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wei * ^ f ^^ lSW ^ Jtt disptrto seldom retailr long their 0 Ticrina ? features ; and other causes fare been blended together , which seem likely * ^ boat gi ^ , p ^ udl ^ ce An both sides , to pfdMng ttiils
unhappy dissension . A new boundary Jjne is claimed on our side with respect to our own territories in America a&d ^ ^ With respect to the savages . ' Tfie foTiiier is a commoa xauseof quarrel between sovereigns , adlttieweak snbmitsto the controid
ofift ^^ aperidr - with respect to the savages the question puts on a itf ^ sharps asit is probably out of tfcepoivtrrdf tl& Ufiited States , ev < ea if& ^ wsre willing to compl y wititi otfrriewatid . * A botmdaty line cannot be drawn between cirihzation and unci vili
za-4 w « . As the civilized life extends , tb « ntfdviii 2 ed ttmst retreat before it / j ^ st ai ft « wild bea * ts retire front tte parta occupied by huiuan iniiUBtfy . Atid it may be doubted , ^ iKther aay coontry is justified in tke attempt to alter this law of
ProvideiK * , as it wouJd seem to be making a law against the original charter of mankind , by which : the earth is given to man to be by bim 'ompfetely subdued . The
impofiaibility of keeping the boundary is eWroitj ft > ff ~ ih spite of regulations , adventtirer . s would pass beyond it , 5 nd settlements Would gradually be f < frined in many an ttntreqaenteA ^ SWi ^ wlakA would not be known
tcteifliei' of the present contending [ tt # es till ftiRrtjuM bethoughtiriditidtyut tb Hestray tlterising colony . Theravages were to be guaranteed , by the proposed ^ treaty , not only but futu
asamsrtixitdre ^ rc ^ re purraawj and thtus ; if mich a treaty collide kept , a large track of earth woufd be left for ever without its fafc portion of inhabitants . This
^ rtwile wiH , however , be hardly in ^ * 8 ted K > n . and , as the negotiation gntinires at Ghetil , we shaU proba * JJt y before our jiext h ^ ar of som e better basis , or it will be brought t ? an end , and the calamities of war Wl be extended till the comba-
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Jbyxt&OX&rp&ned witl } tk $ ir ns % te $ lalMiurs ^ - ^ ; ¦ v ' ¦ > ' iKTj * : Melancholy as is the contemplation of two nations tearing each ottoer , . to pieces witii so little ground for the sn ' edding of the blood of man , still there is a satisfaction in per * ceiving the endeavours of both parties to rescue themselves from $ ie
charges q £ unmanly outrage or m&fc conduct * Itshow ^ that th ere « xist » a superior feeling in the ** from what has been usually experienced in for * mer w * rs ; and degvadij ^ sm Ithe « ofe is of settling a diflcreuce- by recourse to blows , still in the dealiaff ^* tt < rf
the $ e blows it m coujsioered «^ di »* graceful to either party 4 fr < ki «* fe them out of the &i ? lioe of combat * He » ce » on the side of BttgbutA , iw justify the burning of tbe ^ owctm * ra ^ nt-houae and papers ail Waitings too > it is urg ^ d tiat the Americans wceve guilty of some wmton ci ? oel »
ty in the Canada * , A « , AmeruM charges ao Engiish general w ^ tk sending the dead body < tf a prisoner ia excbaixge for a living ^ fficea * : k is rejected here a « fqttil ^; for jmt Bnglish general i ^ uld not have been guilty of sack ba » e deceptions The Americaas insinuate that the ^
English seduced tl ^ eir slaves , * nd then sold them in the West Indies ; but EaigUad s <* ys tbis is not to be credited m the persons ) guilty ia > this transaction incur the pen * Hi « of ^ felo » y ^ But if tifee Ewgi ^ ti «»* lease si aves ^ the Americans hav . e ttie means of seduciag our » oidiery r which seem to have be ^ n oot u » -
successful ; audwhen it isgoncvaliy known , that me * y British soWio ^ on quitting his colours , i « to h « ive hundred acres of land ^ this offer may be as gratifying to uuaiy in our army as that of liberty to the » lavea
in Virginia , Thus two uatuwi ^ formed to liveat peace with . Aad : to assist each otlior ^ Jboth pro&ftsinff the C ^ iristia ^ religi ^ M ^^ re employed in davs&ing means to . . alienate th » aifdtions-a £ Joach . from the Qiher ; and on both sides of the Atliuitic the writers , instead of endeavouring to soothe the embittered temper , and
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State of Public A fairs . 725
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y Lm IX . 5 A
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/65/
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