Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-01
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y .oih'AASo Oil iutcTVd' DtIWcen fhn,
possessions, to remain vacant. the s"
ger OF collision might be avoided 1 ans
their good understanding more elteet uae
~ preserved. BY rendering Justice ESa
wise to the claims of the gnited Stst0.
their 4 citizens would be contentqd. 80,
their government be better erabIoI ana
control their conduct beyond their l;u; 70
Here then seemed to be air ground " e
amlcable compromise between tha 40 lCr
ties. An opportunity was presentcdI @ al
Terminating every difference, and saa .o'
ing their future harmony, without loss r'
sacrifice by either. On the result o ds 30 %
mission | need not enlarge. | shall Wis y"
mark only, that the friend y policy wbi'L
produced it, was not reciproc&ted Vt,
your government; it was perhapS ~ ~
felt; it was certainly dis egarded' XIV my
ry proposition of the American M;";ss '
tiers, having these objects in view, us.
and none made in return b" S
your government.
inns conduct OF your government wenS
have justified fit did not invite TIE r ls
decisive measures on the pat of The I y
States. The refusal to make reparaso
for preceding injur es or to surrendsr
ny portion of the territory, in the nos
session of Spain, TO which they cons ms
dered their title indisputable, or to 80
cept fair and LIBERAL poeitlons for Me
accommodation of those iierenccs ~
to make proposition Of any Kind e..
the purpose, left the United States no. o.
fectly free, to pursue such course, >, ft
their Judgment just regard to the In.
nor, rights, and interests of the nation
might dictate. In the condition of Spain
there was nothing to excite apprehension SION
! OF the consequences, whatever m;cbtka
the course decided on. OF this. the vI
known state of the Peninsula. at he
time, and since, and of the Spanish prO-
vinces in America, affords ample proof
/ The friendly policy which the U. States
have since pursued, is the more consm
euous, from the consideration, that your
government has inAexibIy maintsined
the unjust and hostile attitude which i
then assumed. and has even added new
Injuries and insults to those of which 7
Ihave already complained | refer. in
this latter remark, to the breaches ofthe
neutrality of Spain, which her govern.
ment permitted, if it did not authorize.
BY British troops and British agents, in
Florida, and through that province, With
the Greeks and other Indian tribes, in
the late war with Great Britain, to tive
great injury of the United States. tits
under these circumstances that ysu lave
made tie demands above recitcd. to
which will now proceed to give more
particular reply.
You require that Spain shall be put
into possession Of West Florida, as an
act Of Justice. before a discussion Of the
right OF the parties to it is entered up
on
1t is known to your government, that
the United States claim by ce.sOu, at
a fair equivalent, the province OF Lou
i>iana, as 1t was held by France prlorte
the treaty of 1868. extending from tie
river Perdieio, on the eastern side OF the
Mississippi to the Bravo, or Grande,oa
the WESTERN. To the whole territory
within those limits, the United states
consider their right establish ed by well
known facts. and the fair interpretahos
of treaties. In a like spirit may the u;
,ited States demand the surrender o.
all the territory above described, row
IN the occupancy of Spain, as a eo'dl'
ton to the oOnimct cement OF any negN'
tation for the adjustment Of differences
When We consider how lorg your g.
yernment maintained what is deemed
az unjust possession; more especially
v hen we recoIIect that the injuries De.
fore received are still unredressed, ana
that others haze been since rehdeied'
there can be. il is presumed, but ore O."
yinion. as to the great moderation OF ,O'
government, in acquiescios in IL . DUO
WHY restorethi province 90 span, Il u
Is the intention of your sovernmen'' "
make the title to it, in connection WIN
,ther differences, a subject OF anhcaOIe
negotiation and arrangement Nd!
iot such negotiation be entered mo- a,
veil While it is in the occupancy of the
United States, as if it were Ii 'Oa' %
'painf :, r.lslo
You demand next. that Mr.. 10eoG
nd others, whom you n.ention, c''a[-'Sb
nth promoting revolt IN tne '@D tle !.
,rovinces, and exciting citizens % ~
United States to join in it, shaI o. .oa
ested and tried-thcir troops disal"''