There only remained the question of the boundaries, the fisheries, and the navigation of the Mississippi.

Here Mr.Gallatin had as much difficulty in maintaining harmony between Adams and Clay as in obtaining a peace from Liverpool and Bathurst.

Adams was determined to save the fisheries; Clay would not hear of opening the Mississippi to British vessels.

A compromise was effected by which it was agreed that no allusion should be made to either subject.

Mr.
Gallatin terminated the dispute by adding a declaration that the commissioners were willing to sign a treaty applying the principle of the _status quo ante bellum_ to _all_ the subjects of difference.