The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-27
ACQUISITION on LOUISIANA.

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ACQUISITION on LOUISIANA.
! The Fecer1,if9 have once more fet m the
veil of derunCiation agana this ceIebrated
| nesture. "W"at! thev crv. after having paid
| Is millions of Doiiars FIR This country, arr we
! now To- 90 TO war for L? Wouid il M have
Keen FIR better as we lave uniformly declared
never to have h2i any concern with the acoui
| Gtion If all, or to haze made II at once ar the
I ~ n of our fvords ," Whether crnot we are
really to be involved in awar with Spain. is
| quefion which perhaps no man in the Univerf.
can poitively decide, and no man out rf the
| cabinet can have anv Of the means Of deciding.
! That il is event which is not alsoct sher de-
| pendant use>a the nsgn ,iati,G about IctiiGara,
is circumttance we'll known 0 the leaf nte,'i-
| gent politician. II common rum cur IS EMIT
| led 70 the leaf credit, the convention cf Iaos.
is fource OF not leis comfortable difficulty and
enbarrafimcnt. To throw The whole burden
OF the controversy therefore UPON rms. cortro-
vertcd queition ar the boundaries ~ LouGana
| and 20 ME this rs pretrxt for revvins the an
| tiquated centuries upon the acquiition of this
! country, is neither the mark OF A very diCcri-
minating nor of avery Ingenious mind.
| That it WAS the fouudefr policy which we
could pnriue of acquiring this country by neeo-
citation rather than by war, is an opinion which
\ u
is no fSult of our naturalization that Spain has
been ridiculous enough to raiie objections to our
boundaries, which our administration could not
politely have forctcen al the time of making the
contract, and which even If il could have fore
! teen, It would have been better TO have trufted
! 10 the adiuttment OF fonc future negotiation.
| than by having recouris TO arms, rciiett a DIFF
grace upon our national character, and involve
us in war beyond the pofiibilitv of an
etcape. The oueiton indeed is not about the
/ ,9@+22iJ hnt about the objsi7 of attainment. II
sHmP'ywhetherthr acqniiitonof LouiIaua,yas
a ncairrre really 70 be wi,hed for by this coun-
try. We fhali not here repeat the n1any ire
fraeab'c arguments, which have been f. often en-
forced blythe f-iendsofthe meafilre but we ntalI
| merely content ourelvcs with develouine Eome
OF its advantage III the words of a writer. whole
favour with the fet'erans was al one time
fcafce inferior 10 the Grtngth of his mind, &,
whole frength of mind is fcarccly lefs exa,raor-
binary than the incorrectneis of his principles.
lad Goblet always written thus; had truth
always thus prefidsd over his lucubrations. he
would have deferved much more than he has
done. the appreciation and gratitude of our
country.
The following is copird from the w. P. Re-
Gitter, IF March s, 1902. They are the con.
Gliding remarks of ~ a1irrf. 10 the penole of
America. on the inlerefinr fuhiecf Of France
taking pofefiion of Louiiana.
GIT is however, uf;Iefsio talk of what mi,ht
have been done. The regicide peace is made,
and Lnulliara is ceded to France, whole well
ie'hed blocd-hou ds viii he bowling round the
'kirts o. yotlr naked plantations before Won hav.
| time TO c'iled the means OF relifance Think
there not ignorant of any part, foot. pronsrtv
i or circumstance OF the territory, which thew arr,
about to pnftefs. There is not river, creek.
a cove, Al inlet, not hill nor dale, rock
nor cave, of which they do not know ,hc
hearings and the dimenfions as well as know.
the width and the length of the paper on which
am now writing. They have calculated. 70
a pound OF guu-powder, and to drop Of blood.
the means OF fevering from your authority, the
ltates OF -entucky and TenncfTec and renem-
Der, that i, Whole voice you refufed to lifen 70
IN 1895, now tell you, that, unlsfs YOU give y,
70 them great portion Of your commerce wit
England, tho'e Rates win, in lefs than tv,o
years, be attached TO the republic of France.
Iou have no earthly means of defence. No,
mat you ava dettltGte OF money or of men hot
who VIII you find to march FIVE hundred mile.
acTofs wilderness, to meet, AZ the end of their
rout, the rnaranders of Alexandria and Acr,
backed With the very et'lers, whom Won win,
to preierve from their grafp?
BY your treaty with Spain, vo,i ohtained the
HCc hfNltht'lb 81 ths winthrop. THIS freedom
you are now 10 obtain from France AMI h. va,
vel aifred, that 6ie win not grant il witbort
IN equivalent. What this eurivaIsnt NAV he.
It is impofib!e for me preciftiy 70 poi-, on,
''Ht - e va Il nav, ypu mutt Weld II. %,
yield vour hopes 10 retain the doniniops nj
WeGern ftlfce, which would he inftantly ruiucd
by me c!rfi1g Of the MGfippi, and which. 10
avoid tsar yuin, would transf.r their apsqi1ncI
10 The power or whole plcafure their pruCoetity
|. will fclely depend.
One Of The reafons. long sro given nv Prem !
politicians, for obtaining poncnion Of Lonifara
WAS to tecure certain and never falling f,,Dt,
Of proWion' and lrmber for the Wcn-Irdia CO.
, lonies and, as they will find thefe articles II
abundance in Kentucky and TeuneTce, at ;
mnCh cheaper rate than IN The Atlantic nates
It 10 more than probable, that thev will prsfe,
the taking polefion of lcfticments aIr a,v form
ed, 10 the forming Of iette,n~nts for lhernGpIvee
which requires that fort of induGrv ana Us9r.
veranr Z, for the practice Of which they are d;g
pGied neither by nature nor their Lah;,s. 7
E theYth oud determine on this, the ground 9
o your preient complaint, Of too widely extepJe,
terit"ry. will ~ part he removed bit, wide 2
= Is Che "ildernefsthr divides YOU from Kgn,u..
= w, you will foon fnd ycurfclye, too -n-,r Z,
b yeur Weigh bou-s. YJu nave. IL ;s,r,c .,,;.Lc