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throuahout eternity, which yet will netet touch. Of the etseneoofmind, of matter, and of their mystic union, wo know nothing, nor shall we, until v?e hava passed through the, dark Valley of the Shadow of Death, and stand redeemed and regenerate in the presence of the Eternal. C K.

SPECIAL, MESSAGE FROM THE PKE3IDF.NT TO IJOTII HOUSES OF CONGRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 19. Ta the Senate and Home of Representatives: Gentlemen: In my message at tlJ opening of your session, I informed you that our Ch irgo WAffiirs at Paris had been instructed to ask fur the final determination of tlrs French Government, in relation to the payment of tho indemnification, secured by tho treaty of tho 4th of July, 1831, and that when advicc9 of tho result should be received, it would bo made the subject of a special communication. In execution of this design, t now transmit to tou tho papers numbered from 1 to 13, inclusive, con! on thi the it will be seen that franco requires, as a condition precedent to tho execution of a treaty unconditionally ratified, and to tho payment of a debt acknowledge by all branches of her Government to be due, that certain explanations shnll bo made of which she dictates the terms. These terms are such as that Government has already been officially informed cannot bo complied with; and if persisted in, they must bo considered a3 a deliberate refusal on the part of France to fulfil engigements binding by the laws of nations, and held sacred by the whole civilized world. Tho nature of tho act which France requires of this Government, is clearly set for h in tho letter of the French minister marked No. 3. Wo will pay tho money, says he, when "the Government of the United States is ready, on its part, to declare to us, by addressing the claim to us officially, in renting, that it regrets the misunderstandng tcnicn nas arwei ucmitn ic iwu wumrivs ; mui this misunderstanding is founded on a mistake; that it never entered into its intention to call in question the good faith of the French Government, nor to take a menacing attitudetorcards France;" And ho adds, "if the Government of the United States docs not give this assurance, tec shall be obliged to thinkthat this misunderstanding is not the result of an error. In the letter marked No 0, tho French Minister also remarks that, "the Government of the United States knows, that upon itself depends henceforward the execution ofthe treaty of July 4, 1831. Obliged by the precise language thus used by the French Minister, to view it as a peremptory refusal to execute the treaty, except on terms incompatible with the honor and independence of the United States, and persuaded, that, on considering the correspondence now submitted to you, you can regard it in no other light, it becomes my duty to call your attention to such measures as the exigency of the case demands, if the claim of interfering in the communications between the different branches of our government shall be persisted in. The pretension is rendered the more unreasonable by the fact, that the substanco of the required explanation has been repeatedly and voluntarily given before it was insisted on as a condition a condition the more humiliating, because it is demanded as the equivalent of a pecuniary consideration. Does Franco desire only a declaration that we had no intention to obtain our rights by an address to her fears rather than her justice. She has already had it, frnkly and explicity given by our Minister accredited to her Government, his act ratified by me, and my confirmation of it, officially communicated by him, in his letter to tho French Minister of Foreign Affairs, ofthe 25th of April, 1835, and repeated by republished approval of that letter after the bill of indemnification. Does Franco want a degrading, servile repetition of this act, in terms which she shall dictate, and which will involve an acknowledgement of her assumed right to interfero in our domestic councils? Sho will nevcrobtain it. The spirit of tho American people, the dignity ofthe Legislature, and the firm resolve of their Executive Government forbid it. As tho answer of tho French Minister to our Charge iTAftaires at Paris, contains an allusion to a letter addressed by him to the representative of France at this place it now becomes proper to lay before you the correspondence had between that functionary and the Secretary of State relative to that letter, and to accompany the same with such explanations as M ill enable us to understand tho course of the Executive in regard to it. Recurring to the historical statement made at the commcnccmentofyour session, ofthe origin andprogrcss 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 explanations he had given to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to be made public. As the French Government has noticed the Message without its being officially communicated, it was not doubted that if they were disposed to pay the money due to us, they would notice any public explanation of tho Government ofthe United States in the same way, but contrary to theso well founded expectations, the French Ministry did not take this fair opportunity to relieve themselves from their unfortunate position, and do justice to the United States. Whilst, however, the Government of tho United States was awaiting tho movements ofthe French Government, in perfect confidence that the difficulty was at an end, the Secretary of State received n call from the French Charge d'Affaires in Washington, who desired to read to him a letter he had received from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. lie was asked whether he was instructed or directed to make any official emmunication, and replied that he was only authorized to read the Utter and furnish a copy if requested. The pub- - stance of its content?, it is presumed, may be gathered from Nos.4 and 5, herewith transmitted. It was an attempt to make known to the Government of the United States, privately, in what manner it ronld make explanations, apparently voluntary, but really dictated by France, acceptable to her, and thns obtain payment ofthe twenty-five millions of franc. No exception was taken to this mode of communication, which isoften used to prepare the way for official intercourse, but the suggestions made in it wero in their substance, wholly inadmissible. Not being in the shape of an official com unication to this Government, it did not admit of reply or official notice, nor eould it safely be made the basis of any action by the Executive or the Legislature; and the Secretary ofState did not think proper to ask a copy, because he could have had no use for it. Copies of papers marked Nos. 9, 10 and 11, show an attempt on the part ofthe Fiench Charge d1 Affaires many weeks afterwards, to place a copy of this pper among the archives of this Government, which, for obvious reasons was not allowed to be done; but the assurance, before given was rtpeated, that any official communication which he might be authorized to males in the accustomed form, would receive a prompt &. just consideration.

