St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-12-10

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sued proclamation authorizing search
10 DC made of vessels on the high seas
Immediate rcmon>tranCe was made
'galnSt this, whcrcupon tie captain gen-
rral issued Il new proclamation limiting
lie right of search to vessels of the Unit
cd States 50 far As authorized under the
treaty of 1875. This proclamation
'pwever was Immediately withdrawn.
TIE ALABAMA CLAIMS
Toward the close Of the last admins
tIltIon u convention was signed At Lon
don tor the settlement OF al! outstanding
claims between Great Britain and the
United States, which failed TO receive
tie advice and consent of the Senate to
il, rattle ,tiun The time and the cir
cuIn-tancrS attending til negotiation of
HAT treaty were favorable to its accept
;.licc 10y the people OF the United States
but lis provisions were wholly made
quate Tor the settlement ot the grave
Nron4s that had been sustained by this
government as we'll as 10y its citizens.
The injuries resulting TO the United
states 10y reason OF the course adopted 10y
/ Great Britain during our late civil war,
| iii the increased rates of insurance, in the
diminution OF exports and imports and
oihcr instructions to domestic industry
and production, in its effect upon the for
elm commerce of the country, III the de
crease ard transfer to Great Britain oi
oar commercial marine, i'll the prolonga-
ton of the war and the increased cost,
both in treasure and life, of its suppress
: on. could not be adjusted and satisfied
- ordinary commercial claims, which
continuity arise between commercial ma
tons And vet the conventions treated
them simply as such ordinary claims,
from which they differ more widely, i'll
the gravity OF their character than III
HE magnitude ct their amount. Great
even rs l. the difference, not u word was
Ound IN the treaty and not an inference
could he drawn from it to remove the
sense of the untricndlin ,ss of the course
OF Great Britain il our struggle Tor cN-
i~tcucr, which had - deeply and univer-
tlly impressed itself upon the people OF
this country. believing that Il cumvcn-
ton thtI~ mi-ronccivcd IN tx scope and
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have produced that hearty ami cordial
settlement OF the pending questions which
alone Is consistent with the relations
desire to have established h,lwcen th,
nitcd States and Great Britain, | re-
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urlturr their ideas of l~,lcr nor ,hci;
-i.yr -C,i-c ul rh, grievance they lay,
-.,-;..iur.i. The rejection OF the treat,
.!A~ i,.lIu,rri lw "A state OF rut,l,
i.yiliug .n b,ih sides winch | tLuu.h,
not Lslurl.,ir io AN immediate -.
urnpt at Il renewal OF negotiations.
tcroriIngiv - instructed the minister u
the ui,rd ~.air~ to Great Britain. an.
ipu3tJ ;iiat my views ia thu rrc,r,
were shared b. hrr maic-tI'~ minister.
hope that the time NAV -oon arrive wie;
ihc two governments can annroarh H.,
solution Of ta.> ln,.le.tou> question viii
:.I .,p.r.,laliuu Of ni,au i, ,iu, to Tn,
rl.t.-. Ljufii,y anil honn. of each u,.
with ll.. ,,,,rn.ir,,ti ~ moi only +, IL.
move. II, c.,u-r. Of COMPLAINT in ,,l-t
hui - lay tie foundation OF = brua,