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conlP-fyiaS the P'sssdsnt's Message, Sse are


maGb.e to gIee them eHre our must oFer


10 or readers ne following aaaLsis, tV I'm


fhe Boston Gazette -


1t is well known that the part of
West Florida, extending eastward
from the Miss ssippi to the river Per.
dido, (being situated between those two
rivers, and bounded on the north by
the Mississippi Teritory) has been in
dispute between Spain and the u. S.
in consequence Of, and ever since the
Louisiana purchase in April, 1903.
SPAN however, has persisted in refu-
sing the justice of our CLAIMS under
that treaty, and the subject has been
lett open Tor negotiation, or at least has
never been settled by the two govern
ments. Whether the right 70 the
country in question has ever been
fairly conveyed from Spain to Ameri-
ca, Is question, which, as Americans,
we oughtt 10 answer in the affirmative !;
but others scrnple not to affirm that the
right is both doubtful and incomn!etc.
. Neither the distracted state ofthe Span
ish monarchy, nor of the colony OF
West Florida, IN case the right has not
been absolutely aHd Justly conveyed,
will justify the United Statas in TAKING
possession OF that country. Circum.
stances, however, seem to invite the
occupancy OF The territory BY the Uni
ted States; I; and where there is no dan.
ser, our President is one of the mos,
valiient souls alive. II seems tina, The
Convention Of Hest Florida on the 26th
Sept. 1910, declared thar country !
, free and LH!theadenl Slate, IN conse
quence ofthe unprotected situation n
which they were left by Spain and the
anarchy with which they were threa.


tened among themselves. This de.
claratlon, signed By Jonx RHgA, Pres
| lcent, and AND. STEELE, Sec'ry. wa,


transmitted to AR. Madison. A Iooe
memorial OF this Revolutionary Con


sention oil West Florida, signed ),
the President, was transmitted to Cor


HOLMES OF the Mississippi Territory


and By him to the Secretary of State


II Was accompanied BY the declaration