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SPECIAL MESSAGE,
ft tAe Scac and House of Rep
resentatives: Gentlemen: In my message at
the opening of your session, ! in
formed )u that our Charge d'Af
lYires at Paris, ,,ad oee, insiriu'ied
to ask Tor the final determination
oflhe French Government, in re
lation to the payment ofUie in
dem lific-atiou. secured by the
lre;lly of the 4ih of July, 1831,
ami t'lwt when advices oflhe result
shnnld be received it would be
maJellie subject of a special com
munication. In execution of this design, 1
now transmit to you the papers
numbered from 1 to 13, inclusive,
containing, among oilier things,
the correspondence on this sub
ject between our Charge d'
Affiires and the French Minister
of Foreign Affairs from which it
will be seen, that France requires,
as a condition precedent to the
evecuiion of a treaty uncondition
ally ratified, and to the payment
of a debt ackowledged by all the
branches of her Government to be
due, that certain explanations
shall be made, of which she dic
tates the terms. These terms are
such as thai Government has al
ready been officially informed can
not be complied with; .and, il
persisted in, they must be con
sidered as a deliberate refusal on
the pmt of France to fulfil en
gageinents binding by the laws of
nation, and held sacred by the
whole civilized world. The na
'ure of ihe act which France re
quires from this Government, is;
dearly set forth in the letter oflhe
French Minister, marked No. 4.
will pay the money, says he,
"when the Government of lhe U.
States is ready, on its part, to de
clare to us, by addressing its
claim to us officially, in writing,
''it it regrets the misunderstand
MS which has arisen between the
l"o countries; that this misunder-
""lumg is founded on a mistake;
that it never entered into its inten
tion to call in question the good
,Jlll'of the French Government,
nortotakea menacing attitude
ards France," and he adds,
,f the Government of the United
Uates dues not give this assur
anwe shall be obliged to think
tjiauhis misunderstanding is not
lle result of an error." In the
et'er marked No 0, the French
jj'nister also remarks, "that the
eminent of the United States
that upon itself depend
'celorward the execution of the
of July 4f 1831."
Obliged by the precise Ian
r,!aSe thus used by the French
unister, to view it as a nprHirm-
l0r.v refusal to execute the treaty,
'Kept on terms incompatible with
honor anH 'ir,,l l. r.t.
,Ued ates, and persuaded that,
. w,,,s"eringUie correspondence
;iomttted to yofl, you can re
P'tm no other light, it be
0nies my duty to call your alien
"i-'such measures a thpY'i.
of the case demands iflhe
1 Km of mter ferinn- in it.o
I!11'""3 between ihe different
'4nei of our Government shal
. ..armn. uns pretension
5reured the more unreasonable
by the fa,ct, that the subs ance of
the required explanation has been
repeatedly and voluntarily given
before it was insisted on as a con
dition -a condition the more hu
miliating, because it is demanded
as the equivalent of a pecuniary
consideration. Does France de
sire only a declaration that we had
no intuition to obtain our rights
by an address to her fears rather
than to her justice! She has al
ready had it, irank'ly and explicit
l given by our Minister, accred
ited to her Government, his act
ratified by me, and my confirma
tion of it olliei 1II3' communicated
by him, in his letter to the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, of the
25th of April, 1835, and repeated
by niy published approval of that
letter after ihe passage of the bill
of indemnification. Does France
want a degrading, servile repeti
tion of this act, in terms which she
shall dictate, and which will in
volve an acknowledgment of her
assumed right to interfere in otir
domestic councils? She will never
obtain it. The spirit of the A
merican people, the dignity of the
Legislature, and the firm resolve
of their Executive Government
forbid it.
As the answer of- the French
Minister to our Charge d'Affaires
at Faris, contains an allusion to a
letter addressed by him to the re
presentative of France at this
place.it now becomes proper to
lay before you the correspondence
had between that functionary and
the Secretary of Stale, relative to
that letter, and to accompany the
same with such explanations as
will enable yon to understand the
course of fhe Executive in regard
to it. Recurring to the historical
statement made at the commence
ment of your session, of the origin
and progress of our difficulties
with France, it will be recollected
that, on the return of our Minister
to the United States, I caused my
official approval of the explana
tions he had given to the French
Minister of Foreign-Affairs lobe
made public. As the French Go
vernment hal noticed the message
without its being officially commu
nicated, il was not doubted that,
if they were disposed to pay the
money due to us, they would no
lice any public explanation of the
Government of ihe United States
in the same way. But, contrary
to these well founded explanations,
the French Ministry did not take
this, fair opportunity to relieve
themselves from their unfortunate
position, and to do justice to the
United Slates.
