Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-18
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closing remarks # The Summary Mr.. a. araigne,
oga.n-ad he IS asked-Ms mutton is asked is he guii
| ty, or not guilty? &c.
:, "asHISoroS CRY, April 18th, 1914.
ny eps'ie OF the 9ih instant, was only the opinions
OF The dislended budget of nrooGs which establish tn
unwafrantabe and per idious alienation of Texas b,
aif. John Quincy Adams. Other proofs, clear, hume
rous' ana freutable, remain but writing for pape
80 distinguished az The Enquirer, and at season. whe
eager and throngiog claims upon its columns press
en W thousand forms, am constrained from the yer,
Necessity oil the case, greatly to abrdge and contense
oni can hardly add select for such IS the several
substantive strength Of EACH that scarcely purpose
IS 70 De suoserved, by the exercise Of dscrnna tio
anc choice. In illustration of this may say that tn
Erving summary, alone, contains 20 pages every on
OF which ~ repete with important matter uDor the s
sues now discussed and that That Summary isolf ~ 81
condensed, that out Of one hundred letters addressed
by Mr.. J. 10 Mr. Adams, Gas E. himself informs I'd,
only parts OF the substance and extracts Of twenty
three are gwen, with rapid, current commentarie
thereon These voluminous materials, thus condensed
and abridged, the circumsGnc referred TO- constraI
me, II re-condense and leabridge, which | pro
coed to do, presuming, by way Of careat by the
clas'on of any conclusion, that would confound ,h
mere incidents with the great objects of the proofs
induce MIR Adams conduct in hese negotiations il
but the incident through which | accomplish the oh
EJ"ct Of meeting and irrefuiabiy overbrowng all The
penphrasiical nonsense about the ncnpacii of the GO
parted with, without considerations through fraudu
lent concealment Of the facts from its asserting func
tonares by the fonlest perhdy of high minister of
State, and which Spain herself acquired and held 10
rad falh, up to the Mexican revolution, and which
Mexico could only have acquired subject 10 all the
equities OF restitution, which sprung out OF the org
nal faint which corrupted and avoided the cession Ia
Spain II will not be very formidable enterprise
methlnke, TO persuade the American people to take
back and TO keep what the laws Of honorable negota-
tion and oil the principles Of justice and equity, pro
claim 10 be ours already. Neither on The other hand
are they to be persuaded, that the fact that our
citizens, from these States have emGrated to the ter
r'iorS, 9" compl Gates the affair, embarrass the
right and very especially, while those citizens by po-
puar acciamatlon, are supPcdtng the government TO
conon, indseoubly, the Sovereignty 10 the tile, and to
execute " the possession TO the use
But, without further delay, | recur TO The Ewing
Summary and quote herefrom, in the order be oh
serves. The next letter Of his to Mr.. Adams, which
propose to present. he gives The substance of, fol-
lows:
L'Vol. 3d. No. 59.'l JANUARY 10, 1873
"Fhs despatch acknowledges the receipt Of the
first letter to him from Mr.. Adams /, is dated, No
vember II, 1877. Mr. E informs Mr. A that lie sus.
poets Mr. Pzarro rather to wish, that the negotiation
may fail at Washington that he (Przarro) may have
the credit Of concluding ii al Nodrid Mr. f. enlar-
ges on the persona! disposition OF Pizlrro, which he
considers be wholly conc;la,oy and the proposes
u
ers, with instructions TO the uitimanm Of The &C.
ve-nnent-not doubling, but that he shal be able 10
persuade Pizarro 10 accept it,
It is fairly inferable from this, this be the umatum
what it right eastward Of The Rio Brevo, that in Mr..
E'e opinion he could have obtained it from Pizarro-
provided MIR A. would send The full powers; and he
advises MIR. A. But Mr.. comments upon his own
leeS .innEs ,,a.S, ueficuIe posture OF
our disputes with SPAIN should not have written sin
gle word on those affairs, to his minister at modro m
Nov. 1Sl1!-more especially when we CONSIDER 'na'
The Spanish Minister al Washington, by his own avow-
al was without sufficient Instructions (see ihe publish
ed cnrresuondence between Adams and Onis and when
he had been repeatedly assured OF the concatory DIS
positions of the Spanish Secretary of State, and OF his
e extraordinary desire TO treat at Madrid.
This letter also, suppressed IN toto, ana w'thneio
from the Senate by Mr.. Adams.
