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' . and House of Representatives ; , IiV performing my d lit y at the opehino of your prest?nt session,-: it, gives" me plea sure to conTatu late you again upon the .prosperous conditiorv ofour beloved coun tey. Divine Providence has favored us vith general health, -.with rich rewards in tlie fields of agriculture, and in every trarich of lab,or, and with - peace to culti vate and extend the various resources which employ the . virtu e and enterprise of our citizen. Let us trust that, in sur veying a scene so flatterinjr to our free instjtutions, our joint deliberations to pre serve them may" be crownejl with suc- - CCSS.; ; j,- ' ' -.. j-' ; -Our foreign relations : contine, with but fer exceptions, to maintain the favor able aspect which they bore iu my ia&t annual Message, and promise to extend 'those advantages which the principles that regulate; our intercourse wjthr other na-, tions are so wejl calculated to secure. ' The question of the northeastern boun dary is still pending with Qreat Britain, and the proposition made in accordance nith the- resolution of the Seriate for the? ftstablishment of a lino accbrdinq;.' to the treaty of 783, has not bben accepted ty tljat frovtrnment. ...'Believing tl:at everv disposition is felt on both . sides to adjust this perplexing question to the satisfaction eDill trje parties interested in itr the -.hope fin yet indulged that it may he effected on U" bapis of that proposition.! . -With the f iovermnents of Austria, Rus-shi.-i'russia, llollrmd Sweden awd Den mark,.' the best trbderstanding. exists. t feted bv reciurocal irood-VilT, ndr-kt-M t-Mnction of liberal conventional or legal jiro vision?. . . r In the. midst of her internal difficulties' the du-en of Spain has. ratified the. Coh-. ventioiivfor the payment of The claims of o:ir citi:?vMis arising since 1319. It is irj the course of execution on her-part, and "a 'copy of it is, now , "hi id before you for V ich legislation as, may be ' found neces mtv to eunble those interested to derive liio benefits of it. r .' Yielding-to the force of circumstances, -a'!id tq 'the wise counsels of time and ex ...pcricnee, that power bus finally-resolved :n longer to -'occupy the ' unnntural po?i ; ion i:v which she stood ?yto the new. go , vcrnme-nts established in this hemisphere. I have4te great satisfaction of staling to . you tlfal'in preparing the way forthe res" thrhtion'.oT' harmony between those who .have sprang' frtim tlie same ancestors, ' who are allied 'by common irrte rests, profess the same rejigim. and speak the t.vame language, the United States have '.-been actively instrumental. Our efforts "to efiect this good work will be persever ed in whileMhey are deemed useful to the parties, and our entrre disinterestedness continues to be felt and understood. The act of Congress to countervail the discrim-. inathig duties, levied to .the.. prejudice of 'our' navigation m Cuba and Porto JtiCe, has been transmitted to the. Minister of thev United States Madrid, to be commu nicated to the Government of the 0,ueen. No intelligence of its receipt ha ret reached the Department of State. Itthe1 present condition of -the country permits A , , the Government to make a cai caretni ana t nlarsed examination of the true interesrs-! 'iif these important portions of its domin ions, no doubt is entertained 'thaflheir fu ture intercourse with the United States will be placed upon a, more just and libe ral basis. : The Florida arclnvea have not yet been i selected 'and! delivered- Recent . orders ; liave been sent to the agent of the United . States at Havana, to return with all that ne can obtain, so that, they may be in! WashinirtGn before the session of the Su preme Court, to be used m the legal ques--tions there pending, to which the Govern ment is a party l. - "; ' . ", Internal tranquillity is happily rcsrored to Ponugal. The distracted-stafe of the tcountry rendered unavoidable the post ponement of a final pay men of the just claims of our citizens Our diplomatic relations will be soon" resumed, and the r long subsisting friendship with that pow K aflbrds the strongest guarantee that the balance due will receive prompt attention. C The ftrst instainiint due. under the con Tention oHademnity with.the.Kihg of the .Two Sicilies, has been duly received, arid an offer has been made to extinguish the uhole by a prompt pavinent-ran offer ' I did not feel myself authorized to .accept, as the indemnification provided is the ex clusive property ofindividual citizens of the United States. The original adjust ment of our claims, and' the?, anxiety dis played to fulfil at once the stipulations made for payment of t hem are highly honorable to the Government of the Two Sicilies. When it is recollected that v wero the result of the injustice ofj an inJ trusivc powers terripbrariljr dominant in its territory, a repugnance t0 acknowledge and to pay which would have been.nei- ther unnatural nor-unexjcie(JJ the cir- f 1 1 ! S ! 