The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-17
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RICHMOND, JANCARY II, 1911
LOUISIANc.f..-....No II.

On the 1st October. 1900. the Treaty of
81. ldelfonso was concluded between France
and Spain, which contains the following
provision
HIS Catholic Majesty promises and engages
on ms part, to cede TO the French Republic, six
months after the full and entire execution of the
conditions and stipuIations herein relative 10 His
ROYAL Highness the Duke of p srma, the Colony
or PROVINCE OF Louisiana, gpith the same extern
thaf 1t noSD mas IN the hands Of Spain, and that it
mad sshen france possessed it 4; and such as it
should be after the treaties subsequently entered in
TO 6etzreen Spain and other STAIRS"
The treaty of Paris, 3Oth April, 1908. be-
tween France and the United States, after
recting the above clause, goes one The
irst Consul of the French Republic desi-
ring to give to the u. S. strong proof of
ms friendship, doth hereby cede to the said
United States, in the name of the French
Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the
said territory with all its rights and appur-
tenances, as fully and in the same manner
as they have been acquired by the French
Republic in virtue of the above mentioned
Treaty concluded with his Catholic Mas
jesty."
The point is this--does Louisiana ertend,
according to this description, to the East of
the mississippi, to the Perdido, or ho7u far
TO the East
The description consists of three parts
/. The same extent that L. HAD in the
hands of France.
2. nat 1t noso has in the hands of Spain.
j. And such as it should be after the
treaties subsequently entered into be-
tween Spain and other States
l.. There IS no doubt. that Louisiana, as
u Toas IN the hands of France, went to the
ferdido at least, If nor further.
The Grant of Louis 14ih TO Crozat, in
l!l2, expressly cedes TO MIN 1.-THE trade in
all the lands possessed by France J boun-
ded by New Mexico, and by The lands of
the English Of Carolina, all the establish
ments, ports, Ravens, rivers and h,lncihaikv
the port and haven of the Isle Dauhhin.
heretofore called MASSACRE, Scc."-But Dau-
phln Isle is at the mouth of Mo6iLe Bay.
The whole slip of land from the Missis-
sipPl tothe Atlantic, was either a part of
Louisiana or Florida. But by the Con.
veDtlon OF Pardo. in 1899, between Spain
and Great Britain, commissioners were an
pointed &c &c regulate the prctensons of the
two powers in relation to the limits of Flo
rida and Carolina" These commissioners
met and determined the limits of Florida 20
be line drawn from Fort ST. George, ON
the mouth OF the river San Matheo now
the st Johns river.) due West to the mouth
w. VIZ AA'Si "oio"J il lllC Guy OF HnG(I-
chee. This decisively proves, that F2orida.
in the hands of Spain, fell far short eyen of
me Perdido--the conclusion in favor of the
limits of Louisiana is irresistible
Tracing the authorities down, we have
british authority in the year 1856, m fa-
vor of the extended limits-the papers of
Governor Pownal on the administration of
the colonies, published in 1774, contain
Memorial drawn up in 1856. Having sta
ted the French forts in Canada, ne gives a
view OF the resources & establishments of
louisa ana:
The establishment posts & settlements of
e" Louisiana, are as follows
=" ThIrty-seven companies of so men each 2,
two Swsse companies OFFS men each
Tns CARRIsoE oFN ORLEANs:
s sySsse, g SS 97s
Out Of which are gsrrisoned the OUT posts
OF the Balise and other small posts
2. Detoar AngiGis--1 companies, &c which
bsve their tour of duty with the Mobile and
3. Mobiie-eight French companies & one
" Swisse-475
"4. Tom5igbee. Gone Company each, de-
a. D. A''"@"''H'' son Of Mobile" VIC S''f'-
In another paper, Gov. Pownal unfolds a
plan for extinguishing the French power
amongst other things he says, " should have
extended my idea to an attempt on Mobile
by West-India squadron with troops raj
sed iii the islands; for nothing would more
embarrass the enemy's Indian affairs in
Louisiana than the taking this place. -
Here is proof enough that in the year 1856,
Iho6ile and the territories near it, were not
considered by the English as part of Flori.
da, bat OF Louisiana.
In The year 1862, France cedes away the
zrhoEe Of the province Of Louisiana--for by
secret convention of the Sd of November
of that year, she cedes the country lying
West OF the Mississippi with the island OF
New-Orleans (being to the East of iO to
Sfatn--and by contempOraneous act, viz I:
the preliminary articles to the dehnitive
Ycatg Of 1865, she transfers the rest Of