Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-25

But against such neishbors as France there
and the United States here, what can she expect
from so gross a compound Of folly and false
failh-she is afraid of her enemies in Mexico
but no, more than we"
Some difficulties existed with Pichou, the
French Minister, about the ratification Of the
treaty.. and Mr.. Jefferson tells our Minister, Mr..
Livingston, 'that he had assured Mr.. Pichon
that he had more confidence in the word OF The
sign" (There was something of soft corn in
,hat.) And he tells him "!hal the treaty wasrali.
fed, MIR. Pichon knowing that Spain had entered
with us a proieslation against its ratification,
grounded first on The assertion that The first con-
sui had not executed The conditions OF The treaties
of c~ession, and secondly, that he had broken a SO.
lemn promise not 10 ALLEVIATE The country 10 any
n%alion.n We answered that lhese were private
questions belTeen France and Spain-and SO
they were, and Spain had no right 10 wrcak her
vengeance on US in aiicriimcs, on that account.
In writing 10 DIR. Priestly and speaking OF
Louisiana, Mr.. Jefferson says: whether we
remain in one coniederacy or form into Allan
tic and Mississippi con!ederacies, believe
not very important to the happiness oil either
part. Those of the Western conlederacy
will be as much our children and descendants
as those of the Eastern; and | feel myself as
HUGH IuSHlliGu VIII tldA IAdlil1 IA luAulN
time as with lhis-and did | now foresee 4
separation at some future day, vel | should feel
The duly and the desire to promote The Western
interests as z~ealousiy as The Easlem-doins all
The good for both portions OF our future family
which should lall in my power"
In virtue OF The treaty with France the United
States took possession OF Louisiana, in cpfosi-
ton TO The remonslrance OF Spain. But Spain
still continued !estive-sbe was The author Of
many acls Of injustice toward us-she c%unlinu-
ally refused every Icpa!alion, Notwithstanding all
our efforts al accommodation, backed even b.
Napoleon's influence, and we submitted ,amcly
through a long series OF years. Is II forgotten
that she contemporary refused 10 permit MIR.
Nelson, cur Envoy, 10 set his foot on her soil? To
a charge made at III. lime against Mr.. JET.
ferson, that he was yielding the boundary o. the
Rio Bravo, which belonged 10 US, in a letter 10
VIM. A. Burwell, he uses this language:
III is mol true that or Ministers in agreeing
to establish the Colorado as our Western bounda-
~ had been obliged 10 exceed The authority Of
their instructions. although ice considered cur H.
lie gooA as far as The Rio Brqro, ycl, in proportion
10 what they could obtain Easl OF Inc Mississippi,
they we're 10 relinquish West" But no treaty
was made.
The French Inhabitants Of Louisiana con-
planned Of The prohibition Of importing slaves, u
complaint which Mr.. Jefferson says may be re-
moved by the introduction o. slaves from The
other States, which by dividing that evil would
lessen lis danger.
And, in 1907, in his letler 10 Mr. Bowdoin, this
strong language is used:
Never did a nation act toward, another with
more perfdy and injustice than Spain h.: con
slanlly p~raclised against US; and il we have Kept
our hands of her ill now, i, has been purely out
ri rpSppct IN EFanra .Ai from tho vaItra Mo cot
on The friendship OF France. We expect, there.
fore, from The friendship Of the Emperor, thai h
will either compel Spain 10 do US justice, or
abandon her 10 us. " ask bit one month h Be IN
possession Of Ike City Of J1czno."
Aye-aye-we ask but one month 10 be in the
CITY Of Mexico. For what2 Upon a fools CT.
rand II incompetent to conquer or II hold,
why 60 there7 And why did we no. d. i'll
Any relation with Spain 10 prevent in Never
had nation aclet with more reitdy toward US.
The only reason was, that Napoleon prevented
it!-and shortly afterwards The power o! Spain
was completely crippled b. France, and 50 con-
until The overthrow Of Napoleon, and the
meeting OF the alliei powers in 1916, when Spain
was reinstaIed in power.
