ALABAMA CLAIMS. 21 



STirULATIONS EESPECTING THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. 



The Treaty begins by describing tbe differences, 

 which we are now considering, as differences " grow- 

 ing out of the acts committed by the several ve'ssels, 

 \vhich have given rise to the claims generically known 

 as the Alabama Claims;'' which are further de- 

 scribed as " all the said claims growing out of acts 

 committed by the aforesaid vessels, and generically 

 known as the Alabama Claims.^'' 



Note that the subject of difference is stated in terms 

 of absolute, although specific, universality, as all the 

 claims on the part of the United States growing out 

 of the acts of certain vessels. No exception is made 

 of any particular claims growing out of those acts. 

 And reference is not made to certain admitted claims 

 by the British Government : on the contrary, it is ex- 

 pressly declared in the Treaty that the " complaints" 

 and " claims" of the United States, without any dis- 

 crimination between them, " are not admitted by the 

 British Government." 



At the same time, the Bi'itish Commissioners, by 

 authority of the Queen, express, " in a friendly spirit, 

 the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the 

 escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama 

 and other vessels from British ports, and for the dep- 

 redations committed by those vessels." 



Whereupon, " in order to remove and adjust all 

 complaints and claims on the part of the United 

 States, and to provide for the speedy settlement of 

 such claims," the contracting parties rgree that all 



