The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-15


by some convention or other obligatory ac
restricted the Eastern limit of the province
Ii mas, indeed. been asserted that by a trea
y between France and Spain, concluded IN
me. year l719, the Perddo was expressI,
Stipulated to be the boundary between their
respective provinces of Florida on the E.as,
ana Louisiana on the West but as I have
been unable 70 find any such treaty 7 am
induced to doubt its existence.
ABOUT the same period, to wit, towards
tue close OF the seventeenth century, when
france settled the isle Dauphine and the
Moone, Spain erected fort at Pensacola.
nut aPa'n never pushed her actual settle
men's or conquests further West than the
pay OF PENSACOLA, whilst those of the French
were bounded on the East by the MOBILE
., ne.Ween,thesetwo points. a space of abou,
40 or t4leaSucs. neither nation had the ex.
.iuslve possession. The Rio Perdido form.
ing the bay of the same name dischar-es
it.eli into the gulph of Mexico between the
Mobile and Pensacola, and, being natu-
raj and the most notorious object he, we.n
men, presented itself as suitable bonndarv
nee~een tue possessions of the two nations
IL accordingly appears very early tohave
oeen ADOPTED as the boundary by tacit if not
express consent. The ancient charts and
h'St' rams 'herefor of the country so repre
senth DuPratz, one of the most accurate his
'or1ans in point of fact and detail ofthe time
whose "ork was published as early as 1883
describes the coast as being bounded on the
East oy the Rio Perdido. In truth, sir no
european nation whatever, except France
ever occupied any portion of West Florida
prior 10 ner cession of it t. England in 1852.
ne gentlemen IN the other side do not in.
usou s'r'ms,y controvert, if they do not ex-
fIrnA
FRANCE anterior to her cessions of it in 1853
reached to the Perdido The only ohserva
ton made by the gentleman from Delaware
o. 'he contrary, to wit, that the island NJ
new orleans beiAg particularly mentioned
CoGiu h.C ior taat reason constitute a part
oi Louisiaha, Is susceptible of very salts.
iacotiy answer. That island was excepted
Oh, Oh ene grant to England, and was the
ohiy part OF the province east of the river
sa%s was SO excepted. l. formed in itself one of
the most prominent and important objects of
the cesslon to Spain original and was
transferred to her with the portion ofthe
province West OF the Mississippi. It might
WIN equal Propricty be urged that St. Au.
CUISINE is not in East Florida, because ST.
augustine is expressly mentioned by Spain
III her cesslon OF that province to England ::
rom TINS view OF the subject. think If re-
1852. VIC year
What is done with it at this epoch, Rv y
secret convention of the Sd of Novembe,. of
that year, france coded the country living
west OF The Mississippi. and the island NJ
new Orleans to Spain, and by a contemno-
raneous act, the articles preliminary e. the
,letnitlve treaty of 1868. she transformed
West Florida to England. Thus a. the
same instant OF time she alienated the whole
province. Posterior to this grant, Great
bf'tain having also acquired from Spain her
possessions East OF the Mississippi, erected
tne country into two provinces, East and
west Florida. In this state of things it con
tinued until the peace of 1888, when Great
br1t'in IN consequence OF the events of the
war; surrendered the Country to Spain, who
lot the frSt time Came into the actual ms
session of West Florida Well. sir. how
does she dispose of it? She re-annexes II To
Che residue of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the iuris-
diction OF that government to it. and sub
'ects the governors or commandments of the
oiStrlct OF Baton Rouge, Feliciana, Mobile
communication might be settled from New
France to the Gulph of Mexico 6y means
81 large '1Uers This OBLIGED us, immediate-
" a|fer me heace Of Ry8qvic, TO glue orders
J0r eSfdoaShinS colony there and main
fatn'nS garrison, which has kept and
preserved the possession we had taken in
the very year 1858 ofMe lands, coasts and
islands Which are situated in the Gulph of
mexico between Carolina on The east and
otd and neGv D1eTico on the zueSt But q
ne7U war haUrnS broke out IN Euronc short-
~ Gfter, there zvas no Possibility, nil nozu,
Of reaf'ng from that Colony the albania
SeS ina. might haVe been erhected from,
thence, &c. Ind TOhereaS, uhon the infor-
marion Tve haUe received concerning tie
as$foS,fton and situation Of the said coun-
nfeS. known az present by the name of the
froVince ut Louisiana. 7ve are Of ohinto,,
fhat there may be established therein u con-
sidera6Ee commerce sc. 7ve haze resofued 10
grant tie commerce Of tie country of Lou
fStaHa to the Sieur Anthony Crozaf, Sc.-
For these reasons, Sci zue 6ythese hresents.
S'SHed by our hand, haze ahhoin.ed and do
dhhotnt the said Sieur Crozat TO carrv ON a
t'dde IN all the lands Possessed tn US, and
bounded by Ne7v MeTieo and by the lands
OF the English of Carolina, all the establish
meHts, Ports, hdUens, rivers, and hrfrci-
faHy tie fort and haven of the Isle Dau.
Ifh'H, heretofore Gated Massacre the ri
yer Of 81. Louis, heretofore caRed NKssis
&tfff, from the edge ofthe sea as far MS The
Illinois, together Nth the riUeT ST. Phiijh
heret2fore called the Missouri. and of S.
Jerome, heretofore called Onabache 7oifh al
Itbe countries, territories, and hkes 7,kh.
IN land, md the riUers zvhich LgH df
rectly or. tndtrcctiy into that hart If the -
yer 81. Louie.
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