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7 ><■ *r.v other difordera incident tothr
p fvtlem, it ’ rmirh taficr to p* nt
on* its irnfqu ret tl-an to adnvnifter to
tli- -erdy. S, md these contertiens
cc ‘i* to fi (l r, ‘wo f fts will arise
cm of tin h Com ‘ f the republican party ;
wb.tb v mav call the moderates and
tb’ 7 slot . Each will fufpeft ; each
a<ci) f - the rth-r of Eterrfted views.
I .1. will he purr, rued by the regard
wl.icli it has for its own intertft and that
ol ‘he public. io and. fat the exertions of!
the other. I th ill riot now hrirg in* j
10 v. : ( w the inti nuption of fiicial harmo- I
ry t t*i’ fnfpictoits iilance, the cold out- j
fin-ac hed aim id civility, thejealoufy that j
disturb or that wnUsdnt thebofome of
eioh. 1 (hall not pit-due the workings
r f their paffijs, until we fee them re
nouncing not ot.ly the present purposes
biit t Very previou me;,fire of the other ;
af nt ing (heit h< non He support of ne
eomrpon caufr to the ’uft of popularity]
to the love of money, or chargirw each I
oll< r with nr w bor spoil., v Nor is it]
netted* yto p.nnt out c cataftri-phe of
thtir contention *o lliit'v ih?t vd ichfoe
vrr of :h; s- lefts focceedsthe leading men
of the other are loft forever to their caole,
p. rtiy from their own fp'een and partly
i:om the suspicion of the p rpie : that
other men will he prevented fr m advr ta*
ting any opinions like their own tho’ thry
may think, them tru', forfrarof (haring
a similar late ; and that the result will
probably be, cither that their common
tnim the F deraliftf wdl rife up it the
ruins of both, or that the leading party
wit! be coiripofrd partly of fcdcraiills
ami partly of moderate r publicans, or
that tbe prrlccutmg and the intolerant
Ipirit of anarchy will dir. ft the councils
of our government. Should not such
druggies arise, the number and Jpirit of
the tedirtihfts would experience a daily
diminution. Mary of them are coming
ever to the r< publican ilandard, who will
be k.pt to their own by the internal
diviliotis. They will lavish encomiums
Upon ev~ry rrnrgado republican to in-
ale thcirnunibrr. Witnefstheirpamgy
ric upon J.tnes Elliot. They will bestow
their luff .ge upon republicans, who aie
unfovtn a<c enough to be fufpfftrd, that
they rr ay increase the mass of fuipicion.
Tiny know that their only profp-ft of
Tefiirr.ftion is to be oecived from the
di fumoil of their opponents ; and they
w tl fparc nods ert to accoiuplifii this op
i Ci
Prudence and magnanimity muff. ad.
Biinifter the only remedies. Private in
terclt muff be fui rificed tor the salvation
of th. party Snotild a man wish to
ol its in an i flue already occupied hy his
11 .n. l , he mult rctp.ft his rights and
vail until it is Ins urn to be ferv.-d.
No man muff injure the inured of his
pHriy.toacc.pt of a'ucraiivt i ffjc
Sin uld any man it v.tti and with an office,
b-c<>mc the ohjeft of urjuft suspicion,
let Inin idfurre an eri ft a'titude, nor
a ’i! to the triumph of his aiTiilants b)
withdrawing from their attacks. It v
tone too, when such div'fions prevail, for
popuarand vii tuous men once more to
appear on the theatre of the public,
wh Te prft services have placed them be
yond the reach of suspicion, and who
have not participated ol tile rfi ig paf
fiona ot either : men who have the in
fluence and addnfa to bind together th
t fcorjant fragments of their parry. In
faCt it is no longe - to be conceal;-!.’, that
the republicans nu flplit iri twain, unhi
leading imn have virtue enough to faert
ficc tneirperfonal inter Us fortlie gene
ml good, and to'eratton enough to ref
pift their mutual variations of opinion.
