Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-03-13
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Which, deducted from s92s, 627 leaves. 1924 $50
Had the umpire decided these cases at about the
same rate Of deduction as he acted in all
other cases, then there would be something less
than $500 600 to be pald-say. 100000
Which, added s63S, o76 makes $685., o76
Now this 1898, orc the Of all the de-
mands which citizens of the United States held against Mex
such demands by the law Of nations this Gov
eminent would have right to enforce payment Of far
learn from the euidence submitted TO the mred
mission. w.. .
$780, G00 have been paid. So that if Mexico had at first
taken ground and maintained authorized by the settled doc
nes of the public law, she would but few hundred
thousand dollars. '..r-'
have shown also that by the treaty Of 1889 she had the
right pay the whole debt with her Treasury
the coin actually paid worth han in Treasury notes.
would have paid every sort of ciamgood bad and doubtful
But she did not take such ground. she entered into
treaty providing for adjudication of all cases.
And then subsequently entered in convention, bind
ing herself to pay all the awards in coiR Thus waving
without any consideration her right her Treasury
notes in discharge of her debt This convention made
by our Minister (Waddy Thompson) in January, s43.
Santa Anna, in pursuance Of its undertakings proceeded
pay the awards He resored forced loans for the
means, and did pay the four first nsalmens, whe revou
ton broke out that drove him from power
His successors had not dollar to pay whs Their finances
were, they now, the wreched condition. Yet
they made Pretension repudiae They protested all
debt And it is not to be doubted they would have paid
If they had not Congress would have decided proper
time what to he done.
In regard the claims submitted the umpire and not de-
cded by him. Mexico agreed refer them umpire
to umpire TO be named by the American phrpoena-
y and agreed that he should decide the evidence already
submitted, and on that evidence alone.
II there be any "ourdge-any fault crime beyond the
crime OF being embarrassed and poor in the whole conduct of
Mexico, must confess that perceive it in the record
| and will not admit it.without proof
As to the claims acted by the commissioners I'M
der the treaty Of 1885, Mexico entered into new treaty in
November lS43 for their adjudication This treaty provides
for the settlement of claims recprocay Of the citizens of both
Mexico and the United States against those Governments II
made provision for fair settlement Of all claims and was u
derstood to have been entirely satisfactory Admnisra
ton in all respects bat confirmed by the Senate for
the W sadly that the commissioners were meet in
| the city Of Mexico,
The first commission had already sat in Washington The
to be determined dependant chiefly evidence To be
found among The records Of the courts of Mexico Mexico
had equal right to where the commission should sit
had been original question but her claim was ndsput-
ahe since tie other had in Washington and il was bet
ter the commission should be the evidence on
all accounts
But Mexico not allowed this right until she con-
scented that minister should the umpire viz that he
should appoint the judge and they say where the court
should sit.
General Thompson, in making this arrangement rendered
great service to those claimants who have any equity
in their demands He ensured competent Judge. No hon
est or could be
1t remembered the decsons all substantially made by the
umpe-thc commissioners o the sides nerer agreeing
Our Senate REJECTED the treaty the single ground that the
commission was to meet in Mexico. decision which, with
due respect TO that august tribunal think very erro-
neous
1t is the fault Of Government that these claims are
not settled in Of settlement And whether Mexico
could pay at not the due would he ascertain
ed and settled as in previous
No will pretend that all that claimed Justly due.
do net presume that there is single claimant who will
pretend that his made out cor the exact
sum due
sec that in Of the presents his account for
prosecutions &c. and in few months without one new
em states again and mens his hold the rate Of an
additional three hundred thousand dollars soc in various
cases sixty per cent anum charged for interest," and cal
| culated nj the rate OF compound interest.
have not time to into minute details, and, f had still
have wish to interfere with those people hut there is
one particular item, beauty Of its kind, which will men
ton The item is for y-sx dozen bottles Of porter. be-
ere the best London porter be purchased any part
the world for something like three dollars dozen and es
mate this porter therefore, very literally when put down
\ at two hundred dollars
What do you suppose is charged for in this account
Why, 81 690-sixtccn hundred and ninety dollars But that
is reasonable compared the interest charged upon the price,
That is for less than six years. down at S. 570six
six dozen bottles Of porter, the nice little of So 260egh
HouSa'd I'm hundred dsirty dollars t.,
do all these accounts are Of that sort But this
will say that many Of them unreasonable.
The claims not decided by the board follows