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NEW %ORS, •UGUIT '2.
SPAIN.
The arrival of the lll•ruet has at least settled one
.important question. The Treaty transferring the
Florida., stegociated under the foil authority of the
Spanish Government. has w(4 been ratified. [lad
this Treaty been unlntsked-fat and unexpected ; had
any events urged the necessity of UN imisieslisite
surrender of that territory ; had Ferdinand VII.
been taken by surprise, and at a loss bow to act, we
shviulj not be astonished at thia Isesitai ~,,,, and
would find some excuse in the step's:rattle situation.
of that kingdom, and the total absence of resources
or independence; but after protracted ssegociiitions
of twenty year.' duration; alter spotiiiinus oti air
Commerce. national insults, awl a state of peace,
•mtiunttug very nearly to a state of war; after we
bad repeatedly urged our claims, and almost
haunted negociation, Sp:sits could tug plead igls-
entice of the actual state of our relations; and when
her Minister, accredited its this country, had, after
some years of deliberation. entered into a formal
Treaty, ceding to us the Florida's, as an indemnity
for our claims, with what faith or character can the
Spanish King refuse to ratify the authorised acts of
his agents? In this negotiation, which was neither
hurried nor secret. the utmost fraiskoess. and laser-
slily were evinced by the. American Cabinet. We
had 'hewed more forbs•arance towards Spain than
could reasonably be expected of us, labouring as we
have been, under preening and crying wrossgs; and
if Spain piawessed the strength and siational charac-
ter which she did in the first ten years of the reign
of Charles IV. we should have been this slay at wilt

with her ; and it is not to he de ie,lr that her-weak-
nes,. owl the struggle with the revolted Colonies.
hs‘e excited some sympathy. which has been inks-

nous to our rights and interest.
A new era, however, has commencetl, and what
is strictly just, and deinunderl also by considerations
of safety, must be vigorously pursued. The Flo-
rida, oust be ours, the late Semmole war, and the
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events slim of the war with Great Britain, unite to
amour 0., that the safely and tranquility of our
frontiers is out of the question without them. We
have tried to obtain them " pracembly," we must
try what force will do; they are our property, we
have a hen ulnaa, them which cannot be evaded;
liiid if Suain.feels herself justified. and sufficiently
powerful, either to prevent our taking possession of
them, or ejecting us when we have them in our
power, let her try her best; but without them, it
will cost the United States treble their value to
maintain an army of observation on our frontiers.
It is not, however, so certain that the'Trerty
may not be ultimately ratified; the great obstacle
is the British Cabinet, and we believe that Lord
Castlereagh has not, oar could not pledge the
co.opera • of his natiou tie the event of hos-
' *ditto growing out of a non-ratification of the
Treaty, for in that case the veil would be too
flimsy, and though not desirous of seeing a war
.ither with Spain or Great Britain, yet this
country will nut permit Great Britain to war
with us under the Spanish flag. If the British,
by au UliWiffillildbitt iittertereoce in our con-
cerns with another nation professing to be nide-
peodetit, disturbs the peace of the civilized
world, and causes another continental war, she
must be prepared to state her reasons and j...stifica..
to that world, and stand ready to abide the
c insequences. It will argue nothing for her to say,
that our possessing the Florida, might entlitoger
the Spanish and British possession* in the West
Indies, for it is well k nitwit that it is 110 t our interest,
our policy, or out intention to acquire and hold any
tratikuarine possessions; neither can it be possible
fur the Uoited States and (treat Britein to he at
war without terminonug the ill-concerted and pre-
Car1..113 peace in Europe. which, like the crater of •
volcano, is ready to burst forth upon the !riot es-
cite-meta. The Treaty may be ratified if' Spain
discovers a diatrasition in the United States not to
be longer trifled with. if they perceive preparatiolis
makmg to take posse...ion of the Florida., and Inert
all the ennsetienees; if they percrive a unity of sen-
timent on tilts point in the minds of the Ainmican
people, for the game she has to play its South Ante..
rice is of too much importance; neither is et probable
that the fleet and troops now at Cadiz are destined to
protect the Floridas—the loss in time and expense of
suet: it movement would be inure than the Florida.
are worth—for if that armament, collected at such
air enormous coo, fails in its object at South Ante-
rice, it is the last effort that Spain can make. The
' impris t of the Marquis be Caw. Yrujo, Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, is a matter of course; it
Ferdinand refuses to ratify the 'ripely he must div-
gi ace the Minister. A tetv.il;ya,, however, will gist
us more .itiltitmation ; itt the' mean time we have
only to be true to ourselves.
NSW YORK, AUGUST 3.