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OF

THE CAUSES AND THE CONSEQUENCES

OF THE

BOUNDARY DIFFERENCES,

BETWEEN

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES,

SUBSEQUENTLY TO THEIR ADJUSTMENT BY ARBITRATION.

"THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE PEOPLE, THE SAFETY OF STATES, THE HAPPINESS OF THE HUMAN RACE, DO NOT
ALLOW THAT THE RIGHTS, FRONTIERS, SOVEREIGNTY, AND OTHER POSSESSIONS OF NATIONS, SHOULD
REMAIN UNCERTAIN, SUBJECT TO DISPUTE, and ever READY TO OCCASION BLOODY WARS."—Vattel's Law of Nations.
"MAY WE GIVE THEM AS LITTLE CAUSE AS POSSIBLE TO RECOLLECT THAT THEY ARE NOT BRITISH SUBJECTS."-
Townsend-1783.

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