Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-21

10 the etlicacy, however of this royal order,
your whole argument, in behalf oi.tAe preten-
lions OF yorr government, perpetua'iv Tecurs :;
for aithuugh in some passages 81 your note, YOU
appear disposed 10 allow To the colony Of i.oui-
siana, at FEAST the eastern banks OF the AiiSSis-
Sippi, Vel you are rs frequently shrinking even
frdm this rcnccSsSion. and representing The
whole colony as AN encroaclmcnt upon TIE
dominion of Spain at one time REPRESENTING Il
SIS u profound stratagem OF Louis the I4tis
sciZuig Is IN rApacJous aVidity. Ike WnSsSpectirg
i;Onent Of confidence OF his grandson philin
The 9th. while placing him Upom the throre OF
$l'siu; and al another, holding ~ mp as ilueact
81 dis ordered imaginail0o al tao same iouis
iitil manifested ia the grant of 1872, TO Crozat.
This grant you pronounce TO he absurd and
completely deSpirabie; bat for what reason IL
- rot easy 10 curiectnre. ItcertainlvdOos not
favor the professions of your government, and
10 haSnOne OF the cNtermtnatlng features ofthe
royal order OF fsi,lp the 81 hut consider
~, rs II has always been considered hV the
world. as a d0cHmsst not only Indicative of
sound Judgment ard discretion, hutaS niarAinc
the limits OF Louisiana, ALWAYS CLAIMED bv
Fwrcc dad transferred, as relates To the west
efn limits, with her title 10 that province, TO
The United states.
1t is remarkable, that in imitation of Mr..
Cevalios, You also, after repeatedly insisting
that the boundaries of Louisiana were well
known, and always acknow ledged bN France,
tiaally conclude by admitting, ihai they never
were fixed OF agreed upon. You repeat, time
arer time, that the FrCuch nerer dispated the
right OF SPAN 10 all the TERRITORY westward of
the Mississippi, while you CaunOt deny the
settlement OF Ia Sallea at the Bay ofSt Bernard,
n 1854 nor that tie French settlements of
NatChez and Natchitoches were made and
maintained in spite OF all the military eNpedi-
tiunS rigorous executions, and eXterminaing
orders, which the viceToys of Mexico could
send against them.
" may admit that so long as the Spanish
viceroys c0nia eNterninate every foreigner
who'd redtopeuetrate into the GElf ofMenico
they had the roi nj order of Philip the I'd tor so
doug The hnit OF pope Alexander the OH is
document ui still earlier date, and AT least of
less disgusting import, upon which Spain once
tested her CLAIMS to NetmOre eNtenSis - domin
IOi IN thtS western world. With equal show of
reason, snd With less outrage upon the rights of
immunity. might you have alleged that bull aS
IN. inroniro,eriible proof OF the Spanish
CLAIMS ~ Ia bring forth al this dav for its Oui,
substitute tiIat royal order of phiip the H.
toH know, s'r, aud your own notes furnish.
themselves, the most decisive proofs that
rance. mile She held the colony OF Louisiana
never did acknowledge the Mississippi as iiis
western boundary of That province. The claim
of france always did extend westward 10 the
Rio Bravo. and the only boundaries ever ac-
know 50 ed by her, before the cessiOnto S pain
Of 81 NV. 1907, were those mark ed ont IN tl,e
grant ~ ~ Louis litli to Croznt. She allvaNs
claimed tle territory, which YOU call Texas is
beng within tie limits, and forming part of
LouiSiaHi winch that grant Is declared to
he bounded westward by New Mexico east.
ward by Carolina, and eNtending inv ard 10 the
Illinois and 10 the sources Of The Mississlppi
and II It's principal branches.
MI. CeVai!oS says that these claims of France
ere never admitted nor recognized by Spain
BE il so. Neither were The claims OF Spain ever
acknow lodged or admitted by France: The
boundary was disputed and Hever settied II
slit remains 10 be settled and mere Is Il sim.
pie statement OF the grounds ai.eged by each
~ the parties III support At their claims
Os,fhr part effLe L1fsca suites.
l. Thedlscovep of Tue Mississippi Tram near it's
source to he ocean by ihe French ton eanaa loss.
