The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-09-29

easeraels for our ruin, chat they totally
overlook the danger and difgrace which
mu[t 5hereby be brought upon them
lelYlq,
i1is true, indeed, that thefe fenti-
uerlS are entertained Only by the demo
cratf1 parey, the party of 5ehefion; but
fccoilett, my lord, this party has now
ohtainc2 complete alcendancy. 1t IS
the parry that rules, and that will rule
for many years to con1e. Your treaty
has not only transferred 20 France OR
riches art oor power, but OH friends al
70, in every parr Of che world, and par
ticCslarly IN the American States. THIS
is, as IL fhould be; contempt is the Juit
reward Of cowardice they WHO have
deferred thcir friends mutt expect 10
be deferred n return. Whenever your
loralhip may with to know why Eng
land is now universally defetted and del
piled, ak Portugal, ak the king Of SaE-'
DINA and if they ihouid remain iilent,
! conjure up the names CT the murdered
ToyaElts at La Vendee.
Thirdly, as n mi'.fcry md nssvn5 fgG-
sioH, Louitiana and the Floridas Preient
chemlcives to us in light i}ill more
alarming, than either Of the other
two, under whichw we have alfeady conf
dertd them
With refpett 20 the UTnite4 5fzter g5
Aa8eica, France viii, for long time
at leaf, make military and naval power
lublcrvienr to her commercial view.
Hernew poilrioa operates as a conttant,
though llicnt menace againit the union
Of thoic itates, which, while 1,e can ZEN
der the nj uie iii il the injuries which The
! meditatrs againiE ENGLAND, it wall never
DC hcr inrerca 10 divide. Indeed INT: fees
IN the United States the notf formiia-
Ole rival Of Great Britain, III matters
Of commerce and navigation, and for
thar reaion. as we'll as Cor the purpofe
ofinfuring their adm future wars ag1in{t
lis, 1,e will take ipcc;ai care rot 10 bur
~, into any neafure againft chem, thar
may have che appearance Of holtiiity,
thar may inl'are saelr ingeeeit, or wound
their pride.
But, towards Canada, fhe will look
wirfl very different. eyes. Thoie who
knew any thing ct The Northern boun-
sfaries Of i.oiiliana, mutt perceive, shat
the cenIon Of thar country TO France,
enables her, at any hour fhe may choofe,
to enter into our laft Remaining pro
viuces in that part Of the world; where,
/ am 3orry 70 FAY TIA vaf majority Of the
natives would receive her with Infinite
Joy. DIR. Becke and Sir Frederick Eden
vii comfort your lordlhip by infilting
that Caraca is NOT worth pref-ryin2. A
galnit tuch politicians there is no argu-
meat 70 be oppoiedj andif colonies be
really butden, j! the fur trade OF Cana
da, and tie market for our manufactures.
which that country affords, be alioa bur
den, We have the iatisfa6tion 10 know,
tAat they are burden from which we
ihaIt probably, very ioon be relieved.
Sir AieXander Mackenzie has clearly.
li'ewn that the principal 1ca1 of the fur
trade IS at the lourccs of tfoie rivers
~fiich fall ioco the Miffippi, and thar
tholc who have the command of that RI
vcr, and are dlipolcd 20 employ it for the
proiccunon of dis trade, may cafly
nlonorojizc il. There WANTS no new
cttabll(l2uents, NY lord, to transfer this
trade TO France. HE indians, who hunf
for the furs, and the Canadians who col
le6t them, are already on the fpot, and
arc much more attached to France than
to England, When, therefore, the whole
country, and the Mifimppi which flows
through tha5 country to the Gulph Of
Mexico, arc in the hands Of the power