Washington telegraph., 1846-03-25
VOL. @.

shrlnk from ONCE. i am ready TO InCu
its responsibilities; to bear lis SACRIFICES;
to afiront its honorable perils; but lciH
not retain Il trith mmRaied pouer and
Shackled authority (Cheers.) I lsW no,
stand at lie helm during he tempesfUous
nigh; If that helm is not aloced freely 10
.rarcrse. triH not undertake 10 direct the
course Of The rsSsei 5y observations taken ia
the year 1912. loud cheers.) | will re-
serve to myself the uniettered power OF
Judging what viii be l1r lie public interest.
do notalasire 10 be the Minister OF E-g-
land; bnt q. = aa 1finisicg of En-, Land
I.SriH ba Y oJfce " no ser; iletenuTe. Loud
chcers.) VIII hold oiicc unshacllcd By
any o.lss- obl;gatio1 an. thai # consulting
tue public interest, and providing iOr the
/ public sate7y. Clhe right honorable gen
ftleman sat down amidst loud and continued
cheer;ng.)
FRANcE.-M. Gaizo,'s Rcply to lE-.
Polk, cc.-In France the discussion Of
American affairs have engaged the alien
tial Of lie Chambers 10 & great extent
The debates on Ibis subjec; are too lengthy
for .nse ltio.., and we avai. ourselves, there
fore. ofths capital summary contained in
tie Y. 7. Courier.
In the Chambers, on .ho debate Of the
address N reply 10 the IS II 3 speech, some
remarks made y u member, Oh the refer
renee 70 Texas "A tEs message u President
Polk, called Ai. Guizo; TO the tribune. HIS
speech was long, eloquent and ior this
country highly Important.
IL, I,.erred II some length 10 the re
MATS made by he Pre- sident in reference
IL l.e relations oi France with the United
States. III, said ihey entertained towa ris
dis country tie same good sentiments
W4jcA lad always governed them an they
iu eGa.d hat these sentiments should be
p.e=el.ed. Bat tie United States. he said,
utre hot now what they were sixty years
ag'- Ilen tLcy were just C. Gated and
needed support; now they lad taken their
place a!.l.ag III most powerful nations OF
tie earth. tr.nce reioiced in this; aud IL
though opinions is 10 their social and po.it.
ical !olins night differ, hey sill hoped that
the A.us ..can States would continue 10
soW IN power anl pro- pcFiIy. They were
iar Rom --n-p p-ai-.-ng ol, or being alarmol
"a tAr p.gspe Give greatness ol lie Union.
But ls said. iAey wee .l.ged 20 regard
With e y.g -4.', Rot u.si.us,.a. eye, iAei.
lfc- mes aad s,ieB.jl; and no ouc
could be e-rFrise- that they should hold
q C...e.ea, policy towards liz A1c. lean
states. uJw that they were powerful,
from What they had done while they
were raluI a..d feeble. This the mes
sa.sey. President FJ-.. taught them clearly.
/ Wa IJi to, him o. sar thai he Ples.-
Dent ) votds were either oPPg.tune OK
measured; buJ they were frank, explicit ana
honorable. lie had read them aiicnliyelv,
and LaI tound ia !hem these two grave
points: First, that the United States had
not taken, and would not take, part for or
against any Of the powers of E4rope-and
THIS he thought was their interest. But, he
said. iae United states cannot be astonisn-
cl ,hal France should persuu a policy, with
r,lrIrl 10 lGeu, marked Lv the same indie
penjeHce. lie noticed, secondly, that the
United States woulIno; po rmit any Euro
pcan action On The North American con;i-
nen.--any application Of bat in Europe is
called iAe balance o. power.
In The Chamber On The Both, the same
subject WAS brought Up by u. Theirs. lie
began hy saying that the annexation O!
/ Teas had been consummaicd, greatly 10
the dissatisfaction OF England, as il appear.
eJ-aAI also, J-dg.ag from the course Of
The Ministry 10 the dissaiislsciioa Of
France. Aasr quo.iag lae language oi
tie Message upon the subject he SAID hat
while France was exchanging words Of
the most lively intimacy with England. her
relations with America were becoming, ii
not hostile. less friendly. This, under any
1..cunstlnCcs, hc should regret; under ex-
;s.inE circumstances, he thought Il most I'M
fortunate. lie leareI The conduc. of rance,
in regard 10 ,Ie very serious dispute be-
tween En- gland and America, had No, been
sufficiently cirC1m pcl,; and what made
The matter still more serious, was ;he the0-
~ pa, .orlb~Dy tae Minister OF Foreign Af
.airs. lie alluded to he mailer now. he
said, not los the saae Of opposition. bat 10
PROVOKE from The Chamber what ho called
fbs clcariag ~ OF the most serious question
which might be brought forward during ,ho
session.
Texas. he said. was Of great Importance
10 the United States; aid never had an an
nexagiou Deen made in = more regular man
ner tLan that OF Texas 10 the American
Union. Annexation was now 10 be con-
sdered an irrcr0ca5lc facf. And yet. il
was under these circumstances that the
French Cabinet had opposed the measured
1 lie Ministry had failed IN lis efforts against
it, and caused an interruption OF friendly re-
lati0ns with the United states.