Indiana Palladium, Volume 10, Number 48, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 13 December 1834 — Page 2

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Delivere4 to both houses of congress, Dec. 2d, 1834. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and v House of Representatives: In performing my duty at the opening of your

present Session, it gives me pieasuie i .a-"-hteyou aain upon the prosperous . condition ot our beloved country. Divine Providence has favored us with general healih, with rich rewards in the fields of agriculture, and in every branch ot labor, and with peace to cultivate and extend the various resources which employ the virtue and enterprize of our citizens. Let us trust that, in surveying a scene so flattering to our free institutions, our joint deliberations to preserve them may be crowned with success. . . , , ' Our Foreign Relations continue, with but few exceptions, to maintain the favorable aspect which they bore in my last annual Message and promise to extend those advantages which the principles

that regulate our intercourse wun ouier nations are so well calculated to secure. The question of the Northeastern Boundary is still pending with Great Britain, and the proposition made in accordance with the resolution of the Senate for the establishment of a line according to the treaty of 1783, has not been accepted by that Government. Believing that every disposition is felt on both sides to adjust this perplexing question to the satisfaction of all the parties interested in it, the hops is yet indulged that it may be effected on

the basis of that proposition. j With the Governments of Austria, Russia, Prussia, Holland, Sweden, and Denmark . the best understanding exists. Commerce with all, is fostered and protected by reciprocal good will, under the sanction of liberal, conventional or legal provisions. In the midstof her internal difficulties, the Queen of Spain has ratified the Convention for the payment of the claim3ofour citizens arising since 1819. It is in the course of execution on her part, and a copy of it is now laid before you for such legislation as may be found necessary to enable those interested to derive the benefits of it. Yielding to the force of circumstances, and to the wisa counsels of lime and experience, that power has finally resolved no longer to occupy the unnatural position in which she stood to tho new Governments established in this hemisphere. I have the great satisfaction of stating to you that in preparing the way for the restoration of harmony between those who have sprung from tho same ancestors, who allied by common interests, profess the same religion, and speak the same language, the United States have been actively instrumental. Our efforts to effect this good work, will be persevered in while they are deemed useful to the parties, and our entire disinterestedness continues to be felt and understood. The act of Congress to countervail the discriminating duties levied to the prejudice of our navigation, in Cuba and Porto Rico, has been transmitted to the Minister of the - United States at Madrid, to be communicated to the Government of the Queen. No intelligence

of its receipt has yet reached the Department of

Stale. If the present condition of tho country permits tho Government to make a careful and enlarged examination of the true interests of these important portions of its dominions, no doubt is entertained that their future intercourse with the United States will be placed upon a more just and liberal basis. The Florida Archives have not yet been selected and delivered. Recent orders have been sent

to the agent of the United States at Havana, to

return with all that he can obtain, so thaPlhey may

dc in Washington before the session of the Supreme Court, to be used in the legal questions

mere pending, to which the Oovernment is a party.

xuu-Tum tranquility is nappny restored to .Portugal, The distracted stale of the country rendered unavoidable the postponement of a final payment of the just claims of our citizens. . Our diplomatic relations will be soon resumed, and the long sub- . sisting friendship with that power affords the strongest guarantee that tho balance duo will receive prompt attention. The first instalment due under tho Convention - of Indemnity with the King of the Two Sicilies, has been duly received, and an offer has been made to extinguish the whole by a prompt payment an offer I did not feel myself authorized to accept, as the indemnification provided is the exclusive property of individual citizens of tho United States. The original adjustment of our claims, and the anxiety displayed to fulfil at once the stipulations made for the payment of ihem, are highly honorable to the Government of the Two Sicilies. When it is recollected lhat they were the result of the injustice of an intrusive power, temporarily dominant in its territory, a repugnance to acknowledge and to pay, which would have been neither unnatural nor unexpected, the circumstances cannot fail to exalt its character for justice and good faith in the eyes of a 11 nations. The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United Stales and Belgium, brought to your notice in my last annual message, as sanctioned by tho Senate, but the ratifications of which had not been exchanged, owing to a delay in its reception at Brussels, and a subsequent absence of the Belgian Minister, of Foreign Affairs, has been, aficr mature deliberation, finally disavowed by that Government, as inconsistent with the powers and instructions given to their Minister who negociated it. This disavowal was entirely unexpected, as the - liberal principles embodied in the convention, and which form the ground-work of the objections to it, were perfectly satisfactory to the Belgian representative, and were supposed to be not only within the powers granted, but expressly conformable to the instructions given to him. An offer, not yet accepted, has been made by Belgium, to renew negotiations for a treaty less liberal in its provisions, on questions of'general maritime law. Uur newly established relations with the Sublime Porte promise to bo useful to our commerce, and Our & m ew7 "P601 to this Government. C..U-rSe W,lh lh. Ba"y wers, contin-

