Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-20

sive on the par. Of the United s,,,,,
fensive elsewhere than in Eurons
gulf Of Mexico, the stipulation " po,a, ID
be applicable. Knowing, as adm;,;;ua rs
did, shas this article of alliance ey;s,' ''i4
that It's terms would admit OF no wv ID
one construction, why did it ask H. : ha
government what would be its CON- l'od
case OF war between US and SDa;ni 's
cause it wished 10 ascertain VIII, ,her p B.
would stop at the point indicHyd b.
treaty, or would in fact, acting rn L;
principle that there was no Spsin,hp'an
the war her own. Having aScsr,u,. Jag
indeed It can be said to have a,rr rt>f
what it well knew alleady--,ha p
would make war upon US if we n,d
upon Spain, and having oscfrta,ned sl,oS y
France wanted money. Adminisua,;,
tefm'ned TO buy IT. as one would sn
common life, by paving eight million, n
dollars Tor q boundary 10 that cour,,r
which II mad paid fifteen millions wiI9s'
boundary This is the long and ,bo' ''
the whole business. The s!aten,,Dt H.
fore, that this threat on The part Of F,,,
accompanied with gentle hint that r,,
would BIZ acceptable, infuencu admins,
ton TO abandon the idea OF honorabl, M,
tanning cur rights against that powrr hz
member there was no SPAIN infpemS%,|
to sucounb to that power N mos, ra,,
and base manner, and i!funced it tom
cral the state of our foreign relations fran
THE PEOPLE, remains uncontradic,sd. I'll
France said, Il you 70 70 war with Sn
,we shall do no more than furnish h,r i
greeably to treaty, with 1900 irianr
6C0O cavalry, and propor!IonabIc trsnJ|
artillery" as little Of soldier as the con-
Bnander in chief Of OR armies and nas
was, it is perhaps but common ctariyo|
believe that he would have conlented hn
self with giving up all our claims tog S,
nish aud French spo|iatIons, and within:
linquishing West Florida and the immna
region between the Colorado and ,hs X,
Bravo, which countries he claimed as a pat
Of louisiana, in order to obtain bOuas
ry for the "s,ring Of land' that wOudA
be left 10 US. viii any man now doubtta
administration acted under the influenced
fear Of France
Administration has taci!Iy admitted 9
could not have possibly denied) the vhct
Of the facts stated in No. VII. Itta&
mitted that it had known Tor years ts
France managed all the concerns ofSPaT
thai Thomas jefferson had been inloImd
by his agents abroad that it was the Td1y
OF France 20 reserve Spain fer events ;df
hr falsely stated TO congress that it wad'
policy Of Spain TO reserve herself fer esd%
that ear ministers had offered to reIjrqua
all cur claims for Spanish and French fr
Iiaions that, in asserting that France Vi"
disposed 10 effect a settlement between /"
ard Spain, he was either guilty OF asstrIi
another gross taistnood, or CT lntlmaIlfS"
congress in most srtiul but most na
manner, that money n1ust be Paid to tt'S'
IS her terms were " analogous" 10 'hG
(pecuniary) terms which our minister o.
already proposed and that he resorisG :.
means supcrlatlvejy base and wicked |
procure 90 app pilallcn, which was 10 8
concealcd from The people, OF the n"o'
thus to BE- paid &c France. Net a !I1s g'
ufcd, however, with an opportunity "
que this case against the administrator "
writer will give it liberty to ANFSO ="
Plea
APPENDiX--No. II.
VATTEL. Book iii. chap. o.