1 '-miiouiiacs.taiuiui tan iu eiamis :caarac cr ior .jusuce ana gooa vqiix urine. eyes of all nations. i- - . ' i ;; The .Treaty of Amrty'and . Commerce between the .United States and Belgium, brought to your notice" in my last annual message, as sanctioned by the senate, but the ratifications of which, had not teen x- ennngea, owing to a aeiavm its reception at Brussels, and a 'subsequent :absenee of the Belgian Minister ot r:oreigo JAffairs, has .been, alter mature deliberation, final ly disavowed by that government- as in consistent with the - powers and instruc tions given to their minister who nego tiated it. This disavowal was entirely un expected, as the liberal - principles: embo died in the convention, aridj vhich! formed the ground-work of the! objections to it, were perfectly satisfactory lot he Belgian representative,' and were supposed to be not only' within the powers; .granfcd, but expressly conformable to the, instructions given to him. An offer,! not yet accepted, has heen, made by Belgium ,to renew ne gotiations for a treaty less liberfl m its provisions, on questions .of general tnari time law. - K ' Our newly established illations' with the Sublime Porte promise to be useful to our commerce, and satisfac ory m every respect to this Government. Our mter- course with the Barbary Flowers contin- ues without- important chan ge, except that the present political state o Algiers has the residence induced me to terminate there of a salaried consul and tbi substi- tute an ordinary consulate, to remain so long as the place continues! in the! posses: sionof France. ' Our first treaty ,with one or these powers-the Emproij rhco was formed in.J7fe.G, a of .Mo- arid: was limited to fifty .years. .That period has almost expired: I shall take measures, to renew it urith the greater s'atisakion, as its stipulations are just and libejrpl, and have been, with mutual fidelity and recip rocal advantage,scrupulously-fumiIedri hemisphere, which-have. separateoVthem selves from Spain. When a m and permanent understanding vith the parent country-shall have producep a formal ac knowledgement of their independence, and the ica of danger from that quarter- can be no longer entertained, the friends of freedom expect that those cbuntrie;s, so fa vored by nntute, will be distingu shed for their love of justice and their, devotion to those neacefuf arts, the assiduous cultiva tion of,which confers honoj upon and gives value- to human! life. meantime! confidently hope, that nations. In the' the ap- nrehensions entertained, that some of the people of these iuxuriant regions may -bo. tempted in a moment of unworthy distrust of their own capacity for the enjoyment of liberty,.to commit the -too. commoi error of purchasing present repose by bestow ing on -some favored leadei the iatal'gift of irreponsibievpower, wi I not be reali zed. With all these governments, and with that of Brazil, no unecpected" chang es in our relations have occurred during the present year. Frequent causes of j4ist complaint have'arisen upon jthe part of the citizens of the Ur itcd tates, sometimes from the irregular action of the. constituted subordinate authorities of thel maritime regions, and sometimes frdmthe leaders or partisans of those iarms .a gainst the established governments. In all cases. . renresentatioos nave been.' or will be snade,. and as soon is their polTti caL arlairs are in a settled position, -it is i pYTicipd thnt nnr friendlv remonstrances .r. ,: ; V -7. : Vv-' L wiu oe loiiowea Dy auequate retires. The Government ; of Mexico- made known in December last, -tlie appointment of Commissioners and, a Surveyo on its part, to run,in conjtmctiGm with joup, the boundary line between the territories arid tlie United States" and excused the' delay for the reasons, anticipated the preva lence of civil var. The Comissioners and Surveyors not having met wnhin the time stipulated by the treaty, affiew'ar- rancement became necessarv. ana our Charge d Affaires was instructed, in Jan vary last, to negotiate in-Rlexicb,! an arti cle additional to the pre-existingj treaty.