u"mu?1 '"Porxant change, except lhat tho present .political state of Algiers has induced me to terminate ihe residence there of a salaried consul and to substitute an ordinary consulate, to remain so long as the place continues in ihe possession of I? ranee. Our first treaty with one of the powers the Emperor of Morocco was formed in 1786 and was limited to fifty years. That period has almost expired. I shall take measures to renew it with the greater satisfaction, as its stipulations are just and liberal, and have been, with mutual fidelity and reciprocal advantage, scrupulously fulfiled. Intestine dissensions have too frequently occuired to mar the prosperity, interrupt the commerce, and distract the Governments of most of the nations of this hemisphere, which have separated themselves from Spain. When a firm and permanent ' understanding with the parent country, shall have produced a formal acknowledgment of their inde

ntions and gives value to human lifa. In the mean time I confidently hope, that the apprehensions entertained, that some of the people of these luxuriant regions may be tempted, in a moment of unworihy distrust of iheirown capacity for the enjoyment of liberty, to commit the common error of

purchasing present repose uy oesiowmg on some lavorite leajter the fatal gift of irresponsible power will not be realized. With all these Governments, and with that of Brazil, no unexpected changes in our relations have occurred during the present year. Frequent causes of just complaint have

arisen upon the part of the citizens of the U. States,

sometimes from the irregular action of the constituted subordinate authorities of the maritime regions, and sometimes from the leaders or partisans of those in arms against the established Governments. In all cases, representations have been, or will be made, and as soon as their political affairs are in a settled position, it is expected that our friendly remonstrances will be followed by adequate redress. The Government of Mexico made known in De

cember last the appointment of Commissioners and a Surveyor, on its part, to run in conjunction with ours, the boundary Line between its territories and the United Slates, and excused the delay for the reasons anticipated the prevalence of civil war.

The Commissioners and Surveyors not having met within the time stipulated by ihe treaty, a now arrangement became necessary and our Charge d A flairs was instructed, in January list, to negotiate in Mexico an article additional to ihe pre-exist

ing treaty. This instruction was acknowledged, and no difficulty was appro-bended in the accomplishment of that object. By information just received that additional article to the treaty will be obtained and transmitted to this country, as soon as it can receive the ratification of the Mexican Congress. The re-union of three States of New Granada, Venezuela aud Equador, forming ihe Republic of Colombia, seems every day to become more improbable. The Commissioners of the two first are

understood to be now negotiating a just division of

the obligations contracted by them when united under one Government. The civil war in Equador it is believed, has prevented even the appointment of a Commissioner on its part. I propose, at an early period, to submit in the proper form, the appointment of a diplomatic agent to Venezuela. The importance of the commerce of that country to the United States, and the large claims of our citizens upon the Government, arising before and since the division of Colombia, rendering it, in my opinion, improper longer to delay this

step.

Our representatives to Central America, Peru,

and Brazil, are either at, or on iheir way to, their respective posts.

