The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-12-25

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opion'e q sys nation. IL
). il is not true that the United Sssies re-.
,ccjved from France in behalf foi our neF-
} Echants, 30 years age, a.lisgk indosnhi6'
Ication which has not been paid over "a
lthem9 And have not the sufferers been
J ief to languish, even unto death, with In
ccssant complu-.t upon their lips They
!, hold the official declaration from the .Ex-
[scutive department Of our, government,
that /" the claims from which France was
Ireleassd, were admitted BY France, and
1.-THE release was for o raluaJie considcra-
hen in correspondent release Of the Uni
tied States from certain claims on them -
and the repeated favorable reports. Of con,
miftces, to both houses Of Congress, have
uniformly and most unequivocally -estab-
lishsd that the claims rest upon irreiuta-
bic justice. .t5 49, .s,,..s..-
A highly respectful and most earnest
appeal was submitted to the President .i9
months ago, having for its object to in+
duce his Recommendation Of their claims
to the favorable consideration Of Con-
lgress, but he was not then, as now, thor
oughly informed of the details, and hence
the subject was held under adyistment.
None can doubt that he viii be most
prompt and zcalnus in efforts to efface
this stain from the reputation ofolr coun
TRY, andthat the, time consumed in the
consideration Of The cnse, will be more
than compensated by the efficiency OF the
means he shall adopt to secure the dcsir-
ed object.-[ Nat. Gazette, - ,,ge ~
The subject ofthe article signed Jusfii-
IA, deserves, the attention and sympathy
of the nation, to whose sense Of equity q !
cos.inucd appeal may not be ineficacious. !
Il Ma Geazslie. .... "a. a.
To he Ed;ior ofthe National GaSctte.
Sla--i noticed in the public journals,
some days since, communication rclw1
tive 70 the obligation ON the UnitcdStatest
to discharge the claims Of our citizens, a. 7
rising, out ofspoliations committed by the6,
French prior to the date of the ,C0nyen-
ton between the two Governments, cons.
cludcd on the seth Of September, 1900;
for which, after, being
demanded from and acknowledged to be-
due by France, was, st the suggestion Of,
our own Government, released to France,
in consideration Of political a6yasasges
y hich were highly beneficial - lhe ~ nj;
led States. The claims u ours flWrrit-]l, n
zens SO applied to the spabl9 ~, haye q
not been in any degree COZ Sebsated,
hough most Of the sufferers have relnrn-|
cd to the dust ,Icaying their claims Norge
.pon the faak and honor ot Tie nation, which
Justice and policy alike demands should
be satisfied. |,
In looking over the proceedings of tho
Senate Of the United States, ! noticed a
'eport from select Committee, made on
he 9th Of February, 1927, which puts
he subject so clearly bcfore the reader, II
hat am induced TO send you an extract
rom it, not doubling it will enlightcn and
interest many, and particularly those con-
;erned, as it has myself III /
EXTRACT.
Had the Convention, as was propos-
I'd by our Ministers, provided for recip-
rocal indcmnities, and had Commission
ers been appointed to liquidate the claims
and determine their validity, it is impos- {
sible to say whit might have been the, re-.
guilt. Certain it is, that, in such. case the
United States would never have laid their
hands on the adjusted claims of their own
citizens, to discharge those which might {
be allowed to France Or her citizens.--Is
Such an offset, would be taking private
property for public uses, without just com .
pensation, and is expressly prohibited by Il
he Constitution. And how would such t
|. case vary from that Of the petitioners /:
Il is now too late for the United States I
o question the justice & validity of these
claims, as against France. We have I
pressed them upon her as valid and just ,
she has admitted them, and given us an e
quivalent to release them. We haze re-
leased them and though they were un-
liquidatcd, still they were capable of liq- II
uidation, and either, their amount, or. the |,
value which we obtained for their dis
charge, would be. equally due 10 the
claimants. A Board OF Commissioners,
such rs was proposed by our Ministers,
might have burdened us with debt e.
quail to the losses Of tho French Possess
ions, with the addition or sindcmnities Tor
inffsctions. Of the Treaty Of Commerce,
on our partl and the sums thus award Il