Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-17


them in any way
Now is the compensation allowed by the Treaty suli-
Gent tn the claims 10 which il appl!Cs When the go
vernuen, concluded the Treaty of lc3 it had right To
think for the claims then Considered admissible did
not exceed that sum. The claimants, perhaps had not
at that time received notice in public
proper; however, within the four years which have since
elapsed, 50 few new claims have been brought forward,
that the sulciency Of the compensation stipulated can
not be tclcd by them.
II was no, the province Of your Committee 10 examine
these claims IN detail and to apply to them according TO
their nature the s,ipuatons OF the third aud fifth A
Giles for this purpose should have required time and
power, and numerous documents. We subscribe fully
to the principles laid down by the Commission of 1881
and may add that III fact, their application which
not bound TO ulae, and which viii doubtless
be conteSted5 rrdGced the admissible claims far that
the million and half of francs will be enough to meet
them However that may be- and whether this be great
less than the whole amount Of clus admitted the
establishment of COmlnsSlon tor examining and dec-
ding upon these claims without expense ~ the holders
seemed to necessary for their interests and for those
Of the Treasury.
Tire Committee having arrived a, the conclusion of its
labors has only to cDndrnse into proposition the n-
merous questions and opinions which has submitted to
you It's members though differing with respect to
parts uflhe subject under examination, were unanimous
in allowing that France owed % millions of francs the
United States, and in proposing 10 you to appropriate
the sum necessary for paying them.
This great question having been determined, we
pared the bill presented by the Minister OF Finance for
carrying the treaty into execution with those introduced
OH previous occasions. The differences great
to Impress upon the necessity Of asking from the
Government explanation of the exact attached
to the bill before The Minister Of Finance visited
The committee in. person; and the exp lanatons then
gwen by him have been repeated in the following letter:
GU have requested rne in the name Of the commit
Ice OF which you chairman, to give additional
explanations as to the intention Of the Government in
drawing up the first article Of the bill relating the
treaty with the United States, which article determines
the periods AMI conditions of the he made 10
the Americans both ofprncpal and interest have al
ready had the honor to inform the committee in person.
that the intention of the Government in drawing up the
Bill of 1885, TO the execution Of the treaty
in its plain and honest sense and that the division Of the
payment into six equal ns,alnents during the ensuing
six years. proposed being similar to the arrange
men nude in 1881. As the terms of the bill already pre-
sented caused some doubt in the minds Of the members
of the committee and your letter of the 10th instant
sures that uncertainty still remained with re-
gard to them, have the honor to propose to the COM
ntec, in the Of the Government to substitute for
the first article which the with that Of the Bill
of 1885, the first article Of that Of 1884, viz