From the Argentine Republic, from which a minister was expected to this Government, nothing further has been heard. Occasion Ins been taken, on

the departure of a new Consul to Buenos Ayres, to

remind that Government, that its long delayed Minister, whose appointment had been made known to us, had not arrived. It becomes my unpleasant duty to inform you

that this pacific and highly gratifying picture of our

said interest to be computed from the day of the

exchange of the present convention. It was also stipulated on the part of tho United States, for the purpose of being completely liberated from all the reclamations presented by France on behalf of its citizens, that the sum of one million, five hundred thousand francs should be paid to the

tzd that the result should bo rn&do Known early enough to be communicated to Congress at tho commencement of tho present session. Relying upon these pbdgos, and not doubting that ihe acknowledged justice of our claims, the promised exertions of the King and hia Cabinet, and above all,

that sacred regard for tho national faith and honour,

guished, would secure an early execution of the treaty in all its parts, I did not deem it necessary to call ihe attention of Congress to tho subject at the last session. regret to say that the pledges made through the Minister of France have not lien redeemed. The new Chamber met on the SlstJuly last, find although the subject of fulfilling treaties cas alluded to in the

speech from the throne, no attempt was made by the King or his Cabinit to procure an appropriation to carry it into execution. The reasons girt n fur this omission, although they might be considered sufficient in an ordinary case, arc not consistent with the expectations founded upon the assurances given here,

for there is jio constitutional obstacle to entering in

to Legislative business at the Jirst meeting oj the Chambers. This point, hoicever, might have been overlooked, had not the Chambers, instead of being

called to meet at so early a day that the result oj their deliberations might Ic communicated to me, before the meeting of congress, been prorogued to the 2d!h of the present month: a period so late that Iheir decision can scarcely be made known to the present Congress prior to Us dissolution. To avoid this delay; our Minister in Paris, in virtue of the assurance given by the French minister in the United Slates, strongly urged the convocation of the Chambers, at an early day, but without success. It is proper to remark, hoicever, that this refusal

has teen accompanied with the most positive assuran

oovernment of France, in six annual instalments, I for which the French character has been so distin

to be deducted out of ihe annual sums which 1 ranee had agracd to piy, interest thereupon being in like manner computed from the day of tho exchange of the ratifications. In addition to this stipulation, imnortant advantages were secured to France by the following article, viz; "The wines of France from and after the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention, shall bo admitted to consumption in the States of the Union, at duties which shall not exceed the following rates by the gallon, (such as it is used at present for wines in ihe UniV" . . .r..i-- .

ted States,) to wit: six cenis ior reu wines in casks; ten cents for white wines in casks; and twenty-two cents for wines of all sorts in bottle?; The proportions existing between the duties on tho French wines thus reduced, and the general rates of the tariff which went into operation the first January, 1S29, shall be maintained, in case the Government of the U. States should think proper lo di

minish those general rales in a new taritt. In consideration of this stipulation, which shall bo binding on the U. States for ten years, the French Government abandons the reclamations which it had formed in relation to the 8ih ariiclo of the Irealy of cession of Louisiana. Il engages, moreover, lo establish on the long staple cottons of the U.

States, which, after the exchange oi the ratihca-

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lions of the present Convention, shall be bro t directly thence to France by the vessels of the United States, or by French vessels, the same duties as on short staple cotton."

I his treaty was duly ratified in the manner prescribed by the constitutions of both countries, and the ratification was exchanged at ihe City of Washington, on the 2d of February, 1S32. On account of its commercial stipulations it was, in five days thereafter, laid before tho Congress of ihe United States, which proceeded to enact such laws favorable to the commerce of France as were necessary to carry ilinto full execution and France has, from tint period to tho present, been in tho unrestricted enjoyment of ihe valuable privileges that were thus secured to her. Tho faith of the French nation

