I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
EDW. LIVINGSTON.
_Mr. Livingston to the Count de Rigny_.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
_Paris, January 14, 1835_.
His Excellency COUNT DE RIGNY, etc.:
The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States of America, received late last night the note of His
Excellency the Count de Rigny, minister secretary of state for foreign
affairs, dated the 13th instant.
The undersigned sees with great surprise as well as regret that a
communication made by one branch of the Government of the United States
to another, not addressed to that of His Majesty the King of the French,
nor even communicated to it, is alleged as the motive for a measure
which not only increases actual subjects of irritation, but which
necessarily cuts off all the usual means of restoring harmony to two
nations who have the same interests, commercial and political, to unite
them, and none but factitious subjects for collision.
The grave matter in the body of his excellency's note demands and will
receive a full answer.
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