Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-09-10
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LOUISIANA.

A> LOUISA A ~ A.
IL Y ne Prosia;aa,iou sf the Governor Of
~ Lonifiana and Wei Fotida, and the mar
quis ~ Gaia Sssvo, il appears, thar the eitsb-
hlhneat from Msacha or ibcryiile river (shich
fcpna,ss the lil,nd of Nc~-Orleans from the
continen,) as far as the line OF d,viii,n ls. AL
bet~een the Anericsn territory ,ai the do
ma:ns os the King Of Spain, re'rsins t,iblect 10
his Catholic Msjsay, and !. annexed TO Wet
Florida. T'hi, trip Of copo,ry. which inter.
venes between tho United Stz,esand the newly
acqui'ed ,crriiory of L,uilans. is undoubtedly
the obFa Of Mr.. M,uros's milton to The
couri OF Madrid. The folio sing extraas from
the vGsiop, treaties bctwsen ts,nce. Sp,in.
England snd ihe United States. refpeding thefe
coootries. may at this jantiure, no, prove un-
inre0eing 60 the reader. By the treaty ot Pa
ns, in I,6,, France ceded 10 Great. Britain,
Csnada, Cape Breton, &c. and thatipsrt OF its
Amcricp poacilions on the Miaihpp lying on
the cse fyr. frsm in foufcrts the Ibberville.
and boss,'ed fontherly by a line drawn throcgh
the middle of laid river, fhe lakes Msureps, "
Pontchsr'rain 20 the fea with the river and
pof, OF Mobile; teferving to herfsIf the iilapd
OF New Orleans. which together with the pro-
vince Of Lccifians, lying on :he wen fide OF the
river. France hcrtly afterwards ceded to The
King OF Spain BY the laid treaty OF 1863,
Spain cedcd to Great Britain, Fioridz with Fort
81. Auguaire and the Bay of Penfacols. as well
a. ali that he poG, aed on the continent OF
North-Am.'ics. 10 the eaG or foutheAa Of the
river Msaidepi. Crest Britain, by the dehni-
tive ,rray OF peace of 7S,. with 'the Uniied
States, conveyed TO the lsttcr, among Others that
pof.ian Of its forncf American poiIsfiicn, con-
usssk E.~ de-. hs lr ~
thu Mglkppi from ito iource tiIl Il interfetts
the hossirsan1na part of she !, ~ dsgrre of
north latitude. fstherly by line running due
esis from rfe aforeiaid point along faid !, q de-
, gree north q the equstor, 20 the middle Of the
river Apaschicois or Catabouche, thence sioog
sae middle thereof 10 its Junction with the Flint
River. thence fraeht TO St. Msyi river TO
the Atlantic Ocean, forming the prefent weA.
ern and iouthern besndsries Of fhe Uniird
S,ates.-By the treaty of Vrffaiiles in 1888,
b-fween Great Britain and Spsiu, the former
ccdcd ADD guarsp'ed to his Catholic Msjehy
EAT and Weh Florida. Alter the peace Of
i7s3, af,rr the weacsn wiIdcrncis became fet-
tied, aad popslsion and agriculture incres'ed,
difposes asofc between the United States and
Spain concerning the right Of navigsfiog the
waters OF fhc Mifidppi. sod the boundary lire
between Wea Fl,rida and oss foutbcfn terSito-
ry. Th.fe Differences ~hich excited coaiider-
able sgissiion At the tine. we're AZ length sni-
carly fstisd by the treaty OF San Lorenzo del
Real. 10 1905, ~hersby the boundary line be.
tween the Spapiih Colonies and the United
States vm confirmed sgrreably TO the dehhitive
treaty OF 1888, and the free navigation of the
MiEi6ppi, in its whole breadth from ito forrce
to.the ueaan,. vas fecured 10 onr citizcns, to-
eefher with right 10 dspoGt and export their
! neSchsndizes and efFsets in the port OF New
Orleans, for the fpace Of three years from The
date OF the treaty, with profnife either 10
continue This permi1ion, II not toand prrJndi-
cial 10 the infcfeAs OF Spain, or the Alignment
Of an equivalent eesbliihment on another part
Of the banks Of the M,Ei6ppi.. The interfnp-
tion Of the tight to depoht, with the diic-niert
thar followed, ssc svenu TOO recent TO need re-
espstslssion. The confeqrences that have sn-
fssd ssreed an poflible sntieipafioh. and the
'ccfIioS ef the ifland Of New Orleans together
with the sImoR bopadleis province Of Louihsus,
prcfsnt iucslcuisbie feiovrces Of wealth. and
profrrify TO oor enterpsi6ng cnon'fymen.
L~rif,ns. 40 cedsd by Ffsnce to Spsin, and
receded wv ,he latter to the former. sod usni-
fetrcd nv the late tresty TO the United States ex
sends from rhe Mifisppi along the Cslph of
Mexico 20 shc Rio Bravo or Rio del Nosd, IN
north h.s'issde z6. ~, being sbost mid -disance
tr.wesn New OfIear, ard Vera Cruz. Thi,is
svery eos6ie.sb'e river extending far into the
iorrrior, m which Ssa'a ~ 10 iifoase nesfy IN
,be pars!lcl of the Junction Of the Ohio and Mif-
aGppi The county between the Rio Bravo
sod ne MHiGypi h,s been bar little ex x9lored,
che Srsni,sis b-ing very JEALOUS of any inter
cocsie, by lsud. with theis colonies. II IS re-
psefrnsos o. fertile. temperate, and sbospdng
N sih bcrf-s and horned cstiIe. The shole
RI ih;s Iover econ',y rsH he exceedingly IA
vorssas 10 fhe cuitivs'ion os the fsgs csne.
A. 'his rive, run. foo,hesaeriy couds. the
yrovince of Loui6,na enlrges in br<ith ., II
sdvsre.s northward. The boondsdes towards
the Pseisc ssd north pole, unlsi circumf-ribed