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not and Ambrister he had deliberately flouted 

 and defied Great Britain. 



The correct and friendly attitude of the 

 British Government was manifested in other 

 incidents during this period. Even on so stub 

 bornly contested a point as the right of search 

 Rush had reason to believe that an agreement 

 would have been reached if Castlereagh had 

 been able to remain in personal supervision of 

 the negotiations. The foreign secretary was 

 called away to the Continent at a critical stage 

 of the discussion, after having given very clear 

 indications of his individual disposition to go 

 far in yielding. In the negotiation of the treaty 

 of commerce, also, Frederick John Robinson, 

 the chief British representative, intimated a 

 feeling that the American demands were too 

 early in time rather than too objectionable in 

 substance to be conceded. 



It was inherent in the general condition of 

 world politics that America should be seeking 

 new things and Great Britain should be stand 

 ing by the old. Especially was this the case 

 in regard to commerce and navigation. The 

 newcomer among maritime powers found her 

 self barred in every direction from profitable 

 trade by the existing system under which every 



