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I 4l A HALI 1 A if r. Payaltlt half Yea nyT PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM BOYLAN. C Fit INS., Payalu'f in rh;inc. ' Vol. i i. RALEIGH, N. C.) MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1806. . 1. i No 529! am is sjt From the New Tork jpvening Pzst. INTERES TIN G. The f flawing let'er, wiitien by a man of the firft rtfpe&ibility, is en itl;d to the earoeli p. rufil of ctery one defir -us of bing acquainted ' with the ttate of mr national affirs R. a J it, electors, aaJ biuih for yaur dishonoured coua try , " Extrad of a letter from a Member gf Congreft, to his friend in the Wefltrn pirt of the Jlate oj New, York dated rfprit 15, tb'o6. Dear. Friend. As y ui fiturituxi is fomewhat remote from the centre of information, I h vc for Ionic time, contemplated fcndingyou, towards the clof; of the feffi m a (ke'ch of f .ine of the mod p'omi Dent mfures cuceruing our fotcigrr relations, which have occupied the attention ofrjConrefb dti'iog tiie pceleat fcfii .n. As Congrefs will aijouro in a lew days, I embrace the prcfent opportunity to fulfil, in fame meafire, my pur pofe. Cdiiliderable iuformution you. have re, ceiverd fron the papers which I have fern you from time to time. Their contents I lh all rut repeat. The fecret j turaal of C ngref3 while lifting in conclave, is now before the public -When the atouf, cones out to public view, i prjves to be nothing m uc than that a propofi. tno for enabling thf Prelident to ra.fr fome additional troocs when he (h iuld And it oecelT. ry for repelling Spaoifh agr-fli'ns on out fojthern frontiers, which was difcuiTed and was negatived. An ither-motion was introduced, far 89 appropriation of two millions of dollars towaida the expence of a negotiation f r the purchafc of the Florid as, which, after conGder able debate an J oppofitioo wis adopted, and a lawpufL'd m king the aparoprisiioo according ly An attempt, as you have feeo by the pa. pti, has beeu made to print the Pre'fident's fecrctmeffge of Dfcemb-rr 6ch. Bit whether it was becaufe forte thi,u(.ht ihty had al ready gone too far, in confritj; g to print the j ttrnal, and lo gave back, or for fyme other cauf'e. a v te for that puipi f , could riot be ob taincd It would be a pretty thing to travel fide y fi le, wi h thej jurnal already pub'tfhed.' Aod if th fc fecret in. imations from the Exe cutive, th 'e backltairs communications, which I hive rejfoa to believe gud d the decisions of fTmajoiiiy of the hcufe, in all qaeftions lelati g to our difputes with Spain, could he pujlifhed in connexion with the public m ff g? of D c. and the private one of rhe; 6 h r it would per. hap foiin.as fibular an afTocia: ion a has of late' appeared i" any country. But it fee in 8 the private roeuY'C cannot b. pubhihed at prcf-nt. 1 ifcall, h ,vcver, makt no fctupte in referring to it.- Not that I would infiouate thefc was aay clafning between the pubiic and private miffa, e8, f far as Spanilh atF'ira were allu.'ed to in the public mefTte th priyate one which rrlatcd to nothinff tlfe, was peife&Iy in unifon witli it Hut the comparing thefc rrrcffjceB wou'd be of (ttat ufe in ticiou a cour'e of of late been more generally k own a a part of. Weft F orida ; and accordingly a collection' dif uict was by Uw eltabliflud oo the fame (notes aad waters o' the Mobile, whe e artbough the CollcAor'8 Office is fi uted within the foraier bouBdarie8 ot the United. States, yettheprin. cipat part of the diftrift was included. within what was before the treaty of Pat is of