The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-03-14
TIE INTERIOR JOURNAL.
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FRIDAY. MARCH IA. 1s7S,
LOUISIANA.

borders, since the trginning OF ting pres
ent century, have been the thoater. at IT.
regular intervals, Of strife, carnage, and
revelation. Her soil and wealth, m,re
than once, have excited the avance md
ambition Of frce-booters and filibuktenng
adrcnturers. Time aul again hhs shs
been made to suffer by the schemes ofdet-
potic power under the guise Of Rcphi-
canism. l|
The first event in her history, yhich
was prominent In It's influence and bfcct
upon the United States, was the sfpen-
zion, in the year 1902, of the AmSrican
RICH, Of deposit at New Orleans. Which
had been guaranteed by the $ Danish
Government for three years. Mrales,
the Spanish intendant, by force FIRMS.
prohibited American deposits, and thus
struck the commerce of the Vest bit its
m1st vital point. During the PRED lcnce
of the excitement, which this trSty vio-
lason occasicncd, Louisiana ws ceded
by the Spanish Government to france,
and New Orleans was held by NaAoleon,
the first consul of the Republic So
graf was the indignation felt in ~ Uni
ted States. that motion came ne4r pre-
>vailing in the Senate, to authorize the
President to forcibly take and hold by
ms the post of New Orleans. But at
this critical p,ncture, it becams appa-
rent that there would be n speedy rup-
turc Of the treaty of Amiens made be-
tween Great Britain and Fnncs Ma
poleon foresaw, that while England was
mistress Of the Seas, it would be mpossi-
BILE for him to hold port so diitant as
that of New Orleans, and negotiations
were opened with the Americas minis
ter for the sale Of a magnificent Empire
for fifteen millions of dollars. The con-
tract for this extraordinary sale was
speedily closed, and thus wasaccomplish-
ed the first great annexation Of territory
to the United States.
Meanwhile the national comfy be-
tween the United States and Spain was
in very unsatisfactory state. Spain
was indignant at the sale by France, aud
made threats of war for the recovery Of
the territory. In 1906 her threats gave
place to overt demonstrations of hostility,
and on the the banks of the Sabine, she
drew up her armies preparatory to cross
that boundary. and forcibly take posses
sion of New Orleans. 1t was at this try
ing period that Aaron Burr discovered
the opening for the play Of his ill-regula-
ted ambition. With great secrecy and
the most consummate tact, he began the
organization of a military force upon the
!. 7, waters; with purpose, avowed
my ro his joint conspirators, of descend
ing the Missippi river, and wrest from
Spain an indefinite portion Of her terrific
~ adjacent to the Gulf. and then turn
upon the Southwestern portion Of the
United States. sieze large area of terri
.ory and make New Orleans the Ca ritol
md commercial emporium Of new En-
pire of which he was to be chief, and
Wilkinson, his second in power. This
scheme was thwarted by Davies. the at
.orney general for the United States, and
Louisiana, for season, enjoyed repose.
Her existence as Republic vas thus
begun, amid the schemes and projects of
men who refused to walk the paths of
honorable ambition, and now seems to be
IN the eve of dissolution in the very
midst of anarchy and revolution, brought
m by villains and desperadoes--public
'obbers and common thieves-to whom,
/ were bordering upon sacrilege to COM
,are Burr, Wilkinson and Sebastian.
The whole State is now turned over as a
,utchered sacrifice to appease the wrath,
md saiiate the greed, of Kelloggs thieves.
1.-The defeat of the Carpenter bill, which
a new election, was the only
,ope the State had left. OF that they
we're soon bereA, and the people had
eff to them only choice between
Iespair aud bloody resistance. That re-
istance has been feebly made -feebly
My because of the lack of number and
,hysical power to compete with the min
DIS that wait upon the despotism Of
Kellogg. The blood that has been shed
mon the streets of New Orleans will for
YER prove a stain upon the record of
;rant. harder to erase than the abed
lsck spot upor the hand of Calhoun.