Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.

DEBATES OF CONGRESS. 667 FEBRUARY, 1835.] Relations with France. [H. OF R. Mr. F. said that, in offering this resolution, he SATURDAY February T. requested the indulgence of the House while he endeavored to explain the reasons which in- Relations with.France. duced him to solicit this inquiry-an inquiry The following Message was received from the into the inequality of burthens imposed by the President of the United States: present tariff-and of which the duty on the To the House of Representatives of the United States: importation of foreign coal was the eminent insmportance.tion of foreign I transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of State, accompanied with extracts from certain despatches received from the minister of the United States at Paris, which are comTHTJRSDAY, February 5. municated in compliance with a resolution of the Louisville and Portland Canal. House of the 31st ultimo. Being of opinion that the residue of the despatches of that minister cannot, The House then went into Committee of the at present, be laid before the House, consistently Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. PATTON with the public interest, I decline transmitting them. in the chair,) and took up the following bill: In doing so, however, I deem it proper to state that, "A bill in relation to the Louisville and Portland whenever any communication shall be received, Canal. exhibiting any change in the condition of the busi"Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the ness referred to in the resolution, information will be Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed promptly transmitted to Congress. to purchase, in the name of the United States, the ANDREW JACKSON. shares of stock held by individuals in the Louisville WASHINGTON, February 6, 1835. and Portland Canal Company: Provided, That each share shall not cost a sum exceeding one hundred DEPARTMENT OF STATE, dollars. WASHINGTON, February 5, 1835. "SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when To the PRESIDENT of the United States: the said purchase shall have been completed, it shall The Secretary ofState, to whom has been referred be the duty of the said Secretary to appoint a super- the resolution of the House of Representatives of the intendent of said canal, whose compensation shall be 31st ultimo, requesting the President to communifixed by law, and whose duty it shall be to take cate to that House, if not incompatible with the proper care of the canal. public interest, "any correspondence with the Gov"SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the tolls ernment of France, and any despatches received to be received on said canal, after the stock thereof from the minister of the United States at Paris, not shall have been purchased in manner aforesaid, shall hitherto communicated to the House, in relation to the be so regulated as to be in no event more than failure of the French Government to carry into effect sufficient to keep the same in good repair." any stipulation of the treaty of the 4th day of July, The bill having been read at the Clerk's 1831," has the honor to report to the President, that, table, as far as is known to the Department, no corre~M~r. POPE, of Kent~ucky, moved an amend- spondence has taken place with the Government of mo.PEofKentuckymovedannt apporaig$5,0 oteojcso France since that communicated to the House on the mert, appropriating $654,800 to the objects of 27th December last. The Secretary is not aware ~~~~~~the bill. ~that the despatches received from the minister of Mr. P. then addressed the House in support the United States at Paris present any material fact of the bill and amendments. which does not appear in the correspondence already Mr. FILLMORE rose to inquire of the gentleman transmitted. He nevertheless encloses so much of from Kentucky, (Mr. POPE,) whether the char- those despatches, written subsequently to the comter of the company did not require that its mencement of the present session of the French officers should be stockholders. If this were Chambers, as may serve to show the state of the busiso, and the United States should purchase out ness to which they relate since that time, and also the stock, the charter must be destroyed; for that portion of an early despatch which contains the the company, owning no stock, could have no substance of the assurances made to him by His officers; and in that case, by what title could Majesty the King of the French, at a formal audience the United States hold the property, and by granted to him for the purpose of presenting his what authority could they exact any toll? credentials: and he submits for the President's Mr. POPE stated that he had examined the consideration, whether the residue can, consist ently with the public interest, be now laid before the charter, and that the difficulty suggested by the ently with the public interest, be now laid before the honorable gentleman from New York (Mr. HouJOse.N FORSYTH FILLMORE) did exist; but it could be obviated by a conditional clause in the bill providing for Xr. Livingston to the Secretary of State of the the difficulty. TUited States The question was now taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. POPE, appropriating the EXTRACTS. money necessary to make the purchase of stock, PARIS, October 4, 1833. and decided in the negative-ayes 59, noes 71. SIR: On Monday I presented my letter of credence to the King, on which occasion I made the address to him, a copy of which is enclosed. His answer was long and earnest. I cannot pre

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