104 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., PRIOR TO TREATY OF 1818 



It is readily admitted that more suitable terms might have been 

 adopted to accomplish the object in view. But it ought to be recol- 

 lected that as the right of jurisdiction imposes of necessity the obliga- 

 tion of protection, without a special exception to it, there was some 

 difficulty in making an arrangement which should secure to the United 

 States the advantage which they desired, and at the same time exempt 

 them from the duty incident to it. 



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I have the honor to be, with great consideration and esteem, your 

 very obedient servant, 



JAMES MONROE. 



