READJUSTMENT AFTER WAR 7 



conduct put himself beyond the possibility of 

 toleration by any member of respectable soci 

 ety. The Whig, on the other hand, felt toward 

 the United States much as the upper-class col 

 lege man feels toward the freshman, the jour 

 neyman toward the apprentice, the old and 

 sophisticated in any occupation toward the 

 newcomer. The strong points of the new man 

 were duly appreciated and admired; there was 

 satisfaction that the English-speaking group 

 should include a stout, smart, likely young 

 fellow, and there was shrewd calculation of 

 what he could contribute in a competition or 

 fight with a rival group; but there was a feel 

 ing that within his own group he must learn 

 his place and keep it, and must submit peace 

 ably to the hazing and fagging that were the 

 prerogative of his elders. 



It was the Tory point of view that dominated 

 the British approach to the negotiations at 

 Ghent. For their temerity in undertaking the 

 conquest of Canada the Americans must be 

 required to surrender enough territory to make 

 a renewal of that enterprise very difficult; and, 

 moreover, they must refrain from all discussion 

 of the practice of search and impressment, 

 which they held to be the cause of the war. 



