The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-16
THE WASHINGTON TREATY.
The Surrender of the United States
From the Patriot Nav IA

The Surrender of the United States
From the Patriot May a.
A Cabinet meeting was held yester
dav to consider how much of the cor
respondence in relation to the Treaty
Of Washington should be sent to the
Senate. 1t was finally agreed upon to
a certain point, and transmitted. Ac'
companving it was a brief message
from the President, calling attention to
the proposed supplemental rule, which
was referred to at length in Yesterday 5
Patriot. This new rule, which was to
be agreed upon in a supplemental
treaty, was to set forth that whenever
England or the United States is at war,
and the other a neutral, that neutral
should only be liable for direct damages
arising from acts Of privateers. 1t is
intended that the new rule shall be sub.
mitted for the guidance of the Geneva
Tribunal in the settlement Of all claims
which either party might lay before it..
As soon as the documents were sent
to the Seuate that body went into eX-
ecutve session. The Presidents brief
message was read, when Mr. Sumner
moved that the doors be opened and
that the whole subject be considered in
open session, ust a. such matters were
considered in the British Parliament
He argued that it was most eXtraor~
dInary proceeding that subject OF so
much importance, which affected the
honor OF the nation, should be discuss ii
with closed doors and in secret The
right Of the people TO know what was
going on, and what our Government
had been doing, was urged also by SEN
ators Schurz. Grumbull, Sprague and
others. But the Administration Sena-
tors would not consent that the sutren-
der, which cannot fail to humiiate the
country, should be made public first on
this side OF the Atlantic. The motion
to publish the correspondence was
defeated. At least it was suggested 10
wait and ascertain what would be done
in the British Parliament. 1t the
Mini-try should make the correspond.
ence pnbli', Their the Senate would no
longer withhold IT, And thus the mat
ter rests Mt present.
1t was all subject Of interestngcon.
versation last night, aud no one now
doubts that there has besn a most hu>
initiating surrender on our part. The
very proposition for q new rule puts
the fact of the surrender beyond per.
adventure 1t is believed in well in
formed circles to he practically the end
OF the treaty, tor it is insisted that
there are enough votes in the Senate TO
prevent the ratification Of supplement.
al treaty bearing on Y on the question
Of consequential damages, rs above
indicated. Twenty six Senators can
prevent the ratification Of the treaty.
The Democratic Senators are all count
ed against il, taking former action on
the question as an indication, and these,
with certain Republicans who are be-
lreved to he opposed to it, are enough
to defeat it. Among these Republican
Senators are Me-srs. Sumner, Ferry Of
Connecticut. FentOn, TrumhuIl.
Sprague, Hamilton of Texas, Schurz,
Upton and Logan.
In view OF wha. transpired in the
British Parliament last night, It re-
mains 10 be seen whether The Senate
will now consent to make the CORES
pondence public.