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A Compressed View Of The Points To Be Discussed, In Treating With The United States Of America; A.D. 1814 - Softcover

Nathaniel Atcheson

 
9780371680384: A Compressed View Of The Points To Be Discussed, In Treating With The United States Of America; A.D. 1814

Synopsis

A Compressed View Of The Points To Be Discussed, In Treating With The United States Of America; A.D. 1814: Nathaniel Atcheson examines the strategic considerations that should guide Britain's approach as conferences near Gottenburgh to settle differences with the United States. The tract argues that maritime rights, while essential, are not the sole object of negotiation; instead, it advocates a comprehensive agenda centered on securing Canada’s boundaries, protecting colonial resources, and maintaining the empire’s political and economic advantages. It outlines a proposed new boundary that excludes American navigation of the St. Lawrence and its lakes, secures a navigable Mississippi corridor to Canada, and preserves rights of Indians and British fisheries. The author criticizes past treaties and postulates a framework for peace that preserves imperial marine power, denies American expansion into North America, and denies commercial treaties that would hamper Britain’s strategic aims. The Appendix adds a contemporaneous critique of American treatment of Indian tribes and documents alleged Indian speeches and violence to illustrate the necessity of British guardianship. The overall work is a polemical economic-political treatise aimed at shaping postwar diplomacy and imperial security.

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