The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-20

"Memoranda of Residence at the Court of Lon
don comprising Incidents official and personal, from
1919 to 1926, including negotiations on the Oregon
question: and other unsettled questions between the
United States and Great Britain" By Richard
Rush, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo.
tertiary from the United Sta'es, from 1917 to 1925
svo, 600 pages. Philadelphia published by Lea
e. Blanchard.
A copy of this beautiful volume, just issued from
the press, has been placed in our hands; and we
hasten to present first impressions with regard
its Notwithstanding, however, to peruse it
fully hereafter.
1t is continuation of his former work, under the
same title, which embraced the occurrences Of the
years 1917 to 1920; and appears to be written in the
same easy style which rendered that work capti-
Ivating-social and personal scenes being ntermn-
Igled with those which are official though introdu-
icing little more of the miscellaneous matter of the
times, which are becoming, in some degree, histori.
|ca Among the political affairs now consigned
WHOLLY to history, are those connected with the
recognition of the independence of the Spanish
American republics; on which more will probably
|be found in Mr.. Rush's work than can be derived
from all other sources. The part taken in those
questions by our government, and especially by
lour worthy President, Monroe is here shown in a
light most honorable to him; and many curious
facts, hitherto unknown, are revealed, not only on
that subject, but also with regard to the celebrated
[slave-trade convention between the United States
and Great Britain, rejected by Senate in 1924
| of which Lord Ashburton and Lord John Rus.
b,,,
lin Parliament.
The points, however, on which Mr.. Rush work
will be read with the greatest interest," those
nected with the negotiation which he carried ON al
London in 1924, respecting the establishment of Q
defnitive line of separation between the British and
American territories in Oregon, when the 49th para
lei of latitude was first offered, on our part, in the
| spirit of compromise, northern boundary
from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific. OF this
negotiation, Mr. Rush has presented the particulars
in his narrative, illustrated by copies Of all the Of
fetal papers which passed between himself and
Messrs Huskisson and Stratford Canning, the Brit
ish plenipotentiaries. His object seems to be, as
far as possible, to prevent any collision between
selves and Great Britain upon this questionable
amicable settlement of which he considers practica
BILE, if prejudices arising from mistaken views or
4 both sides do not interfere to prevent it.
have written Says MIR Rush. in his preface) in the
changed tone of good feeling towards England and he
great names which characterized the former volume
which desire cherish long honorsby keeT
peace surprising that this feeling not be cher
hed in subordnaon to that primary and constant love
for his own land which every American must feel
lglory feeling Whoever looks therefore TO these limited
pages array of the dsparagng things in part
ng the weghty aggregate good and evil in the national
character and condition of England like shakspcare Min
4pled Yarn in the life Of man. will not find them Moreover
3hey are so abundsnty promulgated by the sefsccusng
naons of her parliamentary committees which probe and
:blazon them the hope OF working out deliberations
age age and they SO fully repeated by writers
lin other countries that their omission from single book
liz only as novelty need scarcely be complained Of any
than that the little which Is said OF her character anc
condon is on the ar side; which though rarely held up
may aso be true Nor will party spirit he found in THU
volume any than in the ormerthe work being writ
ID N with different objects and feelings"