Whilst, however, the Govern
ment ol the United Mates was
awaitinjr the movements of the
French Government, in perfect
confidence that the difficulty was
at an end, the Secretary of State
received a call from the French
Charge d'Affuiresiti Washington,
who desired to read to him a let
ter he received from the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs. He
was asked whether he was instruc
ted or directed to make any offi
cial communication, and replied
that he was only authorized to
read the letter, and furnish a copy
if required. The substance of its
contents, it is presumed, may be
gathered from Nos. 4 and 0 Here
with transmitted. It was an at
tempt to make known to the Gov
ernment of the United States, pri
vately, in what manner it could
make explanations, apparently
voluntary, but really dictated by
France, acceptable to her, and
thus obtain payment oflhe twen-tv-five
millions of francs. No ex
ception was taken to this mode of
communication, which is often
used to prepare the way for official
intercourse, but the "suggestions
in it were, in their substance,
wholly inadmissible. Not being
in the shape of an official commu
nication to this Government, it did
not admit of reply or official no
tice, nor could it safely be made
the basis of any action by the Ex
ecutive or the Legislature; ami
the Secretory of State did not
think proper to ask a copy, be
cause be could have no use for it.
Copies of papers, marked Nos. 9,
10, and II, shows an attempt on
the part of ihe French Charge
d' Affaires, many weeks afterwards
to place a copy of this paper a
mong the archives, of this Gov
ernment, which, for obvious rea
sons, was . not allowed to be done;
but the assurance before given was
repeated, that any official commu
nication which he might be au
thorized to make in the accustom
ed form, would receive a prompt
and just consideration. The in
discretion of this attempt was
made more manifest, by the sub
sequent avowal of the French
Charge dffaires, that the object
was to bring the letter before Con
gress and the American people.
If foreign agents, on a subject of:
disagreement between their Gov-j commerce, she cannot justly cotn
ernment and this, wish to prefer ant plain if we adopt such peaceful
appeal to the American people,! remedies as the law of nations and
they will hereafter, it is hoped, the circumstances of the case mav
better appreciate their own rights,! authorize and demand. Oflhe
and the respect due to others, than
to attempt to use the Executive as
the passive organ pf their commu
nications. It is due to the i:h Tr
ader of our insitutions, 'tbiit w
diplomatic intercourse of tlm Go-j
vernment should be conducted!
with the utmost directness aid
simplicity, and that, m all cases ol
importance, tne communications!
received or made by the Execu
tive, should assume the accustom
ed official form. It is only by
insisting on this form that foreign
powers can be held to full respon
sibility; that their communications
can be officially replied to; or that
the advice or interference of the
Legislatuae can, with propriety,
be invited by the President. This
course is also best calculated, on;
the one hand, to shield that officer
from unjust suspicions, and on the .
other, to subject this portion of;
his acts to public scrutiny; and, if
occasion shall require it, to con
stitutional animadversion. It was
the more necessary to adhere to
these principles in question, inas
much as, in addition to other im
portant interests, it' very intimate
ly concerned the national honor;
a matter, in my judgment; much
too sacred to be made the subject
of private and unofficial nego
tiation. It will be perceived that this
letter of the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs was read to the
Secretary of State on the Ilth of
September last. This was the
first authentic indication of the
specific views of the French gov
ernment, received by the govern
ment of the United States after
ihe passage of the bill of indemni
fication. Inasmuch as the letter
had been written before the offi
cial notice of my approval of Mr.
Livingston's last explanation and
remonstrance could have reached
Paris, just ground of hope was
left, as has been before stated,
that the French government on
receiving that information, in the
same manner the alleged offend
ing message had reached them,
would desist from their extraordi
nary demand, and pay the money
at once. To give them an op
portunity to do so, and, at all
events, to elicit their final deter
mination, and the ground they in
tended to occupy, the instructions
were given to our Charge "d'Af
faires, which were adverted to at
the commencement of the present
session of Congress. The result,
a von have seen, is a demand of
an official written expression of re
grets, and a direct explanation ad
dressed to France, with a distinct
intimation that this is a sine qua
non.