the 30th of April, 1 803, acknowledged Spanilh territory. The weltem bouuiary of Louifiana was ac. knowledged to be undefinud. Bu- here a claim both ea raotdinary and dilhonourable has bren fet up, rxtendiog it as far welt as the Ri Bra vo, or de Noide, on which tit. capital of New. Mexico Hands There was a (irong inducemeot on the part of government for this ex'ra"rdina. ry cxrenfion of a clai-n for boundaries, in ord.r to imp'tfs on the mine's of the people of the United States that they had obtained an extra ordi ary bargain for their fi:?ro millions This operated with a peculiar force aaiit relpe&H an cailero bou idary ; for, txlufive of the ifliod of Orleauy, and 'he free navigation of thtfMig- 1, whictr 13 a valuable avo,nlt.,fo to our in n ticiog cotidiidt purfued by the egifl.tute, and finally finftjo'ied by a majority, at vaiiance with both, " but which wae, 1 have reafon to believe,' per fecllyjifgnitlL fecret inKjScialcommuDL- cations from the exetutive. Our difputes with Spain were on varhus grounds, as follow, for fpoliatiom on our com merce, by the fubj-fts of Spin : fpoliations - by French privareers, where the prizes were curried into, and difpofed of, in SpanTfh ports : damages lulbune Tty a lumper fi n of right of "d -pofit at Ncw Or'eans. guaranteed hy the trea. ty between the U-itea, btates and Spain, and concerning the bou idanes of L 'Utfina. The cature of the forraergr unds'ot controverfy, is, probib'.y fufSientj before the public, but per baps I can ex pi. .in to yru hc grounds of our tcirit'irialdiputes a little more plainly than you "wi-hin your knowledge By tb treaty of Pa ris of 1803, ourg vcrurnent bought a pi(? in a foke, as the faying is, i. e a certain undefintd forueihing, ; cl'ed Louifiania, without ' either metes or bounds. ;.When our agents who ne. got-iated the treaty wilhed to hive tl.e territory J defined by metes or bounds, it wa3 evadea; 8c they were'toid that they could hereafter arjnft the boundaries with Sp in Qur ageDts confiV " dcred that the ancien' boundary of LouifiiVia, when ii the hands of France, before the p ce 01763. iinlu ed the country io queltioo ac ceded; but by a "ft ere t aricle' in the irtaty of ' St. Udefonfo, -which "transferred the cmtntry to France, sncl wa he bifn of the tieaty'of PaTI i3or by a f.crct undeiftinding betweej' Fiance , m 'SpitiV' tlie dpuntry to the ealt ward of the 5lib6efviewa3 denied to be a patt of L u.fiana, andawaa-rcferved in the hands of Sp in. So thaf;what our ag;e-1 uoderftootfto be i icludcd '--if the plain langnrand. meaning of the treaty French agents had no - intention that it (h .-id'd include, apd,.if polTiolcj ftilllefd iuttn;ioo that it fiiul(be known what it'ditj '.ir.c'luieT'Bf' this tnetQi the United States have bten corn. 2 jiVu;!y-fwindled into a blrgam t rVpunlV thtr V.idHiot knoiw wliat. Prtfuming on the lame eitiin country, th; teriitory between that ri ver and the Per i Jo was the only part of the fuppnfcd putcbafc worth a ii.igle cent to the U o'taies. The paradife of Jionifnna. i. e. the couptry to the westward, ot the Mifiidippi, is a large propotti in of it uninhabitable by any thing hit. man, 01 even by the wild bea'is of the wilder, nefs, or the fifhtS of the deep. It is a d'own. d irnpdlH .e bog, properly fp-ikirig, neither iaid nor water, fit only for-the habitation of rocodiles, otters, miiks, r and roulqoyihesrrf fome other fpeces f animal toVh. m land or waier is equally indifFirent. In fomr piacts, particular y injb viciniiy of New Orleans, c or a coi" it lerabtfi diltanfe up" and do vo the ri. vcr, perhaps IOor 290 nuua, its boidns are flc.rtrd vith a i.ariowf:p of a-id frm 1 to 3 4. 