Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-04
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THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Ofieiai Correspondence between Nc. Sew
ard and Lord Clarendon.

NEW YORK, June "A London
special states that the official CORES
POndence between England and Amer
lea, relative to the Alabama affair, Is
published. In February, 1868, Mr..
Seward expressed a wish for settle
ment of the claims, suggesting an m
ternatiOnal conference. subsequently
Mr.. Seward desired that the naturall--
ZatiOn and San Juan questions should
be first settled. These were accord
ingly concluded. In October, Minis
ter johnson, in behalf of Mr.. Seward,
proposed that the Alabama claims be
referred to a committee, formed Of an
equal number of British subjects and
Americans, with power to call upon
an umpire. i'm case of disagreement,
whose decision should be final. Lord
Stanley responded that the point on
which the former negotiations would
be was the claims that the Americans
would raise before the arbitration.
The question of alleged premature re-
cognitiOn By her MajcSty's Govern
menf of the state of belIigerency
of the COnfedeTateS could not be
taken up, and thereby cause the
Government 10 depart from the posi-
fiOn already taken; but that he saw
no difficulty in 80 framing the refer
cnce that by mutual consent raelt or
expressed difficulty might be avoided.
The negotiations thereafter prOceeied
rapidly on the basis of this agreement,
bY which both nations were 10 be
blended for the purpose of making
things run smooth. \ convention
was drawn up and signed in Decem- |
Der, England considering the place Of
meeting should be- at Washington. |
subsequently, Seward informed Thorn |
ton that the contents of the cOnYen- !
ton did not accord with the instruc- |
tiOns 10 Minister johnson, and that |
the President and his colleagues could |
not approve of certain stlpulatIOns, /
which, in their present fHrln, would /
not receive the sanction of the Sen
ate. Seward assured Thornton of the
desire of the United States TO bring
the matter to 4 satisfactory cOnclu-
sion: acknowledged the negotiations,
but hoped the importance Of the
subject would lead him to con-
sent TO such notifications rs would
be acceptable to the Senate. On the
British Ministry being changed, Lord !
Clarendon. on the 24th Of December.
stated that the British Government
was prepared to meet the wishes and
to send a draft Of the Convention, by
which the negotiations We're to be
by the nth Of January.
The second Convention lately drawn
up by Lord Clarendon and rejected by |
the Senate, was in fact 4 proposal to
cheat the public by deception in the
clauses in regard to the recognition of
a belligerency, and excited Indignant
comment hereof all fair minded men,
and who appeared TO have fully justi-
fed the action of the Senate.
The Herald says that President
Grant does not support Sumner in his
views on the Alabama claims, a. eX-
pressed in his late speech. He calls
fhe speech good rhetoric but poor log |
ic. and processes to believe that Sum
ner himself Is not S.Gcere, but Is actu-
lted by desire to )yerreaCh Banks
and the annoNati0Hists by putting {
England against all notion of ceding
her North American possessions TO
this country. He holds that if We
would not go to war with England We J
must conduct negotiations with cour- =
teouS diplomacy. F.;