having been thus solemnly pledged, through its constitutional organ, for tho liquidation and ultimate payment of ihe long deferred claims of our citizens, hs also for tho adjustment of other points of great and reciprocal benefits to both countries, and the United States having with a fidelity and promptitude by which their conduct will, I trust, bo always characterized, done every thing tint was necessary to carry the treaty into full and fair effect on their part , counted, with the most perfect confidence, on equal fidelity and promptitude on the pari of ihe French Government. In this reasonable expectation we have hern, I regret to inform you, wholly disappointed. No legislative provision has been made by Fiance for the execution of ihe trea

ty, either as it respects tho indemnity to be paid, or j

the commercial benefits lo be secured to the Uni

ted Slates, and tho relations between ihe United

well known tocxDcct an? thing from her fears, ami

nrecludo tho necessity of a declaration that nothing parmking of tho character of intimidation is intended by us. Sho ought to look upon it as the evidence oran infbxiblo determination on tho pirt of tho United Stales, to insist on iheir rights. That Government, by doing only what it has itself acknowledged to bo just, will bo able to spare tho

United Slates the necessity of takingcdresi into their own hands', and suu tho properly of French citizens from that seizure and sequestration which American citizens so long endured without retaliation or redress. If she should continue to rcfunX tint act of acknowledged justice, and in violation of thhwofnilious, nnko reprisals ou our pirt tho occasion of hostilities against tho United State?, she would but add violence to injustice, and would not fiil to expose herself to the just censure of civil:zed nations, nnJ to the retributive judgments of Heaven. Collision with Franco is the more to bo regretted, on account of tho position sho occupies in Fu-

rope, in relation to liberal institutions. But in maintaining our If ational rights and honor, all Governments aro alijio to us. If by a collision with Franco, in a caso where she is clearly in tho wrong, tho march of liberal principles shall bo impeded, the responsibility for thai result, as well as every other, will rest on her own head. Having submitted these considerations it belongs to Congress to decide whether, after what has taken place, it will still await iho further cciuhi of ihe French Chambers, or now adopt such measures as it may deem necessary, and best adapted to pro-

icci me rights, ami tua'ntiin me nonor ot tho coun

ces, , on tnc part oj the Uovcrnmcut oj I ranee, oj i try Whoever that decision may be.it will bo

ttieir intention to press the appropriation at the ensu- hxifah enforced by iho Kxccutive. as far as he is

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authorized so to do.

in g session of the Chambers.

The executive branch of this government has, a$ metiers stand, exhausted alt the authority vpon the subject with which it is invested, and which it had any reason to believe could he beneficially employed. The idea of acquiescing in the rifusal to execute the treaty will not, I am confident, be for a moment entertained by any -ranch of this government; and further negotiation is eoualln out of the auestion.

According to ths cstimiliM.f iho Treasury Ihpartmcnt, the llevcnuc aecruing, from all sources, during tho prcsont year, will umount to twenty millions six hundred twenty-four thousand f.v ven hundred and seventeen dollars, which, wiih tho balance remaining in the Treasury on the first of Januarv l ist, of seven millions seven hundred

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the further action of the French Chambers, no fur- " ? 1,1,,lurs, thcr consideration of the subject will, at thissrision, I P!" nn aggregate of lli.rty-lwu millions thrcn probably be required at your hands. Jhtt, if from hundred and twenty-seven thousand hx hundred the original delay in asking for an appropriation; I n"d twenty-three dollars. TliO total cxpcinltturo from the refusal f the Chambers to grant it when j during tho year, for all object.9, including thu Pub-

ashed; jrom the omission to bring the subject before lie Debt, is estimated at twcnty.fivo millions fivo the Chambers at their last session; from the fact that, (hundred and ninety-onn thousand three hundred if(-' ki moi, Acre i(lrc Atfii.irf fih-fiH i an, nincly dollars, which will leave a Inhnco in 3::'. frH treasury on the first of January, 1M15, of six

bcrs until some weeks after the matin"- of Congress,

riZr i TJ VORr?ln l-"a'n-; millions seven hundred and thirty-six thousand two oers until some, weeks after the mating of Congress, , , , , ., . . , 3 .. .. 1

when it teas well known that a communication of the ,unurcu anu iiiiriy-iwo Uoiiars.-In this balance,

