which support the first demand I made on you, in the name of His Majesty, in my Letter of the 30th December, and I flatter myself that, reflecting ou facts so well known, you cannot do less than consider them just.

I pass now to the 2nd point;-this is confined to asking the punishment, according to Law, of those turbulent and seditious Individuals, who have taken up arms within the Territory of this Confederation, and from thence carrying desolation, destruction and horror into the Frontier Provinces of the Crown of Spain; and not content with the atrocities they have heretofore committed, they are now actually engaged in recruiting Troops, and preparing Armaments in the bosom of this Country, again to invade these Provinces. I have named the Ringleaders of these Rebels, who have violated the neutrality and the inost sacred Laws of The United States, by the well known fact of their having armed in their Territory, and marched from thence in military and hostile array, to subvert the peace and good order of the Dominions of the King my Master. I have named Toledo, Bernardo Gutierrez, Doctor Robinson and others, who perpetrated the horrible deeds at St. Antonio de Bexas: who recruited their Troops in Louisiana, and even in the limits of New Orleans ; and proceeded from thence, as an Army, to assault the Province of New Mexico, who committed there outrages never heard of, even among Savage Tribes; and who, after being defeated, again took refuge in the Territory of this Union,-where they are now endeavouring to raise new Forces to repeat the same excesses. Toledo, Bernardo Gutierrez, Doctor Robinson and their Followers, to this time, move about with impunity in Louisiana, and even in the City of New Orleans itself. The infraction of the Laws of The United States, and the violation of the dignity and honour of the American People, of which they are guilty, is public and notorious, not only in this Country, but in the whole World. I stated to you in addition, on this point, that the Ringleaders I had named to you were expecting considerable reinforcements from Kentucky and Tennessee, to undertake a hostile Expedition against the neighbouring Possessions of my Sovereign; and that I had been advised that these reinforcements, composed of American Citizens, were raised for the purpose of uniting with them.

You were pleased to state to me, in reply on this point, that the President had determined not to take any part in the disputes which had arisen between His Catholic Majesty and the revolted Provinces of this Continent; and that, in conformity to this system, the Governors of different States, as well as the President himself, had issued repeated Proclamations, directing that all those who set on foot or promoted the recruiting of Adventurers, with the design of invading the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty, should be prosecuted according to Law;

that the information received at your Department from very respectable Persons is, that the Force collected by Toledo is very inconsiderable, and composed principally of Frenchmen and Spaniards, without the Territory of The United States, where their Laws do not reach; that my statements on this point are not circumstantial, and that as soon as I pointed out American Citizens, who promoted the Expeditions, collected the Troops, or facilitated the supplies to which I referred, and if these collections of Troops, &c. were in the Territory of this Union, they should be immediately dispersed, and the Persons implicated should be prosecuted according to Law.

To satisfy you on this point, with that simplicity and candor which belongs to me, I will divide into 2 Classes these seditious Persons of whom I have spoken to you in my Notes. I will include in the 1st class, Toledo, Bernardo Gutierrez, and Doctor Robinson, as violators of the Laws of the Neutrality of The United States, an infraction so notorious and so evident, that I should do wrong to detain you in referring to the innumerable acts which demonstrate it in an incontestable manner. It is known to you, to your Government, and to the whole Country, that with the Troops they individually raised 3 years ago in Louisiana, they marched in military array, to invade the internal Provinces of the Viceroyalty of Mexico; the horrible assassinations they committed, particularly those by Bernardo Gutierrez at St. Antonio de Bexar, are known. And finally, it is known, that being defeated by the Troops of the King mv Master, they took refuge again in this Country, and that the Government of Louisiana permitted them to remain undisturbed in the very Territory whose neutrality they had violated. This single fact is, in my opinion, a sufficient reason why the Law should take hold of them, before they leave the jurisdiction of The United States to renew melancholy scenes. But I will give to you even new proofs, that these Highway Robbers have not ceased from that time to concert, and to realize, new projects against the tranquillity of the Inhabitants of the Dominions of the King my Master.

