The Portland daily press., 1870-07-18
The Alabama Claims.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LORD CLAREN
NOV AND MINISTER MOTLEY

The Alabama Claims.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LORD CLAREN-
DON AND MINISTER MOTLEY.
In reply to the resolution of the Senate Of
the Sth inst, the President on Thursday sent
to the Senate the correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain, concerning
the questions pending between the two coun-
tries, not heretofore communicated.
MIR. FISH TO MIR. MOTLEY.
Under date of June %, 1S69,Secretary Fish
writes to Minister Motley, stating that the
President had that morning sent to the Sen
ate a message concerning the questions pend
ing between the two government; calling his
attention the fact that a note of Lord Claren-
don to Minister Thornton, of the 9th of No
vember, 1869, respecting the Alabama claims,
did not accompany that message, and stating
that it was proper that an explanation should
be made of the reasons for the admission.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Secretary Fish goes on to say that when
Minister Thornton, at his request, handed
him copy of the notes, he left with him no
written paper to indicate that they were
the views of her Majesty's Government on the
lmA''ei u'scusseu III them' ana since Lord
Clarendon in his;note referred to, Lad express
ly declined to follow him fish in the discus
sion OF the issues presented, he (Fish) was
forced the conclusion that her Majesty's Gov
eminent to regard the notes as q response to
the views he Motley was instructed to pre-
/ sent n Tord GIaranIor nd f1or he
-1ou oie"uon, "nu 'nei eioio no
(flsh) would not be JUSTIFIED IN giving that
character to be transmitting it to the Senate
az mart of tbe corrasnoodenca
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MH' MofLEYs REPLY.
Under date OF January IL, 1870, Minister
Motley writes to Secretary Fish, acknowledge
ino tho roca;nt of b;s r,to ohoro roforrod -
ana , stot t ~ his n",e aoose ielerrea 70
had 1omg e na ~ .Ie p5eClous gay
and in answer r. tho ouastian cnnnorn;ns
the nronosed hin On tbe snb;ect Of nat,,raI;'
zation, he understood Lord Clarendon =" COW
tbot ,i,a lin NO. ,,o,,l,, aoa W Say
| the ea,n;ne. sets;om wv ''N e"'iy ""1 Al
| He proceeds to cav Tho. H., ,.:u.,,
body such legislation as NAV be necessary eI 10
give effect to the PRINCIPLES of the protocol of
the 9th of October, 1865, on the subject. he
tween the two countries. so that the protocol
may be connected into a treaty. while the va
riety of details embraced in the elaborate re-
port of the Commission on Naturalization
might be leftto future LEGISLATION.
Minister Motley expressed his satisfaction
at this prospect, saying that the United States
Government was anxious to see this arrange
| ment completed.
| Lord Clarendon replied bv reprettinc that
| there was not the same anxiety at Washing
| ton to complete the arrangement made in re.
| gard to the water boundary. appearances
seeming to indicate that the convention for
leaving the dispute to arbitration would not
be ratified by the Senate, a result that he con
sidered would be discourteous to her Males
| TVS government.
! Minister Motley replied that the twelve
| months for the ratification had NOT exnired
| and that it would be better to wait for the re-
suit.
| Minister Motley then explained to Lord
| Clarendon that from the list of papers sent to
| Senate by the President on the pod of Deem
| Der, the papers on the Alabama claims had
been omitted.
Lord Clarendon said that he had been
much surprised at the omission, as he thought
the notes should have been included.
Minister Motley replied that as Lord Clar-
endon had stated to Minister Thornton the
determination of her Majesty's Government
not to follow Secretary Fish through long
fecapltuiatlOn OF the various points OF the cor.
respondence, it was reasonable that Sec
rotary Fish should not feel justified
in giving official character to the paper in
question, by transmitting it to the Senate
Lord Clarendon repeated his opinion that
tie notes ought to have been sent; that
though they were not signed, they should be
CONSIDERED as bearing the same date as that
OF the dispatch to which they were appended.
Minister morley reminded his lordship that
| dcial to due exhibition to the American
| Pubic VI I1e iaIesI views OF her MaJestys
| I'll WIa vi Ine sup)ect.
tow T;sH,,s S; Inen oIineteo on oecle-
| tary fisn,s dispatch NUMBER seventy, saying
! it was difficult to look for hopeful negotia-
TONS where SO strong an indictment as was
| contained in that paper was considered by the
United States government as conciliatory
| Mr.. Motley replied that the statements re-
ierred to commanded the cordial appreciation
Oh inc majority OF the American people; and
reminded Lord Clarendon that in all the in
| terViews, whenever these unfortunate differ
| ences had been touched upon, he Motley
had expressed the opinion that the first step
toward the establishment Of friendly rela-
tionS was 1or her Malestys government and
The british people to look plainly at the case
| as we regarded 1t, and get acquainted with
the deep sense of the wrong for which we
consideled reparatlon due.
LORD CLARENDON lntlnated that it had been
iound Impossible to prevent tthe invasion of
the law charged, to which Minister Motley re-
sponded that 1t had been found practicable to
prevent sslmlar mlsdemeanors lin the Unit
ed States, on many memorable occasions; and
took occasion to instance the case of the
Maurry," in 1860, and dwelt upon the mat
ter at length.
LORD Clarendon said he would be averse to
d diisnns or doing anything to envenom this
''I R;n:.o 49,
MI Minister Motley said the United States
We Mo'e earnestly desirous of peace and AMIGA
sh G ieanons on honorable equitable and dur
ape terms, and that all his efforts wonld he IN
that end. N w "
Under date OF Jan. p, 1870, Lord C,,aron-
don writes to Minister Motley, inst1uctinn hin,
10 seale 70 secretary Fish that her Maiesty's
government is surprised that the 18th Of that
month and the successive days have beeu al
t t;H 70 pass over without any communica-