New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21

given to the Aims House. the English flag was
burned ard efforts were made to gather party
To- sack BARCLAYS house Years were t. nterVcna,
however before the Government could decide upon
war.
The letters Of King included in the second
volume Of his Life and Correspondence" cover
with more or less completeness his second term
in the Senate ana his life United states Min
lister in London The letters of his friends Kept
hin, Informed as to the condition Of politics at
home. ne was on terms Of intimacy with dis
tinrl,shed non in England and his Diplomatic
career belonged t. a time Of stirring gents In
Europe He had mucn to d with the nrcstiga-
ton of tho conspiracy headed by Senator Fiount
u separate Tennessee and other portions 90 IN"
West from tn United states. lie was deeply
interested in the American troubles with France
and as became an orthodox FtderahSt, was
shocked bv French Democracy Every attempt
on the part o. the Directory II interfere In Amer
lean affairs by means Of agents sent across the
Atlantic was diligently noted by him. and his in
formation ard reflections had evidently much TO
do with the course taken by the United States
Government at a lime when war with the French
Kepuhlic seemed unavoidable. He also took part
IN the effor, to unite England and the United
States for the purpose Of aiding the hsurrcc-
tons against Spain. His plans were not carried
out but the friendly attitude f both countries
toward the Insurgents was In itself effective as
sistance. Mr. King was deeply Interested in
the plans 81 Miranda. tn South American pa
trot and the letters given in an appendix to the
present lolurn" snow fully his feelings on the
subject His opinion was That WAY wa inevitable"
and he sought To direct it toward an ohj"c; which
he deemed WORTHY Of it. 1t is conce led by the
editor Of his correspondence th1t h" dill not see
all the consequences " such an dlIanc" WITH
England as he proposed In fact he had not
reached the modern American point 81 View
from which England is seen in the same !ight with
other foreign countries There stiU Ing red in
his mind a Renaissance of the r"ia ions Of an
earlier time. The letters cast much .ight on an
affair for which Hamilton has been held 10 re-
sponsibility that he did not incur. King did not
explain his purposes 70 Hamilton. Il can't OK
pain myself" he wrote Il nave had ~ occasion
for reserve with the Secretary of State. because
I can write to him in cipher" While Hlmilton
was thinking If war with France - inevitable.
with the probability OF capturing Louisiana ana
the Floridas King absorbed in what looks
now like chivalrous but not very profitable
enterprise.
The collection Of Barclays letters covers. I'm a
fragmentary way the period from 1890 10 ISIS
While royalist exile in Nova Scotia. h. took
an official part In the efforts to settle IN" eastern
boundary Of the United States and To identity
the stream called in Jays Treaty the 81. Cr'iX
River Then he returned to his native city. New
York as the English Consul-GeneraL During
the War Of 1912 ne was agent for BRUSH pr!s-
oners and almost as a matter IF course ct into
trouble with the United States Government At
the time of the English expedition mp Cheap, AXE
Bay and the burning Of Washington he was &C.
cus.d Of secret correspondents with Admiral
Cochrane and was tod somewhat abruptly that
the American Government could hold no further
correspondence with him. The charge against
him was disproved. but the bitterness remained,
and Barclay went To England for a time. HIS
letters Will be found valuable not only for many
historical details. but also for The views they
contain which are those Of a man who re-
manned a coonist. neither American nor English
I'm the full sense Of those terms. 10 the end of
his life