MISCKLLANKUUS CLAIMS. iJSO 



in conformity witli the Treaty, liaving before tlieni as 

 Airent for tlie United States, Mr. llobert S. Hale; as 

 Agent for Great Britain, ]Mr. Henry Howard; with 

 jMr. James ^l. Carlisle as Counsel, and ]\lr. Thomas C. 

 Cox, Secretary to the Connuisslon. 



The Commission will undoubtedly complete its du- 

 ties within the time pi escribed by the Treaty. 



rUIVATK CLAIMS ON GOVKUNMKNTS. 



The intimate relation, Avhicli exists between the 

 dlflerent States of Christendom at the ])resent time, 

 lias resulted in the necessity of providing special 

 means for adjudicating the private claims of the citi- 

 zens or subjects of one (iovernment against another. 

 It is one of the incidents of the gradual tendency of 

 modern nations to substitute reason for force, and ar- 

 bitration for war. 



The subject has not yet obtained from publicists 

 and Icfdslators the attention which, by reason of its 

 o-reat practical importance, and its intrinsic interest 

 as an element -of civilization, it deserves. It may 

 ■well receive consideration here, both in itself and in 

 its relation to other congenial stipulations of the 

 Treaty of Washington. 



All the Powers of Christian Europe and America 

 are of accord, and stipulate in their treaties of amity 

 and commerce, to permit to one another's subjects 

 free ingress, residence, sojourn, and trallic in their 

 respective- territories, on the same footing with the 

 inhabitants thereof, and with subjection to the lavrs 

 of the laud, more or less complete, according to local 



