Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-08

may yet be disposed or enabled TO use with fine
view OF re-unitlng those provinces 10 the rest of
her domnons. 1t is the mere ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
~ er',hnS facts, with the view to the regular
establishment, with the nations newly formed
of those relations, political aud commercial
which 1t rs the moral obiigniion Of ciciiiSed a,d
Christian ndt1ORS 10 entertain recprucall, with
one another" He concludes with EXPRESSING \
reiiancc "that the time is at hand, wien all the
governments OF Europe, friendly 10 Spain. and
SPAN herself Will not only concur in the ac
acknowledgement ofthe Independence of the Amer
lean nation, but in the sentiment that no,b;no.
would tend more eifcctually TO the welfare and
happiness OF SPAN, than the universal concur
renee IN that rccOgntion.n
Nos. ~, 20, and 81, are letters from Don
Joaquin DE anduaga to the Secretary of State;
the llrst, renewing the protest against the re-
coSniuon of the South American governments:
the second, denying the right of the Captain
General OF Mexico, O'Douoju, under his III
| Structiolis from the government of Spain TO en-
| ter INTO the treaty which had been concluded nj
Cordova on the 18th of August, 1921, Ubetwcen
the SAID General, and the traitor Col. Dan An
gustln iturbde;" and the third, complaining of.
and demanding satisfaction for, the capture of
the Panchita by the Grampus
| The letters No. % to % inclusive are from
the Minister OF SPAN, MIR. De Anduaga TO the
4 flIn
iirst, which is a letter from the former reptIe-
man TO MIR. Meade, written, as il would seem
IN reply TO communication from Mr.. Meade
| IN relation to the course taken by the Commits
sion oil Spanish Claims, with regard TO his de-
| mana ON the Spanish government. In this let
Ter hlr. Anduaga takes occasion to repeat thc
Acknowledgements made by his sovereign of tho
justice of the debt due to Mr. Meade. and to
express his astonIshment that the Commission
should require more satisfactory evidence than
me liquidation made by the Spanish government.
But as this subject is again before Congress in
Memorial from Mr.. Meade, we feel bound to
| refrain from any remarks upon the letter of Mr.
Anduaga until that body shall have disposed of
the Memorial. The second, is a short letter to
me secretary oil State, enclosing a judicial in
formation" which he regards proof that s.tbe
ferevraS" were innocent of the CRIME of piracy
on suspicion of which they had been s.forc;biv
taken from their flre-sides, by the crew of am
american vessel ofwar" The third letter sets
forth the complaint of his Catholic Majesty
against the United states, for perD,iting an ex
petition to be fitted cut in their ports. the object
OF which was "to conquer the Island of Porto
i<lco and to separate it from Spainn In this
letter. the Spanish Minister evidently DESIGNED
10 make AN appeal TO the peopte of the United
states against their government. He Dro
nounces high euiogium upon the "virtue and
priority" OF the citizens of the United States. in
order to charge upon the officers OF government
'crlmlnalty or negligence in allowing such am
seXpeditlon" to be formed in the ports of the
hepubhc With what truth this charge was
made, the public, to whom the whole affair has
oeeh made familiar by the newspapers of the day,
can readily Judge. The fourth letter merely
serves TO enclose the copy of note transmitted
on the Sd of September, 1899, by the Snanish
Secretary of Despatch of State In tho AI;,;.ta
l'lenlpotentiary of the United States at Madrid.
ms note relates altogether to the different in
terpretations given by the two governments re-
specuvey to the second and seventh articles of
the treaty of 1919, concerning the artillery and
munitions of war in the Fioridas, and provisions
for the Spanish troops
TO be Continued.1