The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-05-25
! Treaty. NTH Spain.

The a renlOn ifHe v1R9efic1H teOfteu Oy
NJ Wilson's senatefs the Unasd states)
has expressed doubts Of h. early ra.i6ca.
ton Of the late treaty with Sha'a, BY the
Spanish King and adds, he should not
wonder at its total rejection" His reasons
are = The delay of Stain to ratify the con-
vention of 1902 tn return OF Don Onis
to Spain; and the aversion which Great
Britain must have to our occupancy OF the
Floridas, unless Spain should cede the Is
land Of Cuba to her, (Which she viii not.)
The publication Of these surmises hes oc-
casioned the following notice Of the -hafiJn-
al Ieteiigencer -
" 1t is probable that, before Mr.. Onis
reaches Madrid, our Treaty with Spain 4
BE- ratified. We say Il il piobsble, bee use
thele is hossi5iti . that az may NOT, pare
l4rly when we recollect how 10 7 The Con
vcntion, rauied last autumn and phIca pit
now be merged IN this more com ana
sIye Treaty, Was held IN suspense BY Tie
Spanish governments. We should so,
however, have seri 3usly ent e. tanned an idea
Of the possibility offs not being ratiii -t, III
our atten ion had not been Caughl by the
| following Plragrsph, which. considering
the source " henc1 it comes. from ihe zen
OF a mtmber OF the Senate of The United
States) IS entitled to more respect than IL
ordinarily paid to newspaper speoTlsIious.
We certalaly hope the treaty will IKE f8ti-
fed; though, should Il not, the SINE
10 10. -
If d al The iaIIuFe. From ,eItiA. vs.
we have seen in The Western papers, tsege
ore not q few in that section Of The cuuat-
/ ry, who think our boundsfiIs are 70. sufIi-
cienly extended towacds Mexico Our
views are not quite Sd expanded. We are
content with the secure possession Of v hat
We have, and withal consider our present
limits comprehensive enough for happiness
a wider range would but enlarge the ft!d
ior speculation, which, God knows, is al-
ready ample enough"
HIN ISL is hinted, that the Cabinet
IN Washington have hopes that the treaty
will not be ratified by King Ferdinand -
That since its signature, and ratification,
discovery had been made, that during the
negotiation, the Spanish King had sold
eight millions of acres Of the public lands
Of the Floridas-which sale is guaranteed
| BY the Treaty being made prior to Jan. 4,
1918 II has been ft!rther hinted, That on
the discovery of the above fact, Don Onis,
the crafty uegotiator, had been called upon
\ by Mr.. ADAMS, for an explanation Of such
conduct and that the Don bad evaded all
explanation by remarking, that bargain
was bargain; that tkr treaty was intend
ed to cover all sales previous 10 the above
date, known unknown and that the
purchasers Of the lands did not make him
conEdant Of thsir secrets. And, 3dIy, itis
hinted, That the Messenger that has been
sent 10 Spain since the treaty bearer en-
barked, has dispatches which Ielate 70 this
important discovery.
NEW York, MAY Yesterday the ven
cradle Elias Boudinot, presided al tie third
anniversary Of the American Eibie Sociciy.
\ The funds received last year were repatted
10 be AZ 723 dollars. The Auxiliary Socie-
ties ls2 During The year,the Sci y ha G
pria:ed III, 500 Bibles, and - coo TCs am
ents, and during the three years lo5'27o bi-
bles and Testamenis. The meeting was
hihiehly interesting, and honoured viii the
presence Of rnaay ne9 af eIninrrcc- sea Of