The arrangement of the fishery question disturbed Mr.Gallatin, who found himself compelled to sign an agreement which left the United States in a worse situation in that respect than before the war of 1812.

But as the British courts would certainly uphold the construction by their government of the treaty of 1783, our vessels, when seized, would be condemned and a collision would immediately ensue.

This, and the critical condition of our Spanish relations, left no choice between concession and war.

A short time afterward Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington expressed friendly dispositions, and the mooted points of impressment and the West India trade were considered by them to be near an arrangement.

The right of British armed vessels to examine American crews was abandoned in the convention itself.
In July, 1818, the capture of Fort St.Mark and the occupation of Pensacola in Florida by General Jackson made some stir in the quiet waters of our foreign diplomacy.