Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-27
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-o,;.,;on. 7 took the iiber' W FOF'
=. 90, th. onlv other method which =
...ad m me to exit. besides the o.
vh;ch | have just mentioned: 70 ARA
Moo d;tf. reoces, which is 'hi>: thai TIM
wo !, srs,throwingnE all idea Of ass a,
,;,.psnt aud sacrificing esentments aud
. ,ni.;nts of little impo tance' snou'u
with god faith. to hx ,lmlts
,.,wsen them which .hauld be mutua'iy
which should not be iiaOie 10
controversy. or be unknown to, or s,o'a
ted By. the respective subjects OF eacn.
Won did me the honor to applaud a pro
,osition so frank aud liberal, as dictate"
By equity and good faith, and made
Known to me, with the same tfanknesr:
that the United States desired to unite
to il, dominions all the territories when
belong to Spain to the east Of the Mis'ls.
sippi :; and that, fnr them, they would
infer o, Snain those which we're oet~eer
the Rio del Norte and the Colorado. Bur
a. not only these lands, bat all those
which lie between the Colorado aud Cape
North, drawing a line by the river Mer
m.nto or Siermentae, towards the Pre-
sid.o OF ,dais, and from thence by the
Arroyo Oada,tovards Natchitoches, are
a part of the province OF Texas, belong
ing 70. and ip the unnterTupted posses
sion of his majesty, wi'hou, thee having
been, in relation neSe'c, any urpu, ,e
between france aaa Spa .n,,. ,,s nbicb
beng soIeiy as ~ t, ,,,;ns,Iv IN ,br
t"r' TOE rIeI ~: "ar o,;c 1mai,.siy, Il re
18th ..,,s ~ this ,nrorosi,ian no, only does
M, ofar c,mne,,satinn to hi. majesty for
Wet and East Florida, whose ce,siun
the Unite ! states intimate. would be We.
ay agreeable to them. bat it involves the
REIMBURSEMENT o! the property and pas
session which his majesty has Of the terri
tory in the province Of Texas, when lie.
between the Colo ado and The vicinity Of
Natchitoehes
To propositions so a'stah1 rom inc
equality and reciprocal eoHemsHo,
in which we have agreed 'otffat t'es'
affairs, ! answered, that, as inc pow
ers of bis majesty haa been llas',.
sent to me, by Mr.. Ceva'ins' 70 IaA.
advantage OF the departure OF Mr.
Brent, | have not received express IN
structions touching the entire cessior
cfthe two Floridas which the Cnited
States wished (; and, although the!
prove to me the desire of his maJest!
70 accommodate them in all arrange
lncnts which may be compatible witt.
lis interests, | saw myself obliged to
wait for Instructions on this point, of
so much the greater Importance, as it
relates to the cession by his majesty
TO the United States of the port Of
Pensacola. which was the key of the
Gulpll of Mexico. the best port Of
that Gulph, and which was the more
necessary to his majesty for the secu-
rity of his possessions but that IN
the mean time. it you should propose
to me. on the part of this government.
to make the Mississippi the frontier.
! should see in that proposition a dis
position on the part of the United
States to offer some equivalent. ard l
would recommend it to the considcra-
ton of his majesty as q fixed and sta
Bile limit, to assure The peace and tran
guilty Of the two nations.
] hope that you will recognize IN
this exposition the sincerity and IN
senuousness with which l proceed.
and that you Will, on a view OF II, a
dopt' OF the TWO modes proposed Tor
setting on foot the negotiation. that
(which will no most agreeable tn the