Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-09-03

that the ~sr IN ~nicn tnsy were engaged, called
forth all th,ir energies 10 protett thenfclves,
and thar Bjn'parfe was 10 cIofe:y bcficgiog even
ina lH I'D Of Bi;sin, that every mai, woman a.
child, were neatly under reqiihti,n 20 defend
then own ,-frit,y that whi,e We were con-
tending lor N-y. Orleans in expetti'ipn of ,hcif
fnccour, the Il,aA OF Gea, Britain ufc'f was
In jc1patjy oy their folly in commencing war
20 fo,n ai,-s they we're exhaofcd by their t,rm-
Or excr.ion." They might even az this juno
ture fag,sa the imprkdrsee Of orr reliance on
item, waen W. had 70 ma,y inf tinces of theIr
falling IN defending other nations who had With
10 ten years trufcd TO their omnifotence. Ga
y,h .etioH, Mr.. Msfon mat be slhAmcd of mis-
declaration, and IL he is podeIed of the frial!et
iogsedicnt OF csndor, h: mult hu nbly ackno~.
ledge his ignorance, and give his hearty appro-
baton OF the m,aiures OF the sd niniaraiion.
A, the WstHavk, now attempt to de
rrccia,c the acqaiGtion of Looihana, and re-
preicnt the territory "as a ~ildernefs, inhabit.
ed only by fvages"--1f little impouaace. a
"nere whiale," and not worth rhc purchafe, or
accepsanc OF ,he United Sta,es thar we ough,
no, 70 clole with the propoition Of the Ffeock
at the price propoted by the treaty alter thus
deprecis,ing rhe ul,ima,urn Of the neg ,tistion,
we will no1 exhibit to the public tie value the
War Hapks thcmfevea leI. on the inind Of
New.Oviaxs. when war. horrd War 4va, the
.bj,oa contemplated. II this LRand for place
Of Absa. va, 70 highly eainsted. What moa be
fhe vsiae Of the Whole territory Let Fabfi-
cios." che ipeasing trumpet of the fssfion anf
wer III, ,caion but this Hsrp is reierved for
. more delicate repaf.
Read, Fellow Citizens, and judge for your
Elve. M'. Rofs admits, {" thar il France holds
she Mididpp,, they will have the command OF
ihc fortunes of tho!e who 'nhabit the Weacro
waters" He declares. that B,oapafte might
tell the United S,s,es. " my t-ench Victim
dia Colonies. add tbejt Of my allvf can befup-
pliet from my 6 ,iony OF Lo0iiara ~ith h,ur
pork, beef, lomner and any ether nreD1y.
" That ,hefe articles can be carried by ttcnch
.hips. and navigatrd by French iaion"-- That
n the United States, " on the Atlantic coats
win TO trade with the French Colonies in ihofe
articles, they might be expofcd 10 pay Is or 40
per ceot. rapon"--" THAT France would want
no further fupplies from Us, aud chat fecor-
renee IN them nuf be the condition at all our
fotnre io,crc ,o,i e." That the M'liippi was
ihe great and only high way OF Commerce from
the Wcaern cDuutry TO the 01ean." rhcle are
the ten'incnu of Mr.. Ro(. on the commersisi
importance Of Looifiana, be then g,e, on asto
the ida ofour paeba6sg By res,tiatiox -" II
(f,vs hs) vc give no offence IS the new and pro-
balr'e waters of the M,fiGpri (nesning the
Ficnehr ma, Be they pVMl HNF -" To me it j:
utterly izcredse, that fucn a. eff ct ih,u|d Fl ,R
frnm foch c,nduct"--" They mieh' p2DFbIy JN
II they ftnd u, io arms 10 pY Di's. ana re-
fJvcd 10 msntain IL bot wtea we have no
Amy, no nlitary.prepsraticn. no fembi,rce of
sef6 ,oce, whs, wooId induce them 10 kHi"
1hcfc are 'hc fsvjngs of Mr. Res, the primxn
n,kR, Of the War party. liz 6rt defcnbcs the
value Of the territory, and then the mp,sba6H
" OF oor puschaing IL but after fslling 10 ,his
lsi prophecy, his psr'iians declare this noit
yslnabic territory ~ be mere wilderness, and
fcarccly worthy orr acceptance. When msn
ave fo irccnhHent wha, csn be taid in their
vndc,tion viii not fuch prepoHerous aG:r-
tions open the cyes of the people, ard will they
rot con,enn ,h,fs. who have fdch palpsble
evidences Srouphi aeana them hy their cum
stRinsry Thank God, fomc Of them are &c.
TUNED to priva'e life. and We trua their pri-
va'e cabals will prove abortive.
Mr.. White, of Delaware, (inoher friend
~ watl snas expects hiNitlf. Z" Without the
- free uf. of the Mihippi, aud the eec,Tlry
I" advantages of depodt, the fertile foil OF the
a. WcRcrp peopIe is not worth pGnetine ; their
'' produce mutt be waited in the helds, or rotia
.rgrsra,ic,. Lee Rinaparte once take quiet
az poll ihoo Of the Miaiiippi, End we fhsll have
ga war indeed; nothing bat the length Of our
90 fxcrds, ana the beA blood of our ei,z- ms viii
" ever make il ours. Hs krows well tse value
&c of the petition. he knows that il NUT bceoms
'"coe fthc Ara IN the world, snd ,hN IL nov
" offers higher temptations to : powerful, a'nbi-
" tiou, intriguing people than say place on earth
I" ,he only KEY to the immeuie regions ws;ered
- by ihr. MAihppi, and in tributary areayns,
"toa couu'-y, larger in exrent than all Eo-
{" rome. iuspaa-d BY no portion OF the world in
s' fertility Of ioi', and mon Of il in climate
ss P0vaif." ."-----Thus much fos Mr.. White.
MIR. Dayton. tan,ther fvic"d TO waf) faYs, the
MiGi6ppi ws " the great and only Outlet tor
a. the productions Of nssrly bali a mlien OF
I" people, and that three articles only OF Aneri-
.. can produce, entered q, NeS. Orleans in 1901 !.
srfu taken from their coiom. boufe bookl) ..
I" mounted ~ one million, ok hoodred thoufand
"d,llsrs; rd thss the o,hcr nine or ten arsi.
" clos Of export in that year would have fwelle,i
&c, the whole to nearly foor miliions" !, fur,