Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-22

ment and of course to open new
channel of trade, which made them
friendly to the United States. The
Spaniards also in the time of their
terpidation for fear of French invasion
aided by the people of Kentucky and
Cum berland who had suffered 80 much
under the operations of Spanish ma
lignity, had called for six hundred
men from the Creeks to march to New
Orleans to assist them. These several
occurrences were displeasing to the
Creeks and held out some faint pros
pect of their alienation from the inter-
est of the Spaniards which though it
travelled slowly might at length arrive.
Shortly before this, an occurrence
took place which greatly augmented
the excerbations and the alarm of the
Spanish Government towards the
United States. Mr.. Ganet, the minister
of the French republic, had landed in
the United States on the 8th of April,
1893, in order to ascertain in person,
the enthusiasm which was said to pre-.
vail in America in favor of the French
cause. He disembarked at Charleston
in South Carolina, and proceeded by
land to Philadelphia by moderate
journies. He everywhere received the
fraternal embrace, and if the people of
America were intoxicated by an over
flowing zeal for the prosperity of
French principles, Mr.. Ganet was no
less 80, on account of the flattering at
tentions which were paid to him on
his journey as the representative of
the French nation. And he too hastily
embraced the opinion that the people
would leave their own Government t
unsupported, rather than relinquish
their predictions for the cause of the
French. And Immediately he ventured
upon acts, which would have spread
tinent, had they not been promptly
counteractnd. The citizens generally,
and especially seafaring men, thought
themselves at liberty to indulge in their
partalities towards the belligerents,
and to enrich themselves by depreda.
tions on the commerce of the others,
and they meditated enterprises of this
nature. Lest these erroneous concep-
tions should soon become too strongly
fixed, the President on the 22d of April
1893, issued his proclamation inform
ing The people of their neutral situation
and duties towards those nations who
were engaged in the war. But Mr..
Ganet, notwithstanding, authorized
the fitting out and arming of vessels
in the port of Charleston, and gave
them commissions to cruize and com
NIT hostilities against nations at peace
with the United States. These vessels
took and brought prizes into our ports.
and French consuls condemned and
authorized the sales of them and their
cargoes. And all this before he had
been received by the President or had
shown his credentials to him; without
his consent, and without consulting
him upon the subject, and directly
also, in contravention of that state of
peace declared to be existing by the
Presidents proclamation. The British
minister complained of these proceed
ings. A lengthy correspondence en-
sued upon the armaments he had au-
thorized, which he attempted to justify.
Although the President forbade any
more armaments in the ports of the
United States, yet still Mr.. Ganet
caused TO be equipped a great number
Of armed vessels, which made prize of
others within the mouths of our rivers,
and within two miles of our coasts, and
gave commissions to enlist men for the
purpose of invading the Spanish terri
tories. He insulted the Government
in his written communications, and
persevered in the course he adopted till
his own Government was solicited to
recall him. If in state of such fer
mentation the Spanish Governors of
New Orleans, Natchez and Pensacola,
should readily give oredence to infor-
nation purporting that the western
people of the United States were pre-
pairing to descend upon their settle.
ments, and to obtain by conquests the
free navigation of the Mississippi, it is
not at all to be wondered at. And
much less that they should resort to
such measures of defense as they then
had in their power. These remarks are
introduced upon the present occasion
to show the probability that they &C
tually did engage the Indians to per.
severe in harassing the frontiers of
this country, and to show also, when
eyer in perilous times the supreme
power is not obeyed nor the whole
management of affairs left to it, but il
taken into the hands of every indi
vidual who thinks himself wiser thar
the constitutional functionaries, thai
severe suffering upon some portion oi
the nation is the inevitable conse
quence. In this instance the forward
ness of one man which ought to have
been instantly put down, exposed tn,
whole western people to savage war
fare. The Cbickasaws in the formel
part of the year 1898, had in full coun
Gil decided upon war against tn,
Creeks, and this by Spanish Jealous,