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ssu'.nect between our Charge crAluircs ami

French Minister of loreign Alfuirs, from which

The indiscretion of this attempt was made more manifest, by tho subsequent avowal ofthe French

Charge d'AtUirs, that the object was to bung tins letter before Congress and the American people. If foreign agents, on a subject of disagreement between their Government and this, wish to prefer an appeal to tho American People, they will hereafter, it is hoped, bettor appreciate their own rights, and the respect duo to others, than attempt to use the Fxecutivc ns the passive organ of their comvindications. It t due to tho character ot our in stitutions, that the diplomatic intercourse of this Government should be conducted with the utmost directness and simplicity, and, and that, in all cases of importance, the communications received or made by the Executive, should assume tho accus tomed official form. It is only by insisting on this form, that foreign powers can be held to full responsibility, that their communication can be officially replied to: or that the advice or interferance of tho Legislature 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, cn the other, tj subject this portion of his acts t public scrutiny; and, if occasion shall require it, to con stitutional animadversion. It was the more necessary to adhere to these principles in the instance in question, inasmuch as in addition to other impor tant interests, it very intimately concerned the na tional honor: a matter, in mv judgment, much too sacred to be made the subject of private and unofh cial negotiation. It will be perceived that this letter of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs was read to the Secrc tarv ot JMatc on 1 1th ot September last, l his was the first authentic indication of the specific views o the French Government, received by th-j Govern ment of the United States after the passage of the bill of indemnification. Inasmuch as the letter had been written before the othcial notice ot my appro val of Mr. Livingston's last explanation and remon strance could have reached Paris, just ground o hope was left, as has been before slated, that the Frencli Government on receiving that information, in the same manner the alleged offending message had reached them, would desist from their extraordinary demand, and pay the money at once. To give them an opportunity to do so, and, at all events to elicit their final determination, and the ground they intended to occupy, the instructions were given to our Charge dAffairs, which wero adverted to at the commencement of the present session of Congress. The result, as you have seen, is a demand of an official written expression of regrets, and a direct explanation addressed to France, with a distinct intimation that this is a sine qua non. Mr. Barton having in pursuance of his instructions, returned to the United States, and the Charge d'Afiairs of France having been recalled, all diplomatic intercourse between the two countries is suspended a state of thinks originating in an unreasonable susceptibility on the part of tho French Government, and rendered necessary on our part by their refusal to perform engagements contained in a treaty, from the faithful performance of which by us they are to this day enjoying many important commercial advantages. It is time this unequal position of affairs should cease, and that legislative action should be bro'l to sustain Executive exertion in such measures as the case requires. While France persists in her refusal to comply with the terms of a treaty, the object of which was, by removing all causes of mutual complant to renew ancient feelings of friendship, and to unite the two nations in the bonds of amity, and of a mutually beneficial commerce, 6he cannot justly complain if we adopt such peaceful remedies as the law of nations and the circumstances of the case may authorise and demand. Ofthe nature of these remedies, I have heretofore had occasion to speak; and in reference to a particular contingency, to express my conviction that reprisals would be best adapted to theemergency then contemplated. Since that period, Franco, by all tho departments of her Government, has acknowledged the validity of our claims, and the obligations of the treaty; and has appropriated the moneys which are necessary to its execution; and though payment is withheld on grounds vitally important to our existence as an independent nation, it is not to bo believed that she can have determined permanently to retain a position so utterly indefensible. In the altered state of tho question in controversy, and under all existing circumstances, it appears to me, that, until such a determination shall have become evident, it will bo proper and sufficient to retaliate her present refusal to comply with her engagements, by prohibiting the introductionof French products and the entry of French vessels into our ports. Between this and the interdiction of all commercial intercourse, or other remedies, you, as the representatives of the people, must determine. I recommend the former, in the present posturo of our affairs, as being the least injurious to our commerce, 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 necessary by subsequent events. The return of our Charge d'Affairs is attended with public notices of naval preparations on the part of France destined for