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77 — 1 the- ‘JUondon Morning Chronicle of
Septentber c Zi. . , *
THE FLORID AS.
” i •
was natural to ; expect, after a war
hat of the Peninsula, m i whi. h so-$
h British blood and treasure were
us ted, that the subject indemnities
and come on.the carpet, as soon as
♦ object was attained and peace esta
0t It was a very difficult matter,
•ver, to settle this pdipt,‘in cbnse
ce of the •indefinite terms of t|te *
y Yhadeby Mr., Canning, and the
- uTty of treating with Ferdinand
on ministers, who far from being
ared to give an; indemnity, rather
we had done mote harm than
><•• in aiding to liberate the Peninsula
T.i»: ,vould have been happy if an Eng.**
*’ * Van had never trod their ground.—
e» by every meant; in their power,
hey now trying to’ undo whatdittle
HC'd os well as political, improvements ‘
►nght to introduce, and it will be
r-TKlcr. if in tije next edict issued
b» .c inquisition, it be deemed a crime
Vetical pravity, for a Spaniard**’
V C speatcln r Er-glish. This inde.n
question. consequently, -has met
difficulties* as well for the
‘U jvji.st s<il^ as because the ser
ito be compensated were perform
* the cortes, apd it would be very
sistent, after his past conduct, for
mand.to.scek to remunerate them,
ndeed he only knows of them bv
lay. ‘■ V;.
uler this state of things it is easy
nceivc the great dilemma in which*
% v Y he ministers have been placed* ns
as their worthy representatives in
rid, who-have riot learned logic . V
;:< hto undq the syllogisms and other
h 1 • ty arguments the monastic
i ‘ of Ferdinand bring forward on this
*ct. This indemnity question was
however, warmly agitated in Ma-
T iin November last, and the whole
flit and influence of England ut last
s from the tenacious Spaniards, 1
gehff?ally believeij, an indemnity, j
vt East and West Florida. Jt is gen- ;
y .supposed that several demands J
y .;#inade before ibis point was agreed j
nz. a free trade to Spanish Ameriea |
cotton trade of Spain, the Island of j
o Rico, \heSpanish part of St* Do- j
t- tro, Cuba, the Balcare*, Canaries*.]
for what we know* the Philipine j
ids* Father of these bon uses,-Se-I
tejy, mi ght, perhaps* have satisfied !
wiihesV but the Spaniards were too ,
to let one go ; s > jit would seem
we had been forced to be content
the T'lortdas, because Spain cotitd
n ‘hem no longer on aecouht of the
h Americans and the neighboring *
■uhmpsf of Mp-xico. In making
concession, however, it is noticlear
her so.»e valuable principle has
ech given up, and w hether some
tion has not been exacted.- from
v to the i feelings and wishes
f e people of England, Time will
oii.v hten us on thispointa little more
r, i Spanish America,, we ought to
mber, there is at presen fa gener
jirreCtion against tyrannical power
>p,g. and irresistible impulse of hu
nature groaning under oppression
olution,4n; short the most just and
iou eating in its nature as weli as its
f ’ quences to the world, to be found
; annals of history, ......
this revolution, we know
;hc inquisition has been unwed with*
ryonet and the dagger, that reli- j
ATHEN& IHURSD4 T, DECEMBER 21, 1815
gionhas been ‘prostituted, and that all.
the energies of rancor and malice have .
been'set to worn. To suppress this
revolution atsb'Spain has frequently cal
led upon England, under a’ plea* that iti ’
our treaty we hadguaranteed the iiitcg r :-
ty of the Spanish monarchy » It; would be
ld‘ng**ud tedious to carry our readers
through the various occasious in which
Spain; has urged England to interfere
and decide against her ultrahnarine pro
vinces, hut this ‘treaty hasTeVen* by
the agents of the latter, been interpre
ted into the right of demanding''the
of Spanish Amer icans .landing
in England. ;It has hitherto been
thought that these remonstrances, on
the part of Spain* have been unnoticed*
but in our:last treaty there* is an. addi
tional clause, inserted in 24*
1814, as the 3d additional article, where
as the body of the same is signed” on
sth July, same year, which has created
some alarm. It is as follows :
“His Britannic majesty being anx
ious that the troubles and disturbances
which Unfortunately prevail; in-the do
minions of hi? Catholic majesty in A
merica should cease, and! subjects ot
these provinces should return to their
lawful sovereign, engages tp v take the
most effectual measures for preventing
his subjects from furnishing am
munition, or any other Warlike article
to/the revolted colonists in America.”
To this, another circumstance of a
more important nature has lately been
added, tending to prove that some
change has taken place in the policy of
England, whtcfrdrfthe Last : parliament
was pledged to be strictly, nay delicate*
ly, neutral between Spain arid her ’ui
trariiarine provinces. If so, it is now
generally asked, can this he in conse
quence ot the cession Floridasto
England ? Can we have bartered our
honorU outs national foresight, arid integ
r«ty, together with out;, mercantile inte
rest?, for this bauble l Let us/ look, set
a moment on the real merits of this gift
on the part of Spain, and what will ac
crue to us by being made lords over
the Flondas.
