Now it was the Spaniard's turn to sound the alarm. Governor Benavides protested to Governor Nicholson. On the other side of the Atlantic a diplomatic joust was held by Newcastle and Pozobueno. England stood on the Carolina grant of 1665, which extended to 29°. Spain's reply was obvious. England could not grant what she did not possess. Charles II's paper grant had included a line of Spanish settlements all the way from Santa Catalina to San Agustin, a stretch of one hundred and fifty miles.1 In 1670, when the two nations adopted the principle of actual possession, England did not hold a foot of soil south of Charleston. The debate waxed warm. In March, 1725…