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was projected was very diRerent from =
state Of peaceable quiet. After having
devoted the best period oftheir lives, 70
the establishment of the independence Of
their country after having shed their
blood in It's defence, and submitted TO
all the ills Of the revolutionary war, they
saw themselyes 10 thesdecline OF age, ufi-
supported BY their country, and forced
for . subsistence to traverse wilderness
Of nature, where death lay concealed In
every bush, and the scalping knife ofthe
Indian threatened them at every step.
When to those evils the enmity Of the
Spaniards Wa. added on one side, and
that ofthe Canadian government on the
other; We ought 20 pause and reflect on
their situation. II parallel Is 70 be
found il ancient history, it's the case Of
the Britons, and their celebrated letter
to Aetius, inploring the aid ofthe Ro-
mans, may convey SON. idea ofthe situ.
alton ofthe inhabitants Of this state TWEEN
~ years ago. The elements Of destruc-
ttion which hung over the Ksntuckians,
were, it 10 true, . little different from
those which threatened the ancient Bri-
tons, hut not less tremendous. " We
know not (says the Britons) what way
20 turn Us. The barbarians drive usto:
the sea, and the sea forces ns back % the
barbarians between which We have on
" the choice Of two desths-either 70 be
swallowed up By the waves, Or 70 be
butchered by the sword. n.
Undet these circumstances, the cool
and dispassionate reasoner win net see
itastonishing. ifeven virtue and integri-
y themselves, yielded % the plansibie
proposal Of an insriguing and ambitious
adyentnrer. &c ny 81 81
This vas general Wilkinson, he pre-
sent governor Of Upper Louisiana. Des-
titote Of the means Of supporting Z vain
and dissertations parade IN life among
wealthy settlers generaI Wilkinson &C
ansariy period sought the woods Of Ken
lucky, Il hopes probably Of having one
dry the controul Of the state. He settled
in the county Of Woodford. The pro-
perry he brought him did not exceed
Q few hundred pounds and three or four
slaves. This, however, might have
been sufficient for ! person Of 4 di fferent
character from Wilkinson, 10 have pro-
cured all the necessaries Of life which the
country At that period could afford. Bur
the natural temper and attendant on va
nifty and ambition, soon prompted him
to search for another field where wealth
was 10 be more abundant, and pomp and
luxury were not to be fettered By the rules
ofa republican people. With this de
sign. he made an excursion down the
Mississippi, in the beginning Of 1TsS ;
his stay was short. He took another
"trip in 1856. bur previously had the po-
Icy 10 cause an Impression tobe made at
NatcheE and New Orleans, BY; proper
emissaries dispatched for the purpose,
that he was 4 person Of the frat influence
and consequences IN Kentucky and the
western country and could command
At pleasure an army at tenor 6fteenthon-
sand citizens. Giozo q this period wa
the Spanish resid.nt ., Nasehez, . man
every way calculated both 70 be impos-
ed upon aud oimpose upon Others. The
manners B department of Gioxo 3 vii.
kinson were nearly alike !; both fond Of
show, mutually lavish Of their services
and promises of friendship. Anhnder-
standing Of the most intimate nature was
therefore soon established between them.
A pair Of the most beautiful geidings,
which Wilkinson bought for the express
| purpose from col. Bannisfer, at Peters
burg, Virginia, were the next spring
forwarded TO the Spaniard. At the re.
questofG iozo, Wilkinson made out par
ticular report Of the geography, the re-
sources, and population Of the state OF
Kentucky. The Inhabitants he rnenti.
oned we're h . state Of the greatest dis
content, and even bordering on insur-
rection and that they would cheerfuliy
accept the yoke Of any foreign power
which would aid them ID = separation
from the Union. This report was trans