--This instruction was acknowledged, and no'difflculty was apprehended iri the ac accorapl ishment of that objecC By intdr-; maiion just received! that additiohal arti cle to the treaty will' be transmitted to this country obtained, - and as soon as it icn receive the ratification ot the Mexican Congress.. .- T : 1 The re-union of the three States of Ne w Granada, Venezuela, and (Ecuador, form ing the Republic of Colombia, seems vey day to become jno re improoable. , The. stood to be now negotiating a just division ' f . - 1.1; j-'- - -r -t i j - commissioners oi me iwomrst are under oi ine : ooiigaiions conxracieA I oy mem ivheri itnited under one I ffovernmerit.- 3Tbe c3vit2war in Eguadojr; it is believed, nas jirevcntea fjven ine appoimmeni oi . a comraissibrieY err its pdrtl - i 1, propose, at an early day; to Submit in the proper, form, the appqmtment oi a ,di- portance of the cemmerce1 of that country occurreao'ma r jbc Papeiuynier- aa gavax pt France.' rupt rue commerce, aim tuef?: hhe years 1 800 and 18, hay 'been vprnmpnf s.nf most- CS. the nations I of. Ink? I i " . n .. I... .... ... , . aerea too pammny iamiliar to Amc to the Unite'd'States: d the large claimsV wi ur vuizens upon tne govemmentr an sing before imd since the 'division of Co lombia, rendering it, in1 my jirtigment, im proper longer to delayjthb step. 5 - Uur representatives to central AmerjcaJ f era, and Brazil, are either at, or oh heir way to, their respectiv posts. From the Argentine' Republic, from which a Minister was expected to this Go vernmenti nothing further has been heard. Occasion has been taken, on the departure of a new consul to Buenos Ayres, lo re' mind that Government! that its long de layed Minister, whose appointment had Deen nrade known to u$ had not arrived. It becomes mv.unnleasaat dutv to ln-i ; . : J uai inis pc1 ana mgniy gra- Ulying picture of our fafeisn relations. ddes not include those with France at this time. It is not nossible that anv frot-ern- merit -and people could J I - llll J . . be mora sincerely desirous of conciliating a just and friendly intercourse with an other .tfat ion, than are' those of the United States with" their an cient allvjand friend. This tfisnosition is founded, as well on the most grateful and honorabfe; recollections associated with our struggle for independehcei ai upon a wen grounue-a conviction tnat it is conso nant with the trufe polibt of both. 'The people of the. United .States coutor not, he deepest regret, err.uptioh .of- the therefore, see. without evn a "temporary in friendly fgijatibns between the tvvb coun tries a regret which Would, I am sure, be greatly aggravated, jt there should turn out to be any reasonable ground for'attri- buting such a result td any act of omis sion or commission on jour part. 1 derive, therefore,, the highest, satisfac tion from being aule tq assure you, that the. "Whole course of ths Government iias been characterized by a spirit so concilia- lory ana loroearing, as - to' make it ljnpos ! and moderation whatever may be sible tnat our lusticc should be questioned the consequences of a Iq nger perseverance, oil the part -of the French Governmepf, "iu her omission to satisfy thei'-oacedod claim ot our citizeus . . " i I'he history of the accumqlated' and unprovoked aggressions upon our-conl-i -ine exii bettveeti ren- ncans to make its repetition either necessary "or desirable. It will be sufficient here, to remark, that ther-e has, for many years, been scarcely' a single administration of the French Government.by whom the jus tice and legality of.the claims of our citi zens to indemnity, werjnot, to a very con siderable, extenttadmittdr; and yet-near a quaTter of a century hi 3 been "wasted in inefTectual negotiations to secure it. Deeply sensiblie of tne injurious efiK'ts resulting from this state of -things' 'upon the interests and character of both nations, I regarded it as amon my first duties to cause one more effort tol)e made to satis fy France, that a .just and liberal settle ment of our claims was as well due to her own honor as to their inconiesuble valid ity. The negotiation for this purpose was commenced with thelate Go verriment ol France, 'and Was nrosecuted with such success, as to leave no to doubt, that, a- seltlem reasonable ground ent of a character quite as liberal as that queritly made, would. which was subse- kave been effected, had not the revolutionj by which the no foliation was cut off. taken- place. The discussions were resumed AvithHhe pre sent government, and jthe result showed, that we Avgre not' wrong, in supposing, that an event by whih the two govern