Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 116, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 30 January 1836 — Page 2

SFECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE rr rmr.NT of thi: united states, T--ir--i;.itteil lo both Houses of Congress, on Monday, December 18, 183G. T 'V Senate and Ihmst of Jlepn sen laiicct : G r.."TLEMr.N : 1m my message at the - r l-t : ift of jour session, I informed you

car Charge u All tires at l'aris i I . on in1-! meted lo ask for the final

ti. U r.n'aialicn of Cue French Govern

':.; in relation to ihe payment of the

:.;.t mniiication stcuied by the treaty

cf the -1th July, 1831, and that, vh

advices of the result should be received,

il would be made the subject of a spe

cial communication.

la execution ol this design, 1 now

transmit to vou the papers numbered

from one to thirteen, inclusive; con

tai..ir.g, among other things, the correspondence on this sulject between our Charge d'Affiircs and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, frGM which it will he seen that France requires, as a condition precedent to the execution of a treaty unconditionally ratified, and

to the payment of a debt acknowledged by all the tranche? of her Government to be due, that certain explanations shall be made, of which she dictates the terms. These terms are such as that Government has already been officially informed cannot be complied with ; and, if persisted in, they must be considered as a deliberate refusal on the part of France to fulfil engagements binding by the laws of nations, and held sacred by the whole civilized world. The nature of the act which France requires from this Government is clearly set forth in the letter of the French Minis

ter, marked No. 4. Wc will pay the money, says he, when "the Government of the United States is ready on its part to declare to us, by addressing its claim to us officially in writing, thai it regrets the misunderstanding which has arisen between the two countries; that this misunderstanding i3 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 altitude towards France:""

nited States, 1 caused my official appro

val ol the explanations he had given the

trench Minister of toreign Ailairs to be made public. As the French Gov

ernment had 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 w ould nolice any public explana

tion of the Government of the United

States in the same way. But, contrary to these well founded expectations, the French Ministry did not take this fair opportunity to relieve themselves

from their unfortunate position, and to do justice to the United Slates. Whilst, however, the government of the United Slates was awaiting the movements of the French government,

given to our Charge d Affaires which were adverted to at the commencement of the present session of Congress. The result, as you have seen, is a de-

mand ol an oiuciai written expression

To give them all opportunity to do so, less than to our own interests and hon-

and at all events to elicit their final de- or, that this resolution snouia, at an termination, and the ground they in- hazards, be adhered to. If, after so

tended to occupy, the instructions were signal an example as mat given Dy me

American people during their long protracted difficulties with France, of for

bearance under accumulated wrongs,

and of generous confidence in her ulti

mate return to iustice, she shall now

of regrets, and a direct explanation ad- be permitted to withhold from us the

dressed to r ranee, with a disimct inti- tardv and imperfect indemnilication

mation that this is a sine qua non. which after years of remonstrance and Mr. Barton having in pursuance of discussion, had at length been solemnly his instructions, relumed to the United agreed on by the treaty of 1831, and States, and the Charged' Affaiics of to Fet at naught the obligation it imFrance having been recalled, all diplo- poses, the United States will not be matic intercourse between the two coun- the only sufferers. The efforts of hu-

tries is snsnenied a state of things or- manily and religion, to substitute the

iginatine in an unreasonable suscepti- appeals of justice and the arbitrament

in perfect confidence that the difficulty bility on the part of the French Gov- of reason for the coercive remedies u-

ernment. and rendered necessary on

our part by their refusal to perform en

gagements contained in a treaty; Irom! the faithful performance of which, by

important commercial advantages,

It is time that this unequal position of

affairs should cease, and that legislative

action should be brought to sustain ex-

t ecutive exertion in such measures as

the case requires. While France perI sists in her refusal to comply with the

terms c a treaty, the object of which

was, by removing all causes of mutual

sually resorted to by injured nations,

will receive little encouragement lrcrn such an issue. By the selection and enforcement of such lawful and expedient measures as may be necessary to prevent a result so injurious lo ourselves and so fatal to the hopes of the

was at an end, trie secretary ol atate received a call from the French Charge d'Alfaires in Washington, who desired to read to him a letter he had received

from the French Minister of Foreign us, they are to this day enjoying many

Allaire. lie was asked whether he was

instructed or directed to make any of

ficial communication, and replied, that he was only authorized to read the letter and furnish a copy if requested. The substance of its contents, it is presumed, may be gathered from Nos. 4 and G, herewith transmitted. It was an attempt to make known lo the rrov-

ernmei.tof the United Stalcs.nrivtelv.L.i.;;,,t 2., 1; r civilization and improvement

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bonds of amity and of a mutually

to that bill as made by the Senate, Mr.

