Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-05

power @ oner as Il mas been latimuta
your exceiicnoy BY the governor al +, %
Yldeo, IN his answer 10 the letter ,o a'c
csliency had written nlm on TIA sx.
and copies of which are 10 my po>. NC.
aad from whom alone rsceneo .'''O,
thorlty was invested win, aod -. az.
very words are as ioiiow:) 'S:
with the command OF the troops ~ h, s,'f')
captured Bosoos Ayres, then 10 - IN 's.
session OF the British forces. MA Pos
command OF your excellsncy. ~, the
aashor'ss him conclude the caDiIul r COT
which your exeeIlcncy has dooe ~
honor TO inclose, il Is for Thar yer, @' 'aet
that maze The words. as far as j. l "a'oF
my power to preeede the sigaiu, 81 Il q
favafs above eacntioned; it is mu o " 'os
wondered 81, stas in spite OF f,c,s DC
Gently Certain, your exceIleocy Sra, s'''
esasof 10 persuade thing utterly f.l .a'
passing over IN silence she raotiys .oa i'''s'
sass regard tor your escelIeacy ia, r ;a'
oleed me TO e'ant your r7pessed ,.on' 'a'
to silay TIE peIgoepsy OF yocr .,. iI''''
eys only aim, was 20 produce as e,,;.a
'asisn the mare csasola,ios thu, ! az ar u
you through administration wbsa s'sa
privately mad. me seosible Of ~. ' you
tha' would await You on being brought h.'
tore tie tribunal Of your coun,,v 90
.but Being aware of tao evil g,e.;,n e
yoaf eEesllsacy, as much in RI. constr
iion yos pas ea, as in the publ,c;rr ,;a' INV.
10 the elbows mentioned favo,s 90 ol1
sceadcd 20 srans you. bsve 10 ;ofars
your exce!lency Of whsi yoa are coo.r;s'a
OF, ] mean the rulhty of favors 50 o,s@.
Cd. 10 p,eveat your excsliency fam wv
ing semSlance OF truth and = [IrS .
rzsieaces TO wsas il realty does 90, sx
iss.
Our respesti7e si,ua;iors, your eyesr.o
cy q presoaer of war az discre,lon rna
qnsTof, did q. shs time forbid y, r,,sr,,.
lGso 3 treaty aboat business w1jco IA
vigorous energy Of the Spanish arms h..
so soon decided, sad which has rel,,,,d
your esceiIeacy 10 the necessity rf Isyic,
dewn yaors, as has Gssc witnessed in VIM,
throwing yea, sword apon the eroupd ba,
which was Internationally returned wa
&c Spanish cs'lon ,hiaking isu nbeconior
10 deprive & geaeral of his arms. who had
jasi gwen psoefs Of TIE mos, tried coursos
aad tbS greatest sasgfroid, il the most e.
miaeRt danger, Qui,,ing the fort ths last,
st'er having had your secretary, captain
Ge"rG- W. ennelh, OF inc eaginysr., kib
led by youvside.
In regard 70 ous verbal agreemsn,, vhea
your exceilepcy left the for,, it consisted
osly ia my informing you thar should
grant yeu the hoaors Of war die 70 III:
defence you had made, and that you should
be exchanged for the vicsroy Of Lm},
whom conceived had been ma k prison.
er, elfcamsta5ce which, however, cannot
now take place, having been Informed that
h was not taksn.
Finally, proposed to ny superiors,i TO
the Supreme couucll. and the corporate DO.
Gy, to send to Europe the Bti,ish rooq,a
their officers, after having taken the u,ce';
sary surety fer their exchange. i support
ed that PToFoaitien win aIlu,y power, but
the chapter, the great majority Of the p1d::
cio.l iuhabiaass Of Monte Vitdo, were Of
contrary opinloa. ! did sill more laiS'
vor Of tAe tsoaps uader the orders OF your
excel!ency, ] called ceunci! of ~al, sHca
was composed Of all the staff officers SOD
captains who. on the 26 inst. appFoVfS' 9,
my generous proceedings; but, copies
wass yoar excelcncv called capj'uiauoo,,
havina beec spread abroad on the 2S'n anu
29shio this city, and the sameto nv SoO"
Ledge, having also been forwarded by %"
20 sionteVieds, and rendered public 'nf'''
both Cities have positively insisted "'
they would not cepsen: TO the British HoJF,
bsrg sest 10 Europe, to which oP'n''0,,%s
ceeno,! of war assembled by me yes'e'pH
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