Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-06
RICHIfOND (P4N TyESD8Y SE,p
ERENCu 0LAINIs-oUR FoREIGN RELATIoNs.

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FRENCH oLAiMs.-oUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
We 10y his mo:ning before our readers, a variety
OF arhciss on the arrangement, made by M. Rvrs.-
We have II in our power s'ae additional he,s, and to
shed pew ight upon measure which must rsdoupd
70 the credit OF the Adnnisrator, and of our Minis
Ter az Paris -Iu this sentiment we presume thas
the ffis nds OF Geo. Jack will BE- sinzulat-tor as
yet parry seems prepared % lay down her in IA.
vor OF ihi' messuro-and ,he ". York American, ono
Of the most snvenomed oPpouen,r o.. she Atminisra-
uon I. even prepared TO ,rase the arrangement and
The Minister who accomplished IL. 50 s,repg IL
nov me i1ree OF truth, that We no lOrg4r hear him
called by The N. York ,mnsrsisl. "a blank" and a
"cypheI; out eensuse Is ,truck dImb-or converted
into praise.
There was feature in the Foreign more
dark and unpromising than negotiations with France
MT McLane's diplomacy has been of the first order.
We do not believe there is in this country who
would have shown more address or talent or whose
success could have been brilliant than his-The
state oil our negotiations with France dark and
dihcui IL not more so. The claim of Beaumarchais
was as old as our Revolution. IL had swelled to the
large sum OF about million of dollars. The claim
under the Louisiana Treaty vague and underlined:
scarcely susceptible OF being defined i'm its amount.
Our own Claims against France were not only compli-
Gated in their character but many of them old the
Berlin aud Milan Decreesin lSll-;wenty years stand.
ing We had appealed TO their successive rulers from
ume 10 time, in vain. They had run the gauntlet
through two dynastes and three Monarchs-they had
called forth the exertions of three of Presidents
all gentlemen oil much experience ia diplomatic lore
They had employed all the abilities of Crawford, Gala
TIM and Brown. The correspondence Of Mr.. Gallatin
with the French Court in 1922, is monument of his
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have not yet been published had all failed and
our claims, seeming TO lose strength by their antiquity
appeared nearly desperate-when they were put into
The hands oil new administration and of young Min
ister Mr. Rives laughed at. The Opposition call
ed him cypher and blank; but his address and per-
severance and the downright energetic character the
Administration have riumphed and he has made as
good treaty, by all accounts could pos sibly have
been expeced-a treaty which is euogised by gentle
men on the spot who friends the Adrninstra-
iion-a treaty, which, we hope, will prove satisfactory
to the great body oil the claimants, and the great body
OF countrymen:
Mr. Rives has certainly had many and appalling diff
cuities TO contend with The last Nat Inteiligencer
says:-"We expressed the opinion, after the &C.
currence OF the French revolution $780, that that
was decidedly suspicious to the adjustment and final
allowance OF these long standing claims and we
now happy TO find our an!cpa,ions have been realized"
Inc reasons for sueh opGion just and nalura
enough; ou' rom information which we had at shs
time, and which we e0ulj d-p.pd upon, We took the
ho'riy OF expressing different opinion "A letter we
have before from Pa- hews that tn. Iu,eI!ixsncer
ls inistakon: OR dist ltes have teen iners a.sd
los'esd OF being diminished, by the ia.e X vsiu-
ton. The more popular xenias Of the neyy govern
public purse, has itself been ssrious obstacle: 20
which savs been sdd-d ex'eue faaDeial erubarra.s-
DsUs, and She eugtossiDg nature OF European ouer-
ioos, which matters literally life end death for
this Government. Under thee cireums'ancss learn
TIA At nothing has enabled Minister to brug hi.
