Speech of Mr Truman Smith of Conn On the French Spoliation Claims Delivered
Speech of Mr Truman Smith of Conn On the French Spoliation Claims Delivered
Truman Smith
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"The national stipulations vfill be but the ulterior consequences of the same principles. '' Doc. 102, p. 583. Thus, an admission by France of her liability to make full indemnity for the injuries done our citizens, constituted the basis on which the negotiation opened; and this liability she did not con- trovert or deny during the subsequent proceedings. Here, also, we find conclusive proof of the truth or correctness of the allegation of Mr. Madison, in his letter to our Minister to Spain, of... the 6th of February, 1804, that "the claims from which France was released, " (by the Convention of the 30th of September, 1800, ) " were admitted by France;" and much other proof of the same character could be adduced from the same correspondence. This would certainly seem to be very satisfactory progress; but our Envoys soon discovered that the anticipations of the French Ministers, that "the national claim would for the most part, be implicitly appreciated when those of individuals should be, " must be realized, or in other words, that it was quite impossible to adjust the claims of our citizens on France, without coming to some understanding in respect to the obligations of the United States, and the rights, privileges, and immunities of France under the treaties of 1778, and the Convention of 1788.
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