Brown moved the following, " 1 hat the said President and Directors of the

State Bank be, and are hereby compelled to increase the capitals and priv

ileges of discounting of each and every branch of the same amount and at the same time, if any such branch desire it." The amendment as proposed, made

it compulsory on the President and Directors of the State Bank to allow to any of the Branches the same privileges which might be extended to any other Branch by the directory of the

parent Bank, and not leaving it to the discretion of the President and Directors of the Stale Bank to extend the discounts the capital, but lo leave the matter lo the several Branches, when

any ot mem might desire it. Mr. Brown sustained his proposed amend

ment, as did also several other gentle-

philanlhropisl, 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 may be hoped, to vindicate the faith of treaties, and to

promote the general interests of peace,

lion?, apparently voluntary, but really-

dictated by France, acccptible to her, and ihu obtain payment of the twenty-

five millions of francs. No exception was taken to this mode of communica

tion, which is often used lo prepare Ihe

way lor ct.icial intercourse; but the suggestions made in it were in their substance wholly inadmissible. Not

being in the shape of an official communication to this government, it did not

admit of reply or official notice, nor could it safely be made the basis of an

j action by the Executive or the Legis

lature; and the Secretary of State did not think proper to ask a copy, because he could nol have use for it.

Copies of papers marked Nos. 9, 10,

and he adds, "if the Government of the United States does not give this assurance, wc shall be obliged to think that this misunderstanding 13 not the result of an error." In the letter marked No. G, the

French Minister also remarks that "the

Government of the United States kno-rs

that upon itself depends heneeforweird the execution of the Treaty of July 4, 1831."

Ubhged, by the precise language

thus used by the Ficnch Minister, to view it as a peremptory refusal lo exe

cute ihe Treaty, except en terms in

compatible with the honor and independence of the United State?, and persuaded that, on considering the correspondence now submitted to you, you can regard it in no other light, il becomes my duty to call your attention to such measures as the exigency of the cac demands, if the claim of interfering in the communications between the different branches of our Government

shall be persisted in. I his pretension

is rendered the more unreasonable by the fact that the substance of the required explanation has been repeatedly

and voluntarily given uetore it w as insisted on as a condition a condition the

more humiliating because it is demand

ed as the equivalent of a pecuniary consideration. Docs France desire only a

declaration that we had no intention to obtain our rights by an address to her fears rather than to her justice? She

has already had it, frankly ami explicit

ly given by our Minister accredited to

her Government, his act ratified by me, and my coi formation of it officially com

municated bv him. m h:s letter to the

in lh:

beneficial commerce, she cannot justly complain if we adopt such peaceful remedies as the Laws of Nations and the circumstances of Ihe case may au

thorize and demand. Of the nature of

these remedies, I have heretofore had occasion to speak, and, in reference to

a particular contingency, to express rny conviction that reprisals would be best adapted to the emergency then contemplated. Since that period. France, by all

the 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:

Washington, Jan. 15, 1836.

and 11, show an attempt, on the part of J and, though payment is withheld on the Frrnrh Chamo AAPT

O Jlll'lll I J JJIClV-t I UUWUJ viiaiij tlllUl lUIlt IV UUl LAICl

a copy oi tins letter among the archives

of this Government, which for obvious

reasons, was not allowed to be done; but the assurance before given was re

peated, that anyotiicial communication which he might be authorized to make, in the accustomed form, would receive a prompt and just consideration. The indiscretion of this attempt was made

more manifest by the subsequent avowal of the French Charge d'Affaires, that the object was to bring this letter before

Congress and the American People. If

ioretgn agents, on a subject of disagreement between their government and

tiiis, wish to prefer an appeal to the

American People, they will hereafter, it is hoped, better appreciate their own

and the respect due to others.

than lo attempt to use the Executive as

the passive organ of their communica

tions.

It is due to the character of our in

stitutions, that the diplomatic inter

course of this Government should be conducted with the utmost directness

and simplicity; and that in all cases of importance, the communications received or made by the executive should as

sume the accustomed official form. It

is only by insisting on this lorm. that

f a a a . f

loreign powers can be held to lull re-sponsihilit-, that their communications

can be officially replied to, or that the

advice or interference of the Legisla

ture can with propriety be invited by

the President. 1 his course is also best

calculated, on the one hand, to shield

that ofheer from unjust suspicions, and,

ence as an independent Nation, it is not to be believed that she can have

determined, permanently, to retain a position so utterly indefensible. In the altered state of the questions in controversy, and under all existing circumstances, it appears to me that, until such l determination shall have become evident, it will be proper and

sufneent to retaliate her present refusal o comply with her engagements, by prohibiting the introduction of French products and the entry of French vessels into our ports. Between this and the interdiction of all commercial in

