Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-17
FROM THE NEw-Yosg cAzErrH.
OF LOUISIANA.--LETrER III.

= 2OWcIS HI GuiOJC3 ia ~ ASStAis ~ ~ ~"
iiihed as kind Of manifeao for their in
formation. It is~very proper fays the
/ French apologifs that, the frongea power
inElrope hould be charged with the care
Of holding the United States in check
That is 70 fay, it is proper that we, the
French nation, who have lately become
itrong enough by land TO give laws to all
the powers in Europe, Mould ALTO have the
means of becoming the frongea power
by fea thus we ihal be enabled TO give
laws to all the maritime ffates in Europe
and America, and we ihall atonilh the
world by our difplays of moderation
and iufice-Nothiag can be more reaion-
able than the inveaing of all power in the
hards OLA Jingle nation. England may
rejoice in that fortunate eyeat, tor fhe
will be relieved from the trouble and
enormous expence Of supporting a navy.
the Swedes, the Danes, 1.-The Ruiiians, and
the Dutch, are ALTO to be prohted by the
contemplated event. They will be re-
lieved from the toll of building ihips
bove the dignity Of droger. 1t might
appear neceaary to build a few frigates
or Hoops of war for the protection Of COM
merce againa pirates, but the great nation
will take care Of that buGnefs for
their fhips alone will be worth robbing.
Such, as conceive, is the meaning or the
ipirit of the apology, for it will hardly be
difputed, that the naval fuperiority of
France is to follow as neceGary COME
qnence of her great colony in Louifiana.
The exports OF that country alone muit
increaie her carrying trade to an incalcul-
able extent. The colony will fupply her
with boundlefs materials for fhip building.
1t will render her planters in the Welt
Indies abloulsly independent of every
other nation for fpPplies of every kind.
twill enable her TO manage the whole of
her own Wet India commerce. Other
benefits Of a very fubfantial nature mutt
arife from the fettlement of LouiGana.
We know that fugar Of an excellent quail
ity is made in the fouthern part of the
province and itappears that rice, tobac-
co, cotton, and indigo, may be cultivated
there to the greatea extent. The En-
ropean markets, III all probability, will
depend on France for chief part CT their
American fupplies. What iource Of
wealth to the guardian of the Spaniih CO.
lonies What nurfery fer feamen to the
! protector of European planters in the Wet
Indies Isit to be fuppofed that a nation
70 iuf and moderate as the French; A
nation 70 little aduated by motives Of
ambition; 70 little dilpoicd TO plumber her
neighbors or incroach upon their terrific
ries, fhouId ever think of iurveying the
Spanilh mines or laying her hand upon
the little iugar iilands in the Welt Indies ?
Z In word, it is admitted that France only
needs the command at fea, command
that mutt arife from the commerce of Lou
iiiana, to make her not only the protector
of the Spanifil mines and the Wet India
colonies, but the Legislative guardian of
her antient rival.
1t cannot be iaid, with any colour of
truth, that the fettlement of Louifana is
intended to injure one part of the union in
diifineiion from another. 1t will affect
the northern and fouthern Rates in differ.
ens manner but the meaiure is equally
hurtful 70 the extremes. We are taught
by the French themlelves to look for The
operations Of a rigid navigation aef. BY
the effect of fuch regulations whensa cole
nyls iet;led ia LouiGaaa, two thirds of
the New-England carrying trade will BE-
cut off. The French may fupply thsir
own lugar plantations entirely, and they
will be our rivals in the Danith, Dutch,
Spanilh and Engtlh Iflands. Iii known
that wild horfes and mules, Of an excel.
lent quality, may be purchaled at prefeng
in hundreds at five dollars the head in Lou
ifiana. The whole Welt India marke,
!, may be amply fupplied with live flock