The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-23

at Bayau Sarah.
!" i have long known. that attempts were
made TO prejudice the government against
me; but as had nothing TO hope or fear from
that quarter, Imade myself very easy about
the consequences; * had success ever attend
ed the attempts ofmy ca!umniators, should
only have pitied the understandings of those,
who listened to their tales, and shut their
eyes to my services. For have the vanity
to think have rendered many essential ones.
II my enemies attempted to decry me at
washington, this same gang were as eager to
lnJurc you here; and / requested our friend
Evan Jones, long since, to point out some of
their base proceedings with respect to YOU.
which he informs me he has done.
Hmy conduct, previous to the date ofyour
letter, has displeased the great and mighty
members OF our administration, it must have
since drawn on me an additional weight and
load OF indignation. Jhave encouraged, and
71H continue TO encourage, the cutlery and
ohhosftton 10 their measures and If cur
grievances are NOT redreSsed, zviu infaif6fu
tu'n the fohuiar odium against the advisers
and promoters Of them. Our memorial, I
presume, will trouble the digestion of some
joiES, who, since, 1776, have faiked* SO much
about liberty, and who now shew, when in
power, how they would wish to disregard *
violate their own principles. / have made
the tour OF the western parts of the coun-
try, through the Aroyelles, Rapids, Natchito-
ches, Ouachita, Opelousas, and Atacapas /;
have every where pointed out to the people,
who assembled at my call, in every parish,
the disregard and violation Of their rights !:
nave read to them, and commented on our
memorial, which was universally approved
OF; and at the same time circulated unver-
sally Tor their information, copies of the adj
dress OF congress in l774, to the Canadians,
and the law TOR the government of Louisa
ma, that the people might compare the one
with the other, and see that what Americans
spurned at, is forced by them on the unfortu-
nate slaves they have acquired from the first
consul in Louisiana. You who know the ar
dor, with which pursue q favorite scheme.
may possibly conceive an idea of the success
nave met with, and the effect produced by
my journey. 1t viii turn neither to the no.
Hor nor interest of those who have attempted
70 lnJure me, or OF those upon whom the eff
1ect is intended to be produced; and, if they
were aware OF consequences, might find it
more prudent to soothe than attempt to ir-
rltate or prejudice me.
With respect to what Mr. Lausat said of
the eastern boundary of Louisiana, YOU are
entirely mistaken. He spoke from the orders
received from the minister Of marine and
colonies, which saw given some months be-
tore the treaty with the U States, and these
orders Lausat has not been fool enough topart
WITH 1t may now suit the policy OF the first
consul to say the reverse of what he then
ordered: but the orders, as to the limits, ex-
isted leaving the whole of Florida in the hands
OF SPAIN, and Sasut them. Whether j. NAV
suit the policy OF Spain on the Mississippi. is
question to be decided by better politicians
than me. But we both can remember
time not far back, when a much greater
object could not even induce the Sadminis
tratlon to think of it, and notwithstanding
all the flre and spirit, now SO much boosted
OF, 1 hrmly believe we shall never burn
printing to take Florida, should Spain per-
slst IN retaining it. know and have heard,
OF great vaporings on this subject, and it
was yesterday reported, that gun boat No
), was on the way for that purpose, and had
even directions to reduce (chemin faisant)
the city OF HAVANA, afterwards garrison it,
with tsoo hundred and fffy Kentucky boat
men 40ithouf o6fcers.t
Foreign nations will view US with Won
der.''
when our gun boats are all set a float"
but hark, the conquering hero comes -
You speak of the president aud all his COM
prehensive powers. Were they asleep when
he appointed that creature, Claiborne, to
degrade the American government in the
eyes OF the inhabitants of Louisiana? Or
does he so totally disregard and despise us,
as knowingly to have given us a governor,
whom his all comprehensive powers pointed
out as inadequate to the task, and only suit
ed tocause discomfort, trouble, and conflsi-
ont This reduces you to dilemma, but
viii not push you on the subject At the
end OF this month / shall go to Orleans to
have an eye to'the proceedings of the le-
gislature and; in concert with number
more, well attached to their country, to
point out the people the consequences of
all measures proposed, in order to prevent
abuses"
The reader. requires no analysis of this
production-se long ago as 1904 1--WE know
SO long as 1ao0D the government had re-
ceived accounts of this man-that is they
received them, he acknowledges, for to seek
them was not to be supposed either from mo-
tive or occasion, however he says that the
efforts were not attended NTH SucceSs--that
is the government had been informed after
he had done or attempted to do, something
wrong, but the government took no steps up
on 1.-THE attempts he says never had sue
cess; and if they. had he should have pitt
ed the understanding of the administration
who could be blind TO his 8erUicea--essen-
tal services. .-r
However when we go on to the next para
graph we find that notwithstanding his ca
lumniators had no success, that he was de-
termined the administration should be con-
WINGED, anc that he was determined not on
ly that his ealumniator's words should be
verified, but that an additional ioad of in