Foreign Relations, does not include those wiih States and that power, in consequence thereof, arc

France at this time. It is not possible that any Government and people could be more sincerely desirous of conciliating a just and friendly intercourse with another nation, than are those of the U. Slates with their ancient ally. This disposition is founded, as well on the most grateful and honourable recollections, associated wiih our struggle for independence, as upon well grounded conviction, that it is consonant wiih the true policy of both. The people of the United Stales could not therefore, see without the deepest regret, even a temporary interruption of the friendly relillans between

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placed in a situation threatening to interrupt the

good understanding which has s long and so happily existed between the two nations. Not only has the French Government been thus wanting in the performance of the stipulations il has so solemnly entered into wiih the U, States, but its omissions have been marked by circumstances which would seem to leave us without satisfactory evidinces, thai such performance will certainly take place at a future period. Advice of the exchange of ratifications reached Paris prior lo the Sth April, 1832. The French Chambers were then silling

nd continued in session until the i: 1st of that

whole subiect to Coiim. at thr ,,, ,!m,. was I However, will bo McliiuVil about one fiulhon one

prevented by assurances that it should be disposed i hundred and fifty thous wid dollars of what was ef before its present meeting, you should feel your- j heretofore reported by the Department as Ittt cfselves constrained to doubt whrther it be the intuition fective. of the Fn nch government in all its branches to car- Of flirmor nfnh.;,i; u : . i i i , .t rythe treaty into efcet, and think that such measures ! ""ncrappropn. lions it is estimated that thcrO a the occasion mm he deemed to call for, should I 'V1 V" uncMm led at the close of the year,

I now he adopted, the important question arises what c,ul '"'"ions two Uiousjml nine hundred and

those measures shall be. i "nj-me uoiurs, ami oi mis .um t'leie Will not Our institutions arc essentially pacific. Peace and j he required more than live millions o.o hundred

rtcntity intercourse with all the df-sire rf our governmerit

i7h. r, juu tnrsc orjvcis are not to or appropriations. J tins it nimcaia lhat after sitifv itermaitpnllu xpruml. Im ?rv ;--;i;f- the -!fht itf, ..ll .1 . .. . '.

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lally pacific. Peace and "c rcquircu more man livo millions hundred ll nations, are as much and forty-one thousand nine hundred and sixty. four as they are the iuttr- j dollars to accomplish the objects of all the current te objects are not to br ' appropriations. Thus it appears that after satisfy.

our citizens, or permitting solemn treaties f.r their indemnity in cases of Jla grant wrong, to be abrogated or set aside.

It is undoubtedly In the power of Congress so

riou.Iy to alb-el the agricultural and manufacturing j Tint such should be the aspect of ou interests ollrance, by the passage of laws relating highly ihttcrlng to the industry and t

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be any reasonable ground for attributing such a result to any act of omission or commission on our part. I derive, therefore, the highest satisfaction from being able to assure you, that the whole course of this Government, has been characterized by a spirit so conciliatory and forbearing, as to make it impossible that our justice and moderation should be questioned, whatever may be the consequences of a longer perseverance, on the part of the French Government, in her omission to satisfy the conceded claims of our citizens. The history of tho accumulated and unprovoked aggressions upon our Commerce, committed by authority of the existing Governments of France between the years 1S00 and 1S17, has been rendered too painfully familiar to Americans, to make its repetition cither necessary or desirable. It will be sufficient here to remark, lhat lliere has for many years, been scarcely a single administration of the French Government by whom the tustice and

legality of the claims of our citizens lo indemnity, Chambers commenced on tho iilitii of April,

