8 [ Doc. No. 116. | vernments of France and of the United States, has removed those diffiem Ues upon the score of national honor, which have hitherto stood in the way of the prompt execution by France of the treaty of die 4th July. 1831. and that, consequently, the French Government is now ready to pay the in>a. ment which is due on account of the American indemnity. whenever the payment of that instalment .shall be claimed by the (iowrumeut of the United States. The French Go' "rnment has also stated, that it made this communii alio to that ol ( treat Britain, not regarding the British Government as a formal mediator, miic^ m <>;Fr of mediation had then reached only ihetinv-T:;- incut of France, by which it had been accepted ; but looking upon the British Gove.rumem as a common friend of the two parties, and. there! .. a> a natural chanm 1 Qi communication between them. The undersigned is further instructed to express the sincere pleasu e which is fell by the British Government at the prospect thus afforded of an amicable termination of a difference which has produced a temporary estrangement between two nations who have so many interests in common, and who arc so entitled to the friendship and esteem of each other: and the undersigned has also to assure Mr. Forsyth that it has afforded the British Government <he mast lively satisfaction to Have been, upon tins occasion, the channel of a communication, which liny trust, will lead to the complete restoration of Iricndly relations between the United States and France. The undersigned lifts great pleasure in renewing to Mr. Forsyth the assurances of his most distinguished consideration. CHARLES BANKHEAD The Hon. John Forsyth. Ac. Department of State. VTaskington, rebruary Wth, 1S36 The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has had the honor to receive Mr. Bankhead's note of the 15th instant, in which he states, by the instructions of his Government, that the British Government have received a communication from that of France, which fulfils the wishes that impelled his Britannic Majesty to offer his mediation, for th" purpose of effecting an amicable adjustment of the differences between France and the United Stales -that the French Government, being statisfied with the frank and honorable manner in which the President has, in his recent message, expressed himself in regard to the points of difference between th- two Governments, and is ready to pay the instalment due on ac count of the American indemnity, whenever it shall be claimed by the Government of the United States, and that this communication is made to rhe Government pf Great Britain, not as a formal mediator, hut as a common friend of both parties. The undersigned has submitted this hote of his Britannic Majesty’s Chnrg6 d’Affaires to the President, and is instructed to reply, that the President has received this information with the highest satisfaction : a satis faction as sincere as Was bis regret at the unexpected pccnrrence of the difficulty created by the erroneous impressions heretofore made upon the national scwubilitv of France. By the fulfilment of the obligations ol the convention bet wet: । the two Goveruttfents, rhe great ca liflereuce
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