Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-29

~ rs;ry.ssCts ne ut the rsfssstty - sa9pssH
Sc sss,fe. Is place those oiret, beyond all ulpf
hax a,5. NJ the same time | iiusJ be pennies
70 ssy that have not viewed tie advantages, s.oa
Poss ssh 6 tie epuntryo on che VS. Of tie i've
as some gentlrmcn appear 70 if,ve considers
tie n. This subietf is lauch corsidcrcd daa
sf,a The sast SESSION OF Congress; zat Z vii no
BE found either in the report OF the secret com
missee, which has recently been published, or il
any daeu mem, or debate that any individual en-.
,e,tsined the least w.shao obtain The province oil
louisiana. or views were Etira coah "a to New
O,4rans and the Flo.iass, aud IL NY Judgment
il would have been happy for THIS Country, il
,hry were ssiil confined w;,hin these limits. The
vast and uulnsnaae4bie sxlenr v hssh the ctsson
OF LOUIS ana vii! give to tic Untsd States
the consequent Dispersion OF our population, aid
tie destruction Of tia. balance WHICH Is is SO IN
pertant TO MAINTAIN between tie eatrn md wes-
TEN statse, threatens at 10 very diitant day, tie
suhversion Of enr urion. Fer these reasons ard
many others which Siil not detain the commit
Tee @ detail, have doubted the policy Of tie
treaty itself, when taken altogether brt the on)v
points vhichI feel myself at liber,y TO decide
aie these winch have been before explained, re-
spethhg b- couhitusionality ct the treaty, and
nnyi efe douprs on these points are $clestcdu p.
] Shall Be compelled 70 vote againf the resou-
ton Tor carrying tic crazy INTO execution.
Mr.. Middleton apolcgied Ter l.Gng al 70 LATE
sn hoar ana begged The indulgence Of the com
mittee fer ihaT, time. He laid lie would endea
vcui TO pu 10. the audatleexamp.e held Gu, By
TIE gentleman from Connecticut, VINO I'd iuG l,f
down, M. R. GrlfwoId) by comPr4fifg his OBJ
ieryations into as fnall 9 con1pais as poflble' e.
He lhould therefore nectaluIy be compelled
TO pats over tie immenfe advantages which would
be derived to the Unitcd States fiom The acquii-
tlon of territory made Ey The treaty wieh France;
nor indeed did he contidcr il fnbject thar re
CURED TO be dwell on in this houfe, as che attcnti
on Of the public had been drawn 10 if for lome
months pae, and he believed nothing new could
now be added 10 the volumes which had been
already written and circulated IN the daily
prints.
Gentlemen had noticed the report ola
committee during the last session of which
he had the honor to be the chairman, and
has endeavored to question the value OF the
acquired territory, because the report had
only contemplated the acquisition Of New
Orleans and the Floridas. 1t was certainly
true that the committee in viewing this sub
ject, had confined themselves to the imme-
diate cause of complaint, and as the right
OF deposit has been suspended al New-Or-
leans, their great object was to have this
restored as speedy as possible, and to re-
commend such measures as would prevent
a similar suspension at a future day. An
enquiry Of this kind naturally led to view
of the situation of the Western country
generally, and twas readily perceived that
the same inconveniences which had occur
red in relation to the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi, might at some future period, per-
haps not very distant, embarrass the COM
merce of the whole Mississippi territory,
the western part of Georgia, and the eastern
parts of Tennessee. Itwas seen that the
produce of this valuable country must be
carried to sea, by means of the great rivers
which rise in the Mississippi territory, but
pass through East andS West Florida BE-
fore they reach the Gulph of Mexico; and
the committee were OF opinion that those
ought if possible to be secured bytreaty =
AS one OF the committee he was free to de-
clare, that he did not at that time entertain
the most distant idea, that the almostboun-
less tract of country lying west ofthe Mis-
sissippi, could be obtained by our govern
ment on any terms, much less for the COM
paratively inconsiderable sum which we
had agreed to pay for it. He then offered
an opinion on the subject, he should have
had no hesitation to say, that the west bank
OF the Mississippi was almost incalculabie
in its value to the United States, if it was
onlyforthe purpose Of preyenting any To-
reign nation from c0I0nizinu If IF that F;