The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-24

hey Contain an inmenfe number ofthe pobs
lie creditors. The Southern Rates conrair,
very few. And the Wchefn ltates alrnoA
nsns ar all.
In this part of the union. money Is ex.
tretbely Farce. The fmalisit faxes AZ. pa;d
with an effort and consequently with ,seiue>
lance.
The Blockade OF the Weftesn waters, by
ieiall Freneit fqaadror, would reduce thofe
itates TO the fame contuilon, and proportion
OF dhtreis,. which Virginia would iuaer from
a reach Acct at the entrance OF the Cheia-
peakei the Rapahsnnock and James Rircr.
o attack the French upon water, would DC
To- ruih upon deitruGtion, An attempt 20
drive ehef1 OF, of Louiiiana By land would be
an'oit as abfoiute!y deipcrate Ruteven iuc-
ccis by ,aud woald not advance the Ken
t'ickians, by one inch nearer to the reftora-
ton of their commefce with the Wet Indies.
Under this depreAlon, the prict.of lands in
Kentucky would fall At Iaait enc half Il hou-
iands, and tens of thoulands of their nh2bi-
tants, would crois the Niaiih,i TO the French
colony. Tie reG of them would have
no money; and Of ccnleauence, theS could
pay no taxes. They would IN al, probability,
flake of their connection fljtfl he Atlantic
ie would he folly for us to talk Q. reducing
then, by force.
In his cafe, congre5s would perceive the
weakness Of their former poiies, in having
1uifered the Greeks and Chcrokees 70 re,sain
apon this fde of the river. On the fri cool
nets between this cohntry aad the Eyench Co
lony, the latter would iuppiy them With arms
and arsnuntfon; and yery likely with trcons;
and t,,l.o Il. n
would be foaked with blood. That Rate
would very foon find irerfelfin imminent dan
ger OF becoming 4 province of France. She
IS too weak to defend herieif, and in safc of
indden inSaiion from Louihana, The could
not haye time 10 receive iiipply of iorcss
from the middle and eaiteIn GateSs
BY the way, Georgia has many rezfors for
being extremely dncontented with her treat
Fent from the general government. The
CONDUCT OF the itandng army in that itaee has
produced volumes OF the brtcrea Complaints
70 cengreiss They have ftized a large fra6t
Of territory, which had been CLAIMED BY
GeosgIa; and the matter is till in dfDute.
a iummary of the particulars was printed in
the fecond volume of 1bf Preibetf stfars u.
They have fnce been Ratetf in coae-cfs by
Mr. Milledges It is. bg{Fbie that ooaereis
did not, III this clfe1 a6t with iigrifice; bu<
the Georgisns think tnat they did 70; ard X
is certain that they acted with icnie degree Of
fe;potiftn. E
Fur the cafe then, which we traft will neser
happen, that 1 difference arifes between a
fedora! pretfdcnty and the ffrn conGll. The
latter, with his wonted GlenGe and prorunt;-,
sade, embarks forey thoIfand men for the
Weft Indies. Were England difpoied 70
prevent him, BuoSaparte can do il in faite of
hef* and by taking certain precautions, he can
do II, atnIoft before fhe has months warn
ing. One hall Of thcfe troops land at Sayan-
nh; and before intelligence CT their arrival
can reach Wafhington, the whole fate is re-
ductd. The entrance OF the Mififipi is
cioitd, oy french ihips Of war. Macdonald.
with twenty thouEand men, advances up the
river. be new colony flpDifes him With
abundance Of proyiEors. Horfc$f which run
wild IN imrnenic droveS, are eailY caught and
tanned before hard 10 convey his bagqape.
tils TANKS are fkirted with Kentuekfans. dat
have ter5ied on the reR&h fyde of the river.
/ ne march is d,fficult; but ehe French have
long bs@n acouItoined 20 defpife and trarnple
danger. Look 1T the hrit confIf ctarhser5np.
or !laing upon his poftsriorss over the Great
II bernard, with an Indian fleof fifty tkop-
land men ~ Oblerye lie Clerc, fweepine the
negroes Of ST. Domingo before himt And
femcm6sr chat twenty or thirty thoufand Bri-
uih troops W'aec cXtifpated in the fame filand,
ana 5,t that airnoft wlti'ont fighting IF
49,, Dc Eentuckiag$ are brave and Fariike.
hsir i15aation aRozds advantages for reiii-
sance' Bot they would fay to themleIves,
" Tor what % ject arc re going to fqtt? or
" the general gogcfrn7ent we know nothing
y Dat by the heavy price that fhe fets uoo6
" the wettern lands, and IS the take, WHICH
we pay hsrs She cannon fet open til. river,
" We are efficiently numerous 10 defend
= ourielVes; OF 70 make honorable terr,q with
the fepgg9iio The federal government
cannot fhisfd rs from France 2,d -