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

,s.,., dife ~n;iy, Let Us add, that Eve
Jpon, OF dniiars, raised by Taxes on the
y. ,p,e. IS ~ tribe Ia be paid out of the
.,uIry of he lmled States 10 a few per-
ms. who have suiieTed losses of property
=, dppredaiiors At sea- at a time, too,
Ion Congress has Lerempt0rily refused to
g single Ceri OF indemnity to those
ms propcrty has been plundered and
.-..,.y'.,,u "a ,.c land We 20 not think the
.,rhapts have any righ' to eomplaia of the
,r,y. unless perhaps IN an isolated case
,H, ~ which the government OF
Soar, has acknowledged an obligation to
80 ,ne tuI amount, ana hat obligation is
'.3'rr,cd 'o be cancelled BY the Treaty -
90. r3 10 the claims OF the merchants ge-
r,Ny. twill not he commended that th,s
.-.,aueai wa bouHd 10 indemnify their
',e. " ould Spatn ever have indemni-
linen irola her own treasury voluntarily?
,,l was tried, aud molly failed. Would
,.,, nave torCed her 20 do so? That in
no! would have been hazardous and ex-
i've eApafimeat, and, its most happy
.a, would not have produced results
,.,-.. :.,r,a'lc han those OF the Treaty.
.,g,r n i been given for Florida, the Ia
80. v,,.id nave had reason 10 complain that
re government had paid too dear for the
yh,e.lc: but ii was only in that manner that
r,~rr coult have been obtained as an in
temni,y to eur merchants. After all, we
.ra uc3pr the impression that, when the
claim. comes to be thoroughly sifted and
r;naowel, the cloak OF FIVE millions will
no, be- found 50 scant as appears TO be ge-
morally supposed by those interested in the
claims. lNdI mt.
The Charleston artirle is one of the
barpicst things of the sort have ever
seen. ami have no doubt your readers
viii he as much pleased aud amused as
ourselves, with its good taste and
s,rightly humour. The remarks of
thr /. litors of the ,iatinnal lrt"tligen-
GER IN the last paragraph are in them
.lrcs iast ea"uga: bui am more than
half iurlined to suspect. that III y ha' e
mistaken the sentiment D! this Charles
r,Hwit. We cannot help thi king hat
h. laSr paragraph is irnniCni. CT il he
ot It ought 10 hc;) aud that the writer
p~ant 10 represent, that wiilc the na
ron is all agog with the prospect IL
r,w landS. mtw officers. new honorS.
r'.;,E the acquisition II Florida. La,
usrrrt 10 ~. rhe only persons that
aTr disappointed and Disseminated, are
Tie very persons 10 whom al"ne any
Itrtain individual benefit is derive d
from the TIE Ity: thus strikmgly, though
sIyi,. illustrating, how mach the plea
sores Of hope exceed those ct posses
sian. II is hardly tu be Imagined, ,at
Sach man rs this Charles Oh writer
must be. can scrjpu,iy tninG that our
,.rrrhantS Who had claims on STA n
'or spOiia'ions, have an, cause OF Com
p nv against our own go, erament.
,anSe th-y have got Oaiy, See nations
I, b. shared among them; While much
more uH.Grraus lass sc Sufferers. aud
t. an iucumParabiy larger amouut, |
mran our own merchants who have
slfrrCd from the SppIiatians On our
c,nn,crCc committed undrrthe French
DEGREES aud the British orders of coun-
Ch have never obtained. ur asked. or
ped. thar the goscrumrnf should pro-
rurc them any decentralization for their
hSsCS.. Government is bound to TO
j. best for all is CitiZ ns--but it can
Go np mare than its hest.
Cor, eSEoadeafS Nhfe.
We agree with our correspondent that his
Charleston article is one of the happiest
jsR a esprlfS we have ever seen; the rage
IT speculation which had been for son
time damned up, IS about h. be let loose
rron it:,s new purchase, and viii do all IN
ha.te leal OF mischief TO many o the parties
concerned. Dealers in slaves, ianiJO hers,
sAHpers IL me law, qu2ck,, knights OF he
type, adventures of I'll desCrlpt ms, bt-
SHE. many men of talents and substantial
i.rInerS, are rushing upon this new FL Do
rltn. Some lew Will succeed; white many
VII. rue their creduhty. 1t is a lottery in
winch jherc are many blanks to a priZe. As
sa"0, hOn ever. as the state OF the Country Is
well understood, and discretion takes the
Ince nj speculation, Florida must prove
source oi advantage 10 many individuals.
lis Immediate dement's, In national point OF
View, are obvious AMI Important Ii rounds
I'll our territory gives Us the entire COM
r.,ni q Inc ylyeIs that rise IN the upper
states, aud run through lit places in our
lands cite or two excellent harbors-and
forests OF 1--we oak and otner timbeI-ena-
Sies Us 10 cuhi;ouI tne snugglers OF goods
81! 'oyas, and the Indians within its Dor
drrS, aaA, By terrifying the keys OF the coun,
Try III time OF peace, II enables US IN time OF
VIZ, to keep better al bay he enemy that
""uli approach us in thai direction. Upon
The wh"ie, We sincerely congratulate the
couGry that " F;Urda is ours"
IEds Enquirer.