Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-02-09

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rosssscr The rcfgeesitc positions 81 The tee eooS-
,fie. sl.o snnes the vPoft II the eeu'ns'iies.
r,es.u,.s 70 tle Chsa,s,f Il Pccrs 90 the a'h OF
juue. Ygp Mi thereby scr bow fer that Hoo'e
eaneurfe. ID The opinion Of the ChsH.scf Of pepu-
ties.
NJ, issinrssen has ich rsn.. ~iihec' ~si'ing
u, the vote q the chamher Of PEER. lcsving Nt
Barton 40 Charge d Affair.". The letter by which
he accredited han 70 the Frcsneh Government, ~
u the as,h of ayrl. You ~iil Gnd copy OF u
subj Aaei
Il, note dated g1,h, Mr. Livingston assigns 81
"a. ,,usr n o.. departure, the silence obser'ed by
al, Ftepc psinvcfnmoni IN relation 80 u prcsi"as
mite VI the lsh. IN sh'eh thai Minister. sgtehb'y
TO orders from hs Government. demanded Ihe eS-
rlsps,ios Of an expression usde zee Of by Mr. Ser
rsner in note be passed to Mr. Forsyth at the
time he lcn That explanation, CIR, We will sho"
our,.lrrs Sory willing to f5rnish # II should be
asked f,r aeAin. whcn se ourselves shasl have re-
ceiscd those Which VIC have night 10 expect
! Annexed copies VI the tao noier o' The ION
and 27th.
/ 90 the 25,h ar Livingston had addressed to INC
third note o; great i.agih. N which. whilst he
I forbcsrs marked slusion 10 the smendm n, intro
daeed BY The Chamber Of Deputies, he fully enters
into ne principle and probable consequences, you
may ascertain by reading ihs, paper. As long as
/ the amendment vac bot simple project, the INT
\ tiati,e of which did not belong TO the Govern
,n-ni thou cht proper 10 abstain from entering IN
to any controversy Oh this subject with the minis
/ ter OF a foreign Government. Now that that pro-
/ ,ect has become law by the concurrence e the
two Chambers and the sanction OF the King, II rs
my duty TO justify against objection which arc ut
terly groundlcss.
shall frs, recall few facis.
The ptoiect OF law relative TO the execution Of
the Treaty signed on the ith Of July 1881 had
been presented three times TO the Chamber of Dep
u,ies. viz the 5lh of April, lS33-the lllh II
jan Of the years following, when it was rejected
BY q majority Of eight votes on the first Of April
1894.
The news Of its rejection was known at Wash
ngton on the 9th of May. through packet which
sailed from Liverpool on the 9th Of April.
On the 4th of June Mr. Seuuricr informed the
Secretary Of State, that the Kings Government
had determined TO present anew the project Of law
a, the next session Of the Chambers The loss OF
the bill having occasioned the resignation of the
Minister who had signed it, and this circumstance
having caused different changes in the Cabinet, the
Government could not definitely adopt that deter
minalion until the 9th of April. The brig LIE Gu
irassier, bearer OF new instructions to Mr. Serruer
had moreover met with long and stormy pas
sage.
At the express request of Mr. McLane, then Sec
!, rotary of State, Mr. Sctrurier commu nicated the
next day, in writing, the declaration which he had
already made verbally His note is dated the 5u
= OF June.
The reply Of Mr. McLane Is Of the 9th. IL
this reply, Mr. NJ cInne states 10 express terms il
u the name Of his Government, that the President o
u the United States ,riH rely on the assurances VI
Serruri has been instructed 10 gire him, and ,c'i
, ,oan hereafter rih confidence for The appeal ha
!, is 10 b. made 10 The nep Chamber.
NJ, Serrurer 10 his note of the 9th Of June, ha
incidentally observed that il ,cds The intention Of III
y French Government TO present 0gdn the rejected tau
at as early period as our Constitution tcouid per
init. That intention real; our desire was sin
ccre: but it naturally followed from the very natur
and terms of the engagement that it referred to n
. particular and fixed period; that was lcA depeden
either upon tho different exigencies of our lnterna
situation, or upon the object which both Govern
:" ments were equally anxious to obtain.
= In the month of August the Chambers were as
70 sembed, bu, merely for form, and for the sole pur
=" pos, OF complying with the forty-second article
the Charter. No project Of law was either presen
y ted or discussed.
Mr. Livingston at Paris, and the President of tn
u. s. at Washington. having seemed to regrt
~ no, been embraced to place again before the Chan
O.. bers the project of law relative to the Treaty
~ the 4th of July, it was easy to make them unde
stand that in acting with that ecpitancy, "
- would not only have departed from all establishc
usages, but compromised instead of securing I'll
passage Of the law.
The same considerations were very natural
opposed to the request made at a subsequent per
- cd by MIR Livingston. for special session in II
fall. That Minister must no doubt have urc,
n, them with his government since the latter show,
4, itself entirely convinced OF their validity aud JUS
ness.
The New Secretary &C State, Mr. Forsyth, sa
:" in the month Of Oct. to Mr. Serrurier. The Pre-
dent realty uHdrstdads iohy this business has y
been taken up at the opening oftie session in .iggu
he ran hots decosat for The fact that TIC demand ma
by NJ LiviHgsfon y special session in The fall u
declined. Mr. Forsyth. 1t is true, added that /
President could not understand why the couvoc
ton Ct the Chambers had been delayed until {
INV las, days Of December. instead Of the beginning
si that month. Bot that observation falls before