Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-14

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wv he friendly Pzarro As TO Mr.. f lie ap
$50 :, have obtained very considerable degree o
orer P,zarro-and he prof;ed ofthal Minis
49,, ,vorabie dispositions, leadins HIM from conces
so, concessan. as to leave no dauot nut 'hel u he
I hn fully authorized, he desired he would have
"'- ,,b Pz,rro ON more favorable terms, than
| hs which were obiaiurd from Gus.
vur Adams's conduct in these hsgot'ations-enP
.,c b,ip to have acted with honest intentions, t'a
Pc w m s,c,ice Of the national interests TO his ~
-. - ,nm,.ls us 10 cnusi6er HIM as man destitute
r. or,fcstions niece ssaty for the conduct OF pub
" W. There IS, indeed, another supposi'ion
~ sdm ,yble-that he controlled by the Pfe
o,dspt Be this fact as !, may.
III had before h.Gi the snct confession OF III,
S,an,sh Goyernment mat IN" iefi'ofy W L'u'''"
sr,ond,d al least, TO the Saoine
| III Ind a d,sanct proposal from Mr.. fzarro, OF
e.undary between the Sabine and the Colorado.
.ii rad ,epea,ed assurances from tie minister q
L Io,.d 5, a,es al adrd OF the earnest dsp'sIt'"r
'.' S,sn minister t, conclude treaty there; h.
" .a mi proofs Of that IN n'sters sincerity; end
IL un.ouivocnl evidence vi his intention to agrrt
an no C,orAd do US boundary, on the terms prop SEQ
by the American munster
-, W ~ MI III before him, Mr. Adams agreed W In
| a., -, III. Sab ne as lint thus cedng 10 SPAN lhr
s. l. of the territory in that quarter which she pre-
| ,d.d 70 have any right 10 po-sess; crdng, lndreo,
ua men of territory that thu United States bad power
, .de sine. as far the Sabine was actually IN pos
| .oa.op of-mada part Of the State # Louisiana
hnld not be made at Madrid, certainly whatever ne
a. hare the appearance of such determination; ana
,han vhv no, obtain from Ons " hat might have been
obtained from Pzarro? THIS IS mex lcable:
uR,t there is another circumstance, li't'e Rn""n'
h.vnr an important bearing on this nste', and winch
| ia. most extraordinary instance Of the Secrs-
.,ncapacy in State affairs; IT appears ey ms co
,.snondence with Mr. Rush, our munster IN Eng a'o'
fsee the records OF the Department OF sta'e ms, u"
The m dst OF our negotiation fo7 the purchase oil
/ ID Mt, nnsl 1.H
Rush was parlewng acM Lord Castieredgh aoou. J"n
negotiation OF the South American Staiss, (spanish
colonies -, p,L
| Government, wholly nimicai TO our purpose u w.
tanning Florida: Could he doubt but that tht English
mn,ser woula immediately communicate our proposal
10 Spain, Most III have presumed that ths ha'u
raj cons uuence Of such communication w"uiu DE- u
,usmen, the English Influence (alwnys operating
against the policy Of the United Stats ut Nlaofo' ana
,rooort,onably To minlsh that OF Am-'fa;
rhen in the affair Of the grants OF land IN iofioa,
timely and repeatedly advised on the subject, having
IN h,s pos extracts from two OF IN gah's a"o
cooy Of t,r third dated March Is, lolo what eva g'-
MUS could have led HIM u consent TO me dse OF "a
nuary 1918. inserted in tho treaty was ne durtd
nv The ar, ices OF Ons and de DE- Nnv'' 10 agree
to the when lii vsi,d the Two prncai grants! IL
must be rene a.r.d that this very error placed Jeo
pady the VIII lie treaty, NAV be seen nv reference "
The correspondence OF Mr.. Forsyth why were not
yer all these and similar grants, whatever De their
date? Tn. grants were secret-we might almost eau
them .ifrauduent-in their nature; my were Waue
IN scon,empa,ion, of cesslon, Gnd thit cesson hao
been contemplated the year preceding Inc Two grams
moi fore ospd BY the treaty precisely those OF
which Mr. Adams was first ,niormsd; he YVES told OF
.r erisencc as sary as february To- and received ex-
racis from chem February 26 he saw that they were
made to he most personaEes n the king
household, VIZ: the Duke of Alagon, and the Count
,hot bird
comparatively gnifrant parsonage, and even hls
grant bore date the l3h March Surely th"s- cireum-
stances afford presumption that The dates OF inc Two
first grants net only anterior to tnat OF fegras
