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Sentiments and propositions which they had declared could not justly be imputed to the Government or People of the United States, are set up as obstacles to the perform ance ol an act of conceded justice to that Government and people. They had declared that the honor of Prance required the fulfilment of the engagement into w hich the Kine had entered, unless Congress adopted the recommendations of the message. They ascertained that Congress did not adopt them, and yet that fulfilment is refused unless they first obtain from the President explanations of an opin ion characterized by themselves as personal and inoperative. The conception that it was my inte ntion to menace or insult the Government of Prance, is as unf rinded, as the attempt to ex ton from the fears of that nation what her sense of justice may de nv, would be vain and ridiculous. But the constitution of the United States imp ses on the President llifjrlntv nf !i vir.rr hpforp f n'irrp.5 ! m. .. , . .-j...- p.- i ie no the condition ol the country in its in withholding such execution; and demonstrated thai the ntces ary use of that right ought not to be considered as an offensive im putation. Although this commu nication was made without in structions, and entirely on the Minister's own responsibility, yet it was afterwards made the act of this .Government by my full ap probation, and that approbation was officially made known, on the 23th of April, 1835, to the French Government. It, however, filled to have any effect. The law, af ter this friendly explanation, pass ed with the obnoxious amendment, supported by the King's Ministers, and was finally approved by the King. The People of the United States are justly attached to a paciac system in their intercourse with foreign nations. It is prop er, therefore, that they should known whether their Government has adhered to it. In the present instance, it has been carried to the practicable, this unpb aant affair to a close before the meeting of Congress, that yon might have the whole subject before you, I caused our Charge d' Affaires at Paris, be instructed to ask for the final determination of the French Government; and in the event oi their refusal to pay the instalments now due, without further explana tions, to return to the United States. The result of this last applica tion has not yet reached us, but is daily expected. That it may be favorable, is my sincere wish. France having now, through all the ranches of her Government, acknowledged the validity of our claims, and the obligation of the treaty of 1831, and there really existing no adequate cause lor further delay, will at length, it may be hoped, adopt the course which the interests of both nations, not less than the principles of jus tice, so imperiously require. The treaty being once executed on her . ...til rv r-cnrl ntmost extent, that was consistent! part, little will remain to disturb scii-respect. friendly relations ol tlie two coup- wit!i a becoming note of the 29th of January, tries; nothing indeed hich I have before alluded, not yield to the sugges which will ... . -v mnc nt rk tr u iirh 1 iiavR he ore a uded. noi yieiu 10 me iuuouwiu foreign and domestic relations, , , . i v onc w,jc, our I paci.lc and enlightened policy, and of recommening such meas-: r , himself the i and to the iiuiueiicj of that mutual ! be, :i... r i 1 imnrl will rinrl tluisp renerous re- ! ' i CSIJIJUM-Jlll , Ul III Chilli IIC, Uli IIIU ! fcj""1- "!" o .. '.. I 11 1 1 .. . . ft collections, wuicn we m.iy ore? as maw in his opinion, it r ..... u ....... v.... ...... same subject, ar:J in the same the performance ot this duty lie' ;ri! Finjillg lha. it was jnten cannot be deterred hy the fear of . dc( (0 makg le psyment of a j.JSl wounding the sensibilities of Lis : de.ol depeill;t,:ll o;) ,iie perform. peooie or Government of whom it 'lice of a comi,iot) whicll he mayoecoine necessary iobp-wu;j t.0,jl(, . bc COmrlietJ n i :au i eop.e a. u , ,je and hs American incapable of submitting to an in lerfe.