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Title: Report of Henry Clay’s speech on the Webster-Ashburton Treaty by
Unknown Author
Date: 1842
Location: I-SpahrB-1950-2
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After Mr.
Bucha~Pn
Mr. Clay,
l
had closed -
¢. t¢-r/T
of Ky, !!!C'.de
13ome general remarks on the
/
present condition of our relations with Great
l~~...
Er~.in
-
chiefly
lel:ti~ the P.rrest of Mc:Leocl)
the question of the N. E. bounde.~ question of the Caroline~
&
the question of the ~fft¢¢p cearches of Americ~n ves~els by
British cruisers on the aoest of Africa.
Accompc:mied with an e!'l"phatic declaration thC~t this ,.,ir·ht of
not
search conlc .,t¢~¢f ltfi¢ 1¢ tt¢"',6.r/t¢~¢.fl.¢¢¢ be suh:r.i tt ed to'lr. 0, from the whole vie\" of our· foreign relations, drev: t11e
followin~
inferences: -
let that no necessity existed for a snecial ~.<
of any Jrind
to Engd: 2. That he he.d not yet
he see that the r e wes
Thirdly - that be
of the Eritish Govt that
~ny
~ou&try
even begun to think of war -
present
b~Jieved
pro~pect
nor did
of it,
in the sincerity of the profeso5onc
to maintain peace -
1111!11!111!/ll/llll/1
to either
f.
t'ft¢fl.tfi~/ I I I 1/ I I I I I
Ill
nothing but the greetest evil cnuld reRult
from A
ar;
& that he believed peace
mi~ht
be
maintained unlesf'ja war vere forced upon us from col ater&l
c ircctances & ever:.t~o~rP,., which nei the:r: government h?d cont:roul.
And final y, that the defence of the count"'":', & most es~ec ie.lly
,c s a solemn dutv which
its maritime defence, ou~ht to be imwedietely & enerreticallv
,.
unde,.,tP..ken by the
preppred for any
Gr:nr~
...J
_;
..
- of the U•• , thPt the country mi_c;ht be
"~rt~ngenay.
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the British Govt.
the two
coincide~
Govern~ent8
in this -
& at the present moment
had agreed on_all the esRenti?.l Doints
o~
of a nee;otiP.tion which r.1ust inevj_tably end the ¢¢f.tt¢i~tit
question;
· 1'at{le:r;
it was now
detAil~
.a~,
in~
than.princi;ple.
on
uni1~ortant
DointB invo
And a settlement cd. not be
long ceferred if, as he belteved, the B=iti8h Govt. was oinocre
in its professions of peace.
Undei· these circumst8nc.q: t'f!r/'$f/
it wa.s
believed the.t the corTe8pondenr::e ought not to be
¢¢..Pt.
published.