GO THE tui:aty of wasiiingtox. 



this diiTercncc l)y siippleiueutal treaty. Only a few 

 weeks remained in wliieli to negotiate ; and the 

 parties were separated Ijy thousands of miles of 

 ocean. It was necessary, therefore, to negotiate, if at 

 all,l>y telegraph, — an operation quite as novel as had 

 been that of conducting the business of government 

 ill l'Vanc(» by means of j)ige()ns or balloons during the 

 siege of J'aris. Hut, befu'e it was ])ossible for the 

 parties to conclude a t ^Mty by telegi'a])h, the fatal 

 day arrived, greatly .o the embarrassment of the 

 British Government. 



I'IUCSKNTATIONOf AUfiUMMNTS l-Oll TUK UNITKl) HTATi:s. 



Yov the course of the United States in this exigen- 

 cy was j)lain before them: it w/is to present their 

 linal Argunu'iit t(^ the Tribunal of Arbitr/ition,in con* 

 formity with their own conception of their rights, just 

 as if ther(! were no conti'oversy on the point between 

 them and (Jreat liritain. 



The President of the United States was inunova- 

 bly fixed in the purpose not to withdraw the contro- 

 verted claims, nor to abstain from making claim be- 

 fore the Tribunal in respect to the so-called indirect 

 losses, except in consideration of a new treaty regard- 

 ing the same, satisfactory to himself and to the Senate 

 of the United States. 



In a dispatch of the Secretary of State to the i\Iin- 

 ister at London, of the 2Stli of ^lay, lo72, the induce- 

 ment and object of the United States, in persisting to 

 retain tlieso claims before the Tribunal, are summa- 

 rily stated as follows : 



