Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-03-18
WASHINGTON CITY, March Il.
LATE and IMPORTANT.
(oFFICIAL)

Il q
1knsLdtion efG letter from the Marquis
ae Case 7rHo to the Secretary Of State.
WAsHINoToN, March 10, 1905.
SIR, = .~-..-l/z -. 49,. o. l., :
Whenyou represented to me towards
the end Of November last, that the port
of New Orleans had been shut against
the citizens Of the United States, with
out the assignment of any equivalent pldce
of deposit for their merchandise on the
Banks of the Mississippi according to
the, stipulation in the 2zd article Of The
Treaty Of Amity, Commsfce, and Ma
vigation between the King my master and
the United States, Ibid not hesitate to.
declare to you that considered this nea-
sure, as Aowingsolely from the mistaken
zeal of the Lntendant Of louisiana, with.
cut the appreciation, and even without the
knowledge of my court. / well knew the
sincere desire Of the King, my MASTER
to live ID peace and good harmony with
the United States; as also knew well
the scrupulous good faith with which the
Spanish government ful6fls the engage
inerts which il forms, particularly when
they are founded ON the selemnity=efa
Treaty. :. n :.
l have now the satisfaction of inform
ingyou that my FIRST opinion hasbeen We
ri6ed, and ofdeclaring in the most posi-
tive terms, thar the proclamation Of the
intendant is an act purely personal, with
out the sanction and even without the
knowledge of his Catholic Majesty. Ia
reality, 1.-THE said proclamation had APP
peared here in an entire state, no doubt
could have taken place asto the source Of
this proceeding; but. the operative part
thereof alone has circulated through the
United States, the preamble Introducing
Ii, having been, probably without design,
omitted. =, -. - 49, :. ! : .~7~-.
have therefore the honor to comfnu-
nieats herewith an eatire and correct copy
Of the aforesaid proclamation and by
the expressions which have underlined,
1t will be clearly seen that the arrange
ment is absolutely personal, and has ORR
ginated in the faculties which the Intend.
ant supposed to be incidental to his stati-
on. +~ esssss lszsr5 - : -
: This assertion is not founded merely
on the obvious inference from those ex-
pressions; the intcndant himself declares
il to me in the most direct terms in q let
, ter of January Sth, which have Just re-
teived from him ! and the Governor Of
the Province confirms the same thing with
the same soiemnity in another letter Of
the same date Neither the one, nor the
- other disputethe right Of the citizens of
the Western States to place Of deposit
on the Spanish banks of the Mississippi:
but the Intendant thinks, that three years
allowed for the purpose at Newt Orleans,
having expired, and much prejudice to
: the royal interest being experienced from
It's continuance in1that City, it was in-
cumbent ON himto suspend the deposit
there, without venturing to take on him.
self, the assignment of another eqiivalent
place not because he doubted the right
Of the inhabitants of the United States,
thereto; but because it appeared to him
to be an act exceeding his authority, and
which he ought to leave tothe royal deter.
animation of our Sovereign. The COVER
nor of Louisiana saw the subject under q
point Of view moro correct in my judg,
ment, and more favorable to the inhabit.
ants Of the United States. = ..... -.
From the whole it results that the sus-
pension of the deposit not being an act Of
my court, and no person even disputins
the right of tbs American citizens in the
case, / shall dow take upon myself to
adopt nisasuresSwhich must ensure to the
u. States, the enjoyment ofall the right,
stipulated in the 2ad article, Of the treaty
Oh the arrival ofthe dispatches which vii
be forwarded under this date. &
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