Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-01
.6naI, LETTER..
from The Washington Globe Jar. -
III DUO DE BROGLlE'S LETTER


TIE DUO DE BROGLIE'S LETTER.
1t will be seen than NJ. PAoror, before LEAVING
our shores, has given publicity To the Frcuch
Minister letter. This paper, nol being nddrc>-
Sod 10 ON Government, could not le responded
to b. direct comnnnieaton 10 the French an
thorliies. ihc Trench ENocutive--by the recall
ol his representative. MI SrnuRinn, and hv the
express declaration ot one of the members of las
Cabinet 10 the thamh,r. that he had closed all
direct diplomatic communication between tie
Getc'hmtHtS-had piNen tic world 10 understand
that tllS Intercourse thereafter 10 he held would
not he IN mediate mt llicid Us between the
heads oi the Governments. Tie hlrr to Nh,
Paecot, tlj,Jc ~, MS iniormal-Nas circuitou>
animation olthc expectations of France. II was
to be considered b. HIM private, confidential
communication, Of uhishthc American Admins
lraion might avail ilselt, if it deemed proper 10
approach an adjustment Of our diheultes.
1t will not he SAID, We presume, by any Nmrrl-
can, that, after the deoi Of direct cnmnuI icatiun
had been closed between the French aud \mcri-
can Executive by tie term,r, tie latter should
have condc>ccudcd 10 make a communication 10
Mr. Paeao, and attempted to satisfy him, by
cropping through the indefinite lcltel# ot tie Duke
dr ufoslic loraU idea Il tie proloey, Which, il
new hppelr>, was Ia he rendered rs a condition
precedent TO the payment of the indemnify. Ii
this sacrifice of tie DIGNITY OF tie thel Magistrate
of the Union had been resolved upon, We row see
from the'nuhc', voluntary declaration 10 Mr.. Bar
tom, when the inquiry MS made a,#to his dctcrmi-
nation about tine payment Of the indemnity, that
would not have been held sufficient. No informal,
verbal explanation. such as the intercourse be
tween MI tor>ythA Mr.. pagcot alone permitted
nothne.ycn which Mr.. Forsyth could have address
Scd writing informally to Mr.. Paecot, in reference
to lis informal coHlnHieation woud have hccnrrcci-
we'd rs adequate. We now see from the note of the
Duke de- BroeIir 10 NJ. Barton, that nothing shor,
OF IN explicit c,arainn ofcouGdonec in the rood
faith Of the French Government, and II di,a,owa
OF an lntcntluuto menace lhat Government, ON
the part 0i the United States, ADDRESSING
IFS RECLAMATION TO Is Ole French
Government OFFICIALLY IN WRITING"
and accompanied will the solroNfl assurarc r,
TllAT " REGRETS TINS MlSUNDER.
SANDING" would have >uihced And What
l2ate would our itcplblic have made in the eyes
OF the world, If, IN addition To the express din
,o"al OF the MESSAGE which il is pretended con-
tanned the mcnaccil, in addition 10 Mr.. Ii,inrs-
tons ht,t letter of the - January, lS3o, nppro-
we'd by The President, stating that Hf sincerity ~
He !feath G0r'rHmeR WoS net deHbfcd, and
mat NJ menace iraS atcHdtd-if, in addition
to Mr.. lN ingston', letter of the 10Th April last 10
the Duke de- Broglie rcitcratng the assurances oi
tie hfai, communicating tho Presidents npptoha-
ton OF lsrApanatlons and repeating thcnl---ii, in
addition 10 all this, tlte President had consented To
repeat tlc,c explanations to the French CHARGE
d'Alia,rs, what would have been tic posture Of
our Government if ii had repeated diem in vain
That they must lave beeH repeated in vain is now
clear Nothing but direct communication Of
rgrefs oBcioHy aai IN mriting, 10 ii Government
winch had closel on IL part, all lnoci diplomatic
intercourse with us, would have been received
and II they bad hcen rendered in the conversation
dby Mr.. PaCcot with Mr.. Forsyth, it is appa-
rent that the Charge mus have declined consider
ing them sufficient He vould have said, Nv
instructions give me 10 understand that Vonr a.
pf0nations, anal hf eiPnSSion IF yoUr wertts
mast be odLtSS,d 10 my Gorcnmtnt oGtjaHg
and N ,etitIng.
The President oiihe United States, as appears
from his nlvssagr, wiselY resolved 10 rahc TO pnr
in the semi-olhcial subordinate came oldipIonae,
proposed To him. He has no ART bun simple hon
csl1--lte seeks no end which may not be attained
by PLAIN and round dai!inc. For all the courtesy
reported 10 him contained in the paper Of
the Due de BroClie 10 Nj. pdpcot Mf. FORSYTH
was authorized to return courtesy. Mr.. FORSYTH
heard IT read with the utmost compiaisanc"; but
rs i WIS not addressed Ia him, he could not re-
pond u il; and rs he could rol respond to IT, he
did not requr, copy, lat at the saiiic imc ASST
red Mr.. Paccut" that any direct communication
from Inn Il, the representative ithc Kings Co.
vcrnnent To me (Nlr Forsyth embracing the
contents of This drsPafei &c, would receive an
early and Just considerations" Mr.. rarcot. il
seems, declined tbs overture, because, doubtless,
Inc WIS instructed hot - open the direct diplomatic
intercourse between HE two Governments, which
had been closed by the King, order But if the
Dac de BropIic'' q ieei in having the contents Of
his letter Mr.. paecot made known to this CO.
vcrnmcnl were only 10 have it understood that
" n did met ask fer elpiMation ii ,ras con-
tcHtfd 10 crpCd Than ftom tic jaaiee nj Hr Go-
rr,pmfat Of Hc iHaed states, md from the an
Client iriendshp offhc .imcricaH n0tior, aotIonbt-
ing M0ffhc G0rerRment If tie tRucd SiafeS
wouH 0pprcci0fc Hf Inference in such cas,S.
bctocen ansceri3e an Interpolation, md y,yrrcn-
ting, bYa Sp0"taRe0nS determinations, by tlpiona-
hoas reaa'iy 0GJcl, dmisHadcrStaading oi,coVS
IN he rferehcd'-aas not hi, Object been attain
cd Has not the President, in Justice 10 his mis-
conceived message, "a message delivered long
since the French minister said he would not ask
for explanations, bur hoped they would rradIy be
o6erci,) declarcd,' - thr conception that il ma,
my intfHfi0n 10 mchd,e or insult tie GorsrAm1nf
NJ France IS as mfoundcd as the attempt IL
rrfotf trom the tcots II th0t ndtion ,rhat her
StnSe ~ justice may denP, wouM be ram anil ri
diculoas ~ Has he not said, also, in the same
message, that Mr.. Livingston, in his letter of the
2jlh 81 January, :. had rcpcatcd the disaroroi
c0HtaHed IN Tie message itself Of any intention I +,
inlimidate by mcnace'-that g he truth dcblorcd
Mdt II oontdined and r0S intcnded Ia contain. no
charge Of III tufh AGAINST the kinp of the