Mr. Barton having, in pursu
ance of his instructions, returned
to the United Stales, and the
Charge dWffaires of France hav
ing been recalled, all diplomatic
intercourse between the two coun
tries is suspended a state of
things originating in an Unreason
able susceptibility on the part of
the r rench government, and ren
dered necessary on our part by
their refusal to perform engage
ments contained in a treaty, from
the faithful performance of which
by us they are to this day enjoy
ing many important commercial
advantages.
It is time that this unequal po
sition of affairs should cease, and
that legislative sanction should be
brought to sustain Executive ex
ertion in such measures as the case
requires. While France persists
in her refusal to the terms of a
treaty, the object of which was, by
removing all causes of mutual
complaint, to renew ancient feel
ings of friendship, and to unite the
two nations in the bonds of amity.
and of a mutually beneficially
nature of these remedies, I have
heretofore had occasion to speak;
and, in reference to a particular
cnoiingency, to express my con
viction that reprisals would be best
adapted to
the emergency then
contemplated, Since that period,
France, by all the departments of
her government, has acknowledge
ed the validity ol our claims, and
the obligations of the treaty, and
has appropriated the- moneys
which are necessary to its execu
tion; anil thongh payment is with
held on grouu-.ls vitally important
to our existence as an indepen
dent nation, ij is not to be believ
ed that she can have determined
permanently to retain a position
so utterly indefensible. In the al
tered slate of the questions in con
troversy, and under all existing
circumstances, it
that, until such
appears to mc
a determination
shall have become evident, it will
be proper and sufficient to retali
ate her present refusal to comply
with her engagements, by prohib
iting the introduction of French
products and the entry of French
vessels into our ports. . Between
this and the in'erdiclionof all com
mercial intercourse, or other rem
edies, you, as the representatives
of the people, must determine. I
recommend the former, in the pre
sent posture of oor affairs, as be
ing the least injurious to our com
merce, and as attended with the
least difficulty of returning to the
usual state of friendly intercourse,
if the government of France shall
render us the justice that is due;
and also as a proper preliminary
step to stronger measures, should
their adoption be rendered neces
sary by subsequent events.
The return of our Charge d'
Affaires is attended with public
notices of naval preparations on
the part of France, destined for
our seas. Of the cause and intent
of these armaments, I have no au
thentic information, nor any other
means of judging, except such as
are common to yourselves and to
the public; but, whatever may be
their object, we are not at liberty
to regard them as unconnected
L with the measures which hostile
movements on the part of France
may compel us to pursue. They
at least deserve to be met by ade
quate preparation on our part, and
1 therefore strongly urge large
and speedy appropriations for the
increase of the navy, and the com
pletion of our coast defences.
If this array of military force
be really designed to affect the ac
tion of the government and people
of the United Stafes, on the ques
tions now pending between the
two nations, then indeed would it
be dishonorable to pause a mo
ment on the alternative which such
a state of things would present to
us. Come what may the expla
nation which France demands -can
never be accorded; and no arma
ment, however powerful and impo
sing, at a distance, or on our
coast, will, I trust, deter us from
discharging the high duties which
we owe to our constituents, to our
national character and to the
world.
The House of Representatives,
at the close of the last session of
Congress, unauitnously resolved,
that ihe treaty of the 4th of July,
1831, should be maintained, and
its execution insisted on by the
United States. It is due to the
welfare of the human race, .not
less than to our own interests and
honor, that this resolution should,
at all hazards, be adhered to. If,
after so signal an example as that
giveu by the American people,
during their long protracted diffi
culties with France, of forbearance
Under accumulated wrongs, and of
generous confidence in her ulti
mate return to justice, she shall
now be permitted to withhold from
us the tardy and imperfect indem
nification, which, after years of re
monstrance and discussion, had at
lenglh been solemnly agreed on
by the treaty of 1831, and to set
at nought the obligation it impo
ses, the United States will not be
the only sufferers. The efforts of
humanity and religion, to substi
tute appeals of justice, and the ar
bitrament of reason, for the coer
cive measures usually resorted to
by injured nations, will receive little
encouragement from such an issue .
By the selectiou and enforce
ment of such lawful and expedient
measures as may be necessary to
prevent a result so injurious to
ourselves and so fatal to the hopes
of the philanthropist, we shall
therefore not only preserve the
pecuniary interests of our citizens,
the independence of our Govern
ment and the honor of our county,
but do much, it may be hoped to
vindicate the faith of treaties, and
to promote the general interests of
peace, civilization, and improve
ment. ANDREW JACKSON.
Wra?hington, Jan. 15, 1836.