were not to a very considerable extent, ndmiited; and yet near a quarter of a century h:i3 been wasted in ineffectual ncgociations to secure it. Deeply sensible of ihe injurious effects resulting from this state of things upon tho interests and character of both nations, I regarded it as among my first duties lo cause one more effort to be made to satisfy France, lhat a just and liberal settlement of our claims, was as well due to her own honour

us to wimr incontestable validity. J lie ncrociation J

for this purpose was commenced with ihe late Government of France, and was prosecuted with such success, as lo leave no reasonable ground to doubt, that a settlement of a character quite as liberal as that which was subsequently made, would have been effected, had not tho revolution, by which the negociation was cut off, taken place. The discussions were resumed with the present Government, and the result showed, that we were not wronf in supposing lhat an event by which the two governments were made to approach each other so much nearer in their political principles; and by which the motives for the most liberal and friendly intercourse were so greatly multiplied, could exercise no other than a salutary influence upon the negociation. After the most deliberate and thorough examination of the whole subject, a treaty between

the two governments was concluded and signed at Paris on the 4th of July, 1831, by which it was stipulated lhat "ihe French Government, in order to liberate itself from all the reclamations preferred against it by citizens of the United States, for unlawful seizures, captures, sequestrations, or destruction of their vessels, cargoes, or other property, engages to pay a sum of twenty-five million of francs to the United States, who shall distribute it amono timer r t- 1 1 1 .1 r. , ,. 0

....iicu ion, in me manner and according to

manufactures, and lonnnge, may bo subjected to heavy duties in our porls, ondl commercial intcr-

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llily V'S p . ' tuc ' riuiujiji m. w .-, uui, year after ihj i:.xchaiie of ratifications, no application was ruade- to the iJinmbef for tho required appropriation, and in consequence of no opiopnation having then been made, the draft ot to..' U 'ales Government for that instalment, was disuooreu

by the Minister of finance, and ihe United Slates j

thereby involved in much controversy, the next session of the Chambers commenced on iho ll)th Nov., 1832, and continued until the SJ5ih April, 1S33. Notwithstanding the omission to pay the first instalment, had been made the subject of earnest remonstrance u our part, ihe treaiy with the U. Stales, and a bill making ihe necessary appropriations to execute it, were not laid before the Chamber of Deputies until the Oih of April, nearly five months after its meeting, and only nineteen days before the close of the session. Tho bill was read and referred to a committee, but there was no further action upon it. The next session of the

cource may be suspended. But there aro powerful, aud, to ryy mind, conclusive objections to this mode of proceeding. We cannot embarrass, or cut offihe trade of France, without, at the same time, in some degree, embarrassing or cutting off our owu trade. The injury of such a warfue imist fill, though unequally, upon our own citizens, and could

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"'ii uiimu suiuimeiu in support oi me lights and honor of ihe nation which must now pervade in every bosom. Nor is it impossible that such a course of legislation would introduce once more into our National councils those disturbing questions in trillion to tariff duties which have been so recently put Jo rst. Besides, by every measure adopted by ihe Government of the United States wiih the view of injuring iV::iicf, the clear preception of light whb-h will induce our own people, and the rulers and people of all other nation, even

France herself, to pronounce our quarrel jut, will !

be obscured, and tho support rendered to us in a final resort lo more decisive measures, will be more limited and equivocal. 'iV'crc is but one point in the controversy, and upon ti'iit ihe whole civifzed world must pronounce Franco to bp .u the wrong. We insist that sho shall pay us a sum of money,

the Inst item of our Public Deb?, which will be "dono on the first of January next, thero will remain unexpended in tho Treasury an tffeclivo balance of about four hundred and forty thousand dollars,

our finances i

ntcipiiso of

our population, and auspicious of tlu wealth and

prosperity which await the future cultivation of their growing resource?. It is not deemed prudent however, to recommend any chango for the present in our impestratee, the effect of the gradual reduction now in progress in many of them, not being sufficiently tesw d, to guide us in determining ih precise amount of revenue which they will produce. Free from public debt, at pcaco wiih all th.- woild n n i t1 nntia!n.lr..l . I.

