Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-10

I0,h ~ lime 1912, they declared war a%'''s' N
Britain The Emperor had mus aa' r .s ,I,n Gva
he had been pursuing SO earnestly ioi "io's ''" NV
yaors: England had new enemy. ,
soon ~ aulcable relations had been restored be-
,ween the u States and France, Mr.. Barlow, Minister
,c ,L. RI States at Paris demanded ndenniicaun Tor
The inurps sustained by the commerce of his country
The declaration OF war against Eng land had gwen Inc
claim To the good will Of the Emperor
and from that moment The negotiation was carried on
W tn desire 10 bring il to equitable conclusion! III
order TO render it active and to ensure It's success
the conferences transferred 10 Wilaa where TIC
Duke Of Bassano Minister of Foreign Atiis tr'i WAS
The Reports Of this minister To the Emperor sho" eSact
" the progress Of the negotiation.
The American Minister demanded Indemnihca'ion lot
all the losses occasiuncd by the Berlin and MILAN i'e-
crees The French Minister took the lSt OF November,
elO the date Of the repeal of those decrccs as Inc point
from which decentralization might be given; all l'sScS
anterior to that date being imputed by HIM TO system
of retaliation which did mol admit Of disc ussion- tFA
RepoH Of Tie Dukc Of BuSSanO: IF October tM, lci2
Mr.. Barlow insisted his demand; he eHahhha Ills
claims showed their amount and declared mat tirr SET
Element would be an essential condition OF tie lFty Oh
Commerce and Navigation, which lie was negotiating
with France. The Imperial Government would not ac
knowledge that DEGREES provoked and Jnstilrd ny Inc
necessities of defence and war; could be unlawful acts
for which il was make rcparaton; but ac
knowIedred That exception should be made in favor OF
vessels hich had sailed lo French ports before The de-
crees could have been known to hein-lSecoaa report
made by the DUKE Of BnssunO on the l7M ct -S0re"'er'
1871
The Minister of Foreign Affairs admitted that indcm'
MITIGATION was due Oh three classes Of vessels ~ wit l.
Those which had sailed for France before the DEGREES
known to i!lr; =, Those taken since their repeal;
ana g. These burnt destroyed 1T SEA The negotiation
in this state when Mr.. Barlow died. during The re-
treat from Moscow il was iln suspended.
a third report made by NJ de Bassano on the 9th OF
February lol3, infurns U.s. that the examination Of ,h
affair was continued hut during The absence ~ MT Dur
lows successor The principle Of indrin'iicaton was
admitted; the application vi this principle was rgnateu
and nothing aimed but to determine the mode Oh max
ing The compensation :. =,
ports of ~ dc Bassano Could the United States be IN
Identified BY procuring for them the cesslon OF the To-
rdas, which Spain at that time possessed out honha',y
The United States perscvcrcd in refusing this method Of
ndclnnica,ion they had many claims TO urge against
SPAIN aud they considered that the FiorIdas might here
after be coded to them in payment OF those demands
Could the United States be indemnted by procuring at
the expense Of New Mexico, extension OF the wes IN
limits of louisiana which had been coded by France:
This Raode OF decentralization was contrary 10 the policy
of the Emperor who wished TO attach TO himself Inc
ancient parish CuunIcs and favored teir lhdrPehu'
Another proposition had been made by some Alneri-
cans, which, though not openly advanced by the minis
Of the United Staes yet received his secret assent;
it was to surrender the American claims for eighty IL
ceuscs aud remission OF onrfith Of the custom house
duties on eighty clrgoes 1t calculated that this re-
mission would be equivalent 10 orty-two millions oil
francs. There would, however, remain still TO be ac-
counted for BY France all claims for the cargoes sold
without condemnation, particularly those seqursated at
ST. Sebasan Litter from NJ Pc'y to the Duke Of Bus
Sano This proposition was as much at variance WIN
the interests OF the United States as With those OF
France for it gave implied adhesion to the system Of
licenses and prohbtive tariffs against which the United
States had been constantly protesting. The American
Minister was wrong IN supporngi IT. the rnch iinis.
ter repealed il in We may indeed add, that
in his third report he treated it private speculation;
and as an unworthy piece Of intrigue.
