Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-10-18
BURLINGTON lIAWK-EYE.


Mr. Calhoun. Philadelphia Uni
ted States Gazette, Of the lst inst, states
that private letter had been received in
that city announcing the determination Of
Mr. Calhoun to resign hi> seat in the Sem
ate Of the United States. The South Car.
Dina papers that have come to hand make
no mention whatever Of any such design
being entertained ON the par, Of Mr. CAL
houn.
[Apropos of Mr. Calhoun. We have
heard it stated so generally as to author
ize notice in public journals, that Mr.
Calhoun has declared himself in favor of
the proposed Railroad from the Mississip-
| pi 10 the Pacific, with the condition that
there shall be branches from the main
stem leading TO the Southern and Northern
portions Of the Union. This, we suppose,
Is 10 be looked upon as compromise
measure, and in the event of an agreement
upon details as 10 route, &C., very little
difficulty can be experienced in carrying
out the project.
We place no faitl, in the rumor Of his
intention to resign his seat in the Senate.
-.ho. Rep.
THE Uniled States and France. We
subioin an article from the N. Y. Cou-
rier and Enquirer OF Tuesday week, in
which fears are expressed that orr rela-
tons with France hereafter may not be
aniable. In connection with that, we
will state that the same paper of the pre-
ceding Saturday, in announcing the arri-
val of Mr. Pous>in in that city, said that
the late French minister "claims TO have
simply followed the instructions of his
Government, while he frankly acknowl-
edges that his entire want of familiarity
with diplomatic forms and lack Of prop
er attention to the language andtone Of his
correspondence have occasioned the err
rors into which he has, so much 10 his
chagrin and modification, unfortunately
been betrayed. He di<claims, however,
in the most explicit and emphatic manner,
all thought OF offering insult or Intention
al disrespect to the Government of the
United States, or to any member Of its
Executive. He expresses, also, the full
lest confidence that the sentiments of the
French Government, and specially of the
French people, toward the United States
are Of the most friendly character, and
deems it impossible that any serious, pro-
tracted rupture should take place between
the two countries"
We snbjoin what the Courier and En-
qnirer said on Tuesday:
We learn that considerable uneaxiness
is felt in well informed circles as TO our
prospective relations with France. Ii is
not supposed byany one that the dismissa!
OF M. Poussin can be Justly regarded,
even for moment, as affording any ground
Tor hostility, even of feeling, on the part
Of the French Government has a perfect
right, al any time, for any cause that may
seem to itself sufficient, to decline to hold
correspondence with a foreign power
through amy particular channel. II is a
right which has been repeatedly exercis-
ed for reasons far less strong than those
! which, in the present case, left our Gov
crnment no alternative, nor has it, so far
as we are aware, been at any time dispu-
ted by any nation.
The apprehension to which we allnde
grow es.4 Oh s2l,1Azia helev ed 10 be the an-
friendly disposition Of the Government Of
France towards this country. Near y a
fortnight since we alluded TO an important
fact in regard to this point which we may
now mention without improperly. We
understand that as long ago as in May
last, MIR Rush, our minister in Paris,
wrote 10 Mr. Clayton, our Secretary OF
State, that the President of the French
Republic had declared tha, if France was
TO engage in war With any power ii uouId
be wifh The United States. The dispatch
in which this fact was stated bore date the
Sd of May; and, OH the 4,h of May, M.
Pous>n made the peremltory demand on
Mr. Clayton. avowedly under instructions
from the French minister for (orei On al
isirs, for satisfaction for the insult offered
to the French flag by Commander Car
pender. NJ. Pous>in distinctly claims 10
have done and said nothing more, in all
this correspondence, than explicit and i'm
perative instructions from his own Gov
eminent obliged him TO do and to say.
These several facts viewed in connection
are thought to warrant the inference that
the French Government regards the de-
ten,ion ofthe Engenic as an insult offered
TO the French Aag-that satisfaction for
that insult was demanded, and rufuseG BY
the Government Of the United States--and
that, setting the dismissal Of his minister
entirely out Of the question as an uninpor-
taut incident, Louis Napoleon may deem
it due TO the honor Of the French nation to
prosecute the demand even to the point o f
open war. And Mr. Rush's dispatch is
referred 10 as evidence that he intended
to do SO from the very beginning.
1t cannot be denied that there is pla,si-
bility inthese considerations, and that they
justify a far graver view Of the whole
matter than portion of the public has
been inclined 10 entertain. The country,
however, will feel the most entire conf
dence that the Administration will do eve
rything that due regard to the rights and
The honor of the nation will perni, to pre-
serve peace with all the world
| Thomas ". Chinn, OF Louisiana, who
left the United States few weeks since,
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