The next letter of Mr. l.. shall quote from the sum
mary. is "a follows:
r"No 70 - JUNE I'm, 1919.
"To the Same -
ain this despatch, Mr. L. hedges the receipt
of letter from Mr. Adams, of April 20 IT is the
I'd letter from the Secretary Except insignificant
letter Of ilici,uon to the Spanish Monarch and
very important communication it IS. by no means &C
cedlng TO Mr. Els desire to be placed by new 'nsruc-
tons and authority, in situation to conclude treaty
he tells him that the powers end instructions mat ne
has, are quite sufficient and, instead OF giving hm an
ulli1natum he nsinuntes that MIR f. shonJ still Ins'st
fas. indeed, he had always done,) that the RIO DEL
Mort, is the limit Of Louisane end directs HIM
10 repea, The assurances, TO the Colorado &c MT
E. a,es 10 Mr. a. The substance OF long CONVERSE
ton he had with Pizarro, after he received tins ter
| that conversational Mr.. allowed that lie had nor
any instruction Don Oas, which would authorize
that minister TO consent to the Colorado. Mr. r. re-
ne wed his declaration, that the United States would
cede any portion of Territory to the eastward OF
tina, lne and that the true boundary OF L'usIana was
the o del Noft-. As it appears that Mf Onis han
told Mr. Adams, that might be more agreeable 10 'nr
Spanish Government, TINT treaty should be made at
Madrid. on this ground Mr. Z. consents to renew ne
gnliatons sub modo, &c.
Mr. f then quotes from the letter of Mr.. Adams to
him the follow significant language t!acS, but whe-
,her underscored by Mr. or Mr. A, do not know.
Mr. A saws Your authority and instructions are am
Dv sutFcrn for the combustion Of treaty, and no al
crciion of them is deemed necessary is. howecer to
he rema,k,d that The impression Of the r"6tc opn""
his couny Of unquesl'oaeoe Ttsht 10 e hl"
as The Westera boundary from day TO day becoming
Ionoer and non ,rH girs IL rery distinctly 10 De an
Jereood that in Offering agree by treaty 70 The s"o,
,ittc of Ire Colorado The Laiied Staies rh nct mol"
,tenSeIr,s bound 6u the same offer at any future Pc
riad >" rn - ~ ,h:s
nav will quote the comments OF Mr.. J. upon 'D'S
letter of his and upon that OF Mf Adams, "h'ch are
as follows: o,,,
uPsmork-tIere again is manifested, in most extra
a,n,rv degree the anxiety Of Pizarro, to conclude
Treaty at Madrid. 1t seems, that he hao Pu'Pos'y "
.truced Ons not to egree TO the Colorado, as eoun
dsry-that he might agree to ii himself, and ~ " ev'
dent that Ons ucledby his orders when he 'oo w;
Ina, il would be more agreeable to the Spanish 20
vernuent t, tr. al Madrid" Docs not t'i,s explain
the mystery Of Mr.. As despatch to Mr.. y Is "
be observed that the Secretary wrote as ie us pos
s,be 10 his Minister. Only one letter, (hst OF nov
nth. 1877 had been received from hun, %hrh ave
the above Communication from Ons, he suddenly taxes
nm his pen, and (20th April, lolo-fve mon'hs atet
wards.l in reply to Mr. repeated desre' TO nave
no and full authority trea'-and his refea'eo a.
snrances tina, he could obtain The Colorado as noun
dary-when also Mr.. A. was certain, 'nat onls wa
without authority TO agree 10 that bcnnalfyT
ino too, in the same despa,ch THAT alter al, MS uc
vtlnme nj might prefer IT. conclude the negotiation
Madrid"-he in the same despatch says your autho
rny is amply sufficient for tic CONCLUSION OF treaty
and no alteration of them is deemed necessary:
Can it be supposed, that Mr.. A wrote ms ie'lei
with the intention of placing Mr.. 10 the most svof
ale circumstances for treating and eorefuanS ife0
M flod he had such intention, would ne h nave 81"
HIM full and formal powers 10 sign a tfea.y eol i
Us see what were those Instructions, enc 'na 'ui"ofy
which he said was sufficient;
/" In the Records Of The Department OF safe
Mr. Secretary Monroe's letter, oil Way oo'h, ioio'
which he says: .uh:o
ITO enable you 10 make The experiment. on who
bo p,ss,d,nt has decided 10 settle our differences VII
soain, enclose letter OF Instructions &c "''-
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