As to the Napoleonic treaties cited by the Spanish Commissioners, they were mere matters of covenant in a special case, and were not, in my judgment, the result of any anterior national obligation.
Reid critiques the Spanish Commissioners' references to Napoleonic treaties, arguing they do not reflect any prior national obligations.
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