Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-29

lOf EfS SHH iDe H6H!We' "'eoi> $500 y
fup-;ant the iience of the toref, where
solitude held her reign in
I" .datres Vaf ard de/arts ialf."
Thefe were calculations which, 10 have
then made, would have been deemed 70
mantle. On the CONTRARY II was the To-
Der Judgment of a great portion OF th5
mott enlightened men in our couH'ry, thai
the offers Of Spain would be attended With
very beneficial effects upon cur trade !:
iuch as, in national point OF view, woo!a
produce more fold advantages than were
likely 10 ariie from the free navigation
of river, which it was believed would
not be materially wanted during the time
we were to reiinquiin It's uie.
Our ftua,ion 100 at that time ihould
not be forgotten. We were in no cir
cumAances TO contend with Spain, if fhe
had chofen 10 reiors to force for the &C
complement Of her pprpoles; oor revo-
iusion was jut ended, our government
mere found, our country exhauaed, Our
commerce in its infancy, erugsIing with ak
tie embarraiiments Of fcsnty resources at
home, and perplsxcd with all lhofe Difficult
ties abroad which grow Out Of national i'm
becility, want of capital and ofcredit. At
this criils il was that Spain, then the third
commercial power in che world, declared
her willingness 10 open TO Us her n1oit va
iuable ports, and admit our yeilrls upon
the fame terms with her own, upon condi-
ten that we would make temporary fur
render to her for IS years Of the MifiGir-
pi. The offer was certainly not without
It's temptations; the evils that light reiult
from refufaI were great; the advantages
which would flow from it were obvious
their extent incalculabie. 1t is obvious
that this was fubjett of which much ipe-
collation. would be INDUCED, and various
opinions entertained aA to the courfe proper
to be taken.
Is it then to be wondered at that feven
of the Eai9ern States lhould be Of opinion
that the negotiation offered advantages
which fhould be accepted Of And is
there either genrrofty or juaice in impu-
ting to them on this location want Of
fgiendihip and due confederation for our
WeNern brethern We fear that such
fufpicions have been bur too fucceisfully
and fer TOO long time iDeilled into the
minds Oft Wefern people againlt the
Ea6ern. We fpeak with much confidence
then, when we fay that there was nothing
in the above ,ranlattion warranting the
liberal representation made by Mr..
Munroe and revived by Mr.. Randolph,
thar the Eatern itates were on that oc-
cation influenced BY an unfriendly dipofsi-
on towards the interets of our Wefern
citizens, or that any other local conGde-
rations gave bias TO their opinions.
It'll hoped that the attempt here made
to place this affair in 1gs proper point of
view, will meet with he attentive con.
liberation of every rehetiing man, what
ever may be his particular fyf}em Of poll
tics this is one of thotc fabjetts, in the
conaderation Of which parry frfe ought
not TO mingle all hould unite in meafure
of common defeoce in fupport of the
common interefs and honor of the coun-
try. Ard we venture to fay that when
ever the time may come that lhall render
i, ncceaary, the inhabitants of the Wet
will find their Eaaern brelhern, however
they have been advifed to fulpett them as
teder0lfs, as ready at leait as their South.
ern friends, to render them prompt and
efeaual aid in aGerting and enforcing
all their lawful rights and privileges.
From The BALANCE.