The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-27
The Ratification of the Supplement.
tai Article.

The Ratification of the Supplement.
tai Article.
New York, May 26.-The Times saw
that the vote in the Senate, in favor o
negotiation ior the supplemental treaty
article, brings q feeling Of intense relief
The verbal amendments cannot be OBJ
jected to by England, and final settle
ment may be considered certain. The
Senate has earned the gratitude of the
mercantile community, and the majority
OF the Senators have acted in sympathy
with the great mass ot the people, who
wished the treaty to succeed.
The Herald pronounces the Senate &C.
tion national humiliation, and questions
whether the people will accept the
amended treaty as a final settlement Of
the account with England. A treaty
secured by the humiliation Of parties
can never be productive Of good, and this
one has been maintained by wringing
from Americans disgraceiul conces.
sion, results brought about by a corrupt
lobby pressure. The settlement is be-.
tween two administrations, not between
two nations. England may, however,
reject the amended article, for our surren.
der must be unconditional, and the matter
is not altogether disposed Of.
Aspecial from Washington to the Times,
in relation to the additional article to the
Treaty, says: 1.-THE article agreed to by
tho Senate is the substitute as amended
and reported by the Committee on For.
eign Relations. One Of the principal
amendments is the change OF the language
covering the agreement with reference 10
the indirect claims Tor the future, 50 as TO
include all indirect and incidental claims
in the rule as proposed by Great Britain.
The words such claims were used.. A
strict Interpretation would have confined
the agreement Of parties to such indirect
claims only as to include the subject of
the present controversy. Therefore 1t is
provided that the rule shall cover in broad
terms that no indirect additional article 10
the Treaty OF Washington was governed
by strong desire, In which the President
shared, to remove the differences which
the prosecution Of arbitration
under the Treaty, which year ago the
same Senate so emphatically ratified, and
which was designed to settle in an AMIGA.
bic manner all causes OF difference be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain. 1t is known from official
and private advices that Great Bri-
tain was determined to withdraw
from arbitration should the United States
persist in the presentation Of the claims
for indirect damages; and it is further
known that the United States was, under
these circumstances, disposed to throw
the responsibility OF the threatened fail.
ure OF the treaty on Great Britain, our
Government insisting 1t had the right TO
present these claims with others before
the tribunal, in order that the principles
involved might be settled, though not cx.
pecting to receive mopied consideration.
Great Britain, with It's view Of the case,
was disposed TO throw the responsibility
Of the failure ol arbitration on the United
States. The vote taken last night in the
Senate is regarded as the expression of
the views OF a large majority Of the Sen.
ate against the claims for indirect dam.
ages In view Of the like admission on
the part Of Great Britain against the
United States in future contingency and
under circumstances similar to those on
which the Objectionable claims originated,
the President, as thus advised, has already,
by the Secretary Of State, taken measures
through the Atlantic Cable to procure
the assent of the British government
to the article as amended by the Senate,
with view to putting the treaty in the
form OF declaration against Indirect
damages; which the United States have
now abandoned, and which Great Britain
asserts she never claimed for herself as
against other powers. During the con
sultation Of the subject in executive ses.
sion, it was thought, at times, that the
article would fail Of receiving the requis.
lie votes (two.thirds) owing to the con.
trairity Of views presented. Not less
than six amendments were offered 10
effect the desired end. Conflicting re.
ports prevail as TO tho vote advising and
consenting to the Presidents negotiat.
ing treaty on the proposed basis; but
forty against nine seemed to be a reliable
statement Anumber OF Senators, though
present, were not acting. The article,
as endorsed, is changed in phraseology
from the original draft presented,
and the principal sought to be
established by the two governments with
regard to consequential damages. The
precise language OF the article will not be
officially made known until 1t shall have
been ratified aud 1t is certain that II
double the injunction of secrecy purposed
on the Senators shall be respected by all
OF them, 1t cannot be known through that
source. Although many Senators, last
night, declined to give any hint, and even
refused to converse on tho subject, the
result OF the action of the Senate was
known by those whose business 1t was to
seek for information within half an hour
alter that body had terminated their nine
hours continuous session with doors closed
and guarded, and other precautions taken
to prevent unauthorized disclosures. II
Is believcd;that Great Britain will assen,
to the modification OF the article as she
with the United States, is anxious for the
tribunal of arbitration 10 proceed
without further hindrance. According to
report, the debate on the subject before
the Seuate was earnest throughout, ma
lority Of those who participated In 1t be
ing influenced by desire to remove tht
distractions in a way which would pre-
serve the national dignity, while few
others were infexible In their opposition
as If assent to the waving Of the claim
for indirect damages would be lowering
the American flag TO the dust and allow
ing the British to walk over 1t. The sub
ject will next come before the Senate OF
the ratification Of the article. The Senatl
having concluded the interrogation of IL
members regarding the case in preventing
their copies Of the secret correspondence
and proposed article from reaching out
side parties. It may now prosecute tn