Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-04-22

ger than the light OF the day viii last,
Notwithstanding my effort to comprise
what have 70 say in the smallest COM
pass. As 10 the western states, the ef.
feets win Be remote and immediate.-
Those more remote may be examinedun-
derfhe two-fold aspect of peace and war.
lnpeace theywiil suffer the diminution Of
price for their produce. The advantage
ofsupplying the French, Dutch and Spa
pish colonies mayat first sight lead to
different opinion; but when the port of
New-O Orleans IS shut to all but French
ships, there willnolonger be that compe-
tition which now exists and which al
ways results in the highest price that
commodities can bear. The French
merchants have neither the large capitol
nor have they the steady temper and per
severing industry which foster COM
mercer their invariahie object In trade
10 to acquire sudden wealth BY large pro-
ST; and If that cannot be done, they aban-
don the the pursuit Cor some new object.
Certain Of the market, and certain Of the
Increasing supply, they willprescrihc the
price both 10 those who cultivate and to
those who consume. Such win be the
effect in peace. In . war. with England
the attention Of her fleets to cut OF sup
plies from her enemies must necessarily
affect the price of produce in still great
or degree; and in a war with France it
win bear. no price at all, until New-Or-
leans shah be wrestsd from her grasp
Add to this the danger and the devastati-
on from the troops Of that country, aided
by innumerable sayages from the western
wiids. Such being the evident effects to
Dc produced in times not far remote, the
present evil follows from the anticipation
of them. The price of land must be
reduced from the certainty that its
produce win become less valuable, The
food of emigration to those fertile regi-
ons must cease to how. The debts In
CURED in the hope Of advantageous sales
must remain unpaid. The distress Of
the debtor must then reeoil on his credi-
torand from the common relations Of So
ciety, become general. = :. -
What viii be the effect ON the south
ern states e.! Georgia, Carolina, and the
Mississippi territory are exposed to in
.vasion from the Floridas and New-Or.
leans. There are circumstances in that
portion of,America which render the in
vasion easy, and the defence difficult.
Pensacola, thonehz the climate be warm,
isamong the heaithiest spots on earth.
Not only large garrison, but an army
may remain there without hazard. At
Pensacola and St. Augustine forces may
be assembled to operate in that season
oftheyear when the morasses which Sc
parate them from our southern frontier
no longer breathe pestilence. By what
are those armies to be opposed? Win
you call the militia from the north to as
sist their southern brethren! They are
too remote. win you to secure their
5seasonable aid, bring them early to the
feld, they are ordered to defend? They
must perish. The climate more fatal
than the sword win destroy them before
they see their enemy. The country adj
joining our southern frontier is now in
possession OF the most numerous tribes
Of savages we are acquainted with. The
access to il from New.O Orleans and the
Floridas is easy and Immediate. The
toys and gew-gaws manufactured in
France WILDE scattered in abundance to
win their affections and seduce them
from their present connexions. The Ia
lents of the French to gain the good win
of the sayages is well known, and the
dispositionSof those uneultured men for
war Is equally notorious. Here then is
q powerful instrument Of destruction
which nnay Be used against you with ru-
nous effect. Be6des, what IS the po-
puiation ofthe southern states !. Do YOU
not tremble when you look at It! Have
we NOT within these few days passed a
lawto prevent the importation ofcertain
dangerous characters. What win hinder
them from arriving in the Floridas and
what can guard the approach from thence