Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-01-07

NAV dllon O6tMECn Inc OnitSu olateS
and France, concluded on the 25lh oil
June, 1922, was, in the understanding
and inten, OF both parties, as appears up
on its face, only a temporary arrange
ment oil the points OF difference between
them, OF the most immediate aud press
ing urgency. Ii was limited, in the
first instance, 10 two years, from the LIST
!of October, 1922, but with provlso,
that it should further continue in force,
tili the conclusion of a general and deli
bite treaty OF commerce: Unless lerml-
mated by a notice six months in advance,
oil either OF the parties 10 the other. Its
operation, SO Tar as It EXTENDED, has been
mutually advantageous: and II still con
tinues in force by common consent. But
II leit unad]usted several objects oil great
interest 10 the citizens and subjects OF
beth countries, and particularly mass
oil claims, TO considerable amount, OF cl-
,izens of he United States upon The Co
vernment of France, of indemnity OF pro-
perry taken or destroyed under circum-
stances OF the most aggravated and out
rageous character. In the long period
during which continual and earnest APP
peals have been made 10 the equity and
magnanlmlty OF France, in behalf ot these
claims, their justice has not been, as II
could not De, denied. 1t was hoped that
The accession OF new Sovereign TO the
| Throne would have afforded favorable
opportunity for presenting them TO the
| consideration of his government. They
have been presented aud urged, bltherlo
without effect. The repeated and car
nest representations OF our Minister at
the Court OF France, remain as yet even
without an answer. Were The demands
oi nations upon The jusucc oil each other
susceptible of adjudication BY the SEN
tence Of AN impartial tribunal, those 10
which now refer would long since have
been settled, and adequate indemnify
would have been Obtained. There are
large amounts OF similar CLAIMS upon
the Netherlands, Naples and DENIM ark
For those upon Span, prior 10 1919, 10
demnisy was, after many years OF patient
iorbeafance, obtained, and those upon
Sweden have been lately compromised
by private settlement, in which the
| claimants themselves have acqulesced.
he Governments OF Denmark and Ma
pies nave been recently reminded OF those
| yet existing against Them: nor will any
! Oh ihesn be forgotten white hope may
be ipdulged OF obtaining Iasuce, by the
means within The constitutional power oil
the Execive, and without resortlng 10
those measures OF seit-redress, which, as
well as the time, circumstances and &C.
caslon, which may require them, are
within the exclusive competency Of lie
Legislature.
Ii is with great satisfaction that am
enabled 10 bear witness TO the liberal
spirit with winch the Republic OF Co.
! iomt has made saliAaCilon tor the we'll
| established CLAIMS oil similar character.
| And among the documents now COM
munlcaied 10 Consress, viii DC distln-
guished Treaty Of Commerce and Ma
yigaion with that Republic, the ratiiica-
lions OF which have been exchanged SINCE
the last recess oi the Legislature. ne
| negotiation oil similar treaties with all The
independent South American States, has
been contemplated, and may ycl be az
oomplshed. The basis Of them all, as
proposed by he United States, has been
laid in t"o principles; the one OF ell Ire
| and unqnai lllcd reciprocity; The other
the inu;ua! obligation oil the parties 10
place each ethei permanently upon The
footing oi The mos, favored nation. These
principles are, indeed, Indispensable to
he et.ectuai emancipation OF the Amer
lean hemisphere from the thraldom Of
colonIzing monepohes and exclusions !;
an even! rapidly realizing N The progress
oil human affairs, and which the resist
ance still opposed IN CERTAIN paris oi
| Europe to the acknowledgment ot the
Southern American Republics as inde-
! pendent States, will, il is believed, con.
tribute more etfectoaliy to accomplish.
| The time has been, and that not remote,
when some OF tbose States might, ID
| their anxlous desire 10 obtain nominal
recognition, have accepted OF a nominal
Independence, cioggsd with burdcnsome
conditions, and exclusive commercial
privileges granted to the nation from
| which they have separated, to the disad-
| vantage OF all Others. They are COW all
aware that SUCH concessions to ANY Eu-
ropean nation, would be Incompatible
with that Independence which they have
dec Jared and maintained.
| Among the measures which have been
suggested 10 them by the new relations
with one another resulting from The re.