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American s gorge at the thought that the 

 right was still claimed to inflict on American 

 vessels and seamen the humiliations that were 

 common before 1815. This feeling in the 

 United States and the irritation in Canada and 

 New Brunswick over what was felt to be the 

 unfounded claims of the Americans as to the 

 boundary were the chief factors of popular 

 ill feeling that survived to the end of this first 

 period. The spectacular triumphs of the Whigs 

 over the Tories in the United Kingdom tended 

 greatly to reduce the springs of animosity 

 among the Americans in reference to the 

 British in general. 



Our second period began with trouble, and 

 trouble among the English-speaking peoples 

 was continuous almost to the end. There was 

 insurrection in Canada and exasperating bor 

 der incidents. The northeastern boundary pro 

 duced a grist of friction and popular excite 

 ment. Antislavery authorities in the British 

 West Indies took doubtful liberties with Amer 

 ican slaves and ships. The singular sequence 

 of serious controversies dissipated the general 

 friendliness and introduced a persistent con 

 dition of distrust and acrimony. Webster and 

 Ashburton succeeded in settling the north- 



