Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-11-07


tiugle word oftruth. That it is, from be-
ginning TO end, grossly, glarngly, wilfully
false. False, even in tho name ~ The man
from whom he pretends to have derived
his information. There never was min
lister OF the United States in Spain by the
name of Erwin. The namo of tho man
who went to him upon this honorable ar
rand soon after his election in 1924 was
George w. Erving Of whom and of whose
revelations shall have also something to
say. do not charge this distortion Of the
name as wlfuiy made; but it shows how
carelessIy and loosely all his rotations and
intercourse with him hung upon his memo
~, and how little he knew OF or cared tor
the man.
We do not recollect to have read, for long
an equal quantity of letter press into which
was comprised such xu amount Of search
ing sarcasm. Unpretending in its Dorio
simplicity every sentence touchss 10 tho
raw with keenness heightened by it, IN.
denable truth.
MI Adams proceeds
Mr. Erving never did pretend, nor wilt
he dare to affirm that he had laid tbs soun-
ation Of a treaty with Spain for tine oessiou
Of the Floridas and the settlement Of the
boundary Of Louisiana, fixing the western
limit at the Rio err nds. The charge, thera.
fore, that our government did really give up
tina, important Territory, when il is at its
option to retain it, il purely and unquall-
fedly untrue. And now charge that it.
was known by Mr. Brown TO be- So when he
published Mr. Jacksons letter; for in the
postscriptto Mr. Jackson's letter, he says,
the papors furnished him by Mr. Erpin, To
which he had referred IN it, could DO pla cod
in Browns possession If desired.
They were accordingly placed in Mr.
Browns possession; who, when he pu bishcd
Jackson's letter in the Globe. to this pas
sage asserting that Er,cin had laid the
foundation of Treaty with Spain. fixing
the western limit at the RIO Grande other
wise called tho Rio del Norte, subjoined
the following note: THAT this boundary
could have been obtained was, doubtless,
the belief of our Minister in Spain; but the
offer OF the Spanish Government: was probc.
bty the Rio Colorado certainly line far
west of the Sabine"
After illustrating the relative positions Of
the mouths Of the Rio Grando and Colorado
oy map he continued
Secondly. that this note OF Aaron Vail
Brown, while it SO effectually demoiishes
Jackson's fable of Eivng's treaty with
Spain Cor the boundary OF the Rio del Norts.
and his lbelous charge against our Govern.
ment Tor snrrendering the TERRITORY which
they had the option TO retain, is, with this
exception, as wide and as wiful denart.
urc from the truth as the calumay Of Jack
son itself, which II indirectly contradict,
For it was not doubtless the belief OF our
Minister in Spain that the boundary OF III.
Rio del Norte could have been obtainea-
Nor was this offer Of the Spanish Govern.
men: probably the Colorado, nor certainly a
line far ,oest OF the Sabine. The Spa elSh
Government never offered the Solora % 20
Mr Erying;it was offered by him to them.
and with thirty leagues eastward Of il.
as perpetual desert, never TO be settled
This offer had been made by M-s.-s 40.
roe and Charles Pckney, in 1895. by ia.
struciions from James Madison, Secretary
OF State, under the authority Of Prosiasn.
Thomas Jefferson. 1t was repeated by Mr.
Erving to Mr. Piz1rro. time after time and
pressed upon him. esque dd nausedna and
wus finally and inheXibally rejected by him
The Spanish Government never did Offer Y
line one inch west of the Sabine. All this
must have been perfectly we'll known to
Mr Aaron Vail Brown. rom the public do.
uments, and from the perusal Of Mr. Er.
wing papers. communicated TO Gen. Jack
son. Erroneous, ifnot wifu!ly false, ne r.
shat prove those papers to be, thsre is not
q line in them to countenance rho s.atemeat
that the Spanish Government ever offered
the Colorado, or consented TO accept il, for
the boundary. When Mr. Ewing, whose
powers and instructions authorized him to
accept the boundary OF the Sabine as our
4 |. IL
instructions, by declaring peremptorily and
repeatedly TO Mr. Pizarro that the Colorado
was the ulliInatum of our government
winch would never recede from it one inch
eastward-a declaration wholly unauthor.
lzed, and directly in the lace Of his own
power-Mr PIzlrro said there were one or
t,oo ether rivers which he would propose, if
Mr. Erving would receive the proposal;
which Mr. Erving refused, assigning, for
MS reason, that he was unwilling to inter.
fele with the negotiations Of Mr. Onis, At
Washinyton These ono or two rivera
were the Carcdsu and Nermentau, there
they are. upon the map, both Of them east
Of the Saoine) they were accordingly
proposed by Mr. Ons, and not accepted by
our government, but led TO the preposA,, on
our part, OF the Sabine. which was fiade by
me ANA are pted by sir 0nis; it was the
boundary which Mr. ErYing was, BY hi4
original Instructions, authorized, and still
continued authorized to accept4&eE hs
rclased to lston to Mr PizarroY oher t.
na me oaes Or fico other riUefs than@ths Cot.
orado. e II nas tie boundary de facto, taken
byss military convention between Geiter-I
\, k3aSoa md the spanish commandcr,cn
ILL., fEo bunk of tie river, in lSOb, and
'l1ad frou, tlt1t time bounded the advers~
r6sses1ioYIs 81 tho u. Statos and Spain.
Il Il IN, say, must have bsen. known
ID Mi Aaron Vail Brown when ne penled
that note to his own puo!ication 10 tho
Giob. OF Jachs,n's SANDER upon tho admin
s:ration OF James Monrcs. Hr BroNAr"!t,
a swel;,r,v Vaccination Of patriotism ard
nati,nai,ty. declares that, though ions
,oss es,.d u tn,s gem Of pirasi RAJ 70
rene rom the J41asoa 5'fA ~ alton
"a caves" he never waaia n-'e -saiessd
IT'S dszzllny sp ea..of 10 aAs Rois4E sass o0I
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