The Enquirer

FOR THE ENQUIRER.

An important question may soon be bro't before the government of the U. S.

The revolution of old Spain has put her colonies at sea. Some of them have assumed the helm for themselves--others are still guided by the ostensible agents of Ferdinand.

The question with us is, what is to become of the Floridas ? They are certainly too weak to aspire to self-government, as Caracas has done, and Mexico will do.-- They will probably see this thing in the same point of view-& then the question will come home to them, with what nation shall we unite our destinies?

Suppose that as the result of their decision, they should offer to throw themselves into our arms, shall we open those arms, to receive them or not ? or shall we let them become a bone of contention, between France and G. Britain ; and eventually the prize of one of them ?

Do we want the Floridas ? What say the annals of our public councils on this fact ? What says nature herself? She has proclaimed the necessity of this union. The interests of the Southern regions of the U. S. are interwoven with this possession. The navigation of the Mobile is essential to the prosperity of the State of Tennessee, the Mississippi Territory, &c. The produce of a large region of Country naturally seeks this outlet-the Tennessee and the Cumberland rivers communicate by short portages, and may be connected by shorter canals with the branches of the Mobile,-In fact, there is not one point of view, in which the value of this acquisition does not most strongly present itself to the mind.

It becomes us, therefore, not to throw away the boon, which nature has made so necessary and Fortune may throw into our hands-- but to strain every nerve, if nerve alone be wanting. for the acquisition of a blessing on which justice herself will smile.