Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-03-24

or of New-EngIand. In the
same month Of September, in his Mes
sage, he expatiates' upon the undaunt-
ed spirit which pervaded the nation,
upon the heroic and enlightened pat
riotism of their constituents, and upon
the promptness and aIacrity epe,u
oOhere" displayed in sustaining the pub
lie burdens. The expedition against
New-Orleans (as was Justly appre-
hended by our Commissioners at Client,
and foreseen by our Government) was
doubtless planned in the British Cabin
ct at the commencement of the Cam
paign, and perhaps could not have been
abandoned blythe Commanding Gener-
al.-Yet if the tendency of the Hartford
Combination had been TO encourage the
enemy, one would expect to see this
effect" realized in those States or
their neighborhood, which we're the
seat of disaffection. The enemy were
certainly bound to be in readiness to
make some demonstrations, in the way
of cooperation with their Hartford aux
iliaries. But this encouraged enemy,
though appcised by public documents
of the project of the Conyention, trans
terrcd--sattogetheR the prosecution of
hostilities to the extreme South while
our discouraged brethren in that quar-
ter, with the same information, contin-
ued to prepare with vigor for the de-
fence of New-Orleans and Jackson
obtained his splendid victor, on the
day when he had every reason to coa-
clude that the Convention was in ses-
sion. From the address of that Gener.
al to his victorious troops, recurring to
the whole series of military operations,
from September to January, it is appar-
ent that the " zeal and alacrity'' Of the
people and of the military of all that
region could not be surpassed. And his
congratulations and encomiums upon the
Esprit and unanimitY in which every
smyptom of disaffection had been merg.
ed, were expressed in the most glow.
ing and unqualified terms. In a word.
all the operations Of the war, from the
time of the first public mention of a
Convention to the termination Of hos.
hllties, were carried on in the South
They were likewise of a most encour.
aging complexion.
| To what other region shall we look,
for the certain Effects attributed to
the combination Let US for moment
take peep into the British Cabinet
and observe there the effects upon its
lpolicy. five find that administration
instead of Presuming upon hopes in.
splred by the known existence of the
Hartford Convention, and rising in then
terms of peace, in anticipation of it,
depressing influence upon this country
actually descending from their high
ground, and conceding in negotiation
points of which they mad formerly beer
tenacious, the Inference is irresistible
that the effects of that formidable as
socIatlon, were not'sucb as to elate the
hopes Of the British ministry. Thi.
then seems to have been the actua
course of eVents.-The correspondence
of our ministers at Client discloses the
fact, that in the same month of Octo
Der, (when the project of the Conven
ton then recently convened and agitat
ed could not have been known 10 Eu
rope,) the tone of the British negotia
tors was such as forbade the hope O.
terminating their discussions by an ami
cable Treaty. Their demands bore
the stamp OF most presumptuous con
tidence.--While they required slip
ulations for dismantling the forts on oul
frontier and disseminating our naval ar.
mament on the lakes without any cor
responding concessions on their part
they also insisted Gas sine qua non,
upon the actual ACKNOWLEDGMENT of ouI
territory, by Remuneration of jurisdic.
ton over an immense region in favor Of
their lndlan>Frlends, and upon an admis.
s4eR-et-the-~latteF as parties in adjusting
the terms of-peace. Such was the forbid.
ding aspect of the negotiation, and the
arrogance ofthe British pretensions, al
time when they could by no posi-.
bility have heard of any such measure
as the project of the Hartford Conven.
tion.-But in December they must have
been we'll informed of the fact, that
such Convention would be held :; Of
the time of its intended meeting and of
the views assrihed to it by its opponents;
yet far from presuming upon, and
waiting only few days for an issue ia
vorable TO their wishes-for the work
of dlsunion to be consummated-thev
at that moment actually abaudoa their
high and inadmissibie pretensions, re-
cede from the sine qua non, and (al-
though they undoubtedly calculated
that New-Orleans had tallen) they Con-
Guided treaty of peace upon terms
contormabIe to the Instructions of our
Government. This fact alone is con-