Show I Americas America's Peace Delegation 3 0 a r t s t r rt t fl r qt i iS 1 S X t t v w 43 y b bt t tr Y 0 q qi i b 1 5 S1 r. r ti ry Y 4 1 e 1 a I 1 Sd E l 7 14 t. t sAmerica's Americas America's representatives at t peace conference at close of revolutionary war From left to right they are John JohnJay JohnJay JohnJay Jay who was chief justice of the United States supreme court John Adams who later became President of tho United States Stats Benjamin Franklin then Americ n erit minister to France William Franklin his grandson and Ild private private vate ate secretary and Henry Laurens who was president o 0 f tho the continental congress in 1777 HE list lot of peace conferences with THE JL foreign nations exclusive of ot Indian tribes to which tho the United States aa OS aaa a n. belligerent was wai a a n I party reduces strictly to the following Tho The Peace Pence of ot Paris after Revolution tho the Peace of ot Ghent with Great Britain after the War of ot 1812 1512 the Peace of ot Guadalupe Hidalgo o with Mexico IS 1318 1393 U and the Penco of ot Paris after tho the war ar with Spain Of or some BOrnO pertinence however howe are aro iro the peace treaties forced on us by the Barbary Barbary Bar Bar- bary pirates 97 1796 and by us on them twenty years later and the peace pence convention with Franco Prance made In 1800 1500 Technically In the tatter ratter case wo had hadnot hadnot not been at war even e though our frigate fri fri- J gate ate te Constellation had captured the French frigate and had de destroyed do- do another La Vengeance And It seems worth while to review the circumstances of ot tho the Geneva Gene Arbitration Arbitration Arbi Arbi- with Great Britain Our Independence e Recognised d dOur Our peace with Great Britain after tho Revolution Resolution was concluded b by commissioners com com- missioners of ot Congress Conc under tho the articles articles articles arti arti- cles of ot confederation and of course courso before bo- bo fore foro an nn American President of constitution tullon existed Washington was sim elm simply simply ply commander In chief The he provisional provision pro al nl treaty was as signed at nt 1 November Novem- Novem ber er 30 1 1782 tho the definitive treat treaty September Sep Sep- 3 1753 General Washington having laving declared cessation o of hostilities In n January Tho The American commissioners In the first conference Were wore John Adams Franklin Ja Jay and Henry Henn Laurens In Inthe inthe the he second the tho same without Laurens Richard rd Osgood ne negotiated for tor tho the Icing Ing in tho ho first conference D David ld Hartley M M. 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In tho the second Tho The four lour main questions In both wets were the boundaries boundaries boun boun- daries darlee of ot tho the United States fishing rights of ot Newfoundland the payment of debts of American citizens to British loyalists Tories whose whoRe property properly had be been n confiscated by the colonists during the war America Obtained ln d dI I The two former questions had to be beI further adjusted later Inter on alth although ugh presumably pro pro- I conclusive 6 agreements era then arrived cd at at the United States getting getting get get- et ting tho the territory between the Alle- Alle hanles and the and getting gotting got got- ting the tho right to fish off oft the Newfoundland Newfoundland New Now coast but not to dry do the catches on those shores There was to tobe tobo tobo bo be no lawful Impediment to the recovery recoVery recovery ery of debts either cither wa way and American legislation was as to b ba bee 3 recommended making the loyalists immune from confiscations con con- or prosecutions On tho the day of the tho signing of ot tho the definite nite nito treat treaty the Treaty of ot Versailles was also alao concluded The ability of ot this American peace commission was recognized recognized rec rec- o by all Franklin our representative at Paris had won for the struggling colonies colonies colonies col col- I onies tho the Invaluable friendship and aid of the tho French government Io John JohnI i I Adams was to bo be president Jay to bo boI chief justice of ot the United States su su- su I premo court Laurens Laurena was wai a former president of the council of safety of at South Carolina and of the continental congress and ho had been sent to Holland Holland Hol Hol- land to negotiate a commercial treaty treat during tho the war but railing railing- Into tho the hands of tho the British had b been en Imprisoned imprisoned In tho the Tower of ot London for fifteen fifteen teen months I The I Pence Peace of or Ghent Tho The of Ghent was concluded ed December 21 24 1814 1819 The United States commission appointed by President Madison who was lS a n Dom Dom- John Quincy Adams then our minister to James A A. Bayard former United Unit Unit- ed od States senator Henry Henn Clay speaker speak speak- ak cr er r of ot tho the House Albert Gallatin who had boon been secretary of tho the treasury from 1801 to 1813 and Jonthan Hus ell our minister to Norway and Sweden John Quincy Adams Adame was wae a n former federalist t and from Massachusetts n strong federalist state elAte That Is ho had boen been originally In opposition to Madison Mad Iad loon ison In politics Later ter ho had come into accord with Madison's govern govern- ment nay Bayard rd was a another former federalist fed ted but ho he was tho man who ho had brought I about Jeffersons Jefferson's victory over or Aaron Burr Durr when that presidential election was thrown in Into the tho House of Representatives CIa Clay was a a. conspicuous and so 80 was G Gallatin a. a 11 n. n the tho eminent financier Russell was a a. second Massachusetts commissioner of ot Ten years I later Inter he was elected to Congress as a. a Democrat Democrat In the present day party sense sens The Tho British commissioners were Lord Gambler Henry Goulburn and William Adams Adams' v The Tho Mexican S Settlement m nt The peace with Mexico concluded Inthe in inthe inthe the treaty of ot Guadalupe Hidalgo was wasa a a. curious specimen of or such lions The lone hand American commissioner commissioner com com- com commissioner missioner was Nicholas Philip Trist chief clerk of the state to department under under under un un- der President Polk and like Polk a thorough going Democrat an M Democrats aro are today There was waa nothing very cry intricate cato cate to negotiate with Mexico We e had gone sone to war to establish the boundary at nt the Rio Grande as os against the Mexican Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican contention for the The Tho peace that was made not only satisfied our government gO as to that po position position position po- po of ot the boundary but also fixed d tho the remainder of at It giving us New ev Mexico and what was then called Upper Upper Upper Up Up- per California Triste Job was to tomake tomake tomake make stipulations and conclude a n. treat treaty yielding to them |