The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-07-04
fEPPY At SAT Il, EOFl AKEENE

and his CORY young Ecirli'i ans had
mustered sufficient strength To declare
war the British parliament already
was discussing the abandonment of the
objectionable practices OF which the
Americans complained. If that fact
had been known in Washington the
;'tiion taken by congress !; century ago
would have been made impossible.
When the peace commissioners met
IN Client in 1914 the Americans were
willing To accept peace on terms most
advantageous to Great Britain. The
American arms had been notoriousiy
unsuccessful on land. and although the
naval victories were most glorious. the
wiser heads of the Madison administra-
ton We're ready to quit. The capital
had been captured and sacked. the
public buildings burned and the presi-
dent forced to flee into the country.
The land forces had proved to be most
incapable. and there had been scandal
after scandal in the army
Therefore the American commission
ers We're willing to sign treaty of
peace which said great deal about
the boundary between the United
States and Canada. but never word
about the right of Great Britain to
search American ships and impress
American seamen.
The British public deemed the treaty.
OF Ghcnt to be complete victory for
England. and if the news Of the con-
clusion of peace had reached America
at once there is little doubt that even
Americans would have admitted vir-
tual defeat. But more than three weeks
after the treaty was signed. and long
before news of it had reached 4\meri-
can shores, General Andrew Jackson
| at New Orleans had destroyed the Brit
ish army and had restored the glory of
American arms.
DIPLOMACY LOST CHANCE
The moral victory Won by the United
| States might easily have been achieved
| by diplomacy, for it waS not in battle.
nor yet in tie treaty of Client, that the
| victory WAS recorded Its first record
| is in the treaty of July s. 1915, signed
| after tn" news of the battle of New
Orleans had reached London and Which
was called. Il commercial treaty. It
provided for ,amioahle intercourse he
tween tic merchant shiDs of both ma
tons and opened the British ports Of
the West Indies to American vessels.
| This was followed By the treaty Of
| 1917. limiting the armament on the
Canadian border -,..
The Perry memorial, which is being
erected at Putt Bay, O., is in commem-
oration of the victory of Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry, his officers and
men at the battle Of Lake Erie, and
also as memorial to the hundred
years of peace between this country
! and Great Britain. An appropriation
| of about 100000 was made by tho
United States government and various
states for the building of the memo.
| rial.
| Put-in-Bay is between South Rass
| and Gibraltar islands. 1t was here that
Commodore Perry's squadron Law in
September. 1918. before the battle and
to which it returned with the capture1
British ships. 4 lookout on the high
bluffs of Gibraltar island saw the on.
posing fleet, and the battle was fouoht
about eight miles to the northwest
After the victory the troops under Cen
eral William Henry Harrison were
brought on Perry's ships to South E,sS
island. The troops We're drilled on the
island and captured Detroit.