The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-21


formable with prescripve notions OF political equal
lty-he turns with indignant scorn from the incon-
sistency OF imperial pretensions advanced by de-
mocratic cabinet, and re-ecboed by vast p0pulace
In nasal jargon compounded at once Of bad gram
mar and worse principle. No; it would be not a
hard thing to find in England many supporter OF
ally attached to peace and retrenchment. Let not
the American Government rely too confidently on
the reluctance OF England to engage in war. The
English Ministry and the English people know too
seek the occasion Of an unnecessary rupture. The
acquisitions Of past successes and the undyng tame
OF ancient struggles are sufficient equally tor our
pride and our our ambition. We feel that there Is
nober field open to even than that OF arms that
there are other victories purer than those OF war
We would avoid conflict with any people, but es-
pecally with those who are bone OF our bone and
flesh Of our flesh. Yet, let them know that our love
Of peace springs from principle, not from lear and
that If, unmindul OF great !uly, and careless OF
great crime, they reject the peaceful and boodless
arbitration which we have now proposed, tor
an appeal to the sword-that take up the gage
fully prepared to 60 through the trial without waver
and without apprehension Of the result. The mise
RES produced by such decision would be infinite,
the sin OF provoking them enormous but the sin
and its penalties would rebound on those whose
ambition suggested, or whose weakness acquiesced
in, the abandonment OF more honest and more mo-
derate counsels
The Am erican Minister at Paris.
LEGATION rHK UNITED STATES,
PARIs, january T. 1886.
SR:-l have the honor 10 call the attention Of your
Excsllsncy to the following paragraph from the London
Times, OF the Let Instant
"Mr Calhoun and Mr. King stated in their oicial cor
Repentance with assurance that has never beon-
equaed that they received from the King of the French
pledge that France would offer opposition to the
work they had in hand. That statement utterly
false for although France, like England did not
ceive that in the province State Of Texas
sSs as g, w
cally England against the violation Of those prnci
pies which the basis and the safeguard Of interna
| tional relations"
Upon the decency Of such language applied, Of
the taste which tolerate. it, 1t not my purpose to ami
madvert This not the FIRST time that the veracty Of
my dispatches and Of those Of the late distinguished Sc
creary Of State of the United States has been asssled
continue to treat such calumnies with tho contempt
they deserve did they not receive some sanction from
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racter and relations, stamped with certain degree Of
authority The respect which owe to myself and still
more that which 10 due to my government will not JUS
tify in permitting such charges thus persisted in,
and thus reproducedto pass any longer uncontrolled
ed The couresies Of private life not to speak OF those
due 10 public station must not be violated with con.
| tinued impunity.
Your Excellency will perceive that Mr.. Calhoun's
published despatch Of the 10Th Of August lsa4 which
obviously referred to in the paragraph copied by the
WIN whos that
statesman and myself coarsely stgmatzed rests,
to say the least, upon rash misststement.
| Noticing, in summary way, the information Of my
prsferrng the independence Of Texas no event would
gree hostile which would give the United states
just cause Of complaint the despatch referred to
II have land your despatch No l. before the President
who nstucs to make known you that he has read
with much pleasure especially the portion which re-
lates to your cordial reception by the King and his az
of friendly feelings towards the United States
The President in particular highly appreciates the de-
be taken by his the slightest degree hos
tile, which would give to the United States just
that our prsvou. aor%aon .as to to- make
the impression that the Government of France pre-
pared to unite with Great Britain in joint protest
against the annexation Of Texas and joint effort to in
dsce our Government TO withdraw the proposition to
mex, condition that Mexico should DO made to &C.
your despatch that he inormson as ar as relates to
France Is in all probability, without foundation"
To the joint effort to induce Texas to withdraw her
deposition to snnsf NY despatch had not alluded and
the annexation Of Texas has ever been 70 the
! American Government
A little further the preference entertained by the
French Government for the continued independence Of
Texas il alluded to in these terms
"You right in making the distinction between the
rather, would say the apparent interests Of the two
c0untrcr. France cannot possibly have any other than
separate independence while il 10 certain that England
looks to politicalfnterests to which she appa
rcntly attaches much importance"
This despatch has been before the public for moro
than year and although tho subject Of Il has been
erred to in conversations with your Excelency, and
has been discussed in the Chambers, when, my memo
ry serves me WELL both the concerted action and the
conjectured protest discaimed have never re-
the slightest intmaton from the French Govern
ment that its statements questioned The positive
allegations of the paragraph have quoted conveyed in
lightly be applied men who have in eminent and
sponsble stations long the confidence Of their
and country having bssn G,na:;SSsu:y
Of the French Government to remain silent any longer
to manifest unworthy indifference to private re-
puation well public consideration The former has
before been sssaied when the latter be with
imPunty, can no longer serve my country with honor
feel IT my duty then, before giving public contra
dction to these charges at once to request Excel
Government. Whatever feeling may have been excited
by recent political cannot but persuade
myself that i'll give your Excelency great pleasure
promptly cxonsrats from such unworthy accusations
distinguished citizen, who has occupied the most emf
United States well him who has the honor to be
their representative His Majesty the King Of the
avail myself of this occasion to renew to your Excel
lency the assurance Of my high conaidsrstion v,So
His Excellency NJ. Guizot.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs
EXAMINATION
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AyrAIRs CABINET.
(Prirate)
honor to write to me on the 4th Of this month"; and
hasten to reply It. The Journal des Ds5afs IL not in
any manner the organ q the Government Of the Kipg
for what published therein whether for articles ema
mating from that journal itself those borrowed from
foreign journals add, that, in regard to the question
Of Texas the time that the Government Of the
King has pursued the which seemed to II in con-
formity with the views of wise policy aud the interests
Of France, 1t has had, as you have already re-
oeived the assurance, the intention to do anything hos
tile to the United States or which might give to them
just subject Of complaint take pleasure in repeating
It TO you.
Receive, pray you, sir, the renewed assurances Of
my high confederation.
Paris, jan .. GUIZOT.
LEoArIor or THE UNITED STATES PAsIs, Jan. o. 1916.
Sir-I have the honor 10 acknowledge your Excel
lency Of this morning My letter was not written
upon assumption that the Journal des Debafs was
the organ Of the Government Of his Majesty, although
10 the very article copied that journal qualified the
principal organ Of the French Government" Its OBJ
ject stated was to vindicste my reputation public
the French Government, in place and form which
gave tho calumny certain degree Of authority be.
fore the world. presume, therefore, that In marking
your note private" partieuie, i is not intended By