Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-02-13

On the 4th Of June Mr.. Sercurier inform
ed the Secretary of State that the Kings
Government had determined to presen,
anew the project Of law az the next SEES
sion of tie Chambers. The loss Of the
Minister who had signed it, and this Cir
cumstance having caused ditferent chan.
ges in the Cabinet, the Government could
not definitely adopt the determination I'M
I'll the sth of April. The brig lie Curas
sicr, bearer of new instructions to Mir
Serurier, had moreover me: with long
and stormy passage.
At the express request Of Mr.. M'Lane
then Secretary Of State, Mr.. Serurier com
municated the next day, in writing, the
declaration which he had already made
verbally. His noie is dated the 9Th c
June.
The reply Of Mr.. M'Lane is of the 9th
In this reply, Mr.. M'Lane states in express
terms, in the name of his Government, tina,
the President Of the United States ''will
RELY on the assurances Mr.. Serurier has
been instructed TO give him, and will wal,
hereafter with confidence for the appeal
that is to be made to the new Chamber
Mr. Serurcr, IN his note Of the 9th OF
June, had incidentally observed that ''.'
was the intention Of the French Govern
ment to present again the rejected law at
as early a period as our Constitution would
permit That the intention was real /;
our desire was sincere; but it naturally
followed. from the very nature and terms
Of the engagement, that it referred to no
particular and fixed period; that it was
left dependent upon the different exigen-
,cies Ofour internal situation, or upon the
object which both Gov crnmcnts we're C.
qually anxious to attain.
In the month Of August, the Chambers
were assembled, but merely for form, and
for the sole purpose Of complying with the
provisions of the 42d article Of the Char
ter. No project of law was either presen-
ted or discussed.
Mr.. Livingston at Paris, and the Presi
dent of the Uuited States at Washington.
having seemed to regret that the opportu-
nifty Of this accidental meeting had not
been embraced to place again before the
Chambers the project Of law relative TO
the 4th July, it was easy to make them I'M
derstand that, in acting with that precipi-
fancy, we would not only have departed
from all established usages, but compro-
mi,ted. instead Of securing, the passage
Of the law.
The same considerations were very nat
urally opposed to the request made at a
subsequent period by Mr.. Livingston, for
a special session in the Fall. That Min
lister must, no doubt, have urged them with
his Government, since the latter showed
itself entirely convinced of their validity
and business.
The new Secretary Of State, MIR. For
syth, said, IN the month of October. TO Mr..
Serurier, the President readily under
stands why this business has not been ia.
ken up at the opening of the session in
August; he can now account for the fact
that the demand made by Mr. Livingston
Of special session in the Fall was de-
clned. Mr.. Forsyth, it is true. added
that the President could not understand
why the convOcatiOn Of the Chambers had
been delayed until the last days of Decem-
Der, instead the beginning of the month
But that observation falls before the fact.
that, by a concurrence of particular cir
cunstances. on which it would be useless
to dwell, this meeting of the Chambers
did in reality take place on the first of De-
ceEnber.
Nothing consequently could prepare the
French Government for the language of
the message sent by the Presiden, to Con
gress. We were aware that the message
would contain statement Of the transac-
tons connected with the treaty of the 4th
of July. Mr. Forsyth had. on the 10Th of
November. given notice of it to Mr.. Seru-
rier. But Mr.. Forsyth had. at the same
time. informed that minister. that the Pres,
ident would simply advise Congress to
wait for the decision of the Chambers.
What must have been orr astonshme n.
when the me>Sage reached this side Of the
Atlantic. And could it be expected tia,
the Ffer.ch Government. aEfsr having flu
filled the double duty of satisfying lis own
dignity by recalling its Minister from Wash
ington, ard of redeemins the filth of tfea-
ties by obtaining from the Chambers the
appropriations necessary to the compietien
oil the convention OF tie ith of july; after
havn. rendered TO the Minister Of the L
Ills tcttS Cpttlo II tt SApSCttC
repeat. that the French Gn,ernmen,
would not wait. before Il resuTed any
communication on the subject with the
Government, of the Union; and. before il
renewed with it the interrupted relations
that tie latter would come forward and
express itself in terms calculated to dispe
the unfortunate interruntions to which the
messaue had given riSef