Excerpt from Letters on Our Affairs With Spain The United States seem to be involved with Spain in a misunderstanding of which our citizens in general have but an imperfect knowledge. We purpose to notice the causes of this misunderstanding between the two countries, and, that we may acquit ourselves, in some measure, to the satisfaction of the reader, in the discussion of subjects in their nature extremely intricate, respect will be paid to perspicuity and conciseness. Before, however, we advance to the business immediately before us, it may not be useless to advert to correlative facts and diplomatic artifices. Until recently we had consoled ourselves with the pleasing reflection, that we were at peace with all the world, and, apart from the aggressions committed by the British ships of war at Sandy Hook, that it was not likely our repose would be speedily and materially interrupted. It was not generally, if at all, understood, that differences of a serious nature existed to menace our tranquillity with Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.