The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-06
How Two Wars Have Been Terminated
and How Other Conflicts Have
Been Prevented.
Substance Of the Various Treaties and Con.
ventions, with the Negotiators and
Places and Dates Of Settlement.
Regulations with Regard to Pecuniary War
Claims. Boundaries, Commerce and Naviga-
ton, Fisheries. Reciprocal Relations, Pos
tai Communication, Naturalization, &c.
THE TRIUMPHS OF THE PEACENAKERS.

HE IhlUnfHN UF The PEACEuhkEkNs
The obstacles that interposc themselves In the
way OF q harmonious settlement OF CLAIMS
against England In accordance with the principles
and regulations laid down in the recent treaty.,
naturally draw our attention to the manner I'M
Which we have previously settled our dlfllcultie3
with the BRUSH government, and to q review not
only Of the various treaties that have paved the{
way to such settlements, but also Of the conven-3
lions that have thus far regulated the international
trade and communication OF the two cOuntries1
In taking this retrospective glance at our dplo1
matte relations with the mother country we fin0
that, should the present treaty unfortunately be-
set aside, II wall not be the first time that sucH
an event has occurred to disturb the harmony OF
those relations the first treaty for the Settle
ment OF the northeastern boundary repud-
ated after the award had been made. Tho
entire number OF treaties and conventions that
have been negotiated between this country and
Great Britain. from the Treaty OF Paris, in 1885, In
which our independence was acknowledged, "a
the Treaty OF washington OF last year, az fol-
lows
Provisional Articles for Treating Of Peace, PARIS,
Definite Treaty OF Peace independence recog'
nlzed), Paris, september 3, 1888.
Treaty Of Amlty, Commerce and Navigation
| pays), London November 10, 1894.
Additional and Explanatory Article to ditto, Phil
Second Explanatory Article to ditto, London.
Conventlon-Payment OF Private Debts, &c. Lon.
don, January 8. 1902
Monroe and Plnckney's Treaty, London, 1906 IRE
jected.)
Treaty Of Peace. &C., Ghent December "a, 1914
commercial Convention, London, July 3. 1915.
Convention Regulating Vessels OF War on the
Lakes, April, 1917.
Convention FISHERIES, boundaries, &C., London.
October 20, 1915.
Mediation Of Emperor of Russia. St. Petersburg,
Convention Northwest Boundary London, Au.
gust q, 1927.
Commercial Convention Renewed, London, Au-.
observation-disclosures Of Northeastern BOun-
dary, London. September 20, 1927.
AshUurtOn lreaty-NOrLheastern Boundary, Slave
Trade and Extradition OF Criminals, Washington,
August 0, 1912.
Postal Convention, London, December Is. ls4s.
Treaty Clayton Bulwer)-Ship Canal between At
Convention Tor sstsiement OF Claims. London.
Reciprocity Treaty, Fisheries, &C., Washington.
Treaty for the Suppression OF the African slave
Trade, Washington, April ], 1862.
| Treaty for settlement OF Claims of the Hudson
| Bay Company, &c, Washington, July l, 1863.
Postal Conventions, London and Washington,
June 49, 1867. July 49, 1858. November T. 1868, anu
| Johnson Clarendon Treaty-settement OF san
| Juan Difficulty, London, January ID, 1862 IRE
Johnson Clarendon Treaty-Alabama Claims,
London, January u, 1859. lReleciedl
don, September TO- 1870.
The most important OF these treaties are natur.
ally those which terminated The war OF independ.
ence and the second war with Great Britain. Nearly
all the Others have reference 10 commercial rela-
tons, the fisheries or TO the defining OF the boun-
Diary line between the Territories OF the two coun
tries. Three Of the treaties, 1t Will be observed.
have been rejected by this country-these being
Monroe ana PinckneY's OF 1906, and the treaties
n ~ ha
san Juan difficulty negotiated by Mr.. Rcverdy
Johnson and Lord Clarendon, In 1869.
TREATY OF PEACE-17S3.
The disaster which attended the British the
surrender OF Lord CORVALLIS at yorktown, In Octo-
Der, $751; led the then government to abandon the
further prosecution OF the and early 1882 Par
lament accordingly resolving peace, Richard
Oswald was sent to France TO confer with
Count vergennes on the subject. Little. how
ever, was done until July. when Parliament,
on the 25th, passed bill by which King George
the Third was enabled to acknowledge independ.
ence; and thereupOn Mr. Oswald was commis-
stoned with full powers to negotiate the prelimi.
naries OF treaty with tho United States For that
purpose there met hun at Paris John Adams, John
Jay and benjamin Franklin, who at that time
Ministers at different courts in Europe, and who
afterwards joined by Henry Laurens where
two days after the arrival OF the latter the negoa-
tons were brought to q successful termination, and
preliminary or provisional articles were concluded
and signed on November 80, 1882. Five commits
sioners were appel nted by the United States to ne
goate this preliminary treaty. selected from differ
ent sections of Union, but the fifth Thomas JEFF
ferson, did not serve.
These provisional articles, according 10 the pre-
ambe, were .'tO be inserted In and 10 constitute
the Treaty Peace proposed to be concluded between
the Crown OF Great Britain and the United States;r
| hut rta tran was RI no a0 mt tern
OF peace should be agreed upon between Great
Britain aud France ana until His Britannia Majesty
should be ready conclude such treaty. The arti-
cles were nine In NUMBER and as foliows:-
Pristine acknowledgment OF the British mon.
arch that the United states are To De ree sovereign
and independPnt.'
SeC0nd-1he boundary OF the territory OF the said
United states ~ defined.
Yhrd-Tne unnolested enjoyment is secured to
ne people Oh ,ne onseu states OF ,he r,gn. ~ n9
| ST. Lawrence ana other places, aud To American
fishermen OF the liberty TO dry and cure sn on un.
| settled lands Ia Nova Scotia Labrador, &C.; Dut
wnen the same shall become settled only upon OBJ
tanning the permission OF the proprletors VI the
| lands.
| Fouah-All bona ads debts to be recoverable by
| the creditors on either side.
| Fi1h-Congress TO recommend TO the states the
restitution OF conhscated estates.
Sirh-No further conhscatlons or prosecutions 10
! take place. $4,000.
| be Withdrawn with all convenient speed and under
certain stipuatons as 10 the liberation OF PRISONERS
the carrying on or negroes and other property, DC
Etghl-fne navigation OF the Mississippi to 90
Wfnh~Aii conquests made oy either party before
| stored.
| Az the same time a separate article was also
aiss,1ed states aud West Florida, "in case Great
Britain at the OF the present war shall recover
ssc pe article tne boundary line would nave COM
menced at the Mississippi at the mouth OF the Yazoo,