-.Ttice hy any Government on earth, however powerful, with the free performance of the domestic J duties v.hich the constitution has imposed on their public functiona ries The discussions which in tervene bet'veen the several de nart!:ient3 of our Government belcm.'x to ourselves; aud for any a- "i :.. .i t.: . i J imun s :ju ki itieui, our puum- mti - ons .v,cj vants const i If . ! . L . ii, in me course ouneir coiiMma-, . 1?(ril!uriJ . ,, . . OM , it turn, facts arc erroneoa.ly stated, hh jf, a fo.mer nme been fu, or us; deductions are made,; y anJ vo!llIlar:,y s.alcd before it wry ic...c..if .uu, contemn ated to m.ikp iI.p t,.c.t w. -it;o:is .vhicn one branch ts are only responsible to t.,er j .,:c cmu?cil mado wl) a, s,.-uents, and to each other. l!j;Jl in t, : resc:ll Iu thought it a duty to make another attempt to convince the French Government, that whilst self-respect aud regard to the dig nity of other nations would always prevent us from using any lan guage that ought to give offence, yet we could never admit a right in any foreign Government to ask explanations of, or to interfere in auv manner in. me commumca- onc branch of our lother: no such 10 correct mem, uowever iniorui- ; . jr,:. ... .. i . . . " . i ' v -k wi.iiiauw:i a luiiuiiiuii; uuu mill ed of their error, th in their love ol lhere mi ht btf mis;ip hen. justice, and what is due to tlieir , sio1) ,,e slalC(, lhe lJJ n uw Hra. er.uui i..Bjr w.i rjlim an(. ,)e offici.v inf()rm. aiea upon . . :4 . , cu iiicjij nidi ii uau uttii uppriivcu by the President; and that, there fore, every explanation which could reasonably be asked, or submit to 02 interro the subject as a matter of right, by a foreign power. When our dis cussions terminate in acts, our responsibility to foreign powers commerces, not as itu but as a nation. The princio which calls ;n question the Presi dent for the language of his mess age, would equally justify a fore ign power in demanding explana tion of the language used in the report of a committee, or by a member in debate. This is not the first time that the Government of France has taken exception to the messages of American Presidents. President Wahiugion and the first Presi dent Adams, in the performance of their duties to the Amer i People, fell under the animadver sions )f the French Directory. The objection taken by the .Minis try of f'harle? tb? Tenth, and re moved by the explanations made by our Minister upon the spot, lias already been adverted to. When it was understood that the Minis try of the present King took ex ception to my message of last yeer, putting a construction upon it hich was disavowed on its face, our late Minister at Paris, in an swer to the note which first an nounced a dissatisfaction with the language used in the message, made a communication to the French Government, under date of the 20th of January, 1835, calculated to remove all impres sions which an unreasonable sus ceptibility had created. He re plated, and called the attention of thn FivnrhGovernment to, the di avowal contained iu the message itself, of any intention to intimid ate by menace he truly declarer unt it contained, and was intend ed to contain, no charge of il laun against the Kinu of the r r -n. l:, and nronerlv distinguish el S t'.v,, lhe r-1Rlt' to complin in unexceptionable terms, of the om. .,.m toeWutem agreement, and an accusation of bad motives honorahlv fiveri. hnrl bppn nlrpa. lividuaU, dy Ena(i.. Uiai contemplated measure had been anticipated by a voluntary and friendly declara tion, aud was therefore not only useless, but might be deemed offensive, and certainly would not be complied with, if annexed as a condition. When this latter eommunica- tio.i, to whicli 1 especially invite the attention of Congress, was laid efore me, I entertained the hope that the means it was obviously uded lo ahord, ot an honorable and speedy adjustment of thedifii- cuiiies betueen the two nations. would have been accepted; and I therefore did not hesitate to give it my sanction and lull approbation. This was due to the Minister who had made