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mutio support tho recognition of the Government of 



-. No one can bettor remind us In 



and noble, of the inappreciable 



benefits of a republican government than the repre- 



setilut I'll' which lias given to the world 



the salutary example of absolutu liberty. 



iiave f.umd.'d y.>ur wise and powerful institu- 



i.-iH independence and upon civic virtue, and, 



'niiimlitiir tlie terrililo trials sustained by you, 



1 with an unshaken firmness your 



Hi taut grand principle of liberty, from which 



..lly spring dignity, morality, and prosperity. 



>ns. masters of their own destinies, should 

 strive to follow in your footsteps. They cannot be 

 truly free unless they are devoted, fearless, moder- 

 ate ; taking for their watchword the love of labor 

 and respect for the right of all. This is the pro- 

 ne of the new-born Government of France, 

 niT from the painful crisis provoked by the 

 follies of despotism, but at the hour of its birth it 

 ive no other thought than to save the country 

 fr.im the enemy. Here, too, it meets the example of 

 your courage and your perseverance. 



You have sustained a gigantic contest, and you 

 have conquered. Strong in the justice of our cause, 

 rejecting all lust of conquest, desiring only our inde- 

 pendence and our liberty, we have firm hope of suc- 

 cess. In the accomplishment of this task we count 

 on the aid of all men of heart, and of all governments 

 interested in the triumph ol peace. The adhesion 

 of the Cabinet at Washington would alone give us 

 this confidence. The members of the government 

 beg me to communicate to you all their gratitude for 

 it, and to request you to transmit its expression to your 

 Government. 



For my part I am happy and proud that fortune 

 has permitted me to be the link of union between 

 two peoples bound together by so many glorious 

 memories, and henceforward by so many noble 

 hopes, and I thank you for having, with so great 

 kindness toward myself, expressed all which I feel 

 toward you, as well as my desire to strengthen more 

 and more the relations of affectionate esteem which 

 should unite us forever. 



Accept the assurances of the high consideration 

 with which I have the honor to be.sir, your humble 

 and obedient servant, JULES FAVRE. 



Mr. WASHBURNE, Minister of the United States. 



Mr. E. B. WasMurrus to Mr. FlsTi. 



LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, ) 

 PABIS, Sept. 9, 1870. (Received Sept. 22, 1870. j 

 SIR: At aoout 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a 

 large crowd of French people came to the legation, 

 bearing the French and American flags, repeating 

 the cries, " Vive 1' Ame"rique ! " " Vive la France 1 " 

 A delegation, composed of very respectable gentle- 

 men, waited upon me in my private room and read a 

 short address, bogging that I would transmit to my 

 Government the thanks of a greaj; number of French 

 citizens for the promptness and cordiality -with which 

 it had recognized the French Republic. I beg to 

 transmit you a copy of the address to me. and my 

 . response. E. B. WASHBURNE. 



(TmuUtlon.) 



LEGATION DES ETATS-UNIS, ) 

 PARIS, If 8 Septembre, 18704 P. M. ) 

 We come in the name of a large number of French 

 citizens, certain that wo shall be approved and fol- 

 lowed by the whole nation, to beg you to present our 

 thanks to your Government for the spontaneity with 

 which it answered to the notification of our French 

 Republic. To you. sir, reverts a large part of our 

 thanks for the gracious words which your heart dic- 

 tated in communicating to us the recognition by your 

 Government. The French people will long remem- 

 ber the excellent words of the American minister. 

 We did not expect less of this great and generous 

 nation, whose aspirations and principles have always 

 been in communion with the ideas of France. Amer- 



ica and France are sisters, sinters as republics, that 

 is to say. sisters in liberty. The ocean which sepa- 

 rates us la lew deep than the sentiments which unite 

 us. 



GIXTLKXEH : On behalf of my Government I 

 thank joufor this demonstration. I shall take pleas- 

 ure in transmitting the thanks which you have so 

 eloquently expressed for the action which the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States has taken in recogniz- 

 ing the new republic of France. In my communica- 

 tion, to which you so kindly allude, I only expressed 

 the sentiments of the President and of the people 

 of the United States. The' American people feel the 

 greatest interest in the grand movement- which bait 

 just been inaugurated in France, and will indulge in 

 the most fervent wishes for its success, and for the 

 happiness and prosperity of the French people. 

 Living themselves under a republican form of jgov- 

 ernmnt. they know how to appreciate its blessings, 

 and to-day, with warm hearts and eloquent words, 

 they felicitate their ancient ally in the accomplish- 

 ment of that peaceful and bloodless ro/olution which 

 must challenge the profound interest of all lovers of 

 liberty throughout the world. 



Mr. E. B. Wathburw to Mr. Fl7i. 



LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, I 

 PARIS, Sept. 9, 1870. (Received Sept. 22. \ 

 SIR : I have the honor to enclose you herewith the 

 proclamation of the Government of the national de- 

 fence, together with certain decrees issued yesterday, 

 and appearing in the official journal this morning. 

 You wul perceive that an election is ordered for the 

 16th proximo for members of a National Constituent 

 Assembly, to consist of one hundred and fifty dele- 

 gates. E. B. WASHBURNE. 



GREAT BRITAIN. Alabama Claims. The cor- 

 respondence on the Alabama claims, which 

 has not been noticed in the ANNUAL CYCLO- 

 PAEDIA, runs through the years 1869-'70. 



After the rejection of the Johnson-Claren- 

 don Convention, Mr. Motley was instructed to 

 say that this Government, in rejecting the re- 

 cent convention, abandons neither its own 

 claims nor those of its citizens, nor the hope 

 of an early, satisfactory, friendly settlement, 

 and to base the cause of grievance against 

 Great Britain not so much upon the issuance 

 of her recognition of the incipient state of 

 war, but upon her conduct under and subse- 

 quent to such recognition. That minister did 

 not represent to Lord Clarendon the hope of 

 an early, satisfactory, and friendly settlement. 

 He said that the President recognized the 

 right of a sovereign power to issue proclama- 

 tions of neutrality between the insurgent por- 

 tion of a nation and the lawful government, 

 when such insurrection should have gained 

 the necessary magnitude, consistency, and ex- 

 tent of organized power and probability of 

 justification be success, but that snch meas- 

 ures must always be taken with a full view of 

 the grave responsibilities assumed.* His course 

 in this respect being disapproved by the Gov- 

 ernment, negotiations were withdrawn from 

 London, and, it appearing by a subsequent dis- 

 patch that he had submitted an account of the 

 interview to Lord Clarendon for verification, he 

 was instructed to inform Lord Clarendon that 

 his course had been disapproved. 



On the 25th of September, 1869, Mr. Fish 

 instructed Mr. Motley to read a dispatch of 



