Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-07-19

$1,000 600 Of dollars were thrown away, for the
purpose q driving handful Of starving seminoles rom
the Mexican war iu addition 10 the lives OF huusatgs
Of brave besides sl00OO00O paid 70 her in 1900
for cedng tract ~ land which not hers, to New
Mexico. great part Of the expense Of The military
establishment Of the United States has been ucured ia
defending the South Western frontier. The troops,
neauy surprised ana betrayed IN Texas, were sent there
TO protect her deicncGess border settlements from the
tomahtwk and scaping knife II 20 oil this expenditure
we add mat Of the FORTS The navy yards the court huuses
the tom-houses, and the other public buildings n
these regions 800 900 900 dollars Of the public funds
Of which at least hSe.sxths levied by Indirect taxa
ton from the North and North West have been cNrcud-
ed n and for the Gulf States In this country. Would
England, would France, would any government ou the
lace of the earth surrender without death-suugglc,
such a dear bought territory
THE U. s. CANNOT GIVE UP THE CONTROL OF
THE OUTLET OF THE MISSISSIPPI
But OF this make no account the dollars are spent
relations 10 the safety 90 the prosperity, and the growth
u the country. The Missouri and the Mississippi RI
vers, with their hundred tributaries, give to The great
central basin Of our continent its character and destiny
Ih outlet " this mighty stem lies between the States
Of Tennessee aud Missouri, Of Mississippi and Arkan-
sas, aud through the state Of Louisiana The ancient
province su-cacd the proudcst monument of the NIGH
" monarch whose name IL bears passed from the iuiis-
dicuon Ut France that Of Spain in 1868 Spain
aud rising States but that IL might stretch broad
waste barrier infested witt warae tubes betuetu the
AnRloAmercan power aud the silver mines Of Mexico.
With the Independence OF the United States The fear Of
sill more dangerous ueghbor grew upon spain, aud
Union Westward. She threatened, aud at times uttCmpt-
ed to close the mouth of the Mississippi the rapidly
increasing trade Of The West The bare suggestion n
sucha policy reused the population upon the banks OF
thoOhio, then iucousdeR0e, as one Their COM
hdcnoe in Washington scarcely restrained them from
rushing 10 the seizure Of New Orleans when the treaty
Of San Lorenzo NJ Rcal iu 1898 obtained for them pre-
crous right If navigating the noble river 90 the
with a right OF deposit At New Orleans. This subject
vas for years the turning pon, OF the politics OF the
West and il perfectly well understood, that
or later She would be content Win nothing less than Inc
NHNfH q HNH .N hon
as 1t was then.
SO stood affairs a. he close Of the last century when
the colossal power - She fret Napoleon burst upon hc
world In the vast recesscs OF his Titanic ambition. he
cherished a. leading object u hs policy TO acquire for
france colonial empire, which should balance that Of
England In pursuit uf this rocy, he fixed his eye uu
the ancient regal Colony which Louis XIV had founded
DO the heart Of North America. and he tempted Spain Boy
lhe palty bride Of creating kingdom of Etruiia or
Bourbon prince. O. give back France thc then bound
less wastes of the territory Of Louisiana The ces,on
made by hc secret treaty of San ldeonso VI the LIST
Of Octobcr 1900 ,of which sentence only has
been published but that sentence gave away half con
'inentl and the youthful conqueror concentrated a the
the vast project ~ successful would have established
The fcuch power on tho mouth and on hc iIeht bank
Of hc Mississippi and would have opposed me most for
midlhlc barrier 20 the expansion Of the Juicd Stutes
The peace OF Amicns, At this Juuctute relieved Napoleon
from the pressure of the with England aud every
prise. The fate OF America trcmhtd for moment iu
doubtful balance and five hundred thousand ctzcus in
tSn,..b ~ NJ ,t,,s n, r. s,,s nr ti,' NJ * iib
February, 1903
nN u moment tne aspect uI aI'' VS. '.a, , oy
sequences, perhaps without parallel ia history. The
shor'cd truce % Amiens was about 60 end tlc renew
al Vt war was inevitable. Napoleon chat before De
could take possession u Iussu IL would hc Ntcstcd from
him by England who commended he sens. and be- aeer-
mined 90 once mot merely t' deprive her % i maguIt-
cent conquest. but soufioutc as A as m Hu ay. f1
ud up great rival maritime power n the 50 p-t The
Government NJ the United Stles. not les. sa arous.
b. 81 70 f.=N o. o. rfI U Ta n \
havpou twice iu thousand year. Nr Jefferson ftt.,.v-
'a iHN unless acquired by ME rited States l'usn'
would 10 a short time belong France or ti IN-H.
aud with equal wisdom aai courage hc dcteuu
II should belong onct .r True hehed hea rI Id ...r
20 DC UNCONSTITUTIONAL but he t.rrH go the winds OH
oui'ns q 49, which hadlH'' brought him into p.H
De broke the Constitution and ur saved au Empue ST
Monroe was sent 90 Frame 20 conduct 'ne n'Fota 'n
N conjunction with Chof or Lningston, thc resident
Minister contemplating at that time only Che acquisition
of Ne" Orleans aud Tie adjacent territory.
But they were dealing uln man that did nothing hT
halves. Napoleon know, and kH0W.-that give up
the mouth u theritcr was o give upus course Ou EASTER
Sunday Of lS93 hcaTnszed M fitcl with the auuntrr
ment that be had determined TO cede ihc whole Of Louis
'na 90 the United states Nut less ~ the astHus4ment "
the American ENJOYS, they were olI By the French nee
g'tiors 40 nie first interview, that their master was
WeHtt 3" ifeat win them not merely f'r tne Isle Of
~" ur'aus bul for Che whole vast province which bore
me name Of louisiana whose eoundarits ihtu unset
' an, A' ~ 'a ',, y, -pi''l 20 ''.e n,'is is
m t ~ a. .. ,- Nv ti t , ''. W ii H., '.-.
80 .t- 49, ~ ' - w., "a ~ -
80 L. mo sizes n l.,ui,i.gn. Arkansas Mi,senr
and it, NNl
lta Dacotsb and Jsa,., b.yc Moe, ciali; beIVi,bin
is tuits on This , az The Koely Nountsins tho ste
~ Oregon aua .-si,ory NJ Wasbinpton al thoir
western slopes while q aids % population " annually
pouring INTO Tue region destined Ia addition tho na
raj increase before the close Of the century 10 double
the number Of the states and territories For No entire
region west Of me Allegiance and east oi ihe Rock
Mountains me Missouri ana the Mississippi form iAe
natural outlet to the sea without counting he popula-
ton " the Seeding states there are ten millions of tine
nee ciu1ns OF the country between fushurg and Fort
luoni who claim the "mse ana the mouth of the Miss
isspp as belonging 10 The Ilcd States u Is theirs
by transfer 10 u"y imperial origin and magnitude
Wrlf7 70! sNY year uuc ihcfs by occupation and /
setuemeh'' 'heirs by we !awW nature ahd ol Tod
Louisiana fragment OF ms Colonial empire, detached
rom l's man poruoh ana nst organized as state, UNI
detakes To secede from me Union and thinks by so doc
ing mat she VIII be allowed by NE government and feo-
PIE OF the United states to revoke rms imperial transfer
TO disregard lis possession and occupation Of sixty years
to repeal this law OF nature and Of God and She fnndy
ushe'es mat ten millions OF me ttee People OF the
Mon will allow her and her seeding brethren 20 open and
be sr,s u of ,be a' noS sirram amd 'ber t
may consent to navigate them by suHerauce nom Mont
s9meTy ana Eichmond but IL may Iepeat me words