40 CASE OF THE UNITED STATES. 



where in the course of the negotiation was any statement made on the 

 part of the United States of the terms or conditions which were re- 

 garded by that Government as essential to meet the requirements of 

 the American fishermen, and that none of the proposals made on the 

 part of Great Britain elicited a counter-proposal on the part of the 

 United States. 



The purpose of the negotiation having been, as stated by Mr. 

 Monroe in the extract from his note to Mr. Bagot of December 30, 

 1816, above quoted, to arrange for " the accommodation of the citizens 

 of the United States engaged in the fisheries on the coast of Ilis 

 Britannic Majesty's Colonies, on conditions advantageous to both 

 parties," and the accommodations proposed by Mr. Bagot having 

 been inadequate so far as the United States was concerned, Mr. Mon- 

 roe, recognizing the necessity for a further examination of the subject 

 on both sides, expressed the hope in his note of January 7, 1817, to 

 Mr. Bagot that- 

 further inquiry into the subject will enable His Roj^al Highness the 

 Prince Regent to ascertain that an arrangement, on a scale more 

 accommodating to the expectation of the United States, will not be 

 inconsistent with the interest of Great Britain." 



And he added in closing this note — 



In the meantime, this Government will persevere in its measures for 

 obtaining such further information as will enable it to meet yours in 

 the conciliatory views which are cherished on both sides." 



Again in his instruction of February 5, 1817, to Mr. Adams, advis- 

 ing him that the negotiation on the fisheries " has not had the desired 

 result," which instruction was written by Mr. Monroe within a month 

 after he had declined Mr. Bagot's third proposal, Mr. Monroe says : 



Mr. Bagot professes on the part of his Government the most con- 

 ciliatory disposition in regard to this affair, and it is yet to be hoped 

 that it may be satisfactorily settled. With this view, the President 

 intends to renew the negotiation as soon as he can obtain the informa- 

 tion necessary to enable him to decide wdiat arrangement would be 

 best calculated to reconcile the interests of both parties, which he 

 hopes to do in the course of a few months.'' 



An attempt was made by Great Britain, in the month of May fol- 

 lowing, to ascertain the terms which would be satisfactory to the 

 United States as a basis of settlement. Mr. Bagot was instructed, as 

 stated by Lord Castlereagh in the extract hereinabove quoted from his 



<^ Supra, p. 39. ^Appendix, p. 294. 