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power, the nrcscnt um-

be bailed as tint epoch in our history tho most favorable for tho settlement of those principles in our domestic policy, which Jhall be best cdeulutcd to give stability to our Republic, aud secure tho blessings of freedom to our citizens. Among these principles, from our past experience, it cannot bo doubted, that simplicity in the character of tho Florida Government, mid a rigid economy in its administration, should he regarded as fundamental &. sacred. All must he seusilk that the existence of the public debt, by rendering taxation necessary fir its tiinrirshment, has increased the difficulties which re inseparable from every exercise of the taxing power; and tint it was, in this reppect, a remoie ngent in nrocuiins those disiuih;

which grew out of iho discussions relating lo

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dictate that the question at issue shouid be kept

and continued until tho 2tiih of Juno followum

A new bili was introduced tho 11th of June, bul nothing important was done in relation to il during ihe session, lu tho month of April, 183-1, nearly

three years after the signature ot tho treaty, the li- thus disencumbered, and tint not tho slightest pre

nal action of the French Chambers upon iho bill lu tencc should be giwnto France to persist in her carry ihe treaty into effect was obtained, and resul-' refusal to make payment, by an act on our part ailed in a refusal of iho necessary appropriation. ! feeling the interest of her people. Ths question

should he leu as it is now, in such an atlitude, that when Franco fulfils her treaty stipulations, all controversy will be at end.

iho taviff. If such Ins been il

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the rules it shall d nnrl it tii o 1 c?r at Inn

a.ed on the part of the French Government, that ll lis twenty-five millions of Francs should "be paid u.l'!.n.S,1X,,n!!lu,il talments of four millions

and sixty-six francs'f t,,ousand six hundred out, with instructions lo the French Minister to . -i . . anU. Sixty-six centimes nar.b. rrivo tho most nmole exnlanilinna nftlm n.ci nnrt

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1 ho avowed grounds upon winch mo out wus rejected, are lo bo taund in tho published debates of that body; and no observation of mine can be necessary to satisfy Congrcssof their utter insutliciency. Although the gross amount of ihe claims of our citizens is probably greater lhan will bo ultimately allowed by the commissioners, sullicient is, nevertheless, shown to render it absolutely certain that tho indemnity falls far short of tho actual amount of our just claims, independently of iho question of damages aud interest lor ihe detention. That the settlement involved u sacrifice in this respect was well known at the time a sacrifice which was cheerfully acquiesced in by ihe different branchesof ihe Federal Government, whose action upon the ireuty was required, from a sincere desire to avoid further collision upoti this old and disturbing subject, and in ihe confident expectation that the general relations between the two countries would be improved thereby. The refusal to vote the appropriation, the news of which was received from our Minister in Pans about the 15th day of May last, might have been considered the final determination of the French Government not to execute ihe stipulations of the treaty, and would have justified an immediate communication of ihe facts to Congress, with a recommendation of such ultimate measures as the interest and honour of the Uniled States might seem to require. But with the news of the refusal of the Chambers to make the appropriation, were conveyed the regrets of tho King, and a declara

tion lhat a national vessel should be forthwith sent

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... , pt.rson or persn , n . authorized by the Government of tho United I States to receive it." The first inilm. . " d - .alCS

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U4 uuu year next lollowin the

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peodence. and the ideaof danger from thnt mint-tor .inn r .::: r'.t .

