Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-09


and will afterwards rise to 100000 francs.-
The honorable deputy, after insisting upon the
immense commercial advantages resulting from
orr relations with America, commended that we
should be particularly deslrOus 10 act with JUS
tice and equity towards that country, to whose
increasing prosperityand importance lnefe seem
ed to be no limit. The honorable deputy, in re-
Stunning said it was not till after the most strict
calculations had been made, that the present
treaty was entered into, that the same strlctness
of calculation had not been practlsed by those
who opposed the project; and that therefore he
(the honorable deputy foreseeng the disastrous
consequences to French commerce which would
most likely follow the rejection of the project,
could not hesitate between hypocrltlcal ooJec-
tions and positive facts, and must therefore, not
wishing to be responsible for the results OF re-
lection of the project, vote for its adoption.
M Salverte contended that the arguments
drawn from the injury that might ensue TO our
commerce from the rejection of the projet, ap-
peared to him of no weight. he had ne SAID,
better opinion of the wisdom of the Government
of the United States than to suppose that would
act lightly in so grave matter, ana IN NJ Oh
puerile anger, lay on additional duties on the
productions of France-a proceeding which
must speedily re- act upon the prosperity OIL Anne
RIGA herself Besides added the honorable de-
putty, the time is passed for waglng war by
means of custom house officers; duties are no
longer imposed out of hatred or anger TO foreign
countries but only with view OF encouraging
productions of our own. But, continued the no.
norable deputy, what is to hinder the Americans,
after being paid our %, 100000, from excluding,
nv increased duties, our wines and silks, II they
should find it their interest to 40 so! 90 not
saw that this will be the case but merely men
ton the possibility of such an event, to show you
that it is interest that will always regulate the
conduct of people so essentially calcuiaung as
the Americans The honorable deputy, after
having reproached the Minister for Foreign Al
fairs with having designated those who should
vote against the projet as the cause OF any iuture
decline of our manufactures, and any pubic
disorders resulting therefrom, concluded by vot-
ing against the projet Cries OF Question,
question:"
reply to the principal objections made to the
proiet, but from the feebleness of his voice, and
the noise of the general conversation that pre-
vailed, little Of what he said could be heard.
NJ Berryer requested to be allowed to put
question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, re-
lative to % American ships which had oeen
seized in some of the Spanish ports and contls.
Gated. The value of these vessels and their
cargoes added the hon. deputy, was, according
TO the Minister'S statement, S,00O,0O Tor when
sum it figures in the 25,000,000f of Indemnity;
which we are to sustainby the conhscauon OF hef
ships by Spain. The hon. deputy proceeded to
state that in the treaty of 1919, between the Y.
vessels were definitely and positively declared
| to be given up by America, and Spain forever
discharged from every demand relative 10 them.
By this arrangement added the hon. deputy
America transferred the claims she might have
had on France, for these prizes, to Spain, and
by this treaty defnitively arranged them; II
therefore appears that these SIS, 100000 which
are included in the present idemnity, are, &C
cording to this arrangement, to be PAID twice
over.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said The
answer to M. Berryer's question is very simple.
The treaty Of which he speaks has nothlng
whatsoever to do with the question relative 10
the sbins seized in the Spanish ports of st. Sc
bastan Balboa, and Passage. The history OF
these seizures is as follows: On the lOth OF
February. 1870 an order came to orlng these
ships to Bayonna from the Spanish ports where
they had been seized, and into whlcn they hda
been invegled at the suggestion OF the FRENCH
General then commanding III thdl pait % y
These vessels and their cargoes were SOLD at
Bayonne and the produce of the sale paid IN
to the public treasury. The object OF the trea-
~ of 1919 was to liQuidate the DEBTS due py
Spain to the United States, and not those que
by France to America, arising Out OF 1acts 1hat
happened in Spaln Wnlcn was theh oooupieuo ny
the French armies.
M. Berger again insisted upon his views OF
the subject.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied--Not
one of the ships Tor WnlCn al lnueuiHlly naS peeh
given in the treaty of 1881, now before the
Chamber, is alluded to by the treaty of 1919,
between Spain and the U. States That treaty,
| therefore. has nothing whatsoever to do with
the present question. ,
Nj. Mauguin began by expressing similar
opinion to that Of NJ Berger, with regard to
the vessels seized in the Spanish ports, and
the treaty of 1910 The hon. deputy, in allud-
ing TO what had been asserted in previous part
Of the debate by the Minister of Foreign AT
| fairs. that the Government of the Restoration
was on the point of granting an indemnity to
the Government of the United States, said he
would repeat an expression which, in his opln-
ion, did honor to man now in misfortune
The hon. deputy stated that being one OF the
commission charged with interrogating Prince
Polignac, when confined in the castle OF
Vincennes, he had heard him in the intervals of
examination, when the members OF the COM
mission and the fallen minister were engaged in
speaking on miscellaneous subjects, say, on the
American claims being mentioned, " Take care,
! have studied that question, and we owe moth
ling to the United States" repeat, he uttered
this LANGUAGE with so profound feeling of ma