tercourse or other remedies, you, as the representatives of ihe People, must determine. I recommend the former, in the present poslure of our affairs, as being the least injurious to our commerce, and as attended with ihe least difficulty of returning to the usual stale of friendly intercourse, if the Govern

ment of France shall render us the justice that is due, and, also, as a proper preliminary step- to strong measures, should their adoption be deemed necessary by subsequent events. The return of our Charged' Affaires is attended with public notices of naval preparations on the part of France, destined for our seas. Of the cause

and intent of these armaments I have no authentic i nformalicn, 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 libelry lo regard

them as unconnected with the measures

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. IN SENATE. On Saturday, the first thing in the orders of the day was the great Bill from the House of Representatives, to provide for a general system of Internal Improvement, to which sundry amend

ments were proposed by Messrs. Boone, Payne, Thompson, 3, Griffith, Puett, Mastin, 2, Daily, 2, and Aker, all of whose amendments were rejected, and the ayes and nays recorded on the Jour

nal. Mr. Whitcomb then moved to amend,

by adding the following as an additional section: "Should any member of said Board of Public Works purchase, or receive by grantor lease, directly or indirectly, otherwise than by descent or devise, any interest in any real estate, situate within two miles from the line of either of said Public Works, for a longer term than two years during his term of office,

it shall work as a forteiture of his said office." On motion of Mr. Morgan, the a-

mendment was amended, by adding

thereto these words,

"No member of the Senate, or of the House of Representatives, shall be eligible to an appointment, as a member

of the State Board of Public Works,

during the time for which he may have

been elected.

This amendment was then adopted

oy consent. On motion of Mr. Hillis, the amend

ments were then considered

ed.

Mr. Brady moved that the Bill be

read a third time now.

Mr. rayne moved Monday next,

which was decided m the negative. The question being, shall the bil

pass? It was determined in the affir

malive as follows

Ayes Messrs. Beard. Bell. Bradv

a

as engross

French Minister of Foreign Affairs of on the other, to subject this portion of 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 of the navy and the completion of our coast defences.

If this array of military force be really designed to affect the action of the government and people of the United States on the questions now pending bewcen Ihe two nations, then, indeed, would it be dishonorable lo pause a moment on the alternative which such a

state of things would present to us. Come what may, the explanation which

the 25th of April, 1335, an-i repeated

by my published approval of that let

tcr after the passage of the bill of in

demnification. Does France want a degrading, servile repetition of (his act in terms which she shall dictate, and

which will involve an acknowledgement

of her assumed right to interfere in our

domestic councils? She will never obtain it. The spirit of the American

People, the dignity of the Legislature, and the firm resolve of their Executive

Government, forbid it.

:s me answer oi inc i- reiicu Minis

ter to our inarge d'Aiiaires at raris

contains an allusion to a loiter addrcss-

f d by him to the Representative v( France at this place, it low becomes

proper to lay before you the corrcspon

dence had between that functionary

and the Secretary of State relative to

that letter, and to accompany the same with such explanations as will enable

v ou to understand the course of the ex

ecutive in regard to it. Returning to

the historical statement mat'e at the

commencement of your session, of the oiipin and progress of our difficulties

his acts to public scrutiny, and. if occa-

' ' i

ion shall require if, lo constitutional

animadversion. It was the more necessary to adhere to these principles in

the instance in question, inasmuch as, in addition to other important interests, it very intimately concerned the national honor a matter in my ludgment,

much loo sacred to be made the subject of private and unofficial negotiation.

It will be perceived that this letter

of the French Minister of Foreign Af

fairs was read lo the Secretary of State

on the 11th of September last. I his

was the first authentic indication of the specific views of the French Govern

ment received by the Government of

I' ranee demands can never be accor-

the United States after the passage oflded; and no armament, however pow-

tne hill ot indemnification. Inasmuch erlul and imposing, at a distance or on

as the letter had been written before our coast, will, I trust, deter us from the official notice of my approval of discharging the high duties which we Mr. Livingston's last explanation and owe to our constituents, our national remonstrance could have reached Par- chaiacter, and to the world, is, just ground of hope was left, as has The House of Representatives, at been before stated, lhat the French the close of the last session of Con-

Government, on receiving that infor- cress, unanimously resolved that the journal, Ihe Speaker announced as the

mation in the same manner the alleged treaty of the 4th of July, 1831, should first business, the bill from the Senate, offensive message had reached them, be maintained, and its execution insis- w hich had previously passed the House.

with France, it will be recollected that, would desist from their extraordinary ted on by the United States. It is due amendatory to the act incorporating .1 r H;,;lr In 11 I I .i . J I . J . e ,1 . !....! ft ... I .

on inc return oi oui luuir " -1 ucm.mu, auu pay uq money at once. to the wciiare oi me numan race, not me oiaie dcuik. vqwu uu amendment

Caldwell, Chambers, Clark, Colerick Conwell, Plummer, Puett, Shaw, Sig

ler, iannehilland Whitcomb 19. AT . 1t ti r

avs aiessrs. AKer, Doon, Casey

Collett, Daily, Dumont, Fowler, Grif-

hth, Mastin,Pay ne,Ste wart and Thomp

son 12.