ments were made to apnroacli-each other so much nearer in their political princi ples, .'and by which the motives for tHe most libe ral' & friendly intercourse were so greatly muTtiplied, could bxercise no other than a salutarytirifluence npon the "negotiation. After the most deliberate and thorough exam ination of the whole subject, a treaty between the twd- Governments was: con cluded and sighed at Paris on the 4th "of July, 1 S3 1 , by which! it was stipulated that the French C5ovefn ment, in order to liberate itself from all the reclamations P referred against ir.b citizens of the Li fted States, 'for .unlawful. seizures, cap- nite tares, sequestrations, con hcations, or.ue- struction ot their vessels, cargoes or ouicr brbDertv enas-es to nav a -sum of twenty- Hve miflioris of francs ito'the United States, who shall distribute ' among. those enti tled, in therrVamierrand according to the rules it shall determine ancFit was also stinulated .on ihenart of the Frenca Go- vernment, thaLtbis twenty-nve miuimisui frnncs shnrtld "be naid at Paris in six an nnql inefnlmJi nf fnlir millions OUC faUn- and sixty six, thousand six .nun- dred" sixty six francs and sixty-six cen- tim.es each, ' into thel hands .of sucn per son or persons as: shall, be authorized" by iHp Government of the United States tb r- "u " nr i, ft rt i n m 1 fn erit 'to bed A. 4 . t -' . - ..,-- paid' at the expiration of one year; riext foHowinVthe exchange.of the ratifications of .this convention, apd he others at sue- cessive intervals oi a year, -one aw. mv; T to me amount of eacKof theiul -instalments shall be added interest at four.pe centum thereupon, as upon the other instalments then remaining unpaid, tfie said .interest Uo be computed from the ;ojtt c4 the ex? change, cuhe rsetit convent"oo- It-Was also stipalatdjonthe partofthe - r r 1 r i ; r : - tTaked States, ifox the purpose "of being couipieieiy JiDerateo, irom an tne reclama tions presented by France on behalf of its citizens, that the sum bf one million five hundred thousand francs should be paid to the Government of France, in six an nual iastalmentsi to be deducted out of the anpuaj sums which France had agreed to pay,. Interest thereupon- being in like manner computed from the day of the ex change of the ratifications. I In addition rto thi stipulation, important advaotages rwere secured to prance by the tollmving rticTe. viz : "The wines ofi France, from krKTaftet the exchange of the ratifications of ihe present Cohventibm shall be adrriit- ted to consumntion in the States of the tl- nion, at duties which shall riot exceed the following rates by the gallon, (such as it is used at present folr wines in the United States,) to wit :psix cents for red wines in casks : ten tents for -white wines in casks; and twenty-two cents; for, wines of all .sorts in bottles. The proportions ex isting between the duties on Fren:h wines thus reduced, and thej general rates of the tariff whim went , into operatioa the first January, -1829, shall be maintain ed, in case the Gcvernment'of the United States should think proper to' di.niiiish those general rates in a new tarifc . In consideratio -of this stipulaticm. which shall be binding on the United States for (en years,he French-'Gpverh-"ment-abau'(fons the rlclautatiops which it had formed m relation to the ' 8th article of the treaty of cessioi of Louisiana. It fnjpges, moreover, to-establish on the Uig staple cottony of! the Unit-d States, which, after ihej exchqnge of the ratifica-' tions of the present Convention, shall be brought direcHyl thenot to France by the vessels of theUnited Sttes, br bjrFren fJ:. . J U l... TT'.r L L. LI) vessels, the same 'duties as on ihorl staple j cotLdns. s . This treaty was duV, ratified in the manner prescrihed by tie cPnsutntions of ooin coanjnes, ana tnp rauiicauan was 11 1 exchanged. at City jf Washington, "pn the dM i-Vbruary, 16o2. O.n: account of itsVcomnierciil stmnlatioris it' was in five days tfiefeafiertaid before the Cc n erress 'or- t ie uotwa states: ; which nro cfHrfw?rt; vnnrfi r-h .n icsi" f i i-nr.n h f in fhe cam&rcyoff Frdnceas iverejiecessa ry to carry it into full eX'eculioiV abd France ia$. from that period to the rres sep.t, been in the unrestricted enjoyment tf the valuable privileges that were thus 1 secured to her. j The faith of the French nation leaving been thus solsrnnly pled ged, through itsj constitutional organ, .'or the liquidation .and ultimate pay merit of the long deferred claims of 6uf 'citizeas, as also'for the adjustment of other poiijHs of great' and reciprocal