On the commencement of our present war, we pressed on them the observance of peace and neutrality, but the interested and unprincipled policy of England has defeated all our labors for the salvation of these unfortunate people.
この戦争（米英戦争）を始めたときに、我々は彼らに和平と中立を保つよう圧力を掛けたが、イギリスの興味ある無節操な政策がこれら不幸な民を救うための我々の努力をすべて台無しにした。