Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-20
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Stance. thereof, and all treaties nal -
Which. shall be made under the authorize -
the Cnitcd States, shall be tiie s.,nrevoa
lawof the land.o But a treaty 70 be thu.
obligatory must not contravcne the coost;
tattoo, nor contain any s;ipula,ions wh;cl.
transcend tie powers there IN given to ,ba
presidentsan1 Senate. Ihe treaty betwees
the United States and tie French Renpb.
lie, protesting to eede Louisiana 10 the q.
nited STATES, appeared % him 10 coat,i,
such an excpptiasm!le stipulation stjn,
layion wnicilcannot be executed By any an
thority now existing. Iris declared ;ptb,
third article, that s. the inhaa::. ants Of t,s
cedetl tcrfilorv, shall be Incorporated inths
Union Of the United States" Bat ncitbs,
the President and Senate, nor the Pres;
dent and Congress- are competent to sue,
an act OF incorporation. lie believed thar
our administrator admitted that this incor-
poration could not be effected without a,
amendment OF the constitutions. And ba
conceived that tbs necessary a!aendmen.
could not be MADE in the ordinary mode
by the concurrence Of two thirds OF bot5
Houses CT Congress, and the rati6canon
by the legislatures Of three foultI!s of the
several states. He believed thea assent re
each individual state to be necessary for
the admission Of a foreign country as an
associate IN the union: in ike manner rs in
commercial house, the consent Of each
member would be necessary, to admit
new partner into the company. And whe-
Their the assent q every state to such an IN
dispcnsible amendment were attaiuable, was
uncertain. But the articles OF atreaty were
necessarily related to each other; the sti.
pulation IN one article being the considera-
ton for another. IF, therefore, in respecr
to the Louisiana treaty, the United States
fail 70 execute, and within a reasonable
time, the engagement in the third article,
(to incorporate that territory into the uni
on the French government will have
right to declare the whole treaty void. We
must then abandon the country, or go to
war to maintain our possession. But, it
was to prevent rvar that the pacific measures
Of the last winter were adopted-they were
to clay the foundation for future peace"
Efr. Pickering had never doubted tbs
right Of the United States to acquire new
territory, either by purchase or by con.
guest; and to govern the territory SO &C.
CURED, as adcpendent province. And in
this way might Louisiana have become
territory Of the United States, and havere.
ceiveda form OF government infinitely pre-.
ferable to that which lis inhabitants arc
now subject.
There was another serious oil aion othis
treaty. It purpnrt7d to contain sc.ssi2n Of LOU.
slana 20 the Uatted States. The fret s,liele had
often been read snd commented upon YET he
begacd lsave to reisr TO u once more. l:w.s
therein stated HAT By the al Aztec d tic peaty
IF s.. Iidefonso, madA tl- first oi O:t,ber, 1906.
toe king Of spain ,o,emyta and esfqSsa on r..
tain foadli0,ss, . u cede 70 tbc Fsench RePut-
lie, she ccoay or pfovifce ot Een;sana VIII
tlle sane extern thar It shen lad in The bands OF
S ,ain, n Jtxt il isd wbeo feaoee possessed It,
AID such as il should &c aficr tue trcagies sa~
seqeentiy entered INTO bet~eca Spr2 ara o
Il ef States. Nov, n or t0s n.fs flrdlfiaR'
a. FIgWyS ~ opa.H VIC 'tot |'''N'
tiiat she Fyench republic a d aniaco@es'lo' ''.s
&c th2~coua1yS pacsrtakes 70 cedes L,t's'ai.a 70
,he United taies: aNd how does be cede II =
g N tic same uanlef sit had been .acqHdeoOf
the french ,cpablic in virtue OF the above men.
tioned trrsly with Spain Tina; IS By f"''
fea'y, france acqaned figbt q dfnaa5 aG E..
f4sl e1ssjm Of The ;erri,ory, ofevided SIS laS,.l
al i1f cardifisnl On With Span roata0 F"
eece. Bat NC know Spain dee!a.es thtt ''','
conditions h@se not bSen fully p>f.orH'l 49,
by Der renonsfr2n9cs, watas s!ie Ua.tei o'A",
not to solch Louisiana. Now we, (sraad .
some gentlemen have expressed thea's6I7sSi -. -
the shyes Of France, csp,iiave only the saas i5p'
reiltlee 70 the snhjcct il qaesrion. W can -"
Ct SAP an actnal ces8on, or q testtma'Ff '
s.e ejsnn we have purchased q tae FIe"cn -