Argument of Sam C Reid Jr Before the Court of Claims in the Case of Private a
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Clay — in the presence of the American fleet, then lying in the Tagus, having obeyed the will of the Executive, and refused to accept the bonus offered by Portugal to refer this claim to arbitration — had left the country. All diplo- matic intercourse was suspended. The case was preparing to be sub- mitted to Congress. The claimants were daily expecting that their claim would be paid finally by Portugal, or that Congress would 15 order reprisals. General Taylor died, refusing, to the last momen...t of his life, to submit this claim to arbitration. On the accession of the new administration, Mr. Clayton, on leaving the Department of State, informed his successor of the position of our foreign relations and explained to him the attidude of our government towards Portu- gal, and that the papers were preparing to be submitted to Congress. Mr. Clayton's testimony to the sequel of this transaction is as fol- lows : — (See report of this case, p. 48 and 49. ) " Well, sir, at this crisis, when all the other claims were about to be paid — and I verily believe this was also about to be paid — the President died.
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