SPAIN n II UNITED STATES.
We have seen how matters stood between
Spain and the United Sta!es-ihat Mr..
asked only that the Emperor would
with hands Of, and we would be in
Mexico in q month. Why1 Because no ma.
had ever acted towards another with mere
perhdy than Spain had acted toward the United
Lei US see, now, how matters progressed
Spain and he United States aller Na9c-
Icons overthrow. Just al that line tho United
had come out OF the war with England,
crippled and weak, and she was, compared with
Spain, who had been Ieinstated by he allies, Just
what Spain was, compared with France, in the
zenith oil Napoleon's power. ln plain language,
she was Inc superior, and We the interior power
and, just so soon as she was warmed into life, she
10 the old bone Of conlention-lhe acqui.
sition OF Louisiana in opposition 10 her protest.
and il must be fresh in The recollection oil every
one-the arrogance, and indeed insolence, prac-
tised by The Spanish Minister at Washington du.
ing Mr.. Monroe's administration MIR. Monroe
was alarmed 10 death. Spain was using every
means in her power 10 kick US inc 4 war with
her. She had rejected our Minister, and the
avowed object was 10 reclaim Louisiana. She
was stimulating The Indians and The inhabitants
OF Florida 10 annoy Us in every possible shape
and nothing but a series Of events, one OF which
The apprehension OF a revolution in Mexico,
prevented Spain from persevefing in The course
she had marked out, until that object was effected.
When General Jackson had, Jackson like, and
TO his immortal honor, crossed The Florida line,
aud had hung Arbu,hnot and hmbrisler, the Spa
nish government demanded his disgrace, and, 10
The shame Of our government, The President and
cabinet sat in judgment upon The proposition.
Like Sir Walter Raleigh, General Jackson was
10 be offered a sacrifice TO Spanish pride and am
b',ion. Can MIR. John c. Calhoun tell US any
Thing about that matier7
But the condition OF Spain in Europe, owing
10 her intestine divisions and civil wars, and Inc
in Mexico porlending and Fastening
10 a revolution, led Spain to adj Just The Louisiana
matter and The Florida sale by a treaty. Bui
II was in every aspect a superior diclat-
ing to an interior ~power-and Mr.. Monroe yield
ed to II, being most certainly panic.slricken al the
altitude oil Spain.
The Terms dictated were, that We were 10 pay
millions Of dollars for Florida, being Ten
times as much as il was worth, and 10 cede 10
Spain the country between The Sabine and the
Rio Gfande. But this was not all: The line was
10 leave The Sabine, and cut in Two the Red river,
giving To Spain the KEY 10 New Orleans
with an invading army, she could be
upon New Orleans in twenty-iour hours.
Mr.. Rives, in his speech on the Tyler treaty,
says "it is impossible TO look upon The map and
not see that the possession OF Texas was essen
and vitality necessary to The safety Of me
CHltu SidleS. III SOt tHdt selAitu me QutSiioh
II holding any portion OF The country east OF The
Mississippi rendered the holder our natural enc.
my, surely, holding the key TO New Orleans did
the same thing. He says: How it happened
that we could have agreed to snch a boundary, was
an enigma which had never been solved" But
see'st thou not an awful form arise from ont he
eaHh7 Is ii any longer an cnis,na7 Mr.. John
Adams can tell US all about it il he
would, and MIR. John &. Calhoun could do
The same thing. II was simply this: that Spain,
forward to her retention of her Mexican
determined TO hold this key-and Mex
leo understood that thing in after times as we'll
as Spain did.
Mr.. Rives says, ri, was sufficient for him that
MIR. Jefferson and all the distinguished men OF
The day considered our title 10 The Rio Granle as
complete as our lille 10 New Orleans" II il was
sufficient for him, it is ~snficienl for me, and il
should be sufficient with all men. He adds, more
over, "Ihat when the question came TO be under
stood, ii would be met with more unanimily than