himself responsible for the act; and it was published to the People of the United States, and is now laid before their re presentatives, to show how far their Executive has gone in its endeavors to restore a cood un derstanding between the two coun tries. It would have been at any time communicated to the Gov ernment of France, had it been officially requested. The French Government hav ing received all the explanation which honor and principle per mitted, and which could in reason he asked, it was hoped it would no longer hesitate to pay the in stalments now due. The agent authorized to received the money, was instructed to inform the French Minister of his readiness to do so. In reply to this notice, he was told the money could not then be paid, because the formali zes required by the act of the Chambers had not been arranged. Not having received any offi rial communication of tbe inten tions of the French Government, and anxious to bring, as far as confi-' dently expect wiil then be revived i in all their ancient lorcc. j In any event, however, the principles involved in the new as pect which has been given to the controversy, is so vitally import- ! ant lo the independent administra tion of the Government, that it can neither be surrendered nor ( coniDromitted without national ; degradation. I hope it is unne cessary for me to say, that such a sacrifice will not be made through any agency of mine. The honor of my country shall never be stained by an apology from me, for the statement of truth and the performance of duty, nor can I give any explanation of my official acts, e.rcep such as is due to integrity and justice, and con sistent with the principle on which our institutions have been framed. This determination will, I am conGdeut, be approved by my constituents. 1 have, indeed, studied their character lo but little purpose, if the sum of twenty-five millions of francs will have the weight of a feather in the estima tion of what appertains to their naliond independence; and if, un happily, a different impression should at any time-obtain, in any quarter, they will, I am sure, rally round the Government of their choice, with alacrity and unanim ity, and silence forever the degrad ing imputation. Having thus frankly presented to you the circumstances which, since the last session of Congress, have occurred in this interesting and important matter, with the views of the Executive in regard to them, it is at this time only ne cessary to add, that whenever the advices, now daily expected from our Charge d' Affaires, shall have been received, they will be made the subject of a special communi cation, to be continued.) ative strength of the Presidential candidates in the House. On Tuesday, .th? President message was received. We ex ceedingly regret our inability to lay this masterly and important State paper entire before our rea ders; we have, however, inserted the whole of that part relating to our affairs with France, the mild and conciliatory yet firm and dig nified tone of which, appears to meet with unqualified approba tion. The lucid expose of our domestic as,well as of our foreign relations, has seldom been equal led and never surpassed. On Wednesday, both Houses attended the funeral of Nathan Smith, Senator from Connecticut. A correspondent of the Peters burg Constellation mentions the death also of Mr. Wildman, Rep resentative from Connecticut, and of Mr. Kane, Senator from Illi nois and adds that "Gen. Speight of N. C. is dangerously ill." Tht amended Constitution. The following is the oflicial state ment of the votes given in the sev eral counties in this State, for the ratification or rejection of the amended Constitution. The ag gregate varies but little from that given for the call of the Conven tion, which was 27,550 for, and 21,694 against It majority 5,856. Th- majority for ratification is only 5, 1G5, as follows: Counties. Fi or. Jl gainst. SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1835. Congress assembled on Monday the 7lh inst. In the Senate the Vice President took the chair