Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-15

property to the amountF about 4oco dol M
lars which was ali ieizeAa1 New orles0,
This produced memorA from the owns,
to Mi. Jay, our miuiiteAa at that time !, S8
the Court OF Spain, but With wha, eGea W
is not now known. M
The State Of North. Caroina drew IN M
remembrance TO Congse!s oAthe iuhiet B|
&c fun:lar violence COMMITTEE on one q 8
the citizens Of that State nd it i,
believed that Virginia alto inahaed he,
rsprefentat;yes on the point. II hou 8
the conduct Of Spain cauled prettyarone Sa
f.nla.ion throughout the United Safes, @
The executive ME Of the river was hvo. M
rit point with her tta;efnlene, and i,wa
laid that fhe propoled, though in rathera 8
fecret manner, to allow Us certain CON,
msrc;al advantages and to .9and our friend IS
with the Balbary powers if we would
FAY nothing about her executive nav;ga,i III
en- Of the MiGfifpi for twenty. five years. 1
And there were not wanting CERTAIN per. u
foas from the lanthsrn Gates who Were
much inclired to lifen to the propcGticu. 81
We lha.i here nen.ion fact no: unwo,.
thy repetition at this time.
During our revolutionary war, there
was in Congrcfs fcuthern faction, who
were at one time difpoled to facrihce OUT q
+, weifeyn iptereas, without any necefity; 81
,and they bad fuficisnt influence to geta
reloIution sttually paaed, iau,hor'dng OUT
| miniiier then at the court OF MADRID, Mr.
! lay, to accommodate TO The views ofSpain
Ga the MiGaippi, as the confederation Of
! ter yielding to our independence. This
was communicated to Mr.. Jay in a letter,
but thar great and upright Natelman law
the confequences which mutt reiult from
this mealure, and very widely omitted to I
make ule of the power thus condded to (
him. The letter which he wrote back :
expecting his fentiments on the iublsa, !
opened the eyes of fome who had not been
Efficiently aware Of its Importance; the
oue!tion was reconEderec, lome of tn.
(outhern members joined the nothern, and
the power was revoked. This is hated
on good authority, but it is here given
from recollection alone, it can only be al
ierted TO be fubRantially correct.
At length in 1875, treaty OF friend,
min Limits AID Navigation, was formed
between Spain and the United States
, In the 18th article Of this treaty, twas fl.
: pulated that the weitern boundary OF the
United States, which ieparates Us from the
spanilh colony of Louifana, ihould be Ia
tie middle OF the channel OF the river
! Mifidippii, from our northern boundary
. 10 the completion CT the gift degree OF
latitude north of the equator, and that the
navigation of the river, in ITS whole
breadth from its fource 10 the ocean, ihoula
! be free only to the citizens Of the United
States and the spaniards, unleis by ipec'a
convention between the King OF Span
and other powers. But behdes this, Il
, was abfolu;ely ei1ential that the citizens OF
the UniredStates fhould have iome pace
, Of depoht, where their property 'nisn,
be taken out Of their river boats an.
laid up, previous to is being h'sP ed
on board vefels Of fuitable burthen tof
| expectation; and 70 again, where thelI
!, importations might be hra un'adsn ano
5 ! depoGred, previous to being put on o0alo
tier boats, to be carried up the river
Gnce without fuch place of depohs, as J, II
; is called, the navigation Of the river wou'a
be almoa or quite ulelels to them. l'w''
!, therefore further agreed by the penui.lma''
, article Of the treaty,as follows; An Ha'
, in conlsqucnce of POPULATIONS contained :, Il
: the article, his Catholic Majefy will PEI
, | nit the citizens of the United States u
The lbaee ef three years from TINS time IL &c !;
depoft their merchandise and effects
. the port of New-Orleans, and to eSP''
! them from thence without paying any
/ Their duty than fair price for the hire
81. Gores and his Maieify prOlnles eltns