Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-10

iFiaamediate consequence. II 1852 vro,.-
by secret treaty neutrality-suspicious. datr
with the preliminary treaty of peace. rein
pushed Louisiana to Spain as an iufIemni.
ty for her losses, sustained BY advoc,t;n..
the cause of France By the de6nitivs
treaty Of 1853, France ceded to Enoland
all that part of Louisiana which lies east 81
the Mississippi except the island of N. Or.
leans: The rest OF the province to Spain.
1t is to beobserved thatal,hough France
ostensibly coded this country to England
virtually the cession was on the part of
Spain because France was no longer IN.
terested in the business, but as the friend
of Spain, (having previously relinquished
the whole to herr and because in 1888 re-
stitution was faade by England, not to
France, butte Spain. England having ac-,
CURED this portiono of Louisiana together
with the Spanish province Of Florida, an.
nexed to the former that part OF Florida.
which lies west Of the Apalachicola and
east Of the Perdido; thereby forming the
province of West Florida. 1t is only in
English geography, and during this period,
from 1868 to 1888, that such country as
West Florida is known. For Spain hav-
ing acquired both the Floridas in 1888, re-
annexed to Louisiana the country west of
the Perdido subject to the governor Of New
Orleans, and established the ancient bounda-
ries of Florida; the country between the
Perdido and Apalachicola being subject to
the governor of st. Augustine. BY the
treaty Of St. Ildefonso, Spain cedes to
France g the province Of Louisiana with
the same extent that it now has in the
hands of SPAIN: viz. to the Perdido--
q and that it had when France possessed it"
to the Perdido and such as it should be
after the treaties subsequently entered into
between Spain and other powers: that is
saving to the United States the country gi-
ven up bv the treaty of San Lorenzo. We
have succeeded to all the rights of France.
If the navigation of the Mississippi alone
were OF sufficient importance to justify
war, surely the possession of every drop of
water which runs, into 1t; the exclusion of
European nations from It's banks, who
would have with Us the same causes OF
quarrel did we possess New Orleans only,
which we have had with the former posses
ssors of that key Of theriver; the entire com.
rmand of the Mobile and its widely extend
ed branches, scarcely inferior in conse.
quence to the Mississippi itself; watering
the finest country and affording the best ma.
vigation in the United States; surely these
would be-aykno wledged to bs inestlmabty
valuable
Bat il is dreaded thar 70 widely extended 4
Country cannot fubfA under republican govern.
msns. If this dogma be indifpu,able, fear we
have already far exceeded The limits which VIII
onary fpecula,ias have fuppo{ed capable OF free
government. This argument, 10 far as 1t goes,
would prove that initead Of acquiring, we ought
TO divift ourfeyes of territory. If the extent OF
the republics OF Greece, or OF Switzerland, OF an
cient or ,,9dern times, is 70 be our ftaAdard, we
mail dwsdle indeed. They have formed the
BATS of ri oft theories on this fubjett. lhe &C.
quitition of the country wet of the Maitfpppi
docs net reduce US 10 the necefiry OF iettling II
now Gt for long time 70 come. twill tend 10
deRroy the caufc OF lndian wars, Whit IS may
con&,uic the alylum Of that brave and injured
race of men.
MIR. R. concluded by Spologizing for de'aln-
ing the committee 70 long He was tory tnae
he had been unable1;o comprefs his remarks INTO
aliaalcr compass.
TDebute 10 5eeoatiauta.l