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Show THE BULLETIN Despite all the rejoicing in both England and America over the end of the war, it is noteworthy that there was dissatisfaction with the treaty in both countries. The English Tories and their newspapers condemned the treaty because it yielded too much to what they called the insolent Yankees and they continued to disparage the American people and the American republic. Among some factions in this country the peace was regarded almost as unsatisfactory as the war had been. The forces pointed out that the important issue of impressment of American seamen was not mentioned in the tteaty and such problems as the dispute over boundaries, the Newfoundland fisheries and navigation of the Mississippi remained "The Great and Joyful News of PEACE Between America and Great Britain Reached This City This Evening . . Undie Set and Day Dress bejust above the waist to create the over the bust, fullness coming sleeves are puffed high at the shoulders, and the neckline, outlined with a double row of braid or ribbon, is extremely flattering. This is one of the most satisfactory house dresses that anyone in the 12 to 20 size range can possibly choose! The Fattens. 1649 is designed for sizes 14, No. 16, 18, 20, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 16 requires, for the slip 2 yards of material; for the panties, ltt yards; for the brassiere, 39-in- ch long-standi- ysrd No. 1650 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. 4 yards of unsolved. One of their newspapers, the New York Evening Post, in its New Years Address, had de- relieves COLDS and when the terms of the treaty were made known the criticism in that stanza seemed abundantly ' THE PEACE OF GHENT, 1814, AND TRIUMPn OF AMERICA This allegorical picture, drawn by William piauton, engraved by Chataignier and published by P. Price Jr. of Philadelphia, was very popular throughout the United States after the end of the War of ISIS. Its design is thus deseribed: Minerva represents the wisdom of the United States, Mereury her commerce, Ilercuiee her force. Minerva dictates their conditions of peace, which Mereury presents to Brittania, and Hercules forces her to accept them. On the shield of Minerva are the names of those who signed the treaty; on the obelisk, those of the braves. On the other side America passes in triumph through the arch on her way to the Temple of Peace. She is attended by Victory, and followed by a numerous train. Several trophies are seen, and in the background are the ruins of the Capitol." By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Western Ntwipiptr Union. CHRISTMAS Eve, 124 ago, (he English-speakipeoples of the world had good reason for singing peace on earth, good will to men." Over in the ancient city of Ghent in southern Netherlands (now Belgium), ON ng eight men representing the United States of America and Great Britain were signing a to end the two-ye. treaty war which those two nations had been carrying on against each other. ' It had been fought on sea and on the soil of the United ; States and her neighbor, Canada. It was the second war which these two nations had fought but it was destined to be the last. During the next century they kept the peace established between them at Ghent and symbolic of their lasting friendship is the 1,000-mi- le border line between Canada and the United States along which there is not a single fortification on either side. Not only have the two nations kept the peace with each other for more than 100 years but during that time they have fought side by side as allies in the greatest conflict the world has ever ar known. A little over a month ago, they were parties to another treaty. On November 17, in the historic, mirrored East Room of the White the bill, passed by congress, declaring war against Great Britain. At that time John Quincy Adams was American minister at the Russian court. When the news reached St Petersburg, Czar Alexander expressed his regret to Adams that the two countries should be at war and began making efforts to bring about a peace. He sent instructions to M. Oaschkoff, his representative at Washington, to offer to the United States his friendly services in ending the war. President Madison had been eager for a peace if it could be secured on honorable terms. In Russias offer he saw a way to bring that about He immediately accepted Dasch-kofoffer and appointed Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury, and Senator James A. Bayard of Delaware as envoys extraordinary, to act with Adams fs American Medal Commemorating the Treaty of Ghent. in negotiating a peace treaty with England at St. Petersburg. The British government, however, refused to treat for peace under the auspices of Russia but offered to open negotiations in London, or in Goltenburg in Sweden. President Madison immediately accepted this proposal and chose the latter place for the meeting. A short time later the city of Ghent was substituted for Gottenburg. There the American commissioners assembled in the summer of 1814. They were John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Albert Gallatin, Henry Clay of Kentucky, and Jonathan Russell. The secretary of the American commissioners was Christopher Hughes Jr., then our charge daffaires at Stockholm. The British commissioners were Lord Gambier, Henry Goul-buand William Adams. They arrived in Ghent in August and negotiations began immediately. But progress was slow for the British representatives had been instructed to make no concessions to the main demands of the Americans. Instead they were to try to gain as many concessions from them as possible. This fact, combined with their arrogant attitude, irritated the Americans, who were suspicious of virtually every suggestion offered by the Britishers. Especially was this true of John Quincy Adams, head of the delegation. His irascibility increased as the conference dragged on and on, and only the tact and diplomacy of Albert Gallatin more than once saved the conference from ending with nothing accomplished. After