Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-12-11

! VI t"o III 81 uIt hiihNi otood
( 10 be now negotiating Just division Of
/ the obligations contracted b. them when
united ulder Que government. The civil
war / Ecuador, it is believed, has pre-
, vented the appointment OF Il Commissions
cr Oh lis part.
. lprppose, 1T an early day. TO sublni; 10
y ibrpropcr form, Ihe appoi tmclt Of q d.
piomatc aga;t TO Venezuela. The inn
pur,lHcc Cf ;ha commerce q! that cougtry
10 the {. :. AID thc large claims Of oar
( cliZ"ns upon tAo gny" .moat, arising be-
fore and sidcc ihe division OF Colomhil,
rendering il, in my iaigmaAt, improper
10 ger 10 dol'} this step.
Our representatives to tc.tr1i Nmon-
7 ca pyru a,d Brazil, are either IT, or OF
Ihair way to, their respective posts.
From tha Argentine Republic, from.
which A!i.islcr was expected To this
Government, nothing further has been
heard. Occasion has been taken, Oh the
departure of "A Icw Consul to Bucpo5
&yrcs, to relni4d ghat Government that
It's - g delayed Miaistcr, whose appoint
meat hld b2cn made known TO us, had
not arrived.
1t becomes my unpleasant duty to IL
t2riA YOU. lhat this pacific and highly gra-
tiiyi@g picture OF our foreign relations, does
not Include those with France at this time,
II is not possible that any Government &
people could b. more sincerely desirous
Of co4clllatirg just and friendly inter
! course with another nation, than are those
! go tl,y = - ,,.,,l I,,,, IL, .,l
friend. This disposition is founded as
well on the most grateful and honorable
rccCllcctions associated with our struggle
for independence, as upon a well grouId-
. cd conviction that II Is cOusonant with
the true policy Of both. The people of
the L. ). could not, therefore. see without
the deepest regret, even a temporary IL
terruption Of the friendly relations be-
! tween the two couutrics--a regret which
would, am sure, be greatly aggravated,
ifthcrc should turn out to be any reason
} able grounds for attributing such n result
| 10 any act Of omission or commission OF
t eur part. derive, therefore. the highest
7 satisfaction from being able 10 assure y on
5 that the whole course ofthis Government
: has been Characterised by a spirit so con-
| ciIiatory and iorbearing IS to make ii i'm
possible, that our justice and moderation
should be questioned, whatever may be
I the consequence Of II longer perseverance,
on the part of the French Government in
: her omission to satisfy the conceded
5 cllims of our citizens.
t The history of the accumulated and
Y uaprovoked aggrcssions upon our COM
: mercc, committed by authority ofthe ex'
G isting Governments of France, between
{ the years 1900 and 1917, has been rem
: dcrcd too painfully familiar 10 Americans
d to make It's repetition either necessary OIL
+ desirable. 1t will be sufficient here &c
C remark, that there has, for many years
# bocl scarcclya single administration q
d the French Government by whom the
n Justice and legality Of the claims of GU
: citizens to indcmhity, were not, 10 a very
e considerable extent, admitted and ye
c near Il quarter of a ceatury has bee.
st wasted i'll Intellectual negotiations to sc
It cure il.
r Deeply sensible ofthe Injurious cllcct
= resulting from this state OF things upol
ii the interests and character Of both ma
Nc tions, regarded ii as among my first du
:, ties to cause one more effort to be mad
ID to satisfy France, that Il just and liberia
ID settlement of our claims was as well du
IS TO her own honour as to their incontcsti
1T bic validity. The negotiation for thi
g. purpose was commenced with the lat
,c Government of France, and was rrosecu
ne ted with such success, us to leave u
lc reasonable ground TO doubt, that a sc,tlc
a. mcnt Of a character quite as liberal Il
Ill that which was subsequently, made c,woul
i'll have been effected, had not the revolution
IT, by which the negotiation was cut OF
ID taken place. The discussions were n
be sumcd with the present government, an
the result showed that we were not wron
rn in supposlg that an event by which Oh
Of two governments were made To approac
It's each other SO much nearer in their polIt
he cal principles, and by which the motive
nd for the mos; liberal and friendly into
ay course were so greatly multiplied, cou
a. exercise no other than salutary inill
RS cncc upon the negotiation. After Il
he mos; deliberate and through cxamiaatc
lr. of the whole subject, treaty bctwcc
ur' the two Governments was concluded al
IN. signed at Paris on the i;h of July, 1873
clc by which it was stipulated that Il
his French Government, in order To libcra
10 itself from all the recamations PREFER,
m. against il by the citizens oithc Unit,
ION states. for unlawful seizures, capture
he scqucstrdtions, contiscations, or dcstru
ted tion of their vessels, cargocs, or 9th