This is the danger w ich we ought
to tear the moll, bicaulc it m-re unme
dir-tely hovers over us. Bui there ait
other , winch menace the npofe of our
hen ty and the purity of our conftitti
tion. ’Three of tiufe ffnke my mind
with peculiar force : itt. The difTmu
tion of oui confederacy s 2 and a foreign
war ; 3 ily a change in out manners. —
The t tfcCt of Ilu fi rft may be more or
left fatal, accorung to ttie manner of its
Occu.rence. it is my opinion, that it
never ean be entire, but that tome of the j
p cfent /f let will always a ht t together.
I is alio nly opinion, that the Ji JJ o
th f, confederacies will not be Non hem
ano Southern bu Wtfl.m and Eat Em.
T lie tta.is, w k’.cti lay on the Miiliißopi
and its bianchcs, having acq lirec, by the
exc.ufive ule of that river, *.mott a l! th.,t
they can expeft to obtain from the rtt
lantic tlsti s, may begin to murmur at
the rhtfsnce et the hat of gov.rnment ;
at then paying tax.s to fuppoit it ; and
they may fourt a diiign of enftiug
tin mfclvts into a Wifftm contcdci at>.
Si-ch a divtfion will b of all others the
leatl fual to both parties, w en it arrive j
bccautc each will be tirong enough to de
feuel itkit agamtl a/o-elj-n tntmy, ard
few caufis will .x fi t r a civil war be
tween tlem ; the gnat tbj.ds to
he atts’n and hy a ftJrr.ti nos iiatea.
Shou.d the time however arrive, when 1
tb. union iii> udbe bn kin down by a ]
toi ..urt: and tom hem in. ifdl, the coofe
q ei.ee te imr country W. Uhe as fatal as
the eve:* is in iu;l( mpr h bie.—ad.
ar f- it ante a. time between us and
ot. er n. 100-, .ho’ tlic vau es of war
c o J > H numerous as rhv\ are in Eng*
tat.- 1 , f.rr icfiatiCr, and U*..y #nl not Is
Eon tis into it, ffnee war 1
dr-xnd here upon tbe erecuti"e wifi
hut up-in the legiffature itfclf, who \”i11 !
alwaeg consult the wiffies of the people,
and weigh these caufesmaturely. When
it Joes take place, however, it will have
the usual ffilt of increafiag executive
patronage by new < fffee?, new taxes,
loans, funded debt, Itc. Disorders may
also a*ife amorg ourselves, a kind rs
(landing army may beset up, gradually
iscreafrd, and at length may be employ
ed by f< me ambitious leader assn in
(irnrmrt of ofurpation. 3 A change
of manners is inevitable, and ic will pro*
bably be for the worie. As cur End
becomes more thickly fettled, it will be
more difficult to obtain a living, at tbe
fnme time maffes of property will
all into the hards of a greater number
iof individuals. Hence the two great
I vices of avarice and iuxu: y ; the vice of
, trying to obtain a gr.-at deal of money
land the vice of fperdine it on extrava-
Iganr pleasures, v/t’i moil probably in
crease. F.arh of tiicm will It (Ten the po
litical virtue of the ptople, and prepare
the way for individual usurpation. Rea
h r ! there is only nne fcheck ; unlefa a
’ fnirit of liberal and intellcGwil refinement
| with the numbers and wealth
jof our country, the change in our ib is
| i.cts mufiproduce a correspondent charge
; in onrgovernment.
What then is requisite to perpetuate
si and exicrd our erjoy mer-ts Jlt is that I
individuals Ihotild employ their time, ta
lents, and property in exciting the use 1
ful curii fi,y aid extending the inou
ledge of thnr c unttyrr.'n This tray be
and u e hy addr.fling the adn-*s, why ad
idreffi g ttie young. The hist muff be
I frin ita/iy accompliffied through the
medium of the PRESS, the second, by
EDUCATION.
I. The g-neral advantages of the
prets have hern d'fcovered and admitted
by almost every ohfeiver. In. a free
government it is particuliarly important ;
and more particuliarly ir. so large a one a
our own. I (hall not enter into any arg
gun ent on the followin’- theorem though
it app ars to me fufcepuble of much plau
lible evidence ; Had not such an ap
paratus as types and p -fs heen invented,
such an 1 xtenfive rtpubde as our own
could not have ex itcd for any great
length of time.” It is not however by
enlightening tbe people on political fub
j.ftt alone, that the prrfs contributes to
our advantage j nor is the influence con
fined to our own prrfs alone The pres-
Us of other countries are employed for
our benefit ; and we exptft from them
j mifccllancoiiß and general information.
