The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-03
WARRINGTON Dec a0.

-. WAsRTNGToH, Dec. 90. 4
The discussion, which we anticipated in
our last, has commenced in the Senate of
the U. D in relation to that part of Louisa
ma included in the territory generally called
west Florida. Mr.. Pope aud Mr.. Clay in
tavor OF the bill before the Senate, aud MIR.
tiorsey againstit, have spoken at leng on
the subject. Mr.. Horsey contests the title
OF the U. ). the legality of the Presidents
Proclamation and the eXpediency of at this
time taxing possession of the territory, as
strongly as the other gentlemen assert
the one and defend the other. The debate
is interesting. and will doubtless be read
with avidity.
a bill is before the House of Representa-
tIves for admitting the territory CT Orleans
as state into the Union.
a committee has been appointed in the
House to enquire into the expediency of adj
uniting the territory of Mississippi into the
Union as state.
BANK OF THE U. STATES.
Extreme solicitude appears to prevail in
the commercial cities for an early decision
by Congress on the subject of the renewal
OF the Charter of the Bank OF the U. S. A
very early attention to this subject is indeed
recommended by every consideration of pol
ICY and justice, and would meet the wishes as
well OF the friends as of the enemies of the
institution.
For the information of those who are in.
teres1ed, we think it proper to state that
the committee of seventeen, to whom the pc
titon OF the President and Directors of the
Y. D. was referred. in the House of Repre-
sentatiVes, have already met twice on the
subject, and it is expected will come to a
decision at a proposed meeting this day. Ii
SO, the committee will probably report OH
Monday. Nat Int
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLICENcER
The Title Of the United Safes 10 Louisa
ma as TAR EGst as the PSriido, furry
traced.
Inc treaty of 1765. signed at Paris on the
10Th OF February of that year, was conclud
ed between the king of Great Britain, the
King of France, and the king of Spain. BY
tue TN article of this treaty, :. The most
Christian king Iof Frnnce1 cedes, in full
r'Sht' and guarantees TO his Britannia ma
Jes!y' the river and port of the aIo6ite,
ana every tang which he possesses, or ought
to possess, on the left East side of The
river Mississippi. except the town of the
New-Orleans, and the Island in which il
is situated, which shalt remain to- France. !"
lby the goth article of the same treaty his
catholic ShaniSh] majesty cedes aud qua
1 a
Jesty, Florida, with fort ST. Augustine and
the bay OF Pensacola. as well as all chat
Spain possesses on the continent of North
America, 10 the east OF TO the south east of
the river Mississippi
lnasit appears ;hat France Claimed with
certainty, as tar east from the Mississippi
as the MOBILE whilst Spain, with equal
certainly, claimed as far west towards the
! Mississippi as the bay OF Pensacola !; both
referring, at the same times to indefinite
possessions IN that quarter, which might, or
n,lght TO belong TO the one or to the other
ne only portion of the territory not speci
hcaly expressed by The words of the treaty
OF l7o3, is that between Pensacola and Mo.
bile; In relation to this. the boundary had
never been precisely adjusted both France
and Spain Claimed portions of it; and the
french. as Incidental facts will prove, al
ways considered the Perdido as the Leasi
extent OF Louisiana eastward: At all events.
the PerdIdo. which is between both Mobile
and Pensacola, (the intervening territory be-
! ing disputabie as to the precise boundary
| IS iairly AIKEN 10y the u. 3 as the real old
dividing line between the French and Sna =
nish possessions IN Florida and Louisiana.
| This question must be decided by evidence
OF settlements by the one power or the other
but as far as Hobiieis designa ed as French
| property, III the treaty of 1853, as quo
| ted.
| Let it be we'll observed. that the Spani-
ards in ceding 20 Great Britain in 1853, use
the term Ftoridq only. Nor does the king
OF France call the part he cedes nest FIori-
da ; but desisn ates 1t by the words "the
river and port Of the Mobile, and every thug
which he possesses or ought to possess on
the lett East side OF the river Mississippi
except the town of the Ncw-Oreans, and the
island IN which it i, situated" Now, there is
no man that denies but that New Orleans is
IN louisiana; and as the river and port of the
NJ bile are mentioned in connection with
| New-Orieans, as part Of the same territory,
NIthoKf any distinction, there can be no a es-
ton that Louisiana extended as far east as
the Mobile and that, as spain, on her side,
named no other place towards the Mississippi,
iai'ther than Pensacola, the territory between
those two places was claimed by both the
French and the Spaniards, and is alluded to
by Oosh those powers in the treaty of 1865, in
the words possesses, or ought to possess"
&c.
| France, it is notorious, never claimed any
territory by the Denomination OF Florida but
she did claim the t.rrit A. now deuomiaa-
| ted West Florida, Wit cert 4i1fV, as far as
tue Mobile, How do prove It 1? BY the
treaty OF 1865 for it is clear that France
could not have lawfully ceded what belong
ed tn spain; nor would G. h. have &C pted
from France "a cesaion Of thct ritary of Sp1in
especial when Spain was openly party
t3the same r. ltv. in the treaty Of i7oS.
! France, ia the 7th article, cedes her part,
! and SPAN in the Goth article, cgdes her part.
Would they both nave coded IL presence of
each ptbrr what * NOW collcd w.. TT.