The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-14

Sdit we dlt'iOuIc the OOscrvatiO1 - tl3t the 30
MES paid for the poitaec oflet,srs are principal.
" collected in the middle and mort "a tates
ard expended in hiring mail carriers THO Ugh tn.
ireary defdrts OF Virginia ard oshsr iotEher7s
itates 80 VIXEN we recoilect the extr,orlrar"
encouragement which is given to tbois hate 4
maritime afalrs when we cailto mi.pi theficai
bounty, which their cod and whale f,heries re.
ceive, and when we take into the Acount, TIA,
the Keepers of the light-hoiiies l,etsn ry 70 III,
tour Eaitern itates only draw from tue tr, fiIIv
an annual tiperd of about 1867 dolls. vhi;e tn
See perS in ali the other Gates bhdes are eattltc
to no more than about 3Jl3 dols. In what O.
ther way can we explain their complaint, thu,
" the hofpital money paid by the northern fail
ors, is expended aln,)t wholly fouth Of II ,r,-
land, r when we rcrolle6t that during IL, verg
lait feiiion ofCongrc E 4 report was made BY :hs
committee otcommcrce s. manufactures, which
rom the iateneiS OF the period was poftponed
but Wi, no douo' " r,tCiucC. concluding with
the reiolution, ''Ttlt the M itcS. OF the act of
May Cd, 1902, as far rs the flne reflects the
generalization OF the feamen's fund be repealed?
BY what hi,torical evidence can they fupoor7 the
liho~ra infnuation, thai he Change in the Eatu-
rai2ation law was made for the purpoie Of &" in
Producing food of turhulcnt, lawleCs emf
grants, who liSewifl lent t!ieir aid to ausment
tic influence ofthe Southern itates agani the
y
enlightened politician in our country mo will
not acknowledge the general advantages OF pu-
hey, which would people our uncu,t;vitcd lands
and extend our infant arts, by means Of the op-
prehed inhabitants of Europe. There can
fcarcely be 4 politician, who does not rtcollett
that the eXtenon of the term for acquiring he
rights of citizenihip was adopted AZ time wien
the men III power actuated by a IA fe fear Of a
French invaiion, were anxious to facrifur the
calm fugeeftiuns of policy and the ineitimabc
rights of aliens, to the fuppoied neceility of de-
tending their country againft foreign fot.--
In the refutation ofthefe charges, thus DIFFICULTY
defective in their evidence, and narrow in the.
icope OF Administration TO which they have ri.
ven birth, few men would be willing to accom-
Pany the mot p!ealing and luminous writer.
turning then from theie plain and uninter, ring
iuh,ects, let us direct Tnonlentary attention 10
two other meafures under MIR. Jeftrfon's adni-
ritratiOn, Whole widely extending conituuer-
ces the mott prophetic understanding could in
VAN pretame 10 graip and reduce to calculation.
heie two meailires being Tightly examined in
relation TO the different quarters of the union,
!ha be happy to leave this dn;uftng field of
controversy, and nill more happy if can hope
to commit the Vindication of Virginia 10 The flu
pcror powers OF iome more jealous patriot.
Acquisition OF LOUISIANA. l have no
inclination 1T pret-nt TO expatate upon che ex-
tenlvc and fold advantages of this momentoUs
meaiure. 1t will be unneceiiary for me TO re-
fate ali the obvious reafons of the ir,.portant
maxim, that without the free and protected M
vigation of the Miiiinippi, the agriculture,
the commerce and the various improve
ment of Tcnneilee, Kentucky and Ohio,
would have been defined to languih
and decay. ihall take for granted principle
numerically admitted, that the right of ftfe de-
poGt at New Orleans or fome itii.abie Gtuation,
is equally important to the Weaern States as the
right of freely navigating the M;iiifippi. 81
fhall enter into no elaborate inveitgation of
consequences todemonilrate, how extremely in.
iecure each OF thofe inefimable rights would
nave been, without the unqualified podeiiion.
not only of New-Crleans, but of that portion of
Louliiana which touches the wltern bank OF
the M.ihi!ippi. II is unncceiiary for me to ex-
pauate upon the incalcul2ble disadvantages
winch would have betallen our count y, had
this exten!ive and fruitful region continued in
the poieflion ofan ambitious neighbour: upon
the lncefiant Interruptions which the French
would have given 10 our commerce upon the
various chances of a di!contented peace, or
protracted and rulnouS war-and upon the ne
cefHty OF creating and maintaining, on the eaft-
ern banks OF thar river, chain of forts and
large detachment oftroops, to protect our from
tiers againt invaGon, and our trading yeiTels
againtt Illegal fcIZurs. / hal not purdue the en-
curry, whether the public lands in the Wefern
States would not have fuGained an enorniousde
probation in their value, from the opening of
new land-oilicc, where the enterpr;fifg emigrant
might have purchlfed, from the Frerch govern,
ment, patents for the richef and mott eXtenlive
tracts for the fnalleft remuneration nor will
1t be neceiiary for me 70 enumerate all the adj
vantages, which we, ourlelves, NAV now derive
from an economical location of thefe lands.
Astounding in all the richelt productions of the
Weit-India ilands. Thefe finguar advantages,
like the brilliant iIlumination8 of noon-day
fun, are too perceptible to require any elaborate
proof; & only introduce them for the purpofe of
enquring whether they are notalone fu ficient to
account for that anxious zeal, which the prefent
administration and the republican party, have
10 hOnouaby manifeted for The comp1eat az
quiiition of Louihana. Why llouli the north
ern federalins e. whimhcally clofe their ewes 4.
gainft tbeie very obvious truths, and attempt TO
fketch out new and uncertain theory of inte-
refs, by the aid of which they attempt to re-
ioYe the active fuppOrt given to this meafure by
the Administration and the republican party, ia
to felfifh ambition of advancing the fOuihern
lDterelt at the eVrence nc the northern, in!,ah;
t'nts Might wenot have hadeven fomereaflnto
hope, that the federalifs Of the northern f1tes
you'd have feen, in theic lingillar advantages.
fuifiCient recommendations to their own favour
and fupport and that inftead of fcrup,r'ou0v
COmDariuC tOpet her ths rCrtber-, and +L, CT