Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-16

jufnish you from time to time with copious and
pungen extracts, but for the present have only lei
sure TO quote the following summary, which seems ger
name enough TO The matter in hand Commentipr on
MIR Adams conduct, he says
"He had distinct proposal from Pizarro," 1.-THE Spa
nlsh Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of boundary be-
tween the Sabine and the Colorado. He had repeated
assurances from the Minister of the United States at
Madrid, of The disposition the Spanish Mi
mister 10 conclude Treaty there. He had abundant
proofs Of that Minister'S sincerity, and finally OF MS
uNEQutvocAL INTENTION To AGREE on THE CoLoRA-
Do AS BOUNDARY, THE TERMS PROPOSED ny
the AMERICAN MINISTER"
With oil this C.tors him, Mr.. Adams sgreed with
onis on The Sabine as limit thus ceding to Spain the
chole oil lhe territory IN that quarter, which she pre-
tended 10 have my right to possess; ceding, indeed,
every inch oil that territory that the United States had
poicer to eede-sinee tie crrOry0s r The Sabine cas
actually m possession Of, and made part Of the Stae #
Louisiano!"
Now MIR. Erving be itnoted, did not see the nstruc
i'ons 10 Don ons though (as will appear heeafter)
ne had very efficient agency in obtaining them from
Don Jose PIzarro Hence his statement in relation to
the Colorado is not at all in conflict with that of Don
Martinez, who actually and frequently saw The instruc
mons to Don Onls and who avouched that the Rio
Bravo del Norte, vas the utmatua defined therein
ana De 1t noted Also that the limit of the Colorado EN-
oaced about two,hirds of territorial and about four
hhs of fertile Texas; and yet with the csraintv of se
curing II, and without any equivalent other conces
SION whatever surrendered 10 SPAIN with scarcely
the snow OF struggle, and though (as shall hereaf-
Ter show,) MI. Adams had previously deinonstrat.
ed, as all our Presidents and Minister'S down to MIR
Adams, bad ever maintained, that The French Amer
can Territory reached fully to the Rio BrarO del orte
But have still another proof to the authe ncity of
which Mr. Adams cannot be received 10 offer any OBJ
Jecuons, because 1t Is, tn him, the most conclusive
OF all proofs for he furnished it himself Obstacles
having arisen TO the ratification of The treaty by Spain
on account OF certain grants of land alleged to be frau
dulent, &c Mr. Adams addressed letter TO Mr. JOHN
Forsyth, then Minister at Madrid on the subject
That letter bears date The 18th Of August I5l9 and
10 be found in the 4h volume Of I.owrie and Frank.
Inns State Papers, p. 657.S. The following is an ex-
tract. lie says:
" 1t is too well known, and they will not dare TO de-
ny 1t, that MIR. Onls last instructions authorised him
to concede much more than he did and those nsruc-
tons had been prepared by MIR Pzarro that after the
appointment OF the Marquis de Casa Yruio to the Min
lsry they were by him submitted to the Kings Coun-
Gil, and with their full ssnction were transmitted 10
Mr. On's that both in relation to the grants of lands
in Florida, and 10 The western boundary the terms
which he obtained far within the limits of his in
structions," &c.
is ! Hear him IL IS too ,ceH knocn, and they will
not darc 10 deny it, that Mr. Ons last instructions
authoritarian 10 concede much than he did, &C.
"tha both IN relation to the grants of lands in Florida
and 10 the Uestern boundary, the terms iohch he Oh
tdned tcsre ar lchtn the limits Of has instructions -
Well, did those Instructions acthorze him concede
an inch of territory, which not fairly, fully and
absolutely our own, by virtue of our Treaty with
France, and known TO be ours by both Don jose Pr
zarro, and Don Luis de Ons Mr.. Adams will not
say He could not-he dare not. Out of his own
mouth is he estopped, by the demonstration he had
brought on all minds in his letters to Don Onis-ths,
the French American Territory stretched Westward TO
the Rio Braro!
