The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-04

FtOpoJtAQH su0Dttleu so"ss, <1A4RJ 70,
II The United States shall any time within seven
years from the exchange of the athea.ons OF the pres
ent treaty offer to the French republic an article Of the
tenor following viz sHsaa HEgH #H.N =. IL IA
agreed thai IN. United states .ha pay to .he French
lions Of The treaty Of -, eight millions francs in aoney
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date shall be limited such as the most favored nation shall
The French republic will accept the same or if the
French republic shall any time within that term offer
such an article the United States will accept the sxme
and in either case The article 80 Oered snail become part
OF the present treaty
TO stipulation, connerion with the hrst fourth nfh,
s1 proposition. offered BY The american ENJOYS their
without further loss the
Doe, lo2, p. 629,
Propos lion No 4. submitted By the same, September
lst The fermer treaties shall be renewed and con
I'd The obligations of the guarantee shall be specified
and limited in the first paragraph of their Sd PROPOSE
ton OF the Goth OF August
Sd. There shall be mutual indemnities and mutual
restoration OF captured property not yet denitvely
denned according to their 9TH and 9th propositions OF
! that date
4th If, at the exchange Of notifications, the United
States shall propose ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT OF ademni
ties the French republic will agree 10 the same and
such the former treaties shall not be deemed oblg
aory, except that under the 7h and 22 articles OF that
for their public ships OF war pnyateers and prizes such
privileges the ports Of each other the most favored
nation shall enjoy Doc. l02, p. 63l.
Proposition No 5, submitted BY the same, September 10,
The discussion OF former treaties and of indemDi,ies
being for the present closed, it must OF course be post
poned till il can be resumed with lever embarrass
ments. /
II remains only to consider the expedency OF tempo
rary arrangement Should such an arrangement compor
with the views OF France, the following principles
offered as the basis OF it:
| LIST The ministers penpoentiary of the respective
parties not being able AT present to respecting the
former treaties and ndemnes, the parties NH due and
convenient tme further treat on those subjects and
i; they shall have agreed respecting the same the said
| treaties shall have operation. In the mean time
Cd. The parties shall ahaean from all unrpnlly acts
their cia intercourse shall be Free and debts shall
be recoverable IN the same manner as il no msunder
| standing had interviewed
demaed, or which may be captured before the exchange
of Publications. shall be mutually restored Proofs OF
ownership TO be specified IN the convention.
4th Some provisional regulations shall be made to pre-
vent abuses and disputes that may arise out OF future
| cases OF capture.-Doc. 100, p. 635
The propositions were successfully rejected by the
French ministers until they came to the last, which,
after considerable hesaon accepted and constituted
the basis of the arrangements ultimately made The re-
they would dir ectly indirectly leave Great Britain,
least temporarily in possession OF the exclusive rights
which had become vested by the oath and 2h articles OF
the treaty OF 10th of November, 1884, the
made effective by the OF the 7th OF july 79S annul
ling the treaties of ITS.
In reply the propositions submitted by ENJOYS,
the French ministers made offers the part of then
government, OF which is it materiato refer,
cept that OF the 4th OF September, $500, which
follows:
&c" We shall have right take ports Amer
shall regulate which either
The ndenies that shall be due by France the citizens
u for s s"s &c s T s ps a nns
the I'm and 22d articles Of the and
Doe lSa fa1 ss % ~ -'0'' o "e 'e''
II is believed that an examination OF these proposiion.
will sufficiently elacida,e the views and object OF the
parties in entering into the arrangement which u
malely effected, aud will show what the oblia atoms
Of our government under that arrangement
And here would observe that proposition No |
tains the following elements:
/. lndemnites to be ascerianed.
Payment to be postponed Tor period no, exceeding
3 The United States to have the option any time
within that period either to accept the odemnes and re-
new The treaties or TO lake All exonefaion IRON the LAT er
and give up the former.
The reason why seven years proposed may be
found in the fact that the end OF that period the British
treaty to expire by its own limitation. and the United
States would be IN situation to renew their former
Sage%ssns w''h France without breach o. ia'ih towards
on this ba,s would not the United States have been i'm
mediaely liable TO the claimantsi Might they not have
SAID, you have right TO postpone claims for
purposes OF your own But, any rate. II the United
States had elected to sacrifice the ndemnes rather than
the ireaIirs would have been clear of liza
oili,y They could thea have urged with great effect
that the claims had been lqulda,ed, that France stood
ready TO pay them but that you proposed TO surrender
them for great public object, alton from
obligations Of an exceedingly embarrassing and injurious
cha aeer.
The second proposition plated renewal OF the
old treaties, and the ascertanment and payment of the
ndemnIIies, with option the United States within
years. purchase out the exclusive rights oil France
for the consider alton named those rights To be limited
during the period named by the line OF the most favored
nation.
The third proposition does no, differ essentially from the
second except in making the consideration for both the
lh article of the treaty Of alliance and the nth and 22d
articles OF the treaty OF amy and commerce. the gross
OF eight millions OF francs, and in emitting present
reduction OF the rights OF France to those OF the most
favored nation.
But by far the most interesting OF these propositions
the fourth, which in fact comprises the essential elements
which entered into the final arrangement Here our
voys suggest:
/. A renewal OF the old treaties.
The guarantee 10 be limited, as per proposition OF the
goth Of August
Indemnities to be made and property not dehniivey
condemned TO be restored.
The United States TO have option, at the exchange
of Publications. to ndemnee, and take therefor
reduction Of the rights of France to those OF the most
favored nation.
Now suppose this had been put in the form of reaty
and that The United States had exchange OF rai6ca-
tons, elected to give up the ndemnes to get rid OF the
exclusive rights OF France under the treaties could there
have been any doubt to their liability And yet this
il precisely what the parties did in effect, though not in
form. II il manifest that our ENJOYS had in their minds
the idea that the President and Senate might, when
they to revise The treaty, deem Ito the lam
guage OF Mr. Lvingson) the indemnities and treaties
a. OF equivalent value and might be disposed to bar