The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-15
Observation-Disclosures.
NO.VII.
BRITISH NOTE.
TIE british 81 Tie .ADiencan Comm:

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CLIENT, Oct. 8, 1914.
he undersigned have the honor to acknow-
ledge the receipt OF the note OF the plen;po
tentiaries OF the I. States, dated on the Goth
ut.
As the continuance of the negotiation ex
ciusiYely depends upon the question relating
to the paciiication and rights of the Indian
nations, the undersigned are unwilling 10 ex-
tend thew observations to the other su,iects
brought forward i'll the note of the American
FicmPotentaries further than may be reoui-
red tor NECESSARY explanation
In adver,ns for this purpose to the ac-
QUESTION or Louisiana, the undersigned mnst
OBSERVE that the instrument by which the
consent OF ms Catholic ma esty il alledged to
have been given 10 the cess,on of II. has ne
vei been made public. His catholic majesty
was ~ party to the treaty by which the ces-
sion was made, and it any sanction has been
subsequently obtained from him, it must have
oeeh, IKE other cotemporaneous acts of thar
monarch involuntary, and as such cannot al
ter the character of that transaction. The
Marquis OF Yruio, the minister of his catho-
nc majesty at Washington, in a letter adj
dressed to the President of the United States.
formally protested against the cession, and
the right OF France to make it. Yet, in the
race OF TINS protestation, strongly evincing
the decided opinion of Spain as to the il
legality OF the proceeding, the President
OF the United States ratified the treaty
IAN 1t be contended that the annexation of
Louisiana, under such circumstances, did
not mark spirit Of territorial aggrandize-
mentl
Ills Britannia majesty did certainly exnress
satisfaction when the American government
communicated the event, that Louisiana, a
valuable colony in the possession of France
WIRE whom the war had Just been renewed,
instead OF remaining i'll the hands of his enc
my, had been coded to the l.. s at that time
protesting the most friendly disposition to-
wards G. Britain, and an intention of Drorj
eng Tor her interest in the acquisition. But
Ia conditions under which france had ac-
CURED Louisiana from Spain, were not com
lAuncated the refusal OF Spain to Consent
60 Its alienation was not known I; the protest
Of her ambassador had not been made and
many other circumstances attending the trans
acton, on which it is now unnecessary to d.
iate' were, as there is good reason to believe,
'hdustnodsy concealed.
!he proof of spirit of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Which The undersigned mad detluced from
the hostile seizure of great part of the Flo
rid&3, under the most frivolous pretcnces.
remains unrefuted ;. and the undersigned
are convinced that the occasion and circurn-
stances under which that understandable act
OF aggression tOok place, have given rise
throughout Europe to but one sentiment as
20 the Character of the transaction.
Alter the previous communication which
the Undersigned have had the honor Of re-
ceiving from the american Plcnipotcntiarics.
they could not but feel much g,rbYize at
the information contained in their last mote.
ot their having received instructions dated
subsequently, so january, 1914. The under
signed nave no recollection whatever of the
American Plempotentiaries having cctnnuni-
Gated to them, either collectively or individ-
ualiy, at Fl conference or otherwise the re-
ceipt of instructions from the government
Of the United States, dated at the close of the
month OF June, and they must remind the A.
mercan Pienipotentiaries that their note
on the 9TH ult. distinctly stated that the in
structlobs OF January, 1914, were those under
which they were acting II, therefore, the
AMERICAN PlcnpOttntiarics received instIIic-
tons drawn up at the close If the month Of
lnne, with liberal Consideration of the
latc events liz Europe, the undersigned have
a right to complain that while the American
Government justly considered those events
as having necessary bearing on the exist
lnS dtiersnces between the two Countries.
ths american Plenipocntiarieg Should ne
vcrtEciesS have preferred acting under in
structons which, from their date must have
/ peoa framed without tho Contemplation Of
such events
he British government never REQUIRED
that all that portion OF the state Of Massschu-
sets Intervening between the province OF
New Brunswick and Quebec, should be CO
dcd to Z britaiu, but only that small portion