our 6eas. Ofthe cause and intent of these armaments, I have no authentic 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 with the measures which hostile movements on the part of France may compel us to pursue. They at least deserve to be met by adequate preparation on our part, and I therefore strongly urge large and speedy appropriations for the increase ofthe Navy, and the completion of our coast defences. If this array of military force be really designed to effect the action of the Government and the people to the United States on the question now pending between the two nations, then in deed would it be dishonorable to pause a moment on the alternative which such a state of thing would present to us. Come what may, the explanation which France demands can never be accorded: and no armament however powerful and imposing at a distance, 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 Representivea at the closo of the last session of Congress, unanimously resolved, that the treaty ofthe 4th 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 interest and honor that this resolution should, at ail hazards, be adhered to. If, after so signal an example of that given by the American people, during their long protracted difficulties with France, of forbearance under accumulated wrongs, and of generous confidence in her ultimate return to justice, she shall now be permitted to withhold' from ns the tardy and imperfect indemnification, which, after years of remonstrance and discussion, hsd at length been solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1831, and to set at naught the obligation it impresses, the U. States will not be the only sufferers The efforts of humanity and religion, to substitute the appeals of Justice and the arbitrament of reason for the coercive measures usually resorted to by injured nations, will receive little encouragement from such an issue. By the selection and enforcement of such lawful and expedient measures as maybe 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 government, and the honor of our country but do much, it maybe hoped, to vindicate the faith of treaties and

o promote the general interests of peace, ciriliza-;

tion, and improvement. ANDREW JACKSON. jrashinton, January 12,1830. DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING MESSAGE. No. 1. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Barton. Department of State, Washington, Juuc, 28, 1835. Sir: Mr. Livingston arrived here the day before yesterdey. By the mail of yesterday, your letter of the 7th of Mav, with a copy of Mr. Livingston's last note to the Duke de llroglie, was received. After an attentive examination of Mr. Livingston's cor respondence with this Department and the Government of r ranee, elucidated by his verbal explanations, the President has directed me to say to you, that the Messrs. Rothschild have been authorized by the Treasury Department to receive the money due under the treaty with France. Of this authority they will be directed to give notice to the French Government, without demanding payment. For yourself, you will, if the bill of indemnity is rejected, follow Mr. Livingston to the United States. If the money is placed at the disposal of the King, conditionally, by the Legislature of France, you will await further orders from the United .States, but maintain a guarded silence on the subject ofthe indemnity. If approached by the Government of France, directly or indirectly, you will hear what is said without reply state what has occured in full to the Department, and await its instructions. It is the desire of the President that you w ill make not even a reference to the subject ofthe treaty in your intercourse with the French Government, until the course intended to be pursued is definitely explained to the United States. Whatever may be said to Messrs. de Rothschilds, it will be their duty to report to you, as well as to the Treasury Department, and whenever they converse with you they must be reminded, that it is expected that they will wait for express notice from the Government of France, that it is ready to pay before an application for payment is made. The course adopted by Mr. Livingston has been fully approved, and the hope is indulged that his representations have had their iust influence on the counsels of the Kins of France. However that may be, the President's determination is, that the terms upon which the two Governments are to stand towards each other, shall be regulated, so far as his constitutional power extends, by France. A packet from the Treasury, addressed to the Messrs. de Rothschild, and containing the instructions ofthe Secretary, accompanied by a special power, appointing them the agents of the United States to receive the payments due under the treaty of 1831, is forwarded herewith. The copy of a letter from this Department to M. Pageot is also enclosed for your perusal I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH. Thomas P. Barton', Esq. &c. No. 2. Vr. Forsyth to Mr. Barton. Department of State, Washington, September 14, 1835. Sir : So much time will have elapsed before this despatch can reach you, since the psssage of the law by the French Chambers, placing at the disposition of the King, the funds to fulfil the treaty with the United States, that it is presumed the intention of the French Government will have been, by that period, disclosed. It is