a deadlock that lasted for several weeks, there came from America the news of the British This defeat at Plattsburgh. strengthened the hands of the American commissioners and, combined with a change in the m CHRISTOPHER HUGHES JR. House where the ed pact was men Sir Ronald signed, Lindsay, British ambassador to the United States; Arnold E. Overton, secretary of the British Board of Trade; Cordell Hull, American secretary of state; President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada, signed the trade agreements which link the three democracies together as common foes of international trade barriers and align them against the totalitarian policy of The Treaty of Ghent was the delayed culmination of a chain of events which had started within three months after the war had ofllcially begun. On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed . anti-w- five English-speakin- g "self-sufficienc- y. ar diplomatic situation in Europe which made it advisable for England to conclude a peace as quickly as possible, finally put an end to the wrangling. An agreement was reached on Christmas Eve and the treaty was signed. The treaty was immediately taken to London by Mr. Baker, secretary to Lord Gambier and Mr. Carroll, one of the secretaries of the American commissioners. There it was ratified on December 28 by the Prince Regent and then sent to America by the same messengers. They sailed in the British sloop of war, Favorite, on January 2, 1815, and arrived in New York on the evening of February 11. Christopher Hughes had left Ghent with a copy of the treaty at the same time as the other messengers, had proceeded to Texel and there embarked for America on the schooner Transit. This vessel arrived at Annapolis, Md., two days after the Favorite reached New York but Hughes was in Washington with his copy of the treaty before the ratified copy arrived. News of the arrival of the Favorite in New York soon spread over the city. The. publisher of the Mercantile Advertiser printed extras slips of paper five by six inches in size which bore these words: PEACE New York, Saturday Evening O'clock. February 11. 1815 The treat and Joyful newa of PEACE between the United State and Great Britain reached thi city thla evening by the Brltiih aluop of war. Favorite, the Hon. J. U. Mowatt. Eq. commander, In forty-twday from Plymouth. Henry Carroll. Esq.. Secretary of the American Legation at Ghent, 1 the welcome bearer of the treaty, which was signed at Ghent on the 24th. of December by the respective commissioners, and ratified by the British government on the 28th. December. Mr. Baker, late Secretary to the British Legation at Washington, has also arrived in the sloop of war with a copy of the treaty ratified by the British government o These extras" were thrown out of the windows of the newspaper office and eagerly caught up by the excited crowds who, in the words of a contemporary, made the night vocal with huzzas. There was rejoicing in England, too, and in both countries special medals were struck in commemoration of the great event. The English medal bore on one side the words "Treaty of Peace and Amity Between Great Britain and the United States of America, Signed at Ghent December 24, 1814. Upon the other side was a feminine figure standing upon the segment of a globe, bearing the cornucopia of plenty, and holding in one hand the olive branch of peace. Surrounding this figure were the words appropriate to the Christmas season On the Earth Peace, Good-Wito Men. ll requires Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) each. 0 Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. clared: Despite all the abuse that was heaped upon the treaty, and the men who made it, it was ratified by unanimous vote of the senate on February 17, 1815, and it was promulgated the next day by proclamation of President Madison. Although the American commissioners had not gained all that the administration had hoped they might, in the"words of one historian, far more important to this country and the world than 14 material; 11 to trim. or braid ribbon of yards Your commerce Is wantonly lost. 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ALBERT GALLATIN . the security of incidental advantages was the establishment, by the war, of the positive and permanent independence of the United States, and with it a guarantee to the posterities of the perpetuation and growth of free institutions. Great Britain had been taught, by the lessons of the war, that the young republic, the offspring of her oppressions, growing more lusty every hour, would no longer tolerate an insult, or suffer its sovereignty to be questioned without resenting the offense; and she was compelled to sign a bond, as it were, to keep the peace, in the form of an acknowledgment that she had, in that republic, a formidable rival for the supremacy of the seas, which she was bound to respect. For Americas victories on the sea had been impressive and for the first time in history the domination of the Mistress of the Seas had been successfully challenged. On land, however, the opposite had been true. With one or two exceptions our military operations had been bungling and more often resulted in defeat than in victory. And then, like the proverbial bolt from the blue, came the news that an American general had won a victory over England's best troops. On January 8, 1815, Gen. Andrew Jackson with his motley army of Kentucky and Tennessee frontiersmen, Creoles, and Jean Lafittes pirates, had smashed the army led by General Pakenham against New Orleans an army composed of Wellingtons veterans who had helped him win fame in the Peninsula war. ' Forgotten now was the dissatisfaction over the treaty; forgotten were all the defeats and disasters which had overtaken our armies during the two years of the war. Old Hickory Jackson was the hero of the hour. To a country that had almost completely lost faith in itself, to a country that had almost learned to cringe, this news came like a reprieve to a man on the gallows. 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