Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-11-12

| merits Of Fifteen Millions of Dollars TO F.ance.
BY ons convention France. declaring her will
~iingncfi to pay %csrtnin debts due from her to
! Americans, tnc Adminiitratioa undertake to
dilcharge them to an amount, not. exceeding
| S~,7so,ooo dollars. Her Willingness ieems to
lie 4 fu4itcient confederation for the payment Of
thca BY n; for th- coneention expressly de-
clarcs. that the parties had ,ettled al diHereaces
concerning L9uiiiapa, and Contains not one
| word, from which Il can be inferred that the
payment Of this fun is any part Of an equiva-
Rent for the %ceilIon. BY the other conventions,
which. is faced to be, ,t3nrits 10 a d;fatfaf rae
bsfSoeta lie cont af7ng fo,firt, we pfomite TO pay
france t~I,25o,ooo dollars Here too nothing
iscxpreficd, by which Il can he concluded that
,aJAis fam is am part of the confederation for the
ryilion For what reafon it is granted to France,
| unleis as the fun, for which ihe is to deliver US
r~otieiion of Louiiiana, is imp flble TO be
difsoyered from the convention. Why
Is this tranfaa Oh yelled in tuch an affected ob.
fcurity /! Ifthe; Fifteen Miiiiops were c~onlidrr-
Cd the price OF Louiiiana, which may be nefu-
rned the iptcnsion OF oor g~overnmeit, why did
obey nor inlih on . declaration to this etfect in
tshc Treaty Why alfo were nor the conventions
ideclared TO he part of II? Probably, that France
Imay hereafter have al opportunity OF athr-
ming, that the transfer Of This Country was en-
! tire!y gra,uitous ohe nay declare 10 u.s.. look
! at the treaty, il does not appear that you have
| paid a cent for Leu.iiana , on the CONTRARY the
esiiion is expressly declared to hc On aocoun, of
thc friendthip and afettion of the firlt Coniui
| TO til United 3tatess-Look at the conventions {;
! they are net a part, nor have they relation to
The treaty. Though they evidence the paymen,
4 ~ 49, 4 $50 - ,,1c ,Ae $50 tlo. a4.@~ ~ E ta~
%ri.orv." 1t viii be impolicle for this country TO
controvert this it2tenlcnt of facts, notwithitan-
dog which Conprefs have paffed laws to carry
this treaty into s9ect. After force had become
ine.tectual in the requiition Of oW wealth, the
| Adminiitration have fiff.red her to make fur
ther r.qaliiions on it by her cunning. For the
fsiendihip'o of France ha, we confented to give
Fifteen Millions = fmeyira . how Nave a mean
and %fpirit'eis Naturalization regarded the viola
ton of thy rights. They have hnmbied thee in
the duff at the feet Of upltart defporifm,~
The tressy is NOT only thus faulty on a gen.
eral view out il contains particular articles,
! difgracefui to a people, who value their liber-
~. In the irventh ARTICLE i is agreed that
the fhips Of France AMI Spain lall be permit
ted to enter the port Of New Orleans, and all
other ports in the territory, for twelve years,
without the payment of higher duties than thofc
i.npofed on American vchsls. This .tipula-
ton contravenes slse Spirit OF tire contribution.
fhc contribution provides that " no preference
i.sall be given by any regulation of coailicsec or
revenue 10 the ports of one fate over thote
of another" The prosiion was made on two
accounts, that the mme Of one port fhou'd
nor be .eaened By aIlx-resula,ion IN favor of an
other !; AMI that the inhabitants Of one fate
i!,ouli not BE- obliged 70 cont ibuse, by the i'm
polition of duties on artic es of confnmption,
: more toward the national rcve,ue, than thofr
! OF another. -eoth thefe effects however mutt
ueceaarily flow from the treaty. The carrying
! trade will centre az New-<,r!cans 10 the extreme
injury OF the atlantic ports; while the Welt
ern itates can purchaic The merchandise Of France
and Spain without the payment OF duties, TO
which the eatt-rn are ililf lubjeGed. Nor does
it alter the CAFE that New-Orleaps IS not ltuate
within the Union, iiuce in coliequcnce Of the
treaty tn: eaIterp will be neceiiitased 10 contri-
hurs more than the We,tera inhabitants, so the
exp>nie Of government, which the contribution
never deisned.
Mr.. Jeaesion's miniaers feem to have been
as little anxious to iniert in the treaty articles
| bsnehcial to the country, as they were to pre-
vent the niertion of rhofe which are unconitru-
tional. and consequently ruinous. They re-
CURED no stipulation on the pare of the Firit
~onlul, which thould pre,ent him from grant.
tng patents, and tubjectiug the whole country
0. Loui.iaaa To claims. tie was at foil liberty
to do this, until the moment of ratification Of the
treaty Tbs Naturalization therefore, initead of
acquiring territory, may have gained nothing but
cnlpty juriliiicfi,n; the maintenance of which,
whether or not x!ecre be an acouilition ct terri
tory. will require no uncomfortable an army.
30 little xffc<rnmens OF national iner,eis ought
to be 4 ro-r recommendation TO n~aiiona! con-
Gd<sc<.
10 third article mua prove mn more pern;-
cicus to rbis country than the want, Of any ac-
raa,iy Inferred in the treaty. as it, gives France
the right of interfering in its domeitic con-
Germs. Il provides, I" that the Inhabitants of