, 1883-09-08
The Treaty. Of Paraa

connected with our struggle for indepen'
dence sud liberty Is to-day, Septembe,
Sd, commemora,ed This is the Treaty
OF Paris. hy shich Great Britain. who had
already suspended hostilitiss, snd BY pre-
ha.inssy t;ea;y paved the way for yeI-
eral peacc, finally announced by a dr6nite
SCI, her recognition oi the United States
As one cf the powers Of the world, TO
mould her future des,i"ies for veal or
Wee, as wise statesmen OF rssh expert
menis should he permitted g. control her
affairs
oae hundred years ago to-day, Septen,-
Der ), 1888, articles "f peace, smity and
friendship we're signed in the Hotel
d'lork Paris, by John jay, Benjamin
Franklin. John Adams and Henry Lau-
rens, oa the part Of the United States,
md David Hartl.y on the part of Great
Britain. The American p!enipotentiaries
nd been chosen by bsllut as Commission
ers Of Peace The artirles of the prelim-
mary treaty wete detailed and explicit.
They embodied nine different demands.
The first, and most imperative, was mde-
pendenre: then the boundaries were 10 be
adjusted. The heat question concerned
the fisheries, and the right tn cure ash on
the shores Of Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia. Another debated question MAS
the settlenit mt IT aute-yar indebtedness,
and 1t was agreed that private debts must
b. paid on both sides. The restoration Of
long-lost property, which was eonhscated
In The several States, presented great diff
iculuy; but it was readily conceded that
no prosecution shonld take place in the
future The withdrawal of the British
troops Was, Of course. insisted upon, and
on their side the United States were will
ling that navigation On the Mississippi
must be free for all nations.
The Treaty Of Paris gave 10 the United
States ali, and more than they sought for
at first. The struggle which began by a
skirmish a; Lexington, ended with their
and the possession Of =
vas; territory, from the St. Croix River
to the southwestern Mississippi. from the
Lake Of the Woods to the ST. Mary's. |
Rumors of the signing Of the treaty reach |
ed America in July, but proved Co be
premature The first tidings of the ac-
tual siguing Of the Treaty reached Boston.
Is We learn by this paragraph:
"PHILaDELrHA, Nov. In last
night New York stage came as passen-
ger the Rev. Sir. Rogers, from that city,
which he lett On Tuesday afternoon (Oct.
'h). He brings US the very agreeable |
and important intelligence of the Defni-
tive Treaty OF Peace being signed at
Paris of September last. The account
was brought TO New York from Boston,
where 1t WAS received the 23rd ult, by |
the ship Robin Hooi, iii thirty-six days
from London
On the 18th If November the Pe,,,s,f-
rama Ga,ette informed its readers, as an
ten of foreign news:
''SErr. This day the Defnitiye
Treaty between Great Britain, France,
SPAN ai.d the United States is ,o be |
sighed at Paris. On the part OF \
:relt Britain It IS day Of humiliation
-----She confirms the independence of
lcr osn subjects, and treats with them
IS sovereign States.
And lower down adds:
''LoNpuN, SaPr. l2.-ruesIay night
David Hartley, ksa- arrived in town from
Paris with the Drlinitive Treaty Cf Peace
with America
Under the date uf May 81, l7o4. the
entry appeared in Philadel-
2aia paper:
"rhe sheriff, attended 10y the proper
Difcers, made proclamation If the Dcfni-
tive Treaty Of Peace, bctaeen America
lud Great Britain II the same time |
he Stas Flag was hpis,ed on Market
street wharf, ami IN threvening the trans
pare ~ .s:ntlIi-s, which were designed In |
celtbiaiGa OF the general peace, and were
to have been shown al. The evening of the
I'D Of JInuary last, but prevented By an
accident, hriug revived by |
and executed by 'he insen
iOus Mr. Peaie, we're exhibited, and al
f"rded grea' satisfaction 10 many thou-
sand, .: spectators.
The papers IF the day do not abound
III details, and it was !eft.fos our ,magina-
ton 10 supply the cheers that welcomed |
the first tidings of the Treaty Of Paris,
yhen the vessel from France eatercd the |
hlrbcr of Boston, aud as the news was
spread by courier and newspaper through
ont .Le States