benefits' 'to "bth countries,and the United States, having with a fidelity a ad promptitude by which their conduct will, Irust, b-? always cha racterized, done every thing that was 'ne cessary to carry the treaty into full and fair effect on thejr part, counted, with the mosi perfect confidence, on equal fidelity and .promptitude on the partiof the French Government; In this reasonable expjtH: tatkn we hive been, ' I regret to inform von, whbllv "'disappointed. i No legisla- tive provision has been made by Frai for the execution of the treaty, either it respects the (ndemnity - to be paid, th commercial ibebefits to be seeured ct as" ! or to the" United States, and the; .relations: be tween the 'United States and that power, in consequence thereoi, arej piacea in,;- a situation threatening to inteh upt-the griod understanding which has so long and" so Happily exiVted hutXveen the, two ' nations. Not only has. the French Government been thus wanting in the performance of the .stipulations it has so splemnLy entered into with the United States, put its onns- sibns have been marked by tircumstances" which would seem to leave uswitnpui satisfactory' evidences, that such a per- formauce will certainly take plifce at a future iTeriod Advice of the exchange of ratificafions reached Paris prior to the 8th of ..April, 1832, The French Cham bers were then sitting, and j continued in session until .the 21st of that month, and although one instalment of the indemnity was payable on the 2d of February, 183B, one vea after the exchange of ratica- iibns, no application w.as made - to the Chambers, for the required appropriation, and in consequence of no appropriation having been made, the. draft of the United States Government for. that instalment, was drshotiored by the Minister: of JPi nance. and the United States, thereby in- I Y9lved in much- controversy. The next cas;tai of the , Cliim bers commenced on the 19th November 1332; jand continued until the' 25th April, r13?3. N6tviih-. standing the omission to pay the ii rst ln Stalrrent had been fhade the abject of earriest ,remcnstrancc on jour part, the treaty with the United States, and" a. bill making, the. necessary appropriations to execute it, were not laid' before theChaiu Jberer Depidif? unti)"thi IGth, ot ApriU rlv five months after.. fi? meeting,! arid 3&ly tuaetteri days before the closeof thel session. The billvas-xead and; referred'! to a committee, but there was. . no ituxaer Zcutmpo. .The - non ofthe GhamWr eomm.enced 09 rril 1333. arid continued i until i f June following. A new bjll was in troduced da iteVi 1th of June, but nothing: impbrtaHtvas dorre in relation to ;it du riUrt the session. In the aoath of A?nL 1834, nearly three years after the signa ture of the treaty, the final action l of the French Chambers upon the bill tb carry the treaty into efiect was obtained, and re sulted in a refusal of the necessary appro priations. The avowed grounds- upon which the bill was rrjeCted, are to be found, in the published debates of that bo dy, and no observations' of mine can be necessary to, satisfy Congress of their ut ter insufficiency. Altnough '" the gross a mount of the claims' of our citizens is pro bably greater' than "will be ultimately al; lowed by the Commissioner sufficient is, nevertheless, show"n,r to render ft abso lutely certain that the indemnity falls far; short of; the actual amount of our just claims, independently of the question of uamages ana interest ior uie aeiennon. That the settlement in vol ved a sacrifice in this respect was well known at the time a sacrifice which was cheerfufly acqui esced in by the different branches of the Federal Government i whose action upon the treaty wasruiredr fron a sincere desire tp avoid further collision upon this old and disturbing subject, and in thepon- hder.t e.xpectatiouthat the general rela tions between the two countries woald be Mmproyed thereby. , I he refusal, to. vote the appropriation, the news of which was received from our Mijiistt-r in Paris about the loth day of May last, might have been considered the final determination of the French Govern ment not to execute the stipulations of the treaty, and. would'have justified an intme diate communication of the factS to Con gress, with a recommendation of such ul timate measures as the interest and houor of the United Stales might seem to reqliire. But with the" news of the refusal, of tlie Champers to make the appropriation the were conveyed the regrets of the. King auu a declaration that a national vessel- should -be forthwith sent put with