but much anterior to the period when Mr. had oo-
tanned knowledge Of their existence. be that as It
may Ons II appears had consented Tint the whole OF
,hs grants should be rescnd-d; he could not therefore,
have objected TO their beng excluded by Inc treaty
nom,na,ivey, or by any form that Mr. Adams had been
p-a,ed to prescribe Another error 10 the treaty
was TINT winch brought Mr. Mead's Claim bffore ihs
public Under what view 81 the respective rights ct
the part,rs negot,a,ng Did MIR. Adams under axe TO
paw the King OF Spans contract debts Ia an American
Merchan, at Cad,z out OF the sum appropriated 10
compens,te the losses susianedb Y Amerlcsn ci'z'hs
under violetons Of the law nf nctons; Or was there
IN absolute necessity OF Obtaining, through the inteme
da,,ons Of hyde DE- Nruv'le, Ooiss a'qn'e.cence on
other points, by admitting lhls special claim 10 the be
ue6ls OF the treaty
additional notes-1S29
do made BY Mr.. Erving 10 Mr.. P,zarro, has drawn
great deal of public attention, and produced some CRIT
ticsm more especially in an able discussion on The
Florida treaty, lately published with the signatures
"Amsrcsnus and LA Sale, al ST Louis, Missouri
IN the "Beacon =" The writer, however, allows that
,he deser, proposed by MIR. Ervng comprised only
900 square miles wherens. that proposed by MI
Adams /, ON, comprised 100000 square miles
mir Ervlog has indicated his own proposal
"F,rs,ly BY stating tha, It did not gtaate with
l.. hor hy fltp
st,uct,ons given to ,as special mission o. Pinckney
and Monroe, by proposal Of The same kind to e
found IN Their correspondence with Cevallos (Ser
SAID instructions and corr aspnndencr.)
assembly lie observes, that his own proposal /"
P,z,rro followed a long ard fficult d,scussinn With
,ha, Minister tn. copis o; hat corfsp 'nde nee a'e
On re- ord IN ths Department 81 S,a,e the demand
If Spsn of a guaranty OF Mexico, founded On hn
wes ccnsdcred 10 have been fir o. SILL h gnnran''
formerly made to SPAN hy the minister, Chas f'nck-
ney: aud hat his Gar + ~ proposal was made sub
sttpte lar tin oes,red guaranty.
s.rblrtly. II. observes that he only revived The
project of n desert at moment when he tcund II mn
possible TO obtain he consent ct the Spaush govern
men. 10 the b"un,arv ri the Colorado, without such
security as The desert ght be supposed Ia of-r
"Four,hiy He observes TINT Speaking from his best
recollection, The Sabine was gwen 10 him IN his in
s,rnc,inns as the u'tmaun, Gee SAID nsttuchons)
and that, being So he could moi hut presume that al
which he could .btl,n beyond that line, IN what-v"f
Ter would hr cnB8iderr In ht clear gam
surpassed the hopes OF his governn"n and et ceran,
onseqientlv. of rts full app-nha'ion
tFrthly IL states also, that though this proposal
of desfr, rade 10 thu Spanish government, es o
subslnte io NE guaranty dr'nauaedyei, in fact that
II coul never ha opera the security sought for
and pro (orma o!Tsred, The desert TO extend
only from iat,tude 9th" mouth OF the Conrado-to
the iauud. % He therefore never considered It IN
the Of security, though he presented IN that
fern: he intended It to quiet unreasonable alarms, mol
OF Pzarro, for he had none, but OF his enemies IN The
Kings catinet-(the position of the Spanish minister
in this respec, was fully explained to Mr. Adams =
He knew that had Pzarro b"en free 10 act, he would
have read " agreed the Colorado Us a boundary
even wlthou, des 1T. Mr.. Ewing gave to him then
project which might quiet opposition in the King
council afford bun means OF accounting on the mino
of the King himself, and pete1, with his coil'ague'
for advising what he fully pedlsposed to consen
to
"Tbronrhout Mr. Ervng'e l",lers, is observed a con
slant endeavor to convince Mr. Adams of Pzarro
concii,atory d,sposi, aud oil his sincerity The las
instructions winch were sent to Onls by Yruja, (ver,
much against SAID yuos will, but by express order .
the King, fully explained TO Mr. Adams,) were
formed by P,zarfo.
"Tha, MIR Adams gave foil credit to the sta,emen
of Mr. Errirr, - made evident by the fnllnwing ex