The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-13
plspafehes Of &c. Rfves.

omuch has been said lately Of the character Of
the dispatches of Mr.. Rives while Minister to
France, in 1881, as offensive to. the French gov.
ernment in having oveueached themin the Indein-
nifty treaty, that we publish below the passages
which were objected TO-. They do not bear the
construction placed upon them. We alao add The
letter Of Mr.. Jay, chairman Of the eoumiueein the
French Chambers, which Reported on the treaty,
in favor of making the appropriations:
Extract from M igsss dispgseA % NJ. Yas BnrAs
SssystaEg Of Stats dated Payis, 4DIt .. 1881 giyiag
ooHat Sbastlanl ths GiHister Of LoNis PaliSps9 aTd
&c eger et ths Cunt to PAY fifteen millions Of fyaaes
Il replied ohm hat wassliOgethsT astsaished at such
pEep2on; that the govern Inen Of che gnited s!sie
~ no Other light than as asckegY and egiSGeHt9 al
~ dep;,iys Y gTt w ~ S % oe gg9nsaeiea
% say that The negotiation was at an end and that would
Of its 0i0R dignity and honor.
He 4TOsesed thai The French government thouebth far
fI0m being an unreasonable Ofei. and that must gsise
IfepHe5 that such 4 proposition did not requFe mo-
ments Teeeton that was net Oay unssason abe but
dsrtsor and that no othenswereoQd be given than
that which, had alfeadySEpr -
E4traetr0 RiDes' letter 0~Hr. YaR Ba'rH dated
9i ss an s @ sg az fesSSL & aass S IT.
he sPoSiati0Rs- if. Idges had named JOTg mill ORs,
giDeH.
In this state IF Bings finding newbss a more a1,heii
JsHus is % NJ 1da md il Which he s9pTsiss tie
exceed fUs iOns IF dollars, two mi lions Of which
ne saas there can Be no expectation eSerE Be obtained
ths groposition ron made By ne Fseaeh sggsrnMsst
presented Il 10 the d iaists1,"
tAs to the Besumarchais claim, the French MINI
lster stated to Mr. RiVes, in his notes dated June
Is, 1881, that ssseVeFal Presidents Of the United
States, two Attorneys General, and ,tha greater,
portion Of the congressional committees haVe been
in favor Of aequiliing this claim" &C., s.f =.
Mr.. Riyes in his notes, in reply. June 10. ASST
a K re e he Stss 'Oms sa6s fgns
Srg g t1 E commute. il G9Pss's WIG hsss szspinsd
on i has mot hsshiIom aaF eOayiolisn Of is iuacs bot
g thslr i. vii SLOW to
WIN whom so5s re decision rested has haEssqe qnioFmly
Nh. Rlvss, June 49, 1891; writes to Mt living.
! ston as.follogs. --
under these ercumItanees the claim had been suoess.
Ees 81 Pds1t sges adoa and MSRoo I've
PinekeF had gwen tbsI 0ioia opinion that the cTsd
S 5n5 2! SH5 ~ sa SSe ~ ~ q e
seniatiys who had examined The subject Ger since IN
/ Foreign afSiS ind hat GjoIV Of tbeSs eommi,ts
had made reports favorable to H. have recommended
Finally, Mr.. RiYss, July 8, 1881, writes to Mr.
Livingston that the treaty was signed July 4, 1881
auG sayss
An aHan gsment which, amid many dfiouluaa, hes
secured for Claims OF our eu1en pioseeuted ~ vain for
last twenty and large portion II not the Ols Of
which has been considered deeperdte9 sufficient,
IN az probability, to eDeV cent Justly dRs and Hsdrkp
greSGtks amount RroOEesd 20 be due bH the e0issiqR
chaRged iCk thefF sJa1lGaH here, which has, az the
sans time, sNtnguahe claims OF keHe subjects aGaiHst
the Unitsd States % ne aplONat fDe EilOHs a
ss3es by sslpnas,on e pag giLla gps rev and ~
hneI soften I'd eig uiess s6arrass9g eiaia (ioundsd
on the 4nguage q treaty. Of psFVsual FFfuieges IN e
meagura ttlJ1gttatiu dduaHfGEeJf oHT5 6ee ahd n
the dentve settlement Of these unpleaEaHl Huedus ha
laid lasting found at1n Of harmony and friendship between
tive eoquHss having hempst Important common interests
political and commercial; marked blythe
tsatuF Cannet,1 trust fail to be satisfactory and jus
The responsibility which, under the discretionary powers tn
President has been pleased to c0nde to have not hest
ated oasSume bon the progress and termination Of tn
/ complex negotiation"
Cory Of letter from ~ Jay late reporter Tie c5mnsis
sion of american claims On h6 CdmbeT Of DepWtiSs
| Paris, January "a
Ny Deer Sirlt asserted in the American Drinis tina
the rejection of the American By the Chamber
Deputies at the last session. chiefly owing to the publ
eatl0n OF letter from MIR Hives TO hsOWn Government
Tins which instiOR to that dBfin gnished states
man, and sense OF his unTemitng eTeTOs to promote
the interests Of bis Government whiAt here induce for
mally to eOntEgdiet. - ~
No saoh evidence appears in the debates and in none o
my conversations with thsmenbeEs have heard his letter
alluded TO as motive tOT dPuting the am0untdpe Imuch
question ndesd if other Deputy than myself ever fead
| The lsttsf alluded to. p A. JAY.