proper, therefore, in the opinion of the President, that you should receive your last instructions in relation to it. It has always been his intention that the Legation of the United States should leave France if the treaty were not fulfilled. You have been suffered to remain after the departure of Mr. Livingston, under the expectation lhat the Government of France would find, in all that has occurred, its obligation to proceed, forthwith, to the fulfilment of it, as soon as funds were placed in its hands. If this expectation is disappointed, you must ask for your passports, and return to the United States. If no movement has been made on the part of France, and no intimation given to j-ou, or to the banker of the United States, who is the authorized agent of the Treasury to receive the instalments due, of the time that payment will be made, you are instrncted to call upon the Duke de Broglie, and request to be informed what are the intentions ofthe Government in relation to it, stating that you do so by orders of your Government, and with a view to regulate your conduct by the information you may receive from him. In the present agitated state of France, it is the particular desire of the President that your application should be made in the most conciliatory tone, and your interview with the Duke marked by expressions, as coming from your Government, of great personal respect for that Minister, and of an anxious desire for the safety of the King of France. If the Duke should inform you that the money is to be paid on any fixed da), you will remain in France : otherwise you will apply for your passports, and state the reason to be that the treaty of indemnity has not been executed by France. The President especially directs that you should comply with these instructions so early that the result maybe known here before the meeting of Congress, which takes place on the 7th of December next. I am sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH. Thomas P, Barton, Esq. &c. &.C. &,c. No. 3. Mr. Barton to the Duke de Broglie. Legation of the United States of America. Paris October 24, 1835. Monsieur le Due: Having executed, to the letter. the last instructions of my Government, in the interview which I had the honor to have with your Excellency, on the 2Gth of this month, in order further to comply with those instructions, I am about to return to the United States. Before leaving France, however, I have thought that it might not be altogether useless to address your Excellency, and to submit to you the conversation which then took place between us, word for word, as I understood it. In pursuing this course, I am prompted by a double motive : first, by a sincere desire to avoid even the slightest misunderstanding as to the precise meaning of any expressions vised on either part; and also with a view, in presenting myself to my Government, to furnish indisputable proof of my fidelity in executing the instructions with which I had the honor to be charged. This last motive, Monsieur le Due, does not interest you personally; but the first, I am sure, will not appear without importance iu your eyes. Having said that I was instructed to employ both language and manner the most conciliatory, I begged you to believe, should any thing appear to you not to partake of that chiracter, that the fault must be attributed to me alone, and not to my Government ; as, in that case, I should be certain that I neither represented its dispositions, nor faithfully obeyed its orders. I begaa the conversation by informing you that I had requested an interview, by order of my Government, and that on the result of that interview would depend my future movements. I said that I was ordered to convey to the French Government assurances of the very lively satisfaction felt by the President, on receiving the news and confirmation of the King's safety; and that I was further instructed by the Secretary of State, to assure you, personally, of his high consideration. After an obliging answer of your Excellency, I had the honor to submit the following question : "I am instructed by my Government to inquire of your Excellency, what are the intentions of his Majesty's Government, in relation to the funds 'voted by the Chambers?" And I understood you to make the followiug answer: 'AVriXAv ? atdesPatchh .to ,h,s My's Charge 7 Atiairea at VV ashln.TtOn. With lnotmrtmnc tn rnmmimi. cate it to Mr. Forsyth, and M. Paeeot havinz read it to Mr. Forsyth, I have nothing to saj iu addition to that despatch." I said, UI am also instructed to inquire of your Excellency, whether his Majesty's Government is ready to pay those funds'?" And you returned this answer "Yes, in the terms of the despatch." I added, UI am instructed to ask another question. Will his Majesty's Government name any fixed, determinate period, when they will be disposed to pay those funds!" To this question, the following was your Excellency's answer, as I understood it: uTo-morrow, if necessary. When the Government of the United States shall, by a written official communication, have expressed its regret at the misunderstanding which has taken place between the two Governments; assuring U9 that this misunderstanding w'as founded on an error; that it did not intend to call in question the good faith of his Majesty's Goverjiment the funds are there, we are ready to pay. In the despatch to M. Pageot, we gave tne views or our (government on this question. Mr. Forsyth not having thought proper to accept a copy of

