Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-08
Spanish Diplomacy

most vice royal. This gentleman is
man of very eminent talents and great ex-
perience; he was attached 10 the Spanish
legation III England ~ very eaily age,
and was educated there. Some irausac-
tions connected with the treacherous po-
iicy of courts, placed him IN an awll-
ward position, from which, however, he
was eNtricaied by his own sagacity ....
When the count d'Oreiificrs swept the nrI
fish channel, and admiral Ha,dg, was o.
bliged 10 retire under The land batteries,
in August, 1879, NJ. Fueiie hal tie cn,i-
0S5ty TO visit the count, or board tire Bre-
tagRe, and Don Louis dc Gordoya, on
board the S0ntiSSind IFj7Hdatfd and If
forwards returned 10 shore This visit,
and some other circumstances, besides
That he WAS Spauiard. and had heen-
transferred from the suite Of the duke
d'Almadovar, upon the dcclara,ion of
war with Spain, made il expedient 70 H.
Fuerte 10 leave England. lie was soon
after employed in South America and
was a secretary in one Of the principal
departments of New Grenada, when ihe
disturbances produced by the oppressive
impost called Gcobaia, produced a COM
motion throughout Grenada and Lima
FUcrte was then what would now be call
ed a hbe,uie: however, he is unqucstion-
ably a man bigh in the royal confidence,
and his opinions have great weight al
Madrid. aurora.
GHOST SECRRT.)
have seen from the letter of the 18th
of last February of his excellency the
minister plenipoientiary of his majesty to
the United States, copy Of which YOU
had the goodness To send me along with
yours under date OF the 10Th of last
March, that though the fears he had en-
tertained on the Goth Of January, of This
wear, of an approaching attack upon The
Floridas, and rupture, had somewhat
subsidized yet, as he could not hatier
himself that the causes we're removed, he
sill entertained some apprehensious.
have thought proper 10 recommend parii-
cuiarly 10 your exccllency tlcr2iniorcing
OF those places as eilectualiy as possible
In my letter of The 9Th OF last month,
gave you my opinion concerning those
interesting military p0iHtS; | assure Your
exceijency once more, that, were some OF
our iears-to he realized, should still con
timue TO exert myself 10 the utmost of my
power, To prevent new mistortuIes frou
Detailing us.
Ii have moi as vet answered yOur eX-
| cellemcS on the subject of the periodical
| | had proposed on the 9Th OF February,
wien sent you the state OF force of tie
| Louisiana regiment, il is owing 10 the
means, necessary To be taken concerning
that affair, ha, ing suffered some compli-
cation originating from the suppression
OF the extraordinary supply: am about
furnishing II separately, and hope tie de-
lay will not b long.
But this alone Nli not be sufficient, and
fhenecessity uringby Strengthening
and Improving those points becomes more
indispensable every day, shonld we wish
TO have any safely in the interior of the
guiph of Mexico, or 10 preserve wii:i adj
vantage TO the nation the commerce and
agriculture of this most precious Island
of Cuba, entrusted TO Your care, and
which proved TO be so useful 10 tie king
during the caamities OF the revolution.
We cannot either doubt an instant OF
the interest " hIch the government OF the
u. States has in aggrandizlng its terrific
nv with the FIoridas for this acquistIOp
would make them invulnCrable on that
side, and enable them TO become, by
their activity and resources, masters u
! the effrdace Of tie gHiYh-nOr should We
| persuade ourselves, that the cGnciIlatory
! disposition which they llave manifested
, lately towards his cxcclency Don Louis
de OHiS, after so cutting an answer as that
| given by the secretary Monroe, unde: date
of the 10Th of January, TO the notes adj
dressed 10 him on the Sd Of the same
month, and 30th December prior, are any
thing other than means taken, to iull us
into false security, and quiet our lgst
alarms, and thereby lead us TO give up
| the political arrangement which we could
| iafy ,hnrfl,,,,
active measures towards the preservation
Of the Fioridqs, whilst they viii carry Oh
| their plans without interruption.
Two occurrences have taken place, in
| The short interval between ihai answer al
| the secretary Monroe, hich made us s,ls-
pect from The United States an intention
of bringing matters to a rupture: tho
| peaceable one OF amiiy and desire of bar
| mony, given since fo Don Louis dc Onis,
and for winch 10 public motives appeart0
| produce so greaia change of department,
| make me fear iesi all this should be but a
| studied part; the one is ihe establishment
| of the United States bank, chartered pre-
| cisely at that time, and which from iis g.
/ labOraie details, its enormous stock of
! thirty millions of dollars, and the facility
! Of raising tic 80, viii lenccfofWard give
prOdigi0us energy 10 The operations OF
that government; tic other is fire first
successful attempt in the cultivation Of
tie sugar cane, IN tie state OF Georgia,
with facility and profit incredible: for
! ~ negroes have given 40 pounds Of 81
| gar and IS barrels Of moiasses, ~ the ex-
/ pertinent made by major Butler, Oh lit
lie more Than eight cabatierias of lsnd and
| in another instance MIR. John MQuecU,
~ ancient planter Of New Orleans. vIiii
/ Eve or six nogeos, Rad 14,5sd pounds Of
/ sugar, - tobefes (hogSiieads} Of molasscs +;
from. the produce of those two attempts
| ioined, and according U The current prlcc