The discovery of this secret article aroused great indignation in Spain.

As a matter of fact, the disputed territory, the land drained by the Gulf rivers, was not England's to grant, for it had been conquered and was then held by Spain.

Nor was it given up to us until we acquired it by Pinckney's masterly diplomacy.

The treaty represented a mere promise which in part was not and in part could not be fulfilled.

All that it really did was to guarantee us what we already possessed--that is, the Ohio valley and the Illinois, which we had settled and conquered during the years of warfare.