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seamen or subjects so that the flag
should furniih projection to ALL who
sailed under it. To compel her to diff.
barge ALL American seamen imprehed
into her service,
The conquef and coniequent cehion
Of the Canadas, though not avowed as a
PRIMARY Object Of the war, was after its
commencement, frequently itated as an
INDISPENSABLE condition ~ heace
The Canadas have not beea conquered;
the treaty does not contain single ftp
uation 90 any of the subjects mentioned +;
iand, confequently, not one of the Prima-
ry or incidental objects of the var have
been ge1u~ea" by it
When the overture Of The Briifh gov
eminent to relforc the bIehings of peace,
which succeeded the Orlers III Council,
had been rejected, the administration, TO
adj importance to the subi16t, seemed to
coniider the relirqullhmcnr Of the claim
TO search for seamen on board American
veilcls, on the part of Grcat Baitain. as
a stipulation without which no accommo-
dation ever could take place UNLESS
WE CEASED TO BE AN IND1PhNDEAT
NATION. | will beg leave TO psrfcnt a
few eXtraas. from publick documents,
which shew the light in which they pre-
fsndsd 10 view this lubi CT
In the Presidents io4 ugural speech,
of the 4th of March, 1919, is the fol-
lowing paragraph:
{" On the ifue Of the war are TAXED
our national sovereignty 90. the high
seas, and (fcur1ty of an important class of
citizens, whose occupations give The
proper aiaa 10 thole Of every other
class. Aot to contend far flcb a fake, is to
surrender our equality with other pow
ers, on the element common TO all and
70 violate the sacred title which every
member OF society has to lis protection"
In The inltructlons to our n1iniiters,
appointed TO negotiate under the media
ton "f Russia, da ed april IS, 1873, are
The following parag apis
" have TO repeat, that the gre@ OBJ
jet which you have TO secure in
regard 10 impeachment, is, that The flag
shall protect the crew"
Your hrit duty is to conclude a
peace with Great Britain, and you are
authorized to do it, in caE you obtain
satisfactory liquidation agant impress
ment, one which shall secure, under our
flag, prote ctien TO the crew"
If this encroachment Of Great Brit
ain, IS nat f,oviaed againf, The United
States haze Appealed 10 ANS N oaip.--If
your Efforts TO accomplish il should fail,
ah/Wthsr nfgotiDtians 4vM ceqfs and ycaI
1lN return b9nse 1rifhont delay"
In the inttru6tlons 10 cur MiDilters at
Gotrehbufg, dated 18th January, 1914,
IS the following paragraph
son impeachment, as to The right of
the United States TO BE- exempted from
it, have nothing new to add. he sem
tlmtrtS Of the President have undergone
no change on that important subject.
! his degrading practice mgf cease our
flag mutt prote6t the cfe1v, or the United
htases cannot conhder ttemte've5 an icdften-
dent n4t,on" he adminifration has
made peace without obtaining any 'secu-
rity" for our withou, impren-
ment being provided againh' t. and
without obtaining any countepance to
their principle that /" the flag fhall pro-
teet The crew" According to their for
mrr opinions, that it would follow, that
"tbs United ctafe5 hare aPtca!ed ID arms
IN Uain )" that they canHt c5gfdsr them
5slves an indefendent Hdfi,n."
But they have MT only failed in obtain
inc security fer this and other rights,
bur they have abandoned all the claims
which Ihey had magnifed as SO impor-
tant 70 the country. | believe il IS a
principle Of pubIick law. very generally
admitted, that after a nation has engaged
in wal for right, OF which nothing Is
said 10 the treaty ofPeace, Il i considered
that II has dbAdsre4 H. ! his opinion
is reng:heued BY several ofEic al dcclar
a'ions made during the late VAR by those
who may be cons dered as tic organs
Of the government.
In the report OF the committee on
foreign relations, made IN the Houte OF
Krprelrntatlyes on the 2Qth Of January,
1913, i the t-ilowing paragraph:
/ he impeachment of our ieamen