The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-06

article provided for the payment Of debts contracted by
either nation, or it's citizens with the citzeas ot the
other but with the express restriction that sha moi
extend TO indemntles claimed account OF captures or
csnhscations." The second article contained the only
stPulations In regard to them.
Thu. il was that the demands Of citizens Tor in-
IDENTITIES were set of against the claims OF France under
the treaties and dschargedhe one Tor the other, II
was not mere abandonment OF the prosecution oi the
demands Il was release They were not returned to
the owners. The French government was forever dis
charged and the claimants cut OIL from their remedy upon
the original debtor. The liability Of our government
hs demands but q Uuna them 10 Z. o%n
In purchasing onerous obligations against itsef-a
purchase for which prodered large OF money in
vain but consummated by the application OF these spoa
The fret point to be considered is his Mere he claims
FSanes thus boushi by the eIaans Of Our eiisss valid or
for the release What thsy They under the
treaties TO which have referred. l.,4s 4 49,.
By the sssy Of alsnes the United States guaranteed to
France forever the then existing possessions o the crown
Of France 10 Amesics, "a well =. ihassl might acquire
by the future treaty OF peace 70 consideration ct the
soyerssn,v and ndspenSencs nd Such was The" The ruaran
,eethe possessions oil France IN America forever The
whole power Of The nation pledged those pos
might the honorable senator from Michigan feel that
those treaty obligations We're too oneous to be resumed
consistently with our safety and tranquility as nation.
but we released from them until the final
ratification Of the convention, Nth the second article
pngsdthst article being the last lgament that bound
TO them This treaty had been violated BY France. She
had kept il honoIably and with marked fidelity She bad
expended than $500 900 from her treasury, be-
sides the profuse sacrifice Of her blood in the war il
brought upon her. Her armies stood side by side with
ours in the battles of the revolution and independ
had been achieved by her firm and invaluable assist
She bad lived up to the treaty, while her Amer
can possessions, which we had guaranteed to her. had
refusal to protect hem though earnestly pressed on
that point (See note Al now call on the honorable
from Mcganb 10 ne ss.ns a, as so.s eo
posed to the bill TO name any time, any occasion, when II
was ever violated by that nation. pause to yield the
floor to any one who will respond
No one answers. No one alleges that such was the
fact No one has ever attempted to show that France
ever violated the treaty OF alliance The United States
stood bound by its obligations The act OF July T. 1885,
which undertook declare the treaties abrogaied could
not relieve from them. One party to compact cannot
release itself without the assent Of the other II nation
refuses comply with treaty specifically such nation
remains answerable for the damages which result from
such refusal. Treaties would be worth more than
the blank paper upon which they were written. il either
party could discharge itself from their obligations at
pleasure, and without responsibility II is under this
treaty that portion OF the claims OF France
damages for it's u6lment resulting in the loss OF
the guaranteed possessions and recognition OF its
iinuance. How can we estimate the extent OF the ab
ity the value of the release How better than TO
Would the which this bill proposes be paid
the claimants be the slightest inducement! Assuredly
not. II would not be considered for moment | pre-
sent then, the claims OF France under the treaty OF al
lance, and the release from them, full and ample
consideration received by our government. 10 bind by
all the ties OF justice 10 pay the claimants whose de-
mands exchanged for this release.
Let now turn to our other treaty with France-the
treaty Of snify and eommerce BY this treaty each party
war, prvaees, and prizes OF the other party, and TO ex
clude those OF her enemies shpuatons that had become
essentially important to France in her contest with Eng
land This treaty had been violated BY jays treaty with
her enemy as interpreted and enforced by govern
ment Let us place these treaties side by side and
pare them Twill read from the French treaty OF anity
ond commerce OF IT'S:
Arr IT, ..t shall be lawful for shpsofwar Of either
party, and prvaeers, freely carry whhersoever they
the ships and goods taken from their enemies With
miray any other judges; shall such prizes be
ed seized when they to and enter the ports
party shall the seachers other officers of those
places search the same make examination concerning
the lawfuness OF such prizes but they may hoist sail at
any me and depart and carry their prizes the places
expressed in their commissions which the commanders Of
such shall be Obliged 70 show on the contra
shall have made prizes Of the subiees people. prop
s o. sns, y ., nc or % Of s
ali proper shall be vigorously used that they
Arr e. III shall not be lawful for any foreign prv.-
ee not belonging to subjects Of the mos, Christian King
sons from any other Prince State in enmy with either
nation t their ships in tho ports of either the the
or In any whatsoever exchange their ships
hapdiscs, any other ladng neither shal they be
necessary going port tina, Prince
State from which they have commissions"
will now read from jays treaty with England OF No
vember 10, 1894
ARr o. The ships Of Of each OF the contracting
parties shall at all times be Hospitality received in the
Of the other their officers and paying due
the laws and government OF the country" .
AIR 2 III shall be lawful Tor any foreign privaiecr
not being subjects citizens Of either tho said parties
who have missions from any other Prince State
enmity with either naon TO their ships In the
of either OF the said partes sell what they have
ken, any other to exchange the
shall they be allowed purchase provisions Than shall
be for their going TO the nearest Of that
Prince State from whom they obtained their commits
sons." ..a
Arr 2 1t shall be lawful for the sh ps of and pr
belonging the said parties, respectively, carry
their enemies, without being obliged 10 any fee TO the
officers Of the admiralty to judges whateverj
shall the said prizes, when they arrive and The
OF the said parties be detained seized neither
(exoept for the of preventing the carrying
OF amy part OF tho thereof shore In any
the established laws Of revenue,
SHALL such officers take cognizsnce OF the
validity of such pxes, bu they shal be liberty hoist
sail and depart speedily be, and their said
which the commanders Of the said shpsof
shall be Obliged show No shelter refuge
shall be given In their TO such have made
upon the subjects citizens of either of tho said parties
therein, particular shall be taken to hasten
their departure, and them retire
able. Nothing this contained shall however, be
operate former and existing public
treaties with other soveregns States But the par
ties agree that. while they continue in sity neither Of
them viii in future make any treaty that shall be incon
sis,cnt with this or ,he preceding article"
II will be perceived Mr. President that these supula
tions in the British treaty in direct opposition to
urcv vioua envsU ernnnfs with France. +