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; SPANISH AGGRESSIONS. .
?vA fliort lime ago,, (20th Auguft) there
ppeated in tb Regilkr (a piper publilh
cd by dif miffed- placeman) aa article
.which weere publi(lh : .
'We have dated, 'oo information which
vrill not be contradicted , that Spain has
fefufed to ratify '.the coovention' ' hcreto-
'fore agreed' on j which convention, a-
'tnong other; ftipiilatrbns allowed to the
citizens of the United States an inJenirif
ty for the fpoliations committed on their
property by the governdient and fubject1!
,f Spain. The reafbn a(Gg.ned by Cc
vallqs for this , refufal, was :xprefs!y as
tfoUoWs t T.ht accejfion if Leuiji&na has
favaritJ tht rtlbUont tiia$t Jipai and
the United Srattfc tht.ntvntwitl
-not ratify the nnventhri.",,
Hatrce it appears that thebbafted a?
qutGtton of Louifiana, which has been
io much trumpeted and cerebrated jSy our
letting Jit trig 'aimmfiratUnt . and for
wKich we have paid BitxttU uiltiONs
of dollars, or, nirlj "iint; fifth part of;
the whole amount of our national debr,
may cod five millions more to quiet the
poireflton. The. boatUng bargain turns
out to be .neither no more nor jejt than a
purchaft of individual injury and national
diJkQno.J I NDI V1DD A L- INJ 0V, be.
ins the caufe of an abfolute, reigfal to ra
tify , an aft af iuft retribution iij bur dti.-
-4t.ens, Of national dishonor, 'inai.
much as the refufal is made by a. govern
ment, which a proper exertion of our
power could have compel fed to the per
"tormatccbf tsengjgement."lnd7eveh
fliaken to the bafe of its author'i'ty.
But the energies of our country are
paralyfed, aed her refoure'es wafted in'the
trembling hinds to which they have been
confided the clajmibf bu'r cltixens are
dTrega'Hcd, and the character of the na
tion, when brought into competition with
the eafc and convenience of bur rulerf, is
an objef of no importance.
' The frowns of War might fhorten
their ilay In oftce peace mufi; tbere
tot, he maintained at any faenfice."
Perhaps perfonal maUgnity never expo
fediifelf it) fo u.fy mad contemptible a
.viewf..aiT."in this' ankfcrt' It ii hotybt
fdrgot ten that. vtr)f bmt cenfure was
thrswn o(j agiinft tnegoveVnment in the
Gaietteot the United State laft wiuter.
concerning a convention with Spain', and
much 'pains were taken to induce an opt
nion that our government . was indifferent
or negligent 'of the public interefts regard,
ing our concern: with Spain'., The in.
for mation'of that. iim was evidently gi
ven by a ccruloMw Wlferiatori Jo'r.
thebufincfi was ot an exec'ittiv e riaturc,and
even the me nbera of thcrhoufit of reprc
fentatives were unacquaintea with the
fubjccl or the exifteocef fuch a convert!
tion. I( appeals, however, that the de.
lay of the convention was wholly attri
hutiVe to the bbdacrei thrown in its way
by the factious animofity o thofe callej
federal men in the fenate. The conven
.tion, however, was . ratified lift fcfTion ;
and is in lublt jnce as follows. The title is;
yi ctnventh ft? tbi indmnificatitn 0 tjfnjt
xuht b we fiflairti intwift ik contevuence
T0fte fxertfa "if tvdtvtJuJt f kithtt ni.
run aunng trie ijt war.
The firitarthte provides" for the foK
mation of a hoard of fvt comraifTionct;
fu"i by each party, ind (he fif'.fi by com
mon content.' . '
Tlcir duties INeJ.
