Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-07-29

merchants. BUTT - the planter who fur.
nishes the money, for this tar il always
added to the price, and even an interest
3 advanced upon il q aconpensation for
the yexations which the captains expert
ence in their commerce. What then il
the effect Of that operation, IL not 20 take
from the planter one fourth part Of the
money which he had 90 much difficulty
% get from France.l Or othewise to stop,
b that means, partly the re-establish-
1ent Of the capitals which alone can rem
der the islands finally productive! Isay
finally, for Il is folly 70 believe that they
win yield to France . compensation for
her actual ou;scts, unless il be after q
great many years. Twill even say, that
unless the ports Of Hispaniola are open
to every vessel loaded with articles ofne-
cessity, until the inhabitants have the
right Of buying cheap and selling dear, by
encouraging the rivalry between the sell
lers and purchasers, until every sort of
Vsxation Is removed, and strangers re.
ceive every possible security for their
capitals in the Islands, ages win passaway
before Hispaniola win cease draining
France pfits riches and strength without
oiferingher any equivalent return.
Il i, therefore, evident, that had
France no other possession beyond the
seas, except her islands, il might easily
place al the capital of which she now
can, and probably hereafter will be able
to dispose in along series ofyears.
But il to all this, we add the immense
possessions in Guyana, her productions,
and the capitals necessary to carry the
whole oft TO lis full value five add.
the settlements necessary to be made in
India, ifthe design to bring into the ports
of France that variety of articles which
invite exchanges, and give commerce It's
due activity, we shall end that one CEN
tury II least win pass away before France
may want possessions of that kind.
But a France has, like other coun-
tries, but confined capital, the only
question Is, ypheye skalI this capital Be
placed shall il Be here! or in the West
Indies! &C cayennei In Indiai or at
Louisianas Far9it 10 obvious that what
win be placed 10 one Of those settlements
win be at the sxpence of another; Il d
equally 90, that the national expendi-
lures willincrease with her colonies; and
that, in case Of war. the points Of attack
and defence, win be multiplied in the
same ratio. So z. II &s.sx
Able statesmen have questioned whe-
thrr colonies were useful 70 q countrysi-
tuated like France but my designis.not
to examine this theory. France has CO.
lonies ,-she has invited her citizens to-
20 and carry their riches TO them ho-
nor requires that she keep and protect
them but abe Is under no obligation 70
create new ones to multiply points ofde-
fence, to sqnander away the capitals she
wants at home and abroad. How could
the possession of louisiana be useful to
her = In the first place, It's cultivation il
10 be carried on, Is in al warm countries,
by slaves the capitals spent in buying
them, or the slaves themselves, would
have been carried to the islands, if this
new channel had NOT opened. This re
valry win rise the price Of slaves for the
planters, and may thus much retard the
settlement, M. 4.
On their arrival At louisiana, the
slaves win be employed in the barren oc-
equations Of telling the large forests with
which this immense country is covered,
q labor but little suited 10 slaves, for it
requires being long accustomed TO the
axe and force and activity are seldom
found in slaves. They must be clothed,
fed and maintained during whole years
before my pro6tcanbe deriv' dfromthem.
What I am about to relate may serve %
determine that period, In the Northern
and Middle States of America, the usual
term Of quit-rent lease in the landsis ten
years free from rent, and after this the
lessee pays l2bushels ofwheat for every
hundred acres forever. Tits, therefore,