Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-12
Frsm The NezO England Palladium.
i O u / S / A N a.
III E M q RI n e
On This QUE IoN--wRETHER IT BE
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR FRANCE TO
TAKE POSSESSION OF LoUI-
sIANA
(" Pyslsat<l 10 Tie Frene6 govesameat By
Mr. Iivi9gGon, t5s american mini
FER at Paris. y
lRANsLATED BY Mr.. NANcREDE.
(Continafd.J
III E M q e Z Il Z.

colonies were utcful 10 country iituateu
ike France; but my defgn is not TO ex-
anime this theory. France has colonies;
fhe has invited her cirSzens To go.and car
ny their riches to them; honor requires
that fhe keep and pTotea theH but The
is under no obligation to create new ores !
70 MULTIPLY points Of defence !. to iquan-0
der away the capitals Che wants at home
and abroad. How could the pohelion OF
LouSiiana be nfefnl 10 here In the frit
place, It's cultivatsnis TO be carried on,
as 10 all warm countries, by .layes the
api;als fpent in buyingsthem, or tAe layes
Themfelves, would have been carrieds, to
the ilands, if this new channel had not
opened. This riyaly vii rife the price, of
aaves for the planters, and many thus much
retarded the settlement.
On their arrival at LouiGanna, the.
laves will be employed in the barren oc-
oapation Of filling the large forreas with
which this inmenfs country is covered, a
labor tut little laited 10 laves, for it re-
CURES being long accufomed 10 the axe
and force and activity are ieIdom found in
layes. They mua be clothed, fed and
maintained during wholcyears before any
profit can B. derived from them. What |
az, about TO relate nay lerve 10 deter
nine that period. In the Northern and
Middle States of America, the ufnal term
Of uuit-renr leais in the new lands is ten
years free irom rent, and after this the
leaee pays 2 bulhels OF wheat Tor every
100 acres forever. ltis, therefore, ob-
vious, that the iisit ten years are con5ider.
ed as a time os eSpeuce, during which
term the owner requires no payment. =
Bot in the Southern States, new lands can.
no, even be given out on thofe terms, be-,
cause the white plaoter fcts higher value.
on bis labour, and the clearing of foreHs
requires too great cutters for any one but
the owner of the land.
Who then will cultivate Louiliana with
aaves Who is the citizen willing TO be-
flow large capitals upon 70 precarious
property with the. profpeet of a dlltant
return.
It may be aked, why does it not hap
pen in the Southern States: Il is anlwer-
ed, frft becaufe none are !on,hesly enough
10 be wholly free from colds Of winter,
which renders favage life very difficult to
men, born in hot climates; and feoondly,
beeaue the Southern States are notify
furrounded by the fea, and by mountains
the whole population Of which is white,
and which cut off che communication be-
tween the Aaves and the Watt iorelts of the.
inferior parts.
But let Us fnppofe that all rhcfe diAicui-
ties overcome, what commercial advan-.
tages can France derive from the fsttle-
ment Of This country? The productions
OF Louiliana being the fame with thofe Of
the Welt Indies, no advantage is TO be
ereaped, fer the iilands, being we'll cult.
waited, will fnfdce for the wants of France
and even all Europe. The introduction
Of thofs from Louiiiana, would only Ief.
fen the psice, without adding any thing
30 the value. and France would be oblig-
ed, TO prevent the ruin of ttofe who had
employed their funds in the colonies, to
initiate the Dutch, who dearoy their
lpiees and teas, when the quantity of
theie commodities in Europe IS large
enough to caute depreciation oftheir va
lue.
The productions Of Louifana, which
do not grow in the Wet gndies, are only
lumber, and perhaps rice; but it's certain
thar thofe productions, eonGdering The
difficulty of procuring them in hot and
inlalnbrious climate, will not cover the
outlets, or, at leaf, viii NOT yield the
fame profits, as would be procured by
rafting them in the iilands, in.procnring
the fame or other and more valuable ar
ticles.