Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-20

The mechanically aIIu.ion 10 he e.,
practical neglect ofthis unqaeslionablsi s y!
ciple. would afford a sri6een, ,s., r'N
your assertion that the ratification Of -
ties has often been refused, though W. We
by ministers with unqualified (pl n Spes
and without breach Of their instruction.. neg
case can be cited by you. in which :. NJ
refusal has been Justly given; and ii. wa
OF refusal seperate from the justice !, nQ
case, amounts to no more than the a,ss, :e
that soyereigns have often violated ),
engagements and their duties. Tn. sla a
CATION ofhis catholic majesty to ra,;f,
treaty signed by Mr.. Onis is therefore :. ~
plete. wy
The 18th and last article of ibis t,.,,.
in the following words. The pres.n, ~
~ shalfbe ratified, in due form, BY lbs .''
tracing parties, and the ratiicatio0s ,I y,
be exchangedin six months from fiji, :; 10Y
or sooner. If possible" On the faith Wv. s
catholic majesiy's promise, the ,re,,r ;.
Immediately after its signature, ratified
the part of the u. S. and on the lsh u
following. Mr.. Forsyth, by an Official n...
informed the Marquis of Casa Ynio ~.
minister fForeign Affairs at Madrid @'
the treaty, duly ratified by the U Stat.
had been entrusted to him by the Preside,
and that he was prepared TO EXCHANGE !, :.
the ratification of Spain. He added H.,
from ths nature of the exchangemert il -.
desirable that the exchange should be- mad,
and that the American ship of war Horne
was waiting in the Harbor of Cadiz dot;
ned in a few days 10 the y. States. and !
fording an opportunity peculiarly conyeui.,,
of transmitting the ratified treaty to The Il
States.
No answer having been returned to A,
note, on the 18th Of June Mr. FORSYTH al.
dressed to the same minister second r,c.
ing, in the most respectful terms, the neces
sity of the departure of the Hornet The
Just expectation of the United States Tia,
the ratified treaty would be transmit,edHv
that vessel, and the disappointment which
could not fail to ensue should she return
without it.
After fifteen days Of further delay, on the
18th Of June. Mr.. Forsyth was informed By
a note from Mr.. Salmon, successor 10 The
Marquis OF Casa Yrujo, that, " his majesty,
on rejecting on the great importance and
interest ofthe treaty in question, was under
The indispensable necessity of examining il
with the greatest caution and deliberstion
before he proceeded to ratify it, and hat
this was all be was enabled to communicate
10 Mr.. Forsyth on that point"
Thus. after the lapse Of more than a
month from the time of Mr.. FoTsytb's fIs
note, and of more than two months from
the time when your government had re-
ceiyed the treaty, with knowledge thai
il had been ratified by the U. States, The
ratification of treaty which Ii. G. NJ. bad
solemnly promised, so that it might be eI
changed within six months from the dale Of
its s'gnature,or sooner, Vposs,ble, ~sSIh'
held merely to give time to H. c. d. toa
anime it /: and this treaty was The result I"
twenty years negotiation, IN which ever
article ard subject contained in ii had been
debated and sitted, to the utmost safely
between the parties, both at Washmsons
Madrid treaty in which the stlpua'IOa
bv the Spanish Minister had been ssnc'lo'
ed by successive references OF every p.n'
to his own government, and were by lhe ls'
NAL admission of your own note, fully WIZ
10 the compass OF his instructions.
If, under the feeling of such procedu'
on the part of the Spanish government, w
minister Of the L. S. appeal 10 the just r's''
of his country in expressions suited more '
the sense of its wrongs than to the couF'e'~ Z,
OF European diplomacy, nothing had W
then occurred which could have resuaN"'
your government from asking OF PIN 'nl
explanation which could be Necessary !.
fixing its determination upon the ratIilca'"
No explanation was asked OF HIN. =
Nearly two months afterwards, on '1e 'y y,
Of Aug. Mr.. Forsyth was informed 'n'' "
King would not come 10 final declslO'' V
on the ratification, without previously 'O"
ing into several explanations with 'OsS !;
yernment Of the United States, to SOME 4
which that government had given r''s- -.