This fubjeft deserves a little more inves
j t'gatior-
j A prinicpal expedient for improving
| Our a milts, would be to bring before
1 them tile knowledge of Europe. The
Uitted States (land in gnater need of
j the feientifie labours of Europe than
] perhaps any country in it ; more so per
1 haps than Spain itltlf. France, England
and Germany have wife in n in every
branch of knowledge. But we have few
in any branch and in fome none at al).
We mutt either then be almost entirely
of these pursuits, or we muff
mport our knowledge from Europe.
Hence it becomes a gteat dcfidtratii-n.
to cbtain all their improvements f.on,
at a cheap late, and to produc * general
ajle for them hire. But we order
these things” very badly at p.efent.
\ new woik comes out in London, per
haps Godwin's “ NEW MAN OF
FEELING.” It (carcely ever comes j
dtreft-y to one of our tru-n Back Stores,
and <we very seldom get a book any
where c le. We tnuft therefore wait un
til it comes round to us from feme no
them t wn, when we n uft pay the addi
tional vXpti.ct o traniportation. Moft
generally we do not get it, until it ap
peais in a cheap American edition.
When it arrives in the Virginia book
ftorts, it may lay tor mont s together
U(u>n the fht If without our knowing the
value of the contents of the work We
(omtt ines fee its titles advertised ic a
new(p, pn ; but that is ail. Cannot
tiiefe inconvemences be aitcndrd by a
better arrangemert ? Car.no br'ks be
miporieff cijreCi-y iron* Europ-insn-ediate
ly upon theapp arance: here? You (ay,they
will be too costly to fed. But certainly a
few copies may bednpofci cf! Mayit not
however be reprinte'd he e ? [ kn w
that we cannot do such work as cheap
ly as in the northern towns 5 yet if we
were to eltabljih paper mills (,md there
u on y cue at prelent in the whole ttate)
we might certainly do a little in this e
legant art. intill this is not the moft
material part of my plan. I should w,(h
to lee in our pubbe prints a (hurt aua..
lyfis of every new and valuable work, j
ii utlrated by mtereft ng extracts; Thel
tirft to give usa general view of the con-!
tents and plan ol the book ; the lccond
to serve as fpecimers of its execution.-
1 n this way our curiosity would be ca
ll y excited, and we lhould then obtain ‘
the immed-.att fight of a work, v bich)
might otherwise have remained for weeks 1
without InfpeCtion upon the (helves ot a
book-store.
2- At this bright ara cf intelle&ua!
improvement, ao eulogium can scarcely
he expected on the advantages of educa -
ting the young. The man who is in fa
vor of ealightenirg the people, rnuft feel
a proportionate degree of regard for rhi
‘a.uable pariu.t. Education may in sacs
he confiderej as the radical frefr-Son of j
tcc;e*y, in the fame manner as lan * u
coi.fidcred as the basis of it* wealth, fmee
it ptiuctpaljy furmlhe* tftofe valuable me- i
icritb out of wJuch the mind of ah the |
fi*.- a’ n*ri n f f r’- :y, !:b. its
Izw-ets i*s pi yflcsns is l e caf'er to be
fafh ! or.ed. ivhaf refoorces thi pro
session is to be nnunfhed ; whether it ir
to be left to political app’-epr-rf-on or to
individual contr but’on is a moft ci.fficult
and delicate problem. Thefe'wo pofi.
tions however xrecKar, that if individuals
tvill not wi'hin a reafonal'e time, govern
j roent may and ought to fopply resources
rot for paying the fahtries of inftruftors,
hut for furn-ffiug them with houfts,
Librartrs, apparatus and the other
eapitnl of thrir trade, and that it ought
never dirtftly to interfere in the choice
of the iufbuftors. In Virginia oar go
v-rt me nt hi. 6 done very li’ tie for the ad
vantage’ of education ; and individuals
{till less.
