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Show , 'lpprml i.t·. iion of those doctJ•inrs or vice, we must cmr1oy &omc 11101' adivo agc·nf t.h~n fiH• infJurure o(' flu• ·an'IC tra.dwt•s "ho iit·st inti'O(hu•cd tlwm. Suth an nt-;rnt, in my opinion, is tl&c pow(~t· of wil hhoJdin~ tlu•il• mcr·chandise fhHn I hrm at plt'a· SUJ't•; and tO ~Wl'CHHplisll tlai!;, \\'(' IIIIlS I li I'Sf }li'OVi(Jc• t Itt• Ill<' :til!) of conta•olling the llll'l'daants. If' we pc·•·mil thc.• Br·ilish lliCJ'chants to supply tlw Indians in Louisiana as f'ot'IIH'J'Iy, the influc·ncc or our gove•·nnu.·nt ()V(.'I' t lwsr ludiaus j lost. For th · ludian in posscs..,ion ot'uis mca·<·hanclisc.·, f4'els laitllsc·Jfj 11 .. dqH:-ndcnt of <'Vt'I'Y !;0\'('l'lliiH'IIt, ancJ wiiJ fH'O('C.'l'd to ('OIIllllit thr ·:une d(·pr •dat ions w h it·h they c.hd when l'CtH..Ica·ed inllt·· prnllc.•ut hy the Spauish syst('m. Thr t1·adea·s give t.hcausrlvcs hut little tt·ouhle a~ anv " time to ineuleatt~ among t.ht' J ndians a a·e..,(H'<·t l'o1· ;_;ov(ll'll-na• nts; uut. aa·e usuaiiJ ('Oilf<'nt with pa·oelaimiug Owit· 0,\ll impoa·fanee. " ' ht::ta the Bt·it.ihh mea·,·hallts ~ivt> tlu·u•sclvcs floouhlc to F~JH'ak of govt•t·nnat•nts. it is hut fait· to JHT ·u•ue that thl') '"iJI tt·<u·h O~c.• nativ<'S to rr~pc·t· t the JIO\\t'l' ol' tlaci•· own. Aud at all cvt•nt s. w~ know f1·nm c·.xp(•t·it•IJ('C that no l't'f,;'~ll·d t'oa· t ht> It loud ul' out· i't•<ml il't' inhahitants will jnflm·ncc them al. any time to withhul<l at·ms and alllllllllli tion fs·om the Imlians, IH'o' itled they at·e to p•·olit IJy fuJ'· nishing t hett.1. Having now shttNl. as On'y have ocrm't'<·d to my mind, tlu· St'Vl't·al evils which flowed f'1·om tlmt s~ sH·m of intt·rcourso with t.ht• Indian ·. JHII'sut·d hy the ~pauisla hon••·unu ·nt, I shall tH"Xt rntlt•:n·ou•· to puint out tile dd't·t·ts uf our owu, ami show its iuc.·unlJH'It'IH'Y to (H'odut·c.· tl1e wislu·d for :L'et'ot·m: tlwn, \\ ilh some t•t•m:uks on the Indian <·ha•·:H:tcJ', conc·lu•lc IJy ~uhmittin;•· t'•)l' the considt.wal ion of out• ~o' CJ'Il· ment. tht.· outline!l of a pla11 which has been dictatt·cl as wdJ hy a sentiaueut of J>hilautlll·opy towat·d~ tho ahol'igiu<·s or Alllt'l'iea, as a just ··e:-;<ll'd to t.hu JU'Oh'etion or the Jive~ and JH·opra·•y or out• citizens; and wil11 tlu· fut·thc·a· view also Qf ~CCUl'UI~ to the 1H~Ol)lc of the Uuitcd titatcs, cxclusivcJy, the aclvautagc~ which out:;ht of a·ight to accrue to tl1cm from tllr possrssion of' Luuisiaua. \V(' now prl'lnit the lhitish nwrc•hants ofCanada, in<lis ·t~i. mitmlel)· with out· own, to <·nh'J' the Misso111·i, and tt·atle with 11wuat ions in (hat (jlta t'h' r. A 1 tlw u~da llae ;.;ovc.·a·n nwn t oft he U St<Jtt's has nat yi<"lded 1 he poiut t hal, as a umt h•t' of •·i~ltf, the Bt·i1i Ia mrt·('laant · haV<· the pt·ivilq~•· ol't•·ading in this C]uar tu; yet ft·om \\hal ha!:i IH"en !:laid to lh<•ua, thry aa·c· uuw acting 1111det· a belief, that it." ill IH• sonH' t i1nc l)('fnt·e any JH'Ollihitm ·) nu.·asu•·rs will lw t:akl'll nith t't•sp<"et to tiH·m; and m·c thet·<·f'ol'e mal\in~ t·api<l s1J·itlc·: to s ·rm· thPIII!,t'l\'c's in the am· •I ion of t.he I Utlian ' a.ucl (() bJ•t•af... tlown, a soon as }lO '!:iihle, the A mc.•t•i<•an atlvc•ntut·c·a·s, hy untlet·sc llin~ t.lwm, and thus mouopolize that tt·;ult•: this Uwy will dlf·d to an au1-ol u t <' t•(•t·~ ai 111) in t IH· <·ou •· ~ t· of a I'(•" years. The old N o•·th. we~t t·omp:.ul,, ol'\'anall.dJav<·. wit hint he last two J eat· • formctl a uuiou wi1h tht· t'\\)m·k c·umpan,r. who laa<l pt·ni()u ·Jy b~en the oni) impmtanlJ'iva:; in tlu· f111' t•·ad,·; thi · c..·otupauy. "ith the 1-!;l'Cat at<'l' ·~ ion ol' t·apilal ht·our-;lat tl1<'lll hJ the New) u1·k <:omp<any. haH·, "ith a vh.·w to the pa•·ticubtl' Jll011Upoly or tht.• .M i 'SOU I'i, ror mc..·d a COUIW"-ion with a. Bt·itish lwu ·e in Newyoa·k, auoflH'I' at :\few (h'll·an.s, and have srnt tht·ia· partieulal' agent, by the name or .Jaeoh .1\lin~s, to take his slat ion at St. Louis. It may ue rcatlil) com·c·ived that the uuion of' the N ut·tlnHst and N t.'W) ol'k compa~ nieb, \Vho !.ad prc·viously l~~t<'ndt·<l tht· it· t.a·ade in opposition to c.•a<.•h Otlt<•t•. ami to tht.' ('~dusion of aJJ lllltl!!SOCi:ttcd nwt·chant ·on the upprr pol'lion of 1 h(· M is!-ib. ippi, the" atc·rs ot lako \\tiuuipt•c aud 0H' Atbelm. k<') coullll'), "ould, :after tht•lJ' la.tt' union, have a !:illl'plus of c.•apil al aud a. Sut·phn; Of men, whit-It thc.~y could l't·:u..l ily ctup]uy in some other ((lltll"· tc1·: suuh was the Missoul'i, whir.h, J't·om the lenity of out· govcnllucnt, thc.~y saw was opened t.u them; and I do lwlieve, could the l'ac.·t ut.· a ·t·ra·t.aim·tl. that. the hope of futua·c ~ain ft·om tlw fua· t r·a.de of that rivet·, was ont~ ol' the pt·inuipal c,auses of tbo \Ution betweun. tllosc two gt·cat rivals in the fur |