But "N is too weH kno,cn,' &c.-Kaopnt To
whom To the public ut large, 10 be sure, and very
especially to him, Mr.. John Quincy adams. Yes but
known TO him, aohsn Why, at the time he was
writing to Mr.. Forsyth When was that On the
18th Of August, lSl9 only four days before the locus
penitentio OF six MONTHS allotted for the Spanish rati-
hcuuon would expire; after Spain had positively
fused 10 ratity account OF differences which sprung
up out of certain fraudulent grants, &c.-and when
Mr. Adams well knew it was at the option of our Co
vernmen to annul lis ratification, account OF SPANS
refusal TO concur and very especially for the dexerous
and dsingenuous oyerreachng of Don Ons, which
crcumvented han, if, indeed, he circumreRted az
aI-lf, indeed, 1t were not the consummaton of his
own far-reaching and perfdious designs, to emas-
cuate the South Of all its progressive political
strength and leave Missouri 10 the tender OF
the political fanaticsm which assailed her almost
simultaneously, with this treacherous and nttocious
surrender of Texas Hence, what boots it whea Mr..
Adams knew it, provided he knew IN time, 10 ap-
prize the nation of its blunders and urge the Senate
10 arrest the completion of these baeful aud dsa.
trous alterations, by an instantaneous abroga,ion Of 4
vote Of ratification Instead Of this, what does he
do; Why, he strenuously urges Mr.. Forsyth, in the
very letter referred to, TO press the ratification Upon
Spain, of this detes,ed Treaty, under oil the
influences of denunciaons agains. her for broken
faith and violated obligations, of reclamaions for
damages, and mennccs Of force
But now assert, that Mr.. Adams did in flct know,
that Treaty far more advantageous to the United
States could have been negotiated, than the he
agreed TO, bcfore and long before that Treaty
made and that he knew IT positively, and absolutely,
and from the highest and authentic source, 10
wit: the American Minister at the Court of Madrid,
Mr. Ewing | assert, Furthermore, that have most
cogent reasons for believing that the information thus
derived from Mr. Erving, never laid before Mr..
Monroes Cabinet by Mr.. Adams, and the most n
vncng and conclusive proof that he directly suppressed
and tchheM this Information from the Senate Chamber,
waen the Ieaty Of Florida under consideration, and
that the Senate acted in ignorance of the information
which he, Mr. Adams possessed, and that it is most
strkingly probable, ii not absolutely sure, that The
Treaty must have encountered far different fate, had
the information referred to, beer communicated 10 The
Senate. Bot conhding fully, the Senate did, in the
official integrity and personal honor of the Secretary
Of State and fully assured, that it had been furnished
with all the information in the possession of the De
parment, in any wise useful to a safe and enlightened
discharge of it's dutyit advised and consented" TO
the ratification OF the Treaty. and thus imposed and
betrayed, innocenlly aided Mr. Adams in this vast
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the National Territory without any
thing the shape of equivalent, the veriest dot
of q consideration But to the proofs
led 10 the making of the Florida Treaty. drawn up by
Mr. Ewing and presented to General Jackson, he gives
only synopss OF parts of his dispatches to the Sc
cretary Of State and no, copies of lhem and, for the
part, contents himself with stating The substance,
and not the ,cords. For my part, should have
preferred to have had Ms rey words Still, if he has
fallen into any error the correction at hand He gives
US specific dates and references 10 the records made
from the originals file in the Department of State
and hence, the verify of his statements can be at all
times subjected to the most rigid and sures! OF tests
The following is Mr.. Ervng's statement. Of part Of
the contents of letter addressed to Mr. Adams, and
received at the Department of State and purpors u
be taken from the Sd volume of Folios of Records IN
the Department of State. / give it, in hGe rer6a'
"No NUMBER
"ApRIL &c, 1918, to the same, prirots
"Ths is a very important private letter to the Sc
crelery of State.
"Mr E after complaining that he had not recev-
ed more than ONE Liter from Mr. Adams, though
he had been Secretary IA months, and HE negotia
lions uere in fill blast the most Of The time y says
that from this silence, be can only infer, that the
negotiation does progress at Washington, in such
way as encourage the Secretary to instruct nun
TO The end, that Mr Ewing may promote suco s.,
by communications with Mr.. Pizirro; yet he (Mr E)
says that he has continued to urge the Spanish Mnis
rive much latitude pnssibl. IN Onis H..