The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-06
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April 80. 1889, F:
March 1, 1893. ;

ter OF 4 return 10 the field ef negotiation /
Tor this purpose. aud though il mus, be |
done delicateiy, ye, he must be made 10
understand unequvocaly that reSump
ton Of the negotiation is not desired on !
our part unless he can determine in the
FIRST opening Of il 20 yield the immediate /
and full enjoyment Of that navigation
u IS impossible 20 answer for
the forbearapce Of our Western citizens.
We eBdeavor to quiet them with the cN
pectatou 81 an attainment OF their rights
by peaceahle means But should they, in
a moment Of inipaiience, hazard others,
there Is no saying how FAR we may be led
for neither themselves nor their rights
will ever he abandoned by US"
This peremptory language was TO be used
in case the threatened war between Great
Britain and Spain assumed grave aspect.
a milder tone was 10 be employed II it
was sverted and Spain still remained in a
position 10 successfully resist our demands
by force William Pitt was using strong
expressions to induce Spain 10 submit 10
Us, but so long as the expectation existed
that the family compact would make an
ally of France against England. the lat
terS influence was not serviceahle TO us.
However, when Lord Dorehester's request
came for the privilege to transfer British
troops over Our territory to attack the
Spanisrds in Louisiana in the event Of war,
Washington was disposed to grant the re-
quest. On this subject Hamilton reported
September $. 1900 The conduct Of
Spain toward us presents a picture far less
favorable. The direct aid we received from
her during tire war was ineonsiderable in
itself and still more uncomfortable COM
pared with her faculty Of aiding us She
retrained from acknowledging Our indie
pendence has never accedcd to the treaty
OF commerce made with France. though
right Of doing so was reserved to her. nor
made any other treaty with us she has
maintained possessions within our aoknow-
edged limits without our consent she per
severingly ohstructs our sharing in the
navigation Of the Mississippi though IL s
| privilege essential to MS. and to which
we consider ourselves as having an iudis-
putahle title An increase Of the
means OF ANNOYING US in the same hands
/ is certain III consequence Of the acquisi-
ton Of the l'loridas and Louisiana BY the
British This will result not only from
contiguty 10 greater part OF our terri
tory. but from the increased facility OF
acquiring an undivided influence over all
the Indian tribes inhabiting within the
borders Of the United States. Additional
danger OF the acknowledgment Of tho
] Western country, is another II, co,sc,,,.rc.
to he apprebendcd from tba, acouis;,;on
An explic;t recognition Of our
risbt n navigate tbc N;ss;ss;,n; ~ aud
! from, the ocean with the nossessio, ~
New Orleans would greatly. n,i,;g,,. the
causes Of anprehension from the conoues.
of the FIoridas bv the British {.
The Western nosts on one side and the
NAVIGATION of ,hc NGssissinn; ~, the other
call fo- a vig;lart attention 60 vba, ;s
Going on Thev arc botb NJ in,,ortarc,
The securing nj ,be Latter NAV he regard
ed in Us consequence. as essential 20 the
unity Of the cn,nirc We ough,
M, "a leave +, The ,oss.ss;o, ~ AN, for-
e;,, oo,.- ,bs ,ar-;,or;.s - ~, r,o,,,t -
The Afies;ss;no; which AZ, 70 II. reyarded
as the kew "a il
William, C,rricbae, u,rot. fro,, Madrid
January >, ,-o, This goverpnent Is
weak the ministry ;s IN ticklisb sit,,a.
ton the Queen governs and governs with
caprice the peonIe bsr;r 70 disnut, their
sovc-e;ers and ,ltbo,,eb tbev bsv. 10
chiefs to look up 10. the dissatisfaction is
general" Count dc Can,nor,ancs exnress
ed the enlightened opinion that il s tn,
interest Of his country "a form liberal and
lasting connections with the United
States"
Our affairs with England during the first
term Of Washington were as little salts,
factory as were our unsettled disputes with
Spain Hammond, the first accredited
British minister had apparently been sen
! over to wrausle, spy and palsvcr, and thu.
'elay the inevitable day for the evacua
m of the British posts, He and Jeffer
N rehearscd for about the seventh time
ch how the country OF the other hac
en- guilty OF the FIRST infractions OF tht
ace treaty, and the ordinations and re
limitations lowered somewhat the diplo
= attic dignity Of both men. The fact tina
'rginians owed England about ten mil
ms - ant"-he'lum war debts was I
sore point with the secretary of state, ans
TO infiict return blow he bluntly charged
that the British were indirectly response
r bic for all the Indian raids and massa
ores that had happened during aud sine
the revolutionary war. The dignihed an
, scholarly Thomas Pinokney showed bet
ter in I N,dou aitkorCh HE {