The Rhode Island Republican

FROM THE SAME. OF FEB. 20.

The Senate of the United States yesterday gave its consent and advice to the ratification of the Treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded in the City of Washington on the 22d day of February, 1819. It is understood, that the votes against the Treaty did not exceed four or five in number.

The completion of this long suspended transaction has afforded us great satisfaction. We felicitate our readers generally that Florida is now attached to the territory of the Union; and we congratulate our merchants, having claims on Spain, that they are in a fair way to obtain at least a partial indemnification of their losses.

The official publication of the Treaty will, we presume, not be delayed longer than is necessary for the exchange of ratifications. The provisions of the Treaty are so well and generally known, it having been published some time ago among the documents transmitted to Congress, that we do not think it necessary to anticipate the official publication of it by any detailed account of its contents. We know it gives us Florida, and that it provides for indemnifying our merchants for claims on Spain: these are the main points, and the garb in which these agreeable objects present themselves is not so important.