The tenor of tic. Boundary correspondence, carried on at Wash-
ington by Mr. Fox and Mr. Foasyrn, was described last week. The subject has since leam keenly discussed by most of the Lon- don journals. Aware that difficulties of a formidable kind, and even a war with America, may spring out of the dispute, both Whigs and Tories are anxious to eseti pe titorn the blame of having produced, or neglected to remove, the cause of quarrel. As usual, they are able to accomplish only half of their design—that of fixing blame on the ads ror,ary. We are not prepared to apportion the respective enemies of culpabiiity. The 'furies being responsible for the treaty of Glicot, liavile4 held office during the longer period, and having had an opport unity of e&cting a settlement before it became so very urgent, :ire ceetn tidy not in the most favourable position for reproaching t heir :elver-Aries—they don't come into court with clean hands. Argolit,t the 11"higs it may be urged, that the importance of the question has beetatie more apparent during the lust four years, and thereto: taight to have attracted the more anxious attention of the Fore 'en Sere tary; who nevertheless permitted its difficult its to colder,, ;tie! honoured it with a very slight por-
tion of his regard. 11 tt apprehend that the Government of the
United States is by no tumults free from blame in this matter : reglect on our side has been balanced by procrastination on theirs, aid President VAN BUREN'S electioneering politics have not es. ca?ed without remark. One thing is quite clear—that further unnecessary delay ought to lxing an impeachment upon the Ministers who give it counte- nance. But we presume our Government is at length fully awake to the necessity of an early settlement ; and we are glad to learn from the Morning Chronicle, that, more than a month ago, in. structinis were sent to Governor THOMSON and Mr. Fox to arrange the supplementary question respecting the extent and occupation of the disputed territory, which is the subject of the last-received correspondence from Washington.
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