Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-09

| therefore, Dc SuiprlZeu tli5t, as ills Ma
lcsty Is now dclbsraiing on a general adj
| litsIment with The. American government,
including All article by which il is pro-
posed 10 cede the two Floridas In the l. :.
States, for a suitable equivalent to The
westward Of the Mississippi, lie sirouln
a,iver, Ia the formal Offer OF guarantee
made b, the United States, for ihs spe-
cial purpose, OF his dominions aud pos
sessions beyond The Nlssiss,ppi-lha, *,
beyond the wesieii line, stipulated IN The
same general adjustment, as HE bounda-
nv between the American territories and
those OF Ills Majesty in The continent OF
| Nor Il America.
| la consequence of the above mcn,ion-
| ell note of Mr.. Pncbncy. and The com
munica'ion ma,!e io HIS Malcsil's gov
| ernmeni by lie government al The Il. :
on tic 1ih OF February, 1905. 1 deem il
| necessary further TO remark. thai tx lSC3,
] nearly 3 Years after Has Majesty had &C.
de,i back Louisiana 10 France, and when
! MIR. Monroe was abou, concluding lie
| purchase of Louisiana, al Paris, with The
government Of Boraparte, tic American
| government admi,ie,, III the most formal
manner, lhatihe territory situated beiw cen
| The Mississippi and The Mobile belonged
Ia HIS Catholic Majesty, and formed
part OF w. Florida, aud not OF Louisiana,
as 1t has since been wished 10 be suppo-
sd, his Majesty having been violently
| deprived of the peaceful possession Of tire
same during his absence from these king
doms. You will be pleased, sir, TO recolect,
that while Mr.. Monroe Was negotiating The
purchase of Louisiana, al Paris, in 1908,
! Mr.. PiDckney, at Madrid, solemnly offer
ed the King oi Spain the guarantee oI!,is
| dominions beyond the Mississippi, in case
| His Majesty would agree To sell TO The U.
| States at least the territory lying 6etueen the
| Mississippi anil The Mobile, belonging to E,s
| Catholic MVtsty THEY WILL PUR-
| CHASE THE COUNTRY BETwEEN THE
RIVERS MISSISSIPPI AND MOBILE, BE-
LONGING TO Ills CATHOLIC MAJESTY.
| TITS Impossible more explicitly TO ac !inowl-
edge the sovereignty of His Majesty over
| thai territory, i'll addition 10 the acknowl
| edgement implied by the very act of ap-
| ply ing 10 the King Tor the purchase of il,
SINCE no one purchases but O. The owner
| Of the object wished To be purchased. If
| The territory in question had belonged 10
| France, as an integral part of Louisiana,
| would II not have been more natural that
| Mr.. honroe should have negotiated The
purchase of it at Paris, where he then
! MAS, than that Mr.. Piuckney should have
| solicited il at Madrid AT the same time?
| Ills Majesty, therefore, taking .uto consi-
| deraiion the important TACT that lis right
OF sovereignty To the sad territory re
mains unimpaired, noiw outstanding his
| being dispossessed of the same under well
| known circumstances. he cannot omit 10
declare, OH all occasions, that II never
has been, nor will be, his intention 20 re-
linquiSl his claim TO his rights in that
| quarter while he Is, AT the same time,
! wiling, by means OF ii suitable arrange
ment III The proposed adjustment, or fora
satisfactory equivalent, TO ccde tie said
| territory, together with the rest of the
| Florl,ias, to the United States, as we'll
from desire to me- / their wishes, as
from convection of lis Importance To the
| American government, as Was formerly
stated Ill the strongest terms by Mr..
Pinrkney, in his note just referred to.
You are pleased 30 point out in Your
note, as mode of settling the question
OF boundaries more certain than that OF
any guarantee, the establishment of
desari of thirty leagues between the from
tIer of Louisiana auii that OF the Spanish
possessions. Although his Majesty has
due respect for tie good faith and strict
PunciIalliy OF The Am rican government,
| vel he does not perceive any security
| pr 'erable Ia the guarantee nor that
| thee woul.i be any difficulty in connect
, ing the one with The other; and with a
| view To avoid disagreement on The from
| Tiers, IN slipuIating the establishment of
such desart, prosided both governments
| could agree OH The requisite measures for
| preventing Tins intermediary deSart from
being COW ried INTO raiiJ ing point for
adveniurers aud baudiiti, where they
might exercise their perucious ACTIVITY
III disturbing the peace Of His Majesty's
1 NFFn. mall IL.
/ Staies. But The principal difficulty still
subs.sis, namely: thai, although the es
| tablishmcnt OF this desart might be con
siiered expedpnf, YET we may not agree
| oil Tie exact line Of division, Keeping in
| view The rights OF each party IN the terri
tory west OF the Mississippi, and 10 thai
which ought 10 atlor'i 10 His Majesty in
| That quarter an equivalent for tie Two
| Floridas, which are proposed 10 be coded
| TO the United States in consideration OF
such equivalent. If rightly comprc-
hended your verbal COMMUNICATIONS re-
latlve 20 The establishment Of This infer
rnediary desari, | persuade myself that
| the understanding is. tliat The thirty
| leagues intended go be cunprelicnded In
| If will be fixed 20 the eastward Of tht Bay
! OF 81 bernard; and under Tie impression
| that in your note Of Iii. OH Instant, yon
V""' w FhlFi mo "Hlcldi "HplHHations
| upon these subjects, invite YOU in the
Bamr Of union and good understanding
| 10 be pleased to- present. them 10 me:
since, although consider Tie cnmmuni
cations which YOU had The goodness 10
make me ~ your aforementioned roir
as important, hitherto conceive leui 10
be OILS verbal Communications resulting
IRON Tie animation you were pleased 10
| give NE. therei, . hope that Won will
be so good as 10 present It's contents in
more formal shape, IN tie expectation