, "hef fliiHatrmhle wlthini8nionths
t' appointmen .and receive
J ' t .otJ" ofb..Mhnl,ions.
tnaoy- in0Unt ( ' b b6
A'f&U ,tec:arcs. Ihat' it no,
Hvlnk been po'fliM to Ph
iieV?T agree ..fon i mode by Uh .the
bmmiiet.uld arbitrate on cl.tm,
Satin,; from the ttttfa-ct lngn
.w.:. ..rJtii.m itftiiofieii hkh might
each vrament . mall tefctv. , the iht
they held to b.inc rwaid fe cU.mi
at lotne iuTurcxuf" . m
ri - rfit In be (l .lOfCC
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This h the lum ot tne conTrniivn
wh.cHeilxnkoper ogie hire, that
iy American .'icaVei 6y r.ot bi Ira poled
iip.itt by roitfeptcfen'iiiorii ' ...
. hUUrlatlftn lately an officer of he
cullorrscl tht .Cuttd Suiti,in to
doubt think tha a vindication of Spain
ahd reprobationt of fie American execu
tive, 'is'juftiM bydis difmirtion from a
icrativeroffice. To. ojir humbler' con
cent ions, he furoiKhts teftimbnf'that he .
oUeht never to 'hive'beeti 'entrufted" with '
any omce unacr inij gpvcrnmcin ; anu
tis evidence, we apprehend, is to be found
in t tie attempt wnicn ne tuners nimien to
make to fupport Sparijh injujlice ! T
. The principles of the convention are
fimple, and under allthe 'circumitances ot
the times.which it wa agreed upon atMa .
drid,' was as liberal cn the; part of ihe U-
nitea ataies as opsin couia -nave cpec
ted'from the irtoft ircere ;ft(fpofitioift'iiij,v'
promote a durable 6ncbrd and"" fnand-,
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. J?he pjeriodVof tht conclufion of this
convention wt be Dtnd riotto,' be rtrmbrc
from hat ,oTwgflion of the Spahi(h
intendant at New-Qieanr. (Dec, icj,
I 02. ) T he liberality of ou r government
as well as its found policy, was confpi.
cuous in the.poftponemcntof the confede
ration of thole caiesjybich , related folely
lb the French aggrefTions'; becaufa on the
one hand," Spain was lo cirenmftanred
with regard to France, that her own will
could not properly befaid to Hand :uhre
drained on any fubjeel connccled with
Trance ; and on.-the $t her, our govern
ment was eagerly preffing the acquifition
)f the Floridas, with a view to five pur
Touthern frontier, from annoyance by the
renewal ot war between Great-Britain
and either of thofe powers.
, The ajgreinon at Ne-Orlean., how.
ever, placed the two governments upon
different grounds. The. injury 'done m.
;was Incompatible with good faith, and e
ven with friendlhip ; and our government
found it neccfljrj to adopt a courfe the
rrfoft decidedwt o obtain not finiply repa
ratipnbr the acl of the Spanifh i tendant,
hot fecurity againft the reciirreoce of fi
milar or greater wrongs. J
' The dependent condition of Spain was
not a fecret totht worl.J and while re
menflrances weie carried to that court on
the condud of its officer henegociation
was concluded with. the adual owners of
Louifiana ; by vhicb the fovercigtity bV
that country, and theeiclufivc navigation
of the Miflifltppi;,weie fecured forever.
We obuioed l c0Dtry, the value-of
which Mr". Govtrncur Morris thus deV
fcribes i'n his fpch in the fenate of the
United States, or the 14th of Fb. 18 j.
Whh this cbuttry in our pofTcflion, we
have means of defence more ample, more
important, and rrorecafv, than any other
naiion.on earth In a lliort time all the
. Wefl. India Iflirrts, fed from our grana
'rics mt:ft depends our will. It is a de
fence furetior tofUcts and armiii."
Yet Msjor jackfoh aiTures us that Dpn
redro Ccvsllon has rcfufed to ratify il.'e
con vent ioq bccautu The acccOlon nf
Louifiana has varkd the relations between
Spsin arid . the Unied States."
