Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-09-11

to accedeto this proposal, and they declined it.
This avowal on the part of United States of it's
readiness to recognise the independence of Buenos
Ayres, become subject of consideration at the de-
liberaions Of Aix-a-C hapele, and there is reason
to believe that the plan which was proposed and
matured there, of Joint mediation of the European
alliance between Spain and her colonies, for resor-
ing them to her authorety, failed, from the well
known intentions of the United States, and the refu-
sal OF Great Britain to accede to the condition of
employing force eventually against the South Ameri-
cans, for its accomplishment.
Tn the 50th January, 1922, resolution passed
the House of Representatives of the United States
of which body the undersigned was then a member
requesting the President to lay before the House
the communications from the Agents of the United
States, with the governments south of them which
had declared their independence and those from
the agents of such governments in Washington with
the Secretary OF State, tending to show the political
condition of their Governments, and the state Of the
war between them and Spain.
In transmitting to the House the papers called for
BY this resolution, the President, in his Message of
the 9th of March, 1922, declared his own persuasion
that the time had arrived when, in strict conformi-
y to thelaw of nations, and in fufment of the du-
ties of equal and impartial justice to all parties, the
acknowledgment of the independence declared by
the Spanish American Colonies, could no longer
be withheld.
II
9th of March was received by the House, the Spa
nsh, Anduaga, addressed to the Secretary of State
| remonstrance against the measure it recommended
and solemn protest against the recognition of the
governments of the insurgent Provinces of South
America. He was answered on the 9th of April by
letter recaptuating the circumstances under which
the United States had yielded to an obligation of
pendent states, nations which, after deliberately as
sorting their rights to that character, had establish
ed and maintained it against all the resistance which
had been or could be brought to oppose it."
On the Oath of April, this minister gave notice
that the Spanish government had dsavowed the trea-
ty of the Gath of August, between O'Donoghue and
lturbde, and had denied the authority Of the former
to conclude it.
On the 18th of February, 1922 the Spanish extra.
ordinary Ccrtes adopted the report of committee,
proposing the appointment of commissioners to pro-
coed to South America te negotiate with the revolu-
tionary patriots concerning the relations to be estab-
ished thereafter in regard to their connection with
Spain. They declared at the time all treaties
made with them before that time, by Spanish com
mssioners, implying an acknowledgement of their
independence, null and void, as not having been at-
thorized by the Cortes and on the next day, they
passed three resolutions the first annuling ex-
pressy the treaty between O'Donoghue and Itur-
blde ; the second, that the Spanish government, by
declaration to all others with which it has friendly
relations, makes known to them that the Spanish
nation will regard, at any epoch, as violation
of treaties, the recognition, either partial or ab-
solute, of the independence of the Spanish Pro.
vinces of Ultramar, so long as the dissentions
which exist between some Of them and the me-
tropolis are not terminated, with whatever else
may serve to convince foreign governments that
Spain has not yet renowned any of the rights be-
longing to it in these countries the third resou-
ton recommended to the government to take all
necessary measures andto apply to the Cortes for the
needu resources to preserve and recover the autho
! rity of Spain in the Ultramarine provinces
These measures of the Cortes were not known te
the President of the United States when he sent IL
Congress his message of the 9Th of March but they
= were known to the Congress of the United States,
when it passed almost unanimously the resolution by
which they frankly and unreservedly recognized the
independence of the American States, without max
ing their acknowledgement the price of any favor
Tor themselves, although at the hazard of mourning
the dispieasure of Spain. In the passage of this
solution, the undersigned took an active part
This review of the proceedings of the United
States IN relation to the independence of Spanish
America, has been taken, not only to show the con-
slstency of the principles by which they were uni
ormy dictated, and they have always been disnte.
rested and eminenty friendly to the new republics
but likewise to disprove the suspicious of the legis
lature of Vera Cruz.
How different then has been the conduct of the
United States from that which is imputed to them
by the state of Vera Cruz If they really had re-
garded the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of these countries de-
structve of that of their own. is it probable they
!. would have been short-sghted, as not to have
foreseen, that the best and easiest mode to prevent
this ACKNOWLEDGMENT, was to assist Spain to maintain
her sovereignty over them at least not to exert
her utmost efforts to favor the acquisition Of their in
dependence. The Legislature of Vera Cruz gives
the undersigned credit for sagacty and zeal for
the prosperity of his country. at the time that
it accuses him of being hostile to that Of Mexico.