= Tue possession taken and establishment made ny
~ Sale al theDay of ST. Bernard, west OF tue rivers
Trinity ana Colorado, by authority from Louis four
teeTtli. IN 1855.
g. The chatter Of IoRis fourteenth 10 Great in I7I2
a The historical authority of Du Pratz ana Champig
ny, ana OF the Count De Ncrgcnues.
s. The geographical arthority Of De Lisle's map
and especially that OF tie mar OF Don Thomas Lopez
gcaqraphef 10 ile King of Span punished in 1902 80
These documents all referred IN the ieiter
from Mrssrs. Pinckney and Monroe To T. CeyaOs Of
2eihA pTil. 1905 Since hch time, and ~ futher
hluaou OF the same claims, the government Of the
United sta enabled refer Ia lie following.
.. man published by homann az nuremberg IN I7I2.
Z. geographical woik, published il l7I7 AT London.
entitled Atds @e"giaphr"s, Of Complete Sysem of
Geography, Ancient aud Modern winch the map of
Louisiana marks its extent from the Rio Bravo
frrvlu" va pn these maps, Tue "ft b"iii Oy La Sale
Is idia DON an Tie spot now called MaIaeoTda.
An official British map, published 1855, by
Bowen nteEHed 10 point om tie boundaries OF the
crush, Spanish and French colonies IN NOTlb Arlerca
Q. The narratives published Paris henner in In
lGsS of Toni, ~ 6yy and OF Joutel in t7iS.
10 The letter rom cOionel Ia HArpe "a Don Martin
DAiaTconne, ofsth July, 1913. a. B.2)
u The order from the French governor of Louisiana
Bienvilie 10 la IarPe OF lOih II Aug. 1921. &c 81
IL. fbe geographical work Of Don Antonio Aicedc
Spanish geographer Of the highest eHineLce his
work and the map OF i0pez having published
after The cession of Louisiana SPAN. in 1907 afford
seoisye evidence OF what Spain herself considered
ibe western boundary Of Louisiana, when she had
interest In contesiiug against another state %. AZ
on me part Of SPein
Pannlo de Nac,ae1 ~. nando de Soto, Luis sioscoso
and other Spanish tiavceTs in tie sixteenth century
who never made any settlement upon any Of The tcrriio
RES IN question b"twhs travelled you observe into
countries too tedious o. enumerate.
, The establishments Of the kingdoms Of Leon and
shlander, ia 1895, and the province Of Cohaquia,
, The province Of Texas, founded in 1890
Here }ou viii please o observe begins tie conflict
WITH the claims OF France 20 tie western boundary OF
Lpusiaua anseTIed by The cesz.on The province 60
the Dotted States. Ihe greSidisS, or settlements of
Las Texas were, 10y statement adverse settle
mems to that ~ Ia Sale who six ears before had
possession Of he country in the name Of
aud b. duih0fiu ~ charter from, Louis ourtccuih
They were preceded h expcd ton from Mexico the
year before Thai in lCsO 10 h,s,f oa ths French re-
pa ming uf te settlement OF La Sale. Now WHIT right
iad tht sigeoTJ OF meSco 10 hunt Out the French Hn
had formed settlement aHder the sanction of their
soveTeigms authority YomWdl tell that from The
time when Santa re, lie capital of New Mexico was
built. SPUN considered al the territory east and north
at hat province, Tar the Mississippi and hs Mis-
souri, rs Der property that the "hpe circumference Of
the Gulf Of Mexico hers; and that Phih the I'd
va" 'es"tua royal ofdeT 10 eXeTnate every foreigner
VINO sho"lI care 10 penetrate % - s" that The whole
question of right between the Unitcd States and Spain
With regard To- this boundary, ceHtrrs DIS the naked
psctensoh 81 Spain the whole crcumf,reDce OF the
Gnif OF NeNicO with the eSeI ni.tig order of Philip
The second side, aud The actual occupancy OF
Franc by solemn charter nom inuis fourteenth on
the OiAer Well might Mtssrs. Piuckney and Monroe
write TO MIR CevallOs, in 1905, that TIE claim of The
Upited siaes 10 the boundary ofthe Rio Bravo was as
ccar As thelr right 10 tie island OF New Orleans
IN tie etter Of Messrs. FiHckney and Monroe to Mr.
Cevall0s o The Goth IT April 1875 referring the his
tOrIca doc relative o. The discovery and naming
ofLO silna,b az that the Miss's ppi discovered
with 90 s wriers aud depondan country low down
the river A. the Arkansas by the Sisurs Joliet and Mar
cite, rom Canada, early ihc year 1913, and
its mouth 10y the aihfr icnnspin, in 1859 and by he