Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-25

las.eoes,., 10 thar rarioa, can properly
form no part o.. tir jultlaS alton.
Mhst i is iaen our iiiaasion This
q,lea.on has teen 20 fully antwesed, and
Tie Sol!cy OF cas eoaesnrnenE 70 e:sarly
pointed our ard eApialheds il the oeaa-
toIial debates or that lablect, that Est.e
,elnasus 10 lie laid as ,hoie debatcs will
Con lie pab...ile1. Al The tiac Of me
proclamation, the intendan, wasa spsriih
otlic.r, Els atiS therefore were thoie OF the
govern nent until formally denied snd re-
parasiun given Tor the in)ur 5 iuaaiaed.
Tie prefuinptivc evidence then was that
he int-ndant was stfing under inRrutticns.
Where are the circumstances 10 do away
this prelump,ion, & railea contrary one?
They ihould tor thar purpofe be ftrong
and concluiive !? Do we find them 70 |?
We trua the contrary has been Clearly
proven, and corroborated by fublsquent
events. The precarious and temporary
authority OF the Spanith government over
the province Of Loaiiiaaa i her acts OF ho!-
tiIity and oppreilioo, in OBTAINING oar
veGels, con6scating the carooes, and I'M
prifoning and inllising our citizcns--lier
lecret Ceilion OF Louillans, contrary 20
the wi(hcs and intereas of our citizens,
nd wi,hou. thr knowledge Of our 60
vernmen, all tend to d.fpIay ditpoi-
t:on on the part OF Spain unfflendiy, hoi-
tile and inflleing, TO the U. States.
General Jackfon ;tsied in bis fpeech,
that God and nature had decreed that
couatry TO be ours. We matt oae
day poiIe(s it, Jays lie. sIfio, did ever
iaifer opportunity p.elent Peace, prof
periry, full 'Fresfury, abundant and in,
creating refourceswhat moment could
have been more au{p;cious ; Oar rights
invaded what could more fully justly,
whar more impe::oGly demanded, redre!s
Tor onr wrongs, anl panitllmeut for The
,afui, Defended By the Notifications
week and Of ealy -aceeil, By iFcops simid,
catelels, inexperienced, and slcip!iued,
ai;h,ifs s7eaaneis ever prc(crr 10 eafy a
conoucll! Il mutt one oay be ours, and
yet ve nln} cot take il, when every thing
COMPLIES 10 invite Us.
If it is to be ours, is there any ether
probable mode Of acquiring If, than by
III. iword viii France fell Our whole
trealury, woald rrelenr TO inducemens.-
Do we expect ,ilat in fonae moment Of ge-
neroiity or Affection, lae will pfeIent it
TO Us. Sooner il4.I We Zee the wolf ana
the lamb feeding together, and little chill
dren playing with feEp1n;s. Lei France
get poGsiion, let her ca:rench her yete-
fans, and we lllail heave many fsh over
the blind folly Of the pteienr day. Bat
Inppc!e it was rot the win Of ou' govern
meat 10 Strp the county; taking Fo1si-
iion would have been, as q mcclure OF re-
dreis, more honorable, mere et1etlual, as
well as mere economical. With Rev
Orleans IN cur hands, we migh2 have ipo-
ken IN 4 manner worthy tic American
ration. We might have told Spain, that
/" Whit our policy and WHITES lead US TO
daGre peace, we i}.ould nevcf tamely fab-
lnit 10 injury tsomsny nation; we ihoud
De as prompt 10 revenge en- inlcit, as We
ar. anxious 10 avoid giving one to Others.
We have been deprived Of our rights, to
the great injury Of cur citizens, by one
of your agents. The delay attending
diaant negotiation, the rtrilure of the
evil to our weitern citizens, and che myf-
ferrous lecsecy as to the real fituation Of
Lou,iisna, has induced Us to redseis our
own grievances for tie prefent, and TO de-
pend upon your juhiee and frlendlhip to
have Our rights eRablifhed on more per-
nancnt BATS. The meafure we have tax
en- ihall not injure you. Reitorc our
rights, and place il beyond the caPfice and
con,roul Of Your agents, and we will i'm
mediateIy retire within our former limits,
and leave 700 in the full poncficn ct oar
territory" This conduit and language