Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-07
DEpARTMENr OF STATE,

Washington, 2sth Nov. 1918.
Sir Your dispatches TO No. %, ipclu-
sIve, with their enclosures, have been re-
ceived al this Department. Among these
enclosures are the several notes addressed
10 you by Mr.. Pizarro, in relation to The
transactions during the campaign Of Gen.
Jackson against the Seminole Indians and
the banditii of Negroes combined with
item d particularly TO bis proceedings in
Florida, without The boundaries OF the u.
| States.
In the fourihand last of those notes Of
| Mr.. Plzarro, he has given formal notice
| that The King, his master, has issued or
ders for the suspension of the negotiation
between the United STAIRS and Spain, I'm
iii satisfaction shall have been made by
the American governmental him foribese
proceedings OF Gen. Jackson. which lie
| considers as acts ofuneQn,vocai hostility
against hun. aud as ontrages upon his
homer ana dignity; the only acceptable
| alonene nt for " rich is stated 10 consist
ma tiisa,owal OF tie acts Of the American
General, thus complain q ol-thcirtilction
upon him of a suitable punishment fol
his supposed misconduct, and The resii-
tuition OF The posts and territories taken
by him from the Spanish authorities, With
indemnify for all the property taken, and
all damages and injuries, public or pri-
,ate, sustained in consequence of il.
within very few days alter tins mott
hcafion, MIR. Pizarro must have received
will, copies OF The correspondence beiw cen
Mr.. OnIs and this Department, the de
termination which had been taken bv The
President, to restore the place of Pensa-
cola, with the for, OF Barancas, 10 any
person properly authorized, on the part
OF Spain, to receive them, and the Fort of
81. Marks 10 any Spanish force adequate
to ITS protection against the Indians, by
whom IFS forcible occupation had been
threatened, tor purposes Of hostility a.
gainst the United States. The officer
commencing al ihatp post las been direct
ed 10 consider $50 men as such adequate
force +; and, IN case OF their appearance,
with proper authority, to deliver i, up TO
their commander accordingly.
From the last mentioned correspon-
dencr, the Spanish government must like
wise have been satisfied that the occupa-
ton oftese places in Spanish Florida by
the commander OF The American forces,
Was rot by virtue OF an order received by
HIM from this government 10 tiat effect
nor with any view of wrestling the pro-
| vince from the possession Of Spain, nor
IN any spirit OF hostility 10 the SpanisI,
which occurred in the prosecution of Tie
war against the Indians from the inmi-
ntni danger in which the Fort Of ST.
Marks was of being seized by The Indians
themselves, and from The manifestations
| OF hostility 10 the listed States by the
commandaht OF ST. Marks and the Gov
ernor OF Pensacola, the proofs of which
were made known 10 Gen. Jackson. and
impelled him, from The necessities of
selt-defence, TO the steps of which the
Spanish government complains.
II might be sufficient TO leave the vim
dicailon Of these measures upon those
grounds, and TO furnish, in The enclosed
copies of Gen. Jackson's letters, and the
vouchers by which they are supported
The evidence of that hostile spirit on Ike
part of the Spanish commanders, but for
the terms IN which Mr.. Pizarro speaks of
the execution Of two British subjects, ia
ken, one al the Fort Of 81. Marks, and the
other at Snwary, and The intimaiion that
these transactions may lead 10 change
in the relations between tie two nations,
which is doubtless intended TO be under
stood as menace OF war
1t may be, therefore, proper 10 remind
the government of His Catholic Majesty
OF the incidents in which this Semipole
war originated, as well as of the circum-
stances connected with il, in the relations
between Spain and her ally, wIspm she
supposes to have been injured by the
proceeding of Gen. Jackson, and 10 give
10 The Spanish cabinet some precise in
formation of the nature OF the business,
peculiarly interesting TO Spain, in which
these subjects oI her allies, in whose fla
vor she takes this interest, were engaged,
when their projects of every kind were
j terminated, IN consequence other falling
into the bands ofGen. ia, kson.
In The month Of August, 1874, while a
war existed between the United States and
Great Britain, 10 which Spain had formal
ly declared herself neutral, = British force,
not IN the hesll pursuit Of defeated and
living enemy-noi eversieppiDg an inagi-
nary and eqnivocal boundary between
Their own territories, and those belonging,
~ soRie sort, as much TO their enemy as
TO Spain, but approaching by sea and by
a broad and open iHUosion of the Spanish
province. al a thousand miles, or an o.
ceaD's distance from any British territory
landed IN Florida, took possession of PEN
sacela aud the Fort Of Barancas, ard in
vited, b, public proclanations, all The
runaway NegrOes-ali the savage Indians
all The pirates and all The traitors To their
country, whom they knew or ina gimed 10
exist within reach of their summons, ia
join their standard, and wage an ester
mInsting war agains! the portion of the
Uniled STATES Immediately bordering up
ON this neutral, and thus violated terrific
w OF Spain. The land commander ol
Tie British force was certain Colonel
NICHOLS, who, driven from Pensacola by
the approach Of Gen. Jackson, actually
len, to be blown up, the Spanish fort OF
Barancss, when he found II could moi al.