and in the House of Representa tives, James K. Polk, of Tennes see, was elected Speaker by the following vote: Polk 132, John Bell 84, scattering 6, blank 9. On the same day, Messrs. Blair h Rives, editors of the Globe, were elected Printers to the House, as follows: Blair & Rives (for Van Buren) 133 Gales II Seaton, (for Webster or Harrison) 59 Bradford h Learned (for White) 26 blank and scattering 5. This election probably exhibits the rel- Anson, 815 44 Ashe, 466 8S Bertie, 96 315 Beaufort, 90 639 Bladen, 6 564 Brunswick, 0 466 Buncombe, 1322 22 Burke, 1359 1 Columbus, 3 391 Caswell, 466 162 Camden, 61 333 Cumberland,- 331 439 Carteret, 32 332 Currituck, 22 115 Chatham, 556 200 Craven, 131 270 Cabarrus, 59S 46 Chowan, 7 322 Davidson, 1034 33 Duplin, 56 532 Edgecombe, 29 1324 Franklin, 85 617 Granville, 433 SOS Greene, )' 9 423 Guilford, 971 237 Gates, 12 502 Halifax, 239 441 Hyde, 2 431 Hertford, 7 516 Haywood, 484 8 Iredell, 1194 18 Johnston, 73 776 Jones, 22 239 Lenoir, 54 320 Lincoln, 1887 42 Macon, 502 19 Martin, 14 795 Mecklenburg, 1097 67 Moore, 110 370 Montgomery, 538 103 Nash, " 8 757 New Hanover, 54 365 Northampton, 12 286 Orange, 1031 246 Onslow, 97 357 Pasquotank, 7 442 Person, 180 2S7 Pitt, 32 710 Perquimons, 10 431 Robeson, 86 458 Rowan, 1570 24 Randolph, 426 163 Rockingham, 612 68 Rutherford, 1557 2 Richmond, 263 43 Stokes, 1061 71 Surry, 1751 4 Sampson, 148 463 Tyrrell, 1 459 Wake, 243 1 124 Warren, 4G 580 Wayne, 28 966 Washington, 14 409 Wilkes, 1757 8 Yancy, 504 13 26,771 21,606 21,606 Majority, 5,165 CTOn Wednesday last, Gen. Samuel F. Patterson was re-elec ted Public Treasurer for the eiisu ing year, by nearly an unanimous vole. On Friday, Thomas L. W est was elected an Engrossing Clerk, vice William Hall, resigned. Thomas J. Pasteur (Van Bu ren) has been elected, without op position, a Senator from Craven County, vice R. D. Spaight, cho sen Governor. Raleigh Reg. (jpWe learn th3t at the meet ing of the Board of Trustees of the University, which took place in this city on Saturday even ing last, Governor Swain was chosen President ' of 'he Institu tion, in place of the lamented Rev. Dr. Caldwell, deceased. This appointment has excited equal curiosity and surprise; and affords a fruitful theme for com mentary. But we forbear at this time, a single remark Raleigh Standard. Rail Road Delegates. We understand that General B. VV. S. Cabell, from Danville; Thus. Newton. Psq. of Norfolk; and Stephen Cowley, Esq. of Ports mouth, ;near Norfok) are in this city; being delegated by the citi zens of those towns, to attend the session of our Legislature, for the purpose of obtaining an act ol incorporation for what is to be called the Chesapeak and Missis sippi Rail Road Company, a magnificent project, designed to be extended from the rail roads on the Roanoke, to the Mississip pi river. ib. (I7In the Senate, Mr. Cooper's resolution for the adjournment ol the Legislature on Monday next. 2 1 st inst. has finally passed, 44 to lo, and was sent to the t ommons. It is not thought, however, that an adjournment can take place be fore the 24th or 25th,- if, indeed, sooner than than the last of the month. ib. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Abstract of such cf the proceeding as arc of general interest, or parti cularly so to our readers. SENATE. Saturday, Dec. 5. Mr. Williams, of Beaufort, nrp ' r - seined the petition of Tannahill & I -v.. A : .1 .1 -i uavcuurr, prating ujai lliey, WHO others, be crranted the exclusive privilege ol navigating the Tar River with steamboats, in consid eration of their removing the ob structions in said river. Referred. Mr. Fox presented a bill to in corporatelhe Charleston and Cin cinnati Rail Road Company. The bill to suppress more ef fectually tbe vice of gaming, pass ed its second reading, after some discussion ayes 70, noes 54. Mr. Sharpe in the affirmative. Monday, Dec. 7. The bill relative to the Public Lands was taken up, and after some discussion again laid on the table. The bill to relieve the Bank of Cape Fear from the obligation to establish a Branch