Frauds in vacking Cotton.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool
dated December 7: There have
been so many complaints of late
about Cotton falsely packed, that
the subject has attracted the at
tention of all those interested in
the trade. A memorial from the
association of Cotton Brokers was
presented to the Chamber of Com
merce of American Merchants,
signed by fifty nine of the first
Brokers pointing out the evil con
sequences which must ensue from
this cause, to a trade of such
magnitude which hitherto has been
characterised for honor and fair
dealing. A resolution was adop
ted to suggest to the American
Merchants to consider the expe
diency of applying to the Legisla
tures of the respectatvie states for
the enactment of laws to make it
imperative on the gin owner to
have his name and residence stam
ped on each bale and that mean"
while the planters be requested
voluntarily to adopt this plan
thereby insuring to their cotton a
preference over what is mot thus
marked. ret. Int.
Another project. A correspon
dent of the Norfolk Beacon, writ
ing from Chowan, N. C. Dec.
26th, states that "a project is on
foot for constructing Hail
Road from Norfolk to Charleston
S. C." He sketches the Troule,
and states thai the only stream of
consequence to impede the pro
gress of this road, would be the
Santee river, which, from its great
depth, would have to be crossed
by steam boats.
fl7Nineteen mob cases have
been tried at Baltimore. . The
last convicted was a Mr. Lynch
and a splendid barouche was sent
by an unknown friend to the court
to convey him to the jail; but the
Judge would not permit the indul
gence of this ostentatious exhibi
tion of unmerited commiseration,
and Lynch was sent to close-quarters
in the usual style of such cul
prils.
frorth Carolina JVine. We
have been favoured with a few
bottles of wine from the Scupper
niug Grape. It is white,, and of
the flavour of sweet Malaga
much sweeter and stronger ihan
Muscat. We see no reasrn why
in the sandy soil of that state the
grape cannot be cultivated exten
sively, and persons would find
their account in taking up the mat
ter seriously, when foreign wines
may soon be at a higher price.
jV. Y. Star.
Small Pot. Since our last,
there have been a few new cases
of this disease in cur town, say
from five to six. None within
four or five days past, except one,
we understand, this morning.
KHz. City Times.
Great Fire in Ae Yoifci
has been clearly ascertained that
the great fire originated as was
supposed, in the store of Messrs.
Comstock &t Andrews, 25 Merchant-street.
The ocrupants of
other stores in the vicinity heard
an explosion about 6 .o'clock of
the fatal evening; and immediate
ly thereafter the flames burst from
the first and fourth stories of the
building aforesaid, occupied as
above, while the intermediate sto
ries, in the possession of another
firm, remained for some minutes
perfectly dark. Of course, the
conflagration most be attributed
to the explosion of a. gas-pipe, and
no blame can be attached to any
person.
More Lynching! It is stated
in the New Orleans Pest, that a
white man named Williams, and a
negro man, were summarily put
to death by the mob, at Jackson,
Louisiana, 26th Dec. in conse
quence of its being believed that
they were . instigators in an ex
pected insurrection among the
slaves. Great excitement prevail
ed in that and the adjoining Par
ishes. Fatal Mistake. A oartv
on
Christmas eve, went on a frolic
late at night, into the house of Mr
Ray in Munroe co. Geo. when
supposing it to be a negro insur-
raclitn ! a. 13 , . C l
bed and fired his cim amoncrstthe
party, killing one man.
(Abraham Prescot. the mur
derer of Mrs. Cochrane, was exe
cuted at Hopkinton, N. H, on
Wednesday. He, appeared per
fectly indifferent, and gave the
signal hiuiselfr About 18,000,
nersnnfl-'lVPro nracant rVnltiinr
I pi ViVllVt XI W III I
ciTsurpass the morbid avidity of
nannla t 1. 1 ' lf -
Pupic iwr tutu speciai-iea. . tie
wonder if as many could be mus
tered so quickly in this cold wea-,
ther to drive back a foreign inva
sion.
An afflicted husband. A Mr.
Andrew Wilhelm, of Penn. adver
tises that a man named Frederick
Tarr, has run away with his wife
and black mare. He offers a re
ward of twenty-five dollars to any
body who will return him the
black mare, but nothing for his
wife, although she has left him
with five children.
Setting by ' Machinery. The
Rochester Dailv Democrat savs
that a mechanic of that city has
inveuted a machine for makinc
clothes which will "hereafter take
the place of fingers and thimbles."