that despatch, and having said that the Government ofthe

United "States could not receive a communication in men a form, I have nothing to add I am forced to retrench myself behind that despatch. If the Government of the United. States does not give this assurance, we shall, be obliged to think, that this misunderstanding is not the result of an error, and the business will stop there." To your Excellency's offer to communicate to me the despatch to M. Pageot, I replied, that as my instructions had no reference to that question, I did not think myself authorized to discuss it. After some minutes, I aro?e and said, "In a short time I shall have the honor of writing to your Excellency." You answered, "I shall, at all times, receive with pleasure any communication addressed to me on the part of the Government of the United States;" and our conversation ended. Such, Monsieur le Due, as far at my memory serves me, are the literal expressions emuloved by both of us. Should you discover any inaccuracies in the relation which I have the honor to submit to you, it will give me pleasure, as u will be. my duty, to correct them. If, on the contrary ,.this relation should appear to you, in every icsnect, conformable to the truth, I take the liberty of claiming from your kindness a confirmation ol it, lor tne reasons wnicn l nave already. I believe, sufficiently explained. I eagerly avail myself of this occasion, Monsieur le Due, to renew the assurances ofthe very higk consideration with which I have the honor to be. your Excellency's Most obedient humble servant, THOMAS P. BARTON. His Excellency the Due de Broglie, Minister of Foreign Affairs, &.c. No. 4. The Duke dc Broglie to Mr. Barton. E. Paris, October 2G, 1S35. Sir : I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me, on the 21th of this month. You are desirous to give j'our Government a faithfid account ofthe conversation which you had with me on the 20th; while communicating to me a statement of that conversation, you request me to indicate the involuntary errors which I may remark in it. I appreciate the motives which influence you, and the importance w hich you attach to the exactness of this statement; and I therefore hasten to point out three errors, which have found their way into your report ; acknowledging at the same time its perfect conformity on all other points, with the explanations interchanged between us. In reply to your question, whether the King's Government icould name any fixed and determinate period at which it would be disposed to pay the twenty-five millions : you make me say, "to-morrow, if necessary, when the Government of the United States shall, by a written official communication, have expressed its regret at the misunderstanding which has taken place between the two Governments, assuring us that the misunderstanding is founded on an error; that it did not intend to call in question the good faith of his Majesty's Government," Sec. Now, this is what I really said : "To-morrow, to day, immediately, if the Government of the United States is read', on its part, to declare to us, by addressing its claim (reclamation) to us officially, in writing, that it regrets the misunderstanding which has arisen between the two countries; that this misunderstandingis founded upon a mistake, and that it never entered into its intention (pensee) to call in question the good faith of the French Government, nor to take a menacing attitude towards France." By the terms of your report, I am made to have continned thus : "In the despatch to M. Pageot, we gave the views of our Government on this question. Mr. Forsyth not having thought proper to accept a copy of that despatch, and having said that the Government ofthe United States could not receive the communication in that form," &.c. that was not what I said ; because such was not the language of Mr. Forsythe to Mr. Pageot. On refusing the copy offered to him by that Charge d' Affaires, Mr. Forsyth gave as the only reason, that it teas a document of which he could make no use; and that was the phraso repeated by me. Mr. Forsyth made no objection to the form which I had adopted, to communicate to the Federal Government the views of the King's Government; in fact, not only is there nothing unusual in that form, not only is it employed in the intercourse between one Government and another, whenever there is a desire to avoid the irritation which might involuntarily arise from an exchange of contradictory notes in a direct controversy, but reflection in the circumstances and the respective positions of the two countries, will clearly show, that it was chosen precisely in a spirit of conciliation and regard for the Federal Government. Finally, sir, after having said, "If the Government of the United States does not give this assurance, we shall be obliged to think that this misunderstanding is not the result of an error," I did not add, "and the business will stop there." This last error is, however, of so little importance, that I hesitated to notice it. Receive, sir, the assurances of my high consideration. V.mtOliLIE. ToT. P. Bartoy, Charged Affaires ofthe United Stales. No. 5. Mr. Barton to the Duke dc Broglie. F. Legation op the U. S. A. Paris, November G, 1835. Monsieur le Due : Having been recalled by my Government, I have the honor to request that your Excellency will be