ALABAMA CLAIMS. ; 21 
STIPULATIONS RESPECTING THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. 
The Treaty begins by describing the differences, 
which we are now considering, as differences “ grow- 
ing out of the acts committed by the several vessels, 
which 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 a// 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 British 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 agree that all 
