The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-24
THE TREATY.
OUR SURRENDER TO ENGLAND.
COMMENTS OF THE AMERICAN
PRESS.
From the New York Express.1

If the administration never meant any
thing by Bancroft Davis claim for conse-
quentiai damages, and never expected one
penny from this claim, Is It, after all, so
much Of a backing out 10 say sol The
whole thing lie not only blemisb, but
blotch, and this is the great objection to
the treaty. Every step taken, from the
| original misunderstanding, has been from
bad to worse. 1t is almost impossible to
realize how treaty could have been signed
at Washington, with any clause in IL, or
in accepted correspondence leading to II,
with such bone of possible or probable
contention in its very center. The high
commissioners and the senate may we'll
take blame TO themselves. If 1t can be
put in decent shape and recommended
we shall heartily rejoice. We have no
such hostility to General Grant and his
administration as to desire for one mo.
ment to see "A treaty rejected, because the
the effect will DO to injure the administra-
ton or the dominant party. The country
before party, and peace and good will be-
fore international strife, whatever the ad-
vantage TO party. Let the treaty not
stand or fall on party grounds, nor be de-
feated by II pretense rs to claims, nor by
any sort o. jugglery.
MORE THAN CAN BE HoNoRABLY GRANTED.
from the Boston Advertiserl
The language Of tho treaty is capable Of
q construction that we recede from posi-
ton in which, as Mr.. Fish has shown, we
were quite within our right. This we have
not done, and this we ought not to do. 1t
is more than England ought to ask, and it
is more than we can honorably grant. We
regret also that the principle is not put in
form, like the three rules Of the Treaty,
and submitted jointly by the governments
with retrospective effect. As the treaty
reads, we promise to do something; En-.
gland makes no promise whatever. A
treaty between two friendly nations should
show consideration given by one govern
ment for what is promised by the other. In
this treaty there is note without "valus
received" The sentence is capable Of be-
ing put in much more acceptable shape,
and it should be renOdeled before our gov
eminent accedes to 1t.
AT ALL EVENTS SAVE THE TREATY.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.l
We are asked to withdraw claim that
was never just, wiso nor generous, and
that never was in harmony with the
treaty. Briefly, we are asked to do that
which it is right to do, and We owe it to
our honor as nation to do 1t. This is
not the time for the censure of men, nor
the sticking to point too nicely. The
graver question, whether or not the treaty
shall be saved, is before the senate. If
the president were wrong in permitting
the claims for indirect damages to 60 into
our case" he is right now in asking that
they shall be withdrawn, and every in
stinct Of probity, and every material in
terest Of the county demand that the sen-
ate shall sink all less important issues and
help him to correct his egregious mistake.
LET OUR HONOR BE PREsERvED.
tFrom the Boston Post.I
The honor of the country is the rst
thought in the mind of every American
citizen. Whatever is lost, let that be sa-
credly preserved. Next to that comes the
substantial considerations Of commerce
and trade, of a money market mistaken
BY scheming rumors and of international
relations growing continually frmer ant
closer. The indirect claims are nothing
more than q sentiment at best and 1
need not take long to decide whether it i
wise, statesmanlike, practical and humane
to adhere to them at the cost of the treaty
NO BACKDowN.
from the Philadelphia Press.
There has been no backdown, fo
Secretary Fish admitted, substantially, il
the early part Of the correspondence, tina
the Washington government did not ex
pect large money indemnity, but only
settlement Of the question and the es
Enlistment of a rule which should guild
. both nations in such cases hereafter.