Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-10
LOUISIANA.

-, &c 'iie oilcnlil)n on
the dehaitlve treaty in the Birth HANK !.
OF Commons on the 18th May, o5f,rss a;'
that :" The celEon of Louilaoa nsy. 80
led for his notice, but it was Of l,sh , v va,l
magnitude, that il almoa deferred him
from laying any thing abouti,. ". ,'.'4
neatly given France poGedion Of {oa',t t
part OF the globe: we had eaabllbsI
them in spaGellion which but E, hi, ,bsu
could not have had. lie did not mean
lay that they were no, in ioms n.,ar,
ceabllihed there at a former period III,
they had NOT polleiions there before bn,
certainly nothing in comparifon with VIA,
they podeG-d there now. He did no,
msaa 10 fay that the French, placed i
that continent, with an inde6nite willcr
neis behind them, could fudden!y becon.
powerful there bat what had we done,
We had given them poG.llion Of the two
greateis rivers in America, the M;GG,oi
aud the Amazons, the one giving the com.
mand OF North America, the Other Of S
America: we had given them the p,iief
felton, of both, and had made them IRE.
tent of a brace of continents. In what &.
tuation mutt this country be placed il con.
leqaence Of iach celioa, which he feared
would prove the ie.erea blow wehad ever
tu'tained There were Gsyersl other points
which 1t might be neceaary to aycrto,
the principal Of which was the non.revyal
of former treaties. This was a complete
iubverdon OF former praaice, and of what
mutt be conadered as the public law o!na-
tions, and it was incumbent on thoie who
had done it, to flew that it could be done
with iafety. They were to thew that
ffch an om,liion could be made wi,houtin.
Jury they were to chew that it did not
effect Our intereas at the Bay of Honduras,
and above all, that it did not flake the
foundation of our power in India. With
refpet to India, he was glad there had
been fome preliminary difcaaion upon thai
lubject; his hon. friend (Mr. Duadas) had
ihewn, BY the change of his opinion, the
uncertainty which exiaed as to the faals
felf. The mans which France poacfed to
carry their yaa plans into execution, wee
ala. It indefinite; they food PoAefed ots
large portion Of The TWO continents OF A.
merica, Whit to the power they PoHsHed
there we had little mean: Of reGltaace.-
Added to this, their powet IN America
gave them an inmenfe influence over the
Ameticsn hases; we were perfectly aware
what growing poser the U, States OF
America was, and if they were to be pla-
ced in the hands of France, lurely there
was more than ever realon to be jealous
He really believed, however, itEanss as
il might appear, that great part Of tns
appropriations 10 this fatal treaty was loand'
ed upon the fanciful opinion that France
would be 70 far occupied with the eoa'
queits lhe had made, as to give no infer
ruption 10 our commerce and manufactures
how fuch an opinion could be entertained d.
he was at a lois to know. 1t teeHe0 a.
if we had kept our terms, but lot 0ul e .ols
France had ihewn a determined daPohua
20 attain univerfal empire, in pufiua'' sl "
With lhe would dearoy this country 'o'
Being neceGarily part OF hef F' -.
France difplaycd her fentimenss upon s '1
fubleef he had marked out her pan a.. a"'
taken her petitions, and this 70 es. ~ 'h.,
tha, her objest could not be nll' az 70
We hadai war farms, now We arc y
have war of cuaom houles; the a'.a; ;ae
Of France, which was lately MADE aS'. .ts
our territories, were now levelleo a. r tj
commerce Of the Birth empire. i"'I
being the Gtuation Of France, It fsl;1. 81
to be enquired what was the atas :; 3D. u
Great Britain, and what lhe coulo c cG,
vhat lhe ought to DO. In e = p, .;%s
this point, they NUT take into TO-. tl's country
what had been the exertions Of THIS e c.a =
what were the feelings which haa . y .ass,se
routed by thoie exertlons, and "na se,,;oa.
;.aar, e,ro,ad &c 70 our future exe's'','