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congress. ;
I~ 7T ;* ,W 3' ; *
Our Relations with Spaing
rv 'lathe llonn of iUpresrrUntlvt»! \
of the UnitefrStrtU*: *: ’ J -
. Incompliance with ihePe*{blufhm :
.' of *f»c t*«i, I transmit twd letters
from the emoy nt(rtlbrd*nd|s and Mi
nister (fleirtbouikiatydf. S.iaiqr. to the
, , , /.. r _-
.'f idhudry •■ '■ •< ?
, * • J ‘ i .
c ff « letter.from the Min
ister of, Spain to the, Secretary of
.Stato<,4atr4 Washington, ißeeeto*
her 30, 1815 s- ■ ri * n<M j
Slß—The diplomatic relations pc
£woen tire'king. my mbit or, and the
United States. Iwiofj happily i*sto p< 4»
>**nftltoth being ifttfpnsbd
■*■ mutually to strengthen thefts .of the
most pure and perfect friendship, it is
trf lnforM the president'of
whatever ii»ay s; cTtifr4l)yte; tp spflesir
“lihfe irf
_ ales, whieU may p» event; it. Qn the
mijiortant points on which this note
T turn, I,have written to you uh
#. , dor other circumstance* less favora
,, ’ .We than the .present. I Willuow con
*; fine myself to a plain and simple ejc±
>platmlion of them,
d . The fleet of thfesc points is : that
- the Jirfict : and official relations be
tween Spain and the United States,
f-t.having been broken oft*, since flic year
—4BOB, the nfCiirs of lio.th nations, a*
* well ins their respective frontiers,.
*' should Vow he v pi#upd jntlioj same
if ate mid situation Ip which Ujpg were
iW ao*j that, iirconform
\Wlty t 0 this principle, the-parti of
which the United
Stales iooh possession of rturing the
~ riltuitMU ipsnrcbellon *of Spain, awl
A iave roiAlned. until this diiy; should
be rested to his cal hoi ic majesty
This just And’conriliafhry liipasuty, at
i* the sa mo time tliafWwi 11 convljicejhe
king, my master, of tbe. purity abd
’ Mmerity of tlid sentiments of the A-'
- merican government, and of I heir dis
position (o Hrriytgcfnd terminate :un-
Wahly tho I several points of jtegocfat
rUhb.Vifl not. in the least, impaiy the
>jpightvwh’n‘li it may belie vb.Vt has td
the wlitWe; or si part Iff the territory
* ♦cenpied .‘Sihce It will re hi pin subject,
Jpwvtfy (is it was before its occupation,
o rffVank and friendly diicussijiil.be
firern the two governments.
The second point is-iis Vunple and
obvious as the Jlrat, and J witl not
treaMf it with that confidence, with
fchleh I ought to be. inspired by the;
of my important
„tsy,ihe the American
.government,**) id- (he importance' df
t ». l Ml' * * f 1
1 me affair 1
v It isknown‘to yobVjkfld isTunTvcr
- Sally nuhlir and notorious, iluit ti far-:
tioushaud of
aries contintu; iinplinity r ip the'
of and especially
itt New-drlCiins and !Vatchita«iies,th«'
uninterrupted system df raising and H
arming trpops, to ligUt .rite flame of
Tevolptinu in the kingdom of Ntew
Spain, and roii rhp pai jl':_piuaUil
antrof the !rtC king, my
master. The 1 nVation* Wf tlsc imenial !
provinces, the horrUihvassassinations
apmmitled in ’San intonio de llaxat ,
and the names of piV
pblrators «f such unheard of cViines,
have, acquired (he publicity, Wliirh
great crimes always*Will acquire. All
Louisiana has witnessed these anna-.
ments; the public enlistiiicpts (ios •
engauchse juihlit v os) ; (be t ransporta
tion of arms; thefyunrtion of the in
surgents and f hetr hwstttft'antT warlike *
march from the itory of this re-1
public agahisf pnSsVssioris ot a!
friendly and nrighboHig
ther threats, nor the laws, nor the in-1
digoat uni of w ell disposed
pop eVen the proclamation of thepre-i
sident of (he first of September last* !
fotetjded to resti*ain these highway ;
robbers, have been sufficient to stop i
their nefarious plans. On the conti-a- j
ry,'they prosecute them with the |
greatest anler and raueor, more and •
more exasperated tit seeing the glori
eu« triumphs of the Spanish nation, *
thkwdhesion "ftf his to an
doped and ilie approaching
rewstabXi»hmelrt‘oC the relaUqns.be- i
(wren oujt rcsfaeftiv|?
