The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-23

rived when Washington in his message OF February 2Sth
I7T5 said 1T affords the highest pleasure to inform
Congress that perfect harmony regns between the two
pubcs Up to this time all the unjushable aggression
against which country armng and Congress was
preparing the of defence altogether the part
Of Great Britain la addition the warke preparation,
embargo sequestraon Of debts due TO English subjects
nonntereours and other efforts at redress were urged
and debated Even in the speeches OF the federal members
the bitter OF what called French prinei
Pies word uttered denying the right OF France
10 she bad done In sefdefence and as necessary
Of avang herself Of American products to sus-
tain her people and in the struggle IN which
she was involved with all Europe. The course OF
France was scarcely alluded to by the federal ora
tors; bat Mr. Dexter vehement as he was against the
French government and inclined to England had the can
dor to make this declaration in regard to the two powers
He said "a stronger combination than the present against
France existed and added the principles Of the
present peculiar IL is struggle for existence The
unusual circumstances of have compelled the French
with whom in friendship not only TO disregard our
rights as neutral nation but violate their treaty with
us though we have proceeded far in friendship to
them hazard peace Our merchants suffer Sc
yerely from that nation; yet told that imperous
necessity from peculiar circumstance is an excuse say
not these things to crimnaie that nation This the
avowal of great in the federal ranks and is the
strongest testimony that be given that France
bla,eess and could be eliminated, because it
from partisan Of England who nevertheless obliged TO
admit that all the wrongs which subjected orgi-
mated in the hostile policy of England which had created
that stronger combination than before existed and
directed s whole force the destruction of France and
to subject for the same object All the
coaeced powers of Europe agreed France by stop
ping provisions AT this critical moment when our mari
time rights sacrificed TO crush France-when Great
Britain had revealed for year in the remorseess order OF
the eth November 1893 and without plea or Justification
had seized all bound France that she could
t,apn .Ia
alliance with France into enmty, and enmy with
England into aance2 The to this question
the which Congress should give to the claims set
up by the representatives the merchants of that day
the poaon bill of the present day The merchants and
their in Congress- from the great
cia cities from the double motive of pecunary profit and
political interest sought the alliance Of England and
rendered that of France the consideration Engands
greater command of the had enabled her to seize and
conseate immense amount OF property belonging TO
merchants They attempted in vain to induce Congress to
pass act binding the of the United States
indemnity them 1t had been object of English policy
seize much American property to make it largely
the interest of the merchants to concate the great spoer
to get Indemnity for the spoliaon and impending
made weigh the administration to bring 1t into
the of the merchants The politicians of the federal
school abhorred the French and both their po
ca interests and the interests of their constituents in
trade conspred prompt surrender of revolutionary
ally for revolutionary enemy Just at this time France
had conquered the continent Great Britain bad done
the ocean and this brought down the aims of old
enemy from that of recolonzng with the force Europe
her back the migated design of controlling
by treaty On the 4h of April 794 the President
laid before Congress communication from the minister
the United States to Great Britain, containing this very
pregnant passage, giving the which induced
the British minister, Lord Granville, Ia which
brings up every outrage that drove into the revolution
to make revocation Of his order of piracy dated 9th
of November, Of the previous year. Mr. Pinckney
says his lordship then explained the motives which
had induced his government TO issue the nstruc-
ton The first he said, the sincere desire of the nd
ninistration maintain the best understanding and
mony with the United States The second was, what he
could mention officially but what he still thought
it right ! should be apprized Of that msconcep-
ton Of their motive might be entertained that he
Of the delicacy of speaking TO foreign minister
concerning the aternal state Of his country neither would
he expect from the subject; but that
their second reason was, by this conduct take away
every pretext from evil persons among who according
TO the intelligence he had received endeavorng ir
ritae people against Great Britain well to OPP
pose the Of government and in short to
duce to the present situation of Franco misfortune
which he deprecated well for sakes for the COM
welfare and tranquility of mankind
From This direct nerpostion of Lord Granville between
the political parties in this country it is evident that be
understood how to carry his point with the cabinet with
which he mad TO DEAL Mr. Jefferson longer
tary of State and this Granville parties among
US instead Of being spurned by minister in England
direct the action of government and did
direct it.
The party in the United States which had voted all the
force, naval and military required by President Washing
ton 10 resist the aggressons of Engandwhich put at
his discretion the power to lay embargo-whch had
voted for the sequestraton of British debts indemnify
merchans--whch had pressed non-intercourse rs
strong to avert future violations of the neutral
rights of counryhis party which took every step
support the government in Its effort for sedefence
seems, were held up by Lord Granville the ev per-
sons who opposed the of government
and were endeavorng TO rrae people against Great
Britain, and "reduce the United States) to the con-
dton of France'-a misfortune to be deprecated etc
Lord Granville having by his arbitrary acts not only
rrtated the people, but the government the point of
raising fleets and armies to oppose the piracy he author
zed tells government that he reyokes the order
" to take away every pretext from evil persons who
were endeavoring to rritate the people against Great
Britain and the administration which actually aroused
the nation for resistance consider this appropriation Of the
offence to the democratic party and the identification with
France in her misortunes such evidence Of kindly
feeling to administration, that Chief Justice Jay
signing his seat in the Supreme Court Immediately
sent minister plenipotentiary to enter into treaty
alliance with Great Britain And the treaty itself as win
be resulted in producing precisely the state Of things
in regard TO France which Mr. Jefferson in his instructions
TO minister heretofore quoted had said would justify