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.. in consequence of the late disgraceful conduct of the American troops in the wanton destruction of private property on the north shores of Lake Erie in order that if the war with the United States continues you may should you judge it advisable assist in inflicting that measure of retaliation which shall deter the enemy from a repetition of similar outrages. .

2.1.2 Fugitive slave clause Washington D.C. Business Directory See also: Social Contract and Natural Rights During negotiations in Paris the American delegation discovered that France supported American independence but no territorial gains hoping to confine the new nation to the area east of the Appalachian Mountains the Americans opened direct secret negotiations with London cutting out the French British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne was in full charge of the British negotiations and he saw a chance to make the United States a valuable economic partner the US obtained all the land east of the Mississippi River south of Canada and north of Florida it gained fishing rights off Canadian coasts and agreed to allow British merchants and Loyalists to recover their property Prime Minister Shelburne foresaw highly profitable two-way trade between Britain and the rapidly growing United States which did come to pass the blockade was lifted and all British interference had been driven out and American merchants were free to trade with any nation anywhere in the world. ! . Historical reputation In 1773 private letters were published in which Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson claimed that the colonists could not enjoy all English liberties and Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver called for the direct payment of colonial officials the letters' contents were used as evidence of a systematic plot against American rights and discredited Hutchinson in the eyes of the people; the Assembly petitioned for his recall Benjamin Franklin postmaster general for the colonies acknowledged that he leaked the letters which led to him being berated by British officials and fired from his job, 2.1 Constitution of the United States, Opposition to British Parliament 3.2 Clay proposes compromise 2.1.2 Fugitive slave clause. . . Washington D.C. Business Directory, Article XI offered a potential benefit to Mexico in that the US pledged to suppress the Comanche and Apache raids that had ravaged northern Mexico and pay restitutions to the victims of raids it could not prevent. However the Indian raids did not cease for several decades after the treaty although a cholera epidemic reduced the numbers of the Comanche in 1849. Robert Letcher U.S Minister to Mexico in 1850 was certain "that miserable 11th article" would lead to the financial ruin of the US if it could not be released from its obligations the US was released from all obligations of Article XI five years later by Article II of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, 1994 56.0% 102,884 41.9% 76,902.