Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-31

that Mr.. Jef-rfon has heretofore been
ltrongly inclined TO the mott Intimate
and friendly connection with France
ard to hold perpetudlly frowning af
pef towards England that, as to the
former his maxim has been Ill fer love
and he crorlX eOrHhe, while againtt the
latter, he has not been above harboring
the mott illiber4l and violent hatred
Now, however, lince all his advances
have been bur coldly received by France,
his antilles" fish,ed, and the ardors
Of his PATTON have met with only neg
letf and di.dain; 10 fhort, fince the fair
mi(frefs of his Affections has flown her
felt, lin the ftrong language ofthe pc
st) downright Rabbing trumpet,
he turns foftly round and in the lie of
crquery, begins an amorous dalliance
with England. Our afpecf towards
England NUT be changed Infead
of fTowns and lulkioefs, we ATE 10 ogle
and leer at her with all the hrri6ce of
well painted PATTON. Such is the mean
iug of the above phrsfe, rather hiated
than exprelied it is, take H. The frlf
aep of "A gentle wooer. And, without
intending any ihiag derogatqry 10 the
modeay Of the lady, we fufpe 4 he vii
find her q Mating iot5"
| To drop the perturbation, however.
and fpeak In a palmer Aye We vii
fly without hefftation, that Great Brit
an cannot view with indifr teBce the
colonization of Louisiana by h French,
and that ihe aands ready a TIL, mo
| nent TO co operate with the A merican
Standardization in preventing an event
/, which ibe foreiees wll ultim Al -y prove
10 extremely detrimental 10 hdr as well
as 70 Us. II We are carelels of our
Mi1iippi territory. iie is n|ot Of her
jamaica or OF the ref of her Wet Todia
lilands, and The perceives they would
re CT be oct OF jeopardy if once the
French became powerful in The Flor
das mofe Especially if thel fhouId
fuccsed in conqneriny ST. Domingo.
retarded at project by nothing but
want Of money.
Since we are on this fubjeaI now be-
come 70 interefticg to the people of This
oountTy, it may be expected rha. we
ihould treat il iomewbat in detail.
Loniianna was difcovered by tie
SpanIaris in tie Sixteenth centsry,
buy fra taken pofclIi Z of by Luis
XIV of France. BY the treaty # Pa.
ris, mace il I76S bets cen Great Brrta n
France and Spain, the former obtained
a ce1ion Of The Floridas, and free
navigation Of the Mi1ifppt, define b.
line Drawn along The middle Of the
river Milliiippi from is fource to the
river Ibervile, and from thence by a
line dawn along The middle Of this
river and the lakes Maurepas and Pom
chartrain TO the fra; beGdes he river
and port of the Mobile, and all other
poheeions Of the ldtte,, on the lett fde
Of the Mdfppi except the town OF New
ORLEANS. and he iland in which It j.
| iiIuated, which was TO feInain 10 France,
provided thar the navigation Of the
MiiiillPpi was TO be equally free as well
to the iubjeds Of Great Britain as 10
thole Of Frsnce, 10 its whole breadth
and length from The faurce to The Tea,
and expreisly that part which is between
the i0and OF New Orleans and the right
bank of that river, as we'll as the paflge
both in and our Gifts mouth, In 10
Spain having taken part in our revolH-
uonary var attacked and difpo6eiTed she
Engliib Of their p Its on the MilIifippi,
which lie etAined till the peace, ard
hen by the defini,iye treaty in I7s3
Nth Great Britain, The obtained the cef
iiop OF the Floridas; of which The fill
retains pof. aion.
The neat thing we heard Of from
Spain was claim fhe fer up to the es
| cisfre navigation of the MilTiiippi !;
which The attempted to enforce by &C.
tualiy icing the property OF feveral of
cur citizens when delce nding the
Cream. In he year 1885 an inhabitant
OF the weitern country fent boat down
! the river with furs and other properly
o the amount of about 1900 dollars,
which wa al feized 1T New Orleans.
| This produced memorial from the
owner 20 Mr.. Jay, our miniaer at that
zine at the Court of Spain, but with
what effeef is Tot now known. The
State OF North Carolina drew up re-