Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-04

| YOU Thought SO, YOU were of opinion that
there was included in this purchase a part
of my estate which worked, took care of,
and possessed. AS soon as Won had made
this purchase, and observed tina; posses
! sion was not given YOU of the land work
! eel, and witch you believed to belong to
/ yom, you asked me Ia give il up 10 YOU. |
observed 70 YOU, that IL WAS NINE. that the
| land which You had purchased had also
belonged to me formerly, that had ced-
| ed il 20 him who had sold il such as he
had deliveredit. aud in no greater extent;
| aud That, consequently, he could not
| transfer to YOU more than had given to
him. You and refer TO the seller, and
| he tells MS that he never sold the land TO
YOU which you require, and never OBJ
tanned II from me, nor had an intention o..
| acquiring it. Notwithstanding this de-
c!aration, which is decisive and irrevoca-
bic, from motives ofiriendship for YOU.
| and to do away all doubt on the point,
propose to you thatwe should discuss the
affair in friendly manner, and assure
Won, that II you present to me unQuesti-
| enable documents topro,e that il belongs
TO you, am ready 10 give il up. | ask
YOU, dispassionatcly if this proposition
could be considered as inadmissihle. /
80 further. who am anxious 10 accom-
mOdatc you, because you are my friend
and good neighbour, knowing that YOU
desire 10 get part of my territory to round
ont yours, aud TO facilitate the expectation
of your produce, as there is navigable
river passing through it, carry my friend
ship and condescension so far as to say
to YOU, that we will agree between our
selves, by friendly investigation, what
belongs to each: and, this being settled,
| am ready TO cede TO YOU the lands YOU
desire, for an equivalent founded in eaui-
tv, Justice, and reciprocal convenience,
fixing the limits between us in such
way that our servants should not engage
us in quarrels and contests, as, it being
our desire to live in the greatest harmony.
we we're equally interested in avoiding ev-
cry subject of difference. Will Won say TO
me thatthese friendly propositions are
inadmissble? believe not. Such then,
neither more nor less, are those which /
have suggested TO you in NY former Off
0ial note, and renew to you by this, ho-
ping that, taking them into serious cons-
Iteration, you will view them as just, equ-
table, and even generous.
You cannot but know that the conven-
ton you propose, limited to the indemni-
fication for injuries done 10 the American
commerce, by the cruizers and tribunals
of Spain, and by the suppression of the
deposit at New-Orleans, will not accom-
plish fully the object which the two ma
tons propose to themselves, of extinauish-
ing all dIsagreements. Nevertheless. to
give another proof of the Difference of his
majesty to tie wishes of this republic.
agree to enter ii;tO negotiation with YOU
on these two points, and to conclude
convention as 10 them, in which shall be
embraced i'll the just reclaiuations which
his majesty shall produce against this 90
vernment, and the various arrangements
he desires 10 place in il for the encour-
agement of the commerce between the
two nations, and TO avoid injuries such as
those, which, from the want of explicit
ness in the last treaty, have been expert
enced by the respective subjects of both.
| will add more, and it is, that the first
point TO which you refer, being founded
in the treaty which exists between the
two nations, | will subscribe to il without
difficulty and as TO the second, ii is of so
small an amount, that if do not succeed
IN demonstrating to you that these iniu-
ries have not existed, or that they are
much eXagS Grated, and that the u. States
have already admitted that they were sa
tlstied for them, will have no difficulty
even as 10 them. | ought likewise to OBJ
serve TO you, that ilwlibe easy TO include
IN tins same convention or treaty. proyi-
sional arrangement OF limits, without de
tanning us TO fix them with exactitude. If
the United States do not desire to make
ali essential change in the established IL
mIts, fixed by the treaties of 1863, 1864,
1888, 1895 and 1900, and that this arrange
ment should only apply to the uncultiva-
Ted lands TO the north of the Missouri. the
boundaries OF which were never settled
between France and Spain, this question
might he left for commissioners, named
by each party, and their decision might
be considered as part of the convention.
But, III any case, the most efficient me-
thod of concluding these affairs will be,
that YOU should have the goodness to saw
TO me with frankness, what are tile real
views OF the u. States, what are the real
andtrue compensatIons they are disposed
to offer Tor the country they desire TO OBJ
tain from his majesty. Youmay be assn,
red that | will support, earnestly, propo-
sails that are Just aud reclprocaliv conve-
nlcnt, and that on the return of the con-
rier, shall be able TO sign, under the
powers now Lave, treaty mutually sd
tlsfactOry TO both parties, we, in The mean
time, agreeing upon all the articles or mi
nor considerations. You cannot but
know that the instructions ought TO be
adapted TO the greater or lesser territory of
lils majesty, which the United States NAV
desire To add To- their dominions: and
that, if they desire none, little difficulty
can occur on the subject of indemnifies
Deiween two powers animated by conciI-
Iatory and just sentiments