Excerpt from An Authentic History of the Second War for Independence, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising Details of the Military and Naval Operations, From the Commencement to the Close of the Recent War; Enriched With Numerous Geographical and Biographical Notes<br><br>Made in the very face of evidence in their possession; that the United States had at the onset of the negocia tion consulted Spain whether she claimed any sever eign ty over the territory of Louisiana P They knew aieo, at the time these unwarrantable reproaches were made, that Spain had replied, through her minister, M. Ceval 105, that by the retrocession made to France, of Louisi ana, that power regained the province, with the limits it hadfsaving the rights acquired by other powers and that the United States could address themselves to the French government, to negociate the acquisition of ter~ ritories, which might suit their interest. They knew moreover, that his Catholic Majestyfls minister at Wash ington, in 1804, actingby the Special order ofhis sov reign, declared to the American Secretary of state, Mr. Madison, that the explanations which the goverr ment of France had given to his Catholic majesty, con cerning the sale of Louisiaha to the United States, and the amicable dispositions, on the part of the King, his master, towards these states, had determined him to abandon the Opposition, which at a prior period, and with the most substantial motives, he had manifested' against the transaction.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.