Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-10-30


would TO any other private individual.
l replied to them, requesting them TO
enquire ofthe commissioner Of the United
States, Andrew Jackson, how /" was it
possible that he should forget in man.
ner SO unaccounlable any official charac-
ter 20 Did he not receive from me, as
commissioner on the part Of Spain, the
provinces Of Wsst Florida, OF which |
was his predecessor in the government,
and that my star with my Secretary and
officers, was pending the decision of the
points submitted by himself and me to
ourrespectiye governments, relative to
the construction to be given TO the second
article of the treaty! The artillery is
still held in deposite under the national
safeguard.
The papers anddocuments under my
charge, as GoverIpr, to be given by me,
under the Treaty tould not be delivered
by me in the character OF private indi-
vidual, because they did not come into
nv possession ami trust in that capacity.
| / requested them to tell him that was
/ altogether bewidered at this course
which was now ptrsuing; that the papers
/ in nv possession should be held sacred
and inyiola5le I'M Pensacola, my person
being under the immunity OF the laws OF
nations, 10 be respected and protected a.
greeable to the dsages of civilized ma
tons, and every other individual, COM
missioned by hi respective government.
That they woull also be pleased to tell
him that / do MT y ct know what papers
he demands Of ne to deliver in this man
ner, and that hewould have the goodness
fully to acquai,t me herewith in an OF
fetal form, haring due regard to the
peace and harmony which subslsts be-
tween Spain and the United States; that
l have always scted towards him with
the most distinguished consideration,
both as commissioner of the United
States and as governor; and in like man
ner have treated all the citizens OF the
United States indiscriminatcly with the
greatest attention during my adminlstra-
ton as Governor of West Florida; that 1
assure General Jackson both as Commits
sioner and Goperupr that whatever pa
pers were to be delivered by me to him
this day, should be Immediately furnish
ed through the regular channel as a
proof that they were given in a manner
becoming my official character.
| found myself attached with violent
pain, from complaint under which l
have been suffering for some time. This
impaired to col. Brooke, and requested
him to permit me to retire to my house,
which did, and then ordered my secre-
tary TO address an official let,erto the 60
vernon, making the same statement to him
as had done TO the bearers of his mes
sages; which Official letter lsent him
by two officers, butthe governor refused
to receive it. AT seven O'Clock at night
the same persons came to my house, de-
| manded the papers from me as private
individual, or to go with them before the
governor. / found myself SO unweh
as 10 be unable TO sit up, and stated to
them that my illness would not admit oil
my going out, and that did not clearly
understand wha papers they wanted, nor
could deliver them any other way than
were embraced in the same, but if ap-
pertaining to M, functions as Military
Governor as sch being hacked up in
the cases, las it was said, they must in
dispensibly belong to the department oil
the military government, or that Of the
national finance, as allthe civil and GRIM
,r;hnnal bad hen delivered IN bv lie
a,ons,;,u,;onal slcade. as also were M
4 nro,ocols ~ H. co,nn, s;on of he lint.