Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-07

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS Continued.
OBJ
Transiation of'a letter from lUr. Onis TO tie
Secretary of State, dated
February %, 1876.
The letter with which you homo
red me on the 10th of last month, in an
swer to mine of the 3Oth December and I'd
January. had two objects. The first, to
make known to me the complaints which
this government considers itself as hay
ing against Spain for long time past
The second, TO communicate the resolu-
ton of the President OH the three points
embraced in my notes mentioned a.
bove.
You state, that the President would
have wished that | should not have conf
ned myself 10 bringing forward the COM
plants ofhis majesty, but should have
likewise proposed reparation for those
OF the y. States against Spain.
The claim for damages and injuries, of
which you speak, would have been def
nitely arranged and settled, ifthe diploma
tic relations between the two Powers had
not been interrupted since the memorable
epoch of 1905 /; and this government can
not but know, that this interruption ought
not 10 be imputed 10 Spain his majesty
having made, from that time, the greatest
efforts 10 maintain them pure and unal-
tered.
have assured you verbally and in wri-
ting, that his males ty desired nothing so
anxlously, as TO satisfy the United States
for every injury they may have received
from SPAN, and TO proceed 10 give this
satisfaction with that generosity and high
sense of honor which have at all times dis
tinguished the Spanish character, and
which have always shone conspicuously
IN the conduct of the government of the
king, my master-But all these points, as
being anterior TO the epoch | have menti-
oned In my notes, and since then pending
between the two cabinets, ought TO be the
object of particular negotiations; and
nothing is more natural or more confor-
mable TO justice and good faith, than that,
for facilitating this very negotiation, the
state of things between the two nations
should be reduced TO the same footing on
which it was at the epoch referred to.
since, from that time, there has neither
been any official correspondence between
the two governments, nor have the Unit
ed States received the least injury from
Spain and, if they have received any, IL
has been contrary to the will of his males
ty, and without his knowledge. OF this
class, without doubt, is that which YOU
mention in your note above cited, that is,
that British troops and agents had
been introduced into Florida, and had
communication with the Indian enemies
of this Republic in It's late war with Great
Britain. The rigorous neutrality which
his majesty has observed in the Island OF
Cuba, East Florida, aud lis other posses
sions, ought to convince the President,
that the Governor of West Florida (,gho
is, suppose, the person to whom you nj
lude) had like orders with other chiefs. fo
observe the most strict neutrality and,
if he has failed in obeying them, he would
have been severely chastised, had YOU
have given to me the least intimation a.
to his conduct.
will now pass to the second object oil
which your letter treats that j. To- say.
TO tberesolution which this government
has taken oil the three points stated IN
my letters Of the Goth December and I'd
january.
The first was confined TO request
thatin conformity to the principles Iiav,
! stated that Is, that tie affairs between
| tie two'natiOns should be placed on Tin,
same footing they were before the inter
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