Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-18


ghtuy subject the United State. he imputaOn u
| jr-aeh Of nessraEty."
This proposal appears have received ~ countenance
favor from the American Gcysnmen In the letter of ae
Secretary Of State Mr. Monroe dated March s, 1875, he
thus adSertea to it 81 shall answer your proposition,
rather intimaion relative crtan ccaoERT until kure
opportunity, and after hearing further from you concerning
lit You will have concluded from Of my late letters
shat the step is viewed here very strong one But,
nevertheless, in letter dated month thereafter, 7hApr
1885, he expressed desire receive from Mr.. Monroe
infornation concerning its Details and the following
from that letter will exempt the Administration
OF Washington from any departure from shat honesty truth,
and justice (which the glory and the policy
| of State
1.-THE dispatches entrusted Nr. Smith not having yet
arrived anxiety continues learn the issue Of the
cert which you have suggested You will be Informed ly
letter o. the 9Th umo that heStsp Is rtocd here
rry srOag and notwithstanding the rapid
which have attended the of ally, steadily direct
course TO the character OF neutrality which we profess
and therefore the examined the stronger tappears
France this period, she has always been, cordially
embraced and could be affecting to the Pre-
jen thans suspicion Of the purity Of motives Ia regard
that republic But whou. adherence TO principles,
Goyenens defend if against the Gnmadversons Of the
world procure permanent benefit ioits citizens.
The nature of the proposed by Mr. Monroe may,
perhaps be in the letter om Mr. Monroe the Secre
:ary State dated September TO- l795 twas therein pro-
posed that harmonious cooperation should be form
ed between France and the United States Span being then
in alliance with France j that the part of France the
demands Of The United States against Great Britain should
be enforced by the power Of the victorious republics and that
the part the United States powerful diversion should
made by The seizure Of the Northern posts the invasion
Of Canada, aid the sequestration of the British debts
With such sentiments, and with such propositions Mr.
Monroe informed his Government letter the Secretary
nt State dafaI paris Nav 81 has Ssh
Court is strongly inclined connect itself with this repu
lie, France But, doing SO, it foesees the necessity of
accommodates with respect to the boundaries and
the Mississippi that is improbable aceomnoda
ton may take place
Such the condition of foreign affairs when specalen
voy Spain, with plenipotenary powers, resolved
by the American Government commission dated the oath
November, 1884, forwarded Mr.. Pinckney then
lister of the United States in London. Mr. Pnckney bis
way Madrid took the of Paris arrived the
place the a1h of May, 1885, received from Mr. Monroe
accoun. Of what had passed between Mr.. Monroe and the
Directory the subject Of the missions and after declining
proposed with the Directory an unwilling.
10 compom in any way, either himself his Govern
ent proceeded his mssion and reached Madrid the 2sh
of June, 1895.
At the commencement OF his negotiation, Mr.. Fnckney
little embarrassed ~ the expectations which Mr.
Monroe had raised first proposed BY the Duke Of
Alcuda to connect the negotiations, then carrying be-
tween Spain and France, with the negotiation with which
Mr. pinckney charged but this not insisted when
Mr. Pinckney otsesred that he could connexion
them" In letter from Mr. Pinckney, dated July
2I 1885, he informed his Government that proposition
had been made him by the minister Of Spain that the
United States shou guaranty Spain her American pos
sessions, and that triple alliance should be formed be-
weon France, Spain, end the United States. He had also
Y -.
French commissioners Madrid the favorable disposition of
France with respect his mission the Duke of Alcuda
having informed him that he had certain information that
The American minister Paris had opposed accommoda-
ton between Spain and France unless the rights Of the Uni
ted States previously acknowledged BY the former
The negotiation by Mr. Pnckney continued with vary
ing prospects Of At its he discour
aged the hope Of guaranty alliance subjects
within his powerso contemplated by his Co
and required the exercise Of prudence and
cistos spirit prevent injurious effect from this reject
e1 profe upon the objects Of his MISSION And while, on
the hand the treaty Of peace between Spain and France
concluded the 22d day of July, 1885, rendered Spain the
desous of accommodation with the United States
nasmuch her American possessions exposed to the
naval superiority of Grca, Britain the other the third az
ce of the treaty negotiated by Mr. Jay with Great Britain,
containing the stipulation that the Mississippi should
thereafter according the treaty OF peace ot 1882 be
ey open both parties, after aesing the negotiations was
with difficulty overcome; and the discomfort OF France with
the treaty Mr. Jay, Notwithstanding the assurance which
had been given by Mr. Monroe that did conflict with
the interests rights Of France created additional ehar
rassmen We have the mannerin which the decision
of Mr. Pinckney critical moment inclined the balance
France occupied at home ensrossed with the cares Of
foreign conquest seemed for time overlook the treaty be
tween Great Britain and the United States BY degrees
however, kingdom after kingdom fell before her arms her
pride and arrogance increased She saw it true with no
pcaurabe emotions sister republic exempt from her sway
rejecting her alliance and through the wisdom Of Washing
on coivapg peace and nourshing the elements Of future
greatness Bot policy demanded that peiominatng selfish
and brooding discomfort should for while be masked
under professions of friendship probable too that
when informed Of the popular commoons with which the
treaty received in the United States and the doubt ex
pressed BY the Secretary Of State, in his letters Mr. Mon
roe Of the lih and 2la July, 1875, whether would
ceye the ratification Of the President ALL and certainly
not before return from England, she the more dis
posed suppress her rising resentment and improve
utmost this intervening period.
was during this interval that Mr. Fauchet returned to
France ae exhibiting in his mission more zeal than mode
ration aud prudence and receiving from the Secretary Of
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