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

YAH learn iron thcrDap, I ou wi! lee thit
It is no1 25o miles nor 48 hours fail from
the Gulph of Florida, which is the pat
fage, and the only paffage, by which
convoy Can come home from Jamaica.
it ihouid moreover be obierved, thar.
in confcquencc ofthe courfe OF lbs gGiph
ttream, our hips are Obliged to bear up
in the Gulph of Mexico,r 10 within ahout
80 miles of Espilitu Santo 70 thar it
IS next 20 irnpoiiihle that . Acct, con
fixing Of go OF 40 ihips iheud cleape
the obfervation of the cruizers from that
harbour. Should ouc oar Grade, how
ever have the good fortune TO enter the
Gulph OF Florida unobleryed from Es-
piritu Santo, or frcrn the Havannah,
(Which lies on the orpoGre iide OF the
entrance chow IS it to eludc oblervations
from the inlet Of Hilisborongh, the ogher
point at which the French have planned
z naval ettabliihment The Gulph, In
this part, is not more than an hundred
miles vide, Altogether, and the chats
viii inform your lordiaip, fhat even a
tiRgIe vefel of any Comfortable fze,
cannot, in aclear day, pals unobieFveol
from che heights in rho vicinity OF Hills
borough. Thus, IN cafe Of another war,
If the French aGt with that fagaciuy and
Ylgour, which have characterized all
thelr plans aud operations, orr commu-
pfcatioa wicb The Wet India iGaa,s will
(! he conaplereiy cut of. In fat, this
new c1atlIbution of power in The weiltrn
| henliphere has totally changed the ma
nature OF our connection thcrewitb,
! " hiie thcFrcnch have the command
OF the Amazons on 0ne Eide, and Of the
Millillippi ca ihe Other while rh=y poi
ie!s the pores Of ST. Dcmjng3 and Flo-
rida, we may talk of Wet India terrific
~ and trade, bur we can ENJOY rhem
| only as VaaalS Of France.
Having now, my lord, pointed out the
nsiichiefs and dangers &c be apprehend-
cd from che ceilion of Loui.lara, It is
hardly neceilary to oblcrve llar the
cetflon irfeIiis TO be atcribcd 70 ta- peace,
bur it is Of fomc moment 70 prove tllar
It's Confirmation could not hive gaken
place without q dspertAre jfon tbs q,@-
lt'fstnaiy ayffele5, and that, therefore, thoie
Pefioas wbo approyed OF tboG. articles
are E>y no rule OF confiffency, bound TO
approve Of rhe Defnitiye Treaty.
| his celIion was nor p,abhckly known.
it was no5 officially known to youj and
your very worthy fellow Iabourer in the
work OF peace, at the time of lignjng
che preliminary articles ,S;nce Ghat
d2y,a day which viii ttaad for ever blalt-
ed in fhe annals cf England, this cefion,
Is lar at Leaf, as relates to Louliana has
beer pu3lickly and officially announced
70 the World. b. the FORMULATION OF
4 reafy(Sec Re8ilfer p. 81, Concluded
bet@een trance and Spajl, on the aft
Of March 1901, which treaty was never
PnbAihed till January I8o1(nore than
three mouths after the conclusion Of
our preliminary articles with France,)
we DOW know, rhat Spain has ceded
70 ouF cneRqy the entire poGtGion and
tovereignEy ofLouiGaaa
Now, unlefs you. lordffip ihould IL.
lift thar by agreeing to the Preliminary
Articles, this country feGgned all pre-
ienlion to interfere in, or TO enquire into
the conduit oryiews ofrhe other nations
oftbe @orld,uplels you fhouId Unfit, that
by char act, ihe forfeited all her national
rights, net excepting even fhe right
OF ieii pfeiervatiop, you mutt allow,
that the conditions OF the Preliminary
articles were, by the contra Sing parties,
viewed n connection with rho kt9s59 cx-
tent Of dominion, respectively poileaed
by rhoie parties; and as very great