Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-21

inevitable effect Of this measure "A mea
sure which we cannot hesitate to prohounc
ihconsiderate and premature, fraught Wit
pernlclouS consequences, ,calculated-emi
nentiy calculated, to DISTURB the harmoa,
and tranquility which have hitherto BEEF
our pride as we'll as our security. Tha
J the people OF louisiana havea right TO re
! monstrate congress on the subject Of an,
real grievance no man can deny who merit
to be the citizen Of free country; but i.
alieases OF popular demonstrates the on.
amino is matter Of very serious consider
alton. In the case of Mr.. Livingston'5 me
morlai It becomes question OF no little
curiosity to determine what are t}le claims
which the people, the very people WHO have
become the subscribers o IL, really wish
that the government of she United States
should grant. 10 say that louisiana is
capable Of forming a state ~ the present
moment, according to the Constitution oil
Ithe United States, IS saying more, / believe
than even w. Bore could prove. A. this
great question is however determined, ard
since we are told that it is a trath I'm.
questionable, that we have the right nos il
future, but at present, and that congress
have violated tue treaty Of cession, IN not
having gwen US before this the exercise OF
that right, viz. Of framing constitution OF
government fol-. ourselves and becoming an
independent state oIth> American Uaion,
we may certainly be permitted to enquire
how, and ia What manner, is this state 10 be
formed? What is to be the extent Of lis
territory Where is to be the seat Of lis
government and what will b. the annual
acpehce of It's establishment ifthese ques-
tons cannot be satisfactoriiv answered we
must conclude thar the authors, Of this nc
mortal complain OF grievances which they
shems elves must be conscious do not exist.
and demand rights which if congress were
ct this moment TO grant, thew woulc! not
except. IN other words we must look for
the motives of these sudden patriots, and
determine for ourselves whether they are
not hazardlng the happiness and prosperity
OF this country, for the qualification Of thei1
own private views and Individual ambition
Translated from The L9u'8iQna 1Io51teur
New ORLEANS, July J.
AT the time when [ proposed to render
ansccount to the king, my master, of tbs
extraordinary libel inserted III the Tele
graphic No. SIS, and also OF the mann ERR
which had refuted the Misrepresentation
contained in that qualifications, IN order thst
the respect due to the Spanish GoyeInmcnt
should not be injured By men who express
themselves in such violent terms, Iexperi.
ence great satisfaction in being able to Is.
sure your Majesty, that if one or.two iaha.
bitants, clandestincly assembled, assuming
the name of " Friends to tie Louiaiz7iaas,
have expressed their dissafectlon to the
Spanish Government, the most respectable
part, and vast majority of the inhabitants;
offar different disposition, have shewn their
gratitude by expressing the sentiments OF
theIr hearts, in manner byno means equl.
vocal; as will be seen by the following
letter, which has been addressed to ne,
signed by a considerable number Of inhabi-
tants* to evidence hereafter the gratitude
with which they are penetrated, for the be-
nefts they have experienced while under
your Majesty's government.
$ (Signed
The MARQUIS DE CASA CALVO.
To the E1arquis De CASA Caio0, Commissa-
d ry ofhis Catholic Myesty in Louisiana.
SIR,
Thee is no iehabitan; CT Lonifana, ct leaf
rithio cur knowledge or acquaintance, who
c aid have read. without the ina2 lively emoti-
ons, the extracI iron, the Royal Oder, which
~ Il caufsd 10 be iafceted II TIE : Monigeus" OF
Of ,hs TT, CT the 3aG mon!h.