The Arkansas advocate., 1834-12-26

hoth s'eat and reciprocal b,s po'n countries, and the Ijn,,sa | uea Ing with fidelity and pre,a,,.',' 'su sia! thelr conduct will, I trust ba p'suoe a,'
 tenzed, done every thing tbat al"ays {,
 sary to carry the treaty into S' t"lI sa3 7. 4 feet on their part. counted 'ai' ..''' ana lperiect confidenee s'lalll }promptitude on the part of sha ba' lds
 ernmens' In this reasonable ae ' S we have been, l regret to jn;os s saP
 y disappointed. No legisIa,iis,a. ,gi,a y
 has been made by France fo, ' ,t'
 of the treaty, either as it rssns., ,'s s1
 demnlty to be paid, or the eoInms' r0s'1
 efts to be secured to the a;s'9 IIa;'a a ana the relations between the IIn;,' ;,' and that power, in consequence 4I''9 ,S' placed in a situation threatepiDaa' a'F' rulpt ru!slp the good understanding I vhI',
 iong and so happily existed betvss'
 nations. 'eeA
 Not only has the French {, ,.9 been thus wanting in the perfo,n!' the stipulations it has so sosma'll oLnv,'a' into with the United States, ',,'i bn, E sions have been marked by e;rsaa s@
 which would seem to leave us s,,as s%'I isfactory evidences, that such as.r' s,s
 will certainly take place at a f,',as 0a
 Advice of the exchange of 's,a', rs;z reached Paris prior to the sth ,ss ,s;
 The French Chambers were AZ apa
 and continued in session until s ,Ss
 that month, and although one ins', '
 the indemnity was payable on N February, 1883, one year aas,
 change of ratifications, no annEe..1 made to the Chambers for tbs' '~ rssa propriation, and in consequence al If propriation having then been m, draft of the United States Goysn.
 that instalment, was dishono,,d
 Minister of Finance, and the tJp'.l thereby involved in much. cout,mA The Dext session of the Chamh,,,l menced on the 18th November, lsa continued until the 25th April n Notwithstanding the omission to N first instalment, had been made the ] ot earnest remonstrance on our D3 treaty with the United States. a1d making the necessary approprialons| ecute it, were not laid before tbe C,bl of Deputies until the 9th of Apu1, five months after its meeting, apd nineteen days before the close of tb| sion. The bill was read and referred committee, but there was no further upon 1t. The next session of the ( bers commenced on the 26th of Amll and continued until the 26th of Juo lowing. A new bill was introduced llth of June, but nothing iinporau done in relation to il during the sssss In the month of April, 1884. nearly! years after the signature of the iread | final action of the French Chambera the bill to carry the treaty into efaQ obtained, and resulted in refusal necessary appropriations. The aI grounds upon which ihe bill wasml are 10 be found in the pubiIshed deba that body, and no observations Of E can be necessary to satisfy Congs their utter insuhiciency. Alhous! gross amount of the claims of our $! is probably greater than vii be ulas allowed by the commissioners, suh's nevertheless shown, to render t abs
 certain that the indemnity falls far the actual amount of our just clani'| pendently of the question of daInaEd interest for the detention. That ln8 clement involved sacrifice Tn hls r was well known at the tlme-a sa' which was cheerfully acqulesced n 2 different branches of the Federal O' ment, whose action upon the treaty qnired, from a sincere desire io as0l ther collision upon this old ard dls' subject. and in the confident exPse z that the general relations between U countries would be improved fileieol'
 The refusal to vote the appropra'l' news of which was received from GU, ister Tn Paris about the l5th day a ael last, might have been considered A' determination of the French GoVs' net to execute the stipulatlons ol lnt ty. and would have justified an lIla' na communication of the facts to '0a ' with a recommendation Of such ul measures as the interest and n0nol United States might seem to requl', ,y;th tha nows of the refusal of the | bers to make the appropriation ssl, 'a veyed the regrets of the hlng, a,'S ,s,, laration that a national vesse' 'D.' '. forthwith sent out, with lnslfu'''.', ,'. French Minister to give the ], ll's, ,,sI explanations of the past, ana ,1s ,s,, :, assurances for the future. da' ..,,, passage, the promised despas1h, hs ', rived. The pledges gwen OYw .a.,,,,c Minister, upon receipt of ms ,la,;sa lassa were that as soon after the eecus' .'a| new members as the charter sG'[ Y
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