The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-02


tr,.. stifLs ~ the bark II II did not
serm irnteriiac we might ask this ques-
inn: Who IS the hist jadgr Of The com
tnrfrial interests ef the United STATES, the
zecrriary af stlte, rated As one Of the ablest
diniorn atisl. IA the world, and forced by
his very situation into an intimate aequaiil-
ianee With The N ifiliine interests Of the u.
.st4irs. the senate Of the United States
selected for their wisdom. aud coming
from III The great commercial states Ut lie
Tniun. the pr,sideat al The United safes,
trained FROM his yunt!iin loreignnegpiibi
nr Gen, raj Flo.d himself Yet the treaty
WAS negotiated by Mr.. Adams, sdopt"d ny
two thirds of the senate, sndiratiIied by TIE
president. Notwithstanding this, The tfea-
I, my bear little hard on the southern
stilrs. Tie question was il not The
best that could have hcen obtained al that
time orwas 4 moi better than the state
of non-intercomsc which II superseded
The answer is found IN the circumstance
of is having been ratii i by the proper an-
lhoriiies, aud from is heiag aequicsce9 10,
without mrmuf, from the day II b"eame
law or the land, until now ; for General
Floyd's complaint is the FIRST we have
heard an the subject Suppose Gen. Floyd
drpulnd ~ envoy extraordinary, by tht
government of the United States, 10 nego.
tate treaty of commerce aud aintiy viii
the cout Of st. james. He will find II im.
possblr to provide alike for the interest Of
each separate class, aud each geographical
section Of the Union. He will not for This
4 / q taf,
man, promote the interest of one single
section Of our country, nj The expense of
the Union. But in the spirit OF wisdom
and conpromisc. be will cudcayor 20 beoc-
Gt the whole without reference to the in
jury done 10 particular parts--So Mr. Adj
ams---lle negotiated the treaty Of Wash
iugton for the Union, not for Grorsia or
Virginia. The objection IS capilous, M
Terrible and unreal.
Gen. Fiosd's second objection To Mr.. A
dams is derived from aHothcr treaty that
of February, l322, between his catholic
majesty and the United States, lnd parti-
cularly from ibat article, by which the
province of Texas was exchanged for
East and West Florida by this exchange,
says The General, the Siape holding states
have lost four senators IN the congress of
The United States--ilas il escaped The
General, that if we have lost Texas, we
hive gained Florida 2 And thai that ter
ritory, may be carved TAP into Two very
pretty sized StatesY II SO, viii not each
be entitled 10 two senators, aud whore then
is the loss: We soald enquire of General
Floyd, if he deliberately saploses If to be
wise policy in the slave holding states, 10
widen or deepen the line of demarcaiion
which accident has already 81 immutably
established, between the northern aud the
southern sections of the Union2 Why
should he be continually on the stretch to
excite that dormant Jealousy between these
rival ends of the country, which now hap
PLY reposcs in tranquility We are ofthe
same family, Of The same ansestry united
BY the same interests; acknowledging the
same principles of government, the same
1eople IN short When the non slave hol-
ling states, manifest an uneq1iyocal in
en'lon to impose on us Inequalities, which
heir strength in congress, n0w enables
hem 10 do if they would, il viii be time
'nough 10 ropel insult by resistance, and
aggression by force. Beflre then, il is
lng"nerous as well ar imprudent, To fly in
he face of those who mean us 40 harm
The spiIii Of this objection is singular, and
o our minds any thing but patriotic. The
idre holding Siaies, hare iOst fotr senator's
n the General Congress. The common
interests of the United States, The state Of
'ur relations with Spain, the long suffer
ngs OF our merchants, every thing ought
% be lost sight of, To give the southern
tates, four more senators in congress
erlly this is bad logic, az well rs bad po-
icy. Let This sort of spirit become more
General, and we shall soon have division
II the Union, civil war, and after that a
>lNG. But the truth Is, the southern
tatcs have lost no weigh, in congress by
he exchange What they lose IN Texas,
hey recover u Florida unless ihe Gene
al reasons upon the supposition, thai we
we're at last Ia get Florida at any rate III
%, we will not stop To reason with him on
he injustice of stripping the venerable
nd toitcring monarchy of Spain of IFS
lghtlnl dominlons, but attempt To console
nm, by suggesting the possibility Of re
rievmg, at some future time. Texas itself
u the same way--But how stands the
realty itself on lis merits, and Mr. Adams,
IS the agent in negotiating it?
When it was knowa that the Floridas
lad become territorial acquisition Of the
United States. bat one sentiment of an
Hobatlon and rejoicing seemed TO pervade
he eountry-They rounded off the con
Ines of the Union so happily in that quar-
-er; we were peaceahly Kidding ourselves
IT neighbors, who were becoming SO trou
llesome and dangerous; and the acquisi-
ION IN maritime point of view, was of
'uch real importance, that it was consi-
Tered generally, as a measure which re-
lected great credit upon the admnistra-
ION which effected il, In what way then
vas II parncious In addition to the loss
u senators IN the congress of the United
states, Gen. Floyd says. that our Nier