Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-05-04
FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS.

From the London Statesman of March 10.
On .a,nerica'S rising greatness.
looking over the newspapers Of the three
great sea-ports of America, any man, with
out being a statesman, may discover the
gigantic growth of this infant state in the
new world; but if The politician examines
its treaties with the different powers it is
connected with, he cannot but discover
its wise and firm policy. Nothing can
shake it in any one respect. Even with
Great Britain it has SO far gained its point
with respect TO the great article of the
! fisheries, that middle aged man may
live to see the time when the Americans
will enquire of us what business We have
to fish on their shores and beds. In fact,
our state is alternating by luxury and ex-
trayagance, theirs is acquiring additional
strength by temperance and economy.
Sir w. Jones Otis thought in the Muse
RecalPd) says
Beyond the vast Atlantic deep
A dome by viewess Genii shall be rais'd
The walls of adamant, compact and steep,
ne pOTldiS WIN -IbSluACu SSAuS IuANtaA W
There on lofty throne shall Virtue stand;
To her the youth of Delaware shall kneel,
And when her smiles rain plenty DER the land,
Bow, Tyrants, bow beneath tn avenging steel.
The cession Of the. Floridas TO the u.
States, of which we gave the particulars
and the confirmation yesterday from the
American papers, is an event Of great po-
litical importance to Europe as well as to
the trans atlantic provinces. The acqui-
sition of this territory, SO desirable to
Great Britain, by the United States, will
confer incalcuIable advantages upon our
North American rivals. The government
of America, like that of Russia, pursues
a steady and willy policy, profiting by the
weakness and the oyersights of other
states. The manner too in which the pcs
session and sovereignty OF these valuable
provinces have been transferred by SPAIN
after all the affectation Of resentment that
has been manifested by King Ferdinand
at the conduct of the Americans in Flori-
ds, shows the character of the Spanish
government whose cause we have espous-
ed, whilst it testifes with what polite
wisdom the American executive have
managed to obtain legal right over the
territory which their arms had conquered.
What will our government say to that Of
Spain now, in regard to this important
topic, when our wise ministers for For
eign Affairs come to discuss the puzzIing
IS oIafs TIN tho
beetle government of Madrid? Our Min
listers could not have been Ignorant Of the
treaty which has been negotiating between
Spain and the United States for the ces-
sion of the Spanish provinces--could the
terms and the fact of treaty for the trans
fer of SO valuable portion Of The Amer
Jean coast to the dominion of the United
States, be viewed with indifference by
persons charged with the preservation Of
British interests? 1t has been evident tina!
Spain could not retain the Floridas, and
that her necessities would drive her to
sell them. This she has done; ard A.
merica has obtained, in the possession Of
these provinces, solid power in the West
indies. which may be as detrimental tous
as beneficial TO her. A special clause in
the treaty states, that all the grants Of land
made by the king Of Spain previous to
the LIST Jan. 1918, are TO be confirmed
These grants were made to certain favor.
ties Of King Ferdinand, aud their rights
at so much per acre, have been selling IL
the United States for many months past
so certain was the operation considered.
So satisfactory, also, is this acquisition
considered in America, that, as We OBJ
served yesterday, American Stock had