Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-04

government OF their resolution 10 execnis
Tue article accordius 10 lis .piri, and.
In!rniion. Tie address 10 Nj. Onis was
10 procure III ilc simplest form the eyT-
dchce 10 siicw what that intention was.
Your Excelirncy will uaTton me for saw
Ing that am shocked AZ The assertion
now made, that HE Gee idraiiun intended
10 ne presented al tic eaci.auye of ratiti-
cations anrnls The said article, as II
ooilE' me 10 Conclude that HE grants 20
!he Duke of ,Alagon, the Couni PuBog
Rnslro, and Mr.. Vargas, are, in the opin-
IONS CT This government, OF date prior
10 '.te 9th January, 1878, the date named
IN mat article oil the treaty aud that the
gosernment Of Spain believes itself aulho-
sfizra tpinaisi That they would be valid
under u. This disclosure compels me.
rom ilit duty owe 10 my country, and
IN obedience 10 The Instructions / have
received, carnestlSio rem onsirate against
He conduct OF Spain In relation 10 these
grants d conduct towards the II. Sig..-.
SPURIOUS, unjust aud detrplious, and
WHICH cannot fail; when made known, 10
excite lie resentment OF all naiirus, WHO
pI'ze honorable dealing snd lpye good
faith.
The history OF these densiions, aad eF
The stipulation iii regard 10 them, will
shrw, Thai the determination Of the II. s.
10 consider them void under The treaty.
was lus'iEabie, prGpcr, and necessary im
the honest fultilmenl OF the engagement.
ini' which they had entered and that 4
denial 81 Ibis position would fix upon line
Spanish government charge of an ai7
Temp 10 commit Il deception, for which,
lie language Of decerum has no spprG-
pudie name. The poss, ssion Of Florida
has long been The object of interest 10 lhe
IL. In, a a
sivo to his Catholic Majesty, and chiefly
valuable by lis position 10 them. Evrr
s'uce the restoration of his Majesty 10 lie
throne OF Spain, The question Of The ees-
sion oil that territory has been agiiaied.
IN Tie sunIinRr or autumn Of 1917, after
thc determination 10 aegotiaie all ualleYs
IN dispute al Washington, ii is 10 be ne.
sumrd authority Was givrI: ,s Rir. Ouis
10 offsr i!le Floridas for an ,qni,alcii, TO
HE United Siaies. In Julg, 1917. MIR.
Fzarro informed Mr.. Ewing That the in-
sirnctIoms jnr Mr.. 0nis uere preparing.
Comparing The date OF the offer If ces,ion
made by that minister, of the 24lh Jan.
1918, with the tIme necessary for trans.
hitting The instructions under which If
was made, The conclusion is, that, pTior TO
NOVEMBER, 1917, the Authority VAS given
81 Mr.. Onis 1" cDer Florida 10 The Unit, d
oiales, according 10 the instructions pre-
parlnS by MIR. PIZaYro, al ihe dale of hjs
communication 10 MIR. ETvinr. oflhe,27ll,
July, 1917. In November following. lie
prosper OF cession 10 the United States
having, made property in that territory
valuable. petitions were presented 10 His
Majesty fer grants Of land in Florida bv
Tue Duk" OF Alagon and Count Punol
kos'Io IN December, 1917. The Kisg de-
cided, by roSa! orders, that these peii.
Mons shSusd be allowed in Feb. 1918.
the royal letters patent were issued 10 ,h;.
petitioners i'll ,he council Of Indies.
The donation 10 Duke AIapsu ircte,ie6
all the unculiiva!ed land in East Florida.
mol previously coded, between the MARI
gins OF The rivers ST. John and ST. Lucis.
10 their entrances into the sea, ard The
coast OF the Gulf Of Florida and The adj
accent islands, the mouth of the river
1uueiOs from The 26o CT latitude. follow
ing its left bank 10 its source theme. by
line drawn, 10 TIE lake of Niscayc.
thence, by the way of ihe RIVER ST. John,
10 The lake Valdrs; thence, by line.
cutting the extreme North of that lake,
as lar as the source OF tai river, and by
ihe coast oi Tie sea, with all adjacent
islands, t. the mouth oi HE river Hljuelos.
40 The Count funOn Resiro, a. grant
ed all The uDculiyaled lapds not before
coded III East Florida, WHICH are situated
bet@ocn tho Rio Pcrdid0, TO the Wet of
The Gull OF Mexico. aud the rivers ANA
suca ana 81. John, from Popa 10 IFS
mouth, aud The SUuthGrn boundary line
OF the United States and the Gull Of
heXico, with all lie unintabiied islands
near the coast
About The close Of 1917 or beginning OF
1918, Mr.. NaCgas petiioned for lands in
| Florida. On tue 25tb January, 1878 .
royal order allowed his petition, aud The
cedula is of tile date of The 9lb April 1918.
The donation 10 Mr.. Vargas vas
lat. AL uncultivated and not before
ceded land. between The bay OF Mobile.
| tie river Perdido, the boundary line oI
The u States aud the Gulf OF Mexico.
| 2d. All the lands lying South Of AIs.
| CONS grant, from the mouth OF Ilijuclos
ON HE Gall OF Mexico aBd the mouth oF
| ST. Lucia, on the Gull Of Florida, TO FAN
cha P,oiat or Cape Florida, with all nle
islands, SC.
Sd. All lands in W.sI Florida 70 Which
! Spain WAS entitled, and all lands in dlsG
| pnie with the United States.
While these extraordIuary and enor.
| nous donations we're making in Spain.
| Florida had been offered 10 The Uniteti
! States, and the terms OF GessiOn were iii
tie course OF adjustment. After great
labor aud dPi'y the negotiation terminals
| Ell Dy the Convention Of 1919. To pro-
vide an indemnify iOi the claims of Ame-
| rlcaH citizens upon Spain, some Of which
were acknowledged in 1904 10 be lust, al .
though the treaty, providing for their adj
Jusiment and payment, made in iliat
year, had been but Just ratified by Spain
vas one 81 TIE causes Of tie csssion OF
Florida, III fall property TO the q. States,