u r i V. m" wmugc u ujc ltiuiieuuoiis oi mis convention ami .can be no longer entertained, the friends of free- the others at successive intervals of a year one after

give the most 3inple explanations of the past, and

ihe strongest assurances for the future. After a long passage, ihe promised despatch vessel arrived. The pledges given by ihe French Minister upon receipt of his instructions, were, that as soon after tha election of the new members as the char

ter would permit, the

It is my conviction, that the United States ought to insist on a prompt execution of iho treaty, and in case il be refusfcd,or longer delayed, take redress into their own bands. After iho delay on the part of France of a quarter ofu century in acknowledging these claims, by treaty, it is not to be tolerated that another quarter of a century is to be wasted in negociating about the payment. The laws of nations provide a remedy for such occasions. It is a well settled principle of the international code, that where one nation owes another an unliquidated debt which il refuses or neglects to pay, the aggrieved party may seize on tho property belonging to the other, its citizens or subjects, sufficient to pay the debt, without giving just cause of war. This remedy has been repeatedly resorted to, and recently by France herself, towards Portugal, under circumstances less unquestionable. The lime at which resort should be had to this, or any other mode of redress, is a point to be decided by'Congress. If an appropriation shall not be made by the French Chambers at their next session, it may justly be concluded that the Government of France has finally determined to disregard its own solemn undertaking, and refuse to pay an acknowledged debt. In that event, every day's delay on our part will bo a stain upon our national honor, as well as a denial of justice to our injured citizens. Prompt measures, when the refusal of Franco shall be complete, will not only be most honorablo and just, but will have the best effect upon our nationaj character. Since France, in violation of the pledges "iven through her ministers here, has delayed her final ac

tion so long lhat tier decision will not probably be

increaso the buiV.usof Government without neces

sity, must bo filal in OiV our hopes of preserving its true character. WJiilo wu u.ra felicitating ourselves, therefore, upon the c.iingu:.htent of tho nalional dtbt, uml the pri:?pcToiI. state cf our IV-

j nances, let us not be tempted to d(mtt from tboso

sound maxims of public policy, which f i.join a just ad-iption of tho revenue to the expcnditUif?t tuat are constant wiih a rigid economy, rnd an cu'M abstinence from all topics of lorjisl ition that arc not clearly withsn the constitutional powers of the Government, and suggested by tho wants of the country. Piopeily regarded under such policy, every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation, gives to individual enterprise increased powcr, and furnishes to all iho members of our h ippy Confederacy new motives for patriotic ofllction and support. Hut above all, its most important cffeet will be found in its inllucnco upon the charactt r of t he Government, by confining its action to those objects which will Lc Furo to secure to it the attachment and support of our fjllow citizens. Circumstances make it my duty to call the attention of Congress to the Uiiik of the United States. Created fur the convenience of tho Government, lhat institution has become tho scourge of the people. Its interference to postpone lhepaymcnt of a portion of the National debt, that it might retain lha public money appropriated for that purpose, to strengthen it in a political contcsttho extraordinary extension and contractions of its accommodations to the community its corrupt and partisan loans its exclusion of iho public directors from a knowledge of its most important proceedings tho unlimited authority conferred on the president to expend its funds in hiring writers, end procuring the execution of printing, and tho use made of that authority the retention of tho pension money and books, after the selection of new agcnts-lhc groundless claim to heavy damigcs, iu consequence cf the protest of n bill drawd cn the French government, have, through various clnnncli,been hid before Congress. Immediately after the close cf ths

last session, the Hank, through i id President, an-

legislative

known, in time to be communicated to this Con

gress, I recommend that a law be past, authorising nounccd its ability and readiness to abandon th

Chambers of reprisals upon French property, iu case provisions system of unparalleled curtailment, and the inter-

made lor the payment of tho debt, at ruption of domestic exchanges, which it had practing session of the French Chambers, ticd upon from the 1st of August, 1633. to the

upon tho other instalments then ri,;! u "Tuuai lwwf 01 luo xvmS ana 1118 ucli a measure ought not to bo considered by yuui June, lhlH, and to extend its accommodations 1 omer instalments then reoamin unpaid; lb met should b exartcd to accomplish the object 1 Franca ino, JUr rrble nnH ,v-cri.rw ti i.,..,,., '