The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1797-11-20 00:00:00, page 1

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Hwe iodize • fct Menard, thi s
re^&w&r thb: treaties with the In.
& dt%i, ronitM the demolition of the
,'% o i'9, audtheir uuTuaiue, !
rVriheir debvery friih all their fortifica-•
‘ tials and other works fanning, j, h y
the governor made to depend entirely
onohe iffob of a negotiation between
tht<,Jvepmeots of Spain and the U
nued States! Can any farther proof be
wiring to juftify me in calling this a
; pretence ?ißut you seem to rely on this
yourconft ruction of the treaty relative
@he posts:. You have urged in your
letter tp me of the 24th of June; and
therefore I will confider ir.
^-j,he zd article of the treaty having de
scribed the boundaries between the ter
ritories of the Upited States and Spain,
^hu^ proceeds—" And it is agreed that
if there should be any troops, garrif
- ons, or fettlemeats of either party, in
Nhe territory of the other, according to
the abovementioned boundaries, they
,shall be withdrawn from the said terri
tbries within the term of fix months af
fer ihe ratification of this treaty, or
fopner if it be possible: and that they
ihaft be permitted to take with them
"all thagoodsand effects which they pof
fefa" But to juftify your retention of
fepofts, you fay that the demarcation
of the boundary line should precede the
'withdrawing of the garrisons:„ Yet
'fafoppofe it probable, and his Catho
lic Majesty's governors well know, that
the Chickasaw Bluff—the Walnut Hills
—and the Natchez are within the ter-
Tijory of the United States. ^ ^ 4
Governor Gayofo speaks of the boun
dary, line as being near eiarkefville, a
place many miles below the Natchez ;
and he also knew the result of Mr. El
licott's aftronomieal observations on
f& spot, which afeertained the Nat
, ,chez to be about thirty nine miles north
of the fouth boundary of the United
States.,:-
1 ,1 There being then^not a Shadow of
datyt with refpeft to the position of
I there posts—that tbey.are dll within the'
rc rit °9r>f : ^ y^a^^
Kffimpla& as c^efoio},^^
I evacuation of the pofte which we!
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,^&fo;%^o,fel
fumed that it could ever hfcten!
.mention of his GiVh&fe hfi^t^l
that they, hate
sums of motley;"/$&,,
, political vfeifchfylfa^^
dial so huhbj^^Qfea
. tance to ^mfyfo o f{|
ftruflion f#WjsulW flisreouc 3
.prpbably^frf , Q ^1
Idraw:'6 r retire. frb m % place hty
imagined to intend ,
l^pofts had been intend^^ fr
anaredl, have .bsta 1
doublets the idea peW<fccuteiJ
it was found convenient tfgn&
,nce for holding
^"^ withdraw! 4s&^|s,^J
atrafoft erc^r,,haired
^"^ ^w^l
and their raeaning is afeertairifl
I frequent efiffo tr&tifond to /,
bounty orwforafcd place, from |
Lit was if&pulated to " withdrawn
I'^* garrison, would be
% aft of parbarifm as ought nevet ;
'^f^treakte fopbyife 1
I ^?: (th u wi^h Great Eri^ra
^,/b wiMW3wbu&.iq|
fines a Signed by the treaty of pl'
# fyUrd^d tuaiCT Thiw
take pi.c~o^ or before the
June, ifo6." All these expreffim
used in the fame treaty as etfuivafl
" the delivery of the said pofts.'4
British treaty was in this manner]
dingly carried into effeft—the
troops were 'withdrawn, and
leftfunding. The British officii
even careful not to expose the ra
accidental deftruftion ; for as
tican troops did not reach thel
the firft of June, small Britiflm
were left to preserve the works
jary until the American troops J
By the treaty concluded at
the 3d of September i7Bfy^b.
Great Britain, it was agreed, 1
the king of Great Britainihbuim
East Florida to be evacuated
after the ratification of that tiej
sooner, if it could be done."
cuatiorf took place, but no demi
of fortifications.
In the preliminary articles
between England, France & Spam
ed the 3d of November
pulated," That as soon as poffiffl
the ratification of these prelim
France fbould evacuate Cleyem
and Guelders, and generally
countries belonging to the king]
fia :" Were these places
country laid waste, when the trool
drew? Or were there any full
negociation to remove any dm
the fubjeft?
But 1 have dwelt too long ora
that required no elucidation, 1
On this, as well as on anoth^
fion you hafrbot fit W opb|
with (hewing to the British q
degree of candor and confid^m
you insinuate he de} not del]
which; you seem to think,
held from you. Yet, Sir, am
rations made to me by
verbally and in writing,
November 2*o, 1747.,
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