Star.
London, England, 1815-04-14 00:00:00

Russia, he (Lord Wellesley) had no hesitation its
saying, that the history of the world did not eppear
to him to produce a character more eminently enti-
tled to the respect, veneration, ate! esteem of man-
kind. Upon what ground then vats the proposition
of that Sovereign rejected be Nliaisters Bet Ater
the American Commissioners had al-lived in Europe
in order to negotiate with this country, how cant- it
that two months kad elapsed before ut:r Cominis.
sioners were appointed to meet them ; and w't..t 4
mass of calamity and disgrace had resulted front Viis •
ueaccountable delay ? When, contrary to the exp.-T-
-[4600S of our M nisters, the war in France had se
gloriously terminated, how c ime it, if theee were ine
Jispositiun to conclu le peace with Americ :, that er-
treordinery measures were not promptly take t to
prosecute the war with increased vigoer ? and with
what an artillery t f character and of moms this
country w tilell armed for thot pet-lone_ I Our
policy in the conduct if the wor should tele bean t
have made the most energetic ► lons, eccierprnied
by the most mu aerate demands. It was true tit at at
one time a very large force was pet under ..rders of
embarkation after the termieation of the wee v ith
France—so much, he believed, as .s%?,tatta men, aad
IWV men were actually sent after that event h
taken place, but they were sent in small picels hero
and there, to this t.vremity et Anter•ca and the
other. But he etuLmvour.icl to soppy the meazerness
of our military force by the magnitude ot ouir, d pane
tnatic demands.—(Hear. hear.) —.We were pigmies
in action, but we were giants in pretense::. Noe
only the transactioris :it Ghent, but the instructions
of the American G •vererniint were before the I u .1:e,
Ind these instructions contined not ene word on ail
subject beyond the original causes of the war. They
bed no instructions either as to the pee fication wits
:he L.dians nor to cede or to otquire. territory.--e
(Hear, hear) —bec ruse it was not step wed that t it' r
of these subjects could be entered upon at G eta.—
There were no instructions rt'sprctiog the Indte :5,
aot because it was wished to invo.ve this country in
breach of faith, but because it was supposed that
;he cessation of hostilities with England. itcces,arily
would cause the cessation of hostilities with three. In.
dian tribes, and restore them to their f.rmer aeration
with the United States. It was singular, and seme.
what ridiculous, that while we were etioiciag. with
so much animosity, the claim for the independ, roe
:tf the Indian nations at Ghent, the most conselirable
of those tribes concluded.a peace by which they en.
tered again under the protection of the United St res.
—(The Earl of Liverpool gave signs ot doubt.)—
[he Treaty was before the public, and could not be
'denied. The other point, in which no instructions
'tad been given, was one which had never b made
even a subject of demand since the st establishment.
of the United States, viz. the cession of territory try
that Power. Our Commissioners at Ghent bad pot
forth this remarkable proposition, that the natural
',oundaries of Canada included not only all the
Lakes, but a strip of land on the other side ; but we,
shew our disinterestedness, would he content with
tb the Lakes without a strip of laud, s the Ameri.
cans would dismantle all the fortresses on their shores
and on the rivers falling into the Lakes, which were
so necessary te protect their commerce against the
Indians, and to destroy all their milieus, lerce on
the Lakes. The source of this assertion of natural
Ootindaries, was derived from Mr. AnacharsisCloots,
who, besides his effice as orator of the hum in reee,
hid first broached the ducts hie in a be 4: called Re-
volutionary Diplometics, in which, are elg other
things, it was said, that the Alps, the Pyrennees, the
Ocean, and the Rhine, were the natural limits of
France. After having trampled on these princip!ei
on the Continent—(llcar, hear)—we found them
broached by a Secretary of State against the United
States. But if this demand had been made in the
pride of conquest or the arrogance of strength, though
not justifiable, it would not have been despicable,
but we went in forma paulatels, we put our claim on
the ground of the weakness of the Majesty of Great
Britain ; we laid the dignity of the Crown at the foot
of the President of America. On the ground of our
weakness they were to bare their bosoms to our
strokes, to dismantle fortresses which were necessary
to protect them against the Indians whom we were
tr. liberate. The claim too by a reproach of rape.
city against the United States. Was this a propo-
sition for peace ? Rather for interminable war.—
Admirable specimen of diplomatic address, to ground
A claim on our own weakness, to enforce it by appeal.
ing to our adversary against his own rapacity...-.
When the Americans enquired whether this prop°.
sition was a sine qua non, our Commissioners would
not inform them whether it was or not. Whe her it
was or was not osier qul non, it had been. abandoned.
But this was understood to be a grand display of di.
dom itic talents—and it was affirmed to be right to
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contend for that which could not be greeted. Bet
f r his own part he should condemn, except in very
peculiar circumstances, the system of nt iking
demands which could not be enforced. The pof:7-
aition he thought was impolitic, degrading, aad in.
silltine (Hear !) and should have brott.4lll down not
only reprobation but punishment on its authors. It
.wits not necessa: y to our secinity, for if it was a tree.
tv which did net !,elude it, it should be condemned.
The Noble Marquis then entered into an explanation
of the nature of therelation of the tribi.s of Indians
living within the territory of the United States ; and
quoted the Kink's proclamation of 1764, in which
these nations tvete designated as tribes of Indians
living under the protection of the King, and in the
King's territory. This territory being trensterred to
the United States, these Indians stood in the same
relation to the United States as they had to the
Crown of England. He cursorily observed that the
employment of any of these tribes in any wars which
arose between England and America was to be de. •
plored as one of the most dreedfut evils, end one
against which that great man, the late Lord Chat.
tram, exerted the power of his transceneant do.
qeeneel and he lamented_ that a suggestion of the