The atrocity of war was again brought vividly to the view of nations whose sole yearning was for peace.

Far from discouraging the American commissioners, it fortified their resolution.

They knew that it would unite the people of the States as one man.

It in no way disturbed Gallatin's confidence either in the present or future of his adopted country.

To those who asked his opinion of the securities of the United States, he said: "If I have not wholly misunderstood America, its resources and its political morality, I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all European powers." In spite of the protests of Mr.Goulburn, who felt the ground on which he stood daily less stable, and in his letters to his chief was unsparing in his denunciations, Lord Liverpool accepted the proposed settlement of the Indian question.