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

From the n. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
LETTER OF THE DUKE DE BRoGIIE
To N. P0geof, late u. $. Charge d
Affairs Of France at Washington.
We have come into possession Of the
following letter, being the same which Mr..
Forsyth. on tho llth of September, allow
ed the French Charge d'Aflaires to read TO
him, but which he declined taking cosni-
zssce Of, as not official, and Of which he
subsequently, refused to receive copy on
the ssme ground, though it was so cOmmu-
nicatcd by Mr.. PageOt by express authOri-
~ from his government, contained in the
document itself. Its tone - extremely
mild 4, cOnciliatOry, though without aba
ting any thing from the rcqusItiOn Of Gen.
Valaze's amendment. 1t Is To he regret
ted that such d letter, from such a source,
was not met by our Government in a cor
responding spirit.
Translation for The Journal Of Commerce
PARIs, June II, 1885.
Sir: There no longer exists on our part
any obstacle to the entire accomplishment
Of the treaty concluded on the 18th OfJuly,
1881, between France and the U. States.
The project Of law relative to indemnities
recipsocally stipulated in tina, treaty, after
having passed the two Chambers, has
received the royal sanction.
say on our part, for every thing now
depends on the Government Of the United
States il belongs to them to remove the
only Obstao le that still subsists. BY virtue
of clause inserted in Article lst by the
Chamber Of Deputies, the French Govern
mcnt must defer making the payment.
agreed upon, until that Of the u. States
ball have explained the true meaning
and real purport Of divers passages insert
id by the President Of the Union in his
message at the opening Of the last session
Of Congress, and al which all France at
the first aspect was justly offended.
The Government, having discovered no.
thing in that clause at variance with its
own Sc sentiments, or the course winch it had
intended to pursue, the project Of law,
thus amended on the 18th Of April by the
Chamber Of Deputies, was carried on the
9Th to the Chamber Of Peers. / here
with annex the erPose which accompanied
il. That document will show you, in few
wOsds, IN what ligh, we consider the re-
speciive positions ofthe two countries.
also snncx the report Of the committee,
usesentcd to the Chamber Officers on the
ST., Of June. You will thereby see how
far that House c"ncurred in the opinion OF
the Chamber Of Deputies.
MI. Livingston has left Paris. without
waiting for the vote Of the Chamber of
PEGS, leaving Mr.. Barton as Charge d.
Affairs. The letter bv which he accredlt-
ed him 10 the French Government is Of the
2S,h ofAwll. You will find copy Of it
subjoined.
In note dated 9th. Mr.. Livingston
assigns as the cause Of his departure, the
silence observed by the French Govern
ment in relation to IL previous note of the
18th, in which that Minister, agreeably to
orders from his Gov eminent, demanded an
explanation Of an expression made use of
by Mr.. Scruricr " q note he passed 10 Mr.
Forsyth at the time he left. That expl4-
natiOn. sir, we will show ourselves very
willing to furnish, if i, should be asked
l0e again, when VIC Ourselyes shall have
received those which. we k2ve Il right to
sxpect.
Annexed arc copies Of the two notes of
the 18th and 9th.
Ontlc 9th. Mr.. Livingston had address
sed to me a third note Of great length. in
which, whilst he forbears making ILLUSION
to the amendment Introduced bv the
Chamber Of Deputies. he fully enters into
ito principle and probable consequences.
- you NAV ascertain by reading that pa
per. As lorg as the amendment was but
> simple proleci, the initiative OF which did
pot even belong to the Government, tho,
proper to abstain from entering into any
controversy on this subject with Minister
Ofs foreign Government. Now that this
Wiect has become u law by the cencur-
renee Of the two Chambers and the sane
ton Of the k,ng. il is my duty to justify il
against objections which are utterly ground
1e.s.
shall first recall a few facts.
The pn,]rci ot law relative 10 the exc
caticn Ofihe treaty signed on the ith Of
July, 1885, had bces presented three
times Ia the Chamber Of Deputies. viz
the 9Th Of April. 1893; the 18th June of
the sa,ne year; and the 18th Of January
the year following, when it was rejected
BY majority Of 8 votes on the lst Of April,
1884.
The news Of its rejection was known q,
w nhi0G2on- n TIA tiah Of Mar, through