instructions to the French Minister tpi gi ve the most jmu.be t-xplanatips of the past, and the strongest Ufs'rances for. future,- After a lon.g-passage t!ie-rp thd mi sed despatch vessel arrived. Tbe nltd- ges .given bythe French Minister, upon receipt ol hrs instructions, '.were, triat os soon alter the eiecn&n ot tlie. new-jaem- bersas the charter would perdiit, tiie le nis'.atrve Charnben ofF ranee should be cal ted together, arid the proposition for an apprpnriation laid before them : that all the constitutional power of the Kind 9 arid his. Cabinet should be exerted to ac complish the . object :' and'.' that lh result should be made known; early eiicuh toi be communicated to Congress at tcelcom mencement of the present session. Rely ing upon th esc. pledges, and riot doubtind that the acknowledged - justice .of our claims, the promised exertions of. thd King and his Cabinet, and above aU.'thau sacred regard for the national faith and honor for which the French character has been spdistingu'ishedVouId secure an earlv execution of the treaty in all its parts, I did not deem it necessary tp callj the attention of Congress to the subject ad the last session. ' I regret to say that the pledges inad through the minister of France have not' been redeemed. The new chambers riiet on the 31st July last, ' and although-the subject of fulfilling treaties was alluded to in the speech from the throne,, -no at-l tempt was made by the King or his Cabi uet-to procure ap' appropriation to carry it 'into execntion. -I he. reasons given for. ithis omission, although they might b considered sufficient in ah ordinary case, are not consistent with the expectations founded .upon the assurances given .here for there is no constitutional obstacle to entering into legislative business at thtj first meetinsr 'Jf the chambers .This point, however, might hav been over looked, han not the chambers, instead o being called to meet at so eajlva dav that the result ot their deliberations might be communicated to me, before the meeting of Congress, beeo prorogued to the 29thJ of the present month a perioa- so late that their decision can scarcely be made known to the present Congress prior AO its dissdlution To avol Jihis delay, our Minister in Paris, J in virtue of assura nee iven by the French Minister in the Uni- ted States, strongly .urged the, convoca tion of the Chambers at rin earlier dajj, but without success.- It is proper to rtH mark, however,- that this retu.?al has been accompanied with the most positive assurances, on the part of the Executive Government of France, of their intention to press the appropriation at the ensuing session of the Chambers.-- f ' "The executive branch 'ofthis 'OoTern- merit has, as matters stand,' exhausted all the authority upon the;sribject with whicjh it is' invested, and which it had antirea- Lim 'confident, be for a rionierit'emertsin ed by any branch or this government; and further nejocntiort is equally out M the questions '"' '". " - :-u . . u it snail oe tne pleasure 01 -Uongress to atjait the further atior ipf the' French Chaffibers.tno further consideration of the subject n il f, at this session, probably .jbe required at your : hands.. But, if from inVorigiria delay in asking for artappp prriauoo. from the refusal oftjbe Chambers lio grant it when asked, from the jraission- to bring the subject bf'f.Tre the Chinwr son to believe - couta ce Denenciatiy eiti- national honor, as 'tycll as a cenial or jus j ployed. The idea of acqiiiescirlg; in the tice to our injured cm.zeh$"- Prompt refusal td.exeChte'the'treatv ' wHi cot, I measures, .when f he refusal of' France I. at their last session; from the. fact that, in cluding that session, there have' been five different occasions whea thts- a ppropria- . tion might have been mau,jand from the-- delay in convoking tEe Chambers until some weeks alter the. tneetinir of Uou- gress, when h uas well kuown that u ' communication -of the whole subject to ; Congress, at the last session, wa prevent ted by assurances that it should be dis posed of before its present meet ing, ybu should feel yourselves cdristraioed to doubt ' whether it be the intention of the French Govern ment in all the branches to Yea rnr the treaty into effect, and think that such -measures as the occasion may be deemed to cull for, should be now adopted,, the important question arises what those iriea iires shall he. - ?i Y". J V ' '" Oor institutions are essentially pacifier t Peace and friend iy intercourse with all- natioqs, aTe as much the. direof oiir" Govwutnrnt as thev are the