We ape not unaware, that from time
long and elaborate memqins
have been presented to government, on
the subject of the since we
held possession of that country ; so there
have also been respecting the cutting
pf the Isthmus of Panama, and in kll
probability they have been-oh a par.—*
They have been represented as Dorados,
or the Elyr*iac fields, and commercial
avidtfjy has delineated a comparative
desfcrt into a magnificent vent of gdods.
Yet ! it is a fact, that the soil of West
Florida is sandy, Jand that the climate
is unhealthy, as our experience taught
us trom the year 1763, till we gave it
up, which we even seem to have been
glad to do. Neither East nor West
Florida supply furs, for the? game is
extinct, nor are there Indians now 1 to
hunt or consume goods..* West Florida
has indeed some advantages of
from being‘Sfie channel to tlid -sea of s
large and fertile trac.|of country extend
ding from the 31st degree Jto the sour
ces of the Pearl, Alabama, and Ghataho
che rivers i*but all this belongs to the
United States, and hitherto fhe&e rivers
have scarcely been used. East Florida
possesses no harbofs ; arid indeed the
population of both is so extremely thin
that, as commercial and agricultural
points, they cannot present an ’ advan
tage worth the expense of keeping them
They have lorig been a burden"to Spain
Who had annually to drawTrom Mexico
150,000 dollars forrtheir expence of ad
ministration. - Spain, therefore rids her
aelt of a load, for she is sensible 1 that
the inhabitants, who’ endure fail the
horrors of -Spanish; legislation, &c.
without either protection or, benefits,
and behold the rise of Eouisiaria since
its cession to the United States, will
not be loifg befoie they* wish* to form
part ot the same confederation. Nay
tiM-d’ *ad of progressive liberty has
ong given umbrage to the cabinet of
Madrid ; for this they owe and old
grudge to the North Americans, as
well as for aiding the revolutions of the
Mexicans ; but as Spain is too feeble
to retaliate, she is now glad to get Eng
land to do it sot her.
I Spain, therefore* ini making us masters
of the: Fioridas; would give what I
lier is scarcely worth keeping, and in
deed what she, cannot keep iwg ; and
we seem to think, what is worth giving
is worth having. But our possession
of the above country seems to be foun-*
ded on tha advantages of a military po
sition. and as a future bridle on the U
nited States. On this score it deserves
particular attention?
Beanjouf, in his sketch of the United
States, a work that certainly developea
the views and situation of that country
better than any other before published,
says, 44 that the Fioridas .to the south
appear destined sdoner or’ tye
united to thb American republic, since
they form part of the boundaries delin
eated by nature.” The government as
well a?i the people of the U. States,
have the saffce idea j and if England
takes possession of that country, they
are pch ; suad£d it is s’olely ’ for the’ pur
pose of beins a thorn in their side, to
annoy them in time of war,- and coun
ter-balance any attack they may wishrio
* make to the north:, Mr. Ellicot, *who
some years back measured jthe bounda
ry line between Spain and. the United
Siates, observed, j$ that West Florida
must important in a commer*
cial point of view, and, if Connected with
the country north of it, capable; of pres
cribing maritime regulations to the
Gulph.pf Mexico.*’ That 13 giving to
anderstand, that in the hands of. the
States, and as an outlet to the sea for a
/great par* of the Mississippi Territory
>nd upper Carolina, and connected with
‘fi fertile range of country;, in a rapid
of ptogressioh, it might be made
of great Consequence ) but-these advan
tages could never be realised by Spain
vr England, as a solitary strip of sea
add shut cut from the interior.
Besides, it h only when these back coun
tries are settled and cultivated, that
thebe advantages are to be realised ; and
this is indeed the material reason why
the .EL S.; are not possessed of them al
ready* Yet their holding thern certain
ly enters'into the future'vieW& the
United States and beings so near, witl#
the population in’ their favor, it is evi*
dent they can take thfem whenever they
choose. It is, therefore, wh£ri we have
laid out large sums fti barracks, new ci
ties, f for our garrisons can never be
pdit into Pensacola an 1 Mobile, once the
toftib of our and'in other
necessary objects to make fen ‘ establish
ment,’ that the United’ StatesJ • back
woods- men will sound their bagle, at
the first symptoms of war, arid-ail our
trouble and expense will be Iqst*” ‘
Whatever then be the consideration
we give for the Fioridas, it can : only be
viewed <m the light of a bad debt, for
which we get what we can ; but when
We come to Consider that this must he
the cause of anew war with the U. 3.