in Raleigh, was rejected on its second reading. Tuesday, Oec. 8. On motion of Mr. Wellborn, the Judiciary committee were in structed to inquire into the expe diency of amending the law for the punishment of Vagrants, so that it may be put in full force. The Public Land bill was fur ther discussed, and again laid on the table. Wednesday, Dec. 9. Mr. Wyche from the commit tee of finance, made a report res pecting the Public Treasury, and further reported that they had burnt Treasury notes to the a mount of 3,100 dojlars. . Mr. Polk reported sundry reso lutions relating to iucendiarv pub lications. These resolutions we will hereafter publish. The bill respecting the Public Lands was again taken up, deba ted and laid on the table. Thursdaii. Ho in The resolution fixing the day of rtujuurrimeiu 01 me Legislature on the 21st Dec. instant, was ta ken up and adopted 44 to 15. Mr. Hill submitted a resolution to amend the Charter of the Bank of the State, so as to authorize the increase of its capital $200 -000; in order that the University UCdU u WW on the j , , The Puhn "'.'M! ther considered, a, a strike out all after il,e ved neratier!w. i rdr' men reau: a second tiflle , ed; and being read tlie ,' ,f"' the dehatP .... e Ul,,liin, lion to strike out the , fe' the word resolved, , until the Senate arij,Irn: IIOCSE OF COMMON 'lillc; V... 1 1- "'iriiutii , nilHsflMM ,1., .1 r. The Piihlio r ; 1 fie niiPvtifir. .1 lLi; . . r "ii, submitted by Mr. (j Ink en un and r,.rti.-".. ' . M,"'r dun. "rant: to of the first resoh.ti,,, Congress has no rmi,,' ! states th ;:: J"r respective limits, w , -111 the affirmative--! 3I06 t second branch, that CoIlrre"; not reduce the minimum pr these lands, without doi,,! lice to the oM S 107 to IS-rOnthieiJ tions, Messrs. IMcrryh ative, Ptppen jn lhe ffi y The second resolution, wi irj, ' dares that the proceeds of Public Lands ought to bed among the States, passed 70 J Messrs. DtUrru and J,V the negative. The lat rW ' V lion, which requests the Gove I to forward the resolutions to Senators and Representatives'" Congress, passed SI to 40. Monday, D(c.;, Mr. Taylor presented a tig,! reduce the salaries of ihej of the Supreme Court. Reject Go to 49. J The bill to regulate peddi'r was debated, and the license v at $25 by a vote of 07 to ter which the bill passed ibseir. th c H Bs ch A an s by V pU I reading. Tuesday, Utc. ; The bill to incorporate thet leigh and Gaston Kail lloadC : pany pissed its second reafc after some debate on several , mendments w hit h were rejected. Wednesday, Dtc.i The bill to regulate the p tice of hawking and peddling read the second time. rJ dell moved an amendment.? feet of which was to prohibit a-f but resident booksellers frerop dling without license and re;: examination by the Count) Co fcc- some discussion ensued, which Mr. Deberry advor aied j amendment with m:rrh fart ness, and spoke of the iibi:. manner resorted to bv these p?. lars to circulate their fa. productions; it was high the Legislature to take a(i: stand upon this suljert, bed evil was too greatly ma: The amendment prevaiU the bill passed its last reading. Thursday, H Mr. Waddell presented ti tition of sundry conniifi-1 towns in the State of V: praying the passage of :' corporating a Compnvf- sed to construct a Rail Roa the town of Evansham, ... IV... U In' JjJ coum v oi me, ' - throuch the territory oliw in snme noint en tlie KMn0,: ,ra RrorroM tn a select J via .!- Ill" committee. Mr. Irion, a till to the Milton and Sa Road Company. Frid"'J, Ui The bill to amnd an art ed in 1830, for the belief tionof the Patrol, cornnd time and iiuiehi'i poned by the casting 0 Speaker. m ThiarN' some lime past, ha" an excellent price . - if- Be Wo ) V ( wif " v.il hi Iti tna we 0 ! Mo .. iti am " : A' Turpentine, f'fv. from $4 lOaM'y 10 per barrel.'' much F tTflt rives to say that mr . . Bank of Cape team mined to establ. ,T ,hat Institution " that lienj-imtn h' fv appointed Cahef3ifl,,. soon 10 see " Jul, c hnh thei Mai the Lai iy, f.nr lh ex '"is .'a I
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