The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
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session of the Northwestern States. That trcatv
however. could not DO made operative withont
an appropriation Of money by the House az
Representatives. in which the opponents OF thu
treaty were known to have a majority. Never.
theless, the Appropriation bill was finally carried
through that body by a vote of 81 to 40. Tho
necessary change Of opinion was unquestionablv
caused by Fisher Ames. a Massachusetts, Fed.
eralist, whose speech before the House on April
%. 1895. had an effect which is still remem.
bered. The Due de t.Liancourt
who was then travelling In this country. and
who witnessed the contemporary influence OF
the speech, said: ut Is by men Of his party.
from one end of the Continent TO the other, OK.
tolled as a piece Of eloquence which Demos.
themes or Cicero would have found it difficult
to equal" The part of his speech which
proved decisive was, probably, the following
paragraph, in which Ames refuted the charge
that, as a Now England man, he regarded tho
West with indifference: Twill it be whispered
that tho treaty has made me n new champion
for the protection of the frontiers ! 1t is known
that my voice. as we'll as my vote, has been uni.
formly given for the ideas / have expressed,
Protection is the right of tho frontiers; it is our
duty to give 1t. The Western inhabi.
tants are not q silent and accomplishing sacri.
fee. Tho voice of humanity issues from tho
shades Of the wilderness. 1t exclaims that
while one hand is held up to reject tho
treaty the other grasps a tomahawk. 80
l retort especially to the convictions
OF the Western gentlemen. whether, surprising
no posts and no treaty, the settlers still remain
In security. No. sir. it will not be peace,
but n sword; it will be no better than a lure TO
draw victims within the reach of the toma.
hawk. = If l could find words for my
emotions I would swell my voice to such a note
Of remonstrance it would reach every log house
hnyop1 fho r,rrnto;nn Jvt f.
your false security! You are n father-tho
blood of your sons shall fatten your corn.
fields. You are q mother-the warwhoop
Shall walker the sleep of the cradle" Amcs
went on to demonstrate what jays opponents
had not recognized. that "the refusal of the
posts. inevitable il you reject tho treaty. is a
measure too decisive in its nature to be neutral
In Its consequences. From great causes we are
to look for great effects. The price of Western
lands Will fall. Settlers will not choose their
habitations on a field OF battle. Vast tracts OF
wild land will almost cease to be property"
To appreciate the importance of the treaty
negotiated by Pinckney at San Lorenzo in 1895,
ono should read the twenty-fourth chapter OF
this book. The bounds given to the United
states by this treaty were exactly those which
the Americans had claimed under the treaty Of
independence. Spain obtained no provision for
rendering valid the grants which she had made
of lands east of the Mississippi and north
of the 3lst parallel of latitude; the va.
lidity of these grants was left to the do
cision Of the United States. 1t was pro-
vided that a joint commissioner should meet
at Natchez, six months after ratification. to run
the lines. Tho navigation OF the Mississippi
from source TO mouth was fully assured TO both
parties. Pinckney sought to avert a conflict
with jays treaty by inserting n provision that.
beside the two contracting powers, "others, by
special convention" should enjoy the same
land in the jay treaty of u right to navi.
ssns the >. M ,is vas Of 10 nySil: in;
such q right by the present treaty. Tho
port Of New Orleans was made a place of 10.
chargeablo there. after that interval the same
or or another place OF deposit was to be designated.
either side Of The dividing line and to use force
TO that end If necessary. 1t was on the plea
that Spain had violated this agreement in not
inoles in 1915 that Monroe ordered jackson
toPursue them over the Spanish frontier.
SO complete an abandonment of her old policy
by, Spain as was evinced BY this treaty naturally
raised the question Of the sincerity OF the Madrid
that the sudden change in the Spanish temper
came from an apprehension that the United
were preparing for a joint declaration of war
against France and Spain. Mr.. Winsor, sng.
the French, Directory. which was then in close
SS9ntact with Madrid. i was reported that ,hs
Sp"hien ming hhd yielded reluctantly, ana hhu
no real intention of carrying out The treaty.
should circumstance and delays help him to re.
saln fss s Gsyssn1PP posts ST S On the hSi Misst;siG rona. tn
acted as If he believed that the treaty would
never DO put in force. 1t was also suggested
While ' sSo d "2Ped Wiz VI RR"i ihs I prov Hst,Ss S Of t%s
treaty long enough to profit from the inter-
ana and the British possessions. Taiicyrand.
Ss1 80, ms part. saw nothing but misfortune IN
Mississippi. and looked forward to securing a
cSunler6nlancing advantage to France thrnuth
well known that the latter OF these territories
was subsequently coded to France by spain.
washington. when tho treaty had been r,r.
req .thronRh the Senate. expressed HE hole
tnnti IL would prove soothing to the irh ~.
OF the Western waters, who were ,'fip'
not know that lnnes. on whom he had depended
to- quiet the discomfort, was deep in the ncntri'
ing a Circuit Judge of tho United states, and
The latter The Chief Justice of kcnrucky.
to Spain, to snbscrve her Interests and sut-
vert th9s" Of his own country, for 4 ycar.y Irn'
nlarly. After thus debasinG himself. sebastian,
ice SeU spIinn od 9 9ya 3 m 1ro1u n S . rowsri s1i r. n
following proposals from Carondclct; First. 10
prepare Kentucky for a revolution and to give
100000 was to be forw rdcd for the %yurpo;r'
' 'i"rea' for Th T,s indep9ndenGe should ocid u, be ibTy
ol'hhlsh troops, and "A second sum or Sloo'Ooo
10 be applied In supporting the garrison.
he northern bound OF Spanish territory wh|t1
DC a line. running from the mouth Of the Yaz"o
Riyer TO the TombiRbee. while all north OF such
line, except the reservation recently %fOriilc
the Chlckasaw Bluff, should belong TO the re-
'olted State, whicn should enter into a defensive
.orenzo was not to be observed, but ne
ana Independent ST to Of kcntu'NY
vas to enjoy tho nayig ,tion Of the ,Missis,
lppi. Ton thousand dollars were % Ge s"ne
2 sugar barrels np the river to Wilkln-on'
ihel, the, GcncrHlfn-Chief Of The Amcri"in
army. The man Power was Obliged, however.
Q return 10 New Orlcanh with the report that
ne Pinckney treaty with Spain had indisr"s,d
nc hentm, KY intriguers TO further m%IarA.hh'
IONS. Wilkinson, however. was not forgotten
his suborners, and the promised money Vas
in sugar barrels, on the pretcnretltt
was the profit accruing from a tObuC,o ven
ure. The sp Gle was divided ana sent by $50
passengers. One got safely through. The other
VAS murdered by his own bOatmen. but neither
nor Judge lime, thought IL prudcnt
0 bring the felons To Justice. and they were
urried Off beyond the Mississippi. So ended
ne plot 70 make Kentucky pomtnally indepsN
ent. but virtually, o province Of spsiAs