Language so just and so clear would lead to the inevitable result of
renewed negociation. But who should negociate? The incapable,
nonchalant people who have so signally perilled the interests of Great
Britain,--or new and capable men? Or should the whole state of our
relations with the United States be remitted to a plenipotentiary?
"What ought we to seek now to secure, in the interests of peace and
civilization?
"1. A neutralization of the 3,000 miles of frontier, rendering
fortifications needless.
"2. A continuance of the neutrality of the lakes and rivers bordering
upon the two territories.
"3. Common navigation of the lakes and the outlets of the sea.
"4. An enlargement of canals and locks, to enable the food of the west
to flow unimpeded and at the smallest cost direct in the same bottom to
Europe, or any other part of the world.
"5. Neutrality of telegraphs and post routes between the Atlantic and
Pacific, no matter on which territory they may traverse.
"6. A free interchange of untaxed, and an exchange, at internal revenue
duty rate only, of taxed, commodities.
"7. The passage of goods in bond through the respective territories as
heretofore.
"8. A common use of ports on both sides of the Continent.
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