The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-09

S"u WAS thefr O'JcCts re uSSreu III tNit directs
on.--At Grenada be learned their rou;e, when
he directly went in ouriuit.
Many conjcetures were anoat at Gnadauune
rs to the de.tiuation of the 2. and Spau,l,
Heet; for,e that thy were bound 10 Il {
+. Indies others. that after reaching certain
latitude, would IL, < and return; but the mo.t
probable object, was to draw the Brit,h oiftheic
guard and form a junction with the Brcf A Ct
oil that port and make pult ut Eng!aad and
Ireland they dill not expect Nelfon would t,e
able 20 follow 20 foon. however hey were at
prifed of his aSiIi a, 6drbaGoes tclore theY LIFT
Martinique.
Though every prediction does not lead 70 its
own Accomplishment, as fome viionary uhi'o.
toPhers have frDpofed, it is csrt-.in that moit
prophets are anxious tn lee their ovrn predict
ons verified by expsrienee: fon,e becauf- i, VIII
confirm their vaiintvd projections ~ f,sac.tv,
and others becsuie they have predicted what
they were ANXIOUS 10 fee accomplished. No,
fooner had the pre- fent Administration CONTRACT
cd for the acquiition of L.nutiana, than the f,-
deraliits employed every pe.,ible expe,iient to
defeat the neaf re. They declared that the
government had no conaitutional right To -
qure new territory forgetting that our re-,
fources would BIZ 'rcreaild by the duties at N.
Orleans and the file of the public land, they
dwelt with unnatural energy upon the in
create of the public taxes the increaiS. OF our
debt. They then attein; ted To divert our mimi
from the numerous advantages of the acquili:-
on, by carrying us into myftefious futuri,y.
Every federal writer became prophet; AMI
like the ravens of old, he BODIED nothms bur
nfrhirf and endlefs regret. Louiliana was to
he afl eted by civil connections Spain would
he fo otto is to recover by every eXpcdient of
Intrigue o force, what ihe had rsiigned with f,
much reuetance.-ln fact Louiliana was def
tined to become never-e ealing fource of e:s-
ternal war, internal faction, and aggravated un1
eafinefs to the people of the U. States.
Is it then matter of fnrprife, that fuch lea
lous politicians iiouIdfeize with avidity OH eve rv
pai1ing occurrence, which would appear TO
cotintenancS thefe predietions & ilou'd evcnG,b-
rcate reports, which were caluiated 10 fpr,ad
alarm among the people and To bring ths. e.,-
vernment into difrepute Oris it any matter of
firprifc that all thefe predictions are st lat
found to he nothing but the citations of a yioo-
nv and df'ontented Imagination ss the mad.
nef3 Of oroabeey without the hfpiratioh :" With
what pleafure did thete gentlemen dwell upon
The rrofred of diicontent and iDiurrr6tion,
that fee'ncd TO them hanging over this cou !.
trv when the plan of an indel en- lent le-
eiIl1turc was AFFILIATED in New Orleans
With what delight did they expatiate upon the
,n''renrefented conduit Of governor Claiborne
and the dilcontents which It had excited anon,
the inhabitants Andto what other canic re we
'oifcrihe the report, Whichthey are r,ow crcula-
sing in the northern prints, and which tie rea-
Ter nav reco!.set to have feen in our TIT psper:
that i" meafures had been taken to df,niit Is the
SDaniar's of the lands. bstwern the Rin perIi.
10 and the MiGifippi and that officers had been
fent 70 thefe differ mt Potts 10 execute .hee
n'eafnres, 4" and that. letter had IN received
from Baton Rouge, which fays that an attack,
exDP-fed tO he ~ oD ~ ,rF''p r
political qudnuncs reconcile, if they can, fuch
a report to the peacr-breathng Ioirf of the fol-
lowing communication. 1.-THE American 60
vernment bal in reality projst f,ch an attack
npon Baton Rouce, or any of the Span IN forts.
wo;lld governor Claiborne have Wired or would
he have received fuch great civiiity from, cover.
nor Grand Pre- F.?