An accompliffied ir ftruftcr is neither
paid nor refpefted enough for lis feivi.
cm. Before liberal minds can be ir.du
ced to enter intotlis profeflion, it muff he
more nearly placed upon a level with Ew
or physic. An mftruftor who ribtains I
30 pupil* at 40 dollars a head, is thought !
very fucceEful in his purfui;; and yet!
ii is certain, that moft lawyers and Pliy-!
ficiars r-.ceivs every more than
l2oodoi'ars. Jt is certain too that he
is not so much refpefted as they are 5
tho’ I am pleased wth perceiving that ;
tUe estimation of rhe puifurt has confi
drrably increased within a few years. An
improvement has a'lfo tsk'-n place in the I
systrrs of inffrufticn. The enlightened
thec-irs which have appeared in Europe,-
such as R< fTeap s Emil-us, Miss Edg-1
worth’s practical ducat on, Mrs Hamil- 1
tf>n on ecue-atior & Cowan on education, 1
have had ferine t ft'ft, & will certainly have 1
much more, in reforming the monadic i
cldScal ud learned difeipiine of the]
schools Os the three great ends of e-j
ducation ; to teach ahoy what to think ,
howto thick and to think, the last moft|
important till he arrives at a certain age; ]
: t has been the wioft neglefted, but it
now begins to attraft tbe attention of
the infiruftor. To inspire a boy with
an intrinsic desire for knowledge ; not
to ‘ t*ach the young idea how to (hoot?*
but to fu’-n'(h it w’th ate-ming & fiuitful
foil,‘this has lately become a great ot>
jtft tn our oourfe of inftrufting us ; as
ruch so perhaps as the introduftion of
those miscellaneous and philosophical
ftadteg which have even crept into our
private schools. I cannot forbear men
tioning one cbj-ft, which is yvoithy of
the labours ot fome competent and ex
perienced inftruftor. It is to furr.ifii
our schools with a detailed plan of a course
of education suited to the condition of
our iociety.and delineated in the phainefl
imaginable style. Let him (tate the par.
ticular branch of knowledge which is
adaptr and to each different ege of the mind,
the bed boohs wkich may be Itudied on
each, and the bft n.ethod for teaching it.
Let h-m circulate this plan in our tutus
p ptrs and cheap pamphlets, and the es
Ifeft will fullv reward his meritorious ex
ertions. Many ir.JlruGors as well as rt ’JI
parents want fome such cfliffance ; the
itll that they rr>: y regulate their own
labours and the i3.i that they may be a
ble to rt vise and oirect the improvement
of their c ildren.
In fadl, fir, government h3B done as
[ much for us aa we could rationally dcfire
1 By little, by toil’ hing the pri
vate judgment of individuals with the
greatcft possible circumfpeblion, she has
devolved upon them the duty of dt>ing
more for themfelve*. Our po.iiical sys
tem has gone as far as it ought to go.
It is time that the moral system should
dilp'. y its energies. And if individuals
are not wanting to themselves, if they
will devote thi.ir aftual refourcea to the
solid improvement of society, anew des
tiny is before us, hitherto unknown in
the history of man. V\ e shall be the
mofl enlightened and moral , as we are now
the freeft people that have ever appeared
on the globe.
Rusncus.
From thi Louisiana Gazette.
REFLECT OSS
On the eivfe of the 1. u danians , resprS-
July submitted ly their agents.
At a conjun&ure. when so interesting
j a fu>jedf as the government to he given
to Loy-flam, is open tor dilcufli m, when
the fate of a whole people is at stake,
and the dive fi v of opinion augments
the difficulty of the deemon and the mi
certainty of the ifiue, a few rtfi diet.*
on the present fin at ion of the Louifia
mans, on the obltacles which their clrim
encounters, and on theeonftquen. es like
!y to *rife from the judgment of that im
! portant cauf-, cannot bt deemed impro.
. per, and may- not u e unufc'ui. r*snprcfl" j d
1 wi.h the belief, a’ ? trotting to the hon
ffty of cur intention, we cow fuhnr.t them
! to public consideration, hoping to atone
hy our sincerity for any deficiency jn o
i ther refpefts.
) The people of Louisiana rere living
1 under the Spanish goverrment in tra <-
quilityand happiness, when events hap.
| pened. which entirely changed the face
|of things, and exposed them to the in.
, conven'encies of two luccnffive political
revolutions —Though rep rented by
fume as in a state ot degradation, they
hid beer accuttoroed to enjoy rot otiiy
a degree of freedom, uncommon unda
a monarch cal authority, hut even every
favor which could tend to their welfare.
