Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-19
Department If State,

of iepre ,entstives of Oath February 'a'b
has tie honor of submit ting 10 the preI-
dent the correspondence bet cen THIS a.
par'ment AID the Spanish minister res.d-
inc here, since he received the last IN
strucrions of his government 10 rene"
he negotiations which. at the time OF IN
last communication TO congress. was sus-
pended by the insufficiency Vt ms Po"
ers. These docum .n,, will shew the pre-
sent state Of The relations between the
two governments. -.
As in the remonstrsuce bv Mr. de on's
of the 9th OF December, against the "ceu
patton by the U States "f meia Is ana
he refers to a previous coinmunica''"n
from him, denou cing the exPedluen oil
SIR Gregor McGregor against thai place
his note OF 9 h July, being the paper thu
referred L., is added to the papers now
transmitted Its date, when compare'
with thar Of the occupation OF Amelia ol
McGtegor, will shew that it was wrl'te'
ten DAYS alter that event; and the con-
tent, of hi, note Of 9Th December Will
sEew that measures had been iaken o.y
the competent authorities Of the U States
to arrest McGregor a. soon a the un aw-
fulness Of hi. proceedings ~ithiA our Ju
risdiction had been made known To them
by legal evidence, althoug he was be-
yond the reach Of the process before II
could be served upon his person. The
ia Jiness Of Mr. Onis's remonstranoe IS
OF itself decisive ndi alton OF The ma
gistra'e. of the U States against any i'm
puta ion of neglect to enforce the laws !;
for, if the Spanish minister himself had
no evidence of the project Of McGresor,
sufficient to warrant him in addressing a
note upon the subject to tins departn ent,
until ten days after it had been accom-
pi,hed it cannot BE- supposed that 9th.
GERS, whose authority to act commenced
only at the moment of the actual viola
ton Of the laws. and who could be JUST
fed only by clear and explicit evidence
of the facts in proof Of such violation,
should have been apprizrd OF the neces'
sity OF their interpos'tIon in time t" make
It effeCtua! before the person accused had
departed lrom this country.
As, in the recent discussions between
Mr. Opi> and this department, there l.
frequent reference to those of the negnt'-
alton at Aranjuez in 1905, the CO res
pondence between the extraordinary MI
SION Of the U. States at that period, ami
Don Pedro Cevallos, then the minister "t
foreign affairs in Spain, will be also sub
mitted as soon as MA, be, to be laid be-
fore congress. together with the Cores
pondence between Don Francisco PiZar
70 and Mr.. Erving, Immediate y preced-
ing the transmission of new instructions
TO Mr.. 0nis, and other correspondence Of
Mr.. O'is with this Department, tending
to complete the view % the relations be-
twe the two countries.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
The documents are Of such volume.
that it would require the whole space Of
our columns TOR week to publish them.
We must therefore content ourselves
with the following Abstract, for the pre-
sent.
No 1. Is letter from the Spanish mi.
mister to the secretary of state, remon.
stratina against the expedition Of Sir
Gregor McG,egor, then on foot.
No. Q is also a letter from the Spanish
miaister to the secretary Of state, dated
Dec: 6, 1917. demonstrating against the
measure, just announced in the presi
dents message, Of the suppression Of the
establishments at Amelia Island and Gal
veZ'Gn.
No. 8. Is a letter from re same to the
same, of the 10Th Dec. 1917, announcing
his readiness and desire t. renew The ne
quotations on the existing differences be
tween the U. States and Srain, and to
bring the same TO a speedy determine.
| ton.
No. q. Is a letter from the secretary
| Of state to the Spanish minister, appoint
ing time TO communicate with him o"
| he subject of bis last note, and assuring
him of the satisfaction Of the president al
the ioformation it conveyed.
; No 5. Is loDg letter from the minis
ter of Spain, of 18th Dec. last. contain
ING a treatise relative to the Eastern
Boundary of Louisiana, and advancing
anew ali the claims heretofore set up By
+; spain III this respect.
No. 6 lsalettel oil still greater length
of the 5,h January last, from the Spanish
minister, and of The same character, re-
spec'ing the Wsstern Boundary OF Loui-
! lana
M. :. l. letter, also Of cohsiderab' e
| length Of The St ] mary last. respec'.
{ ing the claims Of the United States on
| Spain for spoLiATIoNs.
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