Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-14

the metropolis, and OF a peop's o ~,
on the territory of the other. The fea-
lon Of this is plaufble /; where two nations
are neighbors every thing paass under the
infpetsion Of the fovereign !; the quarIeis
are as foon extinguifhed as kindled but
when the governor ola colony. calcula'.
ing upon the protection Of the metropolis,
is guilty of an aa of hofility, the wound
gets gangrened, before a phyfcian can be
called. The offended (oyereign, who a!io
thinks that the often ed will be 70 much
the more afongly Imported. as his cation
is more powerful, tries every means 10
order 10 anticipate on the holtilities which
be breads, ofes reprifals, and both cations
are ar war before any explanation has ia
ken place.
II there be Gtuation in the world
which may be attended with thcfe conle-
quences, il certainly is that of France,
when fhe is in pofeAion of New Orleans.
1t is Gtuated in fuch manner as TO block
up the great paGage towards the fea, from
great number of itates, and very ex.
tenfvc population which increales ra-
pidly.
A military government is about to be
el}ablifhed on the iiland. The general,
proud, with reafon, of the glory OF his
nation, will cah on every thing that fur
rounds him a lock of iuPeFiority; COM
merce will be degraded and merchants,
fubje6ied to the defposifm Of men who
will feek in the laying up Of riches, re-
con1pence for their Priyarions in the remote
and iulalubrious country whittier they arc
tent. The colony prefents no lawful
means of growing rich, except thoie Glow
ard progredive] Of commerce and agricuE
,urc calculated wealth for ioldiers.-v
However yigilant the mother country, fhe
will not. prevent, at that difancc, the vex-
a,ions which may be exercifed. On the
other hand, the government of the United
States will net lie able, in thoufand To-
fances, to refrain the Petuleace of the
near inhabitants bordering on the limits OF
the MiGAippi; to confne their venge-
ance wholly. and compel them TO expect
from diplomatic representation a flow juf-
tice. Haired will take place between the
two people; the bonds of friendihip viii
be detroyed, and the government OF the
United States, which ever flares the fen
timents Of the people, will be forced, by
its iituation, to alter its political reiati-
ons. Then, for the fake OF guarding
themfelyes againff their ally, for a pre-
tended ata of hoGility, they viii form a
cautionary connection with England, -
which will be Tedious in obtaining her
alliance, ard will excite her refentment
againf France becaufe 10 thar alliance
Gle will Zee the means of preferying her
commerce with America, which The now
poaeGes almoR excluiyely, fecuring her
colonies, TO be able, in cafe OF war, 70 in-
wade the French colonies, and Especially of
preventing the union of the commerce and
navy Of France and the United States, up |
on which alone France can engsatt her ma
val fuperiority. |
It may be slked, why thoie jealou6es I
which ieem 20 much to dread fortrance,
have not taken place for England in poi.
felton, Of Canada Firf, becaaie Great
Britain has prudeatly fePafated her terri
tory by natural limit which prevents
,he contact of the two nations. While |
fhc occupied the wefern potts, the United
States faw her with jealoufy, and it is
beyond doob. that hoRilities and natl
onal hatred would have been the COME
quence when. the increafe Of American
population in that part had taken place
when thofe forts were given 10, numerous
iymptoms had already manifeaed them |
ielyes.
Secondly, because the usual road of the |
exports Of the United States, being made, |