5 an.1 6 milea wide, capable ot cultivation, 8i very 'e.tiic. B .rk of this there isan rxtenlive unpfli le fwamp, covered vith water in time of the fl oJs, fometimea :6 the depth of 20 or 25 fett. and never thotouhly dry. Ic is a cir- cumitince almoft itivariable, that the lafidd im incdiaiciy on the bank . f he r vtr, are much higher than hty are a number of miles hack. Above tbi. narrow tract:, which is i believe i.t general highly cu tiva cd. the impaiTible f amp, which is ot various breadths, in fome place? a wide as 30 or 4b miles, app-orichco fo clofe ro ihc river that lr 5 or Ceo miles there is fcarce. ly a habitable fpot on the weltem bat-k, an t udv mits of no p.fl" ge to the h gh grnur.d$ to he welt, unlefs by water, win re it nappe ns t b interfered by navigable ftieams Tin's mod cimplcte'y fhut up that country from ru!iivati.n for centuries to come, even if the nan al 'erti 'i y of the foil was little if any inferior to the Gaideo 6f Edea But fo far as any d.fcivcj of that fitei.five couu ry has ttt i made. th. fuil 16 by no mens sbove ""iiicdiocruy Much of it is a perfect barren, and a large proportion fo entirety ddtitute ofmbr. for either foild. iug, tpel, or any ncctfiary ule, as to rendei the country fcarcely habitable, were it even prcti. cable 10 geLai .iW BjLk'l JJlvfJlyretiiL the ftttlementa upon the Red Riytr, wbuh I believe have been of neatly as much as one hun dred years Handing, arc te pre feu ted as mifera. ble beyood defcription, . end the iuhabitaptc funk into the loweft degree of wretched nefs, of which p.vcrty and ignorance i capable, among a people who have the molt diftaut ideas of ci vilization. While the country wai in the hands of Spain, . the-(cttlcments were tirtirguifhey iiito tbiole of Upper atd'Xower Louifiar a The latter, compriiiog the city of New Orl ans, and the fettlemcots 00 the patt of tl e Mififfip pi adjacent, and thefe 60 the Red River, now eiccoj.inatedjlj.e-territory ofOtieaia-' ,The e "' a " ' f r 1 a ft nr -icrmer-mciuajng 4 ne4ctt Jemnt-on tnc--mui ri, an- thofe on the M'ffilTipi ; itr.media'ely above and below thic jut.dtion, uow dcnomint' cd the LDitifiana territory. Between thefe fet- ihmttjts there is in uiitxplfred wildeinefs of nearly 700 miles in ex ent, on the grkaten pai of whicA the foot of civilized fran nevet tiod, afd which from the difdvanfages of its fitu "tioh, muft' be uninhabiteJ for ages to come Part of this, particularly what is wstered by iht ieveral branches of the nikai za uvei the mi.lt 0 1 li.lertble weftern' branch of the-MifiilJippt, between toe Alilu uri ana me. ivro river is iaia to be an txcelleut country," bu. excepting the Aborigines no perjn tt at I know of has ever "Ten it The Mifltflippi floods dam up then vers rhptyirg into it from the weft, fo as' to in ijndate the low ct UHtry adjacent to their banks in fnch a rnanaer as to render it uniohbiubie which it ts publifhed. It ftands in jfBint of ere dipiliry, pretty much on a level withfue other things related in the fame works, particularly of fome lakes oear Natchitoches, where there is fuch a prodigious quanti y of fifli and fowl that it is not u- common in win er, for a tingle man to kill from, tro to f ,ur hundred fowls in an evening, (hooting them 'upon the wing as f rt as he could load and d fcharge, without t.king any particular aim. And fifh are fo pVnty that a fingle .t Indian, with a bow and arrowa, will kill them fafter f han anothrr with two h .rfes could carry them i ff. Whal.lhould