ilcnWn to me, that they arc now en-
Ncw-tlHean*,inen for oilier
expediiians both byland and wafer,
fb Invade again (be dominions of his
catholic majesty, under (he direction
of ifctgleadcrs Jos* Alyarez de Tole
ile* and Maouel de Herrera, who
it had Jolt 'arrived it (hut city, with (he
appointment (a* he says) of Minister
to the United States, from the ssf
i styled Mexican Congres£ Who has de
livered (oTolrdo fifi een handed cijn
nirsslomlb blink, from Jhdt dodt of
insurgents, that lie may ponferj (iiOnr
On a like nuiiibcr4if officers which fie
it recruiting Jn (he this
p Union. ’ f oulit tnVbtioiiihg to youjo-
I iheminmimdraWe acts of * this "kind,
maments, & the impuwty witty Wb ten
they Continue!* cohfihr irfysh^
, totaling ip you*; thatdhe inosttotm
mo» practice of < nations,, and the am
thnrity of (he byst Wtp(£ss on public
i law, would give a righito thf? king my
* master, to requirti of govern mom
(o deliver up these.irdhots, as incen
tUarjesr enemies f»f vaji| order,
i ahd disturbers or the peace of his
i subjects ; bit as the object of my sov
ereign is not to avenge himself of ibis
- -bHuddirtr,- but te sHeld iih subjects
againts their I confine my
self loafcking of yoti tt obtain of (jie
President ohleh for ihc prosecution
i of the principal pmon# aofeitf bed In
this sedition, tbaj is to,say; Jose Al
, varez de Toledo, Anaya Qrtg»; the
* self-styled minister, Manuetde Hef > -
i itersi Doctor Robinson, Hunbert;
r At i jni u P»pr«» and Preire and their
H followers, that they may tye puiished
5 with all Vbe rigor, which th laws
; i s>Vescrtl»e lii eases of this kind; That
fy the troops whiAh they have nised,
I I may be disarmed. and disperet, and
■; that the measures, betaken
1 ! t<f. in, future, these evi spin-
I its rroni having an opportunity opur
* i suing and attflnplftg to
; | comprpmitfheguod intelligence, vhith
YSubsists between bar rcspeciivt g*ov
j prnincpis. The President caaoi but
have seen with sensibility, a»wll (he
total want of effect of this prqcama
; tion. of the lenient measures wkeh he
1 Intel adapted against these crininals,
i. who boast of .recognizing ftolmv; sub
jji din.uion or moral princijbaf/tnr the
1 pro(eifiOri--ttodfcuppoef which they
i have.received and do receive frofii the
: authorities at New. Orleans'’ cion-
I frary to his express orders.' jHls ei
i cellency, as he is die barged tyy thu
republic with war&bing over is*su
; curity amTlfee observance afjte trea
ties and laws, cannot but (consider
liiinsqlfauthorized to restrain lh«
projects and hostile measures of a set
of adventures, who make wit*against
a friendly powerfrom ihe territory dl
. (bis confederation, couipreißiUing it's
i tranquility. and high charier, by
of the means /which
! the constitution, the laws, and las pru
«■ deuce offer to him for obliging these
pers*itsio abandon their designs, ami
' to manifest to hiscatholU'-Oiajesty
t thejust indignation, with Which the
United States view plains,
and the sedition of that- bifid 1 * of in
i cendiarics. lam certafti thbtlt cs£n
, i not be codified IVo in the distinguish -
cd talents of the president and? your
self, thatUhe point of which treat,
is* ot owe muter *thc civil (ormuni
cipal law, in which base my sove
reign must have Recourse to (be ordi
nafeytribunals ;hut that ItlSa Vnani
fte* and flagrant violation of U]e"ino?i
sUcird laws Which bind toge(he£ n%
tioris imtnialh—perpetrated. t by Ihp
citizens, oi* residenKoftlie, of
which (he Uiiig my niaster, ghps jn,
1 formation, with positive and notorious
1 proof s io the government under w hose
j jurisdiction, it hts heefiexerutetUthat
I they may give liinv competent saiis
| faction, with the knowledge* of the
, act, by causing the deHwp*«t«
\ punished as guilty of high ti%tbon' a-
I gainst ‘tte'fhf governmenfs. 11 '
i The thfty and 1 ast point as
! t( > thisi hat tiie wi||^
I pleased to give U*e necessary orders
| to the collec tors s£tkp customs." not
’ to admit7iotn.lhe %s Unitfid
Staffs, ycss’ela tu der the insurrecii(>
nafy flag of Carl hagyna, p||hcr MeaU
' can congress, of Buenos Ayres, or’fcf
the oUmr places which have revolted
agaiast the authority of the king, my
i f fjtotthose enmingfro'criflient,
• That they should not permit them l«
• land, thifecduntry, &*■
, shpmefui proceeds bf their piracy, oi
i atrot itfcs, and much tto equif
i themselves in ts iVs they do,
• for of. going to sea, to de
i stroy and to pluuder ibe vessels they
? meet with under the Spanish flags
• Thisloleraßrc, subversive of the most
• solemn stipulations in the treaties, he-
Spain ,and ttye United Slates,
anticnametrii ally opposed tothe gene
t ral, principles of public security and
r good failh, and to the lawsoftraiiotis,
j produces the mostHielanehp) ly effect!
