Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-28

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III "iauStOiio 'pCCIh.
Mr. Gladstone, in reply s1lo Our
/ object Is not 10 make It difficult but easy Tor
/ the Government OF tie United States TO meet
US an q 1t Is obviously our duty TO state the
/ case TO the Government Oi the u uItei States,
4 and especially y state lt % the people oil
/ this country IN tie mudCst terms which Will
suffice to convey 10 and assure the minds OF
/ the nation that We DO NOT UI1crvalue its
momontOus importance Az no time ba4
we sccedcd 10 AN instrument i'm which these
i vast claims could he WaErtLtl"lv produced
/ against Us The right honorable gentleman
/ has spoken oil their y'-tness, anu has s'l-
I that they approximate Is tho tribute which,
after a slngulnary war, victorious army
exact from "a yauUu,shcd country Ii Dis per
| tectly true that tine American cas-. does not
state any figures of the Indirect losses. bias *
supplies data from which figures may he com
I puted by no elaborate process. VIII nor
/ enter into these data now. aut as .ar as amy
/ Judgment can BE formed upon yheu. and after
\ comparing them with oflc..I estimates wa.cA
/ tad been made by the highest american
IauthJritcs of the cost vi t.c sse.--i. q war, the
! statement of the right a.uo.. F. gentleman.
! bold as il Was with rcslD., - t.e possible
amou ut OF those claims fir indirect l.--a-
was, in nv opinion. wItusn. arI vrry o. u-
siderablv within. their ozts.l-e lmlt. Ill.,
thought the goycrUpcut WAS I.-.. II 4 .u la S-
lng the - large and even ,zuaurd nary
cJucess Ions 80 Iu the Treaty VI Washington.
The peculiar Circumstances. y. ,a-o. which
the claim arose, tae length 81 l..ae t.at had
clapsed. tine en- rmsu- interests involved On
the settlement OF she .utr....-.. lat. aIlyt
all. the feeling of tu. rc.r..e .ot Ea-.llI 3D..
ward the people 9l Amsr.e4 ull.u e.--.I.l~
that il was our duty ID d...i I.t.-4..v lu this
matter for though uellctc VIE IS tac utrare
and q spo.ltI.n I'D tins nation t. .. Governed
hv insrIre ina IFS ue-alI.r..r- 1850. ,s..r
country. vet d. taerc BE one .-.aat-e ia -.e
word 10 which. %! 3D. ut-,.-s.-. t.l- country
willing o. give more. au4 i 300 Which f
is DISPOSED q exact less. th.- r.-.trv Is t.e
United State. y America.
10 reply % the question ma E. Wllt t.ac
he became acquainted WITH CHE American
case. Mr.. Gladstone stated t1t- ae lt4 hal
the book I'D has possession ar.E 4 i3fJui- r.
and some OF his colleague only 81 week
To DisrIciI' 3 complaint t.A- ENG q I.cI
speech was amhi EuYu-. }lr. Gladstone -li1 u
We have advised tIe Queen la lcr speech
10 state that f. IN the ca-a -l -a5m.tet o-
b ehalf OF the VA ltei States large CLAIMS hNF-
been included winch ure uuacs--.rt pa my
part n05 . be Wit. In tle province Il. 81 Hl-
tration. And that IS n1- only oar nader
standing, but believe n is tl uulcr- and
/ ing OF every rational mind Nl. at- Thought
on the subject. | Will not cut.r iut9 -la ~
guments upon shat subject. Ne t4us rhat
there are articles in she treaty wa.-. afford
great force III favor of that INTERPRETATION tut
which we claim a more direct uu paramount.
authority We don't admit CHAD the Ian
guage OF the first article. even Is il were
taken BY itself, would b.ar the construct. u
which Il has been enLea7ored -oatt1cl - il
/ We contest that point, ot course rescryins
it to ourselves to tall back upon tlls appeal.
man must be insane, a nation must be IN
sane, to suppose that We should ai"li. inn
possible claims Of this character in e peace
tul arbitration which, noe even in the last cx-
tremity OF war, not even IN the lowest depths
Of misfortune, people with spark IF spirit,
with a hundredtn part OF the traditions and