Show CAROLINE WAR WAS SHORT t I Border Trouble Trouble- Between United States State and Canada Threatened for Time t However to Be Bo The Caroline border war was a border trouble between the United States an and a 1 Canada In which a few tew persons were killed but the trouble did not last long In 7 1836 there thero was a strong re-i re re-i re re 1 publican spirit rife rIte In parts of lower Canada which culminated in December Decem F ber her 1837 in an nn unsuccessful i 1 lion tion in Toronto The Tho leaders of the thel insurrection fled fied to the tho United States and one cue of ot them a newspaper man man named Mackenzie with 25 23 or 30 men ment including a few tew from the American sIde Bide who had Joined him seized an is island island is is- land in the Niagara river and set up up upa a provisional government Their navy navy consisted of a steamboat called th the Caroline and one dark night while she was lying on the American side a party of Canadians crossed the river and burned the boat killing several menon mien men on board of her The affair caused great indignation President Van Buren Issued proclamations proclamations proclamations deman demanding observance of the neutralIty neutrality neutrality neu neu- laws The New York militia was called out and placed under command command command com com- mand of Gen Winfield Scott President President President dent Van Buren characterized the tho burning of ot the Caroline e in American waters as an uan outrage of a n most aggravated aggra aggra- rated character and concluded by asking asking ask ask- ing congress for such appropriations as IlS the circumstances in which our country Is 18 thus un unexpectedly placed d re re- re- re quire The affair dragged along alfew al at few tew years but was finally settled without with withe out further bloodshed j t |