The only possible mode Of indelnnlicaon remaining
was, "to Tx upon sum. which should be PAD ny The
French Treasury the Federal Government in several
inslancnls" This proposed to the Emperor by the
Duke Of BassaLn in his third report, the 9th vi Fc-
bruary, 1873 Nothing would then be necessary but 10
fix upon this In report made January Ia: iol4,
the Duke Of Vcenza then Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
fixed it Professionally at thirteen millions. He, like the
Duke OF Bassano adopted The plan OF dividing the claims
into CatcQoricS and he added 10 those which had been
admitted predecessor one lot vessels sequestercI
in the port Of ST. Sebastian although they had arrived
under the persuasion that the ports OF Bscay were open
to them" The estimate Of the amount due for each c!aSS,
was made from the lists of the vessels, and OF sales fur
nislcd by the Minister Of Commerce. The lndennitlca-
ton to be made for vessels VI the
First class, amounted to leoO:OOo francs
Second class, do. do l,.Co;uou
Third class, do. do 2:SWu,nUV
Fourth class. 30 49, ''O'
Makinp in all, I3OUO,O0U francs
The Duke of Vcenza, in presenting this rough esli
mate of the amount Of naturalization, added, that
the prices brought The sales general below The
real value and the lists of the vessels were not yet COM
plce reasonable to suppose that tic lndcmniica-
ion to be granted would exceed that sum, and might be-
stated at about eighteen millions Of francs. The Duke
Of Vcenzas report is Tie last document OF the ncgola-
ton during the existence oi the Empire. Respecting
this negotiations we may III lew words state that on
the proprety of ndennlhcaton was admitted within
the limits of classes, which left the princ plies OF
the Berlin and Milan DEGREES unquesoned; comprehend
ing only use vessels which taken destroyed by
irregular application of those dccrees OF from mo-
tives uncouneclrd with theGi.
The Duurbons replaced on the throne OF France,
and they paid the price OF their restoration. The United
States would unite their demands with those made by
the victorious Powers OF Europe, in coalition. AT least
they lay claim this honor Mr.. GaltaRS letter 10
Ac DUAc u RicAclieu, Minister Of Foreign AFFAIRS, Of De-
cc1nbcr 18th, lolGj They were the friends Of France,
and they named i'll the treaties imposed on her by
her enemies.
The claims of the United States were urged anew by
Mr. Gaatin, their M,nis,er in France. His note Of
November ~ lolG, the basis OF the nrgotiaion in
it DrcbIy brought forward, all the arguments fur
nishrd by The general rules OF national law and by the
positive stipulutlons of the Convention OF lcibO. The
losses for which indcnitcaiion was required, were di
.vi}rd into two great cH,egorIes.
LIST fessets not misunderstanding those burnt
at srqucstered at Antwerp, ST Sebastian and IN
Holland.
lIr.ssc!s condemned impropcriy either in violation of
tho Convention of lcU0 without regular trial by APP
pcalons of the DEGREES, either retrospective postcru
to Lhtr repeal.
TO this note of Mr.. Gallan. no answer was given
but ii followed by conferences of which lind de-
tails i'll the subsequent notes OF the American ncgotators
The Duke Of kchrlcu appeared, n first, disposed to
grant ndenicailoD, but only Tor the vessels burnt and
srqucsterrd; afterwards, when lie the demands con.
sant!y increasing against France. in virtue of the Con-
OF 1918, he feared it would he impossible
,isy them, and refused TO contract any engagements
lie therefore avoided binding his Government by posi-
tive prolnse and declaring that the examination of the
question only suspended, he postponed lis continual.
to iavoraCly period. Letter from Nr james
Broera the .7merican Minister in France to the Baron dr.
Damas -unisler q Foreign affairs, December l9 1927
Mr. Gaa,in, in his letter 10 the Duke of Richecu,