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The crisis created intense excitement in Canada. If war broke out, Canada would be the battleground. It was almost defenceless, the province had had no share in the succession of events which had led to the brink of war, and yet there was in no quarter any sign of flinching. The Mason and Slidell affair intensified still further the anti-Northern sentiment in the provinces. It was at this critical juncture that Gait took part in his first diplomatic adventure. During the summer he had had an in...terview with an unofficial agent of Seward, George Ashman, on the threatened movement in Congress against reciprocity an interview looked upon with dis- 313 LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR A. T. GALT favor by Lord Lyons, who had all the professional diplo- mat's jealousy of amateur intervention. Early in Decem- ber he visited Washington to find how the land lay, and during his visit found an opportunity to visit the Presi- dent and talk frankly over the situation. A letter to his wife gives a summary of his activities, and his comments on the men and the situation he found in Washington : Washington, 5th Dec.
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