Chapter 21

RESENTMENT AGAINST ENGLAND.--POPULAR FEELING IN THE UNITED STATES.-- CONDUCT OF THE PALMERSTON MINISTRY.--HOSTILE SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.--MR. ROEBUCK.--LORD ROBERT CECIL.--CONDUCT OF THE TORIES.--OF THE LIBERALS.--CRITICISMS OF THE BRITISH PRESS.--SOUTH COMPARED WITH IRELAND.--UNITED STATES DEMANDS COMPENSATION.--REFUSED BY ENGLAND.-- NEGOTIATIONS.--JOHNSON-CLARENDON TREATY.--REJECTED BY SENATE.-- CHARACTER OF TREATY.--SPEECH OF MR. SUMNER.--POSITION OF PRESIDENT GRANT.--NEGOTIATION CLOSED.--ENGLAND ASKS THAT IT BE RE-OPENED.--JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.--ITS DELIBERATIONS.--ITS BASIS OF SETTLEMENT.--GENEVA AWARD.--PRIVATE CLAIMS ADJUSTED.--THE SAN JUAN QUESTION.--ITS FINAL SETTLEMENT.--HON. GEORGE BANCROFT.