The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
TREATIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

TIL e obstacles that iuterpose themselves in
the way of Harmonious settlement of orr
claims against England, in accordance with
the principles and regulations laid down in
the recent treaty, naturally draw our atten.
ton to the manner in which we have pre-
viously settled our difficulties with the
British Government, and to review not
only OF the various treaties that have paved
the way to such settlement, but also of the
conventions that have thus far regulated the
International trade and communication of
the two countries. - In taking this retros-
pectlve glance at our diplomatic. re Iations
with the mother country, we find that should
The present treaty be set aside it will not be
the first time that such an event has occurred
TO disturb the harmony of those relations, as
.tAe hrst treaty for the settlement of the
northeastern boundry was repudiated even
after the award had been made The entire
number OF treaties and conventions that have
been negotiated between this country and
Great Britain, from the treaty Of Paris in
1883, in which our Independence was acknowl.
-eage,to the treaty OF Washington of last year
are as follows
Provisional Articles for Treating of Peace
Paris, Nov. 30, 1882 '4.t
Definite Treaty of Peace Independence re-
cognized), Paris, Sept. 3, 1855
tion (Jay's) London, Nov. 10, 1884. a7
Additional and Explanatory Article to
ditto, Philadelphia, May f. 1906
second Explanatory Article to ditto, Lon.
don, March ID, 1898. - 30 "
Convention-Payment of Private Debts, &C.,
London, Jan. s, 1902.
Monroe and Pnckney's Treaty, London,
1906. (Rejected.)
Treaty of Peace, &C., Client, Dec. "a,
Commercial Convention, London, July 8.
1915. S-' = -
Convention Regulating Vessels OF War on
the Lakes, April. 1917.
Observation-Disclosures Boundaries, &c :.
London, Oct 90 18l8
Mediation of Emperor of Russia, st. Pc
tersbnrg, 1922 and 1895.
Observation-Disclosures Boundary. London
Aug. =, 1927.
Commercial Convention Renewed, London,
Aug. =, 1897.
Convention Settlement of Northeastern
Boundary, London, Sept. 20, 1897. "
Ash4urton Observation-Disclosures Boundard
Slave Trade, and Extradition of Criminals
Washington, Aug. 9, 1842.
Treaty for Settlement of Oregon Boundary,
Washington, June 10, 1916.
Postal Convention, London, December Is.
| 1848.
Treaty Clayton-Bulwer)-ship Canal be.
tween Atlantic and Pacific. Washington.
| April 49, 1859
Convention for Settlement Of Claims, Lon
don, Feb. 8, 1858.
Reciprocity Treaty, Fisheries, &c. Wash.
|
Treaty tor the Suppression of the African
Slave Trade, Washington, April Z, 1862. -
Treaty Tor Settlement of Claims of the
Hudson Bay Company ,s&c., Washington, July
], 1868. a'
Postal Conventions, London and Wash
ington, June IL. 1867, july IS, 1858, Nov z,
! 1868, and Dec. IA, 1869 ,t4
| Johnson-Clarendon Treaty-Settleme Of
San Juan Difficulty, London, Jan. IA, 1869.
l(Rsjected)
| Johnson-Clarendon Treaty, Alabama Claims,
London, Jan. IA, 1870. (Rejected.)
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Naturalized Citizens,
London, Sept. 10, 1870.
| The most important of these treaties are
| naturally those which terminated the war
/ of independence and the second war with
Great Britain Nearly all the others have
| reference to commercial relations, the fish
cries, or to the defining of the boundary line
between the Territories of the two countries.
Threesof the treaties,it will be observed, have
been rejected by this country-these being
Monroe and Pinckney's of 1906, and the two
treaties for the settlement of the Alabama
claims, and the San Juan difficulty, negotia-
oed by Mr.. Reverdy Johnson and Lord
Clarendon, in 1869.