I have received and submitted to the President your letter of the 2d inst, referring to the communication made on the 31st March last by the Spanish Secretary of State
to the Minister Plenipo: of the United States at Madrid
on
the subject of the decree of the intendant at
New Orleans interrupting the American right of deposit at that place, and communicating the disinclination of his Catholic Majesty to [ent]er into arrangements with the United States for annexing to them
adjoining territories of Spain.
The communication made by Mr Cevallos on the
31st of March had been previously received from Mr Pinckney.
In the
assurance which it gave that the right of
deposit would be immediately restored, the President
saw with satisfaction such a evidence of the
upright and friendly dispositions of the
Spanish Government. It could not escape attention, however,
that this correction of the his conduct of the
intendant was ascribed, inadvertently it is presumed, to the
condescension and generosity of his
Catholic Majesty instead of that justice and good faith which had been violated and
to which alone the
appeal had been made. Altho
arrangements of a recent date may preclude future occasions
of a like sort, it is proper to keep in view the
meaning of the treaty and the right of the United States
as the
basis of indemnifications justly claimed [for] His Catholic Majesty for the wrongs committed
by
his officer.
The President learns
with regret that any
views should have been taken by his Catho[li]c
Majesty of an alienation of the Floridas unfavorable to the
proposition made on the part of the
United States. Here lies much however on the effect of a fuller
consideration of the subject and of events of subsequent
date in
removing objections which appear to have weighed with his majesty. The sincere desire
of the
United States to cherish the strictest friendship
and harmony with Spain enforces their other motives to so convenient an arrangement. And
whilst they are
concerting with other powers a
remo[val] of all occasions for territorial
disputes and collisions, it may reasonably be hoped
as it ought to be mutually wished, that the example will be
followed by a seasonably and complete
removal of the inquietudes involved in the relations of that part of the Spanish
possessions to the United States. The President considers the friendly dispositions and assurances of his Catholic
Majesty as a pledge that an effectual arrangement for this purpose will recommend itself more and more
to by reflections and his concurrence.
I have received and submitted to the Pres-
ident your letter of the 2d inst, referring to the communication
made on the 31st March last, by the Spanish Secretary of State
to the Minister Plenipo: of the United States at Madrid
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31st of March had been previously received from Mr Pinckney.
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by
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The President learns
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