I)eeply  sensible  of  the  injurious  eifects  resulting
from  this  state  of  things  upon  the  interests  and  char-
acter of  both  nations,  I  regarded  it  as  among  my  first
duties  to  cause  one  more  effort  to  be  made  to  satisfy
France  that  a  Just  and  liberal  scttiement  of  our  daims
was  as  well  due  to  her  own  honor  ss  to  thehr  inoon-


testable  vali<&iy. The  negotiatiai  fbr  this  popw
was  commenced  with  the  late  Govenmeai  offtne^
and  was  prosecuted  with  sudi  wwyfiii,  sstslewtm
reasonaUe  ground  to  doubt  thai  a  Bcttionesft  «f  i
diaracier  quite  as  liberal  as  thai  wUch  mi  8ibK>
queotiy  made,  would  have  been  eflbded,  hal  nstte
revolution,  by  whidi  the  ncgettatkn  wm  on  o^
takenp!ao&    The  discussioni  were  resumed  iri&tb
present  GovemmeDft^  and  the  result  showed  tlakvs
were  not  wrong  in  supposing  thai  sn  ereotbyiUch
the  two  Governments  were  made  to  sppraidi  edk
other  so  mudi  nearer  in  their  political  priacipki^iDi
by  which  the  motives  for  the  moat  libenl  sadfikgd*
ly  intercourse  were  so  greatly  nmltiplied,  esdd  ex*
ercise  no  other  than  a  aJutary  influence  apoattei^
gotiation. After  the  most  ddibenie  tad  thomg^
examination  of  the  whole  Bidgoct,  a  treaty  betveai
the  two  Governments  was  oo&duded  and  ogaed  tf
Paris  on  the  4tii  of  July,  1831,  by  whidi  it  WIS  itip-
lated  thai**  the  IVench  Govecoment^  hi  order  to  lib-
erate itself  fn>m  aU  the  redaoiations  prefiBRsdifsnt
it  by  dtizens  of  the  United  Statea,  for  udavfiilieii*
urea,  captures,  sequestrations,  eonfisrstiflM,  or  de-
struction of  their  vessels,  cai^^MS,  or  other  pnpertf,
engages  to  pay  a  sum  of  twenty-five  miliioss  of  frwi
to  the  United  Sutes,  who  shaU  distribute  it  mNSg
those  entitied,  in  the  manner  and  acoorifa^  to  Ibi
rules  it  shall  determine ;"  and  It  was  also  stipuhtri
on  the  part  of  the  Frendi  GovemaMot,  tbt  tUt
twenty-five  millions  of  francs  shouki  **be  piid  it
Paris  in  six  annual  instalments  of  four  nullkn  esc
hundred  and  nxty-six  thoussod  six  hundred  isd
sixty-six  francs  and  sixty-six  centimes  each,  isto  Ike
hands  of  such  person  or  persons  as  diall  be  mUm^
iaed  by  the  Government  of  the  United  Stttestoncan
it**    The  first  instalment  to  be  paid**  si  the  eipinr

tion  of  one  year  next  following  the  ezdnnge  of  ^
ratifications  of  this  convention,  snd  tiie  otfaes  at
successive  intervals  of  a  year,  one  after  another,  tiQ
the  whole  shall  be  paid. 