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��iiarchy would have remained under obligation to pay about 400 millions of reals for injuries claimed, and for which there were no funds.

I have thus concluded ray observations: Itrust, an enlightened puhlick will overlook the repetitions and faults of style to be found in them, for the hurry in which they w ere written with a view to their be- ing ready at the meeting of the Cortes, and my ap- proaching departure on the embassy to Naples which his majesty was pleased to confer on me, scarcely allowed me time to read them. My prin- cipal object has been to lay before the nation the autbentick documents of every thing that occurred in this negotiation, and to give them an idea of the resources, population, and strength of the Repub- lick of the United States of America, of the charac- ter of the inhabitants, and the brilliant situation in which tliPij stand; that they might, with this knowl- edge before them, adopt towards them such a sys- tem of good understanding as the similaritij of their sentiments might suggest. As to myself, honoured by his majesty, and satisfied at having discharged my duty, I have nothing to wish for, but that my labours may be of some use to the heroick nation that gave me being, and among whose children it is my glory to count myself.

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