New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-17
XLIlD CONGRESS-IlIDs Es'ioN.
SENATE WASHINGTON, Dec ~, iS72.
MISCELLANEOUS nlLLs.

Mr. SIBERIAN (Rcp.. Ohio, from tie Commit
tee ON Finance. reported With amendments the House
bill authorizing the exchange OF registered bonds Tor
coupon bonds. amended, The bill authorizes the sec
etary OF the Treasury osuc coupon bonds in exchange
for registered bonds other respects Of the same class
and descriptions provided the expense OF the Issue po
uaid by the owner neTc0f, and under such Regulations
NJ the Secretary " the Treasury shall prescribe
MR.. CAMERoN's SPEECH oS TIE FRENCH sroIIArroSs
Mr.. CAMERON QRep. Penu.) called az the French
spoiation bill and spoke, IN part, as follows:
Inc controversy settled BY the Convention Of 1900 was
simply this: We claimed from France more than t2oCOlN0
er indemnify tnOhatlohs cOhhllNa upuh t lopeI
ty OF our ctizeHs France claimed Irn us the nucht
OF treaty Obligations IN tic future and inesinahe dam
ages for the past neglect OF theee dutlcs-lauags so
ia 1873 our coui'ry thrilled wIth the joyful intel
gence that Benjamin Franklin, Minister at Paris,
had received the alliance OF France Tor ON Struggling
patriots. Thc news came AZ eHucai Jnhetufc. Inc
campaign 177 lad closed With the defeat of Brandy
wine in September ana IN October tie disaster at Ger
mantOWn a.. ~, -,
peudeilce OF the United states"
have desire 10 weaken that statement, nor 90 |
weaken H. by saying that this treaty aad tne benign
favor ~ Cf ii secured the victory our powerful
bu' the price We were to Pay Ior the aa o fr'ucc
inSe dipoiIatic agents OF the Republic urged us 10
the performance OF our treaty stpu.aions with moro
zeal than iudgment-1lways bad policy.
Our Minister at London negan negotiations Tor treaty
OF neutrality between the United States and Great
Britain and III time treaty signed aud ratified be-
tween the Two nations
elusive rights OF France IN ports $50 far party
10 contract anun ~ secured To her by the treaty
OF ami,y and commerce signed ON the same day as tao
treaty alliance py giving the British equal privileges
Of shelter cqnal rights for bringing into our ports ana
selling their prizes and JUDGED iu everything WHICH had
heretofore been enjoyed by France exclusively.
Retalaton-was az once declared. SInartlng under q
sense of wrong aud e0aded tn desperation by our bad
faith and the atrOciOus attempt 10 starVe her whole
eOpe orders issued by the French Government 10
SEIZE our merchant vessels and carry them aud their
food into French ports, and these sp0llatiODs began
TO secure national exemption iron onerCus inter
national ltes, expenditures without limit, aud COM
ncatiOns reaching iuO fdtury the government o! the
United States treated the claims OF private citlZens.
he relief secured by their bar has been enjoyed by
two generations OF Americans, and Will DO enjoyed 10y
orr latest uOstory. Aud the heirs OF the SUITE rcrs
come 10 the of the beneheares and ask them TO
nav them from their Opuence portion OF the private
nruerty nv the use which their wealth has Ia part
been secured. - -, :.
Those who represent the great Of 1900 ask that
the fundamental guarantees OF all property shan not be
forever violated Ia their case; ana that they snail NO
longer stalk through the land tesfying against this
glazing outrage, showing that the private pr rty
OF their has taken Tor tho puzzle use without
last compensation She claim i si, and We are aDie TO
pay IL.
MI VICKERs (Der., Md followed In advocacy Of the
bill, which was tbcu Laid aside informally.
At4 o'clock D. M. the Senate went Into Executive scs
sion, aud soon after adjourned