Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-09-19
.fRIDAz, Sspiense, u. 1906.

and the Mississippi. Chr citizens
haze been Jseixed and their property
PfEadercd in the very parts Of the for
!. naer, which had been actually deliver
|" ednp BY Spain, and this 6y he regular
:" ecers andsoiaiers d that government.
have therefore found il necessary, At
length, 10 give orders to our troops on
THAT frontier to be in readiness to pro.
tect our citizens. and to rebrl by arms
= any similar aggfessions in FUTURE
I.should be kept i'm mind that the
piatieal acts" (mentioned in the se-
coud paragraph Of the same messase)
eohsnitted in the very n, ouths Of our
f.si5brs, hy prisats armed vessels, some
without commissions, some with Illegal
commissions, others, with those of ie.
gal form, bur rransceuding the authority
of those commissions, plnnderiag and
sinking eur vessrts, and exposing their.
eretD4 in open boats or; on desert shores,n
were perpe:rated chiefly, IL not Exclusive
", by Spanish and French privateers,
fitted ont principally. from the Eastern
ports Of Cuba. = -....:.t. - r.:
In the third paragraph. Congress was
called upon to make sfFectual .and deter
mined opposition to the new principles
interpolated into the law Of nations: in
reference, no doubt, to certain decisions
Of the British court of admiralty. This
address was re- echoed by a spirited (how.z
ever precipitate1 resolution Of the Vir-t
ginia Assembly. ~
= On the sixth Of December, the follow.
ing confidential me ssage was received
from the President: =, 49, II. =. 1
The depredations which had been
committed IN the commerce Of the u. S.
during q preceding war, by persons un-
der the authority Of Spain are sufficient.
iy known to. MI. These made il a duty
to require from that government indena-
MITIGATION for our injured citizens. A
convention was accordingly entered into
between the minister of the. III. S. ar.
fzadtid, and the minister Of thar go4
vsrnment Tor foreign affairs, by which it
was agreed that spoliatious committed
by Spanish subjects, and carried into
ports Ct Spain, should be paid for By that
nation. and those committed by French
subjects, and carried into Spanish ports,
should remain for further discussion.
Before this convention was returned to
Spain with our ratification, the transfer
Of Louisiana BY France TO the u. S. took
place: An event as unexpected Is disa-
greeable to Spain. From that moment
she seemed TO change her conduct and
disposition towards u.s., It was first ma
Infested by her protest against the right
Of France to ALLEVIATE Louisiana to us.
which however was soon retracted and
the right confirmed. Then high offence
was manifested al the act OF congress ST.
tabiishing collection district on the
Mobile, although by an authentic decla.s
ration imnie diately made, twas { xpress.
~ confined to our acknowledged limits
and she now refused TO ratist the conyen !
ton siguedby her own minister under
the eye ofhis sovereign, nnless NE would
consent to alterations of its terms, which /
would have affected our claims against
hcr, for spoliations by French subjects
carried into Spanish ports. -
=. ." To obtain justice, a. wsllas to restore
friendship, l thought a special mission
advisable, and accordingly appointed
James Monroe minister extraordinary
and plenipotentiary to repair TO Madrid,
and, in conjunction with our, minister
resident there, to endeavor to procure 4
ratification Of the former convention aud
to come 70 an understanding with Spain,
as to the boundaries Of Louisiana. Il |
appeared At once that her policy was to
reserve herself for events, and, In the |
mean time 70 keep our differences in an |
undetermined state. This win be evil |
dent from the papers now eommunicat- !
ed 20 you. Alter nearly 1--WE months OF |
ruthless endeavor 70 bring them 70 some
dehnitive and satisfactory result, our |
ministers ended the conferences, without
having been able to obtain Indemnity for