ThataSpanith niniilcr fhould be To
abfurd, is barely pfTib!e but that a man
pretending to be at American, who has
lived 'upon the revenue of the public for
feveral years jiafl, fliould undertake to
jiilify fuch a pretejee, beats lomethifig
more than a comrrim execration.
. What I ihe Spanlh vclTels have plitnl
.dcred ourjljips on tie h'gh feas, and in
Pead of making rep.ifals as w'e tnTghi Jufl
ly do, we re fort to lie , pacific coutle of
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negotiation, ana a lonvcniipn 11 lormca
aoJ limned by , his mnifler, openly recog
nizing ih juhice, at our complaint, and
providing means forredtefs. ,
An American edior undertakes to fay
that becaufe Amciici has obtained, thro'
the energy and decifun of her executive,
a territory belonging tu France ; that
Spain is juflifiaolf in nnf ' making remu
neration for the wrotg (he has dotu os on
the high feai.
t This is thi funi of the argument or it,
is nothing; for the acquifition by us tf
Louifiana and the fun which we paid for
it ( have nothing lolo, whatever with the
convention, or the dipredations which it
was propofed io redefs.
It would be inlulingtlic underdanding
of the pnVlic to compare the underdand
Ing of major Jackfitt with jhat of Go
verneuVMorrii j ihr advantages of Loui
flana ire aWeadr fet thufewhowilh to
he more fcnfilde ofiUni will refer to hc
debate from whicr the above extrad Is
made. .. , .
. Dut.it it allcdgeJ, that we are fubjrA
to individual Jnjuij and national dilliunor
by this accjuifaiun, and this conducl in'
Don Pedro evalln In rejecting ihe cod
mention, is ptoducl;si tU evidence ot
this dithonur and injury .IJut does the
afBffrifncr of'a caufe fb ahfurd "nrovi- its '
jniticV ? ; : Becaufc we have pbtained frbtn
r ranpe, whattfance had bctote o brained
from SpanYjs'bat a-foundgrtfuhd of ob
jedjii to'do us juHice for other wrbnejSi
; 'fhould fcorn the, in figniificant .Tophi f
tryl,tfiat prates abootparalyfed energies"
and Vajfted refourves.' and " -treiirbting-'
handl the bhferne'fii of mind "that -die-tales'
the;mean afperity merits no other
animadyerfion ! ;The characteriftic bom
baflE that' concludes this article,- js of that
deftijijfjon wh'fch may excite public -defi- '
lion, but ir can not ever obtain; even 'the '
jpprbbatiqn of a, 'man of cwnmon judgJ . ,
iiicni 01 any, party. :; ' : i
waithere is a"' point of view in which !
the art'ments ot this Imbecile.' ctlirorrmay
;bepced ; thatftfpercedes every ofhtfr
cbnjtiienti , ' .. ': u' -
7'TtV eodveotp.n with Spaf-.baVheen !
declared to be on our part a baditij. , ,
' Th acfqmfitiprt of Loutfian'haJen
declared to be on our part of. nd'- advaini
,ge. :. ' ' ; ,( .
Yet Spain is allcdged po only to be at .
enmity with us "bcOaufe we have--'.obtain
ed Louifiana j but'fhe ,is reprdfeiitedjas
' rcjeding a convention faid to beadyanta
f;eous to htr, and ilifadvantageoss to i
and her conduct in rejeflin thofe alled
ged advantages' which w ' hav "allowed
her, made a matter of reproach to our go
vernment !
v SPANISH AGGftESSICNS.
: No. '.. ;
The Political Regifterof tht?4'h Sept.
contains- an article (poftjfeilyj, frott). a
Merchant at Madrid, uattd July 16,
-JU04, which we" think it pur duty to co
py, that our remalks iheteupoi may be'
perfectly undcrftood. , ( ( ,
War with Spain intvitabe,Tht
following communication is received by a
merchant of this city from a fource upon
which perfed reliance may be -placed.':
5 . " Madrid, July 16, 1804;
' The ;appJication of the Xmciican
minifler on the Tubjd of the coivtmion,
has at length drawn from ( this court the
following propofitions, upon tht -accep.,
(ance of winch only will that increment'
bejatified . (' . .
