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Treaty was to form part of the north-eastern boundary of the 

 United States, and it became necessary that a new Treaty should be 

 entered into, which should provide for the settling of these differ- 

 ences, and accordingly, by Article V. of the Treaty of 1794, they 

 were referred by consent to three Commissioners, one chosen by 

 each nation, and the third by election; and by their efforts a 

 conclusion was arrived at, acceptable to both nations. 



FRANCE ANI^ THE UNITED STATES, 



In 1803, all the claims that had arisen between France and the 

 United States were settled by negotiation. A Convention was 

 signed, which provided that France should pay 25,000,000 francs to 

 the United States for unlawful seizures and sequestrations. 



SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. 



In 1 81 8, in order to terminate all diiferences between Spain and 

 the United States on account of the losses sustained by American 

 citizens, it was agreed that a Board of Commissioners should be 

 appointed, to examine and decide impartially the claims in question, 

 " according to justice, equity, and the law of nations." 



GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 



In 1838, the disputes between England and America, of which 

 the principal was the question of the Maine boundary, were, after 

 many years of negotiation, amicably settled under the Joint 

 Commission of Lord Ashburton for England, and Mr. Webster for 

 America. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. 



In 1853, all outstanding claims between England and the United 

 States, which had arisen since the ^Treaty of Ghent of 18 14, were, 

 by a special Convention, referred to a Board of Commissioners. 

 An Englishman, Mr. Joshua Bates of London, was chosen Umpire 

 by agreement. In addition to the award for some thirty claims, 

 amounting in all to S6,ooo,ooo, there were other questions 

 settled by this Commission, which had long been a matter of 

 diplomatic negotiation, viz. : the Florida bonds, and the Nassau, 

 and McLeod claims, which, at one time threatened war between the 

 two countries, all of which were amicably settled. No case of 

 Arbitration has been more successful. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. 



In 1855, a trouble arose between England and the United States 

 in regard to the interpretation of a treaty for the construction of 



