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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: that recognition that was promised and stipulated, either from the court of London or that of St. Petersburg. In such circumstances, it is evident that the treaty of sale; made between France and the United States does not give the latter any right to acquire and claim Louisiana, t and that the principles...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: that recognition that was promised and stipulated, either from the court of London or that of St. Petersburg. In such circumstances, it is evident that the treaty of sale; made between France and the United States does not give the latter any right to acquire and claim Louisiana, t and that the principles of justice and of sane policy must counsel their government not to meddle in pledges so contrary in fact to their true interests as such would; be to good faith and to their good relations with Spain. Such are the sentiments that the king, my master, has ordered me to communicate to the president of the United States. Having done so through your Excel- lency, I conclude by assuring you of my respect and consideration for your person, and of my desires that your . ?. Excellency's life may be preserved for many years. The Marques De Casa Yrujo. Near Philadelphia, September 27, 1803. rubric] L Addressed: Senor Don Jayme i.e., James] Mad- ison.] VI. CASA IRUJO TO CEBALLOS Your Excellency: Dear SIR: I have already notified your Excellency of the receipt of your letter of June 1, last, and have sent you a copy of the letter which I wrote in consequence thereof to the Secretary of State here, notifying him that 47 On October 4, 1803, Madison replied to letters from Casa Irujo of September 21 and 27. He expresses the surprise in the United States at Spain's protest to the cession of Louisiana to the Americans. The United States bases the, legality of the transaction on the following despatch sent by Cevallos to the American minister at Madrid, May 4, 1803: By the retrocession of Louisiana to France, that power recovers said, province with the boundaries that it had and with the secure rights that ere acquired by other powers. That of the United Sta...