Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-01
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THOMAS TODD, c. c.

r. Spanish conspiratoss wished Tor no.
:m.d.ase declaration OF independence,
sad Alliance with Spain, as . preparatory
.,sosto receive ON their necks shs yoke OF
=. rhauphsy Don. Mr. Brown wrote ma.
- orher letters 70 hisscenhdential friends
81 = Keo,ucky, besidss rhc two addressedto
Il MsDowsll and Mnser. he sent ssveralby
.eap,ain c., of Danyille, but dreading
i. ronseodencrs of ms communication
bsing 100 public, hewrose 70 capt. c.
while Oh his road 70 Kentucky, not TO DELE
yer them. -.
While the negotiations between Wilkin.
.oo and Giozo and Brown aud Gafdoqui
w.,t ornding, one of asimilar nature was
c,rryiug on between the late general Elijah
Clark. Of Georgia, and his excelIency don
Zsspondes, the governor of st. Augustine,
so-tbe separation of the state of Georgia
from the uuiou. General Clark h,mself
i was extremely illi,erate and scarcely able
90 write, bus was character OF strong
mind and pa.ural powers, and he CORES.
bonded through the MEDIUM OF several ct
his acquainsanccs, with some of the prin.
e,salconspirasors in Kentucky, particularly
with Iudg: --- and colonel ---.
4 leading agent of don zespoodes aud
General Clark IN business was the celebrat.
ed Indian chief Alexander M'GlllivraY,
,kiag OF the Lreek nation, for which pur-
pose he received generals commission
f5,s The crown ut Spain, and the privilege
Of gran,ipg passports for the free nayiga-
.ion Of thar part Of the Gulph of Mexico,
on which the old fort OF ST. Marx is situate
Ell. Wilkinson had likewise received The
same privilege of granting passports to the:
Keusucklans for navigasiag the Mississippi,
and il is stated that on the 10th of Ianu.
!, ary, 1889, Ace. OF twenty. FIVE large boats
with tobacco, -four and provisions passed
Louisville for New Orleans under his pro.
s lection. Immediately on their arrival.
their cargoes were deposited ia the public
Warehouse OF his Catholic majesty, pri.
'vaegc grated sonoue but those who had
Ssaksu the OATH OF allegiance To Spain. If
!. ANY KensIckIan IN those days VentGred
'dOwrihe Mississippi without beins under
the protection of Wilkinson, or having q
passpoft from hun, his cargo, efwhateyer
species it nigh, be, wheeler tobacco or
aosr, wAscerta,n,o OF being seized.
But ,ofesurnto IA 'Gifiivray /; in connec
'tiau wilhssreral ofthesG Georgian merchants
\ who advocated an union with&Spains; he
established warehouses at ST. Mark, and
carried on a regular trade with the Spa.
;'risrds. from the be1e6s of which all the
ether Gsorgians were expfs ssly prohibited.
nus he aud Wilkinson, although private
Individuals, had actually concluded with
tas government of Spain, through the go
vsrnors 'dou ZesPondes and don Marc,
usslles Of navigation and commerce.
twill alsobS reco!lected. TIA, whenthe
unfortunate yeDcoGnser between col. Arm.
slrong and the Span;afds at Natchez IN
1887. exposed our countrysnen at NewOr-
leans TO every mark of disgrace Wilkin.:
san and bis friends were treated with the
same atsen,ion as ever, and those Kentuc-
xlaas who produced their passports, were
equally secure as Spanish subjects.
twas mentioned in the FRS, part OF this
number that the articles of agreement be-.
tween Sebastian, DR.. Watkins, * CO which
Sgs published, were acoPy of the origiuai
plan drafted by Sebastian and Wilkinson;
We have, showever, been since informed.
if0m uoquesroaable authority, that it was
not toe original plan, but thc second which
was drawn up. The Frat was conceived.
10 terms much more reasonable il ran
nsasly as follows: Sos
We the subscribers being discon,entsd
with the government of the United States,
aud Wishing 90 live under mild and per-
l'aHens government. petition his Catholic
majesty, &c."
Numbers were justly disgasted with this
monarchical 2hraseology, apd Immediately
ueclned all connection with the nlan. and