The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-12-21

Of the Spanish Government for these ;n;u,so.
convention was Immediately entered into betweso
Mr.. Pinckney and Don PEDRO CEyAt1oe g..
ish Minister OF Foreign AFFAIR.". at Nadia
conciuoed on Inc llth day Of August 1902. By
which If was agreed, that I" spoliations CONN.,.
ted by Spanish Subjects, and carried ;,,o ~
ports of Spain should be paid for by Tia nsta.'
and that those committed by French .pb;ao..
and carried into Spanish ports should Renal, III
further discussion
Our government made some objections =
this arrangement, because they held spain y
countabie for French spolations where The III
yes were received into her ports It beiny !;
rect breach of the treaty Of 1905, and thew ws,.
unwilling to disconnect the two subjects. nv II.
wing one, for an after adjustment these olioo
lions however were conquered, and the conve,-
ton was ratified on oar part But before !, 49,.
returned to Spain for her ratification, the cessio1
of Louisiana, made on the 10th Of Aprl Iao9
took place; " an event as dsagreeable 70 thai
power as it was unexPected,' and which 81 III.
concerted her that she refused TO give her con.
sent to the instrument made il the very presence
OF her sovereign, and TO which by al circun.tan-
ces ne had pledged his assent Fran this time
her conduct and dispositions changed towards
the United States, which she manifested " nro-
testing against the right of France to ALLEVIATE
that province ; this however was soon retracted
and the right confirmed. The war between Eng
land and France broke out anew in 1902, in which
Spain again became party. This event brought
with it new violations Of our neutral rights and
new causes Of complaint; and thus before the
old difficulties were settled and the losses and
injuries adjusted, new ard similar depredations
commenced, the subjects of new negotiation and
compromise. la addition to this class Of claims.
the peculiar connection Of our border with that Of
the Spanish provinces and the vague and ndef-
mite limits Of the territories Of the two countries
occasoned perpetual collision & controversy and
presented obstacles and EN- barrassments more
difficult TO su-nount than had yet arisen. In
Feb. 1904 Congress by virtue OF the cession Of
Louisiana, which, she maintained included that
part Of West Florida between the Mississippi and
the river Perdido established a collection district
on the Mobile, within the before mentioned ter
ritory this gave great offence to Spain and was
one Of the reasons influencing her TO reject the
convention Of 1902. To obtain Justice az wall
as to restore friendship, President JEFFERSON IN
1904, thought It advisable to send special mis-
sion 70 Madrid ; he accordingly appointed James
FL
to be minister extraordinary and plenpotentiary,
and in conjunction with NJ Pinckney, the resi-
dent minister at Madrid, to ende avour 10 procure
a ratification Of the former convention, and to
settle the boundaries of Louisiana.
The negotiations and correspondence were
Messrs. Pinkney and Monroe. in Jan. 1905, and
maintained on the part Of Spain, BY Don Pedro
Cevahos, her ministe- Of State The United
States deman ed Of Spain, the confirmation Of
the cession of Louisiana, in an extent eastwardly
to the river Perdido, together with the cesson Of
both the Floridas in full property and possession
In consideration Of which, the Colorado river
should be the western lint of Louisiana, which
yielded to that nation large tract Of disputed
territory. between that river and the Rio Bravo;
and that commissioners should be appointed to
adjust amicahly the claims arising from the
wrongs and excuses committed during the war,
and the damages arising to the citizens of the U.
States, from the suppression Of the right ofdepos-
lite at n Orleans, in the years 1903 con-
trary to the treaty Of 1895. On the other band,
Spain assented to satisfy the claims of the citizens
of the u. States, arising under Spanish captures,
but not under those made by the French. She
maintained that we had no right Of reclamation
in consequence of the suppression ofthe deposite
at New Orleans. She expressly denied the
right Of the United States to any part Of West
Florida. in consequence of the cession Of Louisl-
ana by France. and refused TO conclude q treaty
which w ould deprive her Of those colonies
The limits Of Our raper preclude Us from gong
into the arguments which each party adduced IN
support Of their positions. Those upon the SUP
ject OF the limits which are drawn prineipaiiy
from the history Of the settlements Of that extep-
sive territory, are very interesting, and worthyoi
perrsal After nearly FIVE months regociahoh'
our ministers relndushed 50 much OF their irs'
p-ouositir rs. az related 70 the deposit at New-cr-
leans, and to the naturalization ofthe Amef"Sn
citizens nv Srain for their losses by French spou-
ations and agreed to cede all the TERRITORY
we claimed vest ofthe Colorado. and 20 eses'.
lish within their vn territories, thirty esgues Oh
neutral ground which should remain unsettled 'or-