The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-18

Iheic obiervations tend to flew, that the
| republicans were not Indifferent to the fate of
New Orleans. They only flew the differ
encc which has always exiitcd between the
habitual timidity OF the one party, and the
vocational TEN Gritty OF the other, The federals,
IKE 'nad'nen, but ike men of courage, were
Tor buriting open the front door of holtiity
ne repubhcans are now attempting TO illeall
mat the back door of bribery.
Mar. Wood proceeds to lament the weak
puiliianimouS mea'ures Of government. He Ia
nents, and we dare fay, with the pured inten-
'ions, that ~ eworlcauS had not been fcized by
the CITIZENS otthe United States Ii is i;npon;-
ole 90 recopciie tuch plan with any fvitcm of
| pohucat mo atty that we have vet heard az
II IS true, that the itoppage of the navigation
was an act OF peridy, and of iniuitice: bur
upon the fame principle, America MIGHT. g.
years ago, have declared war, at once, agaihf4
| France and England. Both thefe n0u,cre
were i,zing our ihipS by hundreds, or ,er
haps, by thoufands, and impre 9;np, and
fometmes numbering our {eamen. No
fuch act of madnefs was, however, con-
tempated let, an American Gtilor upon
the Atlantic is entirely as much entitled 70
the protection OF his country, as Ali Ameri-
Z.
/ here was another precious rcalon for with
ing TO feize upon New Orleans, befdes the
itoPpage Of the navigation OF Kentucky.
his was, hat Spain had transferred the ter
ritory to France. She had entered into no
engagement, at leaf have heard Of none,
by which fhe rad bound herielf to tie United
States, not to make fuch transference. We
had, therefore, the very fame moral right
TO ielze upon Mexico ana Peru, if his Catho-
lie niaJeity rad thought proper TO beffow them
upon the hrit Coniul. But the truth is, that
the capture of New Orleans was recommend
&c, bscaute it was thought eaiy TO be accom-
pihed. 1bi5 IS tbe eternal morality IF ma
fioHs. A. the fame timc, every hittoran, in
order that ne may be able to fell his romances,
hlds it necefiary 10 allure his countrymen that
they are The u2off virtuous people in the world
ne Virginia Gazette Coacudes with OBJ
isrving, and from man OF ienfc, the Offer
vatiop Is attonilhing that if New Orleans
bad been taken, the United States would have
nothing TO fear fromf rance or Spain. Stranaei
S4Ppoie that three thoufand Kcnuckians had
been placed there as a garrifon, would they,
tofiooth, have had nothing to fear from
general Flctor, iii mbarkng, TX weeks after,
at the head o; ten or fifteen rhouland men :
ne OBJECT OF this article is nor TO cen(ure
the Virginia Gazette, but to dilcourage, as
much as pcGblc, all ideas of warfare. We
matt repeat 1t gain and again, t,lat dis coun-
tfyis by no means match for France, and
that. in the very hrlt wear If the war, the Al
lantlc itates would Tote twenty zines as much
as they can ever hope to gain by supporting a
connection with Kentucky. The citizens
OF the ionth wsttcrn territory are probably the
mott war-like III the Union They are uni.
verbally acquainted with the uie Of firearms
and if they are forced into quarrel with the
French colony, their perfonai bravery, and
th3 ftrengrh OF the country cannot fail Of
infuring them refpeGtable terms.
We are conlcjous Of having efpoufed the
unpopular Gde of the ftory, but We are in the
basi5 Of tacriflcing every thing ellc to the
coniciouinefs Of publifhng truth
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