The annexed Copies of intercepted Letters from Toledo, which have been officially sent to me, prove beyond doubt, that Toledo had armed in New Orleans 3 Vessels, in which he carried arms and munitions of War, to give support to the Insurrection in Mexico; and that he returned to that City, bringing back with him Herrera, who calls himself Minister Plenipotentiary from the revolted Provinces to this Government. You will see, with surprize, that Toledo, not content with thus openly violating the most sacred Laws of Neutrality of this Confederation, had the impudence to prostitute the respectable name of this Government by asserting, in one of his said Letters, that The United States only waited the arrival of the Minister of the Revolutionists of Mexico, to acknowledge its Independence. The other

Ringleaders have done the same thing to deceive Adventurers, botli in and out of Mexico, and even Citizens of The United States, seducing them by false assurances, that their Government was decided to support them, and that it would proceed immediately to recognize, as an Independent Power, that band of Highway Robbers and Insurgents.

From the Extract of a Letter from a Person of the greatest veracity and the best character, now forwarded to you, you will observe, that Toledo had deferred his Expedition against the Provinces of the King my Master, as I stated to you in my Note of the 2nd January, as the 1,000 men he expected from Kentucky, and the 300 from Tennessee, could not form a junction with him in less than 24 days; and you will see this information confirmed under a posterior date, advising me, that a number of Americans came down from the States adjacent to Louisiana, to join the Expedition which Toledo had concerted; and that he (Toledo) would carry with him the Engineer Laford, Savary, and one Soubenet.

You will also learn, that provisions and a Carthagenian Flag were sent to the American Brig, the Tom Bowlin, from New York, at the moment of her arrival at the Balize, by a Gun-boat of The United States, with the object, it would seem, of convoying with her the Vessels which should sail from New Orleans, with munitions of War for the Establishment at the new Port of Tampico; that they had purchased in New Orleans itself 5 other Schooners, which they are actually arming to cruize against the Spanish Commerce; and that it appears that Mr. John K. West, Merchant of that place, is the Agent for these Vessels; and, finally, that in that City there has been a Revolutionary Junta, at the head of which is Toledo and Herrera, from which has issued the wicked Decree mentioned in these Letters, that 4 honorable Spaniards should be put to death, for every Revolutionist punished by the established Laws of the Monarchy of the King my Master.

As respects Doctor Robinson, it is notorious that he has been one of the most infuriate Enemies of Spain, and the one who has, with the greatest eagerness, promoted the rebellion of the Provinces of His Majesty. It was he who introduced himself into the internal Provinces to seduce their Inhabitants-it was he who sowed the seeds of Insurrection-it was he who procured intelligence in St. Antonio de Bexar for Bernardo Gutierrez, that he might possess himself of the Place, and afterwards murder 14 Spanish Chiefs-and it was he who published, in these United States, Proclamations, signed with his hand, inviting Adventurers from all parts to form an Army, pointing out the places of enlisting men, and the pay of those enlisted; and, in one word, declaring War himself, in a certain mode, against the Spanish Nation, from the very bosom of this Republic; as you will find

more in detail, in the authenticated Copy which accompanies this, the Original of which is in my possession.

I include in the 2nd class, those Individuals who, seduced by the imposture of the principal Authors of these hostile Expeditions, have assisted, from the bosom of this Republic, the Revolutionists of Mexico, some by furnishing them with Arms and munitions of War, others by enlisting themselves, in this Country, in the Army of the Insurgents, which passed over to subvert all order in the Provinces of the King my Master. In this number, are those other Persons whom I have mentioned to you in this and my former Notes. The information which I gave you, respecting some Persons who were preparing hostile Expeditions from Georgia, against the Possessions of the King my Master, you will find established, officially, by the Governor of East Florida, in his Letter which accompanies this; in which he advises me, that John M'Intosh and William Criach, who supported the last Insurrection in that Province, in the year 1812, are now recruiting in Georgia a considerable number of Vagabonds, again to invade the Territory under his command.

