Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-13
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS.
Extract Of q lsstteri fr9as a respectable cl5Q-
vacfer Ia tle LsaIaga Tertiary, dated
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81 was lately at u stroit making arrange
nents for the conveyance Of the. mail.
if5s a bad eountry for themal 70 be car
ried through But believe there is no
b-tser route by which it can go to the same
place:-antlin case tae subject should come
before yot, would take leave to refer you
to areport which have made upon it to the
POST Master General. Itwopld conceive
DC very impolitic to discontinue the route,
as it is the only channel of communication
that the people there have with the rest OF
the union, and almost the only particular
evidence which they have Of their belong
ing to it. Their present connection with
the Indiana territory, is a most vexatious
and discouraging one. They scarcely ever
see the Judges, and almost ali civil suits
after being determined at Detroit are car
ried to port Vincennes. They are anxious
for separate government; and though
they are but few IN number, amounting [
think to about 5000, they ought to have
it:-for without it they cannot enjoy the
advantages common to other American ci-
tizens.
Their peculiar situation in political view
Likewise calls for it. It would tend to
weaken British influence, and to strengthen
the population there. Itwould have hap
by effect on the minds of the Indians, as a
regular government organized and operat-.
ing there would increase their respect for
the United States. Hwisely administered
it would also conciliate the French, ard in
time create in them an attachment to the
American republic. Nine tenths of the
population consist Of these people but
they have none Of the feelings Of Ameri-
cans.
But perhaps, there is no part of our ter
ritory where greater circumspectlon would
be requisite in the appointments of a chief
magistrate and of other public officers.
He should be man attached to the peo-
pie of America and to the government up
on principle--but without that sectarian We
hemence or narrow national spirit, which
excites alarm, and creates opposition were
it should be the study to conciliate esteem.
lie should be active in promoting public
improvements, and afording to the inha-
bitants feeling Of the benefits of govern
nent. They have now no roads, no bridg-
es, no schools. Not one man in an humid
red can speak word Of English. This
creates wall of separation which should
be broken down. A school conducted by
Catholic who speaks the English language
should be established in every settlement.
One at the river Resin, one near Stoney
creek, one near the Wyandot town, one
bStween the river Rouge and the river
Ecoste, and one or two at Detroit will be
sufficient. Their land titles, which stand
! upon four different foundations, ought to
be speedily examined into and established.
More land should be purchased from the
Indians, and encouragement given to actu-
al settlers upon more liberal terms than in
any other part of the union. The country
i is not inviting but it is notwithstanding
a fine country for raising stock; audit is Of
infinite Importance to exhibit to the Indians
BY means OF an increasing population in
that quarter, a monument at their own
doors Of the growing power Of the United
States, and to couateract any aims, which,
! in the auctuation Of poitical relations, may
be grounded either on the jealousy of the
English settlers or the disafection of The
French
1t depends, in short, upon the measures
of Congress, and upon the character and
spirit OF the government which may be es-
tablished there-whether the territory on
the lakes shall be source of wealth and
security, or mere dead weight on the u
nited States. Should it on the one hand,
be placed under the guidance, ola quiet in