But to every measure which he could sanction, he did not hesitate to yield the support of all his energies.
An instance of this description occurred in relation to the treaty of indemnity with France.

For nearly forty years, negotiations had been pending in vain with the French Government, to procure an indemnity for spoliations of American commerce, during the French Revolution and Republic.

On the 4th of July, 1831, Mr.Rives, the American Minister to France, succeeded in concluding a treaty with that country, securing to American merchants an indemnity of five millions of dollars.

But although the treaty was duly ratified by both Governments, the French Chamber of Deputies obstinately refused, for several years, to vote an appropriation of money to fulfil its stipulations.

In 1835, Gen.