prevent the wtet8 of the Wafhita defemdrng from incorporating with thofe below, fo ihat the floods tbemfelfts would remain fweet. whilt the waters of the river above whete thev mm gtea with tne lame, fhould not on'y It.gnate, bif: putrify, i, a iVjca which I fh,ll leave to the inveftigation 01 my' phjrofophic Deighb ut, oriome or nis corre p jr.denls who are peipetu ally imp.ifi .g .ri bis crc'u 'ty, by info ming him of w.)ii1e a which t.ev.r tiifteiJ only in ima ginatim. Sich is the P-radifc of Louifiana to the wttt of the M ffiffippi, according t0 the belt intelligence I have ben a Ie to abr i 1. Spain is riifpofed not only totxilu le us froni the country to thesaftward of the lher.i!!?. K... a fair way to bYlV j cled to a lafiiug, odious and 1 pprtffive intu e. , I fhould not be furprifrd if demands (hc-uijl be m!e on other ptettnee than territorial Cif. putes with Sp. in Sh. uld a few 0 i lib'.s b emand-d .s a orice 1 f re. - - j- - T J vi vi iw v the injury of eu'i' trsdi. g fo long with St. D )i mir gi. and a fe v more for it demnificuion tor) a 'nppofed it jury effertd to the Sp.-nifh imbaff I.J. i . - . . L ' .. r . . n u' oc no more urar.)c loan mauT to teltrid the houndary to a uartow Itfrip, be 'yond the Mifiifiipithe principal part ol rhict ua Ei.ope, ouf-itxcTirtve"". fet up claim to-ihe country as fir ttard as the river or bay of Jrcuido, laciuiiog a large pos tioa gf what lua fir hundr s of miles above their juiction. ;. A 'ate publication which has beco.prinfed hereby order of governmeut. rnentioni ihjt in the ye-r 1799 an inundation of the M-flifiippi dammed uo tt.e WalTiiTa. a branch ofahe Red iiver at a n'ace ft vera! hundred oiles b.ive the jurftiou of the lied river with hc M Cifljp pistil fuch a manner as id caufefucfrls ftagna" li and corruption of its water, aMobcc fijn 6Tn;ieoimid8ich ba tireiy to deltroy-ine. ipecies u eonoi erj uo H upon. you to pl?ce Implicit faith in the truth of this, aotwithttindiag the high authority under o no value, 00 acc ,u -t-ot us drowned fi (ion lue United btates grfpat a terti:oty, al noft unbounded to the tll, which although i would iu tad give no additional va'ue to the purehafe, mak s a fine1 fhow upoo paper. In rder 10 ob ti an at'lu'tment cf limits, both oft cui caftetnand wettem b U'idary, ab well a a fyfllement of cthet difSeuJ. its withlipdin, Mr. Munroc has hten fent euv .y exirat rdinary to the court of Spain, to act wi.hyi ur lefioent mi filter. Their million has in ev.ry pa'tim'ar, whether relating to fpo.iations, to a lufpenilor of the light of depi fit, or a fettierreut of boun daties, cmr.!rtdj hiled ot (u cefa Ever pHcitic pr p (i ion made by our nnr ifler, hai been f.j.edi- aud rfJe pariifit coutt has refol ed to u unit any popofi'ions in re'urn . fo ih.-1 the n.ifli -ii has completi y failed, and out am hdllidors iv ry thing hue kicked out of door whi't a-deeri.iriaiion U36 implied, if net di rictiy txpreff d, on the part of Spai-, to coj. ti..ue their vencroachmttt8 uutil rrpeled bv ' rce. Acccrdirgiy, lait lunimer .vp io wt!b i' rengtheiuiig at the Hav.