Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-05-06
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Cadie! No, to Nantz, the high read to
; Paris. II was not because there was q
|, party in the House indisposed TO the no.
!: nest acquisition of the Floridas, but be.
cause there was party indisposed 10 &C
qnire them at The expense of the national
treasure and honor, tina. opposition oriei.
mated to the measures you have takena
No, SIR, we were not for war, we were for
pesce--for acting on true policy, on tho
principle OF taking iirmer ground than
has been taken--that ground which wa
thought was called for and not for en-.
| dcavoring TO curry favor with one of The
European powers by throwing our weight
in her scale, and thus producing cause
OF Quarrel with another nation during a
pending negotiation. This is the fatl,
I we told gentlemen, that, after France
had said, ifyou give Spain one blow
WIN give you ten or two, do not rscols
lect which, after she had told you thar
your claims against Spain must be abau.
doaed,-after she had m The most INSULT
ing and degrading manner interfered in
yonr differences with Spain,--that, under
these circumstances to put money into
the hands OF France was not only viola.
ton ofyour neutrality with 9 reat Britain
but that the grouad subsequently taken
towards Great Britain was most das-
lardly accommodation To the wishes OF
France, IN order, by putting on hostile
attitude to Britain 10 curry favor with the
Emperor OF France and wbich sas not
demanded by the situation Of our atTairs
with C. Britain.
What is our true policy! To take ,,art
with neither al those na,iuns-,o let n.i-
sher OF them finger one dollar ofour NM.
ney--to resist the unjust pretenslons Of
all. This policy We have abandoned. and
what is the consequence The national
nonor mas rsceived a s,aln which all the
waters OF the Potomac can9ot wash out.
II is on the page of history, and cannot
now be taken off. The nation IS Stigma.
Iised-h has received a blot, which ain
your Indian rubber cannot efaee.
BUTT has been represented that tooE
part with The Spanish against the Ame-
rican government IN relation TO the dis.
pntetl territory between the Periodic and
ne Mhssissipph took part SO far an
this. did not wish TO see tha Anne rican
'honor sacrificed in Contest win s,,n.
took par, so far, as TO be called a Sha.
nish partisan by some gentlemen. whiIs
Eothers charged me with being w,iling -
kRdie war with Spain. stated; Thar
we mad never received copies of the in.
structions OF the minister delegated tone
gociate with the Spanish government
AID that if we should call for he doeu.
ments We should find that the bns,ppss
uouf The First to the last had been n,anag.
ed In The most embecile rnanner.-.I do
not speak of the negociator-A Cod forb;a
but OF those who drew the instruction..
o. the man who negotiated We bougb,
Louisiana from France under The tern.
oil the treaty of St, Ildefonso. Accord.
ing 10 the Executive UNDERSTANDING ,bat
country extended to the Perdido and ,bp
keo Bravo. We Immediately Ieeislated
on our first claim and passed a law erect,
ing the bay and shores of the Mobile in.
TO revenue district, What was tb~
TACT Z That we were legisIa,ine wubout
information. We had never been roI,y
that Laussat had been directed TO receive.
the country only to The lbervllle and the
Lakes. We consequently legisIatrd in
error tor want of coIreci Executive infoe,
nation. This was the beginning. We;
then sent commissioners 10 Madrid.
These commissioners had various csl,ssW
OF complaint against Spain. One was,
tor The injury We had sustained from, the
suspension of the right of deposit.st New
Orleans, which has not to tits dsv been
saIistied ; another vas for spolia,ions
committed on our Commerce in the w.
Indies; another for spohations commit.
ed by france and another relative tn
boundaries. We claimed 10 tbs REQ,
Bravo; but our commissioners declared
,hemseives ready to agree, in CO. snain
ceded the disputed country to the last,
that the Colorado SHOULD be tie boaEdaty
line ! and TO make even this fer Our =.
gents were obliged 70 exceed heir m
struetons. sinformation,s nor dfs&n
from documents before ths Houye ~
no, con6dential-~If geo,lemer doaSt 10
coTrectness, let hem call Tor official de-.
cumeels. We sni.d the teYraorv .,c,
the East Of the Mississippi, and oRgred
10 pay for It with territory Wcsy F II.
Mississippi, Bul Span replies, ms fgr.
ritoFy bsiongs';o ms, and as J an sbie
and Wiling iodvseod Hsi1, will not give