On yesterday, sundry petitions pre

sented and relerred.

On motion of Mr. Dumont, the bil

oi tne senate, "regulating the pay ol

certain ouicers therein named," hereto

fore laid on the table, was taken np

its merits further discussed, and other

amendments to it proposed, when the

question on its being engrossed for a third reading being put, it was decided

in the negative, ayes, 12, nays 17.

Ihe Senate, in committee of the whole considered the bill of the Senate to appropriate three hundred thousand dollars of the three per cent, fund ; and

amended it by sinking out from its en

acting clause; which beir.g reported to

the benate was concurred in, and laid on the table. Mr. Conwell from the committee of ways and means reported a bill provi ding for a loan of one vullion of dollars to enable certain citizens to obtain land. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

On Friday, after the reading of the

men, and the same was opposed with considerable warmth, by Mr. Thomp

son of Lawrence, Mr. Morris and others; and on the question being taken on the amendment proposed it vas decided in the negative. On Saturday, the House resumed the consideration of the bill from the Senate relative to the Slate Bank, when, on motion of Mr. Morris, said bill was

laid on the table. Ihe enprossed me

morial, from the Senate, to the Congress of the United States, praying an appropriation for the construction of a Harbor at the mouth of Trail creek, was read three times and passed. Mr. ti rT .i

mompson i Liawrence irom the judiciary committee to whom was referred certain charges against Guslavus A. Everets, reported a resolution for the adoption of the House, that articles of impeachment be preferred, and that the

Speaker appoint managers to prepare and prosecute the same before the high Court of Impeachment Ihe Senate of Indiana when Mr. Stapp moved to amend said resolution, by striking it out from the resolving clause, and insert the following: "That in the opinion of this House, the testimony presented by the

judiciary committee, on the charges a-

gainst Judge Lveretls is not sufncicnt

to sustain an impeachment against him.

A division of the question being called for, the House refused to strike out by a vole of ayes 14, nces 56. The question

was then put, on the adoption of the resolution and decided in the affirmative, by a vole of ayes 57, noes

13, whereupon the Speaker appoint

ed Messrs. Listun. Huntiui;ion. and

hompson of L., managers on the part f the House, to prepare and prosecute

articles of impeachment, on the second

and third specifications, in the charges

preferred against him.

- On yesterday, the Internal Improve

ment bill was reported back lo the

House of Representatives, as amended

by the Senate. The amendments were generally concurred in, and there now appears no barrier in the way of the I'll! .

Din oecominga law, as we have no doubt the Executive of our State will take great pleasure in appending his signa-

iuie. me provisions ot Ihe bill, as passed, do not vary materially from the summary of it heretofore given. After

Hie above bill had been f isnn;pH of.

Mr. Vawter moved to take up the three percent, bill, authorising a loan of 500.-

000 dollars, to be reimbursed cut of

the 3 per cent, fund ; which was decided

in the affirmative. The House, accor

ding lo previous arrangement, went in

to committee of the whole, when Mr.

Brown moved to strike out the enacting

clause of said bill intending thereby

io deteat it. Un this question an interesting debate took place, in which Messrs. Willct, Kilgore, Vawter, Eggleston, Brown, Smith, speaker, Bennett, Clark of Washington, Chamberlain and Jones participated; in the course of which Mr. Vawter observed, lhat he was willing to reduce the amount of the loan to 330,000 dollars which would allow about 4000 dollars to each county. He hoped the bill would be suffered to progress and amendments made, if necessary. The motion to strike out did not prevail; when the committee rose, with leave to sit again. And the House adjourned. Indiana Democrat, Jan. 19.

Notile fellows. The Neals of Salem are the losers of the great cargo of tea in the Store of Osborn and Young New York. On Tuesday, the day before the fire they were offered GO,000 profit on the whole cargo. They said to their supercargo, shall we take it?'

'I would advise vou not ' said hp. Vnu

can by keeping it a month, make $200,000.' They did so, and lost the whole. After the fire the supercargo recalled the conversation and regretted it. No,' said they, 'it is all for the best. Providence knows better than you do. It might have been bought by some one that could not bear the loss so well as we can.' Noble fellows'.