Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-05
VOLUME XLVl.-NUMBER IS.

nop maze By III Fenh government. there
| fore prepared The PREP Of convention, (oi
which a copy accomps. > this dsspa!eh,) AID,
on the 81 OF June, pres .. q il 10 lie minister's.
As 10 lhp BeaumarS.ias claim, The French
minister stated 10 Mr.. Rycs in his es daeG
Jun Is, 1881, that Several Presidents ot The U
States, TWO Attorneys Geaeral. and The greater
portion OF the cungre. SIGNAL committees have
been in favor of acquiring this ella i'm, &C., &c
Mr. Rives says 10 his notes, in reply, June 10,
1881:
t'if, as is mentioned in The notes. some OF The
public func!iorares OF Inc Uniied Safes, and a
part Though nut majo,f.y) OF the Committees
in Congress who have examined he subject, have
rec mmended the payment Vi This reclamation, II
mas not been from any CONVICTION ci Is Iuslice
bu', as their respective recommendations will
show. from different considerations. Certain
il is, that The Congress oil The United States, with
whom alone he decision rested, has heretofore
uniformly refused 10 admit it,"
And yet MIR R;yea, June 20, 1881, writes TO
Mr Livingston as follows:
"Under these circumstances, The claim bad
been succe. siyely recommended 10 The favorable
consideration OF Congress by Presidents Jefferson,
Madison, and Monroe; TWO Attorneys General
Of the United States, Msssrs Rodney and Pincs-
ney, had given their official opinion that the
credit claimed by The United States was not sps.
lainable on legal principles; and oil len commit
ices OF the House of Representatives who had
examined The subject, sir (for since the prepare.
ton OF my observations addressed 10 The Minis
Ter Of Foreign fairs, find thata maJmity OF these
committees had made repoIs favorable IL ~ have
recommended It's payment"
Finally, Mr. Riyes, July 8, 1881, writes to MIR
Livingston that the Treaty was signed July 4,
1881, and SAYS:
IAN arrangement which, amid so many diff
fcuIlies, has secured for claims Of our citizens
prosecuted 10 vain for the last twenty years, AMI
large portion, il not the tchotc OF which has
been considered as desperately sum sufficient.
in all p,o6q6hy, 10 pay cr.ry cent justly due, and
nearly treble III. amount pronounced to be due oy
The commission charged 10Th th:ir examination
here, which has, at tue same time, exiiDgnIsned
claims OF French subjects against the United
States to tho amount of mar five millions of francs
BY stipulation to pay a million and q half and
hos finally gotten rid OF most embarrassing
CLAIM, bounded on The language Of treaty) Of
pe'pstua! privilege, 10 the ports Of one OF the
States Of The Union, by temporary measure
nffiaacaEy cdvan Gge0m " 0u,sslves; and 10 The
de6nitive settlement OF these unpleasant ques-
tions. has laid a lasting foundation OF harmony
and friendship between two countries having
the most important ccmnon interests political
and commercial; an arrangement marked BY
these features cannot, trust, fail 10 be salts
factory, and 10 justify the responsibility which,
under the discretionary powers the President
has been pleased to conhde 10 roe, have not
heslaled 10 assume, both in the progress and
termination Of this complex negotiation"
When The French people oblaned Knowledge
Of the contents OF thes. dispatches, they became
incens.d 10 such degree that The money 10 iufl
the treaty agreeing TO pay twenty FIVE millions OF
francs was not appropriated tor nearly hve
years alter The treaty was ratified, ana IN.
French ministers who concluded il were forced t.
resign Though Mr. R. was sustained as 10 his
win The French government by
most Of The party he then protested 10 belong 10,
he was severely censured BY the party now in
power.
The following extract from Niles's Register
Up. 2OD OF May, 1884, citing Mr.. Walsh's Ga
zetie, is specimen:
III is hoped that The vote in the French Cham
Der OF Deputies, on The indemnify treaty with
the United States, is not 6na and expected that
The amount agreed 10 be paid will be adjusted in
a satisfactory manner, al another sess'' o. us
the opinion OF many welI.judgins men, Thai II
treaty, the present difficulty about II woulu
MOI nave happened. Paris OF the correspondence,
published should have been, al least, rs'an q
On this sutjcc', the National Gazeue observes;
"Amoag tnem [ he letters Of Mr. RivesI Vas
Letter in which ne safes hat he had caIoled me
French, and Obtained more than twice what was
due, Ia FAC, which lurns OIL! unfortunately mol 10
be true) and that The commercial advantages
given in lieu OF those stipulated for oy Inc
Louisiana treaty were really OF no importance
as they would have been introduced mo tne
tariff by Congress without The oner u any
equivalent. The printed document must nave
msd. its way TO PARIS, and could mol nave oeen
whom, influence on The vote OF lhe Chambers "
A proceeding like this was sufficient TO nave
/ fuenced several votes, and ought not to have
been given 10 The public, whether true or no'.-
People do not like 10 be told tha: they were CHEAT
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