Troublesome ahAir to 30 happy close but the ground
'7msn he bad sonqusrsd under ,hs late C government,
OF France, 10 s'rS,quenee of the energetic tole as
| sum ID IN the Presidents FIRST message"
Although II was great puiBt gained, to get iha
whole matter referred 20 Com rnissi1o, vet nohnv
unpronisins shan the first uovemspis Of ,bs
very Commission Tney found he ten, millions of
ancs oniy 10 BE- The full smount which We were en-
t'ied 10 csiw This was ind Ell bad 90. 1t wa.
tie sersdtim Report, too, of ef hs gavest commits
siooS when could be orgstizsd at PArs /, contested
OF Peer OF France, "a. Liine,) Vice President Of
'he Chamber OF Dspa,ies, (M. Delsssa,,) and Pee
s'deni OF the Cauc des Complies IN. d'Aud Gtet)
Asana their weigh;y authority, Nj. Rives had 10
:'uggie IN bis negotiations with tie M,nslry.-Bu,
be did struggle on. After proracled and unxeasing
uur mi; 49,
the French Ministers reluctantly agreed 10 nav ai
billions Of trace, they said hts their ultima
rum But MIR. Rvea al Ter 9Th able 10 q 3: ih I'm TO
TO Twenty-Five millions of if,pcs with s9poiem nal
sums OF oeras', making The tohoIe amount be pad
1 1 IN G1vsr1msn', ttoenty-eight and a hay mil
tons oil iTanss-ihat 10, they are TO paw a oPpal
sum OF twenty-five mI Ions in SIX annual jnsalmsu,s
and at the payment of each instamen they are to add
an interest OF four per the nstament then maid
| as well as what remains due Notwithstanding Inc
exaggerated amount of the claims spoken of in the nub
lie papers, founded on the statements of the claimants
winch Tor OBVIOUS reasons be relied oD there are
reasons TO believe that this will DISCHARGE every
cent which may be found Justly due Something has
6een sad IN the papers of Mr.. Galan's opinion upon
ms SUBJECT Certainly TO higher authority can be pro-
duced ON this subject we undc rstand that in lei
ter OF his to Mr. Adams in January 1922 he states tina,
although he has enumerated all the cases i'm his know
edge where actual condemnation had not taken place
yet is possible that vessels captured and proba
ole mat some vessels burnt at sea- whilst the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES i'm force have not been de6ni
uVey condemned; but there could be no expecta-
uon, that indemnity will ever be obtained either for
hose or In any of the where there has been
such concentration that "rom all the Documents he
has yet SEEM he does not believe that the total amount
OF this last mentioned class after deductn te cascs
where the destination of the vessels was enc
my property covered, which generally might afford
plausible grounds OF condemnation can erceed fyo mil
mons ~ dollars IN udtue; that the Danish prizes and
the vessels and cargoes seized at NapIes are mn, In
Guided in that estimates that the amount of
uons anu vessels burnt at sea- where no condemnation
mas taken place. may be estimated at about three mil
mons doItdTS; and that this last estimate cannot lao
iar from The TRUTH since the amount of the two largest
was known. tS'''''OH''
III, then, Mr.. Gallatin be correct in saving tbat Tho
Whoe amount oil the just claims of our citizens nj epey
decrPt'o'' does not erceed fire million of dollars so
"hch ne ADDS That two millions for particular class nj
cases. there can be expectation of INDEFINITE ever
being Obtained it may be hoped that the stinui,,od
sum viii be sufficient to cover all or almost ali the
claims From the statements in the ne " spapers VOC
mad been induced 10 believe that the amount was ,,h
larger but the authority Of MIR. Gsllatin outyeigbs ali
such sPecuauohs: ANA In what situation were tbese
claims! II IS said, that the whole Corresnondaae y,
Mf oahaiin, OF Mr. Crawford, and of Mr. Blown M
umdVoT3Dle parts OF which, we presume for ot,,iX
reasons, nave not been heretofore given tn tbe hIi
SHOWS mat they regarded this subject of inJemnes ~
almost, not quite, desperate ."
But the Treaty, il is said Is NOT corf,ed n o,,. -
reciamalions One great object was to drv IN O.."
neousiy ah me sources Of difference between the to-
o.'es- countries, both Of which eniov liberal nsG
.uuons ana which ought 10 be bound together he .
sen n OF common interests well az many com1on
princlPies.-Ihe French Government ri ,so 'no',
claims against us TO the amount of more Than CO. s'
5ous VI francs, and among these was the famous one Of
Deaumarchais amounting 10 three and a-baIT ,,iIt;o
o. francs, and which, II has been so often ron,crJd
our hdlonai honor was bound TO pay, whether IL vs.
.o ylst OF hot1uT RUss has succeeded ~,
COZ promising and getting rid IF all there rInj.s ~
mutton and 0.hdD of Tdues So In, . s,'yW