The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-30
STORM TO THE wEcrL
Hanover, Sept. 90, 1905.

BY this time, the plains of Loui(iana are mof
probably believed with the blood of our conn
trymen. Every eye will no doubt be turned TO-
wards the icene of thefe hoftilitie. but it be-
comes us to be deliberate as we'll as firm. and
nor TO iuf1er ourielves to throw up all the vet
remaining chances OF peaceable adiuftment
OF our differences, by a.raih indulgence of our
recruitment. 90 In the very torrent of orr n,C.
hon, let US acquire and beget temperance
that may give it imoothnefs."
III is vihonary longer to expect from Snain
the lame anxious difPoition to reconcile orr diff
terences, that we have manifefted towards bsr
o recap'tuatc the proofs of her unfriendIy
ditpotition towards Us, would be an unnec-0:,.
ry talk. Look towards her prefent irruplion
into our territories, and there can be required
no additional proof Of her contiuued ye/oLutiou to
abandon every trait of Cancellation. At the
very moment when an amicabe negotiation
between the two countries, is going on when
a9e could have given no ftronger proof of CIR
love FOR peace does The difpatch military
force beyond our exiting limits, to provoke
the eftullon of American blood
Such Is the melancholy intelligence brou ght
by the Weitern mails.
tits no longer poiible to doubt, that Spain
is determined 70 occupy the ground between
! the Sabine river and the Nondokos, from which
her troops were latt year driven by Capt. Tur-
"eri - 'PreFs TOT! tae!e mails, ;hat ii al 4,
Governor OF IdXus, the Eafern province OF
New Mexico, has crolied the Sabine River. -
which emptieS into the Gulf of Mexico. and
had encamped within few miles of Natcbito.
ches. NatchitocheS Isl very comfortable poG
on the Red river, 20 miles from the Fort of
| Adayes, q 100 from the confluence of the Red
river with the Mliiiiiippi. Their protected OBJ
lJect appears to be, to occupy the territory be-
| tween the SABINE river aud the Nondokos, A.
bout fix miles from Natchitoches.+ The
itrength ofther detachment is differently repre-
Tented, but It may be preiumed to amount to
900 SPanlards, with few Indian recruits.
lhere is no doubt, that the u. States troon,
are lnltructed to make all the refGance within
ther power. Coniidering, fays Mr.. Jefferfon
IN his iecret meilage, that congre(s alone is CON.
additionally invefled with the power of chang
ing our conditions from peace to war. have
thought It my duty to await their authority
FOR ullng force IN any degree which could be
avoided. have barely intru6ted the officers.
Hdtioned IN the neIghbourhOod of the aggre III
onS, TO protect our citizens from violence.
10 Patrole within the borders actually delivered
to us, and not to go out of them, but when
neceiiary to repel an iuroad, or to refcue citi.
zen or his property" The prefentis, in fact.
Gale Preclfely analogous to the one which
occurred lalt year, when captain Turner com
/ P~''NH N'NiS i"EduSrS 10 retlTe.-NOr can there
be any ooubt that Mr.. Jefferfon has long 6nce
Communicated the governors OF the weftern ter
ritorleS 10 exercIie IN fuch cafe of emergency,
the authorities conferred by the law of the lalt
congress authorizing detachment of the militia.
lheie iuPpohtions are completely confirmed
10y the accounts from the wef. Col CuChing
Icommandant at Natchtoches, was vancouver
ing his troop, for action. On the 2gth of An.
GUT col. Klngibury was preparing to Join him
with three companies from Fort Adams, fitu-
ated on the eat OF the Milfiflippi, few miles
above the fouihern boundary of the Y. States
And Governor Claiborne had ordered the mi.
mia OF the territory of Orleans to reinforce
theie regular troops at Natchitoches as foon
as poiiibs.--Such was the fate of affairs, az
they are represented by the laE mails from
Knoxville and New-Orleans.
by this time, therefore, an engagement ma,
nave eniued. OF its actual refult, we can en-.
terrain no approximations, If Colonel Cuihine
had iufhclent time to receive his reinforcement
from Fort Adams, or a detachment of the Or.
leans Militia. But even if be ihould have been
defeated in the firf engagement, it would be
eaiy to repair the misfortune by additional re.
Not to be found in any map or. Gazetteer, a
Prelent IN our poGefion but believed to be the fam,
as the Msxieano or Adayes River, which emptie
into the Gull, at Cabo du Nord, W. by S. Of AZ
| eenhon Bay. Fort Adayes nands on It's nOrth,eaaeu
Tide, IN about lat. so 81 NJ
+ AS proof that this territory was in the pode(
non OF France, and of eourje part Of Louiiana, be
fore it was delivered up to Spain, fee the Document
] laid BY the P.eiident before the lsa congrefs.