Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-05

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, rect an erroneous impression which you
entertain, and which is certainly not war
ranied by any communication which you
have received from this government.
You have been informed that the contil-
gencies upon which Gen. Jackson adopt
ed those measures which you represent as
hostilities aud outrages, not having been
anticipated. had not been provided for in
his instructions that they were unfore-
seen emergencies, upon which, judging
measures OF energy necessary, he had re-
Cured To them upon his own responsible
i;y, aud upon motives which, he had, him j.
| sell, explained: that these measures were
dictated by the hostile spirit, moi of The
American commander against Spain, but
OF the Spanish commanders asains, tn.
United States informed YOU that The
| Presiien, of the United States had dire l.
eu That The proofs al this hostility To the
United States, OF those Spanish officers,
FURNISHED By Gen. Jackson, should be
embodied and presented 10 the govern
ment OF liis Catholic Majesty. with de-
tnanu thai the misconduct Of those officers
sioald be suitably punished have now
the honor of stating 10 yon that this has
accordingly been done; that The proofs
collected by Gen. jackson, together will,
, 49, - MISREPRESENTATION oil HE
Justice of his charges against Don Jose
Masot, Governor OF Pensacola. and Don
Francisco e. Lneugo, commandment oc
81. Marks, have been f0rw arded TO the
Minister of the United States i'm Spain
with instructions TO l3y them before yo,u
government, and 10 call for their iust ami
madversion upon the violation, BY those
officers, of the solemn engagements of
their country 10 the United States.
After full and deliberate examination
of these proofs, the President deems them
irreslstibly conclusive, that The horrible
combination of robbery, murder and war.
With which the frontier Of the u. States
bordering upon Florida, has, for several
years past, been visited, is asc.ibable al
together 10 the total and lamentabIe fail
ure OF Spain TO fulfill the 9Th article of the
treaty of 1895, by which, she stipulated
10 restrain. by force, her Indians from
hosiliities against the citizens of the II.
States. Without adveriing 10 the trans
actions OF the latswa betw cen the United
S,ates and Great Britain, who can mis-
take the character OF the fact, that fort
on Spanish soil was garrisoned by hun
d'eds OF negroes aud Indians, with an
English banner dying upon It's wall, for
the desolation OF the American border
or America and Of England, the Gov. of
Pensacola called upon by gen. Jackson 10
break up this lair Of human tigers, plead
ed his inability and want of orders from
his Governor General 20 comply with the
request! Who can mistake The character
OF the fact, that six months after the strong
hoid ct these savage banditIi had been
blown up by shot from an American
gun-vessel, pretended Indian trader.
stranger both TO Florida aud 10 Spain was
permitted 10 GENE into the Spanish pro-
vince, there TO bride the savages by pre-
sents, and 10 stimulate them, by the
grossest lalsehoods and absurdest pisrep-
reservations, to war against the Ameri-
cans! Do the Governors of Florida. the
instant they learn the appearance of this
Intruding incendiary within their iurist,ic-
ton, seize and imprison him Do tbsy e.
ven command him to depart from the
province ! Nay, do they so much as re-
qulre him to obey the laws and respect
the engagements oftheir nation, and the
duties of their stations? Far from il:
Alexander Arbuthnot, British subject.
from the island of New Providence, lands
IN the Spanish province of Florida, and
there opens warehouse for traffic with
the ludlans-By whose license or per-
Spain TO allow the subjects of foreign
powers 10 inirude upon her colonial pos
sessions, and more Than one Am. rican
citizen is at this moment pining i'm the
dungeons oil Spain for having sci bis foot
upon their soil. BY whose permission
then, was Arbuihnot allowed To lntermed-
die IN the province OF Florida, even had
IT beeB only for the purpose of innocent
trade with the Indians Had he license
or had he not ! II he had, il is for the
Governors of Florida to explain by whom
and upon what motives il was granted.
Ii he had not, il is for them to show. WHY
he was suffered, within their jurisdiction,
TO ,rample upon The laws of Spain will,
lmpunlty. But innocent traffic was not
the real purpose of Arbuihnot. He was
there 10 stimulate, as well the Indians of
Florida as the fugitive outlaws from the
Creek nation among them, TO wage war a.
gainst the u. States. He was goading
them by the absurd preience, that The
U. States were bound. by the treaty Of
Client, to giveup TO them the lands with
in the borders of the United States, which
had been ceded by the Creek nation TO
the United States six months before the
treaty of Client was sigBed. With the
protoundesi treachery 10 those indians,
themselves, Tic was promising them ihat
the British government would support
them III this pretence, and was writing
letters TO the Governor of New Provl-
dence, TO the British minister here. and.
through Col. Nichols in England, 10 the
British government, soliciting arms and
ammunition for war against the United
States. Nor was this all /; he obtained
from number of Indian chiefs power
OF attorney authorizing him TO write let
ters and deliver talks, in their name and
behalf, and 10 the copy of that power,
transmitted by him to England, to be laid
before the British government ,yas atI;.