Thomas Jefferson actually said...

I now lay before the Senate the several treaties and conventions following, which have been entered into on the part of the United States si...

To them I communicate every fact material for their information and the documents necessary to enable them to judge for themselves.

These made it a duty to require from that Government indemnifications for our injured citizens.

The present crisis in Europe is favorable for pressing such a settlement, and not a moment should be lost in availing ourselves of it.