Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-02

blsh career III NE progress otuearp'' sN,
accompanying improvements Of laNl, atA
Its resources for the support of 'oels ill.,
will always be abundant, and cas-, s ss,
tion.-Look around on these sub;ee' 'tqlt s.
Mississippi territory the feriIity' l w h d,
rapidly evarishlDg its people n !, Nb,
other more congenial positions ; IS ,Fs
ruined, and its laws ard morals ~r "s @sc,
yond description Was it natural ~ a. att.
that the people OF Florida woujd sa " s'Aaps
tachment to country Ct this descijn' Hat
ter having suffered long series q ,tP'"Nt
tionary dlstresses and humilia ions II''V@
and have received the iniormat,o" ~, lea
pleasure, that the respectable n,r, alssr
citizens, and the mass of the ptpnIs; u lar
raj, are decided IL their at,achmes.m sq.
country. believe this to have LssS % Na
suit of that sound Judgment, which NJ m t.
important state subjects, will ever cb, sra:
the American people when left FREE f se
Vaccinations Of popular empires, IL "S S
their own impulses. p-"'
iN iNi"lcs 10 this COur,
there can be no question, that the na '''
will produce the most salutary resuIt "''''''
The mass OF this territory presents
singular surface; naked savanpss in s s'tl
terror, of immense extent, and irrecb;n,r'
moraasos, bicct to foundations, in dsn.s
districts, from the Gulph Of Mexico n%'
Arkansas. In the s3et.cral mass Of tsn %a'
within our limits, the quantity of these u,
is so great that the cultivabIe portion ,bn w
mains, will never be able to maintain wy
numerous population. The inhabitants II.
those Of Poland, must necessarily be wJsI'
separated from each other. They will alr.n
be compelled to live i'll seperate district, i
vided by sasannas or horAsses This mn,
OF fixing the population OF couatry. must IL
productive Of a dinrinution OF its active Dos.
ers--it is destructive of the energies Of sof.
ty, in every point Of view-it exposes II "a
easy cncroachment AID inevitable copou,s
by an enemy prepared to take advantage d
such situation.
These considerations, sir, were profound,
deliberated by that parl Ct the Convention who
were favorable 20 the anne Xation OF Florida
They perceived il your vigorous population
OF IS or 10000 souls, mass Of industrious
agriculturalists, which could form saluhv
auxiliary, by union of Interests, under Tie
same government. About to be elevated to
the dignity Of state sovereignty, the real
friends of this country, will extend the franr'
nal hand to the people Of Florida, and receive
them within the embrace OF citizenship
The Congress Of the United States mus
perceive In the annexation Of Florida to tie
territory of Orleans, the best views OF It's Id
erai political systems, amply promoted lh'
government has long seen the exposure OF TIC
frontier section of the empire. with anzltF
and apprehension. Accessible on the South
to an invading enemy by tie route o. the ocean
and in the West aud North to the lncuf!sS
OF nations either savage or Revolutionary
Louisiana has always presented aIlutme"s
to the career of ambition. An opportunity"
now presented, Of diminishing the dangers "
which the country is exposed, BY permanent
annexing to it mass Of population "Dy'r
attachments in laws, government, ana TTe"''-'
interests, will promote the security AID 'O'
perity OF each other.
But it seems to me cir, that there IS an o
litigation OF the part of the Ualt@d o'a''' "
attach Florida to tbs country at the HtS|
time. BY the treaty with The Frenci, -'P',
lie, Florida unequivocaj!y passed Wit" ~ 4
Their parts of the acquisition as q p'ruoI W. u
Louisiana. By the same treaty, t"e ''' . %"
tants are entitled to state sovereignty a.
rs they were prepared for it under the E s,,.',
pies of the conlederation-ifthe oHl'eo o o,..
find themselves at liberty to attach t"a' Is ne
try in its present condition, 10 any part ~.
national territory,i it would seem that 'DS' !, 10
sted some kind Of obligation to attac" " Il
hat portion of it, which under the opcFa n,o,
he treaty, was passing into the coni ga: that
IF the states. cannot forbear thln&iNS' J..
% annex a country which formeri! 'n n';o,r,
part Of Louisiana, to the Mississippi Nn ,s,,s,
1t the present time, would IN some '"''-
Sc anti. conventional. ote.
l am, dear sir, very respectfully '0''
1ient servant. nr1DTR.
ALLAN B. MAGRoDh"