pleased to cause passports to be prepared, to enable me to proceed to Havre, thence to embark for the United States, and for my protection during the time I may find Unnecessary to remain in Paris. Iam instructed to give, as a reason for my departure, the non-execution, on the part of his Majesty's Government, of the convention of July 4, 1831. I avail myself of this opportunity, Monsieur 1c Due, to renew the assurances of very high consideration with which 1 have the honor to be Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, THOMAS P. BARTON. His Excellency the Duke de Broglie, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sec. No. G. The Duke de Broglie to Mr. Barton. Paris, November 8, 1835. Sm: Having taken his Majesty's orders with re gard to your communication ofthe Gth instant, I have the honor to send you herewith the passports which you requested of me. As to the reason which you have been charged to advance, in explanation of your departure, l nave nothing to say. Je ii'ai point a rn'y arreler.) The Government of the United States, sir, knows that upon itself depends henceforward, me execution 01 tne treaty or July 4th, Accept, sir, tho assurance of my high considera tion, V. BROGLIE. To Mr. Barton, Charge d'Affairs ofthe United States of America. No. 7. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Pageot. Department of State, Washington June 29 1835. Sir: I have the honor to acauaint vou. for the in formation of your Government, that the Secretary of me .treasury has, in conformity with the provisions ofthe act of Congress ofthe 13th July, 1832, designaieu tne Messrs. de Rothschild, brothers, of Pans, as agents to receive the payments from time to time due to this Government, under the stinulations of the I rnnvpntinn nt'Ath IiJ.r 1CQ1 , !,,- TTW.I States and hia Majesty the King of the French; and I . . J . J fc u that the President has granted a special power to the said Messrs. de Hothschild, brothers, authorizing and empowering them, upon the due receipt ofthe same, to give the necessary acquittances to the F rench Government, according to the provisions o the convention referred to. 1 ho power given to the Messrs. de Rothschild will be presented by them whenever the Frencli Go vernment is ready to make the payments. 1 have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH. M. Pageot Charge d' Affairs, $-c. No. 8. Washington June 29. 1835 Sir: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me this day, and by which you communicate to me, for the information of my Government, that the Secretary ofthe Treasury, in virtue of the act of Congress of July 13th, 1832, has

appointed Messrs. d Rotchschild, brother?, 5af agents for receiving, as they become due, the several payments of the sum stipulated, as indemnifica

tion by the convention included on the 4lh of July, 1831, between his Majesty the King ofthe French, and the United States of Ameiica. I lost no time, sir, in transmitting this communi cation to rny Government, and I embrace this oppor tunity, to other you the assurance ot th'j high con sideration with which 1 have tho honor to be, lour most humble and Obedient servant, A. PAGEOT. To the lion, Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of Stale. No. 0. Mr. Pageot, to Mr. Forsyth. W asiiington, December 1, 163G. Sir: On the 11th of September laet, I had tho honor, as I was authorized, to read to you a despatch, which his excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs had addressed to me on the 17th of Jone previous, respecting the state of the relations between France and the United States. The object of this communication was to make known to the Cabinet of Washington, iu ;i form often employed, the point of view from which the King's Government regarded tne duncuities Dciweeu me iwo countries, ana 10 inuicaxe the means by which, in its opinion, they might be terminated in a manner honorable to both Governments. I was also authorized to allow you, in case you should desire it, to take a copy of tins despatch ; but contrary to the expectation which diplomatic usage in such cases permitted me to entertain, you thought proper to refuse to request it. I regretted this resolution of yours, sir, at the time, because, in the first place, it appeared to be at variance with (sescarter''de) that conciliatory spirit, which so particularly characterized the com nunication just made to you; and next, as it seemed in a manner to deprive tho cabinet at Washington, of the means of knowing, in their full extent, the views of the King's Government, of which au attentive examination of the Duke do Uroglia's letter, could alone haveenabled it to form a just estimate. These regrets,sir, have not beon diminished ; and at the moment when the President is about to communicate to Congress, the stateof the relations between France and the United States, I consider it useful and necessary for the interest of all, to endeavor to place him in possession of all the factswhich may afford him the means of giving an exact account ofthe real dispositions anfl views ofthe King's Government on the subject of the existing difficulties. With this intention, aud from a desire to neglect nothing which, by offering to the American Government another opportunity of making itself acquainted minutely with the highly conciliatory sentiments of his Majesty's Government, may contribute to restore good understanding be tween the