Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-01-29

reference to the acquisition Of Louisiana Well say now,
and shall have the opportunity, at some future time pro-
that every opportunity TO acquire territory
wit Louisiana the Flordas, and Texas has been obtain
ed by the Democratic power OF this country.
Bu this Is not ALL have said that this act passed, it
recolect rightly, the Sd Of March, 1903 and OF that
very time ministers In Paris treating for this very
country with Napoleon Bonaparte. They treating for
this very depot He refused sell the depot but propos
ed sell the whole of Louisiana That is the history of the
matter We sent Ministers there to purchase depot
They refused to sell depot but being about go to war
with England and being likely lose the territory Of Lou-
sana BY conquest France proposed to sell to friendly
Power Well, in the month Of April, just month alter
the passage Of the bill, succeeded in making treaty by
whith acquired the whole of louisiana Thus that mat
ter accomplished Again. in ls06-sin in the time Of
this great patriot Mr. Jeersonthc Senate (l with closed
door conceived that very desirable for this Government
to the country lying the Mississippi river, and between
that side and the Perddo the oher Thus
the father of Democracy submitted the Senate with closed
DOORS his proposition to seize this territory also, and law
passed for that purpose and. under the passed thus
secretly covered up with diplomatic phraseoogy, pro-
posed obtain possession of this territory This act passed
in 1896 and carried into effect in 1910 1911,
after we1Ad admitted Louisiana into the Union. by
the Of Thomas took fancy revoonze that portion
Of the country He expelled the Spanish inhabitants from it,
and male his own, including Baton Rouge, calling il Fredo
MIA Mr. Madison took possession without the authority of
any law and at the next session passed making
il part of Louisiana But this is not all we had afterwards
with the Seminoes and, in the time Of peace with
Spain, followed these Indians into st Marks and Pensa
done without the authority of law, and of the
assigned for such procedure part not that had
any claim to Florida, but that the British had built, during
Revolutionary war; fort the junction of the Flint
and Chaahoochee rivers which fort occupied by hostile
Seminole Indians and negroes.
can refer my friend TO another mean the in
which the country lying upon the Aroostook conended
for between and Great Britain. This a happen
ing in our own te when Governor Fairfield, whose death
have recently been called deplore the head Of
troops marched his forces into the disputed territory and
took possession of without the sanction of Congress There
cases. al tending to the same point that when
becomes mpaccae to obtain territory Ivy purchase,
take by force All that strip Of country lying between
Natchez and Baton Rouge taken possession of in that
way, aud have done all when could not OBJ
tain territory by negotiation and this has been pur
sued throughout the world in all times, by all Powers Ter
rores which we have claim by negotiation take by force
if we can, and think it expedient to do
MIR. FOOTE. regret that il difficult to settle
completely the point under discussion 1t would really
that enough had been said in the ermer debate this
subject convince the Senator from Delaware that he
had committed serious in regard the Ross resolutions,
and the action Of the Jeesonan Democracy in 1903. The
honorable Senator still insists he had formerly done, that
Mr. jefferson and the Democrats associated with him
little inclined to efficient against Spain that the
proposition TO seize upon territory adjacent TO New Orleans
which the Senator from Delaware still suppoes have been
embodied in Mr. Ross resolutions, renquished in
sequence of negotiation being preferred to Of
Ike character and tendency read the other day. for the
eucdaon Of this point extract from the annual message
of Mr. jefferson issued October, lS03 showing that pre-
vous the Introduction of the Ross resolutions negotiations
for the acquisition of Louisiana had been in progress at Paris
and the negotiation not preferred simply alternative
in the mentioned but negotiations for the purposes
mentioned having been for some time already in progress II
Supposed udous interrupt them, would nev
tally have been the the adoption of Of dec-
dedy hostile character The truth is has been repeatedly
explained, the Ross resolutions did not contemplate the
seizure Of territory at all, but simply the restoration OF the
place of depnse in the island Of New Orleans which had
been Discontinued by the action of the Spanish authorities.
No o can examine the history of this case several times
ALREADY exhibited without being convinced Of the total want
Of anaogy between and the troops in the neghbohood OF
the R Gande will not elaborate this point more at pre-
sent but satisfied again refer To the extract from Mr.
annual message Of October, lS03 explanatory OF
the actual facts Of the case and shall submit the point IN dis
pue without further discussion.
MrlCLAYTON. Ii understood the honorable Senators
other sde they maintain this position, thatM
jefferson and the Democratic party since have proceeded
the principle that they will take what they want and what
they can get from other nations in any way IN which they
get III il they get what they want by negotiation
they will take BY The honorable chairman Of the
Committee Foreign Relations distinctly that this
has been the past policy of the Democratic party from the time
Of Mr. Jefferson down to this day and therefore, he
they are only acting in the same spilhat Of Jeesonan
they propose that what they cannot get by
negotiation they will proceed to take by force Sir this
acty the issue between the honorable Senator and myself
only seek vndcae the memory Oh the statesmen OF those
times, bat seek also TO show that was previously right,
when, the course Of this dehae pointed out the strong
between the conduct Of this Government in reference
10 MEXICO and the CONDUCT Auminis
aton party Of 1903 in reference to Spain and France. Sir
have nothing do with the question, do intend
to be drawn into the discussion Of by the remarks Of he
honorable chairman Foreign Relations sto the conduct o
the various Administrations in regard to this matter Of the
QUESTION Of territory from the time OF MIR. Jerson. think
that former occasion the Of the Government IL
1906 placed in very satisfactory point OF view before this
Senate In the discussion which took place between the honor
able chairman Of the Committee Foreign Relations and the
honorable Senator from Maryland who sits will
not therefore, respass upon ground which has been wei
occupied before all wish is to bring the honorable chairman
back the point from which he out and that he and tho
honorable Senator from Mississippi should acknowledge ha
they have mistaken the spirit Of Jeersonian democracy r
500, endeavong attribute to the Administration Of tina
time disposition take by force that which they could no
obtain ty negotiation
Now, what application has the honorable chairman given
the act which he speaks The fourth section OF the act
1903 expressly declares the object for which the act
edo authorize the President Of the United States TO Gall ou
eighty thousand militia for what purpose In its words
FOR the security of the territory Of the United States not io
tho purpose Of sczng upon the island Of New Orleans or
portion Of the country Of the lower Mississippi not for the
purpose Of taking Of ground any where by violence
think this has already been clearly shown, and do not in
tend TO dwell upon Mr.. Livingston in 1902, wrote
TO the Secretary Of State informing him that the Emperor
France about send army take Of the
try lying at the Of the Mississippi that General Victo
was ordered 70 march hher with his bgadcs and from
the known temper and disposition Of that General there wa
every to believe that be would march and seize upor
Nachez and territory Of the United States The act Of sos
proceeded from that cause and the gentleman cannot make
appear that there any other object than the security of
own territory contemplated We know from the history