sooner or later, if we’ can get nothing
better,, would it not be more advisable
to dash tne, sponge oyer our debt against
Spain* Jhah‘ hereafter endanger the Can
adas i By the war out of which we have*
just emerged with the United States,
we have given that country a tone of
importance greater than it would have
Attained by thirty years 1 growth* and
certainly its inhabitants Will neve£>>
henceforth etfdure what they have beei»,
in tne habit of hithdrto bearing. ’ The
oossc scion of the Fioridas can, conse
quently, bring upon iri Nothing but a
.ar, and if obtained* by the sacrifice of
any principle dear to the fee mgs .of
F tiglishmen, and essential to oef trade,
disgrace must be the issue. a It is tnen
necessary lor us to look narrowly into
this affair, before .the meeting of Par
liament, for many of the vital in
terests of this ebuntry are* implicated
It indeed seems to be the lot of nation >
to derive no ins enaction but from expe
rience, nor, nowadays, do they a van.
themselves of the .past folly of thei:-
neighbor®. Absorbed as we are in mo
i delling Europe to our wishes,’ North
and South Anfericd seem to be entirely
. neglected, or if thought oi, merely to
destroy the future prospects, a combi
nation ol es/ ‘*■ j*.
presented. Sufficient has already
been infused ini* tlhr minds of the Nort
Amen an people j manifesto xies
pecting the late war, and particularly
sme of its detached features, have been
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ggPIFWS •••Vjk” ■> JS*r ... J J . ‘ - y ‘ ■*?
rancorous enough $ and if we purchase
from Spain a country” sos R*e pbrjrSse
of fomenting’ dissentions in “ the border
ing States, and placing a barrier to the
independence of South America/ we
create a! sympathetic feeling through
out, of which our children may experi
ence the fatal consequences
, KOBHKIK. “ ‘
NeW-Yopk. November 25.
LATfeSf FROM,ENX,L VND.
Last evening arrived >t this port the.
fast sailing, ship Huntress., from Liver
pool! which port she left on the 23d of
October.’ By'this'arrival- the Editors
of the Mercantile Advertiser have recei
ved Liverpool papers to the'3lst of Oc
tober, from which the following extracts
are made
‘ *- October 18.
Almost the whole conversation of the
day has been occupied with the fate of
the gallant arid unfortunate Porlier—•
Thic letters from Corrunna,by the Pack
et which performed the vbya'ge in the
short interval/of 60 hdurfc, are to the
date of ihi 13th irist. and according t'6
these private advices it should appeal
that the daring and extensive plan which
was to’ be'carried into execuhou by
Porlier* bras formed by some eminent
lawyers who dictated the spirited pro
clamations that have appeared. It is
said that previous to the Generals death
he was ignoririn’ously carried aboin ihc
streets of Corunna, to be pelted by the
bigoted people, and that this disgraceful
exhibition was for three or jour days
continued ; *ahd according ! to the ac
counts we have received, no regular
Cotitt was formed and no .trial was
granted him
Treaty with France signed.
As we Were writing we received inform
maiion from* a most respectable quarter,
that the treaty*between Louis and the
allied Sovereigns has received its ulti
mate -ratification, by the; former, and’
lias Seen received by a special messen
ger at the iortign Office.
is understood that a Commercial
Treaty 1 with Great Britain is compre -
hended in this general arrangement. f
- The duties of Lord Castlereagh hav
ing been terminated, his’ Lordship is
expected in London within a very few
days. ■ l '’
The following ii on account of the For
tresses teied by France to the fifties*
by Vie Treaty of Peace., ‘
Os the fortresses cedfcd entirely by*
France, Landau is the strongest. It irf
in the Department rtf the Lbwer Rhine!
200 miles from Paris, on the River
Qubich, ‘and contains'about 1000 inhabi
tants v France acquired it by the Trea
ty of Bhqeni exactly 10l years ago.
Sarre Louis’is in the Department of
the Moselta, about 30 miles from vfentz;
4nd m a commanding frontier position
•n the* River Sarre.
Phillippeville is a fortified town in the’
Ardennes, about 120 miles From Paris
and dot far from Mons. It was former
ly called Corbignyv
Marienberg is in the same depart*
ment, and about ten miles from Charle
monto *
Verscix is a covering fortification tci
Switzerland, situated near the Lake of
> Geneva. ‘
Valenciennes, a 1 city in Hainsqlt*
With 20,000 inhabitants, and one of the*
! celebrated * works of Vauban. Louis
XIV took it by storm in 1677, and it
, was left with France as a conquest by :
the Treaty of Nulieguen. The Duke
of York took it in 1793 f <
Conde. 7 miles /rom Valenciennes*
< r the confluence of the Scheldt and
aisne A strong place. .
Maubeuge,’ also acquired by the Trea
lty of Nimegueni'and fortified by Louis
< XVI On the Sambre. .
Landrecy, 6n the same river, and only
100 miles frofn Pans, celebrated for
many sieges, and a very strong
place. „ ’ .
Le Quesnoy, a smaller, but a remar
kably strong fortress. nine miles from
Valenciennes on the river R nelle.—.
O wing* to its situation oh a wide plain
*t f*» very difficult to approach it hos
* ilefy * % ‘* ; V * ,
Gombray, the works about it are of
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