The convention was in due time completed, and signed by the Plenipotentiaries of both nations, on the 13th of March.

1824, and was sent by Mr.Rush to Washington for ratification.

Mr.Monroe and Mr.Adams were ready to give it their sanction; but the Senate insisted on striking out a provision in the first article.

The article commenced as follows:-- "The commanders and commissioned officers of each of the two high contracting parties, duly authorized, under the regulations and instructions of their respective Governments, to cruise on the coasts of Africa, of America, and of the West Indies, for the suppression of the slave trade, shall be empowered, under the conditions, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter specified," &c.
The Senate struck out the words "of America." This amendment the British Government would not assent to.

Thus the negotiation on the slave trade, so near a consummation, fell to the ground.
Mr.Monroe's administration closed on the 3rd of March, 1825.