Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-01-28

lncre ased the dlIiieanN NHo"Hts, a. III - ~
~ appropriations depend j upon the cllamher
,I.c. the Seeret4ry of the Treasury. withou
va;,;ur for its action, drew bill for the I,aymen
efshs frs, ins,aleni before the appropriation wa
ao5e and before, of course, it could possibly be
I'D a protest necessarily followed, aeeompa-
MED w;,l much irritation on both sides.
With these obstacles. created by our own acts
the treaty was submitted 10 the Chambers. tse-
nv cfIor, was made TO obtain tho appropriation
The Minister displayed uncommon zeal aud ablil-
ties in defence Of the treaty but in vain under
these multiplied difficulties. The bill was rejected
~ q majority Of eight votes, number so small
in 30 large body. that ii may be fairly presumed
without any violence. that had not Mr.. Rses siet.
ter been published. and the draft drawn before III.
appropriation was made, the majority would have
been on the other side, and all the unhappy tram
ofeonscqucnces which have since followed would
have been prevented. SO earnest was the J rench
Ministry in ,hcr effort, carry the bill, that Their
defeat dissolved the Administration.
With these f,cfs before us, who can doubt where
,hs rcsponsibjty rests We had thrown the lni-
pediments in the wav--we, who had beon 50 nr-
rent to obtain the reay. and Nc who we're 10 pro-
81 by lis execution. Il matters not, in the We" IN
which all, considering the question, 10 what mo
sives the acts of our Executive may he attributed
whether TO design or thong hossncss. It cannot
shift the responsibility.
lie, us now (sald Mr.. c. proceed to the nen
stage Of this most unfortunate affair.
pass over the intervening period como TO
tho opening Of the neSt session of Congress. In
what manner docs the President, ~ his message at
tho opening Of the session, notice the failure Of Tho
French Chambers 10 make the appropriation
Knowing as he must how much tho acrs to which |
have referred had contributed to the deica, OF the
NJ du,in u rrc rESDDuslhlr
for those acts il was natural TO expect that he
would have noticed the fate Of the bill in the calm.
es, and most gentle manner; that he would lave
done full Justice 10 the zeal and fidelity OF the
French Executive IN its endeayor 10 Obtain ITS pas
sage, and would have thrown himself with comb
dcncc on the justice and The honor ol the french
nation for the fIlflment Of tho treaty. In word,
that he would have done all in his power strength
On tho Executive Government IN Franco in then
future efforts TO obtain the appropriation, and care
fully avoid every thing that might nierposc add.
tional obstacles Instead OF taking this calm and
considerable course, SO Wei calculated 10 secure the
ful6lment O! the treaty. and so bchIng the dignity
and Justice OF our Government, he sends "A message
to Congress, cJuchod in the strongest terms, and
recommending that he should be Invested with
authority to issue letters OF marquc and rcprisal IN
tho event Of tho appropriation not being made
-ameasurc, If no, tan,amounl 10 war. leadlnrto II
by almost necessary consequence. The message
was received in France with deep feeling CT ifr-
tation, which might have been expected and
under this feeling, with all the lmpcdlments which
Il was calculated 10 create, the bill to carry the
treaty into effect had the second time to make lis
appearance in the Chambers They were sur.
mounted The bill passed ; tut no, without
. condion--a condition which causes tho present
difficulty.
l deeply regret (vaid Mr.. c. the condition. In
my opinion Ire honor of France did no, require II,
and the only vindioation that can he offered iof
the Ministry in accepting II II the necessity oi the
case that il was indispensable TO It's passage.
But surely, in the midst OF the difficulties which
Il has caused. ought not 10 forget that the acts
Of our own Executive w.rc the CAUSE Of il, in,er-
ton.
Thi, (said Mr. c. brings u, to the present
stage OF this unhappy controversy. | shall not
offer opinion on the message and documents
which have just been read. I'LL have time 10 read
them ut leisure, and more fully comprehend
their character and bearing. The Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA has probably had the advantage of
me in knowing their contents. Here Mr.. Bue-
BANAN signihed his dissenl) Twill not (said Nj.
C.) make the remarks that | intended, but | am
no, satisfied with muelihat | hive heard in I'll.
reading Of the message and The documents. am,
j, particular, very lar from being satisfied with
the reasons assigned by the Secretary OF State why
ha did not accept the copy OF letter from the
Duke dc Brorie 10 the French Changed Aiiares
here, which the latter offered 10 pot in his pos
session. / regret exceedingly that We have not
that document. 1t might have she'd much light on the
present state of tins unhappy controversy. Much
mystery hangs over the subject.
There is another point (said Nj. {, which
quires explanation. There is certainly some hope
that the message at the opening Of the session
may be favorahy received in France. The Pre-,
sdent has in i, expressly adopted Ute explanation
offered by Mr.. Livingston, which affords somn
hope, a, least THAI ii may prove to be satisfactory
TO the French Government Why, Thea, send this
message at this time Why recommend prepar-
atoms and non-inttrcourse till We have heard how
the message has been reeei, ed in France : Sup
pose its reception should be favorable, in the all
sence ui a representative ofoui Government al tn.
French court, nothing {. uld be done till the mes
sage which We have Just received shall have
passed the Atlantic and reached Paris. How
unfortunate would tic the tonsc urncc, What
new entanvements and diiicultcs would te
caused in the relations of the two countries
Why all this Who can explain VIII any
friend Of the administration rise in his place and
tell us what is intended !
might ask (said Mr.. c. for Ike explanation.
why our Charge was recalled from Paris at tie
time he was. Why not wait ill the annual mes
sage was received Whom have we there TO re.
present us on IFS reception 10 explain any difficult
~ which might remain 10 be explained All
these things may have satisfactory explanations
cannot. however, perceive il. There may be