The Sun. — 1835-12-09 (London, England)

GOVERNOR-IN-CH lEF ; and if we may be permitted to form a judgment of the future from the occurrences of the past, his Majesty's Ministers have much reason to congratulate themselves on the appointment of Lord GOSFORD to the discharge of so important a duty. He has commenced his Canadian career in .a spirit of peace, of conciliation, and of extensive concession. He has disarmed his very enemies ; and though they refuse to trust him to the extent which he desires, they are prepared to allow him a fair trial before proceeding to any extreme measures.  The French Journals of Monday, received this morning, continue to discuss the question of a war between France and the United States of America. The Journal des Debats has a long article on the subject, in which the writer endeavours to show that France has done all that she could do, consistently with a regard for her own honour, to avert a rupture with the Federal Government, and that if a war ensue, America only will be to blame. " Our Government has done all that it ought to do," says the Journal des Debats, " and it is now for America to take some step. The funds for the indemnity are voted, and the Government is ready to pay the whole. What France demands from America is not a disgraceful act of submission, but a satisfactio❑ equally honourable for the two countries. If  reason prevails in the deliberations of the American democracy, the debt contracted towards the honour of France will be paid with the same good grace that France offers to discharge her own obligations. If America chooses to remain in her actual position be tween peace and war, let her ; France will keep the 25,000,000 f. If it be easy for the President JACKSON to be insolent, it will also be easy for the French Government to show that it has acted throughout with moderation and good faith. * * The Government recognized the claim of the United States as legitimate, and has allowed the debt. But it also thought the honour of France wounded by the expressions of the head of the American Republic, and it has demanded, in its turn, a satisfactory explanation before payment. If it do not obtain this, it will not pay. If war is made upon it, it will be repulsed with all the energy of a good cause, and with all the power of a great nation. In this conduct there is nothing but dignity, moderation, and courage." The merest tyro in reasoning would be able to refute such sophistzy as this. The insult which France complains was not voluntary on the part of America—it was provoked by her bad faith with respect to the payment of a just debt. The relations of debtor and creditor in which the countries stood to each other left the PRESIDENT no other course, under the peculiar circumstances, than that which he adopted. Besides, a pecuniary debt cannot cancel an insult in the opinion of any honourable mind. As we have stated again and again, France has but one means by which she can enter upon a war with America with credit to herself; and that is by preceding all hostilities and all apologetic demands by a liquidation of the whole of the debt. We are really surprised that the French Government does not see the question in this point of view. By its determination, or 'rather by the absurd amendment proposed on the Indemnity Bill, French , honour is estimated at so many francs, and insults  offered to the nation may be computed for in the same way as murder, according to the laws of the Saxons. Now, a Government that can coolly enter into a legal pecuniary computation of its honour can neither expect to be esteemed nor trusted is by its allies. The course in which France bound justice to herself to pursue is easy enough. The Journal des Debats says the money due to America is ready. Let France pay it first, demand such apologies as consists with her dignity afterwards, and in the event of a refusal on the part of the Federal Union, then declare war. This is the just—this the honourable course. The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic dispatch from Fabres, dated the 2d inst. " Yesterday, at two o'clock in the morning, about 200 fugitive Carlists passed before Rienmajor, proceeding towards Navarre. They announced that they would be followed by a great number of their friends, who, like themselves, are unwilling to serve any longer, and are returning to their homes. Strict vigilance is being exercised to protect the valley of Aure."