Such was, whatever may be said by the
mtcKrted or partial, the firuaiion of th
Loumaciaat, when France, and after
wards the Uoiled States, a. qmred the 1
‘‘••ntor* ; ar.d ve f f-eh was their confi i
Vnre :*• the r-r v oit of t’>e Ucted
State, a'd rs -Ir-c as r.f the b'cffiigi
they were about to enj >v under it, that
they pafic- under their dominion with
pleasure and cheerfulrefs.
Their fatisfaftion was, however, force.
what ab?ted, when they saw what litt.e
precaution had been t,.k n to nvke their
tranfitton comfortable, and that they
were placed, all at orce, in an unsettled
date, under rhe immediate government
of one unacquainted with their cuff-ms,
laws ard language 1 Inffead then of ad
vancirg towaids ihe a,.£ii.mci.t of those
a ’vantages wbirhthr’- h:d heen taught
to expeft, they l,aon feU baek into a tru
ly ffl wting situation. The abrupt
change of all the fc.rms to which they
lad been accudomed curing io many
years, the iriftitution of unknown ruits
without pr per erution, the eftabiith
rr.trt even of new laws withou: publication,
tbe coniufion arfiitig from th ir mixture
vCith the firmer, and the pierpetual clafu
ig of so many incoherent materials, the
uncertain and inevitable ill combined
ft-ps of an xdminiftration totally inex
perienced in that country, and to increase ]
the tmbarrafainent, the sudden introduc
tion of anew language in the admimftra
ti< nos justice ar.o management of public
affairs, loon put almost every branch cf
gtivernment in a perfeft (abyrnuh, and
threw the government into ti.e greatefi
perplexity and trouble. That situation ;
however diftrefling, they were bearing
with patience and rrfignation, hoping
fonto be relieved from it by the Ufa
biifhment of a free gcvetr.met, luch as
they were entitled to expt-ft, and such
as would have enabled, them to regulate
their own affairs with order and harmo
ny. Their disappointment in that fau
guir.e expeftation. and the prefpeft cf a
prolongation of their fuffecings gave
birth to the memorial which has been
presented to Congrcfs. But it was their
fate to have to encounter in so legal a
claim numberlefa obiiacles, fome arising
flora the diversity of opinions as to the
foundation of it, and fome thrown in their
way by the measures of a few interested
individuals. With refpeft to these last
difficulties, little needs be laid, fiuce they
are grounded merely on accessory coa
fi ieiv-.tions, and have nothing to do with
the object in difeuffi >n.
It may not be amiss, however, to’ ob
serve that the piece which has been pre
sented to congress, and punted uncer
the title of a counter petition, said to be
signed in four days, is probably nothing
more than the effort of the few to main
:atn the preponderance they now enjoy
over the many, and seems due to the
exertions of fome men whose wifnes for
the welfare of Lou liana might be fu
oordinate to private considerations.
The nature of other difficulties s more
Tcrious, and threatens the Louisianians
with frelh disappointment in their hopes
of obtaining the dear ohjeft. of their
wilh-s and the remedy to their fufL-rings,
self government. Therefore to lead us to
the enquiry refpeftiog the confequtnce*
.lkeiy to attend the final tleciftou es their
caufc, a previous examii.atiou of them
seems to be indifpeiifibie.
File various opinions refpefting the
claim of the Louisianians might, it should
seem, b* divided into three fpectes.
iff. Thole p.rtwrt* unwilling to let
them argue on the third article of the
treaty of cession cf their country, becattfc
they tut’ e no patty to it
2d Ttic-le wlio trunk that the treaty
of ctfiion does not provide for their ad
m.ffion into the Union, except tit fome f u
twe period, to be deter n.i .cd by the United
States.
2d. Those who, at the fame time they
acknowledged that the (tipulation of the
stipulation of the treaty intitles them to
pe incorporated into the union without
any other delay than the’ necessary pre
parations, think it unsafe for the interest
ot the United States to adm : t Louisiana
immediately as a member of the federati
on.