I flatter myself that this series of acts, so circumstantial, the information of which has been acquired through channels so respectable, will be sufficient to call the attention of the President to the necessity of cutting up by the roots these melancholy abuses, and to shut the door against the continual violent movements of these turbulent People, who, from the bosom of this Republic, make War on a friendly and neighbouring Power. It has never been the intention of the King, my Master, to request that the punishment of the Laws should be inflicted on these Disturbers of social order, when their guilt is not fully proven. On the contrary, I have informed you that the object of His Majesty is not to take vengeance on these Highway Robbers, but to shelter his Subjects from their barbarity. His Majesty has only thought proper to solicit, from the rectitude and circumspection of this Government, what might prevent the crimes which are meditated from taking effect, as otherwise it might be too late to prevent them, as the Offenders will be beyond the territory of a Friend, and at a distance from the arm of the Law. Good order requires, not only that the offences already committed should be punished, but that those which are contemplated should be prevented; and this is the case of the Individuals I have comprehended in the 2nd class. The personal knowledge I have of the rectitude of the President inspires me with a confidence, that he will view the acts I have just stated as I do; and proceeding, in this particular case, with that integrity and humanity which is the most glorious distinction of the American character, he will be pleased to adopt those measures which he may believe most analogous to the system which you tell me this Government has adopted, not to mix in these dissensions, and not to permit the Citizens of this Republic to

take part in them, nor to permit its Territory to be a shelter to Foreigners, who try to make War on a friendly Power.

To the 3rd point in my Notes, intended to solicit from your Government, that Vessels from the insurgent or revolted Provinces of Spanish America should not be admitted into the Ports of the Republic, as well because none of those Provinces are recognized by any Power in the World, as because the obligations of friendship and good neighbourhood demand that we should not in any way contribute to protect Provinces or Subjects who have revolted,-you have been pleased to make known to me that the President, observing the change of Government which had taken place among the Revolutionists in Spanish America, had adopted the measure of ordering the Collectors of the Customs to admit every description of Vessel, without regard to her character or Flag, provided she paid the Duties and observed the Laws of the Country during the time she was in Port.

With due respect for the measures adopted by the Chief of this Confederation, I cannot do less than state to you, that the changes of Government which have taken place among the Revolutionists of Spanish America, do not appear to me to afford a sufficient motive for altering the friendly conduct towards a Power with whom one is in peace and harmony. You cannot but know, that this measure places these Factionists not only on a footing of equality with the Spanish Nation, but gives them advantages over all Independent Powers, since, according to the Laws of Neutrality, The United States would not permit any Independent Nation to arm its Vessels in their Ports, nor to sell Prizes in them, as is permitted to these Revolutionists.

By the 2 Acts of Congress, one of the 28th of February, 1806.*

* An Act to suspend the Commercial Intercourse between The United States and certain parts of the Island of St. Domingo.-28th February, 1806.

SEC. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of The United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all commercial intercourse, between any Person or Persons resident within The United States, and any Person or Persons resident within any part of the Island of St. Domingo, not in possession and under the acknowledged Government of France, shall be, and is hereby prohibited; and any Ship or Vessel owned, hired, or employed, wholly or in part, by any Person or Persons resident within The United States, and sailing from any Port of The United States, after due notice of this Act at the Custom-houses respectively, which, contrary to the intent hereof, shall be voluntarily carried, or shall be destined to proceed, whether directly or from any intermediate Port or Place, to any Port or Place within the Island of St. Domingo, and not in possession, and under the acknowledged Government of France; and also any Cargo which shall be found on board of such Ship or Vessel, when detected and interrupted in such unlawful purpose, or at her return from such Voyage to The United States, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any Court of The United States having competent jurisdiction.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, after due notice of this Act at the se