The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-31

thet could, push il on 20 the amount of
500 millions more oil debt. This ma
ton has no ;nleres. even In the keehiag
OF Canada and, is it then, TO be plung-
ed ibto war for the sake OF asserting
The tight of company OF fur dealers to
Iraffc with band or TWO OF Indians
Weie il really RICH: and did the no.
nor IF our country demand the asser
ton Of it, / would be the last man to
give il up. But we have no more
right on the banks of the Mississippi
NJ Missouri, than we have on those CT
,uc Danube.
Yet do l verify believe, that The ia
NOUS sine quc non arose entirely our
OF the suggestions OF the Canada fur
dealers 1t is notorious tIat we insist
ed on prohibiting the United States
from purchasing territory OF Indians
u the same quarter. II is nolori, us,
that, alter suffering the sigma! defeats
~ lake Champaign and New Orleans,
subsequent to the date of tn, sine gaa
non, and eXpending about 80 millions
OF monty 20 say nothing Ct the lives
lost II Is notorious, that, after The fur
dealers sine qua ncn had cost Us ali
THIS loss OF money and oi military and
naval character, we had TO submit To
the deep Disgrace OF having abandoned
he size qna non. What trifiing snd
contemplate instruments often produce
enormous mischief
The language Of this paragraph OF
Mi. Perry shows, 10 me, it's source.
ne word "province" is made use o.
tns'ead Q: " state" Indiana is q nesp
s'3fc. Just admitted into the Orion, the
constitution having provided. shat, as
soon ~ any ncw te'snoiy shall have a
popu'a.inn oi 60 coo people, i, shall
DC admitted mo the UuIun as q STATE
mus though 'hcre was only thirteen
states, when America I've 2me Indcp,r--
dent; there are now eighteen or nine
teen Indiana IS beautiful couu,rv
several hundred miles from The ATTAIN
tic coast. And, YET, /; is here called a
province. Then tins parng aph ga,
that the American "aSssmb v" arc
passing bill ilis the cuNGkE,s as
you know as well as | do 10 short
you VIII plainly perceive that this i.
a iut dealing paragraph and you may
be assured that the lnteation Of it is 10
excite jealousy in this war loving do
minion' graSPIng nation against you.
- The DESIGNS of the states" As
II your government were about to il
wade sumo territory belonging 20 US
Three thousand mics OF sea, AMI 4
thousand miles of land are nothing j.
bar of our claims! What impudence
and what folly; but especially, wins,
'mpudcnce, TO think of crossing three
thousand miles of sta, end then ira
versing a thousand miles over a coun
iry wholly independent Of US, there TO
find, IN the heart of that country, terri
tory claim and fight for!
St'ii, however, as TO rs, as to the
na!iC", Who nave to pay for all these
war projects OF fur adventures aud
East India adventurers, the folly ex
ceeGs even III. imprudontc defy
ny man IivIag 10 shew, tnat il is pos
sible for England to derive, in any way
whatever, any advantage from the poo
session oil Canada l. can afford her
80" aid In Case cf war on the ocean IL
has been proved ,bttIt can DO nothing
tor her West lnaia COLONIES IL ca
yield no revenue =; the mlnulactu go.
sent tbiEher and thefurs nt hcme d..
not yield a gain amounting to d Il.
thousandth part OF he COS. o! kc, pip
up colonial government ana an ann
IN The colony L Can only serve to-
3 lo r