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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 6: (search)
Chapter 6: Spain and the United States. 1778. early in the year, Juan de Miralez, a Spanish Chap. VI.} 1778. emissary, appeared in Philadelphia. Not accredited to congress, for Spain would not recognise that body, Luzerne to Vergennes, 17 Dec., 1779. he looked upon the rising republic as a natural enemy to his country; and through the influence of the French minister, with whom he had as yet no authorized connection, he sought to raise up obstacles on all sides to its development. Gerard to Vergennes, 16 and 29 July, 1778. He came as a spy and an intriguer; nevertheless congress, with unsuspecting confidence, welcomed him as the representative of an intended ally. Of all the European powers, Spain was the most consistently and perseveringly hostile to the United States. With a true instinct she saw in their success the quickening example which was to break down the barriers of her own colonial system; and her dread of their coming influence shaped her policy
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
e, but by making them so weak that they become precarious. The irreconcilable interests of the two peoples can but keep them in a continual state of rivalry and even of quarrel. It will be difficult for a king of Great Britain to hold the balance even; and, as the scale of England will be the best taken care of, the less-favored people will naturally tend to a complete secession. We have nothing better to do than tranquilly to watch the movement. Vergennes to Montmorin, 13 Nov. and 17 Dec., 1779. Greater energy was displayed by Spain in her separate acts. As soon as the existence of war between that power and Great Britain was known at New Orleans, Galvez, the governor of Louisiana, drew together all the troops under his command to drive the British from the Mississippi. Their posts were protected by less than five hundred men; Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, abandoning Manchac as untenable, sustained a siege of nine days at Baton Rouge, Remembrancer, 1780, i. 359-364. and