Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-10-11

States, our Government is bound in Jus.
tiee TO admit and pay it. 1t is resisted
on the ground that NJ. Port knew that
the property belonged TO NJ. Domercq,
and the U. S officer was about 10 sell
without right. This isthe groundwork
OF the correspondence between the
French Minister and the Secretary of
State, and in which the former used lam
guage considered SO exceptionable as 10
require 10 be Withdrawn. So far as the
claim of NJ. Port is concerned. i, seems
TO US that he had plausible grounds for
urging It, He bought wha, was sold at
public auction by authority of the Uni.
ted States; and he had no right TO cues
ton the propriety of the sale, whatever
he might have heard in reference 10
the prior purchase at private sale. That
was not q matter for him 10 require into.
but for the investigation of the public
authorities, by whom the sale was about
10 be made.
he second transaction embraced in
the correspondence, relates 10 a claim
Tor salvage made Gy Captain Carpen-
ter, of the U. S. steamer Iris, for ss.
wing the French ship Eugenia, off Vera
Cruz, whilst on the Rock Ell Riso. near
the anchorage Of Anton Lizardo, 1s4s.
The French vessel was in imminen,
peril, and was saved only by the most
Iaborious exertions of the officers and
crew of the Iris. The Attorney Gen.
eraI Of the United States, Che Hon.
iteverdy Johnson,) declares i, TO be 4
proper case for the charge of salvage:
and such was also the opinion of Mr..
Clifford, the American Minister 10 Mer.
lco' But the captain of the Iris, after
OBTAINING the Eugene for short time,
released her without receiving salvage,
and the French Minister asks that bs
shall be severely reproved, by his gov
ernment' instead of being thanked by
The Minister for his act of humanity.
and because our government cannot see
anything in the transaction which mer.
lis reProof; and declines to administer
1t at the suggestion or demand Of tina
french Minister, he has INDUCED in the
use OF language so offensive as 10 in.
duce the President to decline further
othcial intercourse with him. And this
offensive language is not only justified
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in
France, but he presumes 10 censure the
conduct of the Administration.
1t would almost seem, from the con, co
pursued by the French Minister here.
and by the Minister of Foreign rela.
lions IN France, that there has been q
systematic attempt made TO insult II e
government Of the United States
whether with view 10 exhibit The mon.
archical Propensities of the French
PRESIDENT, or to embroil the two coun.
'r'es IN n quarrel, we know not. But
n Whatever may have been the design of
h the French government in endorsing
Il Inc insulting language of its representa-
y i've mere, The discovery has been made
o that however slow our government ma
:, be TO offer indignity TO other powers, il
;, prompt enough in maintaining lis own
e honor at all hazards.
5 we know not what may be the re-
l. suit of this whether The
Is French Minister will quietly return
q. home and be replaced by another; or III,
n matter be more seriously taken I'D b,
ID the government of France. In an,
10 event, the administration will maintain
ic the stand it has taken, and in which /
e. will be sustained by the people.
ST Having given above. the plain facts il
to both cases we have not considered il
C, necessary to publish the entire CORES
Of pondence. The letters of the Secreta
a ry of Slate are firm and dgnifed, an,
lf- yet sufficiently conciliatory TO shew th
of government of France that there is n
by disposition here to disturb the amicabl
err relations which exist between the tw
ms, nations. lfthere be a breach of thes
lie relations, il must originate with Franc,
zee A YANKEE ANswER-A wager W,
ie' laid, that II was Yankee peculiart
w. to answer one question by asking a
ne other. To sustain the assertion, a dow
ad easter was INTERCEPTED.
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