-.o THE N ORWALK GAZE"l"I"E . 3 5T of the newspapers have commenced hostilities already ; and are calling upon Congress to open the campaign without delay, to- punish the Paris journals for their impertinence and ignorance. Our diplomatic sub-agent, feeling the importance of his new situation, and unwilling that the dignity of Gen. Jackson should suffer from the tameness of his representative, may have all‘ ect- ed the airs and tones which most little people are apt to do when entrusted with the management of great affairs, in his in- tercourse with the French ministry, and thereby tended to pro- voke some little exhibition of asperity on the part of the press. It is not at all unlikely. Mr. Pageot, who is Mr. Serruriers lo- cum teneus at Washington has, we are informed, fallen into the same error. The important question of peace or war should not be left to the indiscretion of subordinates in office. Even Mr. Livingston, with all his diplomatic finesse, over acted his part; and procured a better reputation for duplicity than skill. Mr. Barton isa gay young man; but still too old to have acquired much of the astuteness and perspicacity of Mr. Ltvingston by simply marrying his daughter. It made him a Charge to be- sure, but it did not qualify him. We see nothing in the fact of his return,‘beyond what we knew before; and we cannot imag- ine why so much importance appears to be attached to it. The French admiral Mackau, in command of a fleet of fif- teen ships of the line and some frigates, has sailed for the West Indies, it is said, with the view to protect French commerce and keep an eye upon the Americans. This rumor has led the French papers to make some remarks respecting the compara- tive strength of the navies of the'two nations, -in which a little boasting is, of course, indulged. If some editors are disposed to take fire at this, they must have more saltpctre in their compo- sition than we supposed. Were such strictures legitimate caus- es for war, there is not a nation on earth but would have been burning gun-powder under our noses long before this. We have now reason to expect Mr. J acksou’s special mes- sage. And this, we suppose, will be another signal for the sti- pendiary press to beat to arms. This administration came into power with a flourish of trumpets—it has exhibited a scene’ of mismanagement, disorder and passion, through its whole course —and it certainly would conceive ‘itself to have been cheated of its prey, were it to go out without f‘a row." The following extract of a letter from an American in Paris, who (says the Commercial Advertiser) understands perfectly well what he is writing about, and possesses peculiar facilities for obtaining facts, and forming sound opinions, strongly con- firms, if such confirmation be necessary, the truth and force of the position assumed by the National lntelligencer in regard to the Letter, about which the administration press is equivocating and contradicting itselfin a thousand despicable and disengenn— ous paragraphs. The letter is taken from the New York Com- mercial Advertiser. PARIS, Nov. 20, 1835. “ Messrs. EDITORS : You will learn from the journals of this city, that our Charge d’Afi"aires, Mr. BARTON, has demanded and received his passports. and returns home by the next pack- et, or the succeeding. You will also learn that the French Government has recalled their Charge d’Affaires at Washington. So the two nations are now without diplomatic agents as it re- gards each‘ other. ' “I cannotbut look back upon the past of this affair with great sorrow. Tl e King of France, sincerely desirous of having this matter amicably adjusted, and the claims ofour Government paid, after the failure of the first bill in the Chamber, recalled to the ministry the Duke DE BROGLIE, who had always shown his friendship for our country, and who was heartily in favor ofthe payment of the money. A ministry was formed upon that principle. The measure was again brought forward. So powerful was the opposition from the Carlists and Republicans, that the Duke DE BROGLIE became alarmed for the fate of the bill. He too hastily accepted of'Gen. VALAzr:‘s amendment, requiring explanations from the President respecting his mes- sage, believing that this would readily be done in order to settle the matter. He expected no apology. nor any thing like it.—- And he, without doubt, expected to receive the sincere thanks of Mr. LIVINGSTON for what he had done. Instead of this, Mr. L. went to him much excited. An unpleasant interview took place. And although a more pleasant one succeeded just before Mr. L.’s departure, still the Duke's feelings were deeply wounded. Mr. Lrvt.\'cs'ro-N returned to the United States- meetings were held for him at Philadelpeia, New York ; exas- perating toasts were drunk and published to the world. “ T/ze French. Government. in the meanwhile, sends a com- munication to their Charge at l'Vashin._glon, stating tchat it-on-Id be satiqfczclory to them, and rcqaesti-ng him to show it to the Secre- tary of S'atc. and give /rim a copy, he desired it. The Secre- tary qfSz'ate, however, REFUSES TO RECEIVE 1'1‘, or 1-J\"E-N TO HEAR 1'1‘, saying that no negotiation can he had on the subject of giving‘ crplrzrtations ofthe Prcsidcrzfs message. Notice is at length given here, through the American Charge, that the American Government refuses to give any explanations, and payment of the money is demanded; this, after some negotia- tion and one or two interviews, is refused. Mr. B.-Ht'1‘0:\‘, ac- cording to his instructions, demands his passports and obtains them, and the French withdraw their Charge from the United States. This is a brief history of this unfortunate affair. The unnecessarily harsh language ofthe last message, and the rough and severe language of Mr. LrvtNos'roN’s correspondence with the French Government, and the unpardonable and stupid pub- lishing ofthe correspondence with his own, have brought us to the very verge of a war. “ I atn not disposed to blame our Government for being de- cided with France. It was time that it should be so. But this business might have been better conducted. Nordo I blame the President for not making an apology to the the French Government, or even explanations directly, for it had no rightto make such ademand. But Ithink something was due to the position ofthe King and his ministry, and some way could have been devised for getting over this difficulty, without farther trouble, and without compromising the dignity of the Govern- meat.” 03% The following extract from a letter, written in the French Capital, and coming from a high sourse, is from the same pa- per. “ We have communicated to you from time to time the differ- ent versions current, as to what had passed on the subject of the treaty, and we may now add, that it has been stated to us, M. de Broglie had declared to Mr. Barton, that he was ready to pay the money instantly. provided the latter would write a few lines to the eflcct. that the American government had not intended to menace or insult France, wnicn WAS DECLINED. In the midst of these various accounts. more than one of them perhaps par- tially true, there is one thing which appears to us tolerably evi- dent---and it is, that the two governments have advanced their respective pretensions ;that they do not agree, and that one or other of them must recede from the ground taken up. Will yours do so ? We doubt of it, under the presidency of General Jackson at least. We can still less believe in retraction on the part of our Ministry, whose respectability in the eyes of the coun- try, now wide awake upon the question. nay, whose very ex- istence would be compromitted by the slightest false step. The late public discussion has indeed created a good deal of irritrtion here, and we fear the same effect will "be produced on your side by recent accounts from hence; the more so, that excitement was already prevailing when you last wrote. Our best hope, therefore, is, that the matter may drag on painfully but without collision, until you have another president with whom it may be more easy to come to an understanding. “You say ‘that perhaps a non importation act may pas»- sed.’ Now we have no doubt that such a measure would be equivalent to an eventual, if not an immediate declaratio""" war. A :1!
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