The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-12-19

BEOOMsBURG, COLUMBIA NTY, A. SATURDAY, DEC

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these considerations, it is presumed, nduc'
led Congress 10 fOrbear sill longer.
lns,ead of taking iederss into oul
hands, new negotiation was entered
upon, with fair pI Omises on the part o.
Mexico, but with the real pnIpuse. a,
the event has proved, Of indefinitely
post pouiug the repsrs,ion which we de,
nanded, and which was so Justly due.
The negotiation, after more than syes:'s
ieIay, resulted in The Convention Of the
lllh of April, 1899, for the adiusrmen nl
OF the claims ol The citizens o! The u. S.
Of AmeIica upon ,he government oil The
NJ xicsn republic The join, board Of
commissioners created by this conven-
Zion fo examine aud decide upon these
claims was moi organized until fht
month Of August, 1910, and under The
teIms Of The convention they were to
terminate their duties within eighteen
mouths from thai fine.
-Four Of The eighteen months were
CONSUMED in preliminary discussion oD
frivolous aud dia latory points raised by
the Mexican commissl oners; and it was
oot until The monta Of d, Gambler, 1910,
thst they commenced the eGAminaior
It the claims Of our cltizens upon Mex
Ico. Fourteen months only remained
10 eTJmine and decide upon these nu.
merous and complicated cases. ln hn
month of FEBRUARY lS42, The Term ol
The commission erpired, leaving many
claims undisposed OF for want Of trme,
The claims which were allowed by tht
board. and by The umpire authorized by
the convention 10 decide in case Of dis,
"greme.t between the Merican and A
merc'n commissioners, amounted 10
Two millions iwenfy~sE ihousaLd ont
hundred and thI Ity-nine dollars and
s1ty-eight cents.
There were pending before The um
.pIe when The commission expired adj
jitiona claims which had been exsmint q
nd awarded by the American commits
sioners, aud bad not been allowed b.,
he Mexican commissioners, amounting
nine hundred and twenty Ugh, lhous
'rd six hundred and twsnly.seyen dol
sfs d eIghty-eleht cenls,upon which ht
I'D not dtcIde, alleging that his snthor
y had ceased with The termination Of
he join, commission. Besides these
claims, there were ohe's Of American
cllz'ns smounling 10 three milIioL
three hundred end thirty six thousand
Igh' huldred and lhiry.seven dollar
and five cents which had been subm,le,
The board, and upon which they hst
NOT lime 10 decide before lheI insI
'dj"unmenl.
The sum Of two millions lwenry.six
houSSnd one hundred and thirty NM
iolsrs and sky eight cents which had
been awarded TO The claimants, was 2
iquidaied and ssCeI,sued debt due b,
Mexico, about which there could be ht
dispute, and which she was bound II
pay according to The terms OF he con-
venllon. Soon after the final awsr,s .
for his smounl had been made, ne
Mex can government asked for a posi-
ponement Of The time Of making pay.
ment. +. alleging that 1t would be incon.
ve1ienl 10 make The payment al ,he
ume stipulated. In The spIrl OF ioEbtsr.
JOg kindness towards 3 sister renubljc,
which Mexico has so long abused, ,ht
U. States promptly complied with heI
request.
A second convention was according
ly concluded between The lwC govern.
ments on The 80 h Of January, l643.
which upon lis face declares, that rhh
new arrangement is catered into fo,
he accommodation Of Mexco.' BY
Ihe terms Of his convention, sll The in.
'eIesi due on The awards which had
been made in favor Of the claimants IN.
Ter The convention Of the | h ofApriI,
1889, was 10 be paid TO them on The
2oh Of April, 1874, and Hhe pfincipsl
Il The said awards, and the interest &c
cruing thereon was stipulated 10 .be
paid in FIVE years, IN equal inslslmeOls
every three months
Notwithstanding his new conven.
lion was en- eed into by request ofMtx
co, and for The pun pose ol relieving he I
from embs bsTsssmenl, lhe clslmsnIs have
only received The interest due on he
2O,h Of April, 1914, and three of ,ht
lwen'y iOsIsltments. Although ne
psymant of he sum ihus iquidsled, az
confessedly due by MEXICO 10 our citi
izens as indie mnily iol sCt wledget