The world: historical and actual . — 19 -—4\ THii YOUNG REPUBLIC. 521 house opposite to the Treasury, fire was procuredwith which the Treasury and then the Presidentshouse were fired. Before setting fire to the latterbuilding, it was ransacked for booty, especially forobjects of curiosity, to be carried off as spoils. Afterincendiarism had done its worst, both at the Presi-dents house and the Navy-Yard, indiscriminate pil-lage closed the scene. The treaty of peace negotiated by John Quincy with England, our country, then more than nowinterested in the carrying trade upon the bigh seas,turned i
The world: historical and actual . — 19 -—4\ THii YOUNG REPUBLIC. 521 house opposite to the Treasury, fire was procuredwith which the Treasury and then the Presidentshouse were fired. Before setting fire to the latterbuilding, it was ransacked for booty, especially forobjects of curiosity, to be carried off as spoils. Afterincendiarism had done its worst, both at the Presi-dents house and the Navy-Yard, indiscriminate pil-lage closed the scene. The treaty of peace negotiated by John Quincy with England, our country, then more than nowinterested in the carrying trade upon the bigh seas,turned its attention to Algerine piracy. The gal-lant Decatur was sent to the Mediterranean with anaval force to demand of the Dey of Algiers the re-lease of the Americans captured and held for ran-som. He captured two large Algerine vessels andthen secured the object of his misson, also treatiesof a satisfactory nature from the neighboring Bar-. JACKSON AT Adams, Henry Clay and their associates, was abso-lutely silent about the encroachments upon Ameri-can commerce and the impressment of Americanseamen, the two cardinal issues of the war. Butthe country was in such good humor over the battleof Xew Orleans, and so eager for peace, that thetreaty was ratified. Everybody felt that the UnitedStates had amply demonstrated its prowess on landand sea, that henceforth its rights would be respect-ed by foreign governments, and this proved to bethe case. Substantially, then, the war of 1812 com-pleted what the Revolutionary struggle had the second, and we may hope the last war European commer- NEW ORLEANS. I bary States, Tunis and Tripoli,cial nations were enthusiastic in praise of the American in the century Tripolihaul declared war against theUnited States and capturedand sold into slavery the crewof the frigate evil of Mediterranean piracywas effectually cured by thedauntless Decatur. This g
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