The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-22 00:00:00

CoNDUCc OF THE UNITED STATES.

As the followin,,z letters have appeared in The
.31...)rning Post, they may well be supposed to have
been de,ived from a respectable authority, and
uore certainly entitled to the attehtion of 1111 E-

-ropean S:tatesinen in no ordinNry degree

(II A LESTON, MAY 1.

" The fate of Eao "Plot ida is still onc•riain,
lint the Am,ticans tI t poi difooiise their deterini-
li.tion to possess i• Whir iii the name of coin.
mon seose are the Ilrit;sli Cabinet about ? Can
it he so blinded as not to perceive the conse-
qoen,rs Ohio n:tist re.olt from the occupation of
the Floridas l,y the United States. The latter are
tione alive to the advantages connected with the
possession of this territory, anal, tinder these im-
essions, during the administration of Mr. Ma-
Oi:on, a set rot law was passed, authorizing the
silent to direct its seizure, in the event of its
ce•,ion to, or ocenpatioo by, a foreign Power be-
ing contemplated. 1 his law has been recently pro-
niul,rated, hut, wanting a better pretext for the
violation of the Spanish property, they have car-
ried on a star of extermination against the Semi-
nole Indians, anti are prosecuting it in the inte-
rior of West Florida, where they have already
seized the fortress of St. Mark's, not tar front the
part of Pensacola. The Spanish Commandant
NV is riot capable of resistance, and had'only to
-fl-'we his protest to urbito eiry pi-out:ethos,
11 is expected that the next accounts will inform
us of their beirg on the River St. John's-. St.
Augustine may he maintained against •them,
provided the Spaniards bend them supplies ne-
cessary to its support. Pensacola, the Bay
elf Appalachicole, of Tempo, and Bona Grande
on the ‘Vest side of the Fluriclas, are ca-
pable of r:eceit ing the largest ships of war ;
end on the East there are several inlets
from whence innumerable privateers might annoy
tire trade through the Gulf stream. In tact, the
lint ted States, by possessing the Floridas, may
control the whole of the commerce of the Gulf of
IMexiio, and Great Britain mus. hazard the loss
of her West India Colonies by going into a future
war with America. On the contrary, by possess-
ing those provinces, she could effectually check
the immeasurable ambition of this enterprising,
but not always honest, Republic. The town of
New Orleans, situated at the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, promises to become tire emporium of
colioncice in the Western world, and the rapidity
of her progress has outstripped the most san-
pane calcniations. If you refer to the map, you
will find that the whole of her European com-
merce must pass round .the promontory of East
Florida, and he tributary to the political charac-
tf-r of that pros ince. Under these circumstances,
Great Blitain, in possession of Florida, might
de,..troy her tratfe, or protect it, on condition the
Alississi..pi and Louisiana divisions of North Arne-
tica should separate from the Union. Our Cana-
dian poss. Nsions wonld, by this means, acquire an
extraordinary consequence, by being united with
the Suuthero divisions of North America.

r" !ASTON, .31:=.!,.

t, The „,rl,r European Governments
respc•cting the Floridian are as yet unknown i but
r,ally believe they will not permit the United
States to occupy these provinces. Aware of their
vast portical importance, these latter, however,
:we making every preparation to stize them, and
unless the European Powers are prompt in their
measures, the chance of defending them will be
lost. You ate already aware of the war carried
f) 11 against the Seminole Indians by the United
States.

" It is a war • of extermination, and Jackson,
the United States' General, is not averse to se-
cond the destructive policy of his government.—
The savage race is certainly untractable ; but I
believe these poor unfortunates are goaded into
their cruel retaliations by the Backwoocnen,who
are as ferocious and as uncivilized as these savages.
themselves. I have it from the authority-of their
fellow-citizens, that these Backwoodmen have as
little remorse in killing an Indian as they haVe in
k Wing a dyer ; and they have been known, in
returning from the chace with their rifles loaded,
from mere wanton cruelty, to shoot down, these-
miserable beings ; and, although the penalty of
death is attached to the crime, yet, snch • is the
relaxed admiaistration of their laws, that they go
unpunished ; in tact, no Officer could be found
capable of executing the process of the law, for
his sacrifice would be the certain consequence of
such an attempt.
Jackson, in his progress through the Floridas,
after the Indians, has disposses,sed the Spaniards
of the fortress of St. Mark's, on the Bay of APpa-
!oche, and, it is said, has sent a detachment
against Pensacola. They have not as yet made
any advance beyond Amelia Island, on the Al-
'antic side of East Florida ; but the Commander
of that Island, with whoin I am well acquainted',
informs me, that he daily expects orders to march
upon Sr. Augustine. IVere the Governor pro-
perly supported, there is no doubt but he would
give his assailants a very worm reception.
There are, however, strong reasons to con-
clude that his garrison cannot be depended
upon. You may rely upon it, that if the
United States occupy the Floridas, the whole navy
of England, in the event of a war, could not pro-
tect the trade of the Gulf stream. Such is the
importance of. the position to the American
'Union, that I believe they would even hazard a
war with all the Powers of Europe, rather than
see these Provinces in the bands of Great Britain,
for, in that event, the IVestern and Atlantic States
would soon be compelled to separate themselves
from the rest. The American people, in their politi-
cal capacity, have advanced more rapidly than any
community, either in ancient or modern history,
and, if unchecked a few years longer, they will
be more powerful than any European nation.—
Every nerve is strained to realize all the advan-
tages they possess. Their internal improvements
u,tc rapid, and well planned. The division of
the legislative power among the States, in all
matters inlet esting to their local character, is
of iumbense advantage, and relieves the general
Government of a mass of business through which
they could not hope to wade during a session,

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and I conceive this to De the Maio support of this
federative system, which is no longer problema-
tical, but certain, in the utility of its operations.
Although 1 admire the system, and accord with
many of the results, which are peculiar to itself,
yet there tor, in the present state of things, many
Ilefecis to he.observed, which remain for future
time and Wisdom to remove. But, On the whole,
the perfection to which the political institutions
of those people have attained does them infinite
credit, and promises to phdre them one day at the
heAd of the most glorious nations of the earth."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

tOtiti` OF CHANCERY, JULY 21.

The Loßr CHANCELLOR, this day, on coming
into Court, addressed the Bar on the present
practice which -existed in it, respecting the at tend-
ancc of parties. His Lordship adverting to a few
observations made by him on the former day, de-
clared his determination, in future, to strike Out
of the paper all motions in which the Solicitors
had not filed their briefs before Wednesday ; but
this order, his Lordship observed, was not meant
to extend to those cases in which leave had been
specially obtained, nor to those in which all
persons were at liberty to • make; at any time the
Court sat, any application by motion. If, as hid
frequently happened, none of 'the Counsel ap-
peared when called on, during the Seal, his Lord-
ship declared he wm.1,1 ;n-ne,qm,ly put an end to
it, tor, said his Lordship, " 1 will not any longer
he trifled with in this manner : it is the duty of
Counsel and Solicitors to attend when their causes
sre called on, and I am determined to enfOrce the
present order, for, to say the least of the prac-
tice of which I complain—it- is very wrong to
make applications to the Covert," and when they
are called on for hearing not to be in attendance."