Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-13

=
New Orleans, may be intereaed IN their
commerce inaead Of going to Englano
their capitals will go TO France Inc
latrer will have all the advantages OF
4 colony without theexpence Of rapport
mo i. and the money, which American
aesisity obtained from the SPaniards.
would 90 to France for England, which
has not the fame means and which pays
higher duties could not fopply thoie goods
OF 70 low rate.
But fhould France, on the other hand,
refolve to keep the iland, great proper
tion Of the capitals Of the commerce OF
New Orleans, which are ESPECIALLY IN the
hands Of the Englilh and Americans, will
materially take the courfe which the Y.
States lhall FIX, and that mutt be rival
place of commerce with New Orleans,
which being rid of the yexations COME
quent upon military government, at
diaance from the lovereign, will draw,
10 fpite of all the advantages OF its iltua~
'tion, the whole commerce OF which the
other is at this day the centre.
The boundaries efablilhed between
Spain and the United States, and very
lately between the Englih and Spanilh
polleflions, have deprived the inhabitants
of Lou,Gana Of their harc of the fur trade,
which it mutt be confefed was not, nor
could ever be, very important, as the
peltry of the fouth is Of but little value,
the few ikins are Of no importance to con-
merce, as may be feen in the tables OF
importation of New Orleans. Goods are
ever to be transported from the Mifliflippi
into the United States in that way.
In theie considerations ] have kept no
account of the pains, expences, and lois OF
men, which are inleparable from new fet-
elements in a marlhy country, and a burn
ing climate lnvafion of the Indians; the
inlurFeesion of Aaves the differentiation
of the troops; the abufes committed by
| officers, remote from the iovereign's vigi-
liant eye. All tEefc inconvenieness unit
ed, or only few Of them, are enough TO
! top an undertaking, and ruin iettle-
ment. A very important obferyation is
| however, to be made, ard that is CT iome
weight. Many of thofe who will carry
| ,heir families to Louiiana, obferying that
the lands are as cheap on the American
tide, will prefer iettling there, even in
time of peace Tome, became they will
prefer the government OF that country,
others BY caprice, others through lpite,
or to rid themlelYes from a military go.
vernment, fuch as that of Louiiiana mutt
neceiiarily be. That with mutt be gene
raj in cafe Of war between France and
England !; for admitting that the latter
maintains her naval iuPeriority las have
already proved in@another place lhe mutt,
unlefs France changes her commercial g-
ten, in order to eftablah it upon more
liberal principles the mouth of the ME-
hfippi will be blocked up, and the plant
ers in the French colonies will be reduc-
ed to the grcatelt difrels, while thole Of
the u. States will derive from the war
the greateG benefit.
! Then it will be that great part Of the
capitals brought from France to Louiliana
will pats into the United States, where
are found farms already cleared, for one
halfof what it would have coe French
planter to clear his: becaote an Ameri-
can, familiarized from his infancy to the
ufe of the axe, has acquired dex.erity
and mu(colar frength which are never
obtained by man ufed to other buff.
nek.
! The experience of the paa is wholly in
fupport OF thefe obfervations. Though
iestled for one century, Louifana has ne
yerprofpered under either the French or
the Spanifh government. And one halt
Of the confercc of New Orleans is nov
carried on with American capitals, under
the guarantee of their treaty with Spain.
AS fn0n nc The French ,v;u r,foot /, r;u,i