i on the interest and the property of ihe
-; subjects oTbis-catbolie Ucr
,i tain it is, • that neither Uathagena.
- 'tier any other placfe in (he Spanlsli
dplpinibnS in tliis hcmjspiicVe, Which
P (has -revolted, can be in cornmunioa
• tion with arty power friendly to Spain.
- sirfed neither orti|spar(, nor on thal
• of, any other government, has their in
f dependence been acknowledged f ami
t it is conseqdcrrtjy, an bflfehce against
r Mis dignity of tb« Spaniel mohareli,
, and, against the sovereignty ot (J»«
i kihg, myinastei*, to admit Vessels froir
- such plaees, nmjo ed oiitf'cnmmahdbd
j, by insurgents and armed in the d«-
» minions of this confederation ; par
- ticulavly as they are ail pirates,'who
5 do n,ot fj|ag. arpjustly con
i sidered the -disgrace of (he seas, and
i are-execra«ed by all nations;
The three preceding points are ol
5 such established equity and justice,
- that it would bo* oltendve to, die de
; Heacy bf (his government to suppose
• that it could delay, under any pre-
I text, to determin on them, in the man
i ner i havO proposed, and which i have
t an express order to request, (solicor
, tar,) in the name ot the. king my
I. master. The prompt interposition ol
i the president, that his majesty may
. be gratified, would be a new teslirno.
■ ny of his friendly disposition toward:
i Spain, an evident proof that be is
l determined In put an end to the
- incalculable extortions and injupio
t Spain has suffered* for the space ol
5 seven years, from the gang of adven
- turers who have assaled her from th<
j bosom of the republic ; a means tj
, fixing t|ie frank and sincere systen
-of good neighborhood which so mucl
e interests both states ; and
y sure prcliniinaty to the rtmdval of al
e the difficufties Ivhieh may presen
- themselves in ttye negotiations whicl
- ought to terminate all the pending
s dismissions, between the two govern
- inenls, and to fix for ever betweei
- them a perpetual and solid friendship
r If, as I flatter myself the presiden
» gives all the attention which is due t<
t affairs of sdeb transcendent iinpor
t lance, and yields to mysolicitations,
f can assure his excellency, anti your
s self, (hat there will life nothing whicl
y { the king my masteryfUl not be dispo
i sed to do, to satisfy this republic
Which Inky be'compatible with hi
b dignity and With the interests of lib
1 subjects. •
r t • I renew to you the assurances of mj
3 ; particular respect, ami of my eonstan
, desire to please you, and pray God t<
• preserve your life for many years.
(Signed,) LUIS DE ONIS.
. Washington, Dec. 181. .
HoiK,Jam<*s Monfoe. '
, . To be CpnJtinuid,
vfcv February I.*
. CULTURE 6i' the BUGAH-GANE
* rwxk ' A '»i ■* • * '
v The following remarks were fur
1, nished oxby a gentleman of this city
? last weekjimfjfhr want ofroom, wi
! been obliged to-lay them 1
f to day, i Wc are as opinion iliat thesn
j I will havea tendency to assis
i in %ome degreathe laudable views a
s the Corporation of Savannah respect
i jing the miUure of sugar cane, h* thi
( vicinity of this place. The experi
« ment stated below may be i*elfed up
rbn a* correct; ’ ' llrpub.
