American diplomacy . , moreover, free navigationwas of comparatively little use unless accompanied by theprivilege of a place of deposit where rafts could be broken upand transhipment to ocean-going vessels Spain was the more tenacious of her position because ofa misunderstanding regarding the Florida boundary. TheThe Florida treaty of 1783 between England and Spainboundary read, «jjjg Britannic Majesty likewise cedes and guarantees, in full right, to His Catholic Majesty EastFlorida, as also West Florida. In the treaty of even datebetween England and the United States the northern boun
American diplomacy . , moreover, free navigationwas of comparatively little use unless accompanied by theprivilege of a place of deposit where rafts could be broken upand transhipment to ocean-going vessels Spain was the more tenacious of her position because ofa misunderstanding regarding the Florida boundary. TheThe Florida treaty of 1783 between England and Spainboundary read, «jjjg Britannic Majesty likewise cedes and guarantees, in full right, to His Catholic Majesty EastFlorida, as also West Florida. In the treaty of even datebetween England and the United States the northern bound-ary of West Florida was fixed at the thirty-first between these two documents, the one indefinite, the ,other definite, the latter would naturally govern. Spain,however, claimed that West Florida was a definite term,that England had in 1764 extended the province to a linerunning through the mouth of the Yazoo. Moreover, her 1 Winsor, Westward Movement, 247-256.* Secret Journals of Congress, iv. THE WEST 71 claim in equity is improved by a study of the preliminaiyarticles of both treaties; for those of the American treatyagreed to the Yazoo boundary in case England remained inpossession of West Florida, whereas the agreement withSpain was that she should continue to hold West , she actually did hold Natchez, the only importantpost in the disputed region. Technically the argumentsbalanced, but Spain continued to hold Natchez, whichnot only was a Spanish garrison town, but was peopled forthe most part with American loyalists, who were averse to atransfer of authority. Congress was, therefore as unable toclear the national territory of foreign control to the south-west as to the northwest. Meantime the commercial interests of the coast were im-patient at having an agreement held up because of thesewestern questions, which they felt to be of little « East« andconcern. Not all, moreover, favored the open- Westing of the Mississippi. In addition to
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