Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-13

la. bow accessible 10 :ommercp: if Il
habiied, what an Undue eu,ert T., ,.,%
on it; if unin'abi.ea. what a site f.,
colony" Thus comprehensive in =
views, eager in his wishes. and rc,,,
in his illuNiDns. the land speculate.
c'nbarks for Augustine, with the ANY,;
ty If bridegroom to behold I|
spouse.
Another set of enthusiasts ar, c,,,.
"GNce Hunters" These are vo."
men vino viii do no work uuIS "
nation are their masters. They tr.
not to Iabor, nor to chance, mr. ia II.
contracts or responsibilities Of nd;.;
duais.....No! not they They mns
be paid from the public trea,ari-'r,'.
mast BIZ engaged by the year at lss,:
if they Cannol "a they prefer. be- rps
ged Tor life. As the government i,
independent, it would be wrong IA 60.
that those are not so who denend pnS.
its favors. Now, to illustrate tLs q
fects Of the Florida purchase. and 4,
establishment OF a provincial govern,
ment. on these gentlemen, We will en-,
pose that one office only is vacant ,I,
that tor this there are. and it is M
derate calculation, one hundred ranJ'
dates. The new Office being crea,,J
some process like the following pssS'
simultaneously in the hearts of thea
hundred individuals, scattered over II.
union, to wit: 81 want an ollice-Id,,
serve an Office-I'll apply for an otHc,
II am pretty sure of getting an Of
fce.'. Written applications follow,
accompanied with recommendations,
where they can be obtained, Stain,
the peculiar aptitude of the candidate,
The patient now enjoys a pleasing
anxiety, sustained by the consriousnes
of approaching elevation. He ne,e
dreams of defrat. but makes up hsl
mind. with st"icaI frmness, to abandm
his home in quest of those donors which
the scriptures deny to a prophet, ey
cept he be on his travel. Never onct
does il occur TO these eager exppCtanh
that. rs Cinderella's slipper belonged
only to Cinderella, though all the gIri,|
in the universe should try to put it on
so an Office can belong only to one ipI
di.idual, and it is useless for so mai!
to try and squeeze themselves into it,.
When the numerous civil and Judicial
officers. Judges, MarshaIs, Collector|
Clerks. Attorneys. &c. which are b
grow out of the Florida treaty, AL
and yet how disproporta.
ate they are to the number of appL|
cants. it is melancholy to think hov
few OF the eggs can produce any thing
over which vanity sits 5roodins. lt|
expectation is pleasing.
There is something exhilarstins a
this acquisition to the professors Of la|
law. A title drawn in a strange EE
guage must be, to certain degree, OBJ
scure-and, in a thinIy settled cOuntr!
difficult of demarcation. The changs
Of government. former and recent, ml.
tipIy difficulties. The American mM
pay for Spanish, and the Spaniard III
American law; so that here is strirs
of inducements Tor this class Of sbarl
witted adventures.
A valetudiuarian, who has beef
quietly waiting that Florida might 81
coded, to go there for his health, haI
rejected all medical prescription. AMI
relies Tor recovery on the orans
groves Of Augustine !; and an epicum
who had recently visited it, on hearlr;
the ratification Gf the treaty, turnd|
contemptuorsly from the Charhsi1|
market, because in Florida he could
buy sheepshead for seven pence.
The manufacturers Of books ard
charts are likely to gain by the cesslon'
A new map has become necessary
change a yellow line into blue one; &
a new history of Florida is announced
which can only contain one new iar,
to wit : lis belonging to the unlsa
States.
1t is pleasing to observe the bustIeS
which IS thus produced. We
do not believe that any marvellous pro-
fits will result to adventures, although
that would be another source Of plea
sure. if it should prove SO.
There is one view Of the trea'!
which is painful one. 1t recognizes
as the maximum out IF which the nlpr'
chants are to be remunerated for spa
nish sp"Iiations on our commerce, Tue
sum of five millions Of dollars.s II y
that heyond this sum SPal