It is not to be disguised that, with full confidence, often expressed, in the desire of the British Government to terminate it, we are apparently as far from its adjustment as we were at the time of signing the treaty of peace in 1783.
Van Buren notes the ongoing difficulty in resolving boundary issues despite confidence in British intentions.
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