APPENDIX-B.
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APPENDIX-B.


Extract from the "Hisory Of the last session of Com
grtss, ,phich commenced the 7h day of December


1901, taken from the National Inteligencer bu Sam


uei Harrison Smith, - printed and published in 1902


page l2S 1873.


On the 5th of February 1902 memorial was
presented from sundry merchants of Baltimore
praying relief in the of numerous and heavy
losses sustained in consequence of the illegal cap
ture and condemnation Of their property under the
authority of the French government, prior to the
pronulgation of the late convention between the
United States and France, in the provisions of which
compact the memoriaists discover an unqualified
surrender of their claims, instead of the redress
which they expected to obtain. This memorial
with others of similar nature, were referred to
select committee.


On the 1lth of March, Mr.. Griswold lai 1 the fol-
lowing motion on the table,


RssoeJ That il is proper to make provision by law TO-
wards ndemni yng the merchants of the United States for
losses sustained by them from French sroliatous the
claims for which losses have been final
ratification of the convention with France, published by
proclamation of the President of the United States


On the ensuing day, motion made by Mr.. Girls
wold to take up this motion for consideration, was
lost without debate: yeas IS, nays 80.


On the 18th, the order of the day on the bill for
repeating the internal taxes having been called for
Mr.. Griswold moved ita postponement till the ne x
day. for the purpose of previously taking up the
above resolution. The motion of Mr.. Griswold
was advocated by Mr. GrisWold, OF Come cticut,
Mr.. Lowndes. of South Carolina, Mr.. John c.
Smith, of Connecticut, Mr.. Dana, of do, MIR. Bay
ard, of Delaware, and Mr.. Rutledge of South Caro-
lina and opposed by Mr. 8. Smith, Of Maryland,
Mr.. Mitchell, Of New York, Mr. Gregg, of PENN
| syvania, Mr.. Eustis, of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Bacon, Of do, in debate which continued until
the usual hour of ad ournment.


Those who advocated the motion observed that
though it was nearly two months since the select
| committee had been raised to whom petitions for
indemnity had been referred, that committee had
not yet met that it full time to attend to sub.
ject so interesting that involved in them; that as
the principle Of indemnity of general abstract
nature it was not so proper for the decision of ee
| lect committee as for that Of committee Of the
whole; that il was important before decision was
had the repeal Of the internal taxes that the ex-
tent Of the indemnities allowed by the government
| should be ascertained Il was contended that the
| claims of the merchants could not be rejected az
they were too just to be disregarded. The sole OBJ
ject of the resolution to bring the principle Of
| indemnity before the House, unfettered, that its
| decision might not be embarrassed by details; and
supposng that there might be an ndisposition to
pledge nation to an unlimited extent, the words
used were towards indemnifyng." II was, there
fore, insisted that gentlemen, who were disposed to
do anything, could feel no objection to resolution