drawn
before me appropriation was made. the
majority you'd hare bern on the oilser
side. and al The unhappy train Of eonsr-
quences which have since followed wonld
have been prevented. So earnest was
the French ministry in their Efforts 10
carry the bill. thai their defeat dissolved
ihe Adniaislrssionss
Wna fhese facts before Ne. who ran
doubt = here The responsibility rests! We
had thrown the inpedimenss 10 the way
I'VE. Who had been 20 urgent 10 obtain
Che treaty.. and we ~ho were iopro6t BY
is eTecuuoa. llmssirrs not. in the view
IN which am considering the question.
% vhai motives the scts Of our Executive
may BE- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 design, or
thosshllessaess, it cannot shill the re.
spons,bllity.
Let " now (said Mr.. CO. proceed 10
N nexi stage Of this most unfortunate
ali.
4ss over the intervening period; |
cone d the opening Of the next session
of Con,kress. In whss msnner does The
Peesideat, in his message ~ The opening
of The sersssn. noucc the failure Of the
French Chs nbrrs 10 make The sppropris.
sionl Kno. Y a. he mus, how much
the ac,s % WIN | have referred had
coa,nbu,rd 60 the Nefes, of the bill. and
thai his Adminis,rA M was responsible
for those acts. i, ws natural 10 expect
shal he would have neSced the fase Of
the bill in the caImesi end most gentle
manner; that he would have done full
Justice 10 the real and fidelity Of the
French Executive in - e-deavor IN OBJ
tain is passage. and would have thrown
himself with confidence on she justice
and the honor Of the French nation for
the fulfilmenl of the treaty. In word,
thar he xould have done all in his power
20 strengthen the Executive Government
in France in their future efforts to obtain
ihe appropriation, and carefully avoid
every thing thai nigh, inerpose addi-
iionsl obstacles. Instead Of taking this
calm and considerste course. so well
calculated 70 secure the fulflment Of the
treaty, and so betting The dignity and
justice Of our Government, he sends
message 10 Congress. couched in the
strongest terms and recommending tina,
he should be invested ~ith authority 70
issue letters of msrque and reprlsal in
the event Of the appropriation not being
made measure. II not tsnsamount to
war. leading 10 Il by almost . necessary
consequences. The message was receive
cd 10 France wlih the deep feeling Of
irritation. which mighl have been expeci-
ed: aud uader this feeling. with all the
impedlmenls which il was calculated tn
create, the bill 10 carry the treaty into
effect had the second tine tn make its
appearance in The Chambers They
were surrounded. The bill passed; but
not without q condition. condition
when causes the present difficulty.
deeply regret (ssia Mr.. C,) the con-
dirion. 10 my opinion the honor Of
France did NOT require it. and the only
vindication that can be offered for the
Ministry in accepting il is the necessity
of the case: thai il was indispensable TO
its passage. But surely, in the midst
of the difficulties which il has caused, we
ought not to forget that the acts Of our
own Executive were the cause of its
insertion.
This (said Mr.. C.) brings us 10 the
present Stage of,his unhappy controversy.
lshall not offer an opinion on the message
and documents which have just been
read, ill | have had time 10 read them
at leisure, and more fully comprehend
their character and bearing. The Senator
from Pennsylvania had probably had the
advantage Of me in knowing their con-
tents. Here Mr.. Buchanan signi6ed his
dissent. | will not (said Mr.. c.. make
she remarks that | intended. but am
NOT satisfied with ,nuch that ] have heard
in the reading Of the message and The
documents. am, in particular. very far
from heing satisfied with the reason,
assigned by the Secretary Of State why
he did not accept the copy Of the letter
from the Duke de Broglie TO the French
Charge d'Afaires here, which the latter
offered 10 put in his possession. | regret
exceedingly that we have n0fsthat docu-