“The address from ttye Mayor am
, in the JkqmbUcan, yt till
i esd January jast, to the landlmlden
fc . la jko yiciuity u of Savannah for th<
i encouragement of the culture of sq
tyar qane, must he Ratifying to every
Well wisher nf one city. /. > t *
■] i: lowing may as
iist iu somr smtdl dCgreC the safni
• object. That an acre of sugar cant
may' be efelcuiatedio produce frorh
io 30)000 sugar eanes; that 5001
i, canrs of the f'aab of tholb
6 grown in low lard produced 600 gat*
n lons of raw Juice* wb'uUboiledtorsa
p gar weighed 72*lbs; Fmin'*whieh;de
p dart ford rawing ami weight of barrel
> r 12*11)8. will leave fioolhs 1 . net* op a I
- pound of sugar to of juice,
y The return ot 5000 cunc* or '2#oodbs
*, of net sugar pe rac re, -•> This beingan
t art uni a»Vtl lair i‘>rpf the mat
. ter of iutercstinthiH culture can be
i no longer doubted" -ft-hns- also-been
w proved (batfifVe Nigar ran be made
d though the Ju«<e h£s bee n frozon, and
i,. the thermometei* dl (eu degrees'he
» low frertsiT>g|)oict * -fcfb that cane pro*
e perl y put Op may be mftdO into sugar
- from thfe middle of October to she
i, >midt!le of March, t- That o befoul of
It sugar caws will plantt werityacrexoff
li land, Which Would'be sulfiMentlbrthe
- first season to-teachr the negroes hmfr
i, to moke sugar, and get t heir hands id
X. for. (Ire ensuing »erop,: which can thed
- be eSttewled at pleasure ; that 4(K)d
il eane tops will plant an acre of Taftdp
,t r which may lie bought for 20 dollars $
alt therefore (bat would be necessary
V ’4» t o draw a piece of rice land intend*
i) ed for sug-r cane very deep; in the
il l gate of the trunk which drains Mid
'- •4 lam), have a small sliding gate, .say
-t one foot square (or. such a sizetai
»%Would not overflow (he land) wh&h
.. should he kepi open, that the wafer
iliinav flor in and out with the tide#
| and keep the witter in the diteh front
f ? getting hot so.,as to scald the root,pf
i, the -plant, and prevent stagnation, i <
, A square of land apj prepared,;4f
e next N ove inher, I should recommend
- (be Corporation to plant in cane for
- Cite proprietor, iflie Is not sufficlept
e ly 'stimulated, by interest and tfio
- health of his family. A good pk turO
y might be drawn in support of this ar*
f gument, to «hcw,-what Sayamieh it,
y and what it might soon become*’’ -
From the Republican — Feb, S, ®
* TILL ANY—FRAUD!
Tho two letters which follow, wdtje
handed us yesterday for publication,
f On reading them, tie are sure eyefjr
' honest heart will feel a glow of indig*
* nation'at the villanoft* deed i and
. J ecrate-the wretch who could b«r gnit
y ty of so gross a fraud. We did hope,
•, • fhr the character of Georgia, when fe
* ferst Heard of transact
II 'that it hud been committedelße*
disappointed in our hopes. The letted
below is so circumstantial, it leaves
p no doubt of the fraud having been
(j | perpetrated in tin's state. If is hope;#,
. that prompt and vigorous measures of
investigation will be hnmediately (a*
0 keif hy the parliesconcerntHfin order
p>> if practicable to expose to (he j^hbffe
1 the name of the guiltyftidividual.
f American Legation, .... * •
h I* aris, November 19, 1815.
My Dear Sir— l know not to whom
Iran with more propriety addressee ;
is enclosed letter than to yourself* who
b Will; lam confident, lake a pridplo
giving it all possible publicity, pad
y PHIH Tift* in ymir
it power, the character of yotT pative
o *bite.
as the individual who
can be capable of such an apt, Sbo
would not, T am confident be gmltyoC
it could he he fully aware of all dio
consequences of it—tould lie hut justly
represent to himscU the coofasiott
apd blushes of a youiig countryman,
« exposed,-hyhis iostrumentaljty,tofh%
insulting taunts and jeers of fotwlgg
H jlhe shameful traosactioh be traced
;e} to ils source. As this however imfy
not to he practicable, its public hy,
may senve to excite in the hHwftt'’ «f
therwlpril certain sensations of which,’
f mvself very feW
j. are altogether d^ri*
,1 yed m ? ■ 2f‘ f
TbaHt may have ifiis effect,
j thus preveut a future rcjM'liiiorr ofilie'
k t»ct, is Apr ? siiCecc luipe not
g Withstanding his lopg absence from
Georgia, fee|4iimsejf in cain ihly in-
L „ (qrested ; n even thing tlmt eonceros
* f her prosperity, her improvement^and
her character. ’ . ■
I have the honor to lie, with re*
e * speet,- your obedient servant. 1
p' ’ * IlKKF.T.fApasO#;" S!
q Archibald. 9, fttiUoch, *
t ) Vollector of the Customs, tiuvanndh;