The desire of the cabinet to bring the war to an honorable conclusion was avowed.
But Wellington, before accepting this proposal, gave Lord Liverpool a very frank opinion of the mistake made in exacting territorial concessions, since the British held no territory of the United States in other than temporary possession, and had no right to make any such demand.

Lord Liverpool was not tenacious.

He was never, he wrote Lord Bathurst, much inclined to give way to the Americans, but the cabinet felt itself compelled to withdraw from its extreme ground.

He accepted his defeat and acknowledged it.
The Americans meanwhile arranged a draft of a treaty.

The articles on impressment and other maritime rights, absolutely rejected by the British, were set aside.