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From tne Baltimore Patriot,
Important Development.
The following extraordinary me
morial, addressed to the Span
ish g ivemment, bv Richard
Rtymil Keene* a native Amer
scat, has been recently recCiv
ed from the Mediterranean :
0
f.CFENE*S MEMORIAL.
tv The democratic govern
tnerit of the United States, xmder
the administration of the French
ified Jefferson and Madison, no?
only dn ing the actual war. bn
long before that period, had giv
en the strongest and most une
quivocal proof. of its and sires and
intentions to effectuate a separa
tion of the Spanish Americas horn
the mother country.
1 1 the sum mer of I $ 10. broke !
‘©tti the msurrect on ot West FI or-,
ida, instigated by the American!
*jove; T merit, whoseAinresiraincd;
pnd r c * e * l( * iT ‘ uVt) (j u stim ulare and 1
it to profit of the ir juries ana uus-’
forttmes which threatened to o-
Ver whelm the Peninsula, and to
get possession ot Baton Hogue,
which was the theatre of the in
tur ruction. The unworthy p-e-j
text of the spoliation, as a Hedged
by Mr. President Madison, was
tint the country thus spoliated;
belonged to Louisiana, notwhh-!
standing that the same territory
had b en denominated by his
Britannic Majesty, and his Cath-j
o!ic majesty successively as art)
integral part of Florida, since the’
year 1 763, until the month of Au-j
gust, 1 H\ 0 the date of the afore• ■
suul insurrection.
In the tiioi th of June, JO { i, in
OoniWmi if with his r> ques ! , corn
grass granted to Madison author!
ty to annex to the United States
’ the entire possession or both the
Fioridas, although under condi
’ tons involving m them, the cor
fiction and treachery o£ the
chi f i of said FloricUs.
rive persons eneharged with
the revolutionary government of:
Carraccis, received from Mr. J
President Madison and his min-
the most expressive declar
ations of the profound interest
they took in rh * good success oi
the revolution of that country, <k
of similar results in all the other |
provinces, for the establishment |
of which, he caused to be pre-j
seated to such agents, a sample
of the democratic model of the po
pliucal constitution recommended
Sbr their adoption, under the per
v suasion and seductive suggestion
Ifethat the president himsdf had
W-ittei the aforesaid model, in
, ebnsetuence of his great philarx
f ia order i 6 ameliorate
;*r . *2l
Louis vil Le, rn ur sna t, u arch zh, ta is.
the lot of the sons of Spanish A :
! meric a.
Emissaries and democratic a
gents were sent to all the Spanish
provinces to execute and organise
the insurrection of the inhabit
ants, and .as soon as any tempora
ry advantages,were gained by the
insurgents, certain special revo
lutionists called consuls, were
sent there with a view of assist-
said insurgents by ah ack ‘
nnwledgement of their avuheru-,
-?nd sovereignty ; am mg the nu
me reus envoys, ra-iy he mention
ed with exactness, the names
• Mathews, Shuler, Robinson.K. ■ nr- S
O |
iron, and Poinu cite, destin ed for
the Floridas Mexico, Havana,!
Carracas and Chili, in the pre-|
sent year the aforesaid govern |
ment, tempted by the impunity of!
their former proceedings with iv-j
spect to their insiduous posses
sion of Baton Rogue-, took by vi
olence Mobile and the country
east as far as the liio Perdido.
Before the present war. and
during the Presidency of Mr. j
! J ff trs on, a m iHtar y ma n n a mod!
j Pike, penetrated into the interna] I
! orovinecs of Mexico, with the >b !
:.ject, as avowed hy the em issuryd
| to collect all the statistical and to-j
pograpbical information possibhuj
in order to facilitate his govern-*
ment in the extendon if their ter |
ntbry to the Kio Grande, thus in-j
‘eluding to the west of Louisiana j
i the entire province of Texas, part
of that of New Saint Ander, New;
Leon, Cahuaila and New Noille j
Mexico, If any corroboration of
the insidious and hostile attempts
of said emissary, were necessary,
the y are to be found in the memo
rial of William Peter Baptiste
Pina, deputy ot the cones for
New Mexico.
i
By positive ard unquestion
able information it is known, that
an assemblage of vagabonds and
criminals, instigated and abetted
by the Amcricah’ government,
have taken possession of the ter
ritory between the above mention
ed River Grande aftd Louisiana*
calling it the state of Texas thus
indierdng their confraternity and
new relationship with the other
I States to the North. From these
facts and data, it is manifest,
without doubt, from the practice
of the American government, that
it is its firm ami unalterable rlc
termination to diminish and finally
to annihilate the dominions ot
Spsirfin the Ameiicas, and Ly i
means of clandestine fraud, and
open force, to promote its.own;
aggrandizement by the infamous
sacrifice of the legitimate rights
and interests of the Spanish mon
archy. .
■'The means St resources which ;
tliat government possesses, to
obtain the accomplishment of
their plans and designs, are cer
tainly many and powerful, par*!
dcuiaily as relates to New Spain.; l
m account of their proximity to.
drat country, and the est-ibbV |
ment and triumph of D movrac i
and its comp ini m / ithtism.
