1822 April 18

Rid Yourselves

Lett. 18 Relinquish. Plan

' 7. Restrictions, none.

Morn. Chron. 10 April 1822 U.S. Secretary of State to Congress as to

recapture of Ultramarian Independence.

My friends in relation to this /now I am upon this/ principle, from

me /between me whom I relate to you/ a curious /remarkable/ enough coincidence. While

occupied in penning this Letter scarcely had I finished the paragraph in which I have

recommended to you consideration in the character of a model /in general terms of

the/ conduct of the conduct of the general government of the Anglo American United

States in came the English daily paper the Morning Chronicle for 17 April 1822 in

which the disclaiming with a statement in it by which evidence is furnished of the

adoption given by this general government there to the liberal principle - the

disclaiming of all commercial preferences

From Mr. Forbes a Citizen of New York writing to Mr. John Quincy

Adams Secretary of State an account is given of a conversation held at Buenos Ayres

with Mr. Rivadavia Secretary of State for that independent State. /chief in the

management of the affair at present/ I next read to him says Mr. Forbes from the

instruction of the 12th July 1820, the magnanimous feeling with which the Government

of the United States disclaimed any wish to barter an acknowledgment of the

independence of those provinces for any exclusive advantages in their commerce; at

the same time their firm reliance that no such exclusive privileges would be granted

to other nations to the prejudice of the United States.

In the same document is given an account from Mr. Brent Charge des Affaires of the

United States dated Madrid July 10 1820 giving an account of a conversation of his

with Mr. Racenga one of the Commissioners of General Bolivar head of the Columbian

Republic. "He (Mr. Ravenga) says Mr. Brent [...?] number speaks of the surprize of

Mr. Ravenga, surprize at the rejection of the pacific overtures made by him to the

Court of Madrid. He (continues Mr. Brent) spoke of the ignorance in that country

(Spain) of the real state of Spanish America of their [...?] and their prejudices,

with warmth, and particularly of the expression of the King in his speech, respecting

Spanish America"