The record-union., 1898-10-09
TREATIES OF THE PAST,
One With Spain and Another With
Great Britain

l AS~S DAAedAAs
In view of our coming treaty with
Spain 1t is interesting just at this time
to glance backward through the pages
Oh history and take a peep at two
other treaties which have played i'm
portant parts in the destiny of our re-
public. One was with Spain, and bears
the date of October a, 1920, ceding to
the United States the vast territory
then known as Florida. The other
was with Great Britain, following the
treaty Of Paris of September 3, 1888,
and sets forth the terms of peace be-
tween the mother country and the Uni
ted States. This document is dated
April 8, 1874.
The originals of these treaties are on
file at the State Department in Wash
ington. The first is entitled "A Treaty
Of Amity, Settlement and Limits Be
tween the United States of America
and His Catholic Majesty" The intro
duction is as follows:
THE United States of America and
his Catholic majesty, desiring to con-
solidate on permanent basis the
friendship and good correspondence
which happily prevail between the two
parties have determined to settle and
terminate all their differences and pre-
tensions by treaty which shall desig-
nate with precision the limits of Their
respective bordering territories in North
America. With this intention the Pres
iGent of the United States has fur
nished with their full powers John
Quincy Adams, Secretary of State OF
the said United States,' and his Catholic
majesty has appointed the most ex-
cellent Lord DR.. Luis, ETC.; Onir Coma
leZ, Lopez y Vara, Lord of the town of
Rayaces, Perpetual Regidor of the cor
pOration of the city of Salamanca,
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
American order of Isabella the Catholic,
decorated with the Lys of LIE Vandee,
Knight Pensioner of the Royal and
Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles
the Third, Member Of Supreme Assem-
bly, of the said royal order; Of the
Council of His Catholic Majesty, his
Secretary with Exercise of DEGREES, and
his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary near the United States
of America
Then follow the various articles. The
first declares "a firm and inviolable
peace and sincere friendship between
the two nations" The boundaries of
the territory ceded to the United
States are fixed, and Article II says:
THE United States agrees to satisfy
the above renounced claims to the 'ex-
tent of 5000, coo: to determine which
three Commissioners are to be ap-
pointed by the President to complete
their work within three years, deciding
upon the validity and amount of the
claims Proofs to be furnished by the
Spanish Government. Allowed claims
| to be paid at once either by cash from
the treasury of the United States or by
the creation of stock bearing an inter
est of u per cent. per annum, payable
from the proceeds of the sale of public
lands, or in some other manner to be
prescribed by Congress. The vouchers,
etc, to be deposited in the Department
of State of the United States, copies to
be furnished the Spanish Government
Oh request"
The definite treaty with Great Brit
ain starts off in this way, after brief
Introduction: 1T having pleased the
Divine Providence to dispose the hearts
of the most serene and most potent
Prince George the III and of the Uni
ted States of America to forget all past
misunderstanding and differences that
have unhappily interrupted the good
correspondence and friendship which
they mutually wish to restore and to
establish such a beneficial and salts
factory intercourse between the two
countries upon the ground of reciprocal
advantage and mutual convenience as
may promote and secure to both per-
petual peace and harmony, and having
for this desirable end already laid the
foundation of peace and reconciliation
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Paris on the Both day of November.
1IS2, by the Commissioners empowered
on each part, which articles were
agreed to be inserted in and to consti-
tute the treaty of peace proposed to be
concluded between the crown of Great
Britain and the said United States, but
which treaty was not to be concluded
until terms of peace should be agreed
upon between Great Britain and
France, and his Britannia majesty
should bel ready to conclude such treaty
accordingly: and the treaty between
Great Britain and France having since
been concluded his Britannia majesty
and the United States of America. in
order to carry into effect the provisional
articles above mentioned according to
the tenor thereof, have constituted and
appointed, that is to say. his Britannia
majesty on his part, David Hartley.
Esq, member of the Parliament of
Great Britain, and the said United
States on their part, John Quincy
Adams, Esq. late Commissioner of
the United States of America at the
Court of Versailles, late delegate in Con-
gress from the State of Massachusetts,
and Chief Justice of the said State and
| Minister Plenipotentiary of the said
| United States to their high mightiness
the States General of the United Meth
erlands; Benjamin Franklin. Esq. late
delegate in Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania. President of the conven-
ton of said State and Minister Pleni~
| potentiary from the United States of
John Jay, Esq, late President of Con-
gress and Chief Justice of the State
OF New York and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from the said United States at
the Court of Madrid, to be plenipoten-
tiaries for the concluding and signing
the present definitive treaty, who after
having reciprocally communicated their
respective full Powers have agreed up
on and confirmed the following arti-
cles. New York Herald.
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