Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-18

ed by him who will soon, be in eternal (
glory but is my dear honored mother +
ard my beloved sister, through the me. Z
rit of the blessed Jesus, your happy son Z
and brother.
JNO. TINLAY FERGUsSeNs I
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
1t is announced in last evenings Phi (
ladelphia Gazette, that Gen. Wives. the
Spanish ambassador, recently arrived
at Washington, brought the long pend /
ing treaty with him ratified by Spain;
and that our administration have nov
refused to accept it, but require Texas
with the Fioridas. 1t must be considfr /
ed, however. improbable. till confrmd (
and if it should prove true, will certain
ly astonish every body: for the tenord
all the Presidents communications hN
been, that we have acquired surh |,
right to the Floridas, that we ought to (
take possession Of them, if not immedi.
ately, at no distant day; and it seems to {
have been all along the first wish of che
Secretary of State, that the treaty
which He made be fulfilled, -nothins
more-but strictly enforced, as if ra.
fed.
Mr.. Clay, in his late speech to the
House OF Representatives, has treated
the subject in very different manner;
and animadverted upon the Presidents
communications with freedom and
point, that could not have been relished
by those who are accustomed to regard
such official messages as what no per.
son may question. or oppugn. Refer.
ring to the last message of the Prest
dent respeet ting our affairs with Spain
Mr.. Clay said that Whatever we might
think Of the discretion which was esir
ced in recommending the postponemeut
of the bill of tile committee of foreign.
relations, he could not tbink that the
reasons assigned by the President for
that recommendation, were entitled to
the weight which he bad given them
Mr.. C. thought that the house was call.
ed upon, by a high sense of duty ser'
oasly to animadvert upon some Of thusf
reasons. He believes it was the first
example, in the annals of the country
in which a course of policy. respecting
one foreign power. which we must SUP
pose had been deliberately considered.
has been recommended to be abandoned
in domestic communication from one
to another coordinate branch OF The
government upon the avowed ground OIL
the interposition? lit was evidenced
by cargo of scraps gathered up from
the charge d'atfairs and that-of loose
conversation held with this foreign MIL
lister and perhaps mere Ievee con-
versations, without a commitment 10
writing. in solitary instance. OF al!
of the foreign parties concerned, ezceP
in the case Of his imperial majesty;
But. he must enter his solemn profess
against this and every other species o. o.
foreign interference in our matters Wild
Spain. What have they to do Win
them? Would they not repel. as "n'
cious and insulting intrusion, any Inlel.
ference on our part in their concern'
with other foreign states? Would d,
imperial majesty have listened WIN
complaccncy to our demonstrates :
gainst the vast acquisitions when =, !,
has recently made He has lsIt!
crammed his enormous NAV with rl"I
land and with the spells of Poland a"s
whilst the difficult process of dlgesl'aa
is going Oh, he throws himself upo,n;'
couch, and cries out-don't don't u''
tnrb my reposep e
MIR. Clay considers the treaty % -. :
it had never beeD;' he therefore lea VT
it out, Of the question, and insists 'Da Il
the right course is the occupa1oa. he
Texas as our own, to recognize W.
independence of the South Amerna
colonies. and then ply Spain for nuts aots,
nifty; and either by persuasion' lll.. did
or force to obtain it. He howe'ti IRE
approve of postponing the meas s;sn
proposed by the committee on lo''''