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and Of ohieh s only possible result 30 n
70 attai.. You enlightened feel that If IL
possible for each OF our two find In the
merous papers OF correspondence Of thirteen years du
raiion the Of adversary sntrap
ping him, 10 certain extent In his words such
u% se s ." o s DO NO, e fear sash CONFESS.
wiz sustain IL. i must but prefer to hope that new
direction given 10 negotiation heretofore ruess, vii
enable labor efectuaily satisfy the interests
confded TO US.
Erraet from Mr. Ripess despatch TO rises Poigmae dated
Paris, June 70, 1880.
The sentiments expressed in the close OF your exceen
cys communication are recProcated with an entire and
The wishes of the the United States than g
enter system OF reproach and recrimlnaon wotna
BE- as uabecoiag its character az tnconstseM osh ~
respect tohich siacsrsy saetaas for that OF ms mpssy'
gousrnmsat The language Of reproaeh' therefore, nsos
with particular facts which seemed TO carry
in themselves sentence of reproach 1t has always been
with reluctance, and only In reply TO observations made or
behalf Of his Msestys government of tone and character
so strongly marked 70 render impossible 10 pass them
in silence. learn, therefore, with sincere satisfaction
that, depends your exceency there VIII be nc
further for unpleasant discussion; and that you
eYceency sincerely wishes for the time when we may ad
vance ways better calculated to lead to accommodation
Tin July 1880, Charles X expelled, and Louis
Philippe made King Of the French, and the negotiations
were renewed with his ministers]
Ertraet from Mr.. Riuess dsspaeh Mr. Ian Barren, Sec
retaryof SLATE, dated Paris April 2s 1881 gei1g an
sseosa Ms ns 90 vsro hgs, and 0 s odsr %
the Cosnt to pay tsen millions francs Jor fns po'a'
proposition thar government of the United States in
stead Of seeing evidence of good faith could regard
absolute refusal justice that if to be considered
denitive proposition ON the part OF France had only 70
say that negotiation al an end and that would
be to its rights and ITS sense 81
ito ooa dignity and honor;
from being unreasonable offer, and that must renect
ments reflection; that was not only unreasonable but
dy and that no other answer could be given to than
that which had already expressed
Extract from Mr. Rpsss spaieh to Mr. Yam Baren, dated
Paris June IA, 1881, giving account Of another iar
vc conference Nth Count Sebastiani and his increas
ing H. QGerio fpeniy.pe millions francs for the spoa
tons NJ Ripes had named forty millions, and in other letters
the details Of the negotiations are given
In this state Of things finding nowhere authorita
zens than that contained in Mr. Gaans despatch Of 18th
January 1922, Mr. Adams, and in whieh he expresses
DUE ere.ed fvs millions Of dollars two millions Of
which, he adds, "here be expectation will be
Ssmeat Of the propostion BY the Preach
Therefore prepared the Proet OF convention lof which
copy accompanies this despatch and the Sd Of June
pre- sented it to the ministers
las to the Beaumarchais claim, the French minister
stated to Mr. Rives, in his notes dated June 49, 1891
that several Presidents of the United States two Aor
neys General and the greater portion OF the congressional
committees, have been in favor OF acquitting this claim
Sc, Sci ~,
Mr. Rves says in his notes, in reply June 10, 1881:
IT. as is mentioned in the nos, OF the public unc
ionaries of the United States, and part Qhough not
majority OF tho committees in Congress who have
ined the subject have recommended the oil this
reclamation has not been from conviction of its JUS
lice but, their respective nendaons will show,
from different Certain II Is, that the Con-
gess the United States, with whom alose the decision
rested, has heretofore uniformly refused to admit 1t.
And yet Mr. Rives June 80, 1881, writes to Mr.. Liv-
ingston as follows
Under these circumstances, the claim had been success
svey recommended to the favorable consideration Con-
Attorneys General of the United States Messrs Rodney
and Pinckney had given their official opinion that the
legal principles and of committees of the Houss oil
Representatives VINO had examined the subject sir (or,
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Aud tha rejorify Of these
committees had made reports favorable III have
mended It's payment.
Finally. Mr. Rves, July s, 1881, writes to Mr. Lvings.
ton that the treaty signed July 4, 1881, and says:
An arrangement which. amid so many difficulties, has
secured Tor claims OF our citizens 10 vain for
Of which been considered as desperately sum suf.
s s % ss .ss ~ a
sion charged Nth their examinations Acre, which has the
the United States the amount Of near I'VE miioss Of
francs by stipulation 10 pay million and hall aud has
the isnsoase Of treaty. Of PERPETUAL yrses in the pos
tie States OF the Union by temporary MEASURE
settlement these unpIea.an questions has laid lasting
foundation Of harmony and friendship between
and commercial an arrangement marked by these fsa.
lures cannot trust, fail be satisfactory and justify
the responsibility which, under the discretionary powers
the President has been pleased conde me, have
hestited assume, both progress and termination
Of this complex negotiation.
When the French people obtained knowledge OF the
contents OF these dispatches, they became ncensed to
such degree that the money TO fulfil the treaty agreeing
10 pay twenty five millions of francs not appropra
Ted for nearly FIVE years after the treaty ratified and
the French ministers who concluded il forced
sign. Though Mr. X. was sustained as TO his CORE
spondence with the French government by most OF the
party he then professed belong TO, he was severely
censured by the party now in power.
The following extract from Ness Register (p 20l) OF
May 1884, citing Mr.. Walshs Gazette, Is a specimen;
IL hoped that the in the French Chamber Of De-
putes the indemnify treaty with the United States, IL
not final and expected that the agreed to be paid
will be adjusted in satisfactory manner, at another SEES
sion 1t Is the opinion Of many weI,jndging men, that e
there had not been such dispiay, what some call
glory concerning the negotiation Of this treaty, the pres
en difficulty about IL would not have happened Parts
the correspondence published should have been, at least
rttansd
On this subject, the National Gazette Observes
Among them lhe letters of MI. Rivesl letter In
which he states he had caoed the French and obtain
ed more than twice what due, "a fact which
unfortunately be true y and commercial adj
lana treaty were really OF importance, they would
nave been Introduced into the tariff by Congress without
he ohe OF any equivalent The printed document must
nave made no way Paris, and could have been with
out influence on the vote Of the Chambers"
proceeding like this sufficient have influenced
several votes. and ought have been given the pub
c whether true or not People do not like to be told that
they were chcused
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