Washington telegraph., 1848-01-05

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necessary lbtl lllasf jus, oaIns should be
iaI5 provided laf IN any lrealy ol peace
Ihal may be concluded, aud that the pay.
menl should be segured against any possi
he contingency. | take ii lar granted
thal no claims tate been OF shall be sus.
lalned by our Government bul zHeh as are
bundled On treaiies OF the acknowledged
iaW ol nations.
Whenever nation becomes involved
N war, the manilfsloes anl every other
pubic act issued lor the purpose oI jt-u5
~ Us oondnel, always embrace even
sfaani lor complaint which eau pas=ib., be
aIlegrd Bui, admitting that the refusal 10
saiisll tho claims Tor Indemnity oi our Jill
ksas might have been cause ol war, It Is
mast certain thai those claims wefe not The
cause OF thai var in which Nc are now
involved
Il may b. proper, in The ilrsl place, 10
ohsenr that iha feiusaluI Jaing jasiicc, in
easfs Of this kini, or The iuag delays in
providing Tor laem have not geaoaIIy pro.
daeed actual waf. Almost always long
pfalfae'cd negotiations haye been aIone rs.
saaei 10. ll.s ms been slfiauay lha
aa#s with tie tinted S.aies. Tue claims
u #mal Bu.aju l8f British debls. secured
u TIE ilraJ 81 Isl, we've nal settled au4
fa.a iiiI The yeaf lsu& aud il eas uu5
subsequent 10 tai year that tue elaims oil
.as tnuci aa.azi i1r depra AI.aas tlu.
nIlle1 la l11l. Neie sa,isded. Inc very
pam 50 slim u saves carried away ul
Ias liaash iefsazIu lslj, IA apHu kla.4ri III
n lHa iieay aI isll, was nj sallel aud
u indemnify lai5lI.ilhr year lssB. Tin
GAINS against France los daptrua'iuus
committed ia l4a year 1905 Il lsl3, we've
~ ssIt.si AMI plll lof li.. lHe yHu Is3A
laa. those eassz .eaee Wa preserved b}
patience aul iafleauugo.
nth respect 10 lht - Aaa IuIomuI.
uss. Toe subject las been .4d maie than
once before Cuugfess, mol Without su-gcs
tIaas thd slfuas measures should BE- re.
81 81 10. Bal gaagcss ia aaam alone
Is sssiel lhs ra#sI @. declaring aab uu,.
lam.I declined aasHs DO,
\ convention Nas go olgd mo 20 tie
LII ul Alua, iz5i, between lAe tnU,d
staies auI HeKep, by ul.aa al which Il
I9'uI commission "a appointed IL tAe oK.
animation aHd #eiIIemcnl u IEaze claims.
Ihe paNrr el iaa euum. me- lsm.ua
Ted, according 60 die roH,ru ion, Ia gsJfu.
any, ls42. Ilr luiaI amount OF llo Amer.
,ean c.dms. Ffesrulglio the commission,
amounIcd To- SI,2alUJ5. OI iHcsr, 50,
U2j,liU were allowed by the commission;
"a allnhur sunoI SJg-,0-s were allowed by
ihe commissioners oi tlr unIlsd states, re.
Jee,ed Dy ,ur Mexican commits sioHcrs, aud
ltli undecided by lAe umpire, aud claims
amouu.Iug 10 $3.50. 81 hal bJ, DcenoA.
amurI.
A new convention, dated January 80,
1913, granted 10 iAe MuAIgaus d uuhcf
delay .ur the paymeu, OF the claims WhIca
bad been admitted, By Urur ui which tlg
interest due 10 the claimants WAS made
I1y .b.e ou ihe 3JlA OI Apul, 1913, uaI
lur pHur.pa. %, ta6 awards an the inter
eel aaeunI thereon, was Stipulated TO be-
pa.d Ia h,c years, lu twenty rqual install
m5ulseyeu three mnuas. iAr claimants
received tut interest dua un iuc JO,u Alili.
1913, aHI .AIet ,gaDaupas, The agent
OF lAe ymcl sUiy h4,Ng, under lhg pc.
culaf ctC-m.Aalel gIyeu "a receipt l0r
'Ae ins.4ll.llIs l4. 30 Apu. uul JuJ,
1914, beiDlg lAcy had b,en actually paid
by A.eUcu. tue payment has baen assumed
by he United su.es ani discharged 10 the
cIuimtnls.
\ third coAvnlJn was concluded al
heNico On The 3Jih Noumuer, 1913. bl
the Pignipo.cnia5ies ol the Two Govern.
mens, b. which provision was made ior
asccHaiuing and paying tic claims on which
no unll decision had been made. In Jan
Uay 1874 his convention WAS ratified by
ile Senate ol the United States with two
amendments, which were referred to the
Government OF Mexico, but respecting
which no answer has ever been made
On the l2h OF Apnl, 1874, a treaty was
concluded by tAr President with Texas,
ldr luo annexation oi that republic TO the
United Slrtcs. This treaty, though not
muucd by tho sena.e, placed the two coun.
tys ln new position, aud arrested Ion
a ~ lille al. negotiations. II was only on the
first Of March, 1910, that Congress pass
ed Joint resolution tor the annexation
ltappears most clearly that the United
States are justly entitled to tall indemnity
iUrlhe injuries done 10 their citizens; that,
before the annexation Of rexas, there was
every prospect ol securing that indemnify;
aud that those injuries, even il they had
been just cause ol war, were in no shape
whatever the cau.e Of that war in which
weare now involved.
Are Tie United States justly entitled to
indemnity Tor any other cause! The ques.
ton cannot be otherwise solved ihan by an
inquiry into the lacts, and asceraining BY
whom, and how, the war was provoked.
lll-Aanetatioa of Icras.
At tue time whom the annexation Of rex.