The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-16

AaK kEFafN 81 peare flaag max - caAaesaA1l'
u. and ihSr he psymrnl sbassld h. secnE-
"a against ans passihle Contingency.
lake Il 81 granted that no eialas haze
heen or shall be sustained hy our GogeEn,
lneal bui snrh rs are founded o. IEeaties
81 sl.e acknowledged LAW Of naiinnS,
/ Whenever a naiinn hecomes involved
u VA. The nlaniiessoes and eEeEg oaheI
ralais act issued Tor the purpose Il j.asii'
iyIAg IL conduct, ALWAYS ensi'Esee rEeEy
gE0saad Of complaint which saR passlhly
h. alleged. Bun. admitting that The rein'
-! 10 satisfy she rlaims iOr Indemnify Al
our eilizrns might have been insl sanse
II AIT. il Is most eersain GhaI those claims
were not the cause Of mai ia which Ne
are now involved.
Il may he proper. IN the EEsl pisee. "a
obserye that the refusal 0f doing justice. IN
eases Of this Kind. OF iile long delays IN
providing is,r them, have not generally pro-
dneed seiRal war, Almost always long
prniraried negotiations have been ai0ae Te'
sorted 10. This has been sirikingly tie
ease with the United States. The claims
of Great Britain inr British debts, seeuF-
cd by the treaty OF lisa. were not settled
and paid I'LL the wear 1903; and il u.s.
only subsequent To that year that the
claims Of the United STATES, Tor dePTesla-
:ians committed ia 1898. were satisfied.
The very plain question OF slases carried
away by the BRUSH forces in 1918, in
open vi"laIiOn Of lhe treaty of 1914. was
not settled and The indemnity paid I'LL the
year Is2G. The claims against Franre
for depledaiions committed in the wears
1906 IN 1919 were not settled and paid
for ill the wear 1894. In all those eases
peace was preserved by patience aud ios'
bearanre.
i With respect To the Mexican iHiemni-
ties. the suhierI hal been laid more than
once before Congress, not without sugges.
iions that strong measures should be re-
sorted To. but Congress. in whom alone
is vested the power Of declaring war, uni
iornly declined doing it.
A convention was entered into on the
! llh Of April, 1899, between The United
STATES and Mexico, by virtue nf which n
joint commission was appointed for the ex-
animation aud settlement of those claims.
The powers of the Commissioners iermi-
mated, according 10 the convention. in Feb.
Tuaiy, 1879. The total amount Of the
: American claims, presented 10 the com.
/ mission, amounted TO S6,29l.605. OF
these, s2,026,li0 were allowed by the
commission: further sum of S92S, CTS
were allowed By the commissioners of the
! United States, rejected by the Mexican
commissioners, aud left undecided by the
umpire, and claims amounting 10 1896,
! S31 had not been examined.
i 4 new convention, dated january 80,
1913, granted 10 the Mexieans a further
delay for the payment Of the Claims which
had been admitted. by virtue Of which the
interest due TO the claimants was made
payable on the 3Oth Of April, 1919, and
The principal Of the awards. and the inter.
est accruing thereon, was stipulated TO be
paid in five years, in twenty equal install.
ments every three months. The claim.
/ ants received the interest due on the SOIL
of April ls43, and the three instalmenis.
The agent of the United States having.
under peeglilr circumstances, given a re.
reipt for the instruments due in April and
July. 1874, beiore they had been actually
paid by Mexico, the payment has been as.
sumed by the United States and disehar.
ged 10 the claimants.
l. 4 third convention was concluded al
Mexico on the Goth Of November, 1919
by the Plenipo;entiaries of the two Gov
ernments, by which provision was made
for asceEtainipg and paving the claims oil
which no final decision had been made
! In January, 1874, this convention was ra
tilted by the Senate Of the United States
] with two amendments, which were refer
J red to the Government of Mexico, but re
: speeding which no answer has ever beef
!; made. On the 18th Of April. 1874. ;
, treaty was concluded BY the presideG
with Texas, for the annexation of that re
!. public 10 the United States. This treaty
: though not ratified by the Senate, PLACED
the Two countries in a new position, an,
arrested for while all negotiations.
was only on the LIST Of March, 1915. tina
: Congress passed joint resolution for tn
annexation.
II appears most clearly that the Unitet
States are justly entitled to a full indemni
; ty for the injuries done TO their citizens
: that. before the annexation of Texas. Their
was every prospect Of securing that in
demniiy; and that those injuries, even j
they had been a just cause for war, wer
in no shape whatever the cause of that il
which we are now involved.
II Are the United States justly entitled II
} indemnity for any other cause ! fhi
r question cannot be Otherwise solved thai
by all inquiry INTO the facts, and ascertain
ing by whom, and how, the war was pro
: yoked. .-
III.-AnneratiOn Of Ttxas.
i Al Ihe itne when The snnexation a
suo ,,l..a ri I.nr