The opinions of the firft species ap
pear, ot once, lo ungenerous and l o illi
beral, that one te at a loss how to express
his difapprcbation of them. Silenced by
the voice of authority, he is (truck and
confounded. He has no right any long
er to claim : He s reduced to abide
by his msftfi’s pieafure, and to rei eive
with lubmiffi n what they thirk lit to
grant. But are the Louisianians really
deprived of tiie means ot foilciting what
they belteve to be their right? are they
left in a date of abandonment and despair
without being pi rm-tted e T en to ip :ak?
Vo, moft certainly not. When a llave
{ ey nee. not he alhamed of ‘he compa
itfoii ) is fold for a certain Epic eif t m,,
at tbe end of which he i entitled to his
freedom, has he no cWitr, beer.ufe he wet
no party to tbe ccr.tr,.fi > And are the
Louisianians in a worie condition bec.ufe
they have not like him a tribunal where
to resort to ? No they are not — ——
They appeal to Congress themfeives,
ruily periuaded that their right is as fafe
as if Congress had no rignt in their
C*ofe.
1 h:s rnuft be confcfTcd however, that
if there be any thing of difficult decuion
n the cuufe ct the Tc-uitanians, this
way of iettlinp it w*s certainly the sh n.
est, though those who have fund jt out
have difptayed ruther more of the deipoti
.a’l than oi the republican priaci r i.-s *
Folio wing this op.i'ion iaio useff is,
wc find that ti e Lou Iranians once ln.-n
----ced with the itrperio-t tone, muii be , c
* J
verntd in a impe ions a manner, a;, i t
not like kru hers, cu. l.kc vai. It
w cote duaneui.oa ar.ti and tcvn a.nil ,Ci
be kept down l y all i*r.t> nous mr otß-a
Put as the tr:. a o <t- a> mr - u w,
fr*^-1 n ike roarl wti ch a generous s’ l
1 trov-rntu*nt ha to follow, itisnecdhfß#
pufae it anv farther i
The next opinion is that th- tre3'4*L,i
cession does not. provide for the Jti
on of the inhabitants of Louisiana intop
u ion, except at fome future period, toml
and tt'min and by the United St its.
point isfuiiy investigated in the mtmlri
al of the Lou'fiaiHans, and hardly ®y
thing could be laid on it without repelt—
ing what is written th. re. 0: e finjle
o’ufervation however, strikes, to be p t>*
per; Among other realons tending ttt
effabiilh that the adm ffion of the
Louifiiamans to the-enjoyment of all
right6of citizens of the United Stat
cannot take place before a certain
her of years, the following article feehtfl
to be ftrcngly infided on ; —“ Tbe Lou- 7
ifianians are to be admitted to tbe enjoy. ,
\ ment of tbe rights-of citizens, according ‘•
tn thep snip er of tbe eon'litulun ; nou
the cor,ftitiiiion having provideiKthat a*
uniform rule be obferred in the naturali.%
zmio.i o. aheus, it follows that the Lou-jk
iianians muff go through the rulesStndß
j tormaiiries effablifhed therein, before they I
can be admitt-d as such citizens.” This®
j r nmei.t, at tirft, vt-w has foms (Irengthfl
1 rt.ltel; hit a little attention
its weak ruts.
The fit ft rcfleftion to be made beforJ
the application of a law, it is applicableJ
Here is a law exprcffly fpr the ’nafuraiill
z tion of ft ringers coming individually inti
to the territory of the Unted States; c,w
fiici, aiau- oe applicable to a whole bit \
cf peupl annexed te the Untied States ak
cnee, and under circumstances so widely
d'ffercm ? ims seems to have been a
queltion once ; but it cannot be a quetfti.
on now that the United States have deci
ded it, by importance of the inhabitants
of Louisiana, one of the moft important
.rights of citizenships that of owning
(hips of velfeE, or the United States, un
der certificates of regtftry of the United
States, as citizens of the United States ;
It cannot be a question now that the inha
Witants of Louisiana have taken the
oath of allegiance to the United State!
and been admitted to hold public i-.SL
ccß and perform afts which none but citi*
sens of the United States cau execute ; it.
ought not to be a question now that thdj
! Louisianians pay to the United States thH
fame du'ies, which ail the other citizen*
of the Union are fubjeft to But if it id
yet a question, it i3 one that will inevi*
tably place us in a pert-ft labrynth. It
w ’l be impofithlr to discriminate in wial!
rcipciffs the Lou-ftanians are to be confin
dered as citizens, and in what refpeft*
they are not. It will throw both t! $.
legiflatorß of the United States and th j
Louisianians into numberiefs doubts an®
difficulties, and expaft both the admini*
ftratorß and adminittered to perpetual per*
plexity.
