An Address to the Government of the United States on the Cession of Louisiana

Excerpt from An Address to the Government of the United States on the Cession of Louisiana to the French, and on the Late Breach of Treaty by the Spaniards
The reception which the first edition of this work has met with, has induced the publisher to issue a second impression, in a cheaper and more convenient form. The editor has retrenched nothing new from the memorial, but the passages respecting New Holland, which were thought to be no wise applicable to the present situation of our affairs.
The measures which have lately been taken by the government, are widely different from those which the editor, in common with a large part of the community, ventured to recommend. These measures are, in every point of view, of the utmost importance, and their true consequences, whether they be beneficial or not, deserve to be fully investigated and disclosed. Reflections on this subject, drawn up by the editor of this performance, will shortly appear, and it is hoped that they will not prove altogether unworthy of attention.
The editor withholds his name on this occasion, merely because no name can give a just title to that audience which his arguments may fail to obtain. Conscious of no sinister or factious views, he will cheerfully encounter, if necessary, all that the adverse zeal or clashing interests of others may suggest against him, and assumes no merit with those who approve, since he merely repeats what is to be heard in all public places, and urges considerations already familiar to the best part of his countrymen.