I ft. That time be allow ed to give
notice to their fubjeds of the convention ;
-which has not yet been done', as they con.
fiaeredthe buficefs totally abandoned by
the Ameiican government.
. 11 ad. That the article relating to pri
zes carried into Spanifli ports by I rench
cruizcrsi be to'ally expiirgtd, , and all
claims pon the Spar.ilh government on
that account be forever rclinnuifhed.
" 3d. That the ad of the UnitedStater,
attthorifing the Prefident to ettablilh one
or more ports on the river Mobile", be im
racdiately repealed. ," .
After Aa proper remor.flrance by the
American minifler on this fuhjeCt he de
manded his palTports, and will aclually
depart from hence in the coutle ot the cn.
fiiing week. . .. . , '..
. It is expected too that all the.Ameri
cans wilt be obliged to leave this place in
,a few days. , ..
- ' Nothirg 01 coutle but war is. fpo
ken of.' pjcverthelefi, Mr. Yrujo i! cn
trufted with full powers ,"and it may hap
pen that what could not be obtained here!
wilf he granted t'Wafhlfigton. :-;
: I lie people ol tfils cpuntry attcd to
treat with contempt any oppofwipn on the
part of the United States, as they have'
from your fidefuch information as Icadi
t hem to( believe that America .is only a
gre;t merchant, who calculates epon tlie
probable lofs or gain by a war or a peace,
and will de'crminc.as the balance or ipte
reif may preponderate, without regatd to
national honour.", -x" ': .,
The three laft paragraphs of ttia arti
de we look upon as a llind. The whole
article is eafily under flood. 1 be fource
froirt whence it comes .cannot be rnifta
keni and the fopitnt Major Jackfon is"
made the inftrumcn of; this piece of. 4i
plomatie Jlill. His malice towards the ex,
ccutive has caufed him to be ufed, and,th
objed is to obtain, at fir as pradicable,
a diver f n of party in favour ol the tnea
fores which the Spanifh court may have
direded her agents to putfue.
There can be no doubt of the good wifh
es of the Spantfh ambadador towirds our
government but at the fame lime it is
very well'undeiftood, (and It is to Ml. ho.
nor) that his moft ardent feelings are em
barked In the duties of his fundion. (
So far then as there can arife advintage
Io a negociation, from the intelligence
anl uprightnsfs of. the Spanifh minifter
here, crer y thing flands as it fiiouU do.
We (hsll therefore talse the'artichr i.o
be autlientic,as ir apeaVs, -in, the Regif-.
ter'; We' (hall onfdet i.t )is if fCoromuui
a t ed ' ftomK a 'fource y pon x w hich ' p c r
feE reliance may be' plated,' , .t
' iVlppears then that the afpeifiona raft;
out byvVtajor Jackfon. and Jnthers on our
hiniftierXat the cpurt,ot Madtid, are un
foundtd ; for it appears.' th.at he has not
neglected t he' interell of his c,ount ry , nor
hjave his eiffbrtreeti limited to m" a.-tinefe
etrort ; an anoruve convention. : 11 ap
pears, that (betide pother. ma,tier whicu,
are-withheld 'e hV(e' !e. conccrt)JI
of his country with 2 eaV-apd ,'fcfcnted the
wrong wjthtgnjty;: Jiepas prrHed a re-,
paration fbjr wKJrigs and when equivoca
lion nas. teen'r lUihltitiftert tor.lhe uiual
PyjBjjf.bf. ,'SVa iiia, bjsi has.lli xerfid ;
tits . UliaiI4IUlD 1 JlCir Af ?
are
,v.-)V? fufjwd that tie propolitions 4iav'e
been 'thetaufe t?f ftis fltf malum. ; ( i;
Ff!om the lerms of the 3d a,rttcfe. of the
?onyention, xf which we gave Bn abllrad
m a preceatng numoer, 11 appears to us-tuat
the fii'tt prppofttion ,ta in Jibe extreme of
abfurtlitye-for tlie article fays that the
-Pbtmjflio.nerV'.ilialj cftjet , at Madrid,
Avhere, within the, terrn of 18 months (to
be reckoned from, the ,day pp which they
airemble) they fhall receive all claims
c . .v . , .. ;. .-.