cabinets of Paris and W ashington, I have tho honor to transmit to you a copy of the Duke de IJroglie's despatch, and to request you to place it under the eye of the President. I embrace this opportunity, sir, to renew to you the as surance of tho high consideration with which, I have the honor to be your most humble, and Most obedient servant, A, PAGEOT. To the Honorable John Forsvtit, Secretary of Stale of the united Statts.. No. 10Vr. Forsyth to Vr. Pageot. Department of State, Washington, Dec. 3, 1835 Sir: 1 had yesterday,., the honor to receive your note of the 1st instant, with the accompanying paper. purporting to be a copy of a letter addressed, under date ofthe 17th of Juno last, by his excellency the Duke de Broclie, Minister, ot F oreign affairs of France, to yourself. After referring to what occur red in our interview of the 11th of September, in regard to the original letter, and expressing your regrets at the course I then lolt it my duty to take, you request mo to place the copy enclosed in your ctter, under the eye of the President. In allowing you, during that interview, to read to me the Duke de Broglie's despatch, which I cheerully did, you trcre enabled to avail yourself of that nfbrmal mode of apprizing this Department, of t-h views of your Government, in the full extent anthorzed by diplomatic usage. The question whether or not I should ask a copy of that despatch, was, of course, left, as it should have been, by your Govern ment, exclusively to my discretion. My reasons ornot making that request, wero frankly stated to you, founded on a conviction that, in the existing state of tho relations between tho two countries, tho President would think it most proper, that every communication upon the subject in differencebetween them, designed to influence hi j conduct, should, before it was submitted to his consideration, bo made to assume tho official form belonging to a direct communication from one Government to another, by which alone he could be enabled to cause a suitable reply to be given to it, and to submit it , should such a step become necessarv. to his associates in the Govern ment. I had also the honor, at the same time, to assure vou, that anv direct communication Irom yourself as the representative ofthe Kings Govern ment, to me, embracingthe contents ofthis despatch, or any otner matter you might be authorized to communicate, in the accustomed mode, would bo laid without delay before the President, and would, undoubtedly, receive from him an early and just con sideration. It cannot havo escaped your reflections, that my duty required, that the circumstances of the inter view between us should be reported to the President, and that the discovery of any error, on my part, in representinghis view ofthe couree proper to the occasion, would, without fail, have been promptly, com municated to vou. That duty was performed: tho substance of our inteview, and the reasons by which my course in it had been guided, were immediately communicated to, and entirely approved by him. 1 could not, therefor, have anticipated, that after bo long a period had elapsed, and without any change in tho condition of affairs, you should have regarded it as useful or proper to revive the subject, at the time and in the form you have seen fit to adopt. Cordially reciprocating, however, the conciliatory sentimentsexpressed into your note, and in deference to your request, I have again consulted the President on the subject, and am instructed to inform you, thtat the opinion expressed by me, in the interview between us, and subsequeutly confirmed by him remains unchanged; and I therefore respectfully restore to you the Duke de Hroglie's letter as I cannot make the use of it you desired. Iam also instructed to say, that the President entertains a decided conviction, that a departure, in the present case, from the ordinary and accustomed method of international communication, is calculated to increase, rather than to diminish, the difficulties unhappily existing between France and the United States, and that its observance, in their .future intercourse, will be most likely to bring about the amicable adjustment of these difficulties, on terms honorable to both parties. Such a result is sincerely desired by him, and he will omit nothing, consis tent with the faithful discharge of his duties to the United States, by which it may be promoted. In this spirit I am directed by him to repeat to yon, the assurance made in our interview, in September last, that any official communication you may think proper to address to this Government, will promptly receive such consideration as may bo duo to its contents, and the interests involved in the subject to which it may refer. As the enclosed paper is not considered the subject of reply, you will allow me to odd, for the purpose of preventing any misconception in this respect, that my 6'ilence in regard to its contents is not to be construed as admitting the accuracy of any ofthe statements or reasonings contained in it. I have the honor to renew, &c. Ac. JOHN FOUSYTII. No. 11. Jtfr. Pageot to Mr. Forsytli. Washington, December 5, 1833. Sir : I yesterday evening, received the letter which yon did me the honor to write to me, on the 3d ofthis month; with it, you return to me the copy of a despatch which 1 had transmitted to you two days before, and the original of which was addressed to me. on the 17th of June last, by