-ona, in ord.r to the coitvenient rv infjicenrent of Peiifac ia, and 01 the irontiera oV Mixico, in order to ttie. gif.e' Vet p rts, uar Natchitoches on the Red River H r drteriiiination wis probably tu pende.J foi time by the battle of Trafalgar, to dif 'fttc.d to he marine of France au-1 Spa n. Fi m the c uile of even's, linre, we may icufonably fup pof ir to le only a fulp't (ion With rtfpcct ,to a elain. as far raft ward asth Peidido, It is pLiu tilhtr that pur goven men vas b.fely fwindied iu the bargainf t h vi b aioed 10 tit'e. or 'hat a gr.fs atleqnpr ha. been nadeto blindfold the nation, by ioducipg the public to be ieve tht a fa.r puchafewa iiade of a valuable terii'r-ry, to which e lh.d QijDbiaii.cdjLhcaiJ:ea-Bfinleootr-b'l cannot lulpect at;H before an attempt was oi;'de to pkltn upon tbrf public fuclr a belief, our executive ctrtitily ought to have knewn thai PAufTit the" Freiicbpreffcl:, ttfao teceived thr, country ftom -Spaio and transferred it to the United S'ates," nei her received nn trane'errec firg'e acre, call ward of the Iberville and ikt. Ponchattrain. ' In ordei to do away the d'flirulties relating to he elfabliiliment of an tafhrn boun ry, n apptcpiiation has been made of two miiliori, of dollars; and to avoid the appearance of re. purchvfing a territory we had heretofore claim ed and paid for, Eaft Florida, to which we te r' laid anydaimi is to te doupled ;Tn T the ne-"" ociation. It is not expected that the two mil,, lioof appropriated will complete the put chafe ( it is only to be anearneft or a 3rd pa meHt tow ar-s it. Probably Ihnuld the oegocia ion piove fuccefbful,, a ftbek of fix or feen niillun. mor' muft be ctcatfd And when all this is tfT cted. the Wifiera boundary will fee as cpen toiitigi. tion as ever. A fettlemenf of this willproVn bly coft leven or eight, and prrhapj ten milli on m ire, fome, two Or three ye-fs hence ,Bu the fi tret has at length leaked out. , France will not permit Spain to adjuft her difficu'ties with us 1 ihe mult be the mediator and hWr money. The money to be paid for the Fi-ri das is to pars intb French coffers And if wt' bid hTh enough and our tteafury will hold out to' make thr payment, to co.ro port with French rapacity aod avarice, we may purcnafe not oo'y tht'Floiidas,' but 4txico it f el f, & S pain d atcs not refute- So that the preftrK appropriation uiay be coofi'dered in alight 'which I have no' hefitited, and do not hefuate to confi fer it, viz As a bribe to France,, to ioduce her to bully Spain into a new fettlement of ber difficulties rithos ; and it(whcneer France wants maoee of us", fiie has nothing to do hut to';tKr'up dif" turbancs on our frontiers and then extort mo oey for fiepping io as a mediator to fet tle tbem by indjucjug Spain to cede away a portion, of ufe'efs territory, ia' C 'hfrnia or tlfewhere, pretences will never be wanting, aod wc arc iu thii'fft which hat Din evtrv dav. t Iu sc'dit'on to a variety of citcun ftitices, "all tending it. (lew that rut diff utes with Spaitr have in a fcreat rrc fuie beet pr motrd if iber did not h"Ily i riuinatt from the tfficic.ua inJ tethrence t l France. Rnndolph has lepratedm rtT r.d t d the. fl or ct ihe Hule, end chat-' crged a coptr(?ict oo, ard it has not been aa1 yet comradictid that the fecretaiy f ftateJ .... . - - - r Mr. tviaJiJon, to'd turn that the irascn wfy wc could not .fettle cur cifputes with Spsin was, iht France woii 'd not permit Sp.i 1 to fettle with us ; that nothing would fettle tbeflifi ute v mot ey ; that oil' only alternative was mo tiey or iwir j 1 1 at Fraice muft have money, and wc mul give i:. He added, with tmpha fit. I never p aced u-'bout ded confircoce in that fficer ; but irvm the men. cut he made that declaration, uhatevct I had formerly placed was ;one f'rever. To brin out government into a (toper ten psr to pay monty. a feafonab'e threat tirov n out by France, tbiough her 01 can Tal leyrand, that in cafe f a lup'ure with Spain. France would ut queflicnahly takr the part cf Spaiii, w?s not wholly witlx ut elf ct I aax dware of the