Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-18

The military violation Of the domestic
s~anctuary, and the forcibts seizure Of
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PWVes~ 0stG we ~
Ii is generally known, that certain papers,
claimed both by the American and the Spanish
commissioner, were, by compact, to remain,
without re noval, in the possession ofthe Escri
bana. until the decision of the respective gov
ernments ISee State Papers, 18th Congress,
Is, sess. vol. 2, doc. SO. page 2J.l
In violation of this compact, made by conpe'
tent authority, the papers were seized by the
authority and instructions OF Gov. Jackson, un
der circumstances Of peculiar aggrsyatIon -
! According TO the report of the American com
missioneFs themselves. they procseded-to the
| house Of Gov Coppinger, forced the door of his
Office, without the pretencc OF h's having any
| other than a military sanction. and carried away
six u,.eramined boxes Of papers fould therein.
| Few persons can be found so lnsensible to the
| claims of justice as to justify the Whole proce
! dure. The manner in which it was viewed by
! SPAN, will appear from the following extract
from the remonstr ance of her Minister:
Don Joaquia de Anduagat to tie Secretary
of State.
''22d Nov. 1921.
"sir: BY your note of the 18th August last,
TO my predecessor, you were pleased to &C.
| quaint his that copies of the correspondence
| between Don Jose Coppinger, Governor and
| Commissioner. &c and Col. Butler, Commissayy,
| SC. had been received.
The harmony and good understanding which
prevailed is very praise worthy.
By the aforementioned correspondence, IL
appears that doubts had arisen whether the ar
I tilery and certain archives, ought or ought not
| be. delivered over 10 the United States; and that
you will have seen it clearly and dsfnitrvely sci.
tedbetwcen Messrs. Cotpn9er and Batter thai
Goth shoa!d remain TIA st .1tlgusine- the former
in deposl,e, in The possession OF the Anglo-Ame-
rican Comnissasy, and the latter in the state in
which they were. and without the possibility Of
their being carried TO Vie Havana, until the de.
termination of both governments. in a certain
time, should arrive. Atthe departure Of Col.
Butler. from the said city after fhe detsvery had
been Effected, he wrote officially to Cot Coppin-
| ger, that he should have to transact his business
| who succeeded; and without doubt, from the
| copies OF his correspondence with Col Coppin-
| ger, you will have observed, that on various sub.
| iects which occurred, we considered him land
interchanged letters with him, recognising him)
| still in the quality of Spanish Commissary-
On the arrival Of Mr.. Worthington, who
| came to st, Augustine TO supply the place of
captain Bell, the aspect Of affairs was changed.
IAN incident occurred relative to a Spanish A.
I gent, which gave rise 10 q correspondence be-
tween them.l Col Coppinger waited for the
answer 20 the protest which he had made to Mr..
Worthington. upon the incident abovemention-
ed; wien, without any previous notice. or any
| other cause, the offence was committed which
is related in the subjoined protests OF col. Cop.
pinger and the Secretary.
That the American government bad no right
to demand any paper from col CoPpinger, is
| evident from the receipt of the delivery, given
| to him by col Butler, on the 10Th OF July last,
| which is given for the delivery of what the trea.
ty stipulated; and which declares expressly,
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| tain documents was left to the determination
OF both governments.
The commissaries, Coppinger and Butler,
had agreed, in virtue of their respective pow
efss that the archives in question should remain
in the state in which they were, appears from
the correspondence OF Doth.
What reason then, what pretext, what ex-
| cuse, can Gen. Jackson and his officers give, for
a crime so unhesrd OF!
From all that ] have explained, and from the
accompanying documents, il results
1. That his Catholic Majesty has been insult
ed in the person Of his commisssry (Gov. Cop
pinger) in the most scandalons manner.
2. That Gov. jackson has broken, without
giving any reason for il, an agreement signed
by his own officers
3. That in spoiaton. OF rather pluider< con.
mitted in the HOUSE of col. coppln~r, he Law
Of nations, and all the H.
countries, have been tramyed upop: iuasmuch
as without summons Or rySnonce, without aeensa-
nsSFt the DooRs of bis HOUSE
$500 EN-, and he has not only been
a,aa.s vtAMILr and PRrvATS PAPERS,
but Of those which, being the
Z of office, and reserved with his
Belongt to his Catholic Majesty.
4. OF present demand, In his Roy