Once secured in the itnmens i
regions of that province, its irn
O 1 # A
pious and destructive dominie
cannot be lo r 'g retarded in the •
ther provinces ; but as it sons
times ban pens, that D vine Fa ,
id- nee in the spirit ot its goon
>ess and benificen'ce, resolves t
To portion competent means t
iceiper and even to counteract th
great calamities which thtcate.
Hie dissolution of societies ; thu •
t is, in the actual dangerous state
jut Spanish America, exposed to
he deluged by t e venomous lav?
jot the twin DcvHs Democracy &
| Jdidsm, that certain resources &
j expedients present thVmselvts,
| which being availed of \ y pdn
Jmay be conducive to the estaV
dishment of an intransuable end
inseparable barrier for the de
ter, ce and preservation of the
*
poEsesdons already to much
! threatened.
j Louisiana, by the treaty of .St.
| Ildefonso, of the year 1800, was
I ceded by Spain to Franco under
| certain conditions in favor of the
j queen oi Etruria ; ana under the
j express stipulation, tha: the s >a.
\ pend nee could not be dLposta;:
U;f to any other power,
j Nip >leoti, notwithstanding this
istiDuiaiion, always disposed to
jvh.hite and treat wt.h contempt
Rhe most solentn so id
to president Jefferson.-, in the
; year. 1 TANARUS) j, the aforesaid territory 7 .
File stipulation in the treaty of,
St. iidelbnsG thus violated by Na
poleon, by his ra e of Louisiana,
was well understood by Mr. Jet
far so vi.
The president also knew that
the purchase of Louisiana invol
ved in it, the most fiagatious fraud
as related to Spain, and likewise
the violation of the political con
sthution bf Ins own country.-——
Since then it is evident shat the
government of America, has on
ly the mere possession bf Louisi
ana, stript of every species of le
gitimacy, whilst the right cl pro
party of said territory belongs to
the Spanish monarchy ; it ha i
been tlius declared and is still de
dared by the citizens of the Uni
ted States most distinguished sci
their talents and virtues.
From my residence more than
three years in Louisiana, after the
cession to the American govern
ment, in the practice of the lav
as a counsellor cd jurisprudence
| and also in a military command,)
had die very best means of col
lecting the most exact iiitorma
itiQn of every circumstance re 1.
fsve to the country, and of the o
pinions of its inhabitants, w ith re
spect to its incorporation with the
United States : and in all truth. 1
am authorized by my knowledge
thus acquired, and by my sub.se
quent correspondence with cci
tain individuals oi the gtsatestin
luence ii tliat country, io prove
o i declare, and make evident,
nt there L rot as important %
or j-ct in the woffd of so easy atl
a:c <tnphshment as that of the se*
)iva to i oi Louisiana front said
•ites. The principal motives
vitich dispose the people of that
v unity in the aforessid separa*
ion may be reduced to die follows
: igy—
First The display
f the vuiga ilies and excesses of
j nre sirai ri c and r \< m o era cy.
Secondly. 1. he scandalous c!e*
grf elation of the ancient religiotj
*f tha’conn'ry ; the Catholic, A
rosndic and Roman Church be*
ing subjected to the dominion of
tiie civil tribunals, which mav al
ways be presided in by Jews and
Herbies, die most violent and m*
vet crate.
3 thirdly. The prohibition of
the lntro‘dur-ion of slaves for the
cultivation of sugar, cotton, indi
go and tobacco— the cultivation
of which will have to he abandon*
ed, unless ‘ihe introduction of
slavespermitted—but the-e
productions already so dimmish*
ed in their quantity, ate reduced
in their value ir> the extreinest
most ruinous cheapness, on ao
count of the impossibility hf the
( east exportation, in cnnsequence
of site ctmrinual blockade of the
Mississippi by the English squad*
ron. Front these United causes
oi disgust ahd discontent, pro*
eecd* the most at dent desire of
ttie people oi Louisiana, to separ*
ate and 1 1 iv ut ce titeits* 1 ves fto vci
their incestuous connection wit!*
the democratic government, anti
rcligiot.s and ?nd commercial, 6c
in whose embraces they have
been forced i\ violated by means
of the nm cTiri a lions and ntiigues
ot S;>rs. Lena Dane ai.ci Jet*
fersqn.
Since then it is true that the
United Sian s have only the mere
possession ol'Louisiana, strip! of
all jii lice and legitimacy ; and
this terrin-ty tints {rauduF ntiy
and deceit!ally acquired, the said
governrm nt make use of as the
focal point or Jccus trem wh.ich
the officers and rent gaco soldieiy
of usurpation and disorganize*
r ion meet to digest and mature
teir flagitious plans; it is dear
ly proved that both moral rights
and sound and ‘iiue policy, cn
the part of the Spanish govern*
ment, unite in favor of, the p.<ro*
iect of converting^..ouisiana, from.
actual state, so prejudicial <k
injurious, into an iiuraiisitable Sc
tnexpugnable ban ier fb r tlte cle •
ffnee and protection of the ad
joining possessions of the Spani
sh monarchy.
The transmutation of ! oinsi*
aria, a destructive chorny, irn.o
Louisiana a friend and protedtor,
is a project, the r< suit of which,
s easy and practioaLVeJ v rms
T the erection and cstablishtrßnt
>jt tli&li iUvO r. J-0\
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