Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-26

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SIR IL falls I'D my lot, and 10 me il is very
grev"us, To see myself under the necessity III
commencing my functions as charge d'aff:,ires
ni ms Catholic majesty, with cumplainis.-
"'S is me more sensIbiy feli by me, mas
in,ich as have 10 direct them against an
officer of the United States. "A consu;cuous
%iiizen OF the Un.on, and highly distinguish.
=" general, the hero of New Orleans.
Colonel Don Joseph Caava, as commissa-
~ on tiie part oil Spain, confirmed The deliye-
~ oil West Florida Ia General Andrew Jack
aor, VINO was authorized tc receive it. on the
.S1th July last and he could not leav. the
province nn The same day, because il was i'm
PCS S'nle Tor him 10 have concluded the press
.! business which the delivery produced and.
-ai7o' because lie was sick; and lastly. be-
'ause he han, with the SAME general.
70 a"d't the decision OF their respective 70
Eerlmcnts, whether the artillery sho,,Id b..
Included i'll the treaty, or removed fvbch
was kept in the mean time under his care ,
opon this decision, principally, his remainnr
"a Florida depended, in order to consunm,te
me De livery. Colonel CalIava, therefore re.
n"iheh there, not AS an individual for his
pleasure and personal purposes, but for fulfill
Ing MS duty as u cODlmissdrg, charged IN Give
due effect IN the treaty of 2ad February.
.S a conimssSa1y, he acted with Governor
jackson many days after the delivery of the
province, Ton the Sd of August aud as a com
.htssdry' he was IN the territory OLA friendly
h'u"h' under the protection OF the most
sacred law of nations. But all laws. divine
and hrman,w were, inthc present case. tramnled
undor foot by General jackson.
By the accompanying copy of protest vo,,
WI! DC informed, sir, infinitely, of the trans
actions at PENSACOLA, on the egJ of Aur,Ist
inst. hcopy of other faithful documents like.
wise accompany this, which prove the trntb
and correctness of the whole, as far as the
commissary, Don Joseph Callava, has ex
planned andl am also ready to show YOU the
originals whenever you may demand them.
The treaty of the 22d February speaks of
certain documents aud papers, which the
"pahisn connmssarles were to deliver TO those
~ the United States, along with the Floridas ::
being allowed to carry awav Others n,Iv
The classification Of the whole beng r,,de
Coi. Calla'a mad, the delivery in due form
Vi the former, and then Of the second TO the
secretary oil war and finance, the officer Don
Do"tt"go SonSo leaving the official cores
po"oehce oil the government in the charge of
the secretary. The whole were ordero1 %
De put IN boxes in order that, AS soon nc tbe
commission should be concluded. they Smirht
he removed from the province and So1oo
vas executing the orders of the cornnissarv
Hali"'a, when three men Ito him unknown
presented themselves TO him, and, saving that
Hey were commissioned by Gov. Jackson
1I.i'iiueu Oh nun those papers. .S0usa rcpli-
"a lhat they were not his, and cansenuentlv
mat he could not give them; but if there were
'ny which they wanted, they could have re
course 10 ms principal, the commissary but
t'e siSht ana examination of them were uot
Teiusen Ihe same men afterwards returned
repeating that they came for the said Dapers.
anu they gave him note ofthOse which they
demanded. 'SoWsa replied as before. but
alarmed az the second visit. and fe1rin,, Iest
u'ey shodi1 De taken away, he carried them.
no" III boxes TO the house Of the commissa
" hnt hndms him absent, he gave them
10 ms steward. Such is the origin, without
u'ssu'Se i.'Ju't'cn which was afterwards com
mulcd upon the Spanish commssary. CalIaya
Although his suboned document shows
mat none OF the papers were of the class of
those which ought to have been delivered
Sihee they had no direct relation To- the
sovereignty and public property Of the pro.
,mce, las Tie whole belonged To the military.
hF"nclih, admiralty, or government, archives.
y't bcfe Is no opportunity, at present, for
discussion on ihls point. Wherefore, he wishes
IL 10 he Ven understood, that General Jack !
son did not demand them oGciaHy of him.
Ndiiifa and That question of that s0rl
ought not to be- decided, i0 the first instance.
~ To" bayonet Notwithstanding this, the
aIOftStd oi me atrocOus general acted t.. |
The manner whichyou will see explained.
Oily upon slight suspicious that fla,
'9Pinlsh Conmissary uDduy retained some
documents, and without their having heen
dcWandedln the regular and accustomed WAY.
was his house assaulted and entered by force
20 the silence Of the night, by "A company oil
soldiers. The servants and friends who
were with him were driven from il aud hr
being alone, sick, and almost confined to bed
was tora from it with sad array, and conduct
cd, Ike the most abandoned criminal about
the middle Of the mint, before Governor Jack
son. In vain did he represent the privilege
OF hls character. Ia vain did he protect
'5"ipSt q coDdacf SO atrocious. In vain did he
beg TO be kept in arrest aths own house.
W AT leasf. that fiuoa sbauI bn rivey, b;,, ..