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lie documents of the time show that we are greatly indebted to Gen. Cass for the fortu- nate suppression of that struggle. His CO., gent and lucid correspondence abundantly upheld the rights and dignity of the State, yet threw over the Indians the shield to which the laws of the Union entitled them

 Gen. Cass remained in the War Depart ment about five years, and at the close of that period, was commissioned by General Jackson as Minister to France. It wonld be aside from the purposes of this brief sketch to enumerate all the services of this distin- guished man at the court of VersaIlles-it IS sufficient, however, to refer to the closing triumph of his service in the great contest as to the right of search.

 England has for the last hundred years been sedulously endeavoring to establish the right of her vessels of war to search the ships of other nations, during war, for her seamen and contra 9and articles This assumption of right has already produced two or three wars in Europe, and was one main ground for the last war between England and America Our gallant navy, during the war of 1872, taught her that this right could never be ac- quired by force, and since that time she has been artfully scheming, under pretence of supPressing the slave trade, to bring the na- tions of Europe to recognize this dangerous power. The five great powers of Europe, deceived by these spacious pretences, had partially agreed to treaty recognizing the right of search il certain attitudes, even du- ring state of peace. The articles were all agreed upon, and the signatures of the high contracting powers were all that was neees- sary to complete this ill-starred agreement. Gen. CAss and few other of our sentinels in Europe discovered the dangerous artifee, and sounded the alarm. In powerful docu- ment, published in France, Gen. CAss ex- posed the dangerous tendency of the measure, reused the gallant people of that country to resistance, and created such an excitement throughout Europe, as effectually overthrow the treaty, and covered its authors with con- fusion. Europe yet rings with the fame of our Minister; and although he has retired from its busy multitude to the freedom and quiet of our own shores, the grateful eyes of thousands of continental republicans are still turned with admiration towards his re- treat