Now 18 months alone . wtjuld bp fufti
cient to" convey and rexciyeiiiforinattop
fiom anypart of the Spanith cploniet ;
and before the rppeting, ft months would
expire at leaft in addition' thereto, fb tfiar
if ihe'propofitions ar'e. .authentic as we
arc willing, jto believe the gpvernmeni of
Spain muU.be intent not only to deny us
juftice ior the paft", .hut t6 commit wan
ton and aggravated aggreTtOn.- ; ,
The. fecond propolition partakes of the
ame charader ; , it has reference to the)
6,h article of the convention. ;
. This article, is, of the, declaratory cha
rader, by xjrbfch.jt is provided,' that nei
.ther the. demand.xif Compenfation on, the
one hand npr tht omiffi.on to jlcnr.and on
the other, fhall be con fide red as inv?)ida '
,iing nor .recognising 'claims- which may
tncreatter oe made ana aiictuteo, .
.. Here was a liberal ftifpeiilion of tlaim,
which Spain might , poll pone to a period
xnoce favojrabh: ,tp her .-.Views pfBjiilice ;
when fhe might phi ain from France a com
penfation for the lofs , to whch (lie was
exppfed by the abufe of French cruifers
and agents. But to this liberality it feems
the court of Spaip.is .not difpofed to lillen ;
andtheonly teafon for fuch profs con.
dud, we are informed,. is that' our rra
tions are changed with Spain fincc the ac.
quifition of Louifiapa." . .
How are our relations changed ? The
territory. did not belong td Spain ! How
are our, relations,, changed Jultice and
reparation have not bceu doe,tor the in
fults committed by the Spanifh iotendant! '
How are our relations changed? Spain
has not mde., reparation for tle aggrcf
fions commuted by her cruifers ! it is ke
cauiehct .agents py fubjeci's have done tit
wronpi, and we have relied upon Spanifli
majjnat)irnityv , According to a federal
member of the fenate Spain has rank
ed high for good ijlthj and in my owa
opinions higher' than any nation in tu
rope. . Slow to prpmjfe, fhe always fuL
filled her engagmenianw4h-honor.ac..
cpfding io(the fptritj without,, cavilling
about thewurdpftrcatiet." But it feems
Spin hat departed from this high vha.
taQcrj and Ine has become a caviller
bout wrdt j (hehasplJedupon usto te.
Iinoifh.,tptally, atriht of which we
iatei vpltjntarily . fufpended the Utiga.,
tion ; and. fhe hu denied pi, a reditu,
tion, of propetty,'; and a reparatiort for
wrong, under jfuYdifgraCtfurcaril.- .
, But the third proportion contains per
haps t.c point of the LplgraM and. in
the fame fp;rit it, demands that to be un
done which is not done at all.
The aQ alluded to was palTednnt
?4thof February (aft, and forms theXI 1 1
chapter of the Laws of laft fefiion; page
36. It it the ad for layiog duties on
. import and tonnage in the ttrrtitry ceded
ly Fhnee. '
To repeal this ad would be to aban
don the whple of the rtverue law of the
United States now cftabliflied in that
territory a circomflafice that proves
the propolitiontobe very imtfey trait
fated, or that the writer dd tvot undcr
ftand the force of the propojliiun.
(Ttbt tontinuei.)
WASHINGTON CITY, 6Vobef' k
, The Marquis Yrujo arrived Io thitcii
on Monday laft from MoniictKo.
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