The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-01

trary MANY Southern writer's of his
tory do indeed omit and ignore the fact
and thus either purposely or otherWlse
leave their readers in ignorance, oul
never yet have found one and have
examined a great many, who disputes the
fact that each State was mentioned III
the treaties which acknowledged our IN
dependence don't know how Mr.. Doyle
fell into such an error unless it be that
when he saw the treaty at Washington
in its case only those pages of 1t were
turned up to public gaze which did not
mention each State, and the next time
he visits that city I advise him to ask
to be permitted to see the pages OIL II
which are turned down, and falling in that'
as he probably. WILL let him ask for the
printed copy Of it, and he Will very
quickly find out his error. There is an
other thing, Mr.. Editor, about those
treaties which acknowledged our 1nde-
pendence, to which desire to call par
ticular attention, and that is that besides
raining and acknowledging the independ-
ence Of each State. both Of them recos-
nized negroes as being property. For in
the seventh article of each of treaty 1t IS
provided that the British troops should
leave the country with all convenient
speed and without causing any destruc.
ticn, or carrying away any negroes Vi
other property OF the American lnnaoi-
tants."
And inasmuch as the British, when they
evacuated New York on November 20,
| l-53 did in violation of the treaty carry
away or send ahead of them some three
II tusand negroes belonging to- northern
people, for slavery existed then in the
North as we'll as in the South, and after
wards refused to pay for them. on the
.:rornd that the An ricans had refused
., for mo mr.
Which had been taken from them When
the war of 1872 was fought and treaty
Of peace was concluded at Client De-
cember "a, 1914. this clause about negro
slave s was made still moro binding. anu
it was provided in the first article OF
that treaty that there shall be restored
without delay" all public property
| which may have been taken on either
side, cor any slaves or other private
pr:perty." And this treaty was signed
on the part Of Great Britain by Lord
Gambler. Henry Gouiburn, and MIR. VIII
liam Adams. and for the United States
it was signed by John Quincy Adams,
afterwards President and who was OF
Massachusetts; Jonathan Russell who
was also of Massachusetts,: Albert Gala
tin who was of Pennsylvania; j. y.
I;a1a ard, who hailed from Delaware, but
was a. native of Pennsylvania. and
Henry Clay, who was of Kentucky.
but 81 native Of Virginia. making IN all
four northern men to one southern who
ssEcd it. And as the two former trea-
tics which recognized negroes as prop
erty had been ratified by both govern
| n,cnts both that of Great Britain and
ours, so this last treaty was ratified by
both governments These facts. like
those in regard to the acknowledgment
of the independence of the States, will
lie found in but few northern histories,
being omitted and ignored by them: in
| fact, have never seen mention Of them
| in but one northern work. but prior to
| tie war between the States southern
senator's used them in debate as an I'M
| answerable argument against the North
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