Tbs Lnuifiantac* wi’.l be a mix'd being* to
whose situation in f-ciet/ will be undeterrtyj j,*
ned and inexplicable; and Louiliana, infteid
of being relieved from her exiftiug embi£
raffments, will be more and more deeply®
plunged into them. There is but one way
deciding matters of this kind. When my?
doubt arifesonthe true meaning of an ex*f|
preHiasi in a treaty, it is an invariable and®
iacred ruie to give, it the faireft and mofij
liberal conftruftion. Such great fubjefts arM
to be difeufftd only on principles of equi*y<J®|
Here is a Imputation m fav rof the l.ouaßf?
anians, the objed of which rr,aft probably if®”
been to iecure them tome compsr.fationiffif .
he vex.tion of being bargained away by thatttJ
moth.r country', at the very moment ot bam*®
settored to her. They are annexed to
United States, nor or. the f oting of tcirjjHH
but on that ot tjuils- “ The inhabitants
ceded territory arejo be incorporated into flKiij
Union;” nothing can be moreexplicit; “ ajjjffj
admitted as soon as pofEbleacc rding to tHn
principles of the conftitutior-, to the
meut of all the rights, advantages and irrinSl
nities of citizens, &.c ” Now whether
word as Kjtn as possible belong on y to
Inner put, ‘rex ended also to the firtl;
son and jultice pronoui ce that they can
nothing-elle than the l.tpfe of the
time for patting the laws constructive to th®P]
fulfilment of'he Ihpifiation . And yet tha®j
clause is so far from being attended to, thaflfd
one year has already elapsed before a fisgi<W
£iep has been tauten towards its
ance.
Tr.e third fpeeies of opinion is, that ever;®
admitting the treaty- entitles the f,ouifiarua.ns m
. tobe inc irpo-ated into the union without any®
| other delay than the necessary preparations,®
l ii :t not safe for the United States m execu a®
ha ! incorporation at preietu ? Tm- ;s
a subject of very fenvus enquiry, a-4 we
endeavor to place it in its pi .per light. m
The treaty- engagement or.ee admitted tobfl
peremptory, notlur.g can prevent its performJ®
I ance but die important consideration of Wsjfl
I psl’im, ihe fafety of tie country. Such is,®
we fuppLe, the ground of tins opinion.—
[ Therefore, al-hough we contend that this ;rr®B
portant ohfticie ought to exist in sass, tobe®
at all worthy of C'-nlidera-ion, and that the 1
mete fuppolinon that a danger may happen if a J
contrail is pei formed, is by up means a re
fns t ’ pr.;traA i's perfor atrve, yet to ..am®
up all a übts, as m ch as lies in our peweo®
r-which seems to be founded ihe
fion of danger m the present case. The eiu®
quirv, we tnmic.comprenAs the to lowing threa®
principal points :
i ft. How is Louisiana to be secured against 1
external enemies ? .and. WlUit be lets lVctul
red when erected into a state than it is at®
present ? td. Is rhere an- more danger to be 1
apprehended by the U ited States from
■er al dnturnances, ordiforder
e-ected into a fta-e, than in
ed in any other manner ! ■
In the fir ft p ace, if the intention of th ®
* Among other ilrange things whicl®
have been said on this fubjecl, is a
publication, signed Common Senle, in whick®
the author makes a ridicu ous difplav of hi*fl
*vn preten-ei diplomatic information, ft ®
the purpose of teaching the L uifianians I
and why tne third article jf cession of their I
c-.u rv came to be made! Hwthe etc tin of ■
the ciauf< (whatever itmaj be) not the eta yi u/'/j m
u| obe a'tended to! ! How is it th:rtnem®
cjrporaii.v, the inhabi;an-figtufies the in- m
c .rp ration of the territory! Ana tuner res,®
i.mngs of ...at kind, which hWe obtained nv®
anfwcr, owing to tasu cvidm; shfurdity. ®
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