Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
The Great Wrongs inflicted Upon
Lonisianaa


Extract from the late Speech Senator Johnson Of
TcnncSsec.l
Sir, what are the great wrongs that have
been inflicted upon Louisiana? Prior to 1903,
Louisiana was transferred from Spain to
France, and from France back to Spain-both
property and Sovereignty-almost with the
same facility as a chattel from one person to
another. On the Both of April, 1903, when
this treaty was made, what was the condition
of Louisiana !? L was then province of the
First Consul Of France. subject to be disposed
of at his discretion. The United States did
what? Came forward and paid to the First
Consul Of France 5000 O,O00 for the terri
tory. The treaty was made the territory
was transferred and in 1906, in express COM
pliance with ths treaty, as soon as practicable,
| according to the terms Of the Federal Consti-
tuition, Louisiana was admitted into the Union
as State We bought her we paid for her;
We admitted her into the Union upon terms of
equality with the other States. Was there
any oppression, any great wrong any great
grievance in that
In 18t5-war having been declared in 1912
Louisiana was attacked the city of New
Orleans was about to be sacked and laid pros
triltcd in the dust "beauty and booty were
the watch words. She was oppressed then, was
she not? Kentucky, your own gallant State,
sir, lard, thank God she is standing erect
now J and Tennessee, (which, as l honestly
believe, will ever stand by her side in this
struggle for the Constitution and the Union,)
in conjunction with other States, met Pack
enhan and his myrmidons upon the plains of
al ~, l.
desolation to her invading foe. What soil did
we invade? What city did we propose to
sack? Whose property did we propose to
destroy? Was not Louisiana there gallantly,
nobly, bravely, and patriotically defended, by
the people of the United States, from the in
roads and from the sacking of British foe I?
Is that defense one of her expressions Is
TINT one of the great wrongs that have been
inflicted upon Louisiana?
| What more has been done by this Govern
ment How much protection has she received
upon her sugar In order to give that pro-
lection, the poorest man throughout the Unit
ed States is taxed for every spoonful that he
uses to sweeten his coffee. How many mil
lions, under the operation of protection on
| sugar, have been contributed to the wealth
and prosperity of Louisiana since she has been
in this Confederacy? Estimate them. Is
this another of her grievances? Is this an
other of the expressions that the United
States have inflicted upon Louisiana
Sum them all up, and what are the wrongs
what the grievances which justify Louisiana
in taking leave Of the United States? We
have defended her soil and her citizens we
have paid the price asked for her by the French
Government she has been protected in the
production of her sugar, and in the enjoyment
OF every right that sovereign State could
ask at the hands of the Federal Government
And how has she treated the United State
What is her position? Upon her own voli
tion, without cosultation with her sister
States without even consulting with Ten
nessee and Kentucky, who defended her wher
she was in peril, she proposes to secede from
the Union. She does more in violation 0