evfiona that are, and may be .hied, to explain awav this threat. The b ft-w' v for the public to dtci'e, would be topnbifh the "on nri'iications tht mfclven. -By this iu!c I be lieve ccy 01 e ) utiderfto'id Talieyra' d'a lai.uag;, not bVely inplyinn;, but exprefs- ' 'iff a threat. wou:d be williUk? to have the er lelttj. - ' According to Underflanding, if one nation flumes a perempio-y tone tiiwardb anthtf fay. i'.g, Y'urclaim, whatever it id, againtt a thi'd nation muft be abandoned in cale of a rupture we will urqueftiooably j tn your enemy.' com-T rmn fenfe unadulterated by the wi.e drawing of if ip!.iif ry would cor fider it as a threat. But, -I hoUjh the md wis he'd up in view,-it waa 'titintiHted it officially, inaba.k flairs ay, by fme X. Y Z "agei t, who h opened to be more "or unate .in tit- m m than ih .fj who had to deal tth Piockr.ey and Maifhal bu a former occa. fioti j tbrtt monev wou? arfwer all things j 'hat a Dcgociatioo might be cotumenced at Pa-' is. ; " ?' Y iu knw the language of the Prefirjent'a public meffige, particularly with regard, to Spain. The private one was in nerkcr um'frn, wiih it ; tiotwithltat ding all the flummery held v. tip to view of the public ab-. ut vigorous m-a fues, it does not admit of a dou t but the fub.' ject of commencing a nrgociatiou,-. which,, in ' 's event, wab to involve the United S'ates, and 1 don't knov how ma- y roillfp s of additional v pubhc debt, had been, propofid in the cabinet. trulting to a fu'ure. appropriatton-at the meet- iDg"nf Cangrefsnrjjmeet ihr xpenfer1""-"'" This mcafure was oppoferi ii the cabinet, not however by cur roan u I chuf. for I believe "it Z was be who fit ft propoftd 1', notwithttandiBg the gafconading language held up to the pul lic ' at the cbnmencement of the leflion. It has ' been faid, although I do not vouch for th? truth. j of it, that this 4ias neaily or qute cabfed a -l.h fn in the cabinet. It fuirccc! Gned the ' fc iffiio of J hn Randolph from tf? party '.m Vou have feen his two fpetchs on Giegy's tf j . 1 Mition, I could wilh y u to f e hi; fp. echeg de. - V ivered fiace, as well as thofe delivered while VJj1 Corgrefa fat in conclave The pu'-lication of jl ahvfv-r howtviris-not- to be-expeded. The-T'l fut ftance of a f. ntence 01 t ofrom a fpeech de-" Iiyered after the adop-iou vf the refolution to,',;, app'opriare the two rri Oons; I (halt traafcribe. ?) " Sffttr the adoption cfthis meafurt you tuillbt'mv forward fome paltry fxpcdtmi or another in order to b tndlold the nattqh. ana make a Jbovfrof fr'par. -. l ing for the public de feme ; but gentlemen, .you may I propofe nuhat cu p e fe and J tutti fcout it Jromv i one end of the coittnent to the other Jor you art W tnlwin mnthino ' unA vitift An mnihtntf ..i A..lkt- l) nation. Jet. t ftyytu atetubblmg the nation.' ,- . . (Q be continntd.J " "... A great Bargain vtill It fold in a ' , Tract of Land, INC fwell cjunty, coptainibg between it j "and 1200 acres, lying on'Country Line f grc , iduuv iuui..t jiiu ine ei'un flouie ajoiniog the laads of Mr." Jethro Btown. There is on the prtmifes, on. a beautiful fitual tioo, an elcBant two ftoxjBriti Dwelling Houfe, ith oihs building o ct ffary tor the accomoiov ' datioo of a genteel - family . The foiV js well -dap ed for the culture of wheat, corn, tobac co or cotton, and i equal in fertilitv, if 005 fderiori to. any io that cu'-ty." - For'teVm's apply tb.JSr. Ja.r.es .WiliarnfoOf the prcfeot teoaoi, or to the lu-Dfcriber. ; V De'ij min IVmiamseru Northampton, :ay tit, ioo.
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