The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-07

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. EDMUNDs rep.) Of vt,
ofrered the following resolution
Resolved, That the President be requested, II
not Incompatible with the public interests, To
communicate tOthe Senate any Information In
ton Of the government OF Great Britain to re-
woke the treaty lately concluded between that
government and the United States unless the
treaty shall be presented al Geneva upon prn-
ciple and In manner agreeable TO the other party.
Mr.. EpMUNDs said-Mr. President, l think
1t extremely desirable that we should have some
information upon this subject Nobody feels more
deeply than the value Of peace between the two
governments. l think the people OF this nation,
when they surrendered what they considered to be
a matter Of national honor and national right.
which ought not to have been submitted as they
thought to any arbitration whatever except them
selves, were making great concession In the III
terest of peace between nations. This treaty,
which we are told by the newspapers and reports Is
under discussion, with view to It's revocation, was
the product, 80 far as we are concerned, OF
THIS DESIRE FOR PEACE.
Every word In this treaty, from beginning to end.
shows us that the people OF the United States had
given up what they considered TO be valuable rights
ana privileges IN interest OF arbitration between
nations for the settlement Of their disputes. So
thai this treaty, which it Is now said the govern.
ent of Great britain proposes to revoke, as the
newspapers, perhaps more properly, characterize
H. repudlate, is the product OF large concession on
our side II Is stated in the newspapers. az we all
know, that the ground OF this proposal to repudL
ate Is that the OF the Uniteu States offered un.
der the treaty to the arbirators 10 which makes
pretensIons for damages that we have no right to
make; that Is to say, that the
CLAIM FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES;
for the acts Of British cruisers. called the Alabama
claims are not claims which the treaty Will fairly
embrace, and are not those therefore, which ough,
to be allowed, one Of the very questions which you
might suppose would he proper for that tribunal to
try. That was the object Of having q tribunal, to
try and decide something But now let US see
whether this pretenton Is well founded. hold IN
my hand this case, which has been made the SUBJ
ject Of this complaint. 1t commences with q
reference to the negotiations and protocols which
took place IN the founding Of this Commission ou
Of which this treaty grew, and contains coplous ex
tracts from the daily proceedings OF the Commits
soners on the one side and on the other, which &C
by the name Of the protocol. In that ind quoted
from the PROTOCOL which Is also In print and, be
leve published the following
At he conference held on the sth OF Marcn. the
Amen can Commissioners stated that the people ano
the vernment OF the United States felt shat tns'
SUSTAINED A GREAT WRONG,
/ and that great losses and injuries were iDnicteu
| upon their commerce and the[r material Interests
ne recent rebellion In the United states; that what
had occurred In Great Brtaln and her co!oncS u
ing that period nad sen rise TO nitsd states
aid not desire 70 chcrish toward Great sn's ~
that IL u ssv. feeiuge OF resentment; fed'AnRs A'