The History of the United States of North America, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The History of the United States of North America, Vol. 3: From the Discovery of the Western World to the Present Day Irrespective of all the casus belli, which, (as it evermore happens, ) when the quarrel was determined upon, were sure to be found only too abundantly, there was, as we have seen, a real and deep necessity for this trial of strength to with Great Britain. And when we have reached the conclusion of this Book, we shall be in a position to see precisely why a war, apparently so indecisive, should suffice for the conclusion of a peace which has now lasted for forty years, and bids fair to last as many more. But in entering upon this narrative, we must observe, that this "Second War, " (as it has been called, ) in relation to World History bears by no means so prominent a place as we might suppose, from seeing the account that is made of it in the United States. And the reason manifestly is, that the principles, to maintain which, ostensibly, America flung down her gage, were not the real grounds of the conflict. They bore no nearer relation to the actual combat, than the question "whose lady's eyes were the brightest, " which was - so say the chronicles of chivalry - the avowed reason for mortal encounter between every two doughty and errant knights, who chanced to meet, after having sallied forth for the very purpose of achieving some notable adventure in arms. Of the part in this war which Jefferson took, we have spoken in the chapter upon the Foreign Affairs of his Administration, and we think that few can trace carefully the line of policy which he adopted, without ascribing it mainly to him, although the party opposed to it gave it the title of "Madison's war." How adroitly the great Democratic chieftain contrived, without implicating himself in the responsibility of conducting them, to make hostilities unavoidable, has been fully shown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.