Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-08
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
Announcing the offer Of the French Gov
crnnent to pay the Indemnity.

Announcing the offer of the French Gov.
crnment to pay the Indemnity.
To The Senate and House of Representatives:
| transmit herewith, to Congress, copies
ofthe correspondence between the Secretary
ofState and the Charge d'AfFairs of His
Britannia Majesty, relative to the mediation
of Great Britain in our disagreement with
France, and to the determination Of the
French Government to execute the Treaty
Of Indcmnifcation, without further delay, on
the application for payment by the agent OF
the United States.
The grounds upon which the mediation
was accepted will be found fully developed
in the correspondence. On the part OF
France the mediation had been public
" accepted before the offer of it could be
received here. Whilst each of the two Co.
vernments has thus discovered a just solicit
trdc to resort to all honorable means OF ad-
iusting amicablv the controversy between
item, it is matter of congratulation that the
mediation has been rendered unnecessary.
Under such circumstances, the anticipation
may be confidently indulged that the disa.
greement between the United States and
France will not have produced more than a
temporary estrangement. The healing et'
fccts oftime, a just consideration ofthe pow
erlul motives for cordial good understan-
ding between the two Nations, the strong In
duccmcnts each has to respect and esteem
the other, will no doubt soon obterate from
their remembrance all traces Of that dlSa-
greement.
Of the elevated and disinterested part the
Government of Great Britain has acted, and
was prepared to act, have already had oc-
casion to express my high sense. Unlver'
sal respect and the consciousness of merltlng
it, arc with Governments as with men, the
Just rewards of those who faithfully exert
their power to preserve peace, restore har.
mony, and perpetuate goodwill.
may be permitted, trust, at this time,
without suspicion ofthe most remote de-
sire to throw offcensure from the Executive,
Or to point it to any other Department or
branch of the Government, to refer 10 the
want of effective preparation in which our
country was found at the late crisis. From
the nature of our institutions, the movements
Of the Government in preparation for hos
tl!itics must ever be too slow for the exiger-
cics ofunexpected war. Isubmit it then to
YOU, whether the first duty we owe to the
People who have confded to US their pow
CT is not to place our country in such an at.
titudc as always to be so amply supplied
with the means of selfdefence as to afford
no induccment to other nations to presume
upon our forbearance, or to expect lmpor-
tant advantages from q sudden assault, eth
CT upon our commerce, our seacoast, or our
interior frontier. In case of the csmmence-
ment of hostilities during the recess ofCon-
gress, the time inevitably elapsing before
that body could be called together, even un-
der the most favorable circumstances, would
be pregnant with danger, and, five escaped
without signal disaster or national dshon.
or, the hazard of both unnecessarily incur.
rcd, could not fail to excite feeling ofdeep
reproacb. earnestly recommend to you,
therefore, to make such provisions, that in
no future time shall we be found without am
pie means to repel aggression, even although
it may come upon US withouta note ofwar'
ming. We arenow, fortunately, so situated,
that the expenditure for this purpose will not
be felt and, ifit were, it would be approv'
ed by those from whom all its means are de.
rived, and for whose benefit only it should
be used with liberal economy and an en-.
lightencd forecast.
In behalf of these suggestions, cannot
forbear repeating the wise precepts of one
whose counses cannot be forgotten: 'The
';United States ought not to indulge per.
"suasion that, contrary to the order Of hu-
" man events, they will forever keep at a
8: distance those painful appeals to arms,
"with which the history of every other ma
"t ton abounds. There is rank due to the
"United States among nations which will be
withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the rep
" uta,ion of weakness. live desire to avoid
insult, we must be able to repel it. If we
"desire to secure peace, one OF the most
"powerful instruments ofour rising prosper.
Z" ty,it must be known that we are, at all times
"rcady for war."
ANDREW JACKSON.
February, %, 1886.
noc,-DrSrS .CcONp AWNING THE MESSAGE,
Washington, Jan. 81, 1886.
The undersigned, His Britannia Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires, has been instructed to
state to MIR. Forsyth, the Secretary State