Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-10

10 France, in their character a. the diplo-1
matte agents Of the president Of the United
States.
ne Spain viii cede the territory east ct the
mississippi, and arbitrate the claims Of the
c;.isers and subjects Of each power accord
;ng to tie convention Of Aayust II, 1902,
ne zuiN make the Colorado the boundary De-.
,zueen Louisiana and Mexico, BY q line to
be run in the manner troposedin the doeu-
ment presented the 27th Of January last, the
United States cedlng alright to any terrific
yy westward Of that line: 70e uiA establish
distinct territory efthirty leagues on each
side Of the line, or on tho american side u
Spain breters it, to be run from the Gut
Of Mex;co, to the northern boundary Of
louisiana, which shall remain neutral and
unsettled t0revey relinguish our claims jar
sa9liations comn'ittedby the French sDithin
the jurisdiction Of Spain, SIC. The United
States to compensate the. parties in a sum to
be specified; and wiN also relnquish all
claims to compensation f0r the injury (Which
the United States received by the suppression
of the dtbot at New Orleans.
Connected with those most astonishing
propositions, was the attempt of Mr.. Jeffer-
son to obtain, by means of his manager of
the house of representa- the learned
and virtuous Doctor Barnabas BidweI,
who has just fed his countryto escape pu.
nishment 70, the fraud and perjury which
he was then in the daily habit of committing
the SUM of eight millions Of dollars (tle ap.
preparation of two millions being mefesmat-
ter Of deception as will be shewn conclu-
sivsly hereaftsr) which was to be paid TO
France, as was expressly declared to Mr..
Randolph, by the present president of the
United States, then secretary of state, TO
SAVE US FROM A FRENCH AND
SPANISH WAR!
The immense magnitude Of the sacri6-
css which the United States were to have
made, cannot be understood without some
explanation.
Mr.. Jeferson's construction ofthe extent
OF Louisiana was, tina, it included all the
immense countries westward to the Rio
Bravo, and West Florida as far as the Per.
dido. Indeed we find, by examining the
treaty of 1858, that part Of Florida was
considered as included in Louisiana, though
it is not clear what part. No document can
be produced to shew that Louisiana ever
had boundary other than the Gulph of
Mexico. AS late as when Du Prate wrote
his history of that country, it was consider.
ed as including great part of our southern
and all Of our western states. The u. |
States, then, offered to cede territory be-
tween the Colorado and the Rio Bravo. as
large as the northern states including New
York, to cede a territory on this side the |
Colorado, one hundred and eighty miles
wide, extending from the ocean to theNorth
Pole, which they would ssipulate should |
continue vast desert, an abomination of |
desolation" through all ages, to relinquish
ali our claims for the violation Of the treaty
at New Orleans, and for French spolation,
in Spain, and to pay their citizens them.
selves, for the amount, and to pay eight mil
lions Of dollars more-THAT 1s-We of. (
fered to pay at least fifteen millions of dol. |