The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-19
CORRESPONDENCE.
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No. |.
Extra7 Of ietitr from "A psuticmou in
MeeklenbRrg, aattd Fes. 1Atb. 10 TIE editors
effae Recorder.
The proclamation OF the ittendant of New
Orleans, rcfpcc'ing the fhuttieg up of that
port, has excited great diseuetudc in the
weaern country. Not that we regard the
power of Spain; for, if that WIS the onlv
dlH'culty we had to contend with, the
ocean would be as free TO the people Of the
we1teTn country, as. 10 its waters. We
would think narnore OF driving i,ro rhe fea
tie whole Spanih force, that could. be COLI
leeted, than OF driving q hen and CHICKENS
from 4 garden,
Tn the &c Zion of the Floridas, and L5uf-
ana, as in every other inhance, France COS
trouls The policy of Spain If the French once
ocgiA to make military eftabiiihment in
that quarter, the MiGiiippi territory and
Georgia mutt Immediately fall. For the
French will not only excrt their own lErencth
aganit them, hut they will play of tie South
efn indians againG them alto. This has
long iinee been foretold in the Recorder. Il
h1ewS the weak ana perhdious policy Of the
me federal Cabinet for the latt fourteen years.
nc iaVages were nurled BY rauons and pen
mons, while they continued To butcher hun
dredS OF families on the fouth weltern from
ter In Sktfsbes If ne byg2zy of line
f"a, as well as iii other publications, we
i@Fc ofF''r rnra1lr:.s.lae.i ehe .ssss;nt2iv,c of
S''l AreeHs and Clerokces, or their expulGon
beyond toe hlihdippi The federal cabinet
wanted and It'll appears t. want 20 comp els
'he population To the wehward, and bring
.,'e ll''ii''saits more cioieiy together, and
more completely within their power. The
tonoh+Wk and the fca ping knife were patro-
niied ter thar purpofe. II, 9rolsea aUi4b en-,
E@TfElp@ndeht The Indians alone, can by
Inc oeF calculation, raife eight rhouland
men. fhey will no doubt, be dupes to
French artihce. In fine, fee greet rsva-
!Aff9", there is no doubt of it, iirl I that IS
Teady to barit upon ouy riGng natio,., from
one end OF the continent 70 the other. The
mock VIII be terrible at frtt, wherever it MAY
iali' ne only way on our part to IeGen
ITS force, would be to hrke the frR blow.
WeFe the executive power in ny hands,
would Immediately feize upon Louifiaaa,
ana the Floridas, and would place arone
gafriions throughout ali the country Of th[,
SOUTHERN Indians. Should they HIew ho{-
Tile feature, | Nouldic them fee VIC are as
terrible III war, as,wc are propitious in peacc.
L mere Is no doubt but the United States have
no" the bef pretence for aiding "a in,raenie
empire 10 taeIr government, and keeping
Gus dangerous enemy, His iniidous pa1
illcy would keep our nation In perpetual
I fefmcnt, and would never fabGde bur with
n'AolutIon OF our national exiaencc. Well,
mere IS Much truth in al this. But till f
america were 70 invade the 5panifh rerritorv,
the rench would infantry fall upon our de-
,s'loei-is commerce, and might leize ten mil
ION, ~, worth property 10 Isls than Tx months.
nus our merchants would be ruined, and
cur frigatcs in the Mediterranean would Meyer
get nome again. Britain would not fand .
hieht lPectatoF IN fuch a cou5R. In ooiti-
Sai Polnt OF view, foe would rejoice at anv
f''eaiure that would Jifap2oint the French
nation IN 10 dangerous an acceG;on to their
( empire, and, as a Commercial riation, fhe
you'd ieei thc deepeG insereh in prevent
'i'g any meaiure that would annoy Inc
american commerce, bscaufe IFS iuiutv
""uid, OF courie, greatly afFl St tLo wealth.
~ I.'''E manufactures ara merchants, as well
1 as me meal reiources of 1he nation. r.rbe
Z biIuth are IS little 10 be froRe6 a. ,hc
rcnch' W'tnefs their unDroyokcd and in
II'~ilt Piracis5 ~ 5he late war, and he bus
Ole OF compe iatlon heid our in tha,r c,,.+s
OF admiraiy, And While theft, ro5na,;o, .rs
YET unr4id for, aNa cvef 6oiHbe r. 80 81
OF Fstef CaFT- tbs paseon q 'l'Es.,.s 80,