ianrets- 'of our People?" But these objects are nxtd j be permanently secured, by, surrendering. tJilrightis of ouryitiiePs, or permitting- solemn treaties for iheir iiideinuity in ca- ses of flagrant wroug.'40 be abrogated ir sei aside. . V . '.,' . it is undoubtedly in tile poivyr of Con- -grees serious! v; to affect the - agricultura! land mafsufacturing "interests, of ii 'rnncei-- by the passage ol laws lelaltng. to", her trade. with the (Jnited States. . Iler pro ducts, inanufaQtures, andlonnagC, may be ' subjected to heavy duties in out ports. Jut- all commercial intercoutse with her ifmv rbe suspended. But there are nuwerfpf: : and. to my injnd, conclusive ' objections to . ' this mode of proceeding. . VV catinoi ' . ' ' ' , embarrass or cut on the Hade of France, ' without, at the sainelime. m ;some ic " '5.- ; gree, embarrassing or cuwirig off buf own trade. The . injury of .such a , vd rre inuit -faH, thouglu uriequilj)V-up5hv our -! -' 'ofrti jci'tizena, and- could not but-1m)aif v tlie means of the GoVenmieCaJdVakfc , v " en that nriitvdsentiinijnl.infup of.the t 1 f riglit and .hooo of the4mtion! which " -Yl 1 must Vrip if ;'pt vatic cv&vr& Y2$ot I is it impossible" tliat ucb a cbujsetjbf 4e- - gi'arion would tmrtiacV ocemore mtcr ou r riatidn;il councils, thde 4tVuig questions in fe'.allorr td the tanff ;ol du- '? ties,' which h ive been so ivcvnUy- put .to resr. JnW, Jby -every measure allotted by the Gbvernintvr of the UniiedStates with the vk;w of iniuriti? France, ih ear pe rcept ion q? right which uill'lt;- duce our own -people; and the rulers -and jwopje of alf other i;ations, c.en of Franc!, herself, to pronounce, cur quarfel jtisir' will, be obscured, and the upjKirt render ed to us in a final resort U more di-ci si ve measures, will be more limited a ad equivocaL There is but one point in thtp controversy, and upon that the. whole' cT- . viiized vorld must pronounce France u be-iii tlie wrong. We "insist that she shajl pay ns a snm of money, which" sbt has acknowledged to be. due j ahd of the justice of this demand, "there cair'be bni one opinion amongihanliind; True pol- . icy would seem to dictate that ihe pitn tiori t issue should ;be kept nh m dheh rcujnbere'd, and that riot the slightest preiV tehee should be given to Fraric Jp - perl sist.in her refusal to make p-.Vrncnt, by any acCCen our paft afiVcting tliV interests' of her people. Tlie uest?o:ir sjiould be )efi as. it fs "now, in such arattitddethtit . Avhn France fulfils -Irer treaty stipula tions, all controversy will be at an end."' " ; It is my convictiori.'that the United States ought to insist on a prompt 'execu-. , tiun of the treaty, and trt'clse h be ryfo- sed, or longer delayed, take redress inter their Own ball ds. "After the delay on the pan oi iranc.e.01 a quarter of a eei.tUry' iaqcknowledging ''-tiieW "claims btreaty, ( it is not to be tolerated that anblherquarrfer ofaceriTUrv is to Be wasted in neot-iailnVr "about the payment 'fhe law of nations provide a -remedy Jor such occasfrts. it is a:' well. settled principle of the lnter-na-tional code, that where one nation owes another a liquidated debt, which it refu ses or neglects to'pay, the aggrieved par ty, may seize on the propjfhy - beionffirig to the other, its citizens or subjects, sufli cTent to pay the'debt, without gfving just ' icause of war, This remedr has been re- peatedty resorted to, &, recently by France' herself, towards Pdttu'cal, under circiicr - stances less unquestionable,-; 't i : - i 7 r ' The time' at which resort hbulil be' had'to this, or oilier mode of redfts, a point to be dcidM by Cougress. 1: an appropriation shall not be : made by the 'French .Chamber? at lihirv next ' ees siofi, it may justly be: concluded that the j Government of France has finally deter- j mined td disregard Its ovvrii solemn nn: ! 3ertaking, and refuse W pay anckriowl ; Wed debt- Injfhat event, every day's -lie- 4 lav on our part, win he a statu upon our shijll be -complete -will Uot bhly has ingn. b enbrableuid jusff but" wjl 1 hai ve the bet efiect upori oar national cbarar." Since France iri riolahqn of fhe pled :esgiven through her miniiter here, ha.; delayed her final-action so Ibjjg.)hat her "deciaion will-not probably ba knqwn, jit time io cmunicatcI'iq'li js Coug'sv .1 recommend Uiar'a - law bo nassedi au" ihorizln g repr isals upon1 Frwich properly , j in case provision shall not -. be "maJe for l the pay ment of the debt, at the anpTOcli iryj session of the French ' Ihaiaberi j ' 1 tl J Ik r - - . i

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