Evening journal., 1899-04-03
WHAT WE'RE IloUusDANA's BOUND
ARInS2


from France i'm 1903 u1lder .lle name of
Louisiana. dn issuing invlaatloas to
.she governors IL tha states and te.ri-
tories comprised TIN ths provlnloe of
Louisiana to send Ge1egnts,s ito the ccn-
ference in st. Gl-uis, to be held cn Jam
uary 10. 1899. uGovelnor Glserihsns ine
cluded THE States OF washington and
Oregon. He doubJJsss got his idea that
THEY were part Of lhe cid Lculsrana
negl-n ilcm map cf the United States
ISSUED by the Department. OF tlhis Inter
Tor about two years ago which included
them in that province. "A reader of the
Globe-Democrat writes us saying that
Illinois and WlscIpsin wene part of
Louisiana, and, therefore, OUGHT Ito be
inWased TO send Representatives to the
st. Louis conference. The misapppe-
henslon In the latter point is due to
the circumstance dIhIat the region car
ed Louisiana shFunk I'm It's dimensions
before it was sold to the I'm aed statss
and the EASTERN side of Jhe nHsslssJppl
was Thus left out OF tlhe pr.w1nlaa
La Salle, after lhs descemldei the Mis-
elss.ppi to dts mouyh i'm 1852. went
Through THE foum. as was customary in
Those days of taking possession of THE
country in The name of inns ,sovereign
and claimed the whole region drasnstl
by tlhe Mississippi for Fraauce, naImtnly
IT Louisiana, IN hou-r Of Louis XIV
Then King. This lis thla first appear-
arl1e of Louisiana as a local habjtafgon.
and name. Ut tDdudad virtually all
The uegaon between the Allealhsnfes alnd
i'Als Rocky Mountains, ami ex&asea
from the great -akes, tina country
around and above which was really
trentlA teTrdyory undar THE name cf
New France, to tlhe Gu,f cs Mexico rlb,a
fiTet rolltical Louisiana is that ,-f the
onart-r elir11 ty Louis to Crozah IN,
lfl2' which is outlnsd tlhl-s: "The
river St. Lculs, heretofore caT;d tlse
Mississippi, from the edge Of the sea
as ear as dhie Illinois, lIgaIhsr with the
river of Sit Philip. hlsretoscaa called tha
Mh1ouri, and tIha St jerome. lhereIbo-
b're Called the Ouabache OWaIbasbD
with all the countries, territories. .aloes
within land. and The rivers which fall
directly or indirectly ina. THAT mart ols
THE river st. Louis" Under THAI do
Lmsna;Lon Louisiana Comprised fine
wIholls of 0he Mississippi BASIN from
ELfls AC.eghanies to the Rockies. arid
from JhIe Gull If Mex-eo up 20 The III
rcls river. Subsequently ghe I1T.no3s
region was Included in louisiana. In
uhs conflict called in Europe the Seven
Years War (1756-6S), wh,clh Is called in
Ameri'cam annals tlhe Frsr1h and I'M
dian War, and whiCh tagan here two
years before it did i'm the Old World
France lost an her territory on elhe
American continent. She ceded all clr lit
which, was between the AL0eghenres
and the Mississippi, except The Island
of New Orleans to her enemy, Eng
land, and gave an her possessions west
OF tihe Mississippi, with New Orleans.
to her ally Spain.
with these transfers La Salles and
crozat's territory rf louisiana was di-
vided, and the Spanish side of it was
al that retained the old name. The
EASTERN SECTION that Letweeni the Allie
ghenies and THE Nr,ze.ssippl, was cedlad
to the Undted States by Ellzlanb in iIhe
treaty Of 1913 ty wh'ch E,-lg.ani ae-
knowledgad American caduosnlieree.
except a strip cedei to Epain alorlz Tine
smlhsT-y ends cf tas PRESENT States cf
Alabama and Mississippi, witch was
added to F.culia, also ceded to Spa1n
TIE territory t5tw-Jn tas " .r:.ssi,pni
and Il1e Rocky Mcunl agns, tina ot1rv
part OF THE Old French region NOW car
cd uJulsiana, was retrceade1 bv sn,f,n
to Franee in 1900, and by Franae sold
to The Urfleed States in 1903. AS will
be seens the locadty between .ih.e Mis-
sla&Ira and the Aceslhan.es-Inlnl.iis.
InllLana, Chic and THE rest OF oha States
in that iocalty-had been selparatei1
from llJ-uLsiana fer forty years at line
time that province was boueIht Duom
FTance. The stabes Of Oregon and
washington were NEVER I'm Louisiana.
Our claim no them came IN m descov-
cry anh sett,ement. ard. in a sna.,sY-
degree, by the treaty -lf 1919 wigi spata
and tho treaty of 1916 with EngAnls.
IeNse, h'oweveE wIhloh is NOT tncluded
by Governor SItsrlhens ia mis- invita-
lions to governors 10 send reprssenta-
tives to ths St. Louis conference OF
January 10, 1899, was part of Louisiana
in 1903, at the tlme it was transferred
by France to- THE United States bsns
THE United States gave up it's claim
o. Il in THE treaty Of 1919 with spa.n
by which We obtasned florida. "a sur