...which, create limitations to this " extent," for the extent is said to be " such as it should be [or ought to be] after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and. oilier states." These are' Avords not to be silently passed over, as usually has happened in this controversy,...

...Louisiana, with the same extent that it actually has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be, after the...subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." 1. In the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain — for it was not in the power of Spain...

...had at the date of the above-mentioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had •when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the...subsequently entered into between Spain and other stales ; ond whereas the Government of France has ceded the same to the United States by a treaty duly...

...only question is, did it belong to Louisiana when France possessed it ? Of this no doubt exists. 3. And such as it ought to be, after the treaties subsequently entered into, between Spain and other states — that is, Spain was not to be accountable for such parts or portions of Louisiana, as she had actually...

...have been considered doubtful, may be perfectly reconciled with the explanations already given. 4. And such as it ought to be, •after the treaties subsequently entered into between Sf/ain and other states.— Louisiana was ceded to Spain on the 3d of November, 1762, and on the 10th...

...Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be, after the...subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." The rights which France thus acquired were transferred by the subsequent sale to America, who now contends...

...Louisiana, with the same extent that it "now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the...subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." At the negotiation of Aranjuez in 1805, your alleged treaty of 1764, never occurred to the imagination...

...that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." And by the treaty of 1803, between the United States and France, this article of the treaty between France...

...of Louisiana with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it ought to be after the...subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.' Before possession of this colony was actually given to France, by virtue of this retrocession, the...

...it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when f ranee possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." This language is apparently ambiguous, and can only be understood by attending carefully to the history...