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8TSXZAS OX LOVE.
"'ll in not Love, when burning light
|| e: ,ve forth •!.« heart'*impasaiou’d anguish;
■When the cheek* kmdie, and the eyes
On their bright idol, r tX ardlanguidl.
It is r.trt Ixne, >*hen heart and mind
Are trottbltd like the *tormy ocean;
When the prreaM hand*, convulsive join'd,
Thrill cm) pulse with wild emotion.
at * not Love, wlien madd’ning hhss
-’'•■p-itx nde the r«cultte» of reaaoni
"•kg’!* baleful pea»im urge* this,
And net* tow’rds Love llie foulest treason.
' Lore bieathe* m peace, and hope, and jcy;
L6r« only sigh* when absence parteth;
«jl* tru»t, no Fuieiid ill* destroy;
No jeilou* fear ii* bosom smarteth.
Jfrom the itol’n glance, ha'f-reil’d and meek.
Love's fondest, truest feelingbteaketh;
It (peaks in blushes on the cheek,.
Soft as when *ummtr morning waheth.
•.In heatt, ’lisjilce the Christian's faitli,
Changeless »nd sacred—chaste—desiring;
D,eay it knows not—and in death,
Dies, but as lift’* last sighs expiring,
i — :x: —
our REL.rno.Ys whuspaix.
3on.-xi.vrs rasssuiTTEiiTU ro.ioniiis—Continue'!.
The n'-xt letter bri'ig the ariKwer nf ( our
•government'to the several demands and
pnituslu of tlte Spanish minister respect
ing the occupation of the Spanish posts in
■Florida by our army, it is thought propci
.■■to publish entire:
The Secretary of State to Don Luis de Onis.
De/*artmenl of Slate,
1 f'arhington, 23dJuly, 1818.
Sul—I had the hnnur of receiving jour
■ letter of tiie 14th June, and 18th init.com-
■ nlainihg of the conduct of major general
Jackson, in entering West-Florida with
the force* qnikr his command, taking the
. Spanish posts of ^t- Marks and Pensaco
la, etc. .
■ Without recurring to the long standing
and heavy causes ol complaint which the
United Slates have had against Spain, to
the forbearance with which they have beep
borne, without-despairing of obtaining jus
tice from her by amicable means; to the
efforts equally unceasing and unavailing
which they have made To dotaih that ju*>
tire, or to tha extraordinary delays by
which it has been protracted and is stir,
withheld, it is thought proper, on thi* oc
casion to call your attention, to a aerie* o!
events, which necesiated and justified' the
entrance of the troops of the United States
upon the Spanish boundary of Florida, and
•gave occasion to those transactions of the
commander of the American forces against
which you complain.
It cannot be unknown to you that for a
considerable time before the goveninjent
of the United States issued the, orders fpr
military operations iri that quarter, the in-
SiahiU | tf9,»f their.Trontier.liad been expels*
~.cd to the depredations, murders, aod mas
sacres of a tribe nl savages, a small parLef
whirli" lived within the limits of the Unitpd
Staten, far the greater number „of their
dwelling within the borders of Florida.—
The barbarous, unrelenting, and exter
minating character of Indian hostilities, is
also well known to you; and, from the pe
culiar local position of tnese tribes, it was
obviuus that there could be no possible se
curity lijrthe lives of the white inhabitants
of those borders, unless the United States
and Spain should be reciprocally bound to
restrain the portion of the Indians respec
tively within their territories from com-
'initting robbery and butchery upon the ci
tizens and subjects of the other party. So
forcibly was this necessity felt by both,
that in the 5tit article ol the treaty of 27 th
October, 1793, the following remarkable
stipulation is contained—“The two high
contracting parties shall by all the mean*
in their power maintain peace and harmo
ny among the several Indian nations'who
inhaoit the country adjacent to the lines
aud rivers which by the proceeding articles
form the boundaries of the two Floridcs:
.and the better to obtain this effect, both
parties oblige themselves expressly to res
train by force all hostilities on ihe" part of
The Indian nations living within their
boundaries: so that Spain will not suffer
her Indians to attack the citizens of the
United States, nor tne Indians inhabiting
their territory: nor will the United States
permit these -last mentioned Indians to
commence hostilities against the subjects
t f his Catholic majesty, or his lndiaus in
any manner whatever.”
Notwithstanding this precise, express
and solemn compact of Spain, numbers,
T sinful to recollect, of the citizens ot the
inited States inhabiting the frontier; num
bers not merely of persons in active mau-
{.. >•;<*• out ot the tender sex, of defenceless
ag'i. am* ho.pless rnfancy, had at various
■time, ucen butchered with all the uggra-
Valinas and horrors of savage cruelty, by
Seminole Indians, and by a banditti ot ne
groes, sallying from within the Spanish
•border, and retreating to it again with the
horrid fruits of tneir crimes.
At a former, pen >d cne governor ol Pen
saeola had been called upou, by letter fiom
ni .jar general Jackson, conformably to the
-stipulated engagement of Spain, "and to
«ne duties ot good neighbor hood, to inter
pose uy _ force and break up a strong hold,
‘«C winch this norde of savages and fugitive
Shave* had possessed themselves, on the
-territory of Florida. The answer ac
knowledged the obligation, but pleaded an
aacompetency of force for iu fulfilmeht
of these important documents are
herewith transmitted to you; aud it may be
■within your knowledge and recollecfion
that the orders and the competent force
which governor Zuniga stated ip. his letter
that he had solicited from his governor
general, and without which he declared
himself unable to destroy this fort, erected
upon Spauish territory, for purposes of
united, civilized, savage, and servile war
against the United States was never lur-
nished, and that the United States were
finally compelled to accomplish its des
'ruction by their own force.
The perinauent and invarying policy of
the United States with regard to all ih-
Indian tribes within their borders, is that
of peace, friendship, and liberality—and
•>o successful has this policy been, that
for many years no instance has occurred
of their being in hostility with any In
dian tube, unless stimulated by the in
fluence of foreign incendiaries. Even
al ter the repeated commission of these
depredations and massacres by the Sem
inole Indians, at the very moment when
the government ol the United States was
reluctantly compelled to employ their ow..
military force for the. protection of their
people, offer of. peace were tendered to
them and rejeettd.
Nor has the respect manifested by this
government, for the territorial eights of
■ Spam, been less signal -and conspicuous.
Even after (he lull and format notice by
the governor of Pensacola-of the incompet-
ency of his' force, either to perform the
duties of neutrality, or to fulfil the obliga
tions of the treaty, when it became neces
sary to employ the military force of the
United Stalerfor the protection -of their
Iroutier, on the 30th October last, the coin
niaiiding officer in that quarter, while di
reeled to take other measures tor simpres
sing the hostilities of the-Iiidians, was--ex
pressly instructed,-nAt on that account, to
pass the line, and make an attack upon
them witliih tne limits uf Florida,' without
further orders. On the 2d of December
instructions jo the same effect were repeat
ed. On the"9ih of 'December they were
again renewed with tne modification, sug
gestod by the continuation of Indian nut
rages, that should the Indians asscinole in
force on the Spanish side of the line, and
presevere in committing hostilities within
the limits ol the Uniten States, the Ameri
can officer was authorized in thateveiit to
exercise a sound discretion, a3 to. tiije pro
priety ol crossing the line, for the p’urpusr
of attacking them, and breaking .up th« i.
towns. On the 16th of December, upon
information that au officer-of the. United
Stales with a detachment of forty men had
aeen attacked, and all destroyed with ill-'
exception of six, Who made their escape,
four of whom were .wounded, the instruc
tion of which the following is a copy, was
i-isui.il from tne department of war "to thr
American, general then in command.—
••'Oil receipt df this letter, should the Sem
inole Indians still refuse to make repara
tion for the outrages aud depredation* . uo
tne citizens of tne United States, it. is the
wish ot the pr. kdent that yon- consider
yourself at liberty to march across thr
Florida line, and to attack them within its
limits, should it be found oessary, unless
they should shelter-themselves under a
Spanish fort. In the last.event, you will
immediately notify this department.’*
These, with a subsequent instruction
of the 26th December, to the cainmander
in chief, referring to them and directinghim,
with a view to' them, to adopt’the necessa
ry measures to terminate a conflict which
it had ever been the desire of the presi
dent, from consideration of humanity, to
avoid, but which was made necessary by
the settled hostilities of the Indians, are
■all the instructions given .in relation to
Florida. ' •
By the ordinary laws and usages of
nations, the right of pursuing an enemy
who seeks refuge from actual conflict,
within a neutral territory, is incontesta
ble. But in this case the territory <4
Florida was not even . neutral; it was it
self, so far as Indian savages possess ter
ritorial right, the territory ot Indians, with
whom the United States were at wat: it
was their place of abode, and Spain was
bound by treaty to restrain them by force
lrum committing hostilities against the
United States; an engagement which the
commanding officer of Spain, in Florida,
had aCKtiowiedged himselt unable to ful
fil. Of the necessity there was for cros
sing the line, what stronger proofs could
be adducted, than that it was witnin that
line that the American general met the
principal resistance from the Indians,
which .lie encountered in the whole cam
paign; that, within that line, at there
tuwus, which he destroyed, he found dis
played, as barbarous trophies, the mutilat
ed remnants of our wretched fellow citi
zens, the murdered women an I children
tne accumulated barbarities of many
years?
Von have seen that no instruction or
authority, inconsistent with the declara
tion in the massage of the president of the
United States, of the 25th uf March last,
to congaess, was ever issued to the com
mander of the Americari forces. The pos
session which he took of the Fort of St.
Marks, and subsequently of Pensacola,
was upon motives which he himself has
explained, and upon his own responsibili
ty. For his justification of the adoption,
of both these measures, ha states them to
have bee» necessary upon the immutable
principles of self-defence; that, at an early
period of his operations, he had given full
nutice ot their object to the governor ol
Pensacola, by communication, dated the
25th of March last, warning him that eve
ry attempt «n his part to succour the In
dians. or prevent the passage of provisions
for the American troops, in the Escambia,
would be viewed as acts of hostility; that
in defiance of this admonition, the govern
or ot Pensacola did both give saccour to
Lie luduns, and delay the passage of the
provisions to the American army, and
theieby subjected them to the greatest
privations; that the governor of Pensacola
had caused it to be directly reported to
the American general that Fort St. Marks
ha I been threatened by (he-Indtac? and
negroes, and expressed serious apprehen
sions, Irom the weakness of the garrison
and defenceless state of the work, for it:
-safety; that this information was confirm
ed to the American general l.'om oilier
source*, upon which he could rely, ami
completely warranted the amicable oc
cupation, by him, of that Fort; that, upon
his eutering the Fort, „ evidence, rlear.
unequivocal, and manifold, was evinred,
ot the duplicity and unfriendly feeling ol
the commandant; evidence demon.(rating,
beyond toe. pjwer of denial, that, far from
acting in the spirit of that 6acri-d engage
ment of his sovereign, ’o restrain by force
Ids Indians from hostilities against the
United States, he had made himself, by
every act in his power, a partner and ac
complice of the hostile Indians, and of
their foreign instigators; that the same
spirit of hostility to the United States, was
discovered by the governor of Pensacola
himself, by his refusal to permit, unless
by the payment of exorbitant duties, the
passage uf provisions to the American ar
my—by the reception and succour given
to the Indians at various times—and Tiiitn-
ly, by a tetter which he sent to the Ame
rican general, denouncing fus entry into
Florida as an aggression against Spain,
and threatening, unless he should immedi
ately withdraw from it, and should he
continue what he thus styled aggressions,
that ho would repel force by force. " This
was so open an indication of hostile teel-
ing on the part of governor Mazot, after
he had bet-n early and well advised of tin-
object of general Jackson’s operations,
that this officer uo longer hesitated oil the
measures to be adopted—the occupation
of Pensacola and of tiie Fort of Barran
cas. -
The charges alleged by general Jackson
against the commandant of St. Marks, arc
not known never to have been denied.—
The governor ot Pensacola lias partly, and
but partly, contradicted those whicliappli
ed to himself. He assured general Jack-
son that the information received by him
of the numbers of the Indians who had
been received and harbored at Pensacola
was erroneous. It is possible that the
numbers may have been somewhat a,
gated in the "reports which general Jack-
soil had received; but, within ten days uf-
ler the time Slated in Ins'letter to the go
vernor of Pensacola, of the assemblage ol
Indians at that place, a large body of them
were overtaken, sUpprized, amt defeated
by the forces of the United Stales, within
uue mile of Pensacola; nor was it until at
ter that event that the governor issued ’o:
proclamation for refusing them Supplies
and gave (hem tiie advice under which 87
of them surrendered themselves to the
American officer. But tne measures u!
general Jackson were nut founded upon
one solitary fact: a combination uf circum
stances, ail tending to convince him of ih,
hostile spirit uf the governor,' remains yet
uacontradictcfd; aud the general has fur
nished proofs that governor Mazot’s asset
tion, ttiai. there had been, since tne sur
render of ih„»v 87 Indiana to capt. Yuung,
only two m-Peasacelav aqd those in jail,
was itself very incoi reel; besides the AU
bama chief included in the capitulaimu,
one wounded Indian wes touml in the Fot ■
ol Barrancas; Holmes, a no leu Red Stick
chief, left. Pensacola, but. .the day lofor*
the AmericairtroopVto'ok pos • ion, aim
a number of oilier Indians .w<V;i • -ii'«o.iut
the same time within a tevvjh.i' * ... Pen
sacola, and succeedded, witn in - - '
Spanish officerum.eluding the pm t oi
thp American troopsi ,
A conduct nut only so contrary to c
express engagements of. Spain, tiul so un
equivocally hostile to the United Stat-s,
justly authorizes them, t ■ call upon Ins
catholic majesty J'or the punishment of - hose
officers who thepresident is persuaded have
therein acted eitttrary to the express orders
ot their sovereign In the lull confidence
that vour. government will render to the
United States ample jus’icc in lliis regard,
the president hns directed all the proofs
elating thereto’ to be embodied, as the
•round of au application; to that effect to
your government. .
In the mean lime, I am instructed by
the president to inform you that Pensacola
will be restored to the possession ot any
person duly authorized, on the part of
ripam, to receive it; that the Fort of St.
Marks, being in tiie heart of the Indian
nuiiti y, and remote from any Spanish
settlement, can be surrendered only to a
force, sufficiently, strong to hold it against
the attack of tii& hostile Indians; upon
the appearance of which force, it will alsu
be restored. •» >■
In communicating t6-you this decision,
l am also directed to assure you, that it has
been made ’under the”.- fullest conviction,
which he trusts will be fel't by your govern
ment, that the preservation of peace be
tween the tivo nations indispensably re
quires that henceforth the stipulations by
•paiu, to restrain,by force,her Indian frum
ail hostilities against the United States,
should be fuitiilully and effectually fulfil
led. ..
I pray you to accept the assurance of my
high consideration.
John Quincv Adams.
The papers enclosed iu the above, are a
letter from major general Jackson to the
governor of Pensacola, dated Washington,
M. T. 23d of April, 1816, respecting the
negro fort on Chatanuuche; and the an
swer of governor Zuniga thereto, dated
24th to tiie following month, already pub
lished among the decuments respecting the
Seminole war.
The next document is a letter from Don
Luis de Onis to the secretary of state, cal
ling on the government to put a stop to the
building, iu the port of New-York, of two
frigates intended to cruize, with a crew of
American citizens, against the commerce
of Spain. In this letter are enclosed four
several depositions to the fact of building
and shipping crews on board these vessels.
The next document i» another letter
from Don Luisde Onis, dated te 28th July,
on the same subject, enclosing three other
depositions confirming those previously
sent*
Tne next document is a long lefter of
thcSpauisli minister,dated August 5th, to
the secretary of state, in reply to his of
the 23d of July, and contesting the
grounds therein assumed; requesting the
re-delivery of the bpauisli pusts to lie ex
pedited, amt concluding with the lullow
ing paragraph: *
“in concluding this note. I forbear to
repeat to you assurances uf the sincere and
strong desire of his catholic majesty to see
all pending differences speedily brought to
au amicable conclusion. You are aware
that, in April last, 1 despatched a courier
to my government, with lull-information
on the slate of the uegotatiun; submitting
agiecablj to what you stated to me, and
with a view of expediting due proceedings,
its final arrangement by tne ministry ul
tie king, uiy master, and the miuister ol
the United Mates at Madrid. On the first
official notice of the result of that prupu
sitiun, although it has not yet had the de
sired effect, 1 have no doubt that we shall
be able to cume to an understanding, by
means ol my new insti uctions; and agree
on the basis of a treaty mutually autistic
lory.”
[TO UE CO.TriSCED ]
In consequence olthe melancholy event
ot the death ol the huu. U-zo. Mumfokd, a
representative incungiess fromN. L,yes"
teruay announced in tne houseolrepr. sen
lalives, both houses of congress adjouroru
without going into the busiuc-ss ol the day.
Tins day at 10 o’clock the funeral takes
place, and being also now-year’s day, the
aujouruuient is ull Monday next. Tne
usual respect to the memory ol this estima
ble gentlemen was paid, ot resolving that
the members ot each bouse wear crape on
uie left arm tor one mouth.—.4 at. Intel
1st inst.
FROM SOU Hi AMERICA.
This morning arrived me sclir. Midas
cupluiu Dickerson, 9u days from U'oquuu-
oo, will! copper, to John Donuci, saiicu
27th Novciuuer. Accounts were received
ac Coquimbo, that on 'die' 6th Mpteiubei
the Royalists had evacuated Conception,
alter blowing up the iulificaliuus, etc.—
Au illumination look place on the occa
kuu. The expedition that had b> eu fit
(mg out at Valparaiso agaiust.CuncepLoo,
hau ill consequence- turned their attention
to Lima, '.vim redoubled vigor, aud inten
ded shortly suiung.
Au einbaigu had been laid at Valparai
so, auu uruers lor eiitoicihg it at Co
t>iiuioo had just arrived, when the Midas
•uiiuudMU-iy got under, way aud swee'pen
out, giving information to several vessels,
woo did L*e same; they were the Frencq
• V| U|mg ships Archimedes, captain Bun
wui, the Catharine, of London, Brooke,
1 100 barrels of Oil oil board—'The bri"
tieueral Jackson, Cuuiuer, sailed a few
lay- before for Nantucket; the ship'Fat
tor, Fitzgerald, a lew days being, fishing
—The >iiip Packet, Hill, of Boston, sailed
-20th September, for Canton. • Off'tiie port
spoke brig Macedonian, Smith, of Boston,
from Valparaiso, bound down the coast—
Tlrebrig Savage, Perry, of Baltimore, was
at Valparaiso,and expected at Coquimbo.
Diiectur O’Higgins, tvas at Valparaiso
superintending the fitting out of the expe-
itidn, consisting of the following vessels,
under admiral Blanco—Saif Martin, 64
^uns, formerly tiie Cumberland ship, In-
MBtaii—the. Lautaro, 54 guns—the Co-
•n in bo 20, formerly the Avon, of Boston
—to*- Arcirian 18, formerly the Columbus.
New-York—the Eagle 18. a prize taken
m the Spaniards—the Maypo 16, for
merly the Ariel, of Baltimore— the Santia
go 14, formerly the Lancaster Witch—3
gunboats, several otheruriued vessels, be
sides a number of transports. General
San Martin, was at Mendoza, on his way
to Santiago, with a reinforcement, money,
etc. Capl. Dickerson after leaving Co
quitnbo, was becalmed several days, in
iglic of Juan Fernandez, and Massafuero,
saw two brigs, apparently cruizers, off
Pernambuco. Has been 15 days on this
coast, vvith blustering weather—Dec. 18,
spoke brig Hope, 7 days from Porto Rico,
for Boston—In lat, 324 long. 76, barque
Gideoin from N. Orleans, for New-York.
y Balt. Pat. 1st inst.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Kentucky
to liis triend in this city.
I am happy to hear, from good authority,
that the long and disagreeable misunder
standing between gen. Jacksuu and gen
Adair, has been finally and amicably ad
justed, through the interference ot gen.
Shelby. Every Kentuckian ought to re
joice at this event.—Balt. Fed. Rep. 1st
inst.
New-York, Dec. 29.
It is worthy of remark, that several
thousand weight of American made cheese
was shipped on board the Ann Maria, lor
Liverpool. We have no doubt this new
vperiment will prove productive to the
shipper anil.satisfactory to the consumer,
as it is believed, that all that American
cheese wants to make ft equal to any iu
the world, is.age and a sea voyage.
Corn brooms have also been found to
answer the European market. This is
flattering to our Jersey neighbors, as it
increases tlid demand for their great staple.
General Adair’s suit against gen. Wilk
inson, for false imprisonment daring Burr’s
conspiracy, has heea decided in tne Nat
chez court,-damages far plaintiff 82,500.
It appears that in the late war with the
United States, England has been rather
deficient in naval heroes, or victories, to
perpetuate her fame, so that she is obliged
to search on land for deeds of renown, to
furnish names for her ships. Our readers
will find an account uf tke launching of the
IVatcrloo, below.—Pliila. Franklin Oaz.
non A LATE LONDON MOTt.
On Saturday the Waterloo, of S4 guns,
was launched at Portsmouth dock-yard.
If there are occasions when the interest ol
the finest of all nautical scenes is capable
of being iocrcsied, in must bs when the
man-of-fi.u is intended tikpeipchiate'Stifle
great event, or. the, name of some hero,
dear to the patriotic feelings of every En
glishman—it,.must have been on the
launching of the Waterloo. This asser
tion is borne out by the vast crowds of at
tendants on tne occasion being greater, by
far, than on anv former launcli within the
recollection of the oldest: the number can
not be estimated at less than 20,000 per
sons. The following are her dimension.—
Length on the gun deck, 192lt. in.
Breadth, 49 2}
Depth in hold, 21 0
Burthen in tons, - 2056
TIIE REPUBLICS.
SATURDAY EVENING; JasuaBT 9, 1819
SPAXISII RELATIOXS.
During thr session of the present congress otri-
relations with Spain have been fully discloied --
l'he National Intelligencer contains all the cor
respondence which lias taken place between tiife
two governments for nearly a year past. Vi
yesterday commenced their publication, and -hofi
continue them from day to day until il ci^ffc
completed. Though they have not et e.uuated in
a final adjustment of ditferercea. then will show
that the tault is with Spain- and that n ■•deration,
tempered with decision, has characterized
our nrgociation with that power. There is a
persevering assurance on the one hand add pa*,
tient sufferance on the other. -
It appears that a convention for settling spolia
tions on the commerce of both powers, proposed
in 1802, was, after sixteen yeais consideration
ratified on tiie part of Spain in tiie m^ntli of Ju
ly last! The promptitude of his government if
thus avowed by Don Onis:—
"The king, my master, agreed to ratify, at the
time he did, the convention of 1802, a* well in
compliance 'with Ihe verbal intimations given to
liis secretary of stale by Mr. Erving, minister
plenipotentiary of this republic, as from a jfesire
not to otr.il, on his par<, any thing which might
be agreeable to jour own government. It also,
occurred to Ins majesty, that there might beamne
obstacle or delay in the desired arrangement anil
definitive agreement, respecting the pending dif-
ler< nces between the two governments: and the
a'orcsuid ratification of that convention, being re
presented to him as a conciliatory measure,- aiid
very agreeable to the Ui.ited States, he did not
delay an instant iu acceding to it."
The convention proposed in 1832 and only ndu
ratified by the two powers, cuntain* the following;
provisions:— " :
X. A board of five commissioners to be appoint
ed by the parties.
2. To decide according to justice And existing
treaties on tiie claim, of individuals for the spclia-
ti ns of eith -r party. ..
.3. To hold their session at Madrid, and con
clude all business in 18 months from the com
mencement of their sitting. .
4. To citam.ne un oath and receive all testimo
ny "which cannot reasonably be doubted.” '
а. No appeal from their decisions—the amount
of their awards to be'paid in specie.
б. The excesses • of foreign cruizers, agents*
consuls and tribunals, in the territories of the-tet-
pective parties, cannot be adjuslcd.by this, board*
and is left for future adjustment. ' “' -
7. Convention to take effect immediately on its.
ratification. ,
Aa we stated yesterday, our affairs with Spain
we think,are rapidly drawing toacloae; and we be
lieve that she will find herself compelled to respect
our rightsunddo us ample justice; but should wap
ensue, we are confident, from the prudent firmness
and deliberate caution of die administration, that
our cause will be so evidently and entirely the cause
of justice, that Spain will be destitute even of a
pretext and shadow of justification. In every
contest, it is of the utmost importance, that our
adversary should be manifestly in the wrong, and
tb&t we should conduct with such a strict and
scrupulous regard to propriety, as to deprive
our enemy of every plcusiUe ground of accu.
sation against us. Of the correctness of this
sentiment, our administration is aware, and by
a regard to its importance, is evidently gov
erned in the negocianons w ith Spain. If, there
fore, our rights can be secured without S^re-
sort to arms, we shall have no war, and in the
present situation of Spanish affairs it is evident
ly for the interest of Spain to avoid a contest
with us, that we cannot believe she will obstinate
ly persist and drive us to hostilities. If war does
ensue, we have no doubt of the result. It will
receive the hearty co-operation and support of
all the American people, and will, we doubt .not,
be brought to a speedy and brilliant termination.
As it respects the Floridas, we believe, tb-.‘—•
war or no war—they will be cur* before many
years, fairly and honorably obtained. We believe
that Spain will find it for her interest to.sutrend
er them. We should be very much plessed to
see them annexed to the United States. If Spain
continue her indignities to us, or do^nt&jnake
reparation for the injuries already committed, wo
cannot, consistantly with honor or interest, long
avoid an open rupture with her. In that case* -
we should probably make an irresistible diversion
in favor of the South Americans whom she has
oppressed. What if Ferdinand should fall—who
will weep'Over him? Will even the Rritons^who
helped him to his throne! Away with him—away
with the bigot and the despot! - Me does not suit
the age—nor does the age suit him, _
The star spangled banner in triumph shall wace
O’er the land of the free and -the home of the
brave.”
The anniversary of Jackson's victory* before
New-Orleans, wss celebrated in this city with de
monstrations of joy. F.re the “grey ey'd morn
had peep’d o’er eastern hill,” the military were
uniformed and under arma to greet it. The peal
of arms, and the display of the "atarry standard”
of our country on all the shipping in port
and other placet; were apparent at sun rise,
accompanied by the sound of the "soul inspiring
drum and the ear piercing fife.” At meridian
salutes were again fired. In the evening "The
Battle of New-Orleans” wss played at our theatre,
before a crowded audience, of upward* of one
thousand. The vast concourse of people that
were assembled on this occasion, is an evidence
of the public feeling.—What then is this feeling?
la it not national in its character? A foxr Tacts will
determine thi* question What was thr; event that
gave rise to this exhibition of feeling* The splen
did r.gtorjr obtained by out mUi!/:rjr forcts over