Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-21
The ALABAMA CASE.
The new Proposition by Great Britain for the
United States 20 Withdraw Claims fer
Indirect Damages.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

w AshlNGToN, NAY TO- Ine fol-
lowing is the Presidents special mes
sage TO the Senate, submitting the
Alabama claims correspondence:
To the Senate Of the United States:
| transmit herewith the CORES
pondence which has recently taken
place, respecting the differences of
opinion which have arisen between
this Government and that of Great
Britain, with regard to the power of
the Tribunal of Arbitration created
under the treaty signed at Washing>
ton, May 9Th, 1871.
l respectfully invite tho attention
of the Senate TO the proposed article
submitted to by the British Govern
ment, with the object of removing
the dierffences which seem to threat
en- the prosecution of the arbitration,
and request an expression by the
Senate of their disposition in regard
to advising and consenting to the
formal adoption Of an article such as
is proposed by the British Govern,
ment. The Senate is aware that
consultation with the body in adj
vance of entering into agreements
with foreign states has many prece-
dents. la the early days of the Rec
public Gen. Washington asked their
advice upon pending questions with
such Powers. The most important
recent precedent is that of the Ore
gon boundary treaty of 1864. The
importance of the results hang
ing upon the present state of the
treaty with Great Britain leads me
to follow these former precedents,
and to desire the counsel of the Sem
ate in advance of agreeing to the
proposals of Great Britain. (Signed)
u. S. GRANT.
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
New YORK May 15-The Tribune
this morning, in an article headed
1.-The Terms OF Surrender" says:
ave publish this morning the details
of the capitulation upon which the
President asks the approval of the
Senate. 1t is q time when he feels,
as Theirs said of Emperor Napoleon,
that there are no faults left to COM
nit, every step of the negotiation
having been misunderstood by both
sides. The President and Secretary
of State have taken the ludicrous res
olution of not rendering themselves
responsible for any more blunders.
They have, therefore. reversed the
natural and logical course of all our
diplomatic procedure, and asked an
expression in advance as to what the
Senate will do when the supplement
airy treaty shall come before it. In
stead of sending the treaty to the
Senate for ratification, the President
sends q rough draft of it and asks
the Senate what they think about it,.
The case had gotten such discred =
liable repute through alternate true
ulence and trucking of the Governs
ment the treaty was sure fall unless
some last effort at compromise should
succeed. 1t is worse than any re-.
ports have made it. In spite of all
shutting evasions and denials, it is a
square withdrawal of our claims for
national damages. England makes
no concession no pretense of con-
cession whatever. She simply
haughtily admits that the principle
which she is contending for against
the United States may be used in
similar circumstances against her.
She admits nothing which would
have been as strongly founded
against her if there never had been
q treaty of conference.
The Times says: "If we have
made q mistake in put ting forth the
indirect claims, we should, as a ma
ton, say so, and abandon them. If,
what is equally probable. our agents
in the negotiation have been too ca
ger in our service, and have asked
more than they could get, it is not a
great blunder,a and one which thh ma
ton will readily forgive. But what
people would not easily forgive, is
that so grand principle as the re-
ferring of the international difficult
les to q court of arbitration should
be overthrown in its first application,
by foolish pride or obstinacy. The
best portion of this nation have at
length grasped firmly the principle
of arbitration, and are disposed to
make fair trial of this new method
to promote peace and good will. 1t
will be an intense disappointment to
them to see this effort come to
naught, merely becauce we have ask
ed too much, and now stand by our
demands"
The Times says further: Ito let
all this equitable argument aud ref
erence to arbitrators fall to the
ground because our negotiators have
claimed an unreasonable amount and
kind of damages would be the height
of folly"
PRESENT FEELING IN ENGLAND
LONDON, May 15.-The message of
President Grant to the United States
Senate, submitting the proposed ad-
ditional article TO the Washington
Treaty, relative to indirect claims,
serves TO reassure the public that
the difference between the two ma
lions will be tremendously settled
The publication of the message has
bad an effect upon the market for
American securities, which is now
firmer than at the opening.
LONDON, May 15.-The following
extracts show the spirit of the Lon
don press, to-day, on the treaty ques-
ton:
The Daily Ne,oS says: All eyes in
England are turned to the American
Senate. We have done our duty
The best hope remaining is that the
decision has been confided to q body
always holding the highest place for
gravity and wisdom"
The Morning